Middletown, OH Building Safety: Plumbing Permits (2026)
Key Facts
- Governing section
- § 1426.01
- Adopted code
- Ohio Plumbing Code (OAC Ch. 4101:3)
- Authority
- City Charter Art. IV, § 6
- Conflict rule
- Ohio Plumbing Code prevails (§ 1426.03)
- Local amendments
- none currently (§ 1426.04 repealed 1982)
- Penalty
- minor misdemeanor, up to $100/day (§ 1426.99)
Summary
In the City of Middletown, Ohio, § 1426.01 of the Codified Ordinances adopts the Ohio Plumbing Code, current edition, Chapter 4101:3 of the Ohio Administrative Code, as the minimum standard for all plumbing work on any building in the city. Adopted under Article IV, § 6 of the City Charter, the Code controls whenever it conflicts with any other city ordinance.
Pursuant to Article IV, § 6, of the City Charter, there is hereby adopted by and for the City, for the purpose of establishing minimum standards for performing the work therein concerned for all buildings, that certain code known as the Ohio Plumbing Code, current edition as adopted by the State of Ohio, consisting of Chapter 4101:3 of the Ohio Administrative Code.
Full Breakdown
01 adopts the Ohio Plumbing Code by reference for all buildings in Middletown, taking the current edition the State of Ohio has adopted under Chapter 4101:3 of the Ohio Administrative Code, and grounds that adoption in the technical-code power the City Charter grants at Article IV, § 6. 03 makes the Ohio Plumbing Code prevail over any other code the city has adopted, or any conflicting city ordinance, whenever the two disagree. C. 27(C), though the specifics of that licensing scheme sit outside this section. 04, which once added city-specific amendments, deletions and additions to the plumbing code, was repealed outright by Ord. 01.
Violations & Fines
Section 1426.99(a) makes it a minor misdemeanor to violate or fail to comply with any provision or requirement of the adopted Ohio Plumbing Code, to disregard any order issued under it, or to violate any approved specification or plan, fined not more than one hundred dollars ($100.00) for each violation, with a separate offense for every day it continues, without precluding an equitable remedy under § 1426.99(b).
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