Building Safety in Parma, OH (2026)

ORC Chapter 4105 — Elevators (sections 4105.10, 4105.15, 4105.30)

Section 4105.10 | Frequency of inspection. (A) Except as provided in division (B) of this section, elevators shall be inspected in accordance with the following: (1) Every passenger elevator, escalator, moving walk, and freight elevator, including gravity elevators, shall be inspected twice every twelve months. (2) Power dumb-waiters, hoists, and other lifting or lowering apparatus, not designe...

Parma Codified Ordinances § 1153.05(a), (c)

(a) A new public facility building, limited only to schools, child or adult day care, orphanages and churches, or an addition to such existing public facilities in excess of twenty-five percent of the existing gross floor area, is permitted in a Single-Family House District only by conditional use permit, as provided for in Chapter 1126. All other public facilities not specifically included her...

Parma Codified Ordinances Section 1529.40(d)(1)

All outside side mounted swing doors shall have two mortised locking devices, one of which may be the traditional spring loaded dead latch. The second locking device shall be a dead bolt which does not have a spring action. This bolt shall be actuated by a key from the outside and a knob or thumb turn from within. If the door has an integrated glass area, the dead bolt shall have a double cylin...

Parma Codified Ordinances Section 1713.02(d)(1) - Rental Property Registration Required; Annual Maintenance Inspection

Along with the completed rental registration form, on a form approved by the Building Commissioner, a statement of annual inspection shall be provided verifying, at the time of the inspection, the following owner assertions, including but not limited to: (1) Smoke and carbon monoxide detectors are present and operational pursuant to Chapter 1302 and Chapter 1501; (2) No visible electrical or ot...

Parma Codified Ordinances Section 1501.15(a)

(a) Before the erection, construction, installation, enlargement, alteration, repair or removal of any wall or of any building, structure, heating and ventilating apparatus, gas fitting, electrical work, house drainage, plumbing or any part thereof, in the City, a permit therefor shall first be obtained by the owner or his or her agent or the architect from the Building Commissioner. No person ...

Parma Codified Ordinances Section 1531.06 - Permits Required

No person shall install or cause to be installed any electric lighting, heating or power wiring or equipment without first obtaining a permit from the Chief Electrical Inspector. Evidence of the permit for all electrical work must be posted in a conspicuous place or be so located on the premises as to be easily accessible to the Chief Electrical Inspector or his deputies and must be shown to th...

Parma Codified Ordinances Section 1561.01 - Title; Scope; Permits to Do Work Required

This Title shall be known as the "Plumbing Regulations of the City of Parma," and shall contain the rules and regulations under and in conformity with which all the house drainage, plumbing and water supply of buildings shall be executed. Permits for such work shall be obtained from the Building Commissioner by a licensed plumber or sewer builder before proceeding with such work.

Parma Codified Ordinances § 1501.10(a), (b) and (f)

(a) No builder, owner or other person having control of property under construction for new dwelling units shall allow such property to be occupied until the same has been finally inspected and approved by the Building Commissioner, and until any necessary occupancy permits have been obtained. (b) This section shall also apply to the reconstruction of a one, two or three-family dwelling whi...