DEPARTMENT OF BUILDING AND ZONING SERVICES

Columbus City Codes tit. 2, ch. 216

in effect

Columbus City Codes § 216.01 Department of building and zoning services established.

216.01 - Department of building and zoning services established. There is established a department of building and zoning services. The Department of Building and Zoning Services shall consist of a director and one (1) department deputy director. The Department of Building and Zoning Services shall have as its primary duty the protection of public safety, health and welfare by regulation and management of programs to encourage planned and orderly growth, ensuring safe construction, the enforcement of codes, and licensing and weights and measures regulations. The department of building and zoning services shall perform all other lawful functions as directed by the mayor or ordinance of council. (Ord. No. 0455-2010, § 4, 4-5-2010; Ord. No. 2328-2021, § 2, 9-20-2021; Ord. No. 0768-2024, § 2, 3-18-2024)

Columbus City Codes § 216.03 Duties of director and deputy directors.

216.03 - Duties of director and deputy directors. The director of the department shall be appointed by the mayor and shall serve at the pleasure of the mayor with a salary fixed by ordinance of council. The director shall have all powers and duties connected with and incident to the appointment, regulation and government of the department of building and zoning services. The deputy director shall serve in the absence of the director. The director of the department shall have and exercise all powers, duties and functions given to a city planning commission, city platting commission and platting commissioner by Chapter 711 of the Ohio Revised Code and Sections 735.17 to 735.26, inclusive, of the Ohio Revised Code, notwithstanding the provisions in Section 713.03 of the Ohio Revised Code to the contrary. (Ord. No. 0455-2010, § 4, 4-5-2010)

Columbus City Codes § 216.05 Division of code enforcement.

216.05 - Division of code enforcement. The division of code enforcement is established as a division of the department of building and zoning services. The division shall have as its primary duties the facilitation of the enforcement of codes and other duties as may be authorized by the director or ordinance of council. (Ord. No. 2328-2021, § 1, 9-20-2021)

Source: City of Columbus, City Codes and City Charter (Municode Library, library.municode.com)URL: https://library.municode.com/oh/columbus/codes/code_of_ordinances?nodeId=TIT2ADCO_CH216DEBUZOSEFetched: 10/27/2026