Oregon Administrative Rules
Chapter 918 - DEPARTMENT OF CONSUMER AND BUSINESS SERVICES, BUILDING CODES DIVISION
Division 20 - DELEGATION OF PROGRAMS TO LOCAL JURISDICTIONS
Section 918-020-0250 - Local Boards
Universal Citation: OR Admin Rules 918-020-0250
Current through Register Vol. 63, No. 3, March 1, 2024
(1) Use of Local Boards.
(a) Except as otherwise
provided in subsection (b) and (c) of this section, a municipality that
procures services from a contract building official must establish a local
board to which a permit applicant may appeal a contract building official's
discretionary decisions.
(b) A city
does not need to establish a local board if the county within which the city is
located, or an adjacent county, has a local board that hears, in accordance
with this rule, all appeals of the discretionary decisions of the city's
contract building official.
(c) A
county does not need to establish a local board if an adjacent county has a
local board that hears, in accordance with this rule, all appeals of the
discretionary decisions of the county's contract building official or the
discretionary decisions of all contract building officials for cities located
within the county.
(d) Agreements.
(A) A city may enter into an agreement with
the county within which the city is located, or an adjacent county, to hear
appeals in accordance with this rule.
(B) A county may enter into an agreement with an adjacent county
to hear appeals in accordance with this rule.
(2) M embership of Local Boards.
(a) If a city establishes a local board
under section (1)(a) of this rule, the city must include as a member the
building official of the county within which the city is located or the
building official of an adjacent county.
(b) If a county establishes a local board under section (1)(a) of
this rule, the county must include as a member a building official from an
adjacent county.
(c) A local board
described in section (1)(a) of this rule may not include as a member:
(A) Any contract building official;
or
(B) An owner, manager,
director, officer or employee of a person, other than an employee of the
municipality, that performs building inspections.
(d) An individual who engages in the
business of building design or construction may be a member of the local board,
but may not hear an appeal of a contract building official's discretionary
decision concerning a project that involves a business, or competitor of a
business, that:
(A) The individual owns or
manages or for which the individual provides services as an employee, agent or
contractor; or
(B) A family member
or a member of the individual's householder owns or manages or for which the
family member or member of the household provides services as an employee,
agent or contractor.
Statutory/Other Authority: 2021 Oregon Laws Ch. 599, Sec. 2 (Enrolled SB 866)
Statutes/Other Implemented: 2021 Oregon Laws Ch. 599, Sec. 2 (Enrolled SB 866)
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