Ohio Code § 737.28
Ohio Code § 737.28. Reproduced from the official Ohio Revised Code, with a citation summary, verification link, and related provisions.
§ 737.28.
The legislative authority of a municipal corporation may regulate the erection of
houses and business structures and prohibit the erection of buildings within such
limits as it deems proper, unless the outer walls are constructed of noncombustible
material, and, on the petition of the owners of not less than two thirds of the ground
included in any square or half-square, may prohibit the erection thereon of any building,
or addition to any building more than ten feet high, unless the outer walls are made
of iron, stone, brick and mortar, or of some of them, and may provide for the removal
of any building or additions erected in violation of such prohibition.
Source: official Ohio text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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- Citation: Ohio Revised Code § 737.28
- Jurisdiction: Ohio
- Code: Ohio Revised Code
- Text: transcribed from the official source (verify below)
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