§ 1121-05. Historic Buildings and Structures.  


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  • Buildings and structures are deemed historic for purposes of this chapter if individually listed on the National Register of Historic Places, individually designated as an historic landmark by the City of Cincinnati, or located within an historic district listed on the National Register of Historic Places or established pursuant to Chapter 1435, Historic Preservation, of the Cincinnati Municipal Code and determined by the Urban Conservator as contributing to the historic significance of the district.

    An historic building or structure may only be repaired, altered, added to, restored or moved under the standards provided by this chapter:

    (1)

    When the intended use is classified in use Group R-2, R-3, B, M or a combination of those use Groups;

    (2)

    The building has occupied floors no more than four stories above lowest level of Fire Division access or has occupied floors no more than five stories above lowest level of Fire Division access when all occupied floors are protected with an approved fire suppression system;

    (3)

    The building or structure is of minimum Type IIIB construction;

    (4)

    The building or structure contains no more than 2,000 square feet of occupied area maximum floor area that may be occupied is 4,000 square feet; and

    (5)

    Each occupied floor has at least two means of egress, one of which may be a fire escape; and

    (6)

    The Chief of the Fire Division determines pursuant to the Cincinnati Fire Prevention Code that the proposed work will remedy all serious threats to life safety.

(Ordained by Ord. No. 370-2001, eff. Dec. 27, 2001; a. Ord. No. 59-2002, eff. March 28, 2002; Emer. Ord. No. 238-2015, § 51, eff. July 1, 2015)