Ohio Rev. Code § 3781.101
The provisions of sections 119.03 and 119.11 of the Revised Code in particular, and the applicable provisions of Chapter 119. of the Revised Code in general, shall govern the proceedings of the board of building standards in adopting, amending, or rescinding rules and regulations pursuant to section 3781.10 of the Revised Code, and the proceedings under sections 3781.12, 3781.13 and 3781.14 of the Revised Code, in addition to the procedural provisions of such sections.
In any proceedings under said sections involving the adoption, amendment or rescission of a rule or regulation the full text of the proposed rule, amendment, or rule to be rescinded shall be filed with the clerk of the board of county commissioners of each county in the same manner as provided in subdivision (B) of section 119.03 of the Revised Code, for the filing of the same with the secretary of state.
Notwithstanding the provisions of section 119.11 of the Revised Code, in any proceedings commenced under section 3781.10, 3781.12, 3781.13, and 3781.14 of the Revised Code, the jurisdiction of the court of common pleas of Franklin county shall not be confined to the record as certified to it by the board, but shall receive such additional evidence as it shall permit any party to offer; and the court shall not affirm the order or rule of the board unless the preponderance of the evidence before it supports the reasonableness and lawfulness of such order or rule.
R.C. §3781.101