Every town writes its own rules, and Amherst, Ohio's live in its municipal code — 207 chapters covering day-to-day questions like fences, parking, pets, permits and property upkeep. Below is the full map of what the code covers.
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- 1. Amherst, Ohio
- 2. CODIFIED ORDINANCES OF THE CITY OF AMHERST, OHIO
- 3. CERTIFICATION
- 4. DIRECTORY OF OFFICIALS
- 5. ADOPTING ORDINANCE NO. 0-72-3
- 6. EDITOR'S NOTE
- 7. COMPARATIVE SECTION TABLE
- 8. TABLES OF SPECIAL ORDINANCES
- 9. TABLE A - FRANCHISES
- 10. TABLE B - EASEMENTS
- 11. TABLE C - VACATING OF STREETS AND ALLEYS
- 12. TABLE D - DEDICATION AND PLAT APPROVAL
- 13. TABLE E - ACQUISITION AND DISPOSAL OF REAL PROPERTY
- 14. TABLE F - LEASE OF REAL PROPERTY
- 15. TABLE G - STREET GRADE LEVELS AND CHANGE OF STREET NAME
- 16. TABLE H - ANNEXATION AND DETACHMENT OF TERRITORY
- 17. TABLE I - ZONING MAP CHANGES
- 18. PART ONE - ADMINISTRATIVE CODE
- 19. TITLE ONE - General Provisions
- 20. CHAPTER 101 Codified Ordinances
- 21. CHAPTER 103 Official Standards
- 22. CHAPTER 105 Wards and Boundaries
- 23. CHAPTER 107 City Property
- 24. TITLE THREE - Legislative
- 25. CHAPTER 121 Council
- 26. CHAPTER 123 Ordinances and Resolutions
- 27. TITLE FIVE - Administrative
- 28. CHAPTER 131 Mayor
- 29. CHAPTER 133 Director of Law
- 30. CHAPTER 135 Auditor
- 31. CHAPTER 137 Treasurer
- 32. CHAPTER 139 Income Tax Office
- 33. CHAPTER 141 Department of Public Safety and Service
- 34. CHAPTER 143 Division of Police
- 35. CHAPTER 145 Division of Fire
- 36. CHAPTER 147 Department of Public Service
- 37. CHAPTER 149 Division of Municipal Utilities
- 38. CHAPTER 151 Identity Theft Prevention Program
- 39. CHAPTER 153 Treatment of Address Discrepancies
- 40. CHAPTER 157 Department of City Engineering
- 41. CHAPTER 159 Building Department
- 42. CHAPTER 161 Downtown Coordinator Board
- 43. CHAPTER 163 Board of Park Commissioners
- 44. CHAPTER 165 Board of Zoning Appeals
- 45. CHAPTER 167 Civil Service Commission
- 46. CHAPTER 169 City Planning Commission
- 47. CHAPTER 171 Amherst Community Memorial Committee
- 48. CHAPTER 172 Department on Aging
- 49. CHAPTER 173 Health Services
- 50. CHAPTER 175 Employees Generally
- 51. CHAPTER 177 Discrimination
- 52. CHAPTER 178 ADA Compliance and Oversight Board
- 53. CHAPTER 179 Technology Advisory Board
- 54. TITLE SEVEN - Judicial
- 55. CHAPTER 181 Mayor's Court
- 56. TITLE NINE - Taxation
- 57. CHAPTER 191 Earned Income Tax
- 58. CHAPTER 192 Municipal Income Tax Effective January 1, 2016
- 59. CHAPTER 193 Excise Tax on Lodgings
- 60. CHAPTER 195 Motor Vehicle License Tax
- 61. CHAPTER 197 Taxpayers’ Rights
- 62. PART THREE - TRAFFIC CODE
- 63. TITLE ONE - Administration
- 64. CHAPTER 301 Definitions
- 65. CHAPTER 303 Enforcement, Impounding and Penalty
- 66. CHAPTER 305 Traffic Control
- 67. TITLE THREE - Streets and Traffic Control Devices
- 68. CHAPTER 311 Street Obstructions and Special Uses
- 69. CHAPTER 313 Traffic Control Devices
- 70. TITLE FIVE - Vehicles
- 71. CHAPTER 331 Operation Generally
- 72. CHAPTER 333 DUI; Willful Misconduct; Speed
- 73. CHAPTER 335 Licensing; Accidents
- 74. CHAPTER 337 Safety and Equipment
- 75. CHAPTER 339 Commercial and Heavy Vehicles
- 76. CHAPTER 341 Commercial Drivers
- 77. TITLE SEVEN - Parking
- 78. CHAPTER 351 Parking Generally
- 79. CHAPTER 355 Snow Emergency Parking Ban
- 80. TITLE NINE - Pedestrians, Bicycles and Motorcycles
- 81. CHAPTER 371 Pedestrians
- 82. CHAPTER 373 Bicycles and Motorcycles
- 83. CHAPTER 375 Snowmobiles, Off-Highway Motorcycles and All Purpose Vehicles
- 84. CHAPTER 377 Motorized Bicycles
- 85. PART FIVE - GENERAL OFFENSES CODE
- 86. CHAPTER 505 Animals and Fowl
- 87. CHAPTER 509 Disorderly Conduct and Peace Disturbance
- 88. CHAPTER 511 Curfew For Minors
- 89. CHAPTER 513 Drug Abuse Control
- 90. CHAPTER 517 Gambling
- 91. CHAPTER 521 Health, Safety and Sanitation
- 92. CHAPTER 525 Law Enforcement and Public Office
- 93. CHAPTER 529 Liquor Control
- 94. CHAPTER 533 Obscenity and Sex Offenses
- 95. CHAPTER 537 Offenses Against Persons
- 96. CHAPTER 541 Property Offenses
- 97. CHAPTER 545 Theft and Fraud
- 98. CHAPTER 549 Weapons and Explosives
- 99. CHAPTER 553 Railroads
- 100. CHAPTER 557 Trees, Weeds and Grass
- 101. CHAPTER 561 Fair Housing Standards
- 102. PART SEVEN - BUSINESS REGULATION CODE
- 103. CHAPTER 711 Billiard and Pool Rooms and Bowling Alleys (Repealed)
- 104. CHAPTER 715 Gaming Machines
- 105. CHAPTER 717 Sweepstakes Terminal Cafes
- 106. CHAPTER 721 Billposters and Distributors
- 107. CHAPTER 731 Fortunetelling and Clairvoyancy
- 108. CHAPTER 741 Peddlers, Solicitors and Canvassers
- 109. CHAPTER 751 Taxicabs (Repealed)
- 110. CHAPTER 753 Video Service Providers
- 111. CHAPTER 755 Alarm Systems
- 112. CHAPTER 761 Private Investigators and Security Guards
- 113. PART NINE - STREETS AND PUBLIC SERVICES CODE
- 114. TITLE ONE - Street and Sidewalk Areas
- 115. CHAPTER 901 Street Excavations
- 116. CHAPTER 903 Sidewalks
- 117. CHAPTER 905 Pavements, Curbs and Gutters
- 118. TITLE THREE - Public Utilities
- 119. CHAPTER 909 Utilities in Public Right-of-Way
- 120. CHAPTER 911 Sanitary Sewer Connections
- 121. CHAPTER 912 Sewers Generally
- 122. CHAPTER 913 Sanitary Sewerage Charges
- 123. CHAPTER 915 Storm Sewer Connections
- 124. CHAPTER 916 Construction Site Soil Erosion, Sediment, Storm Water Runoff and Storm Water Quality Controls and Regulations
- 125. CHAPTER 917 Water
- 126. CHAPTER 919 Electricity
- 127. CHAPTER 921 Gas
- 128. CHAPTER 922 Illicit Discharge and Stormwater Connection Regulations
- 129. CHAPTER 925 Use of Public Ways for Small Cell Wireless Facilities and Wireless Support Structures
- 130. CHAPTER 927 Small Cell Design Guidelines
- 131. TITLE FIVE - Other Public Services
- 132. CHAPTER 931 City Dump
- 133. CHAPTER 933 Cemetery Charges
- 134. CHAPTER 935 Parks
- 135. PART ELEVEN - PLANNING AND ZONING CODE
- 136. TITLE ONE - Municipal Planning
- 137. CHAPTER 1101 City Planning Commission
- 138. CHAPTER 1102 Construction Approval Procedure
- 139. TITLE THREE - Subdivision Regulations
- 140. CHAPTER 1103 Definitions
- 141. CHAPTER 1105 General Provisions, Administration, Enforcement and Penalty
- 142. CHAPTER 1107 Procedure For Subdivision Approval
- 143. CHAPTER 1109 Subdivision Requirements
- 144. CHAPTER 1111 Plats and Data
- 145. CHAPTER 1113 Standards, Requirements and Approval for Construction of Improvements
- 146. CHAPTER 1114 Development Plan Review
- 147. CHAPTER 1115 Construction Specifications
- 148. APPENDIX A Typical Sections - City Standards
- 149. APPENDIX B Required Statements and Signatures to be Affixed to Subdivision Plat
- 150. TITLE FIVE - Zoning Code
- 151. CHAPTER 1121 General Provisions and Definitions
- 152. CHAPTER 1123 Administration, Enforcement and Penalty
- 153. CHAPTER 1125 Board of Zoning Appeals
- 154. CHAPTER 1127 Districts and Boundaries Generally
- 155. CHAPTER 1128 Planned Development District Zoning
- 156. CHAPTER 1129 R-1 Single-Family Residence District
- 157. CHAPTER 1130 Home Occupations
- 158. CHAPTER 1131 R-2 Two-Family Residence District
- 159. CHAPTER 1133 R-3 Multiple-Family Residence District
- 160. CHAPTER 1135 C-1 Commercial or Local Business District
- 161. CHAPTER 1137 C-2 Commercial or General Business District
- 162. CHAPTER 1139 C-3 Motor Service District
- 163. CHAPTER 1141 I-1 Industrial District
- 164. CHAPTER 1143 M-1 Manufacturing District
- 165. CHAPTER 1145 Additional Use, Height and Area Regulations and Exceptions
- 166. CHAPTER 1147 Nonconforming Uses
- 167. CHAPTER 1149 Signs
- 168. CHAPTER 1151 Fences
- 169. CHAPTER 1153 Mobile Vending
- 170. PART THIRTEEN - BUILDING CODE
- 171. TITLE ONE - Standards
- 172. CHAPTER 1301 Building Code
- 173. CHAPTER 1303 Residential Building Code (for One-, Two-, and Three Family Dwellings)
- 174. CHAPTER 1305 Mechanical Code
- 175. CHAPTER 1307 Plumbing Code
- 176. CHAPTER 1309 Electrical Code
- 177. CHAPTER 1311 Fule Gas Code
- 178. CHAPTER 1313 Energy Conservation Code
- 179. CHAPTER 1315 Accessibility for Physically Disabled Persons
- 180. CHAPTER 1317 Ohio Existing Building Code
- 181. TITLE THREE - Administration and Local Provisions
- 182. CHAPTER 1331 Building Department
- 183. CHAPTER 1333 Concrete Block Construction
- 184. CHAPTER 1335 Fire Limits
- 185. CHAPTER 1336 Registration of Contractors
- 186. CHAPTER 1337 Permit and Inspection Fees
- 187. CHAPTER 1338 Flood Damage Reduction
- 188. CHAPTER 1339 Swimming Pools
- 189. CHAPTER 1340 Property Maintenance
- 190. CHAPTER 1341 Unsafe and Insanitary Structures (Repealed)
- 191. CHAPTER 1342 Exterior Residential Property Maintenance Code (Repealed)
- 192. CHAPTER 1343 Abandoned Service Stations
- 193. CHAPTER 1344 Exterior Property Maintenance Code (Repealed)
- 194. CHAPTER 1345 Lot Grades
- 195. CHAPTER 1347 Drainage and Grading
- 196. CHAPTER 1348 Storm Water Management and Sediment and Erosion Control Regulations
- 197. CHAPTER 1349 Cellular Communications Systems
- 198. CHAPTER 1350 Design Review Regulations
- 199. TITLE FIVE - Housing
- 200. CHAPTER 1351 General Provisions and Definitions
- 201. CHAPTER 1353 Administration, Enforcement and Penalty
- 202. CHAPTER 1355 Minimum Standards
- 203. PART FIFTEEN - FIRE PREVENTION CODE
- 204. CHAPTER 1503 Local Provisions
- 205. CHAPTER 1505 Fire Lanes
- 206. CHAPTER 1511 Open Burning
- 207. CHAPTER 1519 Fireworks