Every town writes its own rules, and Bexley, Ohio's live in its municipal code — 229 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. Bexley, Ohio
- 2. CODIFIED ORDINANCES OF THE CITY OF BEXLEY, OHIO
- 3. CERTIFICATION
- 4. DIRECTORY OF OFFICIALS (2026)
- 5. COMPARATIVE SECTION TABLE
- 6. TABLES OF SPECIAL ORDINANCES
- 7. TABLE A - FRANCHISES
- 8. TABLE B - EASEMENTS
- 9. TABLE C - VACATING OF STREETS AND ALLEYS
- 10. TABLE D - DEDICATION AND PLAT APPROVAL
- 11. TABLE E - ACQUISITION AND DISPOSAL OF REAL PROPERTY
- 12. TABLE F - LEASE OF REAL PROPERTY
- 13. TABLE G - STREET GRADE LEVELS AND CHANGE OF STREET NAME
- 14. TABLE H - ANNEXATION AND DETACHMENT OF TERRITORY
- 15. TABLE I - ZONING MAP CHANGES
- 16. CHARTER OF THE CITY OF BEXLEY, OHIO
- 17. PREAMBLE
- 18. ARTICLE I - POWERS
- 19. ARTICLE II - NON-DISCRIMINATION AND DIVERSITY
- 20. ARTICLE III - EXECUTIVE
- 21. ARTICLE IV - JUDICIAL
- 22. ARTICLE V - LEGISLATIVE
- 23. ARTICLE VI - AUDITOR
- 24. ARTICLE VII - ELECTED OFFICIALS: FORFEITURE, REMOVAL, SUSPENSION FROM OFFICE
- 25. ARTICLE VIII - CITY ATTORNEY
- 26. ARTICLE IX - CITY ENGINEER
- 27. ARTICLE X - POLICE DEPARTMENT
- 28. ARTICLE XI - BOARD OF CONTROL
- 29. ARTICLE XII - BOARD OF HEALTH
- 30. ARTICLE XIII - CIVIL SERVICE COMMISSION
- 31. ARTICLE XIV - CITY PLANNING COMMISSION
- 32. ARTICLE XV - BONDS AND EVIDENCES OF INDEBTEDNESS
- 33. ARTICLE XVI - CONTRACTS
- 34. ARTICLE XVII - INITIATIVE AND REFERENDUM
- 35. ARTICLE XVIII - FRANCHISES
- 36. ARTICLE XIX - NOMINATIONS AND ELECTIONS
- 37. ARTICLE XX - MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS
- 38. PART TWO - ADMINISTRATION CODE
- 39. TITLE TWO - General Provisions
- 40. CHAPTER 202 Codified Ordinances
- 41. CHAPTER 204 Official Standards
- 42. CHAPTER 206 Wards and Boundaries
- 43. TITLE FOUR - Legislation
- 44. CHAPTER 220 Council
- 45. CHAPTER 222 Ordinances and Resolutions
- 46. CHAPTER 223 Meetings
- 47. TITLE SIX - Administration
- 48. CHAPTER 230 Mayor
- 49. CHAPTER 232 Auditor
- 50. CHAPTER 234 City Attorney
- 51. CHAPTER 236 City Engineer
- 52. CHAPTER 238 Department of Public Safety
- 53. CHAPTER 240 Police Department
- 54. CHAPTER 242 Fire Department
- 55. CHAPTER 244 Building Department
- 56. CHAPTER 246 Health Department
- 57. CHAPTER 248 Department of Public Service
- 58. CHAPTER 250 Streets, Sewers and Sidewalks Department
- 59. CHAPTER 252 Parks and Public Grounds Department
- 60. CHAPTER 254 Water Department
- 61. CHAPTER 256 Recreation Department
- 62. CHAPTER 258 Custodians
- 63. CHAPTER 260 Civil Defense
- 64. CHAPTER 262 Employees Generally
- 65. CHAPTER 264 City Strategic Plan
- 66. CHAPTER 265 Naming and Renaming Policy
- 67. CHAPTER 266 Public Records Policy
- 68. TITLE EIGHT - Boards and Commissions
- 69. CHAPTER 270 Board of Control; Contracting and Procurement Policies
- 70. CHAPTER 271 Records Commission
- 71. CHAPTER 272 Board of Health
- 72. CHAPTER 274 Civil Service Commission
- 73. CHAPTER 275 Citizen Review Board
- 74. CHAPTER 276 City Planning Commission (Repealed)
- 75. CHAPTER 278 Board of Zoning Appeals (Repealed)
- 76. CHAPTER 280 Bexley Historical Society
- 77. CHAPTER 282 Recreation Board
- 78. CHAPTER 284 Technology Commission
- 79. CHAPTER 285 Environmental Sustainability Advisory Committee
- 80. CHAPTER 286 Main Street Redevelopment Commission (Repealed)
- 81. CHAPTER 288 Tree and Public Gardens Commission
- 82. CHAPTER 289 Bexley Land Use Strategy Commission
- 83. CHAPTER 290 Jeffrey Mansion Commission
- 84. TITLE TEN - Judiciary
- 85. CHAPTER 291 Mayor's Court
- 86. PART FOUR - TRAFFIC CODE
- 87. TITLE TWO - Administration, Enforcement and Penalties
- 88. CHAPTER 402 Definitions
- 89. CHAPTER 404 Enforcement; Impounding
- 90. CHAPTER 406 Traffic Control
- 91. CHAPTER 408 Penalties
- 92. CHAPTER 410 Traffic Violations Bureau
- 93. TITLE FOUR- Public Ways and Traffic Control Devices
- 94. CHAPTER 412 Obstruction and Special Uses of Public Ways
- 95. CHAPTER 414 Traffic Control Devices
- 96. CHAPTER 416 Pedestrians
- 97. TITLE SIX - Vehicles and Operation
- 98. CHAPTER 432 Operation Generally
- 99. CHAPTER 434 OVI; Reckless Operation; Speed
- 100. CHAPTER 436 Licensing; Accidents
- 101. CHAPTER 438 Safety and Equipment
- 102. CHAPTER 440 Commercial and Heavy Vehicles
- 103. CHAPTER 442 Commercial Drivers
- 104. CHAPTER 444 Offenses Relating to Theft and Fraud
- 105. CHAPTER 446 Golf Carts
- 106. TITLE EIGHT- Parking
- 107. CHAPTER 452 Parking Generally
- 108. TITLE TEN - Bicycles, Motorcycles, Snowmobiles and Personal Mobility Devices
- 109. CHAPTER 474 Bicycles and Motorcycles
- 110. CHAPTER 475 Motorized Personal Mobility Devices
- 111. CHAPTER 476 Snowmobiles, Off-Highway Motorcycles and All Purpose Vehicles
- 112. CHAPTER 478 Motorized Bicycles
- 113. PART SIX - GENERAL OFFENSES CODE
- 114. CHAPTER 612 Alcoholic Beverages
- 115. CHAPTER 618 Animals
- 116. CHAPTER 624 Drug Abuse Control
- 117. CHAPTER 630 Gambling
- 118. CHAPTER 636 Offenses Against Persons
- 119. CHAPTER 637 Discriminatory Practices; Civil Rights; Disclosure
- 120. CHAPTER 642 Property Offenses
- 121. CHAPTER 643 Alarm Systems
- 122. CHAPTER 645 Theft and Fraud
- 123. CHAPTER 648 Disorderly Conduct and Peace Disturbance
- 124. CHAPTER 649 Pedestrian or Vehicle Interference: ATM Privacy
- 125. CHAPTER 654 Railroads
- 126. CHAPTER 660 Safety, Sanitation and Health
- 127. CHAPTER 662 Smoking Prohibitions
- 128. CHAPTER 666 Obscenity and Sex Offenses
- 129. CHAPTER 672 Weapons and Explosives
- 130. CHAPTER 676 Weeds
- 131. CHAPTER 698 Penalties and Sentencing
- 132. PART EIGHT - BUSINESS REGULATION AND TAXATION CODE
- 133. TITLE TWO - Business Regulation
- 134. CHAPTER 804 Amusement Arcades
- 135. CHAPTER 820 Food Establishments and Handlers
- 136. CHAPTER 824 Garage and Yard Sales
- 137. CHAPTER 828 Haulers
- 138. CHAPTER 832 Peddlers and Solicitors
- 139. CHAPTER 836 Retail Sales
- 140. CHAPTER 837 Tobacco Retail License and Regulations
- 141. CHAPTER 838 Face Coverings for Public Health Purposes
- 142. CHAPTER 840 Transient Dealers
- 143. CHAPTER 844 Video Service Providers
- 144. CHAPTER 850 Boarding Houses
- 145. TITLE FOUR- Taxation
- 146. CHAPTER 880 Earned Income Tax
- 147. CHAPTER 881 Supplemental Provisions to Tax Code
- 148. CHAPTER 882 Hotel/Motel/Bed and Breakfast Inn Tax
- 149. CHAPTER 884 Motor Vehicle License Tax
- 150. CHAPTER 886 Community Reinvestment Program
- 151. CHAPTER 888 Single-Use Plastics Restrictions
- 152. PART TEN - STREETS, UTILITIES AND PUBLIC SERVICES CODE
- 153. TITLE TWO - Street and Sidewalk Areas
- 154. CHAPTER 1020 Excavations
- 155. CHAPTER 1022 Sidewalks
- 156. CHAPTER 1024 Driveways and Curb Cuts
- 157. CHAPTER 1026 Trees and Shrubs
- 158. CHAPTER 1027 Care and Maintenance of Tree Lawn
- 159. CHAPTER 1028 Right-of-Way Policy
- 160. TITLE FOUR - Utilities
- 161. CHAPTER 1040 Utilities Generally
- 162. CHAPTER 1042 Water
- 163. CHAPTER 1044 Sewers
- 164. CHAPTER 1046 Gas
- 165. CHAPTER 1048 Electricity
- 166. CHAPTER 1050 Public Telephones
- 167. CHAPTER 1052 Storm Water Control
- 168. TITLE SIX - Other Public Services
- 169. CHAPTER 1060 Garbage and Rubbish Collection and Disposal
- 170. CHAPTER 1062 Parks
- 171. CHAPTER 1063 School Grounds, Equipment and Buildings
- 172. CHAPTER 1064 Regional Transit Authority
- 173. PART TWELVE - PLANNING AND ZONING CODE
- 174. TITLE TWO - Planning and Administration TITLE TWO - Planning and Administration
- 175. CHAPTER 1218 Administrative and Decision-Making Bodies and Officials
- 176. CHAPTER 1220 Board of Zoning and Planning
- 177. CHAPTER 1223 Architectural Review
- 178. CHAPTER 1226 Administrative Review Procedures
- 179. CHAPTER 1228 Utility Installations
- 180. CHAPTER 1230 Definitions
- 181. TITLE THREE - Subdivision Approval
- 182. CHAPTER 1234 Subdivision Regulations
- 183. CHAPTER 1236 Subdivision Review and Approval
- 184. TITLE FOUR - Zoning
- 185. CHAPTER 1240 General Provisions
- 186. CHAPTER 1248 Official Zoning Map
- 187. CHAPTER 1252 Residential District Regulations
- 188. CHAPTER 1254 Commercial and Institutional District Regulations
- 189. CHAPTER 1256 Planned Unit Development District
- 190. CHAPTER 1258 Alum Creek Preservation District
- 191. TITLE FIVE - General Development Standards
- 192. CHAPTER 1260 Signs
- 193. CHAPTER 1262 Off-Street Parking and Loading Regulations
- 194. CHAPTER 1264 Fences and Walls
- 195. CHAPTER 1266 Supplementary Regulations
- 196. TITLE SIX - Penalty
- 197. CHAPTER 1290 Penalty Provisions
- 198. PART FOURTEEN - BUILDING AND HOUSING CODE
- 199. TITLE TWO - Building Standards
- 200. CHAPTER 1410 Residential Building Code of Ohio
- 201. CHAPTER 1412 Ohio Building Code
- 202. CHAPTER 1414 National Electrical Code
- 203. CHAPTER 1416 Ohio Plumbing Code
- 204. TITLE FOUR - Miscellaneous Building Regulations
- 205. CHAPTER 1430 Administration, Enforcement and Penalty
- 206. CHAPTER 1432 Bexley Environmental Review District
- 207. CHAPTER 1434 Burners, Heaters and Stoves
- 208. CHAPTER 1436 Deposit of Building Materials, Etc. on Streets
- 209. CHAPTER 1438 Exterior Air Conditioning Equipment
- 210. CHAPTER 1440 Exterior Lighting
- 211. CHAPTER 1442 Fences
- 212. CHAPTER 1444 Flood Damage Prevention
- 213. CHAPTER 1456 Registration of Contractors
- 214. CHAPTER 1464 Private Swimming Pools
- 215. CHAPTER 1468 Screening of Front Porches
- 216. CHAPTER 1470 Signs
- 217. CHAPTER 1472 Smoke Detectors
- 218. CHAPTER 1473 Maintenance of Elevators
- 219. CHAPTER 1476 Unsafe Buildings and Sites
- 220. CHAPTER 1478 Securing and Fencing of Construction Sites
- 221. CHAPTER 1480 Demolition
- 222. CHAPTER 1482 Underground Sprinkler Systems
- 223. CHAPTER 1485 Automatic External Defibrillator and Bleeding Control Kit Requirements
- 224. TITLE SIX - Housing Code
- 225. CHAPTER 1490 Building and Property Maintenance Code
- 226. CHAPTER 1492 Vegetation/Weed Control
- 227. PART SIXTEEN - FIRE PREVENTION CODE
- 228. CHAPTER 1620 Fireworks
- 229. CHAPTER 1631 Open Burning