Cleveland Heights, Ohio, OH Municipal Code — every chapter, in plain language

Current through January 1, 2026 | State legislation current through June 25, 2025. Official source: https://codelibrary.amlegal.com/codes/clevelandhts/latest/overview

Every town writes its own rules, and Cleveland Heights, Ohio's live in its municipal code — 235 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. CODIFIED ORDINANCES OF THE CITY OF CLEVELAND HEIGHTS OHIO
2. CERTIFICATION
3. ROSTER OF OFFICIALS
4. CONTENTS
5. EDITOR'S NOTE
6. COMPARATIVE SECTION TABLE
7. THE FIRST AMENDED CHARTER OF THE CITY OF CLEVELAND HEIGHTS, OHIO
8. PREAMBLE
9. ARTICLE I NAME AND BOUNDARIES
10. ARTICLE II FORM OF GOVERNMENT AND POWERS
11. ARTICLE III THE COUNCIL
12. ARTICLE IV THE MAYOR
13. ARTICLE V ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICERS AND DEPARTMENTS
14. ARTICLE VI MUNICIPAL COURT
15. ARTICLE VII NOMINATIONS AND ELECTIONS
16. ARTICLE VIII INITIATIVE, REFERENDUM AND RECALL
17. ARTICLE IX FINANCES
18. ARTICLE X ETHICS AND NONDISCRIMINATION
19. ARTICLE XI BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS
20. ARTICLE XII AMENDMENTS
21. ARTICLE XIII CHARTER REVIEW
22. ARTICLE XIV FRANCHISES
23. ARTICLE XV SAVING CLAUSES
24. ARTICLE XVI WHEN CHARTER TAKES EFFECT
25. PART ONE - ADMINISTRATIVE CODE
26. TITLE ONE - General Provisions
27. CHAPTER 101 Codified Ordinances
28. CHAPTER 103 Official Standards
29. CHAPTER 105 Public Records
30. CHAPTER 107 Public Meetings
31. CHAPTER 109 City Personal Information Systems
33. TITLE THREE - Legislative
34. CHAPTER 111 Council
35. TITLE FIVE - Administrative
36. CHAPTER 121 Mayor
37. CHAPTER 123 Department of Finance
38. CHAPTER 125 Department of Law
39. CHAPTER 127 Department of Planning and Development
40. CHAPTER 129 Department of Public Works
41. CHAPTER 131 Department of Public Safety
42. CHAPTER 135 Department of Parks and Recreation
43. CHAPTER 136 Department of Community Services
44. CHAPTER 137 Civil Service
45. CHAPTER 139 Employees Generally
46. CHAPTER 140 Cleveland Heights Climate and Environmental Sustainability Committee
47. CHAPTER 141 Parks and Recreation Advisory Board
48. CHAPTER 142 Arts Commission
49. CHAPTER 143 Landmark Commission
50. CHAPTER 144 Administrative Services Commission
51. CHAPTER 145 Commission on Aging
52. CHAPTER 147 Advisory Commission For Retired Senior Volunteer Program
53. CHAPTER 148 Parks and Recreation Youth Advisory Board
54. CHAPTER 149 Community Improvement Awards Committee
55. CHAPTER 150 Transportation and Environmental Sustainability Committee
56. TITLE SEVEN - Judicial
57. CHAPTER 151 Municipal Court
58. TITLE NINE - Taxation
59. CHAPTER 155 Admissions Tax
60. CHAPTER 157 Income Tax
61. CHAPTER 158 Income Tax Effective January 1, 2016
62. CHAPTER 159 Motor Vehicle License Tax
63. TITLE ELEVEN - Finance
64. CHAPTER 171 Contracts
65. CHAPTER 173 Bonds and Notes
66. CHAPTER 175 Assessments
67. CHAPTER 177 Accounting Funds
68. CHAPTER 179 Deposit and Investment Procedure
69. TITLE THIRTEEN- Domestic Partners
70. CHAPTER 181 Domestic Partnership Registry
71. TITLE FIFTEEN- Political Influence
72. CHAPTER 183 Political Influence by Corporate Entities
73. PART THREE - TRAFFIC CODE
74. TITLE ONE - Administration
75. CHAPTER 301 Definitions
76. CHAPTER 303
77. CHAPTER 305 Traffic Control
78. TITLE THREE - Streets and Traffic Control Devices
79. CHAPTER 311
80. CHAPTER 313 Traffic Control Devices
81. TITLE FIVE - Vehicles
82. CHAPTER 331 Operation Generally
83. CHAPTER 333 OVI; Willful Misconduct; Speed
84. CHAPTER 335 Licensing; Accidents
85. CHAPTER 337 Safety and Equipment
86. CHAPTER 339 Commercial and Heavy Vehicles
87. CHAPTER 341 Commercial Drivers
88. TITLE SEVEN - Parking
89. CHAPTER 351 Parking Generally
90. CHAPTER 353 Street Parking Meters
91. CHAPTER 355 Municipal Parking Lots
92. TITLE NINE - Pedestrians, Bicycles and Motorcycles
93. CHAPTER 371 Pedestrians
94. CHAPTER 373 Bicycles and Motorcycles
95. CHAPTER 375 Snowmobiles, Off-Highway Motorcycles and All Purpose Vehicles
96. APPENDIX - Traffic Schedules
97. SCHEDULE I - THROUGH STREETS
98. SCHEDULE II - STOP INTERSECTIONS
99. SCHEDULE III - YIELD INTERSECTIONS
100. SCHEDULE IV - TRAFFIC CONTROL SIGNALS
101. SCHEDULE V - ALLEYS DESIGNATED
102. SCHEDULE VI - PROHIBITED RIGHT TURN ON RED INTERSECTIONS
103. SCHEDULE VII - PROHIBITED RIGHT TURN ON RED
104. PART FIVE - GENERAL OFFENSES CODE
105. CHAPTER 503 Advertising
106. CHAPTER 505 Animals and Fowl
107. CHAPTER 509 Disorderly Conduct and Peace Disturbance
108. CHAPTER 513 Drug Abuse Control
109. CHAPTER 517 Gambling
110. CHAPTER 521 Health, Safety and Sanitation
111. CHAPTER 522 Lead Hazards
112. CHAPTER 525 Law Enforcement and Public Office
113. CHAPTER 527 Littering
114. CHAPTER 529 Liquor Control
115. CHAPTER 531 Minors' Curfew
116. CHAPTER 533 Obscenity and Sex Offenses
117. CHAPTER 537 Offenses Against Persons
118. CHAPTER 541 Property Offenses
119. CHAPTER 545 Theft and Fraud
120. CHAPTER 549 Weapons and Explosives
121. CHAPTER 551 Regulation of Firearms (Repealed)
122. CHAPTER 553 Abatement of Nuisances
123. CHAPTER 555 Air Pollution
124. PART SEVEN - BUSINESS REGULATION CODE
125. CHAPTER 705 Auctions
126. CHAPTER 709 Billiard Rooms and Bowling Alleys
127. CHAPTER 711 Marijuana Entity Licensing
128. CHAPTER 713 Rental Halls
129. CHAPTER 717 Eyeglasses
130. CHAPTER 721 Going-Out-of-Business Sales
131. CHAPTER 725 Amusement Devices
132. CHAPTER 729 Cigarette and Tobacco Vendors; Sales to Persons Under 21
133. CHAPTER 731 Newsracks
134. CHAPTER 733 Pawnbrokers
135. CHAPTER 737 Peddlers and Solicitors
136. CHAPTER 741 Residential Personal Property Sales
137. CHAPTER 745 Taxicabs
138. CHAPTER 747 Rental Listing Organizations
139. CHAPTER 749 Fair Practices
140. CHAPTER 751 Commercial Snow Removal and Commercial Landscaping
141. CHAPTER 753 Non-Bank Automated Teller Machines
142. CHAPTER 755 Licensing and Operation of Sexually Oriented Businesses
143. CHAPTER 757 Prohibited Predatory Loans
144. CHAPTER 759 Video Service Provider Fee
145. CHAPTER 761 Secondhand Dealers
146. CHAPTER 763 Solid Waste Collectors
147. CHAPTER 765 Third-Party Food Delivery Services
148. CHAPTER 767 Tenant’s Right to Pay to Stay
149. PART NINE - STREETS, UTILITIES AND PUBLIC SERVICES CODE
150. CHAPTER 911 Sewer Rates and Regulations
151. CHAPTER 917 Trees
152. CHAPTER 923 Parks
153. CHAPTER 929 Recreation Pavilion
154. CHAPTER 935 Solid Waste Collection and Disposal
155. CHAPTER 941 Use of Public Ways by Service Providers
156. CHAPTER 943 Use of Public Ways for Small Cell Wireless Facilities and Wireless Support Structures
157. PART ELEVEN - ZONING CODE
158. TITLE ONE - Administration
159. CHAPTER 1101 Purpose, Interpretation and Validity
160. CHAPTER 1103 Definitions
161. CHAPTER 1105 Establishment of Districts and Map
162. CHAPTER 1107 Zoning Administrator
163. CHAPTER 1109 Board of Zoning Appeals
164. CHAPTER 1111 Planning Commission
165. CHAPTER 1113 Board of Control
166. CHAPTER 1115 Procedures
167. CHAPTER 1117 Enforcement and Penalties
168. CHAPTER 1119 Amendments
169. TITLE THREE - District Regulations
170. CHAPTER 1121 AA and A Single-Family and B Two-Family Residential Districts
171. CHAPTER 1123 MF-1, MF-2 and MF-3 Multiple-Family Residential Districts
172. CHAPTER 1131 Commercial Districts
173. CHAPTER 1133 Park District
174. TITLE FIVE - Special Districts
175. CHAPTER 1141 Planned Development Objectives
176. CHAPTER 1143 S-1 Mixed Use District
177. CHAPTER 1145 S-2 Mixed Use District
178. CHAPTER 1147 Planned Development Overlay District
179. TITLE SEVEN - Conditional Use Regulations
180. CHAPTER 1151 General Criteria
181. CHAPTER 1153 Supplemental Standards for Conditional Uses
182. CHAPTER 1155 Planned Residential Development
183. TITLE NINE - Supplementary Regulations
184. CHAPTER 1161 Off-Street Parking and Loading Regulations
185. CHAPTER 1163 Sign Regulations
186. CHAPTER 1165 Additional Regulations Governing Uses
187. CHAPTER 1166 Landscape Requirements
188. CHAPTER 1167 Prohibited Uses
189. CHAPTER 1169 Sexually Oriented Businesses
190. TITLE ELEVEN - Nonconformities
191. CHAPTER 1171 Intent and General Regulations
192. CHAPTER 1173 Nonconforming Uses
193. CHAPTER 1175 Nonconforming Lots and Structures
194. APPENDIX Zoning Map Changes
195. PART THIRTEEN - BUILDING CODE
196. TITLE ONE - Standards Adopted
197. CHAPTER 1301 Residential Building Code of Ohio for One, Two and Three-Family Dwellings
198. CHAPTER 1303 Ohio Building Code (OBC)
199. TITLE THREE - Local Provisions
200. CHAPTER 1311 Administration, Fees and Penalty
201. CHAPTER 1313 Architectural Board of Review
202. CHAPTER 1315 Board of Building Code Appeals
203. CHAPTER 1317 Registration of Contractors
204. CHAPTER 1321 Fences
205. CHAPTER 1323 Signs
206. CHAPTER 1325 Awnings and Tents
207. CHAPTER 1327 Moving Buildings
208. CHAPTER 1329 Point of Sale Inspection
209. CHAPTER 1333 Exterior Paint Removal and Surface Cleaning
210. CHAPTER 1334 Erosion and Sediment Control
211. CHAPTER 1335 Stormwater Management
212. CHAPTER 1336 Illicit Discharge and Illegal Connection Control
213. CHAPTER 1337 Flood Damage Reduction
214. TITLE FIVE - Housing Code
215. CHAPTER 1341 Definitions
216. CHAPTER 1343 Purpose and Scope
217. CHAPTER 1345 Enforcement and Penalty
218. CHAPTER 1347 Certificate of Occupancy and Lead-Safe Certification
219. CHAPTER 1349 Certificate of Authorized Occupancy
220. CHAPTER 1351 Basic Standards for Residential Occupancy
221. CHAPTER 1353 Additional Standards for Multiple Dwellings
222. APPENDIX Housing Schedules
223. TITLE SEVEN - Business Maintenance Code
224. CHAPTER 1361 Definitions
225. CHAPTER 1363 Purpose and Scope
226. CHAPTER 1365 Enforcement and Penalty
227. CHAPTER 1367 Certificate of Business Occupancy
228. CHAPTER 1369 Basic Standards for Business Occupancy
229. CHAPTER 1371 Abandoned or Inoperative Gasoline Service Stations
230. CHAPTER 1373 Exterior Walls and Appurtenances; Parking Garages
231. PART FIFTEEN - FIRE PREVENTION CODE
232. CHAPTER 1505 Fire Lanes
233. CHAPTER 1509 Fireworks
234. CHAPTER 1511 Child Day-Care Homes
235. CHAPTER 1513 Fire Districts
236. PART SEVENTEEN - HEALTH CODE