Elyria, Ohio, OH — the municipal code, in plain language

Current through December 31, 2023 | State legislation current through February 28, 2024. Official source: https://codelibrary.amlegal.com/codes/elyria/latest/overview

Every town writes its own rules, and Elyria, Ohio's live in its municipal code — 298 chapters covering day-to-day questions like fences, parking, pets, permits and property upkeep. Below is the full map of what the code covers.

What's in the Elyria, Ohio code

• 1. Elyria, Ohio
• 2. CODIFIED ORDINANCES OF THE CITY OF ELYRIA, OHIO
• 3. CERTIFICATION
• 4. DIRECTORY OF OFFICIALS (2024)
• 5. COMPARATIVE SECTION TABLE
• 6. TABLES OF SPECIAL ORDINANCES OF ELYRIA
• 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 - GRADE LEVELS, CURB LINES AND CHANGE OF STREET NAME
• 14. TABLE H - ANNEXATION AND DETACHMENT OF TERRITORY
• 15. TABLE I - ZONING MAP CHANGES
• 16. TABLE J - CONDITIONAL USE PERMITS
• 17. TABLE K - HISTORIC DISTRICTS AND LANDMARKS
• 18. TABLE L - TAX ABATEMENT, COMMUNITY REINVESTMENT AND ENTERPRISE ZONES
• 19. TABLE M - LICENSE AGREEMENTS
• 20. TABLE N - JOINT ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT DISTRICTS
• 21. CHARTER OF THE CITY OF ELYRIA, OHIO
• 22. ARTICLE I NAME, BOUNDARIES AND FORM OF GOVERNMENT
• 23. ARTICLE II CORPORATE POWERS
• 24. ARTICLE III COUNCIL
• 25. ARTICLE IV ORDINANCES AND RESOLUTIONS
• 26. ARTICLE V MAYOR
• 27. ARTICLE VI CITY FINANCE DIRECTOR
• 28. ARTICLE VII CITY LAW DIRECTOR
• 29. ARTICLE VIII ADMINISTRATIVE FINANCE COUNSEL
• 30. ARTICLE IX OFFICE OF ADMINISTRATIVE LEGAL COUNSEL
• 31. ARTICLE X DEPARTMENT OF SAFETY AND SERVICE
• 32. ARTICLE XI DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH
• 33. ARTICLE XII GENERAL DEPARTMENTAL PROVISIONS
• 34. ARTICLE XIII PLANNING COMMISSION
• 35. ARTICLE XIV BOARD OF ZONING APPEALS
• 36. ARTICLE XV PARK AND RECREATION BOARD
• 37. ARTICLE XVI CIVIL SERVICE
• 38. ARTICLE XVII TREASURY INVESTMENT BOARD
• 39. ARTICLE XVIII NOMINATIONS AND ELECTIONS
• 40. ARTICLE XIX INITIATIVE, REFERENDUM AND RECALL
• 41. ARTICLE XX FINANCES, TAXATION AND DEBT
• 42. ARTICLE XXI GENERAL
• 43. ARTICLE XXII TRANSITION PROVISIONS
• 44. ARTICLE XXIII TERM OF OFFICE OF ELECTED OFFICIALS
• 45. PART ONE - ADMINISTRATIVE CODE
• 46. TITLE ONE - General Provisions
• 47. CHAPTER 101 Codified Ordinances
• 48. CHAPTER 103 Official Standards
• 49. CHAPTER 105 Wards and Boundaries
• 50. CHAPTER 107 Notice of Public Meetings
• 51. CHAPTER 109 General Fee Schedule
• 52. CHAPTER 110 City Policies
• 53. TITLE THREE - Legislative
• 54. CHAPTER 111 Council
• 55. CHAPTER 113 Ordinances, Resolutions and Contracts
• 56. TITLE FIVE - Administrative
• 57. CHAPTER 121 Mayor
• 58. CHAPTER 123 City Finance Director
• 59. CHAPTER 125 City Law Director
• 60. CHAPTER 127 Administrative Finance Counsel
• 61. CHAPTER 129 Administrative Legal Counsel
• 62. CHAPTER 131 Tax Administrator
• 63. CHAPTER 133 Department of Safety and Service
• 64. CHAPTER 135 Division of Police
• 65. CHAPTER 137 Division of Fire
• 66. CHAPTER 139 Division of Building and Zoning Inspection
• 67. CHAPTER 141 Division of Communications
• 68. CHAPTER 143 Division of Engineering
• 69. CHAPTER 145 Division of Streets
• 70. CHAPTER 147 Division of Public Buildings and Works
• 71. CHAPTER 149 Division of Utilities
• 72. CHAPTER 151 Division of Cemeteries
• 73. CHAPTER 153 Division of Forestry
• 74. CHAPTER 154 Planning Department
• 75. CHAPTER 155 Division of Purchasing and Personnel
• 76. CHAPTER 156 Building Department
• 77. CHAPTER 157 Department of Health
• 78. CHAPTER 158 Forestry Department
• 79. CHAPTER 159 Community Development Department
• 80. CHAPTER 160 Department of Parks and Recreation
• 81. CHAPTER 161 Urban Renewal
• 82. CHAPTER 163 Conflict of Interest; Board of Ethics
• 83. CHAPTER 165 Employees Generally
• 84. CHAPTER 167 Affirmative Action
• 85. CHAPTER 168 Minority Business Enterprise Program
• 86. CHAPTER 169 Arbitration Under Collective Bargaining Agreements
• 87. CHAPTER 170 IT Department
• 88. TITLE SEVEN - Boards and Commissions
• 89. CHAPTER 171 Board of Zoning Appeals
• 90. CHAPTER 173 Park and Recreation Board
• 91. CHAPTER 174 Litter Control Board
• 92. CHAPTER 175 Treasury Investment Board
• 93. CHAPTER 176 Financial Review Board
• 94. CHAPTER 177 Personnel Placement Committee
• 95. CHAPTER 179 Civil Service Commission
• 96. CHAPTER 180 Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Committee
• 97. CHAPTER 181 Planning Commission
• 98. CHAPTER 182 Bicycle Advisory Committee
• 99. CHAPTER 183 Boxing and Wrestling Commission
• 100. CHAPTER 184 Utility Resolution Board; Backflow Reporting, Tracking and Monitoring Procedures
• 101. CHAPTER 185 Housing and Redevelopment Commission
• 102. CHAPTER 186 Biographical and Historical Commission (Repealed)
• 103. CHAPTER 187 Board of Building Standards and Appeals
• 104. CHAPTER 188 Advocacy Board for Persons With Disabilities
• 105. TITLE NINE - Judicial
• 106. CHAPTER 189 Municipal Court
• 107. TITLE ELEVEN - Taxation
• 108. CHAPTER 191 Earned Income Tax For Municipal Tax Years Beginning on or Before December 31, 2015
• 109. CHAPTER 192 Earned Income Tax For Municipal Tax Years Beginning January 1, 2016
• 110. CHAPTER 193 Transient Lodging Tax
• 111. CHAPTER 195 Motor Vehicle License Tax
• 112. PART THREE - TRAFFIC CODE
• 113. TITLE ONE - Administration
• 114. CHAPTER 301 Definitions
• 115. CHAPTER 303 Enforcement; Impounding and Penalty
• 116. CHAPTER 305 Traffic Control
• 117. TITLE THREE - Streets and Traffic Control Devices
• 118. CHAPTER 311 Street Obstructions and Special Uses
• 119. CHAPTER 313 Traffic Control Devices
• 120. TITLE FIVE - Vehicles
• 121. CHAPTER 331 Operation Generally
• 122. CHAPTER 333 Intoxication; Reckless Operation; Speed
• 123. CHAPTER 335 Licensing; Accidents
• 124. CHAPTER 337 Safety and Equipment
• 125. CHAPTER 339 Commercial and Heavy Vehicles
• 126. CHAPTER 341 Drivers of Commercial Vehicles
• 127. CHAPTER 343 Offenses Relating to Theft and Fraud
• 128. CHAPTER 345 Inspections for Locating Stolen Vehicles
• 129. TITLE SEVEN - Parking
• 130. CHAPTER 351 Parking Generally
• 131. CHAPTER 353 Parking Meters
• 132. TITLE NINE - Pedestrians, Bicycles and Motorcycles
• 133. CHAPTER 371 Pedestrians
• 134. CHAPTER 373 Bicycles and Motorcycles Generally
• 135. CHAPTER 375 Snowmobiles, Off-Highway Motorcycles and All-Purpose Vehicles
• 136. PART FIVE - GENERAL OFFENSES CODE
• 137. CHAPTER 505 Animals and Fowl
• 138. CHAPTER 509 Disorderly Conduct and Peace Disturbance
• 139. CHAPTER 513 Drug Abuse Control
• 140. CHAPTER 517 Gambling
• 141. CHAPTER 521 Health, Safety and Sanitation
• 142. CHAPTER 525 Law Enforcement and Public Office
• 143. CHAPTER 529 Liquor Control
• 144. CHAPTER 533 Obscenity and Sex Offenses
• 145. CHAPTER 537 Offenses Against Persons
• 146. CHAPTER 541 Property Offenses
• 147. CHAPTER 545 Theft and Fraud
• 148. CHAPTER 549 Weapons and Explosives
• 149. CHAPTER 553 Trees, Weeds and Grasses
• 150. PART SEVEN - BUSINESS REGULATION CODE
• 151. CHAPTER 704 Amusement Devices
• 152. CHAPTER 705 Billposters and Distributors
• 153. CHAPTER 709 Boxing and Wrestling
• 154. CHAPTER 711 Cable Service and Competitive Video Service
• 155. CHAPTER 713 Circuses and Carnivals
• 156. CHAPTER 715 Sweepstakes Terminal Café
• 157. CHAPTER 717 Dances
• 158. CHAPTER 721 Distress Merchandise Sales
• 159. CHAPTER 725 Fair Housing Practices
• 160. CHAPTER 729 Juke Boxes
• 161. CHAPTER 733 Junk Yards
• 162. CHAPTER 734 Medical Marijuana Entities
• 163. CHAPTER 735 Massage Parlor Establishments
• 164. CHAPTER 736 Motor Vehicle Salvage Dealers
• 165. CHAPTER 737 Peddlers, Canvassers and Solicitors
• 166. CHAPTER 741 Railroads
• 167. CHAPTER 745 Rummage Sales
• 168. CHAPTER 746 Sexually Oriented Businesses; Licensing and Operation
• 169. CHAPTER 747 Tattoo or Body Piercing Establishments
• 170. CHAPTER 749 Taxicabs
• 171. CHAPTER 750 Taxicabs
• 172. CHAPTER 753 Temporary Stores
• 173. CHAPTER 757 Weapons Sales
• 174. CHAPTER 761 Weights and Measures
• 175. PART NINE - STREETS AND PUBLIC SERVICES CODE
• 176. TITLE ONE - Street and Sidewalk Areas
• 177. CHAPTER 901 Construction and Repair
• 178. CHAPTER 905 Excavations in Streets
• 179. CHAPTER 907 Standard Construction Drawings
• 180. CHAPTER 909 Street Signs and House Numbers
• 181. CHAPTER 913 Procedure for Street Name Change, Vacating or Narrowing
• 182. CHAPTER 917 Poles and Wires
• 183. CHAPTER 919 Assessments
• 184. CHAPTER 921 Use Of Public Way By Service Providers
• 185. TITLE THREE - Public Utilities
• 186. CHAPTER 931 Sewers and Sewage
• 187. CHAPTER 932 Use of Public and Private Sewers and Drains
• 188. CHAPTER 933 Sewer Connections
• 189. CHAPTER 935 Sewer Charges
• 190. CHAPTER 937 Sewer Charges
• 191. CHAPTER 939 Water Rules and Regulations Elyria Municipal Water Supply System (EMWWS)
• 192. CHAPTER 940 Water, Sewer and Sanitation Accounts
• 193. CHAPTER 941 Electricity
• 194. TITLE FIVE - Other Public Services
• 195. CHAPTER 951 City Cemeteries
• 196. CHAPTER 955 Parks
• 197. CHAPTER 959 Sanitation Department Rules and Regulations
• 198. CHAPTER 960 Storm Water Management
• 199. PART ELEVEN - PLANNING AND ZONING CODE
• 200. TITLE ONE - Planning
• 201. CHAPTER 1101 Planning Commission
• 202. CHAPTER 1103 Preservation of Landmarks
• 203. CHAPTER 1105 Historic Districts
• 204. CHAPTER 1107 Land Reutilization Program-Neighborhood Stabilization Program
• 205. TITLE THREE - Subdivision Regulations
• 206. CHAPTER 1109 General Provisions and Penalty
• 207. CHAPTER 1110 Definitions
• 208. CHAPTER 1111 Procedure for Subdivision Approval
• 209. CHAPTER 1112 Design Standards
• 210. CHAPTER 1113 Preliminary Plan and Final Plat Submittal
• 211. CHAPTER 1114 Required Improvements
• 212. CHAPTER 1115 Standards, Specifications and Requirements for Improvements
• 213. CHAPTER 1116 Modifications and Minor Subdivisions
• 214. TITLE FIVE - Zoning
• 215. CHAPTER 1121 Conformance of Future Land Use and Major Thoroughfare Plans
• 216. CHAPTER 1123 General Provisions
• 217. CHAPTER 1125 Definitions
• 218. CHAPTER 1127 Administration, Enforcement and Penalty
• 219. CHAPTER 1131 Use Districts and Zoning Map
• 220. CHAPTER 1133 Amendments
• 221. CHAPTER 1135 Conditional Uses
• 222. CHAPTER 1137 Supplemental District Regulations
• 223. CHAPTER 1140 COS Conservation Open Space District
• 224. CHAPTER 1142 R-LD Residential-Low Density District
• 225. CHAPTER 1144 R-MD Residential-Medium Density District
• 226. CHAPTER 1146 R-UD Residential-Urban Density District
• 227. CHAPTER 1148 R-TH Residential-Two Household District
• 228. CHAPTER 1150 R-MHL Residential-Multi-Household Low Density District
• 229. CHAPTER 1152 R-MHH Residential-Multi-Household High Density District
• 230. CHAPTER 1154 R-MHP Residential - Manufactured Home Park District
• 231. CHAPTER 1156 B-N Business-Neighborhood District
• 232. CHAPTER 1158 B-D Business-Downtown District
• 233. CHAPTER 1160 B-G Business-General District
• 234. CHAPTER 1162 B-AO Business-Automotive Oriented District
• 235. CHAPTER 1163 POD Professional Office District
• 236. CHAPTER 1164 L-I Light Industrial District
• 237. CHAPTER 1166 H-I Heavy Industrial District
• 238. CHAPTER 1168 S-I Special Industrial District
• 239. CHAPTER 1170 TPD Technology Park District
• 240. CHAPTER 1171 Nonconforming Uses
• 241. CHAPTER 1173 Off-Premises Outdoor Advertising Signs
• 242. CHAPTER 1174 On-Premises Signs
• 243. CHAPTER 1175 Off-Street Parking and Loading
• 244. CHAPTER 1176 REDEVELOPMENT OVERLAY DISTRICT (RDOD)
• 245. CHAPTER 1177 Residential Planned Unit Developments (R-PUD)
• 246. CHAPTER 1179 Cluster Development
• 247. CHAPTER 1181 Planned Unit Developments
• 248. CHAPTER 1183 Design Review
• 249. CHAPTER 1184 Submission of Plans
• 250. CHAPTER 1186 Cellular Communication Sites
• 251. CHAPTER 1187 Sexually Oriented Businesses
• 252. CHAPTER 1188 Wind Energy Facility
• 253. CHAPTER 1199 Penalties, Remedies and Fees
• 254. PART THIRTEEN - BUILDING CODE
• 255. TITLE ONE - Technical Standards
• 256. CHAPTER 1301 Ohio Basic Building Code
• 257. CHAPTER 1303 Dwelling House Code (Repealed)
• 258. CHAPTER 1304 Residential Code of Ohio
• 259. CHAPTER 1305 International Property Maintenance Code
• 260. TITLE THREE - Administration
• 261. CHAPTER 1313 Building Department
• 262. CHAPTER 1315 Board of Building Standards and Appeals
• 263. CHAPTER 1317 Permit Fees; Certificates of Occupancy and Approval
• 264. CHAPTER 1319 Building Plans; Submission and Approval
• 265. CHAPTER 1321 Registration of Contractors
• 266. CHAPTER 1323 National Flood Insurance Program
• 267. TITLE FIVE - Plumbing
• 268. CHAPTER 1331 Ohio Plumbing Code
• 269. CHAPTER 1333 Permits (Repealed)
• 270. CHAPTER 1335 Inspections (Repealed)
• 271. TITLE SEVEN - Heating and Cooling
• 272. CHAPTER 1341 General Provisions; Penalty
• 273. CHAPTER 1343 Permits
• 274. CHAPTER 1345 Insurance and Bond
• 275. CHAPTER 1347 Inspections
• 276. TITLE NINE - Electrical
• 277. CHAPTER 1361 Electrical Code
• 278. TITLE ELEVEN - Other Local Provisions
• 279. CHAPTER 1381 Billboards
• 280. CHAPTER 1383 Fences
• 281. CHAPTER 1385 Fire Limits
• 282. CHAPTER 1386 Flood Plain Regulations
• 283. CHAPTER 1387 Front Porches
• 284. CHAPTER 1389 Grading and Drainage
• 285. CHAPTER 1390 Mailboxes
• 286. CHAPTER 1391 Moving or Demolition of Buildings; Unsafe Buildings; Board of Demolition Appeals
• 287. CHAPTER 1392 Mobile Homes
• 288. CHAPTER 1393 Signs
• 289. CHAPTER 1394 Smoke Detectors
• 290. CHAPTER 1395 Swimming Pools
• 291. CHAPTER 1396 Donation Bins
• 292. CHAPTER 1397 Abandoned Gasoline Filling Stations
• 293. CHAPTER 1398 Registration of Residential Rental Units
• 294. PART FIFTEEN - FIRE PREVENTION CODE
• 295. CHAPTER 1502 Ohio Fire Code
• 296. CHAPTER 1503 Smoke Abatement
• 297. CHAPTER 1505 Unfriendly Fires
• 298. CHAPTER 1507 Cooking Appliances