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- 1. CODIFIED ORDINANCES OF THE CITY OF EUCLID, OHIO
- 2. CERTIFICATION
- 3. DIRECTORY OF OFFICIALS (
- 4. COMPARATIVE SECTION TABLE
- 5. TABLES OF SPECIAL ORDINANCES
- 6. TABLE A - EASEMENTS
- 7. TABLE B - FRANCHISES
- 8. TABLE C - VACATING PROPERTY
- 9. TABLE D - DEDICATION OF PROPERTY
- 10. TABLE E - SALE OF PROPERTY
- 11. TABLE F - PURCHASE OF PROPERTY
- 12. TABLE G - APPROPRIATION OF PROPERTY
- 13. TABLE H - ZONING MAP CHANGES
- 14. TABLE I - CHANGE OF NAME OF STREETS
- 15. THE CHARTER OF THE CITY OF EUCLID, OHIO
- 16. ARTICLE I POWERS
- 17. ARTICLE II THE COUNCIL
- 18. ARTICLE III INITIATIVE, REFERENDUM AND RECALL
- 19. ARTICLE IV THE MAYOR
- 20. ARTICLE V ADMINISTRATIVE DEPARTMENTS AND COMMISSIONS
- 21. ARTICLE VI SALARIES AND BONDS
- 22. ARTICLE VII NOMINATIONS AND ELECTIONS
- 23. ARTICLE VIII FINANCES
- 24. ARTICLE IX FRANCHISES
- 25. ARTICLE X AMENDMENTS TO THE CHARTER
- 26. ARTICLE XI MISCELLANEOUS
- 27. PART ONE - ADMINISTRATION CODE
- 28. TITLE ONE - General Provisions
- 29. CHAPTER 101 Codified Ordinances
- 30. CHAPTER 103 Official Standards
- 31. CHAPTER 105 Wards and Boundaries
- 32. CHAPTER 107 Self-Insurance Program
- 33. CHAPTER 109 Assessments and Contracts
- 34. CHAPTER 111 Spot Blight Abatement
- 35. CHAPTER 112 Wage Theft and Payroll Fraud Prevention
- 36. TITLE THREE - Legislation
- 37. CHAPTER 121 Council
- 38. CHAPTER 123 Ordinances and Resolutions
- 39. CHAPTER 125 Open Meetings
- 40. TITLE FIVE - Administration
- 41. CHAPTER 131 Mayor
- 42. CHAPTER 133 Department of General Administration
- 43. CHAPTER 135 Department of Service
- 44. CHAPTER 137 Department of Finance
- 45. CHAPTER 139 Department of Law
- 46. CHAPTER 141 Department of Police
- 47. CHAPTER 143 Department of Fire
- 48. CHAPTER 145 Department of Recreation
- 49. CHAPTER 147 Department of Planning and Development
- 50. CHAPTER 149 Division of Buildings
- 51. CHAPTER 155 Employees Generally (Repealed)
- 52. TITLE SEVEN - Boards and Commissions
- 53. CHAPTER 171 City Planning and Zoning Commission
- 54. CHAPTER 173 Board of Zoning Appeals
- 55. CHAPTER 175 Civil Service Commission
- 56. CHAPTER 177 Board of Control
- 57. CHAPTER 179 Self-Insurance Board of Control
- 58. CHAPTER 181 Recreation Commission
- 59. CHAPTER 183 Board of Review
- 60. CHAPTER 185 Charter Commission
- 61. CHAPTER 187 Board of Health
- 62. CHAPTER 189 Architectural Review Board
- 63. CHAPTER 190 Shade Tree Commission
- 64. CHAPTER 191 Golf Course Commission (Repealed)
- 65. CHAPTER 192 Animal Shelter Commission
- 66. TITLE NINE - Judiciary
- 67. CHAPTER 195 Municipal Court
- 68. PART THREE - TRAFFIC CODE
- 69. TITLE ONE - Administration, Enforcement and Penalties
- 70. CHAPTER 301 Definitions
- 71. CHAPTER 303 Enforcement; Impounding
- 72. CHAPTER 305 Traffic Control
- 73. CHAPTER 307 Penalties
- 74. CHAPTER 309 Parking Violations Bureau
- 75. TITLE THREE - Public Ways and Traffic Control Devices
- 76. CHAPTER 311 Obstruction and Special Uses of Public Ways
- 77. CHAPTER 313 Traffic Control Devices
- 78. CHAPTER 315 Pedestrians
- 79. TITLE FIVE - Vehicles and Operation
- 80. CHAPTER 331 Operation Generally
- 81. CHAPTER 333 O.V.I.; Reckless Operation; Speed
- 82. CHAPTER 335 Licensing; Accidents
- 83. CHAPTER 337 Safety and Equipment
- 84. CHAPTER 339 Commercial and Heavy Vehicles
- 85. CHAPTER 341 Drivers of Commercial Vehicles
- 86. CHAPTER 343 Transportation of Radioactive Materials
- 87. CHAPTER 345 Operation on Public Grounds
- 88. CHAPTER 347 Operation Within Local Retail or Wholesale Store Districts
- 89. TITLE SEVEN - Parking
- 90. CHAPTER 351 Parking Generally
- 91. TITLE NINE - Bicycles, Motorcycles, Snowmobiles, Mini-Bikes, Go-Carts, Helicopters
- 92. CHAPTER 371 Bicycles and Motorcycles Generally
- 93. CHAPTER 373 Motorized Bicycles
- 94. CHAPTER 375 Snowmobiles, Off-Highway Motorcycles and All-Purpose Vehicles
- 95. CHAPTER 377 Mini-Bikes and Go-Carts
- 96. CHAPTER 379 Helicopters
- 97. PART FIVE - GENERAL OFFENSES CODE
- 98. CHAPTER 503 Alcoholic Beverages
- 99. CHAPTER 505 Animals
- 100. CHAPTER 513 Drugs
- 101. CHAPTER 517 Gambling
- 102. CHAPTER 523 Labor Relations
- 103. CHAPTER 529 Nuisance Abatement
- 104. CHAPTER 537 Offenses Relating to Persons
- 105. CHAPTER 541 Offenses Relating to Property
- 106. CHAPTER 545 Peace Disturbances
- 107. CHAPTER 553 Railroads
- 108. CHAPTER 555 Registration of Felons (Repealed)
- 109. Chapter 556 Sex Offender Residency Prohibition
- 110. CHAPTER 559 Safety
- 111. CHAPTER 563 Sex Related Offenses
- 112. CHAPTER 567 Topsoil Removal
- 113. CHAPTER 569 Watercraft
- 114. CHAPTER 571 Weapons and Explosives
- 115. CHAPTER 599 Penalties and Sentencing
- 116. PART SEVEN - BUSINESS REGULATION AND TAXATION CODE
- 117. TITLE ONE - Business Regulation
- 118. CHAPTER 703 Amusement Devices, Vending Machines and Game Rooms
- 119. CHAPTER 705 Sweepstakes Terminal Cafés
- 120. CHAPTER 707 Banks and Other Financial Institutions
- 121. CHAPTER 709 Billiards
- 122. CHAPTER 711 Bowling Alleys
- 123. CHAPTER 713 Check Cashing and Money Exchange Businesses
- 124. CHAPTER 715 Christmas Trees
- 125. CHAPTER 716 Clothing Donation Containers; Recycle Bins
- 126. CHAPTER 717 Coin-Operated Dry Cleaning
- 127. CHAPTER 719 Community Antenna Television Systems
- 128. CHAPTER 721 Consumer Protection
- 129. CHAPTER 722 Day Care Homes and Day Care Centers
- 130. CHAPTER 723 Detergents
- 131. CHAPTER 725 Exhibition Halls
- 132. CHAPTER 727 Fortunetelling
- 133. CHAPTER 728 Medical Marijuana Dispensaries
- 134. CHAPTER 731 Gasoline and Oil Filling Stations
- 135. CHAPTER 733 Going-Out-Of-Business Sales
- 136. CHAPTER 737 Junk and Junked Automobile Storage
- 137. CHAPTER 739 Junk and Secondhand Dealers and Scrap Metal Processors
- 138. CHAPTER 743 Landlords
- 139. CHAPTER 747 Massage Parlors
- 140. CHAPTER 749 Motor Buses
- 141. CHAPTER 751 Sexually Oriented Businesses
- 142. CHAPTER 753 Nursing Homes
- 143. CHAPTER 757 Peddlers and Solicitors
- 144. CHAPTER 759 Private Police
- 145. CHAPTER 760 Private Transfer Stations for Nonhazardous Waste
- 146. CHAPTER 761 Public Dances and Dance Halls
- 147. CHAPTER 763 Real Estate Practices
- 148. CHAPTER 767 Security Guards
- 149. CHAPTER 768 Video Surveillance Systems for Apartment Complexes
- 150. CHAPTER 769 Snow Removal Contractors
- 151. CHAPTER 771 Store Operation
- 152. CHAPTER 775 Taxicabs
- 153. CHAPTER 777 Tow Trucks and Tow Truck Operators
- 154. CHAPTER 781 Used Car Lots
- 155. CHAPTER 785 Weapon Sales
- 156. CHAPTER 787 Weights and Measures
- 157. TITLE THREE - Taxation
- 158. CHAPTER 791 Municipal Income Tax Regulations Effective Through December 31, 2015
- 159. CHAPTER 792 Municipal Income Tax Regulations Effective Beginning January 1, 2016
- 160. CHAPTER 793 Transient Occupancy Tax
- 161. CHAPTER 795 Motor Vehicle License Tax (Street Maintenance Program)
- 162. CHAPTER 797 Admission Tax
- 163. PART NINE - STREETS, UTILITIES AND PUBLIC SERVICES CODE
- 164. TITLE ONE - Street and Sidewalk Areas
- 165. CHAPTER 901 Street Excavations
- 166. CHAPTER 903 Sidewalks, Curbs and Gutters
- 167. CHAPTER 905 Street Numbering
- 168. CHAPTER 907 Poles and Wires
- 169. CHAPTER 909 Trees, Plants and Shrubs
- 170. TITLE THREE - Utilities
- 171. CHAPTER 921 Sewers and Water Generally
- 172. CHAPTER 922 Sewer Charges
- 173. CHAPTER 923 Industrial Wastes
- 174. CHAPTER 925 Gas
- 175. CHAPTER 927 Electricity
- 176. CHAPTER 929 Comprehensive Stormwater Management
- 177. CHAPTER 931 Erosion and Sediment Control
- 178. TITLE FIVE - Other Public Services
- 179. CHAPTER 941 Garbage and Rubbish Collection and Disposal
- 180. CHAPTER 943 Municipal Incinerator
- 181. CHAPTER 945 Alarm Systems
- 182. CHAPTER 947 Parks
- 183. CHAPTER 949 Euclid Cemetery
- 184. CHAPTER 951 Private Use of City Facilities
- 185. PART ELEVEN - HEALTH AND SANITATION CODE
- 186. CHAPTER 1105 Abortion
- 187. CHAPTER 1109 Baked Goods
- 188. CHAPTER 1113 Building and Housing Sanitation
- 189. CHAPTER 1117 Compost Piles
- 190. CHAPTER 1125 Fumigators and Fumigation
- 191. CHAPTER 1129 General Offenses
- 192. CHAPTER 1161 Outdoor Food Sales
- 193. CHAPTER 1165 Packaging
- 194. CHAPTER 1169 Restaurants
- 195. CHAPTER 1177 Smoking in Public Buildings
- 196. CHAPTER 1179 Cigarette and Tobacco Vendors; Sales to Minors
- 197. PART THIRTEEN - PLANNING AND ZONING CODE
- 198. TITLE ONE - Planning and Zoning Commission
- 199. CHAPTER 1301 City Planning and Zoning Commission
- 200. CHAPTER 1303 Euclid Landmark Commission
- 201. TITLE THREE - Platting
- 202. CHAPTER 1311 Rules Governing Plats and Subdivisions; Standards
- 203. CHAPTER 1313 Improvements
- 204. TITLE FIVE - Zoning Administration
- 205. CHAPTER 1321 Definitions
- 206. CHAPTER 1323 Interpretation; Purpose; Penalty
- 207. CHAPTER 1325 Board of Zoning Appeals
- 208. CHAPTER 1327 Architectural Review Board
- 209. TITLE SEVEN - Zoning Districts; Map
- 210. CHAPTER 1341 Districts and Zone Map
- 211. CHAPTER 1343 Amendments
- 212. TITLE NINE - Zoning Use Districts
- 213. CHAPTER 1351 U1 Single-Family House Districts
- 214. CHAPTER 1352 U1 and U2 Residential Districts
- 215. CHAPTER 1353 U2 Two-Family House Districts (Repealed)
- 216. CHAPTER 1354 U3 Multiple Family Residential District
- 217. CHAPTER 1355 U3 Apartment House Districts(Repealed)
- 218. CHAPTER 1356 U3E Elevator Apartment House Districts (Repealed)
- 219. CHAPTER 1357 U3EL Senior Citizens Use Districts
- 220. CHAPTER 1358 ASF Attached Single-Family Districts
- 221. CHAPTER 1359 U4, U5 and U6 Business and Industrial Districts
- 222. CHAPTER 1360 U5 Commercial Districts (Repealed)
- 223. CHAPTER 1361 U6 Industrial and Manufacturing Districts (Repealed)
- 224. CHAPTER 1362 U7 Light Industrial Park Districts
- 225. CHAPTER 1363 U8 Office Building Districts
- 226. CHAPTER 1364 C-I Campus Institutional District
- 227. CHAPTER 1365 Overlay Districts
- 228. Chapter 1368 Conditional Use Approval Procedures and Regulations
- 229. TITLE ELEVEN - Provisions Affecting Use, Structure and Area
- 230. CHAPTER 1371 Nonconforming and Existing Uses; Restoration
- 231. CHAPTER 1373 Prohibited Uses
- 232. CHAPTER 1375 Use District Exceptions
- 233. CHAPTER 1377 Accessory Uses in Residence Districts
- 234. CHAPTER 1379 Supplemental Height Regulations
- 235. Page 235
- 236. CHAPTER 1383 Rear and Side Yards
- 237. CHAPTER 1385 Front Yards; Building Lines
- 238. CHAPTER 1387 Fences (Repealed)
- 239. CHAPTER 1388 Fences
- 240. CHAPTER 1389 Off-Street Parking
- 241. CHAPTER 1390 Sign Chapter
- 242. CHAPTER 1391 Retail Gasoline or Oil Stations; Variances
- 243. CHAPTER 1393 Condominium Use
- 244. CHAPTER 1395 Adult Book Stores and Movie Theaters
- 245. CHAPTER 1396 Clothing Donation Containers
- 246. CHAPTER 1397 Hillside Regulations
- 247. CHAPTER 1399 Wireless Communication Antennas and Towers
- 248. APPENDIX RULES AND REGULATIONS OF THE CITY PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION
- 249. PART FIFTEEN - FIRE PREVENTION CODE
- 250. CHAPTER 1531 Fire Districts
- 251. CHAPTER 1575 Open Burning
- 252. CHAPTER 1577 Smoke Detectors
- 253. CHAPTER 1590 Miscellaneous Regulations
- 254. PART SEVENTEEN - BUILDING AND HOUSING CODE
- 255. TITLE ONE - Administration
- 256. CHAPTER 1701 General Provisions
- 257. CHAPTER 1703 Administration, Enforcement and Penalty
- 258. CHAPTER 1705 Registration of Contractors
- 259. TITLE THREE - Construction Standards and Special Uses
- 260. CHAPTER 1731 Ohio Basic Building Code
- 261. CHAPTER 1733 Ohio Residential Code
- 262. CHAPTER 1735 Demolition and Removal Standards
- 263. CHAPTER 1737 National Electrical Code
- 264. CHAPTER 1738 Ohio Plumbing Code
- 265. CHAPTER 1739 Smoke Abatement
- 266. CHAPTER 1741 Swimming Pools
- 267. CHAPTER 1743 Street Graphics
- 268. CHAPTER 1744 Garage Sales
- 269. CHAPTER 1745 Water Control Systems and Radon Testing
- 270. CHAPTER 1747 Paint Removal and Exterior Surface Cleaning
- 271. CHAPTER 1749 Miscellaneous Regulations
- 272. TITLE FIVE - Building and Property Maintenance Code
- 273. CHAPTER 1751 General Provisions and Definitions
- 274. CHAPTER 1753 Administration, Enforcement, Right of Appeal, and Penalty
- 275. CHAPTER 1755 Basic Standards for Residential Occupancy
- 276. CHAPTER 1757 Additional Standards for Multiple Dwellings
- 277. CHAPTER 1759 Certificates of Inspection
- 278. CHAPTER 1761 Rental Licenses
- 279. CHAPTER 1763 Vacant Property Registration; Foreclosures
- 280. CHAPTER 1765 Approving the Right of City Renters to Pay-To-Stay
- 281. TITLE SEVEN - Commercial Structure Code
- 282. CHAPTER 1771 General Provisions and Definitions
- 283. CHAPTER 1773 Administration, Enforcement and Penalty
- 284. CHAPTER 1775 Responsibilities and Duties of Parties
- 285. CHAPTER 1777 Condemnation for Human Use