Fairport Harbor, Ohio, OH Municipal Code — every chapter, in plain language

Current through December 31, 2025 | State legislation current through June 5, 2025. Official source: https://codelibrary.amlegal.com/codes/fairportharbor/latest/overview

Every town writes its own rules, and Fairport Harbor, Ohio's live in its municipal code — 147 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. Fairport Harbor, Ohio
2. CODIFIED ORDINANCES OF FAIRPORT HARBOR, OHIO
3. CERTIFICATION
4. ROSTER OF OFFICIALS
5. ADOPTING ORDINANCE NO. 86-73
6. EDITOR'S NOTE
7. COMPARATIVE SECTION TABLE
8. TABLES OF SPECIAL ORDINANCES OF FAIRPORT HARBOR
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 Public Records Policy
23. TITLE THREE - Legislative
24. CHAPTER 121 Council
25. CHAPTER 123 Ordinances and Resolutions
26. TITLE FIVE - Administrative
27. CHAPTER 131 Mayor
28. CHAPTER 133 Fiscal Officer
29. CHAPTER 137 Solicitor
30. CHAPTER 139 Village Administrator
31. CHAPTER 141 Director of Utilities and Public Services (Repealed)
32. CHAPTER 143 Police Department
33. CHAPTER 145 Fire Department
34. CHAPTER 147 Engineer
35. CHAPTER 149 Recreation Council (Repealed)
36. CHAPTER 151 Port Authority
37. CHAPTER 153 Mardi Gras Improvement Development Board
38. CHAPTER 155 Planning Commission
39. CHAPTER 157 General Employment Provisions
40. CHAPTER 159 Community Reinvestment Area
41. TITLE SEVEN - Judicial
42. CHAPTER 161 Mayor's Court
43. TITLE NINE - Taxation
44. CHAPTER 171 Income Tax
45. PART THREE - TRAFFIC CODE
46. TITLE ONE - Administration
47. CHAPTER 301 Definitions
48. CHAPTER 303 Enforcement, Impounding and Penalty
49. CHAPTER 305 Traffic Control Map and File
50. TITLE THREE - Streets and Traffic Control Devices
51. CHAPTER 311 Street Obstructions and Special Uses
52. CHAPTER 313 Traffic Control Devices
53. TITLE FIVE - Vehicles
54. CHAPTER 331 Operation Generally
55. CHAPTER 333 OVI; Willful Misconduct; Speed
56. CHAPTER 335 Licensing; Accidents
57. CHAPTER 337 Safety and Equipment
58. CHAPTER 339 Commercial and Heavy Vehicles
59. CHAPTER 341 Commercial Drivers
60. CHAPTER 343 School Buses
61. TITLE SEVEN - Parking
62. CHAPTER 351 Parking Generally
63. CHAPTER 353 Fire Zones
64. CHAPTER 355 Municipal Parking Facilities
65. TITLE NINE - Pedestrians, Bicycles and Motorcycles
66. CHAPTER 371 Pedestrians
67. CHAPTER 373 Bicycles and Motorcycles
68. CHAPTER 375 Snowmobiles, Off-Highway Motorcycles and All Purpose Vehicles
69. TITLE ELEVEN - Watercraft
70. CHAPTER 381 Navigation and Equipment
71. CHAPTER 383 Licensing and Accidents
72. PART FIVE - GENERAL OFFENSES CODE
73. CHAPTER 505 Animals and Fowl
74. CHAPTER 509 Disorderly Conduct and Peace Disturbance
75. CHAPTER 510 Billiard Rooms, Game Rooms,
76. CHAPTER 511 Noise Control
77. CHAPTER 513 Drug Abuse Control
78. CHAPTER 517 Gambling
79. CHAPTER 521 Health, Safety and Sanitation
80. CHAPTER 525 Law Enforcement and Public Office
81. CHAPTER 529 Liquor Control
82. CHAPTER 533 Obscenity and Sex Offenses
83. CHAPTER 537 Offenses Against Persons
84. CHAPTER 541 Property Offenses
85. CHAPTER 545 Theft and Fraud
86. CHAPTER 549 Weapons and Explosives
87. CHAPTER 553 Railroads
88. PART SEVEN - BUSINESS REGULATION CODE
89. CHAPTER 705 Peddlers, Solicitors and Canvassers
90. CHAPTER 706 Sexually Oriented Businesses
91. CHAPTER 709 Video Service Providers
92. CHAPTER 711 Dances
93. CHAPTER 717 Casual Sales
94. CHAPTER 723 Regulation of Business
95. CHAPTER 725 Entertainment Device Arcades
96. PART NINE - STREETS, UTILITIES AND PUBLIC SERVICES CODE
97. TITLE ONE - Streets and Sidewalks
98. CHAPTER 901 Public Lands Excavation
99. CHAPTER 903 Construction and Repair of Sidewalks
100. CHAPTER 905 Public Rights-of-Way
101. CHAPTER 907 Use of Public Ways for Small Cell Wireless Facilities and Wireless Support Structures
102. TITLE THREE - Public Utilities
103. CHAPTER 911 Sanitary Sewerage Regulations (Repealed)
104. CHAPTER 913 Sanitary Sewerage Charges (Repealed)
105. CHAPTER 915 Storm Water Control
106. CHAPTER 917 Water
107. TITLE FIVE - Other Public Services
108. CHAPTER 931 Trees
109. CHAPTER 933 Fairport Harbor Landfill
110. CHAPTER 935 Park Regulations
111. CHAPTER 955 Refuse Collection
112. CHAPTER 957 Posting of House or Business Numbers
113. PART ELEVEN - PLANNING AND ZONING
114. TITLE ONE - Platting and Subdivision Regulations
115. CHAPTER 1111 Rules Governing Plats and Subdivisions
116. TITLE THREE - Zoning
117. CHAPTER 1121 Districts Established; Map
118. CHAPTER 1125 General Zoning Regulations
119. CHAPTER 1125.05 Off-Street Parking
120. CHAPTER 1126 Site and Grading Plans
121. CHAPTER 1127 Erosion and Sediment Control
122. CHAPTER 1128 Comprehensive Stormwater Management
123. CHAPTER 1129 Height and Area Requirements
124. CHAPTER 1133 Signs
125. CHAPTER 1134 Wireless Communication Facilities
126. CHAPTER 1137 Administration and Enforcement
127. CHAPTER 1138 Conditional Use Permits
128. CHAPTER 1139 Temporary Structures
129. CHAPTER 1141 Board of Zoning Appeals
130. CHAPTER 1145 Amendments
131. CHAPTER 1149 Definitions
132. PART THIRTEEN - BUILDING CODE
133. CHAPTER 1306 Satellite Earth Stations and Antennas
134. CHAPTER 1307 Fences
135. CHAPTER 1309 Moving Buildings
136. CHAPTER 1313 Unsafe Structures
137. CHAPTER 1315 Flood Damage Reduction
138. CHAPTER 1317 Property Maintenance Code
139. CHAPTER 1318 Inspection of Rental Dwelling Units
140. CHAPTER 1321 Registration of Contractors
141. CHAPTER 1323 Illicit Discharge and Illegal Connection Control
142. CHAPTER 1375 Vacant Property/Building Registration
143. CHAPTER 1381 Short-Term Rental Program
144. PART FIFTEEN - FIRE PREVENTION CODE
145. CHAPTER 1505 General Provisions
146. CHAPTER 1511 Open Burning
147. CHAPTER 1519 Fireworks