Every town writes its own rules, and Findlay, Ohio's live in its municipal code — 180 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. Findlay, Ohio
- 2. CODIFIED ORDINANCES OF THE CITY OF FINDLAY, OHIO
- 3. CERTIFICATION
- 4. CITY OFFICIALS
- 5. ADOPTING ORDINANCE NO. 1993-15
- 6. EDITOR'S NOTE
- 7. COMPARATIVE SECTION TABLE
- 8. TABLES OF SPECIAL ORDINANCES
- 9. TABLE A - EASEMENTS
- 10. TABLE B - LEASE OF REAL PROPERTY
- 11. TABLE C - DEDICATION AND PLAT APPROVAL
- 12. TABLE D - PURCHASE AND SALE OF PROPERTY
- 13. TABLE E - VACATING OF STREETS AND ALLEYS
- 14. TABLE F - ANNEXATIONS
- 15. TABLE G - ZONING MAP CHANGES
- 16. TABLE H - STREET NAME CHANGES
- 17. PART ONE - ADMINISTRATIVE CODE
- 18. TITLE ONE - General Provisions
- 19. CHAPTER 101 Codified Ordinances
- 20. CHAPTER 105 Wards and Boundaries
- 21. CHAPTER 107 Self-Insurance Fund
- 22. TITLE THREE - Legislative
- 23. CHAPTER 111 Council
- 24. CHAPTER 113 Ordinances and Resolutions
- 25. TITLE FIVE - Administrative
- 26. CHAPTER 123 Mayor
- 27. CHAPTER 125 Director of Law
- 28. CHAPTER 127 Auditor
- 29. CHAPTER 129 Treasurer
- 30. CHAPTER 131 Departments of Public Service and Safety
- 31. CHAPTER 133 Police Department
- 32. CHAPTER 135 Fire Department
- 33. CHAPTER 137 Department of Engineering
- 34. CHAPTER 141 Planning Commission
- 35. CHAPTER 143 Board of Health
- 36. CHAPTER 145 Park and Recreation Board
- 37. CHAPTER 147 Parking Authority (Repealed)
- 38. CHAPTER 149 Airport Advisory Board
- 39. CHAPTER 159 Employment Provisions
- 40. TITLE SEVEN - Judicial
- 41. CHAPTER 181 Municipal Court
- 42. TITLE NINE - TAXATION
- 43. CHAPTER 193 Income Tax
- 44. CHAPTER 194 Income Tax Effective January 1, 2016
- 45. CHAPTER 195
- 46. CHAPTER 196 Filing Net Profit Taxes
- 47. PART THREE - TRAFFIC CODE
- 48. TITLE ONE - Administration
- 49. CHAPTER 301 Definitions
- 50. CHAPTER 303 Enforcement, Impounding and Penalty
- 51. CHAPTER 305 Traffic Control
- 52. TITLE THREE - Streets and Traffic Control Devices
- 53. CHAPTER 311 Street Obstructions and Special Uses
- 54. CHAPTER 313 Traffic Control Devices
- 55. TITLE FIVE - Vehicles
- 56. CHAPTER 331 Operation Generally
- 57. CHAPTER 333 OVI; Willful Misconduct; Speed
- 58. CHAPTER 335 Licensing; Accidents
- 59. CHAPTER 337 Safety and Equipment
- 60. CHAPTER 339 Commercial and Heavy Vehicles
- 61. CHAPTER 341 Commercial Drivers
- 62. TITLE SEVEN - Parking
- 63. CHAPTER 351 Parking Generally
- 64. TITLE NINE - Pedestrians, Bicycles and Motorcycles
- 65. CHAPTER 371 Pedestrians
- 66. CHAPTER 373 Bicycles and Motorcycles
- 67. CHAPTER 375 All Purpose Vehicles
- 68. PART FIVE - GENERAL OFFENSES CODE
- 69. CHAPTER 505 Animals and Fowl
- 70. CHAPTER 508 Farm Animals
- 71. CHAPTER 509 Disorderly Conduct and Peace Disturbance
- 72. CHAPTER 513 Drug Abuse Control
- 73. CHAPTER 517 Gambling
- 74. CHAPTER 521 Health, Safety and Sanitation
- 75. CHAPTER 523 Indoor Air Pollution
- 76. CHAPTER 525 Law Enforcement and Public Office
- 77. CHAPTER 529 Liquor Control
- 78. CHAPTER 531 Litter Control
- 79. CHAPTER 533 Obscenity and Sex Offenses
- 80. CHAPTER 537 Offenses Against Persons
- 81. CHAPTER 541 Property Offenses
- 82. CHAPTER 545 Theft and Fraud
- 83. CHAPTER 549 Weapons and Explosives
- 84. CHAPTER 553 Railroads
- 85. CHAPTER 557 Regulation on Unhoused Camps and Public Sleeping
- 86. PART SEVEN - BUSINESS REGULATION CODE
- 87. CHAPTER 705 Cablevision Franchise Procedures and Standards
- 88. CHAPTER 707 Going-Out-Of-Business Sales
- 89. CHAPTER 711 Handbills and Billposting
- 90. CHAPTER 715 Home Sales
- 91. CHAPTER 753 Junk and Secondhand Dealers
- 92. CHAPTER 755 Pawnbrokers
- 93. CHAPTER 761 Taxicabs
- 94. CHAPTER 767
- 95. CHAPTER 769 Video Service Providers
- 96. CHAPTER 773 Outdoor Public Entertainment Activity
- 97. CHAPTER 777 Panhandling
- 98. PART NINE - STREETS, UTILITIES AND PUBLIC SERVICES CODE
- 99. TITLE ONE - Street and Sidewalk Areas
- 100. CHAPTER 903 Excavations
- 101. CHAPTER 905 Sidewalk Program
- 102. CHAPTER 906 Sidewalk Obstructions and Maintenance
- 103. CHAPTER 907 Sidewalk Repair and Construction
- 104. CHAPTER 909 Awnings and Banners
- 105. CHAPTER 911 Street and Building Identification
- 106. CHAPTER 913 Shade Tree Commission and Tree Regulations
- 107. CHAPTER 915 Street Vacations
- 108. CHAPTER 917 Weeds
- 109. TITLE THREE - Utilities
- 110. CHAPTER 923 Utilities Generally
- 111. CHAPTER 925 Wastewater System
- 112. CHAPTER 929 Sewer Regulations
- 113. CHAPTER 931 Stormwater Management Program
- 114. CHAPTER 933 Water Service
- 115. CHAPTER 935 Illicit Discharge and Illegal Connection Control
- 116. CHAPTER 937 Drainage, Erosion and Sediment Control
- 117. CHAPTER 939 Wireless Communications Facilities in the Right-of-Way
- 118. TITLE FIVE - Other Public Services
- 119. CHAPTER 953 Garbage and Rubbish Collection
- 120. CHAPTER 955 Blanchard River
- 121. CHAPTER 957 Ambulance Service
- 122. CHAPTER 959 Maple Grove Cemetery
- 123. CHAPTER 961 Concessions
- 124. PART ELEVEN - PLANNING AND ZONING CODE
- 125. CHAPTER 1105 General Provisions
- 126. CHAPTER 1107 Administration and Enforcement
- 127. CHAPTER 1112 Improvements
- 128. CHAPTER 1113 Planning Commission Rules and Procedures
- 129. CHAPTER 1115 Board of Zoning Appeals Rules and Procedures
- 130. CHAPTER 1119 Establishment of Districts
- 131. CHAPTER 1120 A-1 Agriculture District
- 132. CHAPTER 1121 R-1 Single Family Low Density Residential District
- 133. CHAPTER 1122 R-2 Single Family Medium Density Residential District
- 134. CHAPTER 1123 R-3 Single Family High Density Residential District
- 135. CHAPTER 1124 R-4 Duplex/Triplex Residential District
- 136. CHAPTER 1125 M-1 Multiple Family Residential District
- 137. CHAPTER 1126 M-2 Multiple Family Residential District
- 138. CHAPTER 1127 CD Condominium District
- 139. CHAPTER 1129 MH Mobile Home District
- 140. CHAPTER 1131 O-1 Institutions and Offices District
- 141. CHAPTER 1133 C-1 Local Commercial District
- 142. CHAPTER 1135 C-2 General Commercial District
- 143. CHAPTER 1137 C-3 Downtown Business District
- 144. CHAPTER 1138 Design Review Regulations
- 145. CHAPTER 1139 Downtown Design Review District Review Guidelines
- 146. CHAPTER 1141 L-1 Light Industrial District
- 147. CHAPTER 1143 I-2 General Industrial District
- 148. CHAPTER 1144 I-3 Large Scale Industrial District
- 149. CHAPTER 1147 P-O Park and Open Space District
- 150. CHAPTER 1151 Planned Unit Development (PUD)
- 151. CHAPTER 1152 Cannabis Overlay District - COD
- 152. CHAPTER 1153 MOD Medical Overlay District
- 153. CHAPTER 1154 UOD University Overlay District
- 154. CHAPTER 1155 Riparian Corridor Overlay District
- 155. CHAPTER 1156 Alternative Energy
- 156. CHAPTER 1161 Development Standards
- 157. CHAPTER 1162 Nonconformity
- 158. CHAPTER 1163 Performance Requirements
- 159. CHAPTER 1164 Adult Entertainment Establishments
- 160. CHAPTER 1165 Administration
- 161. CHAPTER 1166 Property Sketch Plan Requirements
- 162. CHAPTER 1167 Footer Location Inspections
- 163. CHAPTER 1168 Final Inspections
- 164. CHAPTER 1169 Fees
- 165. CHAPTER 1171 Interpretation, Purpose and Conflict
- 166. CHAPTER 1172 Amendments and Changes
- 167. CHAPTER 1173 Severance Clause
- 168. CHAPTER 1174 Definitions
- 169. CHAPTER 1199 Violations, Enforcement, Penalties and Other Remedies
- 170. PART THIRTEEN - BUILDING CODE
- 171. CHAPTER 1329 Time Limits for Construction Activity
- 172. CHAPTER 1351 Flood Damage Prevention
- 173. CHAPTER 1357 Moving of Buildings
- 174. CHAPTER 1363 Electrical Wires
- 175. CHAPTER 1365 Swimming Pools
- 176. CHAPTER 1369 Dilapidated Structures
- 177. CHAPTER 1373 Design Review Regulations
- 178. PART FIFTEEN - FIRE PREVENTION CODE
- 179. CHAPTER 1511 Open Burning
- 180. CHAPTER 1519 Fireworks