Every town writes its own rules, and Galion, Ohio's live in its municipal code — 214 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. Galion, Ohio
- 2. CODIFIED ORDINANCES OF THE CITY OF GALION, OHIO
- 3. CERTIFICATION
- 4. ROSTER OF OFFICIALS
- 5. ADOPTING ORDINANCE 93-6020
- 6. COMPARATIVE SECTION TABLE
- 7. TABLES OF SPECIAL ORDINANCES
- 8. TABLE A - FRANCHISES
- 9. TABLE B - EASEMENTS
- 10. TABLE C - VACATIONS
- 11. TABLE D - DEDICATIONS
- 12. TABLE E - PURCHASE OF PROPERTY FOR CITY USE
- 13. TABLE F - LEASE OF PROPERTY TO CITY
- 14. TABLE G - GRADE LEVELS AND CURB LINES
- 15. TABLE H - SALE OF PROPERTY
- 16. TABLE I - ANNEXATION OF TERRITORY
- 17. TABLE J - CHANGE OF STREET NAMES
- 18. PART ONE - ADMINISTRATIVE CODE
- 19. TITLE ONE - General Provisions
- 20. CHAPTER 101 Codified Ordinances
- 21. CHAPTER 103 Official Standards
- 22. CHAPTER 105 Wards and Boundaries
- 23. CHAPTER 107 Open Meetings.
- 24. TITLE THREE - Legislative
- 25. CHAPTER 121 Council
- 26. CHAPTER 123 Ordinances and Resolutions
- 27. TITLE FIVE - Administrative
- 28. CHAPTER 131 Mayor
- 29. CHAPTER 133 Law Director
- 30. CHAPTER 135 Auditor
- 31. CHAPTER 136 Treasurer
- 32. CHAPTER 137 Department of Public Works
- 33. CHAPTER 139 Department of Police Protection
- 34. CHAPTER 141 Department of Fire Protection
- 35. CHAPTER 143 Airport Commission
- 36. CHAPTER 145 Civil Service Commission
- 37. CHAPTER 147 Planning Commission
- 38. CHAPTER 149 Board of Zoning Appeals
- 39. CHAPTER 153 Employment Provisions
- 40. CHAPTER 155 Street Tree Commission
- 41. CHAPTER 159 Veterans Memorial Commission
- 42. CHAPTER 161 Fees for Permits, Services and Licenses
- 43. CHAPTER 163 Galion Port Authority
- 44. TITLE SEVEN - Judicial
- 45. CHAPTER 171 Municipal Court
- 46. TITLE NINE - Taxation
- 47. CHAPTER 191 Income Tax Effective January 1, 2016
- 48. CHAPTER 191A Income Tax Through December 31, 2015
- 49. CHAPTER 193 Motor Vehicle License Tax
- 50. CHAPTER 195 Transient Occupancy Tax
- 51. PART THREE - TRAFFIC CODE
- 52. TITLE ONE - Administration
- 53. CHAPTER 301 Definitions
- 54. CHAPTER 303 Enforcement, Impounding and Penalty
- 55. CHAPTER 305 Traffic Control
- 56. TITLE THREE - Streets and Traffic Control Devices
- 57. CHAPTER 311 Street Obstructions and Special Uses
- 58. CHAPTER 313 Traffic Control Devices
- 59. TITLE FIVE - Vehicles
- 60. CHAPTER 331 Operation Generally
- 61. CHAPTER 333 OVI; Willful Misconduct; Speed
- 62. CHAPTER 335 Licensing; Accidents
- 63. CHAPTER 337 Safety and Equipment
- 64. CHAPTER 339 Commercial and Heavy Vehicles
- 65. CHAPTER 341 Commercial Drivers
- 66. CHAPTER 343 Transportation of Hazardous Wastes
- 67. TITLE SEVEN - Parking
- 68. CHAPTER 351 Parking Generally
- 69. CHAPTER 355 Snow Emergency Parking Ban
- 70. TITLE NINE - Pedestrians, Bicycles and Motorcycles
- 71. CHAPTER 371 Pedestrians
- 72. CHAPTER 373 Bicycles and Motorcycles
- 73. CHAPTER 375 Snowmobiles, Off-Highway Motorcycles and All Purpose Vehicles
- 74. CHAPTER 377 Skateboards
- 75. PART FIVE - GENERAL OFFENSES CODE
- 76. CHAPTER 505 Animals and Fowl
- 77. CHAPTER 509 Disorderly Conduct and Peace Disturbance
- 78. CHAPTER 513 Drug Abuse Control
- 79. CHAPTER 515 Fair Housing Practices
- 80. CHAPTER 517 Gambling
- 81. CHAPTER 521 Health, Safety and Sanitation
- 82. CHAPTER 525 Law Enforcement and Public Office
- 83. CHAPTER 529 Liquor Control
- 84. CHAPTER 531 Minor's Curfew
- 85. CHAPTER 533 Obscenity and Sex Offenses
- 86. CHAPTER 535 Criminal Conduct in Sexually Oriented Businesses
- 87. CHAPTER 537 Offenses Against Persons
- 88. CHAPTER 541 Property Offenses
- 89. CHAPTER 545 Theft and Fraud
- 90. CHAPTER 549 Weapons and Explosives
- 91. CHAPTER 553 Railroads
- 92. CHAPTER 557 Trees and Shrubs
- 93. CHAPTER 559 Weeds and Litter
- 94. CHAPTER 563 Noise Pollution Regulations
- 95. CHAPTER 565 Noise Prohibitions
- 96. CHAPTER 567 Equal Opportunity
- 97. PART SEVEN - BUSINESS REGULATION CODE
- 98. CHAPTER 703 Oil and Gas Wells
- 99. CHAPTER 705 Peddlers, Solicitors, Canvassers and Itinerant Vendors
- 100. CHAPTER 707 Public Dances
- 101. CHAPTER 709 Taxicabs
- 102. CHAPTER 711 Pawnbrokers
- 103. CHAPTER 713 Junk Yards
- 104. CHAPTER 715 Amusement Arcades and Devices
- 105. CHAPTER 717 Arborists
- 106. CHAPTER 719 Collection of Garbage, Solid Waste and Other Discarded Materials
- 107. CHAPTER 725 Temporary Businesses
- 108. CHAPTER 729 Vending Machines in the Design Review District #1
- 109. CHAPTER 731 Small Cell Facilities and Wireless Support Structures
- 110. CHAPTER 741 Sexually Oriented Businesses
- 111. CHAPTER 752 Massage Establishments
- 112. CHAPTER 769 Tattooing Establishment (Repealed)
- 113. CHAPTER 775 Nursing and Rest Homes
- 114. CHAPTER 781 Private Alarm Systems
- 115. CHAPTER 791 Video Service Providers
- 116. PART NINE - STREETS, UTILITIES AND PUBLIC SERVICES CODE
- 117. TITLE ONE - Streets and Sidewalks
- 118. CHAPTER 901 Street Excavations
- 119. CHAPTER 903 Sidewalks, Curbs and Driveways
- 120. CHAPTER 905 Street Construction Standards
- 121. CHAPTER 909 Repair of Sidewalks
- 122. CHAPTER 911 Street Trees
- 123. CHAPTER 913 Use of Public Right-of-Way by Service Providers
- 124. TITLE THREE - Utilities
- 125. CHAPTER 919 Utility Billing and Collection (Electric, Water, Sewer and Stormwater)
- 126. CHAPTER 921 Water
- 127. CHAPTER 923 Stormwater Management Regulations
- 128. CHAPTER 925 Sewers Generally
- 129. CHAPTER 929 Electricity
- 130. CHAPTER 931 Security Deposit for Utility Service
- 131. CHAPTER 933 Stormwater Utility
- 132. CHAPTER 935 Stormwater Discharge Regulations
- 133. TITLE FIVE - Other Public Services
- 134. CHAPTER 941 Parks
- 135. CHAPTER 943 Municipal Swimming Pool
- 136. CHAPTER 945 Reservoir Regulations
- 137. CHAPTER 947 Game Sanctuary
- 138. CHAPTER 949 Emergency Medical Services
- 139. PART ELEVEN - PLANNING AND ZONING CODE
- 140. TITLE ONE - General Provisions
- 141. CHAPTER 1101 Purpose and Authorization
- 142. CHAPTER 1103 Definitions
- 143. TITLE THREE - Administration and Enforcement
- 144. CHAPTER 1107 Administrative Bodies and Their Duties
- 145. CHAPTER 1109 Zoning Certificate Procedures
- 146. CHAPTER 1111 Subdivision Procedures
- 147. CHAPTER 1113 Amendments
- 148. CHAPTER 1115 Appeals and Variances
- 149. CHAPTER 1117 Conditional Uses
- 150. CHAPTER 1119 Fees and Violations
- 151. CHAPTER 1121 Nonconformities
- 152. CHAPTER 1123 Reserved for Future Use
- 153. TITLE FIVE - Zoning Districts
- 154. CHAPTER 1127 Standard Zoning District Regulations
- 155. CHAPTER 1129 Zoning Districts and Zoning District Map
- 156. CHAPTER 1131 (Re) Rural Estate District
- 157. CHAPTER 1133 (R-1A, R-1B) Single-family Residential Districts
- 158. CHAPTER 1135 (R-1C) Historic Neighborhood Single-family Residential District
- 159. CHAPTER 1137 (R1-D) Single Family Residential District
- 160. CHAPTER 1139 (MH-R) Manufactured Home Residential District
- 161. CHAPTER 1141 (RM) Residential Multiple Family District
- 162. CHAPTER 1143 Reserved for Future Use
- 163. CHAPTER 1145 (RO) Residential Office District
- 164. CHAPTER 1147 (LC) Limited Commercial District
- 165. CHAPTER 1148 (HS) Health Services District.
- 166. CHAPTER 1149 (GC) General Commercial District
- 167. CHAPTER 1151 (U) Uptowne District
- 168. CHAPTER 1153 (HC) Highway Commerce District
- 169. CHAPTER 1155 (ES) Educational Services District
- 170. CHAPTER 1157 (GI) General Industrial District
- 171. CHAPTER 1159 (IP) Industrial Park District
- 172. CHAPTER 1161 Reserved for Future Use
- 173. CHAPTER 1163 (PUD) Planned Unit Development
- 174. CHAPTER 1165 (FP) Flood Plain District (Overlay)
- 175. CHAPTER 1167 (RCO) Riparian Corridor Overlay District
- 176. CHAPTER 1169 Reserved for Future Use
- 177. TITLE SEVEN - Additional Zoning Requirements
- 178. CHAPTER 1173 General Development Standards
- 179. CHAPTER 1175 Additional Residential District Standards
- 180. CHAPTER 1177 Landscape Screens and Buffers
- 181. CHAPTER 1179 Off-Street Parking Requirements
- 182. CHAPTER 1181 Signs
- 183. CHAPTER 1183 Adult Entertainment Facilities
- 184. CHAPTER 1185 Reserved for Future Use
- 185. TITLE NINE - Subdivision Development Requirements
- 186. CHAPTER 1191 Obligations of Owner/developer and City
- 187. CHAPTER 1193 Minimum Design Standards and Requirements
- 188. CHAPTER 1195 Site Improvements
- 189. CHAPTER 1197 Nonresidential Subdivisions
- 190. CHAPTER 1199 Reserved for Future Use
- 191. APPENDIX A Street and Roadway Classification System
- 192. PART THIRTEEN - BUILDING CODE
- 193. TITLE ONE - General Standards
- 194. CHAPTER 1301 Residential Building Code
- 195. CHAPTER 1305 Commercial Building Code
- 196. CHAPTER 1311 Design Review
- 197. CHAPTER 1315 International Property Maintenance Code
- 198. TITLE THREE - Local Provisions
- 199. CHAPTER 1331 Dangerous Buildings
- 200. CHAPTER 1333 Moving of Buildings
- 201. CHAPTER 1335 Flood Damage Prevention
- 202. CHAPTER 1337 Demolition
- 203. CHAPTER 1339 Exterior Property Litter Control
- 204. CHAPTER 1341 Swimming Pools
- 205. CHAPTER 1345 Fences
- 206. CHAPTER 1349 Exterior Lighting
- 207. CHAPTER 1353 Signs (Repealed)
- 208. CHAPTER 1357 Dumping
- 209. CHAPTER 1361 Solid Waste
- 210. CHAPTER 1365 Smoke and Carbon Monoxide Detectors
- 211. PART FIFTEEN - FIRE PREVENTION CODE
- 212. CHAPTER 1511 Open Burning
- 213. CHAPTER 1513 Insurance Proceeds on Fire Damaged Structures
- 214. CHAPTER 1515 Temporary Power Distribution