Garfield Heights, Ohio, OH Municipal Code — every chapter, in plain language

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1. Garfield Heights, Ohio
2. CODIFIED ORDINANCES OF THE CITY OF GARFIELD HEIGHTS, OHIO
3. CERTIFICATION
4. ROSTER OF OFFICIALS
5. EDITOR'S NOTE
6. COMPARATIVE SECTION TABLE
7. TABLES OF SPECIAL ORDINANCES OF GARFIELD HEIGHTS
8. TABLE A - FRANCHISES
9. TABLE B - EASEMENTS
10. TABLE C - VACATING OF STREETS
11. TABLE D - DEDICATION OF PROPERTY
12. TABLE E - SALE OF PROPERTY
13. TABLE F - PURCHASE OF PROPERTY
14. TABLE G - LEASE OF CITY PROPERTY TO OTHERS
15. TABLE H - ANNEXATION OR DETACHMENT OF TERRITORY
16. TABLE I - CHANGE OF STREET NAMES
17. TABLE J - ZONING MAP CHANGES
18. CHARTER
19. PART ONE - ADMINISTRATIVE CODE
20. TITLE ONE - General Provisions
21. CHAPTER 101 Codified Ordinances
22. CHAPTER 103 Wards and Boundaries
23. CHAPTER 105 Official Standards
24. TITLE THREE - Legislative
25. CHAPTER 111 Council
26. CHAPTER 113 Ordinances and Resolutions
27. TITLE FIVE - Administration
28. CHAPTER 121 Mayor
29. CHAPTER 123 Department of Law
30. CHAPTER 125 Department of Finance
31. CHAPTER 126 Director of Personnel
32. CHAPTER 127 Department of Public Safety
33. CHAPTER 128 Auxiliary Police Force
34. CHAPTER 129 Department of Public Service and Properties
35. CHAPTER 131 Department of Public Relief and Welfare
36. CHAPTER 133 Commission On Aging
37. CHAPTER 134 Records Commission
38. CHAPTER 135 Recreation Board
39. CHAPTER 136 Community Relations Committee
40. CHAPTER 137 Moral Claims Commission
41. CHAPTER 138 City Engineer
42. CHAPTER 139 City Architect
43. CHAPTER 140 Boards and Commissions
44. TITLE SEVEN - Officers and Employees
45. CHAPTER 141 Compensation and Classification Plan
46. CHAPTER 143 Employment Provisions
47. CHAPTER 147 Conflict of Interest
48. TITLE NINE - Judicial
49. CHAPTER 161 Municipal Court
50. TITLE FIFTEEN - Taxation
51. CHAPTER 181 Income Tax
52. CHAPTER 182 Motor Vehicle License Tax
53. CHAPTER 183 Income Tax Effective January 1, 2016
54. PART THREE - TRAFFIC CODE
55. TITLE ONE - Administration
56. CHAPTER 301 Definitions
57. CHAPTER 303 Enforcement, Impounding and Penalty
58. CHAPTER 305 Traffic Control
59. CHAPTER 307 Vehicle Storage Pounds
60. TITLE THREE - Streets and Traffic Control Devices
61. CHAPTER 311 Street Obstructions and Special Uses
62. CHAPTER 313 Traffic Control Devices
63. TITLE FIVE - Vehicles
64. CHAPTER 331 Operation Generally
65. CHAPTER 333 OVI; Willful Misconduct; Speed
66. CHAPTER 335 Licensing; Accidents
67. CHAPTER 337 Safety and Equipment
68. CHAPTER 339 Commercial and Heavy Vehicles
69. CHAPTER 341 Commercial Drivers
70. CHAPTER 343 Motor Transportation Companies
71. TITLE SEVEN - Parking
72. CHAPTER 351 Parking Generally
73. CHAPTER 353 Off-Street Parking
74. CHAPTER 355 Junk Vehicles
75. CHAPTER 357 Recreational Equipment
76. TITLE NINE - Pedestrians, Bicycles and Motorcycles
77. CHAPTER 371 Pedestrians
78. CHAPTER 373 Bicycles and Motorcycles
79. CHAPTER 375 Snowmobiles, Off-Highway Motorcycles and All Purpose Vehicles
80. PART FIVE - GENERAL OFFENSES CODE
81. CHAPTER 503 Advertising and Billing
82. CHAPTER 505 Animals and Fowl
83. CHAPTER 506 Nuisance, Dangerous and Vicious Animals
84. CHAPTER 507 Abortion Services
85. CHAPTER 509 Disorderly Conduct and Peace Disturbance
86. CHAPTER 513 Drug Abuse Control
87. CHAPTER 517 Gambling
88. CHAPTER 518 Charitable Fund Raisers
89. CHAPTER 521 Health, Safety and Sanitation
90. CHAPTER 525 Law Enforcement and Public Office
91. CHAPTER 527 Littering
92. CHAPTER 529 Liquor Control
93. CHAPTER 531 Minors
94. CHAPTER 533 Obscenity and Sex Offenses
95. CHAPTER 535 Noise Control
96. CHAPTER 537 Offenses Against Persons
97. CHAPTER 541 Property Offenses
98. CHAPTER 542 Sex Offender Residency Prohibition
99. CHAPTER 543 Registration of Convicted Persons
100. CHAPTER 545 Theft and Fraud
101. CHAPTER 547 Transportation of Radioactive Materials
102. CHAPTER 549 Weapons and Explosives
103. CHAPTER 551 Lot Maintenance
104. CHAPTER 553 Railroads
105. CHAPTER 555 Criminal Activity Nuisances
106. PART SEVEN - BUSINESS REGULATION CODE
107. CHAPTER 703 Admissions Tax
108. CHAPTER 705 Excise Tax on Lodgings
109. CHAPTER 707 Canvassers, Solicitors, Vendors and Peddlers
110. CHAPTER 711 Discontinuing Business Sales
111. CHAPTER 717 Ice Cream and Frozen Desserts
112. CHAPTER 721 Secondhand Dealers
113. CHAPTER 725 Amusement Devices
114. CHAPTER 727 Musical Devices
115. CHAPTER 733 Private Investigators and Agencies
116. CHAPTER 735 Private Patrol Watchmen and Agencies
117. CHAPTER 741 Specific Businesses
118. CHAPTER 745 Taxicabs
119. CHAPTER 749 Hotels, Motels and Multiple Dwellings
120. CHAPTER 750 Explosive Devices and Dangerous Ordnances
121. CHAPTER 751 Dry Chemicals Storage
122. CHAPTER 753 Commercial Refuse Haulers
123. CHAPTER 755 Master Cable Television Regulatory Ordinance
124. CHAPTER 757 Customer Service Standards for the Cable Television System
125. CHAPTER 758 Snow Removal Contractors
126. CHAPTER 759 Refuse Scavengers
127. CHAPTER 761 Real Estate Business
128. CHAPTER 763 Home Sales
129. CHAPTER 764 Licensing and Operation of Sexually Oriented Businesses
130. CHAPTER 765 Cigarette and Tobacco Vendors: Sales to Persons Under Twenty-One
131. CHAPTER 766 Tattoo Establishments
132. CHAPTER 767 Child Day-Care Homes
133. CHAPTER 769 Video Service Providers
134. CHAPTER 771 Fair Housing Code
135. CHAPTER 773 Automotive Sales
136. CHAPTER 775 Medical Marijuana Operations
137. CHAPTER 777 Mobile Food Service Operations
138. PART NINE - STREETS, UTILITIES AND PUBLIC SERVICES CODE
139. TITLE ONE - Street and Sidewalk Areas
140. CHAPTER 901 Excavations
141. CHAPTER 902 Telecommunications Company Rights of Way
142. CHAPTER 903 Sidewalks
143. CHAPTER 904 Honorary Street Names
144. CHAPTER 905 Public Improvements
145. CHAPTER 907 Trees and Hedges
146. CHAPTER 908 Use of Public Rights-of-Way by Service Providers
147. TITLE THREE - Public Services and Utilities.
148. CHAPTER 911 Water and Sewer Regulations
149. CHAPTER 913 Garbage and Rubbish
150. CHAPTER 917 Garfield Park
151. TITLE FIVE - Landfill and Land Removal
152. CHAPTER 921 Landfill Operations
153. CHAPTER 923 Topsoil Removal
154. CHAPTER 925 Excavation of Gravel
155. TITLE SEVEN - Oil and Gas Extraction
156. CHAPTER 927 Methane Gas Wells
157. CHAPTER 929 Oil and Natural Gas Wells
158. PART ELEVEN - PLANNING AND ZONING CODE
159. TITLE ONE A - Subdivision Control
160. CHAPTER 1111 Definitions; Administration
161. CHAPTER 1113 General Requirements
162. CHAPTER 1115 Preliminary Plat
163. CHAPTER 1117 Final Plat
164. CHAPTER 1119 Improvements; Open Space; Acceptance of Streets
165. TITLE ONE - Introduction to the Planning and Zoning Code
166. CHAPTER 1131 Title and Effective Date; Repealer
167. CHAPTER 1132 Purpose and Intent
168. CHAPTER 1133 Applicability
169. CHAPTER 1134 Savings Provision/Severability
170. CHAPTER 1135 Rules of Interpretation
171. CHAPTER 1136 Rules of Measurement
172. TITLE TWO - Zoning District Standards
173. CHAPTER 1137 Introduction to Zoning Districts
174. CHAPTER 1138 Residential 1 (RES1) District
175. CHAPTER 1139 Residential 2 (RES2) District
176. CHAPTER 1140 Neighborhood Mixed-Use (NMU) District
177. CHAPTER 1141 Turney Road Cored Mixed-Use (TRCMU) District
178. CHAPTER 1142 Commercial (COM) District
179. CHAPTER 1143 Special Use (SPCL) District
180. CHAPTER 1144 Environmentally Sensitive Overlay (ENV-O) District
181. TITLE THREE - Land Use Standards
182. CHAPTER 1145 Purpose of Land Use Standards Title
183. CHAPTER 1146 Land Uses Restricted by District and by Use Type
184. CHAPTER 1147 Unlisted Land Uses Prohibited
185. CHAPTER 1148 Interpretation of Land Uses
186. CHAPTER 1149 Allowed Land Uses
187. CHAPTER 1150 Use-Specific Regulations for Principal Uses
188. CHAPTER 1151 Accessory Use and Structure Regulations
189. CHAPTER 1152 Temporary Use Regulations
190. CHAPTER 1153 Renewable Energy Systems Regulations
191. CHAPTER 1154 Wireless Telecommunications Towers and Facilities
192. TITLE FOUR - Generally Applicable Regulations
193. CHAPTER 1155 Parking Standards
194. CHAPTER 1156 Vision Clearance Triangle Standards
195. CHAPTER 1157 Fence Standards
196. CHAPTER 1158 Screening and Buffer Zone Standards
197. CHAPTER 1159 Outdoor Lighting Standards
198. CHAPTER 1160 Dumpsters and Outdoor Storage Standards
199. CHAPTER 1161 Sign Standards
200. CHAPTER 1162 Environmental Regulations
201. TITLE FIVE - Sign Regulations
202. CHAPTER 1163 Purpose of Sign Regulations
203. CHAPTER 1164 Definition of a Sign
204. CHAPTER 1165 Applicability of Sign Standards
205. CHAPTER 1166 Obtaining a Permit for a Sign
206. CHAPTER 1168 Measuring Sign Height
207. CHAPTER 1169 Sign in the Vision Clearance Triangle
208. CHAPTER 1170 Sign Illumination Standards
209. CHAPTER 1171 Changing Sign Copy or Messaging
210. CHAPTER 1172 Electronic Display Sign Standards
211. CHAPTER 1173 Sign in the Public Right-of-Way
212. CHAPTER 1174 Sign Maintenance
213. CHAPTER 1175 Sign Replacement
214. CHAPTER 1176 Nonconforming Signs
215. CHAPTER 1177 Sign Types and Tables of Permissions
216. CHAPTER 1178 Mural Standards
217. TITLE SIX - Environmental Regulations
218. CHAPTER 1179 Riparian Setbacks
219. CHAPTER 1180 Hillside Protection Regulations
220. CHAPTER 1181 Stormwater Management Regulations
221. CHAPTER 1182 Erosion and Sediment Control Requirements
222. CHAPTER 1183 Illicit Discharge and Illegal Connection Controls
223. CHAPTER 1184 Flood Damage Reduction
224. TITLE SEVEN - Administration and Procedures
225. CHAPTER 1185 Comprehensive Table of Procedures
226. CHAPTER 1186 Zoning Permits
227. CHAPTER 1187 Conditional Use Approval Process
228. CHAPTER 1188 Variance Approval Process
229. CHAPTER 1189 Site Plan Review Process
230. CHAPTER 1190 Appeals Process
231. CHAPTER 1191 Process for Changing the Zoning District Map
232. CHAPTER 1192 Process for Changing Text of the Planning and Zoning Code
233. CHAPTER 1193 Lot Subdivision or Consolidation Process
234. CHAPTER 1194 Enforcement and Violations
235. TITLE EIGHT - Nonconformities
236. CHAPTER 1195 Purpose of Nonconformities Chapter
237. CHAPTER 1196 Savings Provision
238. CHAPTER 1197 Definitions
239. CHAPTER 1198 Nonconforming Lots
240. CHAPTER 1199 Nonconforming Uses
241. CHAPTER 1200 Nonconforming Structures
242. CHAPTER 1201 Burdens of Proof
243. CHAPTER 1202 Specific Applications of Nonconformities
244. CHAPTER 1203 Illegal Uses, Structures, and Lots, Generally
245. CHAPTER 1204 Nonconforming Status Attached to the Land
246. TITLE NINE - Glossary of Terms
247. CHAPTER 1205 Definitions of Land Use Terms
248. CHAPTER 1206 Definitions of Other Terms
249. PART THIRTEEN - BUILDING CODE
250. TITLE ONE - Administration
251. CHAPTER 1301 Administration and Enforcement
252. CHAPTER 1303 Board of Appeals
253. CHAPTER 1309 Contractors
254. CHAPTER 1311 Permits and Fees
255. CHAPTER 1313 Point of Sale Inspection
256. CHAPTER 1314 Notice of Foreclosure Filing
257. TITLE THREE - State and Model Codes Adopted
258. CHAPTER 1325 Ohio Building Code
259. CHAPTER 1329 National Electrical Code
260. CHAPTER 1331 Residential Code of Ohio
261. CHAPTER 1333 International Property Maintenance Code
262. TITLE FIVE - Local Building Standards
263. CHAPTER 1335 Motion Pictures and Films
264. CHAPTER 1337 Landscaping and Lawn Services
265. CHAPTER 1339 Service Stations
266. CHAPTER 1341 Condominiums
267. CHAPTER 1343 Occupancy of Public Property
268. CHAPTER 1345 Numbering of Buildings
269. CHAPTER 1347 Sidewalks
270. CHAPTER 1349 Curbs and Driveways
271. CHAPTER 1351 Moving or Demolition of Buildings
272. CHAPTER 1353 Garbage Incinerators
273. CHAPTER 1355 Swimming Pools
274. CHAPTER 1357 General Building Provisions
275. CHAPTER 1359 Exterior Property Maintenance Code
276. CHAPTER 1361 Unsafe Structures
277. CHAPTER 1363 Conversion of Buildings
278. CHAPTER 1365 Flood Damage Prevention
279. CHAPTER 1367 Antennas
280. CHAPTER 1369 Family Homes
281. CHAPTER 1370 Display and Sale of Vehicles on Private Property
282. CHAPTER 1371 Vacant and Abandoned Houses
283. CHAPTER 1373 Roofing and Roofing Permits
284. CHAPTER 1375 Nuisance Abatement
285. PART FOURTEEN - HOUSING CODE
286. CHAPTER 1407 Definitions
287. CHAPTER 1409 Enforcement and Penalty
288. CHAPTER 1411 Residential Occupancy Basic Standards
289. CHAPTER 1413 Registration and Inspection of Rental Units
290. PART FIFTEEN - FIRE PREVENTION CODE
291. CHAPTER 1505 Local Standards and Requirements
292. CHAPTER 1509 Smoke Detector Devices
293. CHAPTER 1511 Open Burning
294. CHAPTER 1519 Fireworks
295. CHAPTER 1521 Hazardous Material Spills