Highland Hills, Ohio, OH — the municipal code, in plain language

Current through December 10, 2025 | State legislation current through June 5, 2025. Official source: https://codelibrary.amlegal.com/codes/highlandhills/latest/overview

Every town writes its own rules, and Highland Hills, Ohio's live in its municipal code — 237 chapters covering day-to-day questions like fences, parking, pets, permits and property upkeep. Below is the full map of what the code covers.

What's in the Highland Hills, Ohio code

• 1. Codified Ordinances
• 2. CERTIFICATION
• 3. ROSTER OF OFFICIALS
• 4. COMPARATIVE SECTION TABLE
• 5. CHARTER
• 6. PREAMBLE
• 7. Article I NAME, BOUNDARIES, AND POWERS
• 8. Article II COUNCIL
• 9. SECTION 1. POWERS, NUMBER AND TERM.
• 10. SECTION 2. ORGANIZATION.
• 11. SECTION 3. REMOVAL OF MEMBERS.
• 12. SECTION 4. VACANCY.
• 13. SECTION 5. PROCEDURE.
• 14. SECTION 6. WHEN ORDINANCES AND RESOLUTIONS TAKE EFFECT.
• 15. Article III THE MAYOR
• 16. SECTION 1. EXECUTIVE AND ADMINISTRATIVE POWERS.
• 17. SECTION 2. TERM AND NATURE OF OFFICE.
• 18. SECTION 3. VACANCY AND REMOVAL.
• 19. SECTION 4. GENERAL POWERS AND DUTIES.
• 20. SECTION 5. MAYOR'S VETO.
• 21. Article IV VILLAGE CLERK/TREASURER (REPEALED)
• 22. Article V NOMINATIONS, ELECTION, AND QUALIFICATIONS
• 23. SECTION 1. NOMINATIONS AND ELECTIONS.
• 24. SECTION 2. QUALIFICATION OF OFFICERS.
• 25. Article VI INITIATIVE, REFERENDUM AND RECALL
• 26. SECTION 1. INITIATIVE PETITION PROCESS.
• 27. SECTION 2. REFERENDUM.
• 28. SECTION 3. RECALL.
• 29. SECTION 4. FORM OF PETITIONS.
• 30. Article VII ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICERS AND DEPARTMENTS
• 31. SECTION 1. GENERAL PROVISIONS.
• 32. SECTION 2. DEPARTMENT OF LAW.
• 33. SECTION 3. VILLAGE FINANCE DIRECTOR.
• 34. Article VIII COMMISSIONS AND BOARDS
• 35. SECTION 1. GENERAL PROVISIONS.
• 36. SECTION 2. HUMAN RESOURCES SYSTEM.
• 37. SECTION 3. PERSONNEL REVIEW BOARD.
• 38. Article IX MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS
• 39. SECTION 1. CONTRACTS AND FISCAL MATTERS.
• 40. SECTION 2. FRANCHISES.
• 41. SECTION 3. SALARIES AND BONDS.
• 42. SECTION 4. PENSION AND RELIEF FUNDS.
• 43. SECTION 5. FINANCES AND TAXATION.
• 44. SECTION 6. AMENDMENTS.
• 45. SECTION 7. PERIODIC REVIEW.
• 46. SECTION 8. SAVING CLAUSE.
• 47. SECTION 9. EFFECT OF CHARTER UPON EXISTING LAWS.
• 48. SECTION 10. STRATEGIC PLAN. (REPEALED)
• 49. Article X TRANSITION PROVISIONS
• 50. SECTION 1. DATE OF TAKING EFFECT.
• 51. SECTION 2. FIRST ELECTIONS UNDER THE CHARTER.
• 52. PART ONE - ADMINISTRATIVE CODE
• 53. TITLE ONE - General Provisions
• 54. CHAPTER 101 Codified Ordinances
• 55. CHAPTER 103 Public Meetings
• 56. CHAPTER 104 Code of Ethics
• 57. TITLE THREE - Financial Procedures
• 58. CHAPTER 105 General Fee Schedule
• 59. CHAPTER 107 Acceptance of Property
• 62. CHAPTER 113 Procedure for Purchases, Contracts and Sales
• 63. CHAPTER 115 Minority Business and Female Business Enterprise
• 64. TITLE FIVE - Legislative
• 65. CHAPTER 131 Council
• 66. TITLE SEVEN - Administrative
• 67. CHAPTER 137 Mayor
• 68. CHAPTER 139 Clerk of Council
• 69. CHAPTER 140 Department of Community Development
• 70. CHAPTER 141 Department of Law
• 71. CHAPTER 143 Village Architect
• 72. CHAPTER 144 Village Engineer
• 73. CHAPTER 145 Planning Commission
• 74. CHAPTER 146 Animal Warden
• 75. CHAPTER 147 Department of Senior Services
• 76. CHAPTER 153 Properties Department
• 77. CHAPTER 154 Department of Finance
• 78. CHAPTER 155 Police Department
• 79. CHAPTER 156 Fire Department
• 80. CHAPTER 157 Public Works Department
• 81. CHAPTER 158 Building Department
• 82. CHAPTER 159 Office of Equal Opportunity
• 83. CHAPTER 161 Records Commission
• 84. CHAPTER 163 Board of Control
• 85. CHAPTER 165 Strategic Plan Committee
• 86. TITLE NINE - Judicial
• 87. CHAPTER 171 Mayor's Court
• 88. TITLE ELEVEN - Personnel
• 89. CHAPTER 173 Personnel Review Board
• 90. CHAPTER 175 Human Resource System
• 91. CHAPTER 177 Employment Provisions
• 92. CHAPTER 179 Military Leave
• 93. TITLE THIRTEEN - Taxation
• 94. CHAPTER 181 Income Tax
• 95. TITLE FIFTEEN - Economic Development
• 96. CHAPTER 191 Tax Incentive Review Council
• 97. PART THREE - TRAFFIC CODE
• 98. TITLE ONE - Administration
• 99. CHAPTER 301 Definitions
• 100. CHAPTER 303 Enforcement, Impounding and Penalty
• 101. CHAPTER 305 Traffic Control
• 102. CHAPTER 309 Parades and Assemblages
• 103. TITLE THREE - Streets and Traffic Control Devices
• 104. CHAPTER 311 Street Obstructions and Special Uses
• 105. CHAPTER 313 Traffic Control Devices
• 106. TITLE FIVE - Vehicles
• 107. CHAPTER 331 Operation Generally
• 108. CHAPTER 333 OVI; Willful Misconduct; Speed
• 109. CHAPTER 335 Licensing; Accidents
• 110. CHAPTER 337 Safety and Equipment
• 111. CHAPTER 339 Commercial and Heavy Vehicles
• 112. CHAPTER 341 Commercial Drivers
• 113. TITLE SEVEN - Parking
• 114. CHAPTER 351 Parking Generally
• 115. CHAPTER 353 Parking Meters
• 116. TITLE NINE - Pedestrians, Bicycles and Motorcycles
• 117. CHAPTER 371 Pedestrians
• 118. CHAPTER 373 Bicycles and Motorcycles
• 119. CHAPTER 375 Snowmobiles, Off-Highway Motorcycles and All Purpose Vehicles
• 120. PART FIVE - GENERAL OFFENSES CODE
• 121. CHAPTER 505 Animals and Fowl
• 122. CHAPTER 509 Disorderly Conduct and Peace Disturbance
• 123. CHAPTER 513 Drug Abuse Control
• 124. CHAPTER 517 Gambling
• 125. CHAPTER 521 Health, Safety and Sanitation
• 126. CHAPTER 525 Law Enforcement and Public Office
• 127. CHAPTER 529 Liquor Control
• 128. CHAPTER 533 Obscenity and Sex Offenses
• 129. CHAPTER 537 Offenses Against Persons
• 130. CHAPTER 541 Property Offenses
• 131. CHAPTER 545 Theft and Fraud
• 132. CHAPTER 549 Weapons and Explosives
• 133. CHAPTER 553 Railroads
• 134. CHAPTER 555 Curfew
• 135. CHAPTER 561 Solicitors, Peddlers and Do Not Knock List
• 136. PART SEVEN - BUSINESS REGULATION CODE
• 137. CHAPTER 709 Armed Security Guards
• 138. CHAPTER 715 Fair Housing
• 139. CHAPTER 731 Sound Amplifying Devices
• 140. CHAPTER 735 Landscape Regulations
• 141. CHAPTER 741 Private Snow Plowing
• 142. CHAPTER 743 Short-Term Rentals
• 143. CHAPTER 753 Business Operations
• 144. CHAPTER 775 Cable Services Regulatory Ordinance
• 145. CHAPTER 793 Admissions Tax
• 146. PART NINE - STREETS, UTILITIES AND PUBLIC SERVICES CODE
• 147. CHAPTER 905 Shade Tree Commission
• 148. CHAPTER 909 Municipal Forestry Program
• 149. CHAPTER 913 Tree Planting Program
• 150. CHAPTER 917 Rubbish Collection
• 151. CHAPTER 921 Excavations
• 152. CHAPTER 923 Water Use Emergency
• 153. CHAPTER 925 Use of Right of Way for Telecommunications; Regulations and Permits
• 154. CHAPTER 929 Small Cell Design Guidelines
• 155. CHAPTER 931 Gas and Oil Wells
• 156. CHAPTER 951 Municipal Building Regulations
• 157. CHAPTER 961 Recovery of Cost of Emergency Actions
• 158. CHAPTER 963 Emergency Medical Services
• 159. PART ELEVEN - PLANNING AND ZONING CODE
• 160. TITLE ONE - Scope and Application
• 161. CHAPTER 1101 General Provisions
• 162. CHAPTER 1103 Definitions, Interpretation of Regulations
• 163. CHAPTER 1105 Establishment of Districts, Regulations and Map
• 164. TITLE TWO - District Regulations
• 165. CHAPTER 1107 Residential: Single-Family Detached District (R-1)
• 166. CHAPTER 1109 Residential: Townhouse District (R-2)
• 167. CHAPTER 1111 Residential: Low-Rise (R-3) and High-Rise (R-4) Multi-Family Districts
• 168. CHAPTER 1113 Residential Planned Unit Development District (RPUD)
• 169. CHAPTER 1115 Office District (O)
• 170. CHAPTER 1117 Commercial District (C)
• 171. CHAPTER 1119 Light Industrial District (LI)
• 172. CHAPTER 1121 Mixed Use Planned Unit Development District (MPUD)
• 173. CHAPTER 1122 New Community Planned Development District
• 174. CHAPTER 1123 Institutional District (INS)
• 175. CHAPTER 1125 Office/Research Park District (OR)
• 176. CHAPTER 1127 General Flood Plain District (GFP) (Repealed)
• 177. CHAPTER 1128 Cemetery District
• 178. TITLE THREE - Supplemental Regulations
• 179. CHAPTER 1129 Off-Street Parking and Loading
• 180. CHAPTER 1131 Landscaping, Screening and Buffering Requirements for All Districts Except R-1 Districts
• 181. CHAPTER 1132 Riparian Setbacks
• 182. CHAPTER 1133 Signs
• 183. CHAPTER 1134 Special Purpose Flood Damage Reduction Regulations
• 184. CHAPTER 1135 Environmental Performance Regulations For All Districts
• 185. CHAPTER 1136 Wind Energy Turbines
• 186. CHAPTER 1137 Nonconforming Uses
• 187. CHAPTER 1139 Miscellaneous Regulations
• 188. CHAPTER 1140 Site Plan Requirements
• 189. TITLE FOUR - Administrative Procedures
• 190. CHAPTER 1141 Administration
• 191. CHAPTER 1143 Enforcement
• 192. CHAPTER 1145 Procedure and Requirements for Appeals and Variances
• 193. CHAPTER 1147 Procedure and Requirements for Approval of Conditional Use Permits
• 194. CHAPTER 1149 Procedure for Amendments and District Changes
• 195. TITLE FIVE - Subdivision Regulations
• 196. CHAPTER 1151 General Provisions
• 197. CHAPTER 1153 Definitions
• 198. CHAPTER 1155 Subdivision Application and Approval
• 199. CHAPTER 1157 Completion and Maintenance of Improvements
• 200. CHAPTER 1159 Requirements for Improvements, Reservations and Design
• 201. CHAPTER 1161 Land Readjustment
• 202. CHAPTER 1163 Specifications for Documents to be Submitted
• 203. TITLE SEVEN - Telecommunications
• 204. CHAPTER 1171 Telecommunication Towers
• 205. PART THIRTEEN - BUILDING CODE
• 206. TITLE ONE - State and Model Codes Adopted
• 207. CHAPTER 1301 Ohio Building Code
• 208. CHAPTER 1303 National Electrical Code
• 209. CHAPTER 1305 Residential Code of Ohio
• 210. TITLE THREE - Administration and Local Standards
• 211. CHAPTER 1306 Administration
• 212. CHAPTER 1307 Architectural Review Board
• 213. CHAPTER 1309 Building Permits
• 214. CHAPTER 1311 Occupancy Permits
• 215. CHAPTER 1313 Unsafe Structures
• 216. CHAPTER 1315 Sidewalks
• 217. CHAPTER 1317 Parking Lots and Public Driveways
• 218. CHAPTER 1318 Grading
• 219. CHAPTER 1319 Point of Sale Inspections
• 220. CHAPTER 1321 Residential Rental Inspection Code; Certificate Required (Repealed)
• 221. CHAPTER 1329 Registration of Contractors; Building Fees
• 222. CHAPTER 1330 Administration and Enforcement (Repealed)
• 223. TITLE FIVE - Housing Code
• 224. CHAPTER 1331 General Provisions
• 225. CHAPTER 1333 Definitions
• 226. CHAPTER 1335 Standards for Residential Rental Units
• 227. CHAPTER 1337 Basic Standards for Residential Occupancy
• 228. CHAPTER 1339 Enforcement and Penalty (Repealed)
• 229. TITLE SEVEN - Supplemental Requirements
• 230. CHAPTER 1351 Comprehensive Stormwater Management
• 231. CHAPTER 1355 Illicit Discharge and Illegal Connection Control
• 232. CHAPTER 1357 Construction Site Soil Erosion, Sediment, and Other Wastes and Storm Water Runoff (Repealed)
• 233. CHAPTER 1359 Controlling Post-Construction Water Quality Runoff (Repealed)
• 234. CHAPTER 1361 Concrete Surfaces
• 235. CHAPTER 1363 Erosion and Sediment Control
• 236. PART FIFTEEN - FIRE PREVENTION CODE
• 237. CHAPTER 1511 Open Burning
• 238. CHAPTER 1513 Oil and Gas Wells
• 239. CHAPTER 1519 Fireworks