Kent, Ohio, OH Municipal Code — every chapter, in plain language

Current through October 15, 2025 | State legislation current through June 5, 2025. Official source: https://codelibrary.amlegal.com/codes/kent/latest/overview

Every town writes its own rules, and Kent, Ohio's live in its municipal code — 264 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. Kent, Ohio
2. Codified Ordinances
3. CERTIFICATION
4. DIRECTORY OF OFFICIALS
5. EDITOR'S NOTE
6. COMPARATIVE SECTION TABLE
7. TABLES OF SPECIAL ORDINANCES OF KENT
8. TABLE A - FRANCHISES
9. TABLE B - EASEMENTS
10. TABLE C - VACATING OF STREETS AND ALLEYS
11. TABLE D - DEDICATION AND PLAT APPROVAL
12. TABLE E - ACQUISITION AND DISPOSAL OF REAL PROPERTY
13. TABLE F - LEASE OF REAL PROPERTY
14. TABLE G - STREET GRADE LEVELS AND CHANGE OF STREET NAME
15. TABLE H - ANNEXATION AND DETACHMENT OF TERRITORY
16. TABLE I - ZONING MAP CHANGES
17. CHARTER
18. ARTICLE I: NAME AND BOUNDARIES
19. ARTICLE II: FORM OF GOVERNMENT
20. ARTICLE III: POWERS OF CITY
21. ARTICLE IV: GENERAL PROVISIONS
22. ARTICLE V: THE COUNCIL & MAYOR
23. ARTICLE VI: CITY MANAGER
24. ARTICLE VII: ADMINISTRATIVE DEPARTMENTS
25. ARTICLE VIII: BOARDS & COMMISSIONS
26. ARTICLE IX: ELECTIONS
27. ARTICLE X: FRANCHISES
28. ARTICLE XI: INITIATIVE AND REFERENDUM
29. ARTICLE XII: MISCELLANEOUS
30. PART ONE - ADMINISTRATIVE CODE
31. TITLE ONE - General Provisions
32. CHAPTER 101 Codified Ordinances
33. CHAPTER 103 Official Standards
34. CHAPTER 105 Wards and Boundaries
35. CHAPTER 107 Public Meetings
36. CHAPTER 109 Affirmative Action
37. CHAPTER 111 Limitations on Civil Liability
38. CHAPTER 113 Budgeting and Purchasing
39. CHAPTER 115 Payments to Contractors
40. CHAPTER 117 Conflict of Interest
41. CHAPTER 119 Nuisance Abatement
42. TITLE THREE - Legislative
43. CHAPTER 121 Council
44. CHAPTER 123 Ordinances and Resolutions
45. TITLE FIVE - Administration
46. CHAPTER 131 City Manager
47. CHAPTER 133 Department of Finance
48. CHAPTER 135 Department of Law
49. CHAPTER 137 Department of Safety
50. CHAPTER 143 Department of Service
51. CHAPTER 147 Department of Community Development
52. CHAPTER 149 Employment Provisions
53. TITLE SEVEN - Boards and Commissions
54. CHAPTER 150 General Provisions
55. CHAPTER 153 Board of Health
56. CHAPTER 159 Civil Service Commission
57. CHAPTER 165 Park and Recreation Board
58. CHAPTER 167 Planning Commission
59. CHAPTER 169 Trees
60. CHAPTER 171 Treasury Investment Board
61. CHAPTER 175 Portage Area Regional Transportation Authority
62. TITLE NINE - Taxation
63. CHAPTER 181 Income Tax
64. CHAPTER 183 Vehicle License Tax
65. CHAPTER 185 Excise Tax on Lodgings
66. CHAPTER 187 Income Tax Effective January 1, 2016
67. PART THREE - TRAFFIC CODE
68. TITLE ONE - Administration
69. CHAPTER 301 Definitions
70. CHAPTER 303 Enforcement, Impounding and Penalty
71. CHAPTER 305 Traffic Control
72. TITLE THREE - Streets and Traffic Control Devices
73. CHAPTER 311 Street Obstructions and Special Uses
74. CHAPTER 313 Traffic Control Devices
75. CHAPTER 315 Block Parties and Street Assemblages
76. CHAPTER 316 Special Events - Parades, Festivals, Carnivals,
77. TITLE FIVE - Vehicles
78. CHAPTER 331 Operation Generally
79. CHAPTER 333 OVI; Willful Misconduct; Speed
80. CHAPTER 335 Licensing; Accidents
81. CHAPTER 337 Safety and Equipment
82. CHAPTER 339 Commercial and Heavy Vehicles
83. CHAPTER 341 Commercial Drivers
84. TITLE SEVEN - Parking
85. CHAPTER 351 Parking Generally
86. CHAPTER 352 Snow Emergency
87. CHAPTER 353 Parking Time Restrictions
88. CHAPTER 354 Overnight Parking
89. CHAPTER 355 Municipal Parking Lots
90. CHAPTER 356 Prohibited Parking, Impoundment of Vehicles
91. CHAPTER 357 Leaf Pickup Parking Ban
92. CHAPTER 358 Parking Meters
93. TITLE NINE - Pedestrians, Bicycles and Motorcycles
94. CHAPTER 371 Pedestrians
95. CHAPTER 373 Bicycles and Motorcycles
96. CHAPTER 375 Snowmobiles, Off-Highway Motorcycles and All Purpose Vehicles
97. PART FIVE - GENERAL OFFENSES CODE
98. CHAPTER 503 Advertising and Billposting
99. CHAPTER 505 Animals and Fowl
100. CHAPTER 509 Disorderly Conduct and Peace Disturbance
101. CHAPTER 511 Mass Gatherings Prohibited During Health Emergency (Repealed)
102. CHAPTER 513 Drug Abuse Control
103. CHAPTER 517 Gambling
104. CHAPTER 521 Health, Safety and Sanitation
105. CHAPTER 523 Clandestine Drug Labs
106. CHAPTER 525 Law Enforcement and Public Office
107. CHAPTER 527 Illegal Distribution of Cigarettes, Other Tobacco Products,
108. CHAPTER 529 Liquor Control
109. CHAPTER 533 Obscenity and Sex Offenses
110. CHAPTER 537 Offenses Against Persons
111. CHAPTER 541 Property Offenses
112. CHAPTER 543 Registration of Felons
113. CHAPTER 545 Theft and Fraud
114. CHAPTER 549 Weapons and Explosives
115. CHAPTER 551 Weeds and Grass
116. CHAPTER 553 Railroads
117. CHAPTER 555 Fair Employment Practices
118. CHAPTER 557 Fair Housing Practice
119. CHAPTER 559 Emergency Alarms
120. CHAPTER 561 Criminal Activity Nuisances
121. PART SEVEN - BUSINESS REGULATION CODE.
122. CHAPTER 703 Water Pollution Control
123. CHAPTER 709 Billiards and Pool
124. CHAPTER 713 Bowling Alleys
125. CHAPTER 717 Circuses, Carnivals and Temporary Amusements
126. CHAPTER 721 Drive-In Businesses; Regulation of Vehicles
127. CHAPTER 723 Sexual Orientation or Gender Identity Change Efforts
128. CHAPTER 737 Second Hand Dealers
129. CHAPTER 741 Pawnbrokers
130. CHAPTER 744 Mobile Food Unit Regulations
131. CHAPTER 745 Peddlers and Solicitors
132. CHAPTER 746 Film Permits
133. CHAPTER 747 Sales and Special Sales
134. CHAPTER 749 Taxicabs Regulations
135. CHAPTER 753 Trailers and Trailer Camps
136. CHAPTER 755 Transportation Systems
137. CHAPTER 757 Massage Establishments
138. CHAPTER 759 Late Night Sales
139. CHAPTER 763 Video Service Provider Fee
140. CHAPTER 767 Cable Television
141. CHAPTER 769 Garage Sales
142. CHAPTER 770 Amusement Arcades
143. CHAPTER 771 Tobacco Product Sales
144. CHAPTER 773 Tobacco Retailer Density and Proximity Provisions
145. PART NINE - STREETS, UTILITIES AND PUBLIC SERVICES CODE
146. TITLE ONE - Street and Sidewalk Areas
147. CHAPTER 901 Streets, Curbs and Driveways
148. CHAPTER 903 Sidewalks
149. CHAPTER 905 Excavations
150. CHAPTER 907 Filling, Grading, Excavating and Retaining Wall Construction
151. TITLE THREE Utilities
152. CHAPTER 911 Utilities
153. CHAPTER 913 Water
154. CHAPTER 915 Sanitary Sewer Use Ordinance
155. CHAPTER 917 Private Sewage Disposal Systems
156. CHAPTER 919 Utilization Charges for Connections to Water and Sewer Service
157. CHAPTER 921 Storm Water Use
158. TITLE FIVE Assessments
159. CHAPTER 925 Special Assessments
160. TITLE SEVEN - Public Services
161. CHAPTER 931 Composting
162. CHAPTER 933 City Wide Refuse, Solid Waste, Garbage, Rubbish
163. CHAPTER 935 Recycling and Other Solid Waste, Yard Waste Collection
164. CHAPTER 936 Residential Collection Recycling Program
165. TITLE NINE - Use of Right-of-Ways
166. CHAPTER 937 Use of Public Ways by Service Providers
167. CHAPTER 939 Use of Public Ways for Small Cell Wireless Facilities a
168. PART ELEVEN - PLANNING AND ZONING CODE
169. TITLE ONE - Zoning Code
170. CHAPTER 1101 Title, Interpretation and Conflict
171. CHAPTER 1102 Definitions
172. CHAPTER 1103 Zoning Districts, Land Use and Zoning Map
173. CHAPTER 1104 Supplemental Zoning District Standards
174. CHAPTER 1105 Conditions Applicable to Specific Land Uses
175. CHAPTER 1106 General Provisions
176. CHAPTER 1107 Parking, Loading, and Access Management
177. CHAPTER 1108 Landscaping, Buffering, and Screening
178. CHAPTER 1109 Signs
179. CHAPTER 1110 Nonconformities
180. CHAPTER 1111 Administrative Boards and Commissions
181. CHAPTER 1112 Administrative Procedures
182. CHAPTER 1113 Violations, Penalties and Enforcement
183. APPENDIX A: DESIGN GUIDELINES
184. 0-0-0-38906
185. TITLE SEVEN - Subdivision Regulations
186. CHAPTER 1177 General Provisions
187. CHAPTER 1179 Definitions
188. CHAPTER 1181 Administration and Enforcement
189. CHAPTER 1183 Procedures
190. CHAPTER 1185 Plan and Plat Specifications
191. CHAPTER 1187 Design Standards
192. CHAPTER 1189 Improvements
193. CHAPTER 1191 Park Impact Fees
194. APPENDIX A TYPICAL MINOR SUBDIVISION MAP
195. APPENDIX B APPLICATION FOR PRELIMINARY PLAN APPROVAL
196. APPENDIX C PRELIMINARY STEPS CERTIFICATION FORM
197. APPENDIX D TYPICAL PRELIMINARY PLAN SUBDIVISION MAP
198. APPENDIX E APPLICATION FOR FINAL PLAT APPROVAL
199. APPENDIX F TYPICAL FINAL PLAT SUBDIVISION MAP
200. APPENDIX G EXAMPLES OF CERTIFICATIONS AND STATEMENTS
201. APPENDIX H PAVEMENT CROSS SECTIONS
202. TITLE NINE - Water Resource Management
203. CHAPTER 1193 Resource Management Plans
204. CHAPTER 1195 Floodways and Floodplains
205. CHAPTER 1197 Storm Water Drainage Systems
206. CHAPTER 1199 Erosion Controls
207. CHAPTER 1201 Riparian and Wetland Buffers
208. CHAPTER 1203 Low Impact Development
209. PART THIRTEEN - BUILDING CODE
210. TITLE ONE - Building Standards
211. CHAPTER 1303 One, Two and Three Family Dwellings
212. TITLE THREE Building Administration
213. CHAPTER 1308 Contractor Registration
214. CHAPTER 1309 Board of Building Appeals
215. CHAPTER 1311 Building, Wrecking and Moving Permits
216. CHAPTER 1312 Schedule of Fees
217. CHAPTER 1313 Inspections; Electrical and Plumbing Permits
218. CHAPTER 1315 Revocation of Permits; Penalties
219. TITLE FIVE Local Building Provisions
220. CHAPTER 1333 Numbering Structures
221. CHAPTER 1337 Flood Damage Control
222. CHAPTER 1339 Technical Plan Review and Conformance
223. CHAPTER 1341 Annual Registration of Vacant Houses and Buildings and Registration Fees (Repealed)
224. TITLE SEVEN Environmental Health and Housing Maintenance Code
225. CHAPTER 1361 General Provisions
226. CHAPTER 1363 Definitions
227. CHAPTER 1365 Minimum Standards and Requirements
228. CHAPTER 1367 Licensing Requirements
229. CHAPTER 1371 Enforcement and Penalty
230. CHAPTER 1373 Repairs and Demolitions
231. TITLE TEN - Exterior Property Maintenance Code
232. CHAPTER 1381 Title, Scope, and Conflict (Repealed)
233. CHAPTER 1383 Definitions (Repealed)
234. CHAPTER 1385 Administration and Enforcement (Repealed)
235. CHAPTER 1387 Exterior Property Maintenance (Repealed)
236. CHAPTER 1389 Notice of Violation, Corrective Action, and Appeals (Repealed)
237. CHAPTER 1391 Effective Date (Repealed)
238. CHAPTER 1393 Historic Preservation
239. PART FOURTEEN - PROPERTY MAINTENANCE AND HOUSING CODE
240. TITLE ONE -PROPERTY MAINTENANCE CODE
241. CHAPTER 1401 General Provisions
242. CHAPTER 1402 Enforcement
243. CHAPTER 1403 Duties and Powers
244. CHAPTER 1404 Approval
245. CHAPTER 1405 Violations
246. CHAPTER 1406 Unsafe Structures and Equipment
247. CHAPTER 1407 Demolition
248. CHAPTER 1408 Means of Appeals
249. CHAPTER 1409 Definitions
250. CHAPTER 1410 General Requirements
251. CHAPTER 1411 Exterior Structure
252. CHAPTER 1412 Interior Structure
253. CHAPTER 1413 Component Serviceability
254. CHAPTER 1414 Rubbish, Garbage, Donation Collection Boxes and Portable Storage Containers
255. CHAPTER 1415 Light, Ventilation and Occupancy Limitations
256. CHAPTER 1416 Plumbing Facilities and Fixture Requirements
257. CHAPTER 1417 Mechanical and Electrical Requirements
258. CHAPTER 1418 Fire Safety Requirements
259. CHAPTER 1419 Corrective Action
260. PART FIFTEEN - FIRE PREVENTION CODE
261. CHAPTER 1503 Open Burning
262. CHAPTER 1505 Smoke Detection and Alarm Devices
263. CHAPTER 1511 Fire Damaged Structures
264. CHAPTER 1519 Fireworks