Every town writes its own rules, and Lancaster, Ohio's live in its municipal code — 199 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. Lancaster, Ohio
- 2. CODIFIED ORDINANCES OF THE CITY OF LANCASTER, OHIO
- 3. ROSTER OF OFFICIALS
- 4. ADOPTING ORDINANCE
- 5. EDITOR'S NOTE
- 6. COMPARATIVE SECTION TABLE
- 7. TABLES OF SPECIAL ORDINANCES OF LANCASTER
- 8. TABLE A - FRANCHISES
- 9. TABLE B - EASEMENTS
- 10. TABLE C - VACATING STREETS AND ALLEYS
- 11. TABLE D - DEDICATION OF PROPERTY
- 12. TABLE E - SALE OF PROPERTY
- 13. TABLE F - PURCHASE OF PROPERTY FOR CITY USE
- 14. TABLE G - LEASE OF PROPERTY
- 15. TABLE H - GRADE LEVELS AND CURB LINES
- 16. TABLE I - ZONING MAP CHANGES
- 17. TABLE J - ANNEXATION OR DETACHMENT OF TERRITORY
- 18. TABLE K - CHANGE OF NAME
- 19. TABLE L - SPECIAL ASSESSMENTS
- 20. PART ONE - ADMINISTRATIVE CODE
- 21. TITLE ONE - General Provisions
- 22. CHAPTER 101 Codified Ordinances
- 23. CHAPTER 103 Wards and Boundaries
- 24. CHAPTER 105 Numbering of Streets and Buildings
- 25. CHAPTER 107 Official Standards
- 26. CHAPTER 109 Open Meetings
- 27. CHAPTER 110 Ethics
- 28. TITLE THREE - Legislative
- 29. CHAPTER 111 Rules of Council
- 30. CHAPTER 113 Clerk of Council (Repealed)
- 31. CHAPTER 115 Ordinances and Resolutions
- 32. TITLE FIVE - Administrative
- 33. CHAPTER 121 Mayor
- 34. CHAPTER 123 Director of Law
- 35. CHAPTER 125 Auditor
- 36. CHAPTER 127 Treasurer
- 37. CHAPTER 129 Department of Safety-Service
- 38. CHAPTER 130 Safety Service Board (Repealed)
- 39. CHAPTER 131 Police Department
- 40. CHAPTER 133 Fire Department
- 41. CHAPTER 134 Building Department
- 42. CHAPTER 135 City Engineer
- 43. CHAPTER 137 Utility Services Committee
- 44. CHAPTER 139 Public Transit Board (Repealed)
- 45. CHAPTER 140 Port Authority
- 46. CHAPTER 141 Fairfield County Combined General Health District
- 47. CHAPTER 143 Historic Lancaster Commission (Repealed)
- 48. CHAPTER 145 Employees Generally
- 49. TITLE SEVEN - Judicial
- 50. CHAPTER 161 Municipal Court
- 51. TITLE NINE - Taxation
- 52. CHAPTER 181 Income Tax
- 53. CHAPTER 182 Municipal Income Tax Effective January 1, 2016
- 54. CHAPTER 183 Municipal Income Tax Effective January 1, 2018
- 55. CHAPTER 185 Lodging Tax
- 56. CHAPTER 187 Motor Vehicle License Tax
- 57. PART THREE - TRAFFIC CODE
- 58. TITLE ONE - Administration
- 59. CHAPTER 301 Definitions
- 60. CHAPTER 303 Enforcement, Impounding and Penalty
- 61. CHAPTER 305 Traffic Control
- 62. TITLE THREE - Streets and Traffic Control Devices
- 63. CHAPTER 311 Street Obstructions and Special Uses
- 64. CHAPTER 313 Traffic Control Devices
- 65. TITLE FIVE - Vehicles
- 66. CHAPTER 331 Operation Generally
- 67. CHAPTER 333 OVI; Willful Misconduct; Speed
- 68. CHAPTER 335 Licensing; Accidents
- 69. CHAPTER 337 Safety and Equipment
- 70. CHAPTER 339 Commercial and Heavy Vehicles
- 71. CHAPTER 341 Commercial Drivers
- 72. CHAPTER 343 Storage of Junk and Other Motor Vehicles
- 73. CHAPTER 345 Low-Speed Vehicles
- 74. TITLE SEVEN - Parking
- 75. CHAPTER 351 Parking Generally
- 76. CHAPTER 353 Loading and Unloading Zones
- 77. CHAPTER 355 Parking Meters (Repealed)
- 78. TITLE NINE - Pedestrians, Bicycles and Motorcycles
- 79. CHAPTER 371 Pedestrians
- 80. CHAPTER 373 Bicycles and Motorcycles
- 81. CHAPTER 374 Motorized Bicycles
- 82. CHAPTER 375 Snowmobiles, Off-Highway Motorcycles and All Purpose Vehicles
- 83. CHAPTER 377 Utility Vehicles
- 84. PART FIVE - GENERAL OFFENSES CODE
- 85. CHAPTER 503 Alarm Systems
- 86. CHAPTER 505 Animals and Fowl
- 87. CHAPTER 509 Disorderly Conduct and Peace Disturbance
- 88. CHAPTER 513 Drug Abuse Control
- 89. CHAPTER 515 Felon Registration
- 90. CHAPTER 517 Gambling
- 91. CHAPTER 521 Health, Safety and Sanitation
- 92. CHAPTER 525 Law Enforcement and Public Office
- 93. CHAPTER 529 Liquor Control
- 94. CHAPTER 531 Obscene Materials, Performances and Other Matters
- 95. CHAPTER 533 Obscenity and Sex Offenses
- 96. CHAPTER 537 Offenses Against Persons
- 97. CHAPTER 541 Property Offenses
- 98. CHAPTER 545 Theft and Fraud
- 99. CHAPTER 549 Weapons and Explosives
- 100. CHAPTER 550 Fireworks
- 101. CHAPTER 553 Railroads
- 102. CHAPTER 561 Streets and Sidewalks (Repealed)
- 103. CHAPTER 565 Weeds and Trees
- 104. CHAPTER 567 Civil Penalties for Violations Under Live Digital Video School Bus Violation Detection Monitoring Technology (“DMT”)
- 105. CHAPTER 568 Camping Prohibited
- 106. PART SEVEN - BUSINESS REGULATION CODE
- 107. CHAPTER 707 Sexually Oriented Business Standards
- 108. CHAPTER 709 Cultivation, Processing, Distributing, Dispensing, Testing or Selling Medical Marijuana or Adult Use Cannabis
- 109. CHAPTER 711 Auctions (Repealed)
- 110. CHAPTER 715 Arcades (Repealed)
- 111. CHAPTER 721 Liquidation Sales (Repealed)
- 112. CHAPTER 731 Mechanical Amusement Devices (Repealed)
- 113. CHAPTER 741 Mechanical Musical Instruments
- 114. CHAPTER 751 Peddlers
- 115. CHAPTER 753 Peddling on Private Property
- 116. CHAPTER 761 Solicitors and Canvassers
- 117. CHAPTER 771 Taxicabs
- 118. CHAPTER 781 Scrap Metal Dealers
- 119. CHAPTER 785 Itinerant Merchants (Repealed)
- 120. CHAPTER 791 Vehicle Racing (Repealed)
- 121. CHAPTER 795 Yard Sales
- 122. CHAPTER 797 Video Service Providers
- 123. CHAPTER 798 Shared Micromobility Rental Services
- 124. PART NINE - STREETS, UTILITIES AND PUBLIC SERVICES CODE
- 125. TITLE ONE - Streets and Sidewalks
- 126. CHAPTER 901 Management, Administration, and Control Ordinance Governing the Use of the Public Rights-of-Way
- 127. CHAPTER 902 Supplemental Right-of-Way Controls
- 128. CHAPTER 903 Sidewalks
- 129. CHAPTER 905 Curbs and Driveways
- 130. TITLE THREE - Public Utilities.
- 131. CHAPTER 910 Potable Water Supply Well Code
- 132. CHAPTER 911 Water
- 133. CHAPTER 912 Use of Public and Private Sewers
- 134. CHAPTER 913 Drainage Generally
- 135. CHAPTER 914 Trucked Wastes
- 136. CHAPTER 915 Sewer Rates
- 137. CHAPTER 916 Wastewater Pretreatment
- 138. CHAPTER 917 Natural Gas Service
- 139. CHAPTER 918 Storm Water Utility Program
- 140. CHAPTER 919 Storm Water Sediment and Soil Erosion Protection
- 141. CHAPTER 920 Electricity
- 142. CHAPTER 921 Utilities Installation in Developments
- 143. TITLE FIVE - Other Public Services
- 144. CHAPTER 931 Parks
- 145. CHAPTER 933 Cemeteries
- 146. CHAPTER 935 Lancaster-Fairfield County Joint Hospital
- 147. CHAPTER 937 Waste Removal
- 148. CHAPTER 939 Trees
- 149. PART ELEVEN - PLANNING AND ZONING CODE
- 150. TITLE ONE - Subdivision Regulations
- 151. CHAPTER 1101 City Planning Commission
- 152. CHAPTER 1105 Subdivision Procedures
- 153. CHAPTER 1107 Obligations of Developer and City
- 154. CHAPTER 1109 Minimum Design Standards and Requirements
- 155. CHAPTER 1111 Site Improvements
- 156. CHAPTER 1112 Hillside Regulations
- 157. CHAPTER 1113 Application Requirements
- 158. CHAPTER 1115 Variances
- 159. CHAPTER 1117 Enforcement
- 160. CHAPTER 1118 Validity
- 161. TITLE THREE - Zoning and Property Restrictions
- 162. CHAPTER 1121 Title, Purposes, Interpretation and Jurisdiction
- 163. CHAPTER 1123 Zoning Districts Established - Similar Uses - Rules of Measurement
- 164. CHAPTER 1125 Use Tables
- 165. CHAPTER 1127 Agriculture District
- 166. CHAPTER 1129 Residential Districts
- 167. CHAPTER 1131 Short Term Rentals
- 168. CHAPTER 1133 Commercial Districts
- 169. CHAPTER 1135 Industrial Districts
- 170. CHAPTER 1137 Planned Unit Development (PUD) District
- 171. CHAPTER 1139 Sexually Oriented Businesses
- 172. CHAPTER 1141 Landscaping
- 173. CHAPTER 1143 Parking, Loading Spaces, Access and Vehicular and Pedestrian Connectivity
- 174. CHAPTER 1145 Sign Regulations
- 175. CHAPTER 1147 General Development Standards
- 176. CHAPTER 1149 Wellhead Protection and Flood Damage Prevention
- 177. CHAPTER 1151 CRA-3 Overlay Zone and Historic Lancaster District
- 178. CHAPTER 1153 Nonconformities
- 179. CHAPTER 1155 Enforcement
- 180. CHAPTER 1157 Board of Zoning Appeals
- 181. CHAPTER 1159 Amendments
- 182. CHAPTER 1161 Definitions
- 183. PART THIRTEEN - BUILDING CODE
- 184. CHAPTER 1302 National Electrical Code (Repealed)
- 185. CHAPTER 1303 Technical Codes
- 186. CHAPTER 1311 Permit to Obstruct Streets
- 187. CHAPTER 1317 Signs
- 188. CHAPTER 1318 Fencing
- 189. CHAPTER 1323 Gas Piping and Appliances (Repealed)
- 190. CHAPTER 1327 Historic Preservation/Design Review
- 191. CHAPTER 1331 Flood Damage Reduction
- 192. CHAPTER 1335 Wellhead Protection Plan
- 193. CHAPTER 1339 Wireless Telecommunications
- 194. CHAPTER 1341 Registration of Contractors
- 195. CHAPTER 1345 Impact Fees
- 196. PART FIFTEEN - FIRE PREVENTION CODE
- 197. CHAPTER 1530 Payment of Proceeds From Fire Insurance Policies
- 198. CHAPTER 1535 Outside Tire Storage
- 199. CHAPTER 1540 Fire Safety