Every town writes its own rules, and Marietta, Ohio's live in its municipal code — 158 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. CERTIFICATION
- 2. ROSTER OF OFFICIALS
- 3. EDITOR'S NOTE
- 4. COMPARATIVE SECTION TABLE
- 5. PART ONE - ADMINISTRATIVE CODE
- 6. TITLE ONE - General Provisions
- 7. CHAPTER 101 Codified Ordinances
- 8. CHAPTER 103 Official Standards
- 9. CHAPTER 105 Wards and Boundaries
- 10. TITLE THREE - Legislative
- 11. CHAPTER 121 Council
- 12. CHAPTER 123 Clerk/Administrative Assistant to Council
- 13. CHAPTER 125 Notice of Public Meetings
- 14. TITLE FIVE - Administrative
- 15. CHAPTER 130 Table of Organization
- 16. CHAPTER 131 Mayor
- 17. CHAPTER 133 City Auditor
- 18. CHAPTER 134 City Treasurer
- 19. CHAPTER 135 Director of Law
- 20. CHAPTER 137 Department of Public Safety and Service
- 21. CHAPTER 139 Police Department
- 22. CHAPTER 141 Fire Department
- 23. CHAPTER 143 Community Development Director
- 24. CHAPTER 145 Board of Health
- 25. CHAPTER 147 Civil Defense Advisory Council
- 26. CHAPTER 149 Armory Advisory Board
- 27. CHAPTER 151 Traffic Commission
- 28. CHAPTER 152 Information Technology Advisory Board
- 29. CHAPTER 153 Tree Commission
- 30. CHAPTER 154 Board of Trustees of Cemetery Endowment Fund
- 31. CHAPTER 155 Storm Water Task Force Commission
- 32. CHAPTER 156 Mayor’s Alternative Transportation Advisory Council (MATAC)
- 33. CHAPTER 157 Recreation Commission
- 34. CHAPTER 158 Fair Housing
- 35. CHAPTER 159 Disabilities Advisory Commission
- 36. CHAPTER 160 Marietta Harbor Advisory Board
- 37. CHAPTER 161 Employment Benefits
- 38. CHAPTER 163 Bonds and Compensation
- 39. CHAPTER 165 Brick Streets and Brick Alleys Commission
- 40. TITLE SEVEN- Judicial
- 41. CHAPTER 171 Municipal Court
- 42. TITLE NINE - Taxation
- 43. CHAPTER 181 Income Tax
- 44. CHAPTER 183 Income Tax Effective January 1, 2016
- 45. PART THREE - TRAFFIC CODE
- 46. TITLE ONE - Administration
- 47. CHAPTER 301 Definitions
- 48. CHAPTER 303 Enforcement, Impounding and Penalty
- 49. CHAPTER 305 Traffic Control
- 50. CHAPTER 307 Removing and Impounding of Certain Motor Vehicles and Junk Motor Vehicles
- 51. TITLE THREE - Streets and Traffic Control Devices
- 52. CHAPTER 311 Street Obstructions and Special Uses
- 53. CHAPTER 313 Traffic Control Devices
- 54. TITLE FIVE - Vehicles
- 55. CHAPTER 331 Operation Generally
- 56. CHAPTER 333 OVI; Willful Misconduct; Speed
- 57. CHAPTER 335 Licensing; Accidents
- 58. CHAPTER 337 Safety and Equipment
- 59. CHAPTER 339 Commercial and Heavy Vehicles
- 60. CHAPTER 341 Commercial Drivers
- 61. TITLE SEVEN - Parking
- 62. CHAPTER 351 Parking Generally
- 63. CHAPTER 353 Parking Violations Bureau
- 64. CHAPTER 355 Parking in Heavy Snowfall
- 65. TITLE NINE - Pedestrians, Bicycles and Motorcycles
- 66. CHAPTER 371 Pedestrians
- 67. CHAPTER 373 Bicycles and Motorcycles
- 68. CHAPTER 375 Snowmobiles, Off-Highway Motorcycles and All Purpose Vehicles
- 69. CHAPTER 377 Motorized Bicycles
- 70. PART FIVE - GENERAL OFFENSES CODE
- 71. CHAPTER 505 Animals and Fowl
- 72. CHAPTER 506 Wild and Exotic Animals
- 73. CHAPTER 507 Cemeteries
- 74. CHAPTER 509 Disorderly Conduct and Peace Disturbance
- 75. CHAPTER 510 State of Emergency
- 76. CHAPTER 513 Drug Abuse Control
- 77. CHAPTER 517 Gambling
- 78. CHAPTER 521 Health, Safety and Sanitation
- 79. CHAPTER 525 Law Enforcement and Public Office
- 80. CHAPTER 529 Liquor Control
- 81. CHAPTER 533 Obscenity and Sex Offenses
- 82. CHAPTER 537 Offenses Against Persons
- 83. CHAPTER 541 Property Offenses
- 84. CHAPTER 545 Theft and Fraud
- 85. CHAPTER 547 Watercraft
- 86. CHAPTER 549 Weapons and Explosives
- 87. CHAPTER 551 Noxious Weeds and Litter
- 88. CHAPTER 553 Railroads
- 89. PART SEVEN - BUSINESS REGULATION CODE
- 90. CHAPTER 705 Advertising
- 91. CHAPTER 712 Garage Sales
- 92. CHAPTER 713 Distress Merchandise Sales
- 93. CHAPTER 717 Garbage Collection
- 94. CHAPTER 721 Licenses and Taxation
- 95. CHAPTER 722 Peddlers, Solicitors, Canvassers, and Mobile Food Service Operations
- 96. CHAPTER 725 Taxicabs
- 97. CHAPTER 727 Tourist Vehicles
- 98. CHAPTER 729 Junk Yards
- 99. CHAPTER 733 Tattoo Establishments
- 100. CHAPTER 735 Alarm Systems
- 101. CHAPTER 739 Video Service Providers
- 102. PART NINE - STREETS AND PUBLIC SERVICES CODE
- 103. TITLE ONE - Streets and Sidewalks
- 104. CHAPTER 903 Streets
- 105. CHAPTER 905 Sidewalks
- 106. CHAPTER 907 Access Permits
- 107. CHAPTER 908 Driveways
- 108. CHAPTER 909 Poles, Pipes and Drains
- 109. TITLE THREE - Public Utilities
- 110. CHAPTER 920 Sewer Use
- 111. CHAPTER 921 Sewers Generally
- 112. CHAPTER 922 Wastewater Pretreatment
- 113. CHAPTER 923 Sewer Rates
- 114. CHAPTER 924 Wastewater Treatment Works Charges
- 115. CHAPTER 925 Disposal of Grease and Septage
- 116. CHAPTER 927 Water
- 117. CHAPTER 928 Wellfield Protection Area
- 118. CHAPTER 929 Water Distribution Mains
- 119. TITLE FIVE - Other Public Services
- 120. CHAPTER 941 Municipal Stadium
- 121. CHAPTER 943 Aquatic Center.
- 122. CHAPTER 945 Street Fairs/Festivals, Park Events and Other Street Closures
- 123. CHAPTER 947 Trees
- 124. CHAPTER 949 Parks
- 125. CHAPTER 951 Labor, Material and Equipment Charges
- 126. CHAPTER 953 Welfare; Burial of Indigents
- 127. PART ELEVEN - PLANNING AND ZONING CODE
- 128. TITLE ONE - Zoning
- 129. CHAPTER 1101 Definitions and General Provisions
- 130. CHAPTER 1103 Special Provisions
- 131. CHAPTER 1105 Nonconforming Uses
- 132. CHAPTER 1107 Parking Lot Design
- 133. CHAPTER 1109 “R-1" Single-Family Detached Residential District
- 134. CHAPTER 1111 “R-2" Single-Family Detached Residential District
- 135. CHAPTER 1113 “R-3" General Residential District
- 136. CHAPTER 1115 “R-4" General Residential District
- 137. CHAPTER 1116 “I-O” Institutional-Office District
- 138. CHAPTER 1117 “C-1" Local Restricted Business District
- 139. CHAPTER 1119 “C-2" Local Restricted Service District
- 140. CHAPTER 1121 “C-3" General Retail and Service District
- 141. CHAPTER 1123 “C-4" Downtown Commercial District
- 142. CHAPTER 1125 “C-5" General Entertainment and Amusement District
- 143. CHAPTER 1127 “C-6" Heavy Service District
- 144. CHAPTER 1128 “CMC” Commercial-Manufacturing Combined District
- 145. CHAPTER 1129 “M-1" Light Nonhazardous Manufacturing District
- 146. CHAPTER 1131 “M-2" General Hazardous Manufacturing District
- 147. CHAPTER 1133 “M-3" Industrial Park Manufacturing District
- 148. CHAPTER 1134 “H-M” Hospital-Medical District
- 149. CHAPTER 1135 Enforcement and Permits
- 150. CHAPTER 1136 Telecommunications Antenna, Tower and Site Regulations
- 151. CHAPTER 1137 Planning Commission
- 152. CHAPTER 1138 Medical Marijuana Control
- 153. CHAPTER 1139 Amendments
- 154. CHAPTER 1141 Violations, Fees and Penalty
- 155. TITLE THREE - Platting
- 156. CHAPTER 1143 Subdivision Regulations
- 157. TITLE FIVE - Land Development
- 158. CHAPTER 1151 General Provisions