Every town writes its own rules, and Massillon, Ohio's live in its municipal code — 204 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. Massillon, Ohio
- 2. CODIFIED ORDINANCES OF THE CITY OF MASSILLON OHIO
- 3. ROSTER OF OFFICIALS
- 4. ADOPTING ORDINANCE
- 5. CONTENTS
- 6. EDITOR'S NOTE
- 7. COMPARATIVE SECTION TABLE
- 8. PART ONE - ADMINISTRATIVE CODE
- 9. TITLE ONE - General Provisions
- 10. CHAPTER 101 Codified Ordinances
- 11. CHAPTER 103 Official Standards
- 12. CHAPTER 105 Wards and Boundaries
- 13. CHAPTER 107 Open Meetings
- 14. CHAPTER 109 Public Records Policy
- 15. TITLE THREE - Legislative
- 16. CHAPTER 121 Council
- 17. CHAPTER 123 Ordinances and Resolutions
- 18. TITLE FIVE - Administrative
- 19. CHAPTER 131 Mayor
- 20. CHAPTER 133 Auditor
- 21. CHAPTER 134 Construction Contracts
- 22. CHAPTER 135 Treasurer
- 23. CHAPTER 137 Law Director
- 24. CHAPTER 139 Safety-Service Director
- 25. CHAPTER 141 Building Department
- 26. CHAPTER 142 Board of Building Appeals
- 27. CHAPTER 143 Civil Service Commission
- 28. CHAPTER 145 Planning Commission
- 29. CHAPTER 147 Board of Control
- 30. CHAPTER 149 Police Department
- 31. CHAPTER 151 Fire Department
- 32. CHAPTER 153 Records Commission
- 33. CHAPTER 155 City Engineer
- 34. CHAPTER 157 Shade Tree Commission
- 35. CHAPTER 159 Senior Citizens Commission
- 36. CHAPTER 160 Commission on Disabilities
- 37. CHAPTER 161 Board of Health
- 38. CHAPTER 163 Park and Recreation Board
- 39. CHAPTER 165 Employees Generally
- 40. CHAPTER 166 Land Reutilization Program
- 41. TITLE SEVEN - Judicial
- 42. CHAPTER 171 Municipal Court
- 43. TITLE NINE - Taxation
- 44. CHAPTER 181 Income Tax
- 45. CHAPTER 195 Transient Occupancy Tax
- 46. PART THREE - TRAFFIC CODE
- 47. TITLE ONE - Administration
- 48. CHAPTER 301 Definitions
- 49. CHAPTER 303 Enforcement, Impounding and Penalty
- 50. CHAPTER 305 Traffic Control
- 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 On-Street and Off-Street Parking
- 64. CHAPTER 355 Parking Procedures
- 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. PART FIVE - GENERAL OFFENSES CODE
- 70. CHAPTER 505 Animals and Fowl
- 71. CHAPTER 509 Disorderly Conduct and Peace Disturbance
- 72. CHAPTER 513 Drug Abuse Control
- 73. CHAPTER 517 Gambling
- 74. CHAPTER 519 Sweepstakes Terminal Café
- 75. CHAPTER 521 Health, Safety and Sanitation
- 76. CHAPTER 525 Law Enforcement and Public Office
- 77. CHAPTER 529 Liquor Control
- 78. CHAPTER 533 Obscenity and Sex Offenses
- 79. CHAPTER 537 Offenses Against Persons
- 80. CHAPTER 541 Property Offenses
- 81. CHAPTER 542 Prohibited Camping
- 82. CHAPTER 545 Theft and Fraud
- 83. CHAPTER 549 Weapons and Explosives
- 84. CHAPTER 553 Railroads
- 85. CHAPTER 557 Weeds and Trees
- 86. CHAPTER 558 Tree Removal Program
- 87. CHAPTER 561 Fair Housing Practices
- 88. PART SEVEN - BUSINESS REGULATION CODE
- 89. CHAPTER 709 Alarm Systems
- 90. CHAPTER 711 Ambulance Companies
- 91. CHAPTER 713 Auction Sales
- 92. CHAPTER 717 Amusements
- 93. CHAPTER 721 Fair Employment; Labor Relations
- 94. CHAPTER 725 Garage Sales
- 95. CHAPTER 729 Liquidation Sales
- 96. CHAPTER 741 Oil and Gas Leasing Procedures
- 97. CHAPTER 745 Pawnbrokers
- 98. CHAPTER 753 Itinerant Retailers, Charitable Solicitors and Solicitors
- 99. CHAPTER 757 Taxicabs
- 100. CHAPTER 761 Towing Companies
- 101. CHAPTER 765 Cable Communications
- 102. CHAPTER 767 Prohibited Facilities
- 103. CHAPTER 769 Adult Cabaret Business
- 104. CHAPTER 771 Junk Dealers
- 105. CHAPTER 775 Video Service Providers
- 106. CHAPTER 776 Medical Marijuana Entities
- 107. CHAPTER 777 Hospitals
- 108. CHAPTER 778 Adult Use Cannabis Control
- 109. PART NINE - STREETS, UTILITIES AND PUBLIC SERVICES CODE
- 110. TITLE ONE - Street and Sidewalk Areas
- 111. CHAPTER 904 Roadside Memorial Program
- 112. CHAPTER 905 Construction of Sidewalks and Curbs
- 113. CHAPTER 909 Streets
- 114. CHAPTER 913 Excavations
- 115. CHAPTER 917 Standards for Curbs, Sidewalks and Driveways
- 116. CHAPTER 919 Sidewalk and Curb Replacement Program
- 117. CHAPTER 920 Erosion/Sediment Control
- 118. TITLE THREE - Utilities
- 119. CHAPTER 921 Water
- 120. CHAPTER 923 Illicit Discharge and Illegal Connection Control
- 121. CHAPTER 925 Sewers Generally
- 122. CHAPTER 929 Sewer User Charges (Repealed)
- 123. CHAPTER 937 Wastewater Treatment Revenue Fund
- 124. CHAPTER 943 Stormwater Utility
- 125. TITLE FIVE - Other Public Services
- 126. CHAPTER 961 Parks
- 127. CHAPTER 962 Cemeteries
- 128. CHAPTER 965 Rules and Regulations for Refuse and/or Solid Waste Collectors
- 129. CHAPTER 967 Emergency Medical Service and Transportation
- 130. PART ELEVEN - PLANNING AND ZONING CODE
- 131. TITLE ONE - Subdivision Regulations
- 132. CHAPTER 1101 Title; Purpose; Application
- 133. CHAPTER 1103 Definitions
- 134. CHAPTER 1105 General Procedures
- 135. CHAPTER 1107 Minimum Plat Requirements
- 136. CHAPTER 1109 Design Standards
- 137. CHAPTER 1111 Construction Requirements
- 138. CHAPTER 1113 Administration and Enforcement
- 139. CHAPTER 1115 Minimum Pavement Standards
- 140. TITLE THREE - Zoning Administration
- 141. CHAPTER 1121 Construction of Language; Definitions.
- 142. CHAPTER 1125 Administration and Enforcement
- 143. CHAPTER 1129 Board of Zoning Appeals
- 144. CHAPTER 1133 Planning Commission
- 145. CHAPTER 1137 Changes and Amendments
- 146. CHAPTER 1141 Interpretation; Penalty
- 147. TITLE FIVE - Zoning Districts
- 148. CHAPTER 1151 Zoning Districts and Map
- 149. CHAPTER 1153 R-1 Through R-4 One-Family Residential Districts
- 150. CHAPTER 1154 R-U One-Family Residential District
- 151. CHAPTER 1155 R-T Two-Family Residential District
- 152. CHAPTER 1156 R-CRD Condominium Residential District
- 153. CHAPTER 1157 RM-1 and RM-2 Multiple-Family Residential Districts
- 154. CHAPTER 1159 PUD Planned Unit Development District
- 155. CHAPTER 1161 O-1 and O-2 Office Districts
- 156. CHAPTER 1163 B-1 Local Business District
- 157. CHAPTER 1165 B-2 Central Business District
- 158. CHAPTER 1167 B-3 General Business District
- 159. CHAPTER 1169 I-1 Light Industrial District
- 160. CHAPTER 1171 I-2 General Industrial District
- 161. CHAPTER 1173 P-1 Vehicular Parking District
- 162. CHAPTER 1174 A-2 General Agricultural District
- 163. CHAPTER 1175 A-1 Agricultural District
- 164. CHAPTER 1176 R-MH Mobile Home Park Districts
- 165. TITLE SEVEN - Zoning Regulations
- 166. CHAPTER 1177 Schedule of Regulations
- 167. CHAPTER 1179 Nonconforming Uses; Lots; and Structures
- 168. CHAPTER 1180 Home Occupations and Incidental Residential Uses
- 169. CHAPTER 1181 Accessory Buildings
- 170. CHAPTER 1183 Off-Street Parking and Loading
- 171. CHAPTER 1185 Flood Plain Areas
- 172. CHAPTER 1187 Supplemental Zoning Regulations
- 173. CHAPTER 1188 Signs
- 174. CHAPTER 1189 General Exceptions
- 175. APPENDIX K Suggested Plant Materials
- 176. APPENDIX L ZONING MAP CHANGES
- 177. PART THIRTEEN - BUILDING CODE
- 178. TITLE ONE - Building Codes
- 179. CHAPTER 1301 Ohio Building Code
- 180. CHAPTER 1305 Residential Building Code of Ohio for One, Two and Three-Family Dwelling Code
- 181. CHAPTER 1306 International Property Maintenance Code
- 182. CHAPTER 1307 Building Maintenance Code
- 183. CHAPTER 1309 Housing Code
- 184. CHAPTER 1311 Home Improvement
- 185. CHAPTER 1313 Electrical Code
- 186. CHAPTER 1317 Plumbing Code
- 187. CHAPTER 1321 Heating, Ventilating and Air Conditioning Code
- 188. TITLE THREE - Local Provisions
- 189. CHAPTER 1323 Foreclosure Property Registry
- 190. CHAPTER 1330 Registration of Non-Owner Occupied (Rental) Structures
- 191. CHAPTER 1331 Registration of Vacant Buildings
- 192. CHAPTER 1341 Demolition and Moving of Buildings
- 193. CHAPTER 1345 Flood Control
- 194. CHAPTER 1349 Historic Districts
- 195. CHAPTER 1351 Outdoor Furniture
- 196. CHAPTER 1353 Nuisances
- 197. CHAPTER 1357 Rooming Houses
- 198. CHAPTER 1361 Satellite Dish Antennas
- 199. CHAPTER 1365 Recreational Vehicles
- 200. CHAPTER 1369 Numbering Structures
- 201. PART FIFTEEN - FIRE PREVENTION CODE
- 202. CHAPTER 1503 Fire Prevention Bureau
- 203. CHAPTER 1511 Open Burning
- 204. CHAPTER 1519 Fireworks