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- 1. Mentor-on-the-Lake, Ohio
- 2. CITY OF MENTOR-ON-THE-LAKE, OHIO CODIFIED ORDINANCES
- 3. DIRECTORY OF OFFICIALS (2025)
- 4. ORDINANCE NO. 79-0-31
- 5. COMPARATIVE SECTION TABLE
- 6. TABLES OF SPECIAL ORDINANCES
- 7. TABLE B - EASEMENTS
- 8. TABLE C - VACATING OF STREETS AND ALLEYS
- 9. TABLE D - DEDICATION AND PLAT APPROVAL
- 10. TABLE E - ACQUISITION AND DISPOSAL OF REAL PROPERTY
- 11. TABLE F - LEASE OF REAL PROPERTY
- 12. TABLE G - STREET GRADE LEVELS AND CHANGE OF STREET NAME
- 13. TABLE H - ANNEXATION AND DETACHMENT OF TERRITORY
- 14. TABLE I - ZONING MAP CHANGES
- 15. CHARTER
- 16. PART TWO - ADMINISTRATION
- 17. TITLE TWO - General Provisions
- 18. CHAPTER 202 Codified Ordinances
- 19. CHAPTER 204 Official Standards
- 20. CHAPTER 206 Wards and Boundaries
- 21. CHAPTER 207 Credit Card Policy
- 22. CHAPTER 208 Identity Theft Policy
- 23. CHAPTER 209 Selling or Leasing Real Estate Owned by City
- 24. TITLE FOUR - Legislation
- 25. CHAPTER 210 Council
- 26. CHAPTER 212 Ordinances and Resolutions
- 27. TITLE SIX - Administration
- 28. CHAPTER 220 Mayor
- 29. CHAPTER 222 Administrative Director
- 30. CHAPTER 224 Engineer
- 31. CHAPTER 226 Law Director
- 32. CHAPTER 227 Fiscal Officer
- 33. CHAPTER 228 Department of Safety
- 34. CHAPTER 230 Police Department
- 35. CHAPTER 232 Fire Department
- 36. CHAPTER 236 Department of Service
- 37. CHAPTER 238 Department of Community Development
- 38. CHAPTER 244 Health Services
- 39. CHAPTER 246 Community Improvement Corporation
- 40. CHAPTER 248 Affirmative Action
- 41. CHAPTER 250 Employees Generally
- 42. TITLE EIGHT - Boards and Commissions
- 43. CHAPTER 262 Planning and Zoning Commission
- 44. CHAPTER 264 Board of Zoning Appeals
- 45. CHAPTER 266 Parks and Recreation Board
- 46. CHAPTER 268 Beautification Commission
- 47. CHAPTER 270 Tree Board
- 48. CHAPTER 272 Civil Service Commission
- 49. CHAPTER 274 Charter Review Commission
- 50. CHAPTER 276 Fair Housing Board
- 51. CHAPTER 278 Board of Review
- 52. CHAPTER 280 Volunteer Fire Fighters' Dependents Fund Board
- 53. CHAPTER 282 Records Commission
- 54. CHAPTER 284 Community Development Citizens Advisory Committee
- 55. TITLE TEN - Judicial
- 56. CHAPTER 290 Mentor Municipal Court
- 57. PART FOUR - TRAFFIC CODE
- 58. TITLE TWO - Administration, Enforcement and Penalties
- 59. CHAPTER 402 Definitions
- 60. CHAPTER 404 Enforcement; Impounding
- 61. CHAPTER 406 Traffic Control
- 62. CHAPTER 408 Penalties
- 63. TITLE FOUR - Public Ways and Traffic Control Devices
- 64. CHAPTER 412 Obstruction and Special Uses of Public Ways
- 65. CHAPTER 414 Traffic Control Devices
- 66. CHAPTER 416 Pedestrians
- 67. TITLE SIX - Operation and Vehicles
- 68. CHAPTER 432 Operation Generally
- 69. CHAPTER 434 O.V.I; Reckless Operation; Speed
- 70. CHAPTER 436 Licensing; Accidents
- 71. CHAPTER 438 Safety and Equipment
- 72. CHAPTER 440 Commercial and Heavy Vehicles
- 73. CHAPTER 442 Drivers of Commercial Vehicles
- 74. CHAPTER 444 Offenses Relating to Theft and Fraud
- 75. CHAPTER 446 Off-Street Traffic in Nonresidential Districts
- 76. CHAPTER 452 Parking Generally
- 77. TITLE TEN - Bicycles, Motorcycles and Snowmobiles
- 78. CHAPTER 474 Bicycles and Motorcycles Generally
- 79. CHAPTER 476 Snowmobiles, Off-Highway Motorcycles and All-Purpose Vehicles
- 80. PART SIX - GENERAL OFFENSES CODE
- 81. CHAPTER 612 Alcoholic Beverages
- 82. CHAPTER 618 Animals
- 83. CHAPTER 624 Drugs
- 84. CHAPTER 628 Fair Housing
- 85. CHAPTER 630 Gambling
- 86. CHAPTER 636 Offenses Relating to Persons
- 87. CHAPTER 642 Offenses Relating to Property
- 88. CHAPTER 648 Peace Disturbances
- 89. CHAPTER 654 Railroads
- 90. CHAPTER 660 Safety, Sanitation and Health
- 91. CHAPTER 666 Sex Related Offenses
- 92. CHAPTER 670 Watercraft
- 93. CHAPTER 672 Weapons and Explosives
- 94. CHAPTER 678 Weeds and Litter
- 95. CHAPTER 680 Property Maintenance Requirements for Snow Removal and Landscaping
- 96. CHAPTER 698 Penalties and Sentencing
- 97. PART EIGHT - BUSINESS REGULATION AND TAXATION CODE
- 98. TITLE TWO - Business Regulation
- 99. CHAPTER 804 Licensing in General
- 100. CHAPTER 808 Sexually Oriented Businesses
- 101. CHAPTER 810 Auctions
- 102. CHAPTER 830 House, Garage or Yard Sales
- 103. CHAPTER 846 Parades and Open Air Meetings
- 104. CHAPTER 850 Peddlers and Solicitors
- 105. CHAPTER 854 Private Security Officers
- 106. CHAPTER 860 Snow Removal Contractors
- 107. CHAPTER 862 Landscapers
- 108. CHAPTER 864 Special Events
- 109. CHAPTER 870 Taxicabs
- 110. CHAPTER 874 Trap Shooting
- 111. CHAPTER 876 Video Service Providers
- 112. CHAPTER 878: Entertainment Device Arcades
- 113. CHAPTER 880 Medical Marijuana Licensure
- 114. CHAPTER 882 Cannabis/Marijuana Licensure
- 115. TITLE FOUR - Taxation
- 116. CHAPTER 890 Earned Income Tax Regulations Effective Through December 31, 2015
- 117. CHAPTER 891 Earned Income Tax Regulations Effective Beginning January 1, 2016
- 118. CHAPTER 892 Enterprise Zones
- 119. CHAPTER 893 Community Reinvestment Area
- 120. PART TEN - STREETS, UTILITIES AND PUBLIC SERVICES CODE
- 121. TITLE TWO - Street and Sidewalk Areas
- 122. CHAPTER 1020 Excavations
- 123. CHAPTER 1022 Public Rights-of-Way
- 124. CHAPTER 1024 Drainage
- 125. CHAPTER 1034 Trees, Shrubs and Plants Generally
- 126. CHAPTER 1036 Tree Preservation
- 127. TITLE FOUR - Utilities
- 128. CHAPTER 1040 Sewers
- 129. CHAPTER 1044 Water
- 130. CHAPTER 1048 Gas
- 131. CHAPTER 1052 Electricity
- 132. TITLE SIX - Other Public Services
- 133. CHAPTER 1060 Parks
- 134. CHAPTER 1062 Community Room
- 135. CHAPTER 1064 Garbage and Rubbish Collection and Disposal
- 136. CHAPTER 1068 Snow Removal
- 137. PART TWELVE - PLANNING AND ZONING CODE
- 138. TITLE TWO - Planning
- 139. CHAPTER 1220 Definitions
- 140. CHAPTER 1222 Procedure
- 141. CHAPTER 1224 Platting Criteria
- 142. CHAPTER 1226 Required Improvements
- 143. CHAPTER 1228 Plats, Plans and Data Required
- 144. CHAPTER 1230 Fees, Bonds and Insurance
- 145. TITLE FOUR - Zoning Code
- 146. CHAPTER 1240 General Provisions and Definitions
- 147. CHAPTER 1242 Administration, Enforcement and Penalty
- 148. CHAPTER 1244 Board of Zoning Appeals
- 149. CHAPTER 1250 Zoning Districts Generally
- 150. CHAPTER 1252 Residential District
- 151. CHAPTER 1254 Garden-Type and Elderly Apartment District
- 152. CHAPTER 1255 Planned Unit Development (PUD) Overlay District
- 153. CHAPTER 1256 Condominium District
- 154. CHAPTER 1257 Garden Condominium District
- 155. CHAPTER 1258 Business District
- 156. CHAPTER 1260 Office Building District
- 157. CHAPTER 1262 Industrial District
- 158. CHAPTER 1264 Yacht Club District
- 159. CHAPTER 1266 Recreational Park District
- 160. CHAPTER 1268 Outdoor Lighting
- 161. CHAPTER 1276 Nonconforming Buildings and Uses
- 162. CHAPTER 1280 Off-Street Parking and Loading
- 163. CHAPTER 1284 Signs
- 164. CHAPTER 1286 Riparian Setbacks
- 165. CHAPTER 1288 Erosion and Sediment Controls (Recodified)
- 166. APPENDIX A ARTARP AREA
- 167. PART FOURTEEN - BUILDING AND HOUSING CODE
- 168. TITLE TWO - Building Standards
- 169. CHAPTER 1420 Ohio Building Code
- 170. CHAPTER 1424 Regional Dwelling House Code
- 171. CHAPTER 1426 Life Safety Code
- 172. CHAPTER 1428 Ohio Mechanical Code
- 173. TITLE FOUR - Miscellaneous Building Regulations
- 174. CHAPTER 1440 Permits and Inspections
- 175. CHAPTER 1444 Flood Damage Reduction
- 176. CHAPTER 1446 Numbering of Buildings
- 177. CHAPTER 1448 Property Grades
- 178. CHAPTER 1452 Registration of Contractors
- 179. CHAPTER 1453 Rehabilitation of Buildings and Structures
- 180. CHAPTER 1454 Smoke Detectors
- 181. CHAPTER 1456 Swimming Pools
- 182. CHAPTER 1458 Unsafe Buildings
- 183. CHAPTER 1459 Erosion and Sediment Control
- 184. TITLE SIX - Housing
- 185. CHAPTER 1460 International Property Maintenance Code
- 186. CHAPTER 1462 Inspections of Rental Housing
- 187. 1462.03 Administration and enforcement.
- 188. 1462.04 Administrative search warrant to allow inspection.
- 189. 1462.99 Penalty; equitable remedies.
- 190. CHAPTER 1464 Point of Sale Inspections
- 191. CHAPTER 1466 Inspection and Maintenance of Vacant Buildings and Lands
- 192. TITLE EIGHT - Storm Water Control
- 193. CHAPTER 1470 Illicit Discharge and Illegal Connection Control
- 194. CHAPTER 1472 Comprehensive Storm Water Management
- 195. PART SIXTEEN - FIRE PREVENTION CODE
- 196. CHAPTER 1620 Life Safety Code
- 197. CHAPTER 1630 BOCA National Fire Prevention Code