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- 1. CODIFIED ORDINANCES OF MIDDLEBURG HEIGHTS, OHIO
- 2. CITY OF MIDDLEBURG HEIGHTS, OHIO ROSTER OF OFFICIALS 2026
- 3. EDITOR'S NOTE
- 4. ORDINANCE NO. 1961-71
- 5. COMPARATIVE SECTION TABLE
- 6. SUPPLEMENTAL COMPARATIVE SECTION TABLE
- 7. TABLES OF SPECIAL ORDINANCES OF MIDDLEBURG HEIGHTS
- 8. CHARTER OF THE CITY OF MIDDLEBURG HEIGHTS
- 9. ARTICLE I NAME AND BOUNDARIES
- 10. ARTICLE II MUNICIPAL POWERS
- 11. ARTICLE III THE MAYOR
- 12. ARTICLE IV THE COUNCIL
- 13. ARTICLE V ADMINISTRATIVE DEPARTMENTS
- 14. ARTICLE VI DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SERVICE
- 15. ARTICLE VII DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY
- 16. ARTICLE VIII DEPARTMENT OF LAW
- 17. ARTICLE IX DEPARTMENT OF FINANCE
- 18. ARTICLE X BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS
- 19. ARTICLE XI TAXATION
- 20. ARTICLE XII IMPROVEMENTS AND ASSESSMENTS
- 21. ARTICLE XIII FRANCHISES
- 22. ARTICLE XIV NOMINATIONS AND ELECTIONS
- 23. ARTICLE XV INITIATIVE, REFERENDUM AND RECALL
- 24. ARTICLE XVI AMENDMENTS TO CHARTER
- 25. ARTICLE XVII GENERAL PROVISIONS
- 26. PART ONE - ADMINISTRATIVE CODE
- 27. TITLE ONE - General Provisions
- 28. CHAPTER 101 Codified Ordinances
- 29. CHAPTER 103 Official Standards
- 30. CHAPTER 105 Wards
- 31. CHAPTER 107 Public Meetings
- 32. TITLE THREE - Legislative
- 33. CHAPTER 111 Council
- 34. CHAPTER 113 Ordinances and Resolutions
- 35. TITLE FIVE - Administrative
- 36. CHAPTER 121 Mayor
- 37. CHAPTER 123 Department of Public Service
- 38. CHAPTER 125 Department of Public Safety
- 39. CHAPTER 127 Police Division
- 40. CHAPTER 129 Fire Division
- 41. CHAPTER 130 Office on Aging
- 42. CHAPTER 131 Department of Law
- 43. CHAPTER 132 Department of Building and Zoning
- 44. CHAPTER 133 Department of Finance
- 45. CHAPTER 134 City Engineer
- 46. CHAPTER 135 Recreation Department
- 47. CHAPTER 136 Records Commission
- 48. CHAPTER 137 Civil Service Commission
- 49. CHAPTER 138 Boards and Commissions Generally
- 50. CHAPTER 139 Employment Provisions
- 51. CHAPTER 140 Conflict of Interest
- 52. CHAPTER 141 City Architect
- 53. CHAPTER 142 Department of Economic Development
- 54. CHAPTER 143 Community Reinvestment
- 55. CHAPTER 144 Dog Park Advisory Board
- 56. TITLE SEVEN - Judicial
- 57. CHAPTER 181 Mayor's Court
- 58. TITLE NINE - Taxation
- 59. CHAPTER 191 Municipal Income Tax
- 60. CHAPTER 192 Income Tax Effective January 1, 2016
- 61. CHAPTER 193 Motor Vehicle License Tax
- 62. CHAPTER 195 Land Reutilization Program
- 63. PART FOUR - TRAFFIC CODE
- 64. TITLE TWO - Administration, Enforcement and Penalties
- 65. CHAPTER 402 Definitions
- 66. CHAPTER 404 Enforcement; Impounding
- 67. CHAPTER 406 Traffic Schedules
- 68. CHAPTER 408 Penalties
- 69. TITLE FOUR - Public Ways and Traffic Control Devices
- 70. CHAPTER 412 Obstruction and Special Uses of Public Ways
- 71. CHAPTER 414 Traffic Control Devices
- 72. CHAPTER 416 Pedestrians
- 73. TITLE SIX - Vehicles and Operation
- 74. CHAPTER 432 Operation Generally
- 75. CHAPTER 434 OVI; Reckless Operation; Speed
- 76. CHAPTER 436 Licensing; Accidents
- 77. CHAPTER 438 Safety and Equipment
- 78. CHAPTER 440 Commercial and Heavy Vehicles
- 79. CHAPTER 442 Commercial Drivers
- 80. CHAPTER 444 Offenses Relating to Theft and Fraud
- 81. TITLE EIGHT - Parking
- 82. CHAPTER 451 Parking Generally
- 83. TITLE TEN - Bicycles, Motorcycles and Snowmobiles
- 84. CHAPTER 474 Bicycles, Electric Bicycles, Electric Scooters, and Personal Assistive Mobility Devices
- 85. CHAPTER 476 Snowmobiles, Off-Highway Motorcycles and All-Purpose Vehicles
- 86. TITLE TWELVE - Air Travel
- 87. CHAPTER 481 Helicopters and Helistops
- 88. CHAPTER 606 General Provisions; Administration and Enforcement
- 89. CHAPTER 612 Alcoholic Beverages
- 90. CHAPTER 618 Animals
- 91. CHAPTER 620 Drug Abuse Control
- 92. CHAPTER 624 Gambling
- 93. CHAPTER 626 Hazardous Spills, Releases or Discharges
- 94. CHAPTER 630 Minors
- 95. CHAPTER 632 Noise Control
- 96. CHAPTER 636 Offenses Relating to Persons
- 97. CHAPTER 642 Offenses Relating to Property
- 98. CHAPTER 648 Peace Disturbances
- 99. CHAPTER 654 Railroads
- 100. CHAPTER 660 Safety, Sanitation and Health
- 101. CHAPTER 666 Sex Related Offenses
- 102. CHAPTER 668 Trees, Weeds and Grass
- 103. CHAPTER 672 Weapons and Explosives
- 104. CHAPTER 698 Penalties and Sentencing
- 105. PART SEVEN - BUSINESS REGULATION CODE
- 106. CHAPTER 703 Transient Guest Tax
- 107. CHAPTER 705 Manufacture, Sale or Possession of Beer, Wine and Spirituous Liquors
- 108. CHAPTER 709 Peddlers, Solicitors and Canvassers
- 109. CHAPTER 713 Taxicabs
- 110. CHAPTER 717 Tourist Cabins
- 111. CHAPTER 721 Christmas Tree Sales
- 112. CHAPTER 725 Automobile Sales Business
- 113. CHAPTER 731 Gasoline Service Stations
- 114. CHAPTER 733 Motion Pictures and Films
- 115. CHAPTER 735 Garage and Yard Sales
- 116. CHAPTER 737 Coin-Operated Machines
- 117. CHAPTER 739 Private Security Police Officers
- 118. CHAPTER 741 Transportation of Radioactive Materials
- 119. CHAPTER 743 Licensing Contractors
- 120. CHAPTER 745 Tree Removal Services
- 121. CHAPTER 747 Mechanical and Electronic Amusement Devices and Game Rooms
- 122. CHAPTER 749 Oil and Gas Wells
- 123. CHAPTER 751 Cable Television System Customer Service Standards
- 124. CHAPTER 753 Cable Television Regulations
- 125. PART NINE - STREETS AND PUBLIC SERVICES CODE
- 126. TITLE ONE - Street and Sidewalk Areas
- 127. CHAPTER 901 Street Openings
- 128. CHAPTER 903 Sidewalks
- 129. CHAPTER 904 Trees
- 130. CHAPTER 905 Use of Public Ways by Service Providers
- 131. CHAPTER 906 Master Street Tree Plan
- 132. CHAPTER 907 Driveways
- 133. CHAPTER 908 Use of Public Ways for Small Cell Wireless Facilities and Wireless Support Structures
- 134. CHAPTER 909 Small Cell Design Guidelines
- 135. TITLE THREE - Public Services
- 136. CHAPTER 911 Sewers and Sewage
- 137. CHAPTER 913 Woodvale Union Cemetery
- 138. CHAPTER 915 Use of City Property
- 139. CHAPTER 917 Water
- 140. CHAPTER 925 Electrical Transmission
- 141. CHAPTER 927 Snow Removal for Senior Citizens and/or Disabled Residents of the City
- 142. CHAPTER 929 City Jail
- 143. CHAPTER 931 Emergency Medical Service
- 144. PART ELEVEN - PLANNING AND ZONING CODE
- 145. TITLE ONE -Municipal Planning
- 146. CHAPTER 1101 Planning Commission
- 147. TITLE THREE - Platting and Subdivisions
- 148. CHAPTER 1111 Platting Regulations
- 149. TITLE FIVE -Zoning Code
- 150. PART THIRTEEN - BUILDING CODE
- 151. TITLE ONE - Administration; Adoption of Codes
- 152. CHAPTER 1301 Building Division and Commissioner
- 153. CHAPTER 1302 Building Inspections
- 154. CHAPTER 1303 Building Permits, Fees and Penalty
- 155. CHAPTER 1305 Residential Code of Ohio For One, Two and Three-Family Dwellings
- 156. CHAPTER 1307 Regional Building Code
- 157. CHAPTER 1309 Ohio Basic Building Code
- 158. CHAPTER 1311 National Electrical Code (Repealed)
- 159. TITLE THREE - Special Building Provisions
- 160. CHAPTER 1321 Signs
- 161. CHAPTER 1323 Yard Grades
- 162. CHAPTER 1325 Swimming Pools
- 163. CHAPTER 1327 Commercial Air Conditioning
- 164. CHAPTER 1329 Temporary Portable Structures
- 165. CHAPTER 1331 Moving of Buildings
- 166. CHAPTER 1333 Dangerous Structures
- 167. CHAPTER 1335 Debris from Grading, Excavation or Construction
- 168. CHAPTER 1337 Grade Changes
- 169. CHAPTER 1339 Heat in Rental Dwellings
- 170. CHAPTER 1341 Incinerators
- 171. CHAPTER 1343 Material Restrictions
- 172. CHAPTER 1345 Parking Lots
- 173. CHAPTER 1347 Landscaping and Lawn Services
- 174. CHAPTER 1349 Flood Damage Reduction
- 175. CHAPTER 1351 Fire Walls
- 176. CHAPTER 1353 Exterior Property Maintenance Code.
- 177. CHAPTER 1355 Condominiums
- 178. CHAPTER 1357 Carbon Monoxide Detectors
- 179. CHAPTER 1359 Storm Water Management (Repealed)
- 180. CHAPTER 1361 Erosion and Sediment Control (Repealed)
- 181. CHAPTER 1363 Controlling Riparian Setbacks and Wetlands Setbacks
- 182. CHAPTER 1365 Illicit Discharge and Illegal Connection Control
- 183. CHAPTER 1367 Controlling Soil Erosion, Sediment, Post-Construction Water Quality Runoff, and Storm Water Runoff Quantity
- 184. CHAPTER 1369 Nuisance Abatement
- 185. CHAPTER 1371 Notification of Foreclosure Filing
- 186. CHAPTER 1373 Residential Rental Registration
- 187. CHAPTER 1375 Donation/Recycling Bins
- 188. CHAPTER 1377 Point of Sale Inspection of Septic Systems
- 189. PART FIFTEEN - FIRE PREVENTION CODE
- 190. CHAPTER 1503 Amendments to Fire Prevention Code
- 191. CHAPTER 1504 Elevators
- 192. CHAPTER 1505 Permit and Inspection Fees
- 193. CHAPTER 1507 Blasting and Related Operations
- 194. ZONING CODE OF THE CITY OF MIDDLEBURG HEIGHTS OHIO
- 195. CHAPTER 1121 Zoning Code Enforcement and Administration
- 196. CHAPTER 1123 Zoning Text and Map Amendments
- 197. CHAPTER 1125 Planning Commission
- 198. CHAPTER 1127 Board of Zoning Appeals
- 199. CHAPTER 1129 Zoning Districts, Zoning Map and Land Uses
- 200. CHAPTER 1131 Residential Zoning Districts
- 201. CHAPTER 1133 Senior Facility Zoning Districts
- 202. CHAPTER 1135 Public - Institutional Zoning District
- 203. CHAPTER 1137 Business and Mixed Use Zoning Districts
- 204. CHAPTER 1139 General Industrial Zoning District
- 205. CHAPTER 1141 Accessory Use Standards
- 206. CHAPTER 1143 Conditional Use Standards
- 207. CHAPTER 1145 Nonconforming Use Standards
- 208. CHAPTER 1147 Development Plan Review
- 209. CHAPTER 1149 Off-Street Parking and Loading Facility Standards
- 210. CHAPTER 1151 Landscape and Bufferyard Standards
- 211. CHAPTER 1153 Sign Standards
- 212. CHAPTER 1155 Sustainable Facility Standards
- 213. CHAPTER 1157 Supplemental Regulations
- 214. CHAPTER 1159 Wireless Telecommunication Facilities
- 215. CHAPTER 1161 Definitions