Every town writes its own rules, and Moraine, Ohio's live in its municipal code — 228 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. Moraine, Ohio
- 2. CODIFIED ORDINANCES
- 3. ROSTER OF OFFICIALS
- 4. ADOPTING ORDINANCE NO. 1392-00
- 5. EDITOR'S NOTE
- 6. COMPARATIVE SECTION TABLE
- 7. TABLES OF SPECIAL ORDINANCES
- 8. TABLE B - EASEMENTS
- 9. TABLE C - VACATING OF STREETS AND ALLEYS
- 10. TABLE D - DEDICATION AND PLAT APPROVAL
- 11. TABLE E - ACQUISITION AND DISPOSAL OF REAL PROPERTY
- 12. TABLE F - LEASE OF REAL PROPERTY
- 13. TABLE G - CHANGE OF STREET NAME
- 14. TABLE H - ANNEXATION AND DETACHMENT OF TERRITORY
- 15. TABLE I - ZONING MAP CHANGES
- 16. CHARTER
- 17. Article I The Municipality
- 18. Article II Powers
- 19. Article III Council
- 20. Article IV Legislation
- 21. Article V The City Manager
- 22. Article VI Administrative Departments
- 23. Article VII Commissions and Boards
- 24. Article VIII Elections
- 25. Article IX Initiative, Referendum and Recall
- 26. Article X General Provisions
- 27. Article XI Founding Provisions
- 28. PART ONE - ADMINISTRATIVE CODE
- 29. TITLE ONE - General Provisions
- 30. CHAPTER 101 Codified Ordinances
- 31. CHAPTER 103 Official Standards
- 32. CHAPTER 105 Wards and Boundaries
- 33. TITLE THREE - Legislative
- 34. CHAPTER 121 Council
- 35. CHAPTER 123 Ordinances and Resolutions
- 36. CHAPTER 125 Mayor
- 37. CHAPTER 127 Municipal Clerk
- 38. CHAPTER 128 Open Meetings
- 39. TITLE FIVE - Administrative
- 40. CHAPTER 131 City Manager
- 41. CHAPTER 133 Table of Organization
- 42. CHAPTER 135 Department of Law
- 43. CHAPTER 137 Department of Finance
- 44. CHAPTER 139 Department of Public Safety
- 45. CHAPTER 141 Department of Public Service
- 46. CHAPTER 143 Parks and Recreation Board
- 47. CHAPTER 145 Planning Commission
- 48. CHAPTER 147 Board of Zoning Appeals
- 49. CHAPTER 149 Merit System Commission
- 50. CHAPTER 151 Investment and Portfolio Policy
- 51. CHAPTER 152 Treasury Investment Committee
- 52. CHAPTER 153 Fair Housing Practices
- 53. CHAPTER 155 Employment Provisions
- 54. CHAPTER 156 City Vehicles
- 55. CHAPTER 157 Real Estate Purchase and Sale
- 56. CHAPTER 159 Purchasing and Contracts
- 57. TITLE SEVEN - Judicial
- 58. CHAPTER 171 Mayor's Court
- 59. TITLE NINE - Taxation
- 60. CHAPTER 181 Income Tax
- 61. CHAPTER 183 Hotel and Motel Tax
- 62. CHAPTER 185 Income Tax Effective January 1, 2016
- 63. PART THREE - TRAFFIC CODE
- 64. TITLE ONE - Administration
- 65. CHAPTER 301 Definitions
- 66. CHAPTER 303 Enforcement and Penalty
- 67. CHAPTER 305 Traffic Control
- 68. CHAPTER 307 Impounding Vehicles
- 69. TITLE THREE - Streets and Traffic Control Devices
- 70. CHAPTER 311 Street Obstructions and Special Uses
- 71. CHAPTER 313 Traffic Control Devices
- 72. TITLE FIVE - Vehicles
- 73. CHAPTER 331 Operation Generally
- 74. CHAPTER 333 OVI; Willful Misconduct; Speed
- 75. CHAPTER 335 Licensing; Accidents
- 76. CHAPTER 337 Safety and Equipment
- 77. CHAPTER 339 Commercial and Heavy Vehicles
- 78. CHAPTER 341 Commercial Drivers
- 79. TITLE SEVEN - Parking
- 80. CHAPTER 351 Parking Generally
- 81. CHAPTER 353 Junk and Abandoned Vehicles
- 82. TITLE NINE - Pedestrians, Bicycles and Motorcycles
- 83. CHAPTER 371 Pedestrians
- 84. CHAPTER 373 Bicycles and Motorcycles
- 85. CHAPTER 375 Snowmobiles, Off-Highway Motorcycles and All Pupose Vehicles
- 86. APPENDICES
- 87. I - THROUGH STREETS
- 88. II - ONE-WAY STREETS
- 89. III - PROHIBITED AND LIMITED PARKING AREAS
- 90. IV - RESTRICTED LANE INTERSECTIONS
- 91. V - TRAFFIC CONTROL SIGNALS
- 92. VI - NO PASSING ZONE
- 93. VII - STOP INTERSECTIONS
- 94. VIII - SPEED ZONES
- 95. IX - SCHOOL ZONES
- 96. X - RESTRICTED TURN INTERSECTIONS
- 97. XI - CROSSWALKS AND WALKWAYS
- 98. XII - PROHIBITED RIGHT TURN ON RED INTERSECTIONS
- 99. PART FIVE - GENERAL OFFENSES CODE
- 100. CHAPTER 505 Animals and Fowl
- 101. CHAPTER 507
- 102. CHAPTER 508 Dangerous, Nuisance and Vicious Dogs (Repealed)
- 103. CHAPTER 509 Disorderly Conduct and Peace Disturbance
- 104. CHAPTER 513 Drug Abuse Control
- 105. CHAPTER 517 Gambling
- 106. CHAPTER 521 Health, Safety and Sanitation
- 107. CHAPTER 525 Law Enforcement and Public Office
- 108. CHAPTER 529 Liquor Control
- 109. CHAPTER 530 Parks
- 110. CHAPTER 533 Obscenity and Sex Offenses
- 111. CHAPTER 537 Offenses Against Persons
- 112. CHAPTER 541 Property Offenses
- 113. CHAPTER 542 False Police Alarms
- 114. CHAPTER 545 Theft and Fraud
- 115. CHAPTER 549 Weapons and Explosives
- 116. CHAPTER 553 Railroads
- 117. CHAPTER 557 Weeds, Trees and Shrubbery
- 118. CHAPTER 559 Public Nuisance Abatement
- 119. PART SEVEN - BUSINESS REGULATION CODE
- 120. CHAPTER 709 Commercial Amusements
- 121. CHAPTER 717 Fortunetellers
- 122. CHAPTER 725 Junkyards, Junk and Secondhand Dealers
- 123. CHAPTER 734 Licensing and Operation of Sexually Oriented Businesses
- 124. CHAPTER 741 Peddlers and Solicitors
- 125. CHAPTER 745 Restaurants
- 126. CHAPTER 751 Taxicabs
- 127. CHAPTER 761 Massage Establishments
- 128. CHAPTER 771 Contractor Registration
- 129. CHAPTER 781 Adult Use Cannabis and Marijuana Related Operations
- 130. PART NINE - STREETS, UTILITIES AND PUBLIC SERVICES CODE
- 131. TITLE ONE - Streets and Sidewalks
- 132. CHAPTER 901 Use of Public Rights-of-Way, Public Land and Public Easements
- 133. CHAPTER 902 Street Closings
- 134. CHAPTER 903 Trees and Shrubs
- 135. CHAPTER 905 Utility Structure Standards
- 136. CHAPTER 907 Small Cell Facilities and Wireless Support Structures
- 137. CHAPTER 909 Regulations for Placement of Communication Facilities in the Right of Way
- 138. TITLE THREE - Public Utilities
- 139. CHAPTER 911 Utility Connections and Sewers
- 140. CHAPTER 913 Competitive Video Service Authorizations
- 141. TITLE FIVE - Solid Waste
- 142. CHAPTER 921 Waste Disposal Policy
- 143. CHAPTER 923 Waste Collection
- 144. CHAPTER 925 Refuse Accumulation
- 145. CHAPTER 927 Landfill Operations
- 146. TITLE SEVEN - Additional Public Services
- 147. CHAPTER 935 Indigent Burials
- 148. TITLE NINE - Stormwater Plan
- 149. CHAPTER 945 Storm Sewer System Illicit Discharge Detection and Elimination
- 150. PART ELEVEN - PLANNING AND ZONING CODE
- 151. TITLE ONE - Planning
- 152. CHAPTER 1101 Comprehensive Development Plan
- 153. CHAPTER 1105 Thoroughfare Plan
- 154. TITLE THREE - Platting
- 155. CHAPTER 1111 Subdivision Regulations
- 156. TITLE FIVE - Zoning Administration and Enforcement
- 157. CHAPTER 1115 Definitions
- 158. CHAPTER 1117 Special Uses
- 159. CHAPTER 1121 Interpretation
- 160. CHAPTER 1123 Enforcement and Penalty
- 161. CHAPTER 1125 Board of Zoning Appeals
- 162. CHAPTER 1127 District Changes and Code Amendments
- 163. TITLE SEVEN - Zoning District Regulations
- 164. CHAPTER 1131 Official Zoning Map
- 165. CHAPTER 1133 Districts Established; Compliance
- 166. CHAPTER 1135 A-1 Agricultural District
- 167. CHAPTER 1137 R-2 Single-Family Residence District
- 168. CHAPTER 1141 R-2A Single-Family Residence District
- 169. CHAPTER 1143 R-3 One and Two Family Residence District
- 170. CHAPTER 1145 R-4 Multi-Family Residence District
- 171. CHAPTER 1151 B-1 Neighborhood Business District
- 172. CHAPTER 1153 B-2 General Business District
- 173. CHAPTER 1155 Planned Unit Development
- 174. CHAPTER 1157 M-1 Light Industrial District
- 175. CHAPTER 1159 M-2 General Industrial District
- 176. CHAPTER 1171 C Conservation District
- 177. CHAPTER 1177 WO Wellhead Operation District
- 178. CHAPTER 1179 WP Well Field Protection Overlay District
- 179. TITLE NINE - Zoning General Provisions
- 180. CHAPTER 1181 Accessory Uses
- 181. CHAPTER 1183 Temporary Uses
- 182. CHAPTER 1185 Supplemental Regulations
- 183. CHAPTER 1187 Off-Street Parking and Loading; Access Control and Traffic
- 184. CHAPTER 1189 Signs and Advertising Devices
- 185. CHAPTER 1191 Nonconforming Lots, Structures and Uses
- 186. CHAPTER 1193 Special Exceptions
- 187. PART THIRTEEN - BUILDING CODE
- 188. TITLE ONE - Standards Adopted
- 189. CHAPTER 1303 Residential Code of Ohio
- 190. CHAPTER 1305 Building Permits and Occupancy Certificates
- 191. CHAPTER 1307 Electrical Code of Ohio
- 192. TITLE THREE - Local Provisions
- 193. CHAPTER 1311 Dangerous Buildings
- 194. CHAPTER 1313 Community Noise
- 195. CHAPTER 1315 Drive-In Restaurants
- 196. CHAPTER 1317 Multiple Dwellings
- 197. CHAPTER 1321 Electrical Installations
- 198. CHAPTER 1323 Erosion and Sedimentation Control
- 199. CHAPTER 1325 Flood Damage Reduction
- 200. CHAPTER 1329 Demolitions
- 201. PART FOURTEEN - PROPERTY MAINTENANCE CODE
- 202. CHAPTER 1401 Validity
- 203. CHAPTER 1402 Duties and Powers of the Code Official
- 204. CHAPTER 1403 Violations; Penalty
- 205. CHAPTER 1404 Notices and Orders
- 206. CHAPTER 1405 Unsafe Structures and Equipment
- 207. CHAPTER 1406 Emergency Measures
- 208. CHAPTER 1407 Demolition
- 209. CHAPTER 1408 Means of Appeal
- 210. CHAPTER 1409 Definitions
- 211. CHAPTER 1410 General Definitions
- 212. CHAPTER 1411 General Requirements
- 213. CHAPTER 1412 Exterior Property Areas
- 214. CHAPTER 1413 Exterior Structures
- 215. CHAPTER 1414 Rubbish and Garbage
- 216. CHAPTER 1415 Extermination
- 217. CHAPTER 1416 Interior Structures
- 218. CHAPTER 1417 Sanitary and Storm Drainage Requirements
- 219. CHAPTER 1418 Fire Safety Requirements
- 220. CHAPTER 1419 Maintenance of Abandoned Residential Properties Pending Foreclosure
- 221. CHAPTER 1420 Public Nuisances and Nuisance Abatement
- 222. CHAPTER 1460 Referenced Standards
- 223. PART FIFTEEN - FIRE PREVENTION CODE
- 224. TITLE ONE - Standards Adopted
- 225. CHAPTER 1501 Ohio Fire Code
- 226. TITLE THREE - Administration and Enforcement
- 227. CHAPTER 1511 Bureau of Fire Prevention
- 228. CHAPTER 1515 Investigation of Fires