Every town writes its own rules, and Munroe Falls, Ohio's live in its municipal code — 180 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. CODIFIED ORDINANCES OF MUNROE FALLS OHIO
- 2. MUNICIPALITY OF MUNROE FALLS, OHIO ROSTER OF OFFICIALS (2025)
- 3. ADOPTING ORDINANCE NO. 16-87
- 4. EDITOR'S NOTE
- 5. COMPARATIVE SECTION TABLE
- 6. TABLES OF SPECIAL ORDINANCES
- 7. TABLE A - FRANCHISES
- 8. TABLE B - EASEMENTS
- 9. TABLE C - VACATING 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 - STREET GRADE LEVELS AND CHANGE OF STREET NAME
- 14. TABLE H - ANNEXATION AND DETACHMENT OF TERRITORY
- 15. TABLE I - ZONING MAP CHANGES
- 16. CHARTER OF THE MUNICIPALITY OF MUNROE FALLS, OHIO
- 17. PREAMBLE
- 18. ARTICLE I NAME AND BOUNDARIES
- 19. ARTICLE II POWERS OF THE MUNICIPALITY
- 20. ARTICLE III FORM OF GOVERNMENT
- 21. ARTICLE IV MAYOR
- 22. ARTICLE V COUNCIL
- 23. ARTICLE VI LEGISLATIVE PROCEDURE
- 24. ARTICLE VII DIRECTOR OF FINANCE
- 25. ARTICLE VIII DIRECTOR OF LAW
- 26. ARTICLE IX DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY
- 27. ARTICLE X DEPARTMENT OF ROADS AND UTILITIES
- 28. ARTICLE XI PARKS AND RECREATION BOARD
- 29. ARTICLE XII PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION
- 30. ARTICLE XIII BOARD OF ZONING APPEALS
- 31. ARTICLE XIV CIVIL SERVICE COMMISSION
- 32. ARTICLE XV TAXATION AND FINANCE
- 33. ARTICLE XVI INITIATIVE, REFERENDUM AND RECALL
- 34. ARTICLE XVII AMENDMENTS TO THE CHARTER
- 35. ARTICLE XVIII CHARTER REVIEW COMMISSION
- 36. ARTICLE XIX NOMINATIONS AND ELECTIONS
- 37. ARTICLE XX GENERAL PROVISIONS
- 38. TITLE ONE - General Provisions
- 39. CHAPTER 101 Codified Ordinances
- 40. CHAPTER 103 Official Standards
- 41. CHAPTER 105 Bids and Contracts
- 42. TITLE THREE - Legislative
- 43. CHAPTER 121 Council
- 44. CHAPTER 123 Ordinances and Resolutions
- 45. TITLE FIVE - Administration
- 46. CHAPTER 131 Mayor
- 47. CHAPTER 133 Clerk-Treasurer
- 48. CHAPTER 135 Law Director
- 49. CHAPTER 137 Department of Public Safety
- 50. CHAPTER 139 Department of Roads and Utilities
- 51. CHAPTER 141 Parks and Recreation Board
- 52. CHAPTER 143 Planning and Zoning Commission
- 53. CHAPTER 145 Board of Building and Zoning Appeals
- 54. CHAPTER 147 Civil Service Commission
- 55. CHAPTER 149 Charter Review Commission
- 56. CHAPTER 150 Records Commission
- 57. CHAPTER 151 Division of Police
- 58. CHAPTER 153 Division of Fire
- 59. CHAPTER 154 Emergency Medical Services Commission
- 60. CHAPTER 155 Department of Engineering and Building
- 61. CHAPTER 157 Treasury Investment Board
- 62. CHAPTER 161 Employees Generally
- 63. CHAPTER 163 Fees for Miscellaneous Services
- 64. CHAPTER 164 Public Records Policy
- 65. CHAPTER 165 Campaign Finance
- 66. TITLE SEVEN - Judicial
- 67. CHAPTER 171 Mayor's Court
- 68. TITLE NINE - Taxation
- 69. CHAPTER 181 Municipal Income Tax; Effective January 1, 2016
- 70. TITLE ONE - Administration
- 71. CHAPTER 301 Definitions
- 72. CHAPTER 303 Enforcement, Impounding and Penalty
- 73. CHAPTER 305 Traffic Control
- 74. TITLE THREE - Streets and Traffic Control Devices
- 75. CHAPTER 311 Street Obstructions and Special Uses
- 76. CHAPTER 313 Traffic Control Devices
- 77. TITLE FIVE - Vehicles
- 78. CHAPTER 331 Operation Generally
- 79. CHAPTER 333 OVI; Willful Misconduct; Speed
- 80. CHAPTER 335 Licensing; Accidents
- 81. CHAPTER 337 Safety and Equipment
- 82. CHAPTER 339 Commercial and Heavy Vehicles
- 83. CHAPTER 341 Commercial Drivers
- 84. TITLE SEVEN - Parking
- 85. CHAPTER 351 Parking Generally
- 86. CHAPTER 353 Abandoned Vehicles
- 87. TITLE NINE - Pedestrians, Bicycles and Motorcycles
- 88. CHAPTER 371 Pedestrians
- 89. CHAPTER 373 Bicycles and Motorcycles
- 90. CHAPTER 375 Snowmobiles, Off-Highway Motorcycles and All Purpose Vehicles
- 91. PART FIVE - GENERAL OFFENSES CODE
- 92. CHAPTER 505 Animals and Fowl
- 93. CHAPTER 509 Disorderly Conduct and Peace Disturbance
- 94. CHAPTER 513 Drug Abuse Control
- 95. CHAPTER 517 Gambling
- 96. CHAPTER 521 Health, Safety and Sanitation
- 97. CHAPTER 525 Law Enforcement and Public Office
- 98. CHAPTER 529 Liquor Control
- 99. CHAPTER 533 Obscenity and Sex Offenses
- 100. CHAPTER 537 Offenses Against Persons
- 101. CHAPTER 541 Property Offenses
- 102. CHAPTER 545 Theft and Fraud
- 103. CHAPTER 549 Weapons and Explosives
- 104. CHAPTER 553 Railroads
- 105. PART SEVEN - BUSINESS REGULATION CODE
- 106. CHAPTER 721 Canvassing, Soliciting or Peddling for Residential Sales of Property and for Charitable Purposes
- 107. CHAPTER 722 Business Registration
- 108. CHAPTER 731 Solid Waste Disposal and Recycling
- 109. CHAPTER 741 Registration Fees for Electrical Contractors and Heating, Ventilation and Air Conditioning Contractors
- 110. CHAPTER 751 Sexually Oriented Businesses
- 111. CHAPTER 758 Sale of Cigarettes, Tobacco Products, or Tobacco Paraphernalia
- 112. TITLE ONE - Street and Sidewalk Area
- 113. CHAPTER 905 Excavations
- 114. CHAPTER 909 Streets
- 115. CHAPTER 913 Driveways, Driveway Aprons, and Curb Cuts
- 116. CHAPTER 917 Trees
- 117. CHAPTER 919 Rights-of-Way
- 118. TITLE THREE - Utilities
- 119. CHAPTER 921 Water
- 120. CHAPTER 922 Stormwater Management Utility
- 121. CHAPTER 925 Sewers
- 122. CHAPTER 931 Backflow Prevention
- 123. CHAPTER 933 Illicit Discharge and Illegal Connection Control
- 124. CHAPTER 935 Small Cell Facilities and Wireless Support Structures
- 125. TITLE FIVE - Other Public Services
- 126. CHAPTER 941 Parks
- 127. CHAPTER 945 Indigent Burials
- 128. TITLE ONE - General Provisions
- 129. CHAPTER 1101 Title; Authorization; Purpose
- 130. CHAPTER 1105 Definitions
- 131. CHAPTER 1109 Districts Established
- 132. TITLE THREE - District Regulations
- 133. CHAPTER 1121 R-1 Residential District
- 134. CHAPTER 1123 R-2 Residential District
- 135. CHAPTER 1125 R-3 Residential District
- 136. CHAPTER 1127 R-4 Residential District
- 137. CHAPTER 1131 C-1 General Commercial District
- 138. CHAPTER 1133 I-1 Industrial District
- 139. CHAPTER 1137 T-C Town Center District
- 140. CHAPTER 1139 P Park District
- 141. TITLE FIVE - Supplemental Zoning Regulations
- 142. CHAPTER 1141 Conditional Use Regulations
- 143. CHAPTER 1142 Riparian Setbacks
- 144. CHAPTER 1143 Off-Street Parking and Loading Regulations
- 145. CHAPTER 1144 Recreational Vehicles and Recreational Equipment
- 146. CHAPTER 1145 Sign Regulations
- 147. CHAPTER 1146 Fences, Walls, Hedge Rows
- 148. CHAPTER 1147 Dish Antennas
- 149. CHAPTER 1149 Supplementary Regulations
- 150. CHAPTER 1151 Nonconformities
- 151. CHAPTER 1152 Erosion and Sediment Control
- 152. TITLE SEVEN - Administration and Enforcement
- 153. CHAPTER 1161 Administrative Powers and Duties.
- 154. CHAPTER 1162 Comprehensive Stormwater Management
- 155. CHAPTER 1163 Procedures for Zoning Certificates, Site Plan Review and Conditional Zoning Certificates
- 156. CHAPTER 1165 Procedures for Appeals and Variances
- 157. CHAPTER 1167 Enforcement and Penalty
- 158. CHAPTER 1169 Amendments
- 159. CHAPTER 1175 Nuisance Abatement
- 160. CHAPTER 1176 Clandestine Drug Labs
- 161. TITLE NINE - Subdivision Regulations
- 162. CHAPTER 1181 Plat Approval
- 163. TITLE ONE - Technical Codes Adopted
- 164. CHAPTER 1301 Ohio Building Code
- 165. CHAPTER 1305 National Electrical Code
- 166. CHAPTER 1309 International Residential Code
- 167. TITLE THREE - Local Provisions
- 168. CHAPTER 1325 Signs
- 169. CHAPTER 1327 Registration of Contractors
- 170. CHARTER 1329 Oil and Gas Drilling
- 171. CHAPTER 1333 Electrical Wiring and Fixtures
- 172. CHAPTER 1337 Smoke Detectors
- 173. CHAPTER 1341 Numbering Structures
- 174. CHAPTER 1345 Flood Control
- 175. CHAPTER 1375 Building Code Permits
- 176. CHAPTER 1377 Dumpsters and Temporary Storage Containers
- 177. CHAPTER 1379 Insurance Proceeds For Fire Damage
- 178. PART FIFTEEN - FIRE PREVENTION CODE
- 179. CHAPTER 1505 Open Burning
- 180. CHAPTER 1519 Fireworks