Every town writes its own rules, and North Royalton, Ohio's live in its municipal code — 248 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. North Royalton, Ohio
- 2. NORTH ROYALTON, OHIO CODIFIED ORDINANCES
- 3. DIRECTORY OF OFFICIALS (2026)
- 4. COMPARATIVE SECTION TABLE
- 5. COMPARATIVE SECTION TABLE - ZONING
- 6. CHARTER OF THE MUNICIPALITY OF NORTH ROYALTON, OHIO
- 7. ARTICLE I POWERS
- 8. ARTICLE II BOUNDARIES
- 9. ARTICLE III THE COUNCIL
- 10. ARTICLE IV THE MAYOR
- 11. ARTICLE V DIRECTOR OF FINANCE
- 12. ARTICLE VI RESERVED FOR FUTURE USE
- 13. ARTICLE VII POLICE AND FIRE DEPARTMENT
- 14. ARTICLE VIII DIRECTOR OF LAW
- 15. ARTICLE IX OTHER DEPARTMENTS
- 16. ARTICLE X MUNICIPAL CEMETERY
- 17. ARTICLE XI CIVIL SERVICE COMMISSION
- 18. ARTICLE XII PLANNING COMMISSION
- 19. ARTICLE XIII RECREATION BOARD
- 20. ARTICLE XIV TAXATION
- 21. ARTICLE XV INITIATIVE, REFERENDUM AND RECALL
- 22. ARTICLE XVI FINANCE
- 23. ARTICLE XVII ELECTIONS
- 24. ARTICLE XVIII MISCELLANEOUS
- 25. ARTICLE XIX EFFECT OF CHARTER
- 26. TITLE TWO - General Provisions
- 27. CHAPTER 202 Codified Ordinances
- 28. CHAPTER 204 Official Standards
- 29. CHAPTER 206 Wards and Boundaries
- 30. CHAPTER 208 Payments to Contractors
- 31. CHAPTER 210 Transfer of Property
- 32. CHAPTER 212 Public Meetings
- 33. CHAPTER 214 General Fee Schedule
- 34. CHAPTER 218 Drug Free Workplace Policy for Municipal Construction Projects
- 35. TITLE FOUR - Legislation
- 36. CHAPTER 220 Council
- 37. CHAPTER 222 Ordinances and Resolutions
- 38. TITLE SIX - Administration
- 39. CHAPTER 230 Mayor
- 40. CHAPTER 232 Department of Finance
- 41. CHAPTER 234 Department of Taxation
- 42. CHAPTER 236 Department of Law
- 43. CHAPTER 238 Department of Public Safety
- 44. CHAPTER 240 Police Department
- 45. CHAPTER 242 Fire Department
- 46. CHAPTER 244 Department of Public Service and Properties
- 47. CHAPTER 246 Department of Engineering
- 48. CHAPTER 248 Department of Buildings
- 49. CHAPTER 250 Division of Streets, Motor Vehicles and Equipment Maintenance
- 50. CHAPTER 252 Division of Municipal Parks, Properties, Cemeteries and Recreation
- 51. CHAPTER 253 Division of Refuse Collection and Disposal, and Recycling
- 52. CHAPTER 254 Department of Waste Water Treatment
- 53. CHAPTER 256 Division of Recreation
- 54. CHAPTER 258 Office on Aging and Human Services
- 55. CHAPTER 259 Department of Community Development
- 56. CHAPTER 260 Community Improvement Corporation
- 57. CHAPTER 266 Employees Generally
- 58. TITLE EIGHT - Boards and Commissions
- 59. CHAPTER 270 Board of Zoning Appeals
- 60. CHAPTER 272 Planning Commission
- 61. CHAPTER 274 Records Commission
- 62. CHAPTER 276 Civil Service Commission
- 63. CHAPTER 278 Shade Tree Commission
- 64. CHAPTER 280 Recreation Board
- 65. CHAPTER 282 Architectural Review Board
- 66. CHAPTER 284 Fair Housing Review Board
- 67. CHAPTER 286 Parma Hospital Review Board
- 68. TITLE TEN - Judiciary
- 69. CHAPTER 290 Mayor's Court
- 70. TITLE TWO - Administration, Enforcement and Penalties
- 71. CHAPTER 402 Definitions
- 72. CHAPTER 404 Enforcement; Impounding
- 73. CHAPTER 406 Traffic Control
- 74. CHAPTER 408 Penalties
- 75. TITLE FOUR - Public Ways and Traffic Control Devices
- 76. CHAPTER 412 Obstruction and Special Uses of Public Ways
- 77. CHAPTER 414 Traffic Control Devices
- 78. CHAPTER 416 Pedestrians
- 79. TITLE SIX - Vehicles and Operation
- 80. CHAPTER 432 Operation Generally
- 81. CHAPTER 434 OVI; Reckless Operation; Speed
- 82. CHAPTER 436 Licensing; Accidents
- 83. CHAPTER 438 Safety and Equipment
- 84. CHAPTER 440 Commercial and Heavy Vehicles
- 85. CHAPTER 442 Drivers of Commercial Vehicles
- 86. TITLE EIGHT - Parking
- 87. CHAPTER 452 Parking Generally
- 88. TITLE TEN - Bicycles, Motorcycles, Skateboards and Snowmobiles
- 89. CHAPTER 474 Bicycles, Motorcycles and Skateboards
- 90. CHAPTER 476 Snowmobiles and All-Purpose Vehicles
- 91. PART SIX - GENERAL OFFENSES CODE
- 92. CHAPTER 612 Alcoholic Beverages
- 93. CHAPTER 618 Animals
- 94. CHAPTER 620 Clean Indoor Air
- 95. CHAPTER 622 Clinics and Hospitals
- 96. CHAPTER 624 Drugs
- 97. CHAPTER 626 Smoking on City-Owned Property
- 98. CHAPTER 628 Fair Housing
- 99. CHAPTER 630 Gambling
- 100. CHAPTER 634 Noise Control
- 101. CHAPTER 636 Offenses Relating to Persons
- 102. CHAPTER 642 Offenses Relating to Property
- 103. CHAPTER 648 Peace Disturbances
- 104. CHAPTER 660 Safety, Sanitation and Health
- 105. CHAPTER 666 Sex Related Offenses
- 106. CHAPTER 672 Weapons and Explosives
- 107. CHAPTER 698 Penalties and Sentencing
- 108. TITLE TWO - Business Regulation
- 109. CHAPTER 810 Amusement Devices
- 110. CHAPTER 816 Cable Television
- 111. CHAPTER 817 Cable Television Regulations (Repealed)
- 112. CHAPTER 818 Commercial Cutting of Trees and Timber
- 113. CHAPTER 822 Dance Halls and Dances
- 114. CHAPTER 830 Gas and Oil Wells
- 115. CHAPTER 832 Consumer Protection Code
- 116. CHAPTER 834 Registration of Snow Plow Operators
- 117. CHAPTER 840 Music Festivals
- 118. CHAPTER 842 Musical Entertainment
- 119. CHAPTER 845 Mobile Food Unit Regulations
- 120. 845.01 Purpose.
- 121. 845.02 Definitions.
- 122. 845.03 Scope of chapter.
- 123. 845.04 Mobile food unit requirements.
- 124. 845.05 General requirements.
- 125. 845.06 Mobile food unit parks.
- 126. 845.07 Operation of mobile food units outside of a mobile food unit park.
- 127. 845.08 Enforcement.
- 128. 845.09 Severability.
- 129. Page 129
- 130. 845.99 Penalty.
- 131. CHAPTER 848 Outdoor Retail Sales
- 132. CHAPTER 850 Picnics and Picnic Grounds
- 133. CHAPTER 854 Roller Skating Rinks
- 134. CHAPTER 860 Service Stations
- 135. CHAPTER 862 Solicitors, Peddlers and Canvassers
- 136. CHAPTER 870 Adult Entertainment Businesses
- 137. CHAPTER 872 Massage Establishments
- 138. CHAPTER 874 Escorts and Escort Services
- 139. CHAPTER 876 Tattoo & Body Piercing Regulations
- 140. Chapter 878 Wage Enforcement
- 141. TITLE FOUR - Taxation
- 142. CHAPTER 880 Earned Income Tax Effective January 1, 2025.
- 143. CHAPTER 881 Municipal Income Taxes Effective January 1, 2016
- 144. CHAPTER 882 Motor Vehicle License Tax
- 145. CHAPTER 883 Use of Public Ways by Service Providers
- 146. CHAPTER 884 Enterprise Zone Guidelines
- 147. CHAPTER 892 Admissions Tax (Repealed)
- 148. TITLE TWO - Street and Sidewalk Areas
- 149. CHAPTER 1020 Excavations
- 150. CHAPTER 1022 Drainage Ditches and Culverts
- 151. CHAPTER 1024 Driveways
- 152. CHAPTER 1026 Trees and Shrubs
- 153. CHAPTER 1028 Use of Right-of-Way for Telecommunications; Regulations and Permits
- 154. TITLE FOUR - Utilities
- 155. CHAPTER 1040 General Provisions
- 156. CHAPTER 1041 Licenses and Permits
- 157. CHAPTER 1042 Construction Specifications for Sanitary and Storm Sewers
- 158. CHAPTER 1043 Infiltration and Inflow Regulations
- 159. CHAPTER 1044 Industrial Waste FOG Requirements
- 160. CHAPTER 1045 Billing, Collection and Customer Service
- 161. CHAPTER 1046 Enforcement and Violations
- 162. CHAPTER 1047 Storm Sewer Regulations
- 163. CHAPTER 1048 Electricity
- 164. CHAPTER 1050 Gas
- 165. CHAPTER 1052 Water
- 166. TITLE SIX - Other Public Services
- 167. CHAPTER 1060 Garbage and Rubbish Collection and Disposal
- 168. CHAPTER 1061 Recovery of Cost of Emergency Actions
- 169. CHAPTER 1062 Municipal Parks and Recreational Facilities
- 170. CHAPTER 1063 Emergency Medical Services
- 171. CHAPTER 1064 City Hall
- 172. CHAPTER 1066 Municipal Jail
- 173. CHAPTER 1068 Municipal Cemetery
- 174. TITLE TWO - Planning
- 175. CHAPTER 1220 Planning Commission
- 176. CHAPTER 1222 Land Action or Recommendations by City
- 177. CHAPTER 1224 Architectural Review Board (Repealed)
- 178. TITLE FOUR - Subdivision Regulations
- 179. CHAPTER 1240 General Provisions and Definitions
- 180. CHAPTER 1242 Administration, Enforcement and Penalty
- 181. CHAPTER 1244 Platting Procedures
- 182. CHAPTER 1246 Design Standards
- 183. CHAPTER 1248 Improvements
- 184. APPENDIX I
- 185. APPENDIX II
- 186. APPENDIX III
- 187. APPENDIX IV
- 188. APPENDIX V
- 189. TITLE SIX - Zoning
- 190. CHAPTER 1260 General Provisions and Definitions
- 191. CHAPTER 1262 Administration, Enforcement and Penalty
- 192. CHAPTER 1264 Board of Zoning Appeals
- 193. CHAPTER 1266 Amendments
- 194. CHAPTER 1268 Districts Generally and Zoning Map
- 195. CHAPTER 1270 Residential Districts (Other Than Senior Citizen and Rural Residential Districts)
- 196. CHAPTER 1272 Senior Citizen District
- 197. CHAPTER 1273 Rural Residential Districts
- 198. CHAPTER 1274 Public Facilities Districts
- 199. CHAPTER 1276 Business Districts
- 200. CHAPTER 1278 Industrial Districts
- 201. CHAPTER 1280 Planned Unit Developments (Repealed)
- 202. CHAPTER 1281 Traditional Town Center District (TCD)
- 203. CHAPTER 1282 Off-Street Parking and Loading
- 204. CHAPTER 1284 Signs
- 205. CHAPTER 1286 Nonconforming Uses
- 206. CHAPTER 1288 Buffering
- 207. Appendix I: Illustrations of Yard Regulations for Multifamily Dwellings
- 208. Appendix II: Parking Area Design Standards
- 209. Appendix III: Illustrations of Yards and Building Line
- 210. CHAPTER 1290 Wireless Telecommunications Facilities
- 211. CHAPTER 1292 Wind Energy Turbines
- 212. COMPARATIVE SECTION TABLE
- 213. TITLE TWO - Building Standards
- 214. CHAPTER 1420 International Building Code; Plumbing Code; Mechanical Code
- 215. CHAPTER 1422 (Reserved)
- 216. CHAPTER 1424 National Electrical Code
- 217. CHAPTER 1426 Residential Code of Ohio
- 218. TITLE FOUR - Building Administration
- 219. CHAPTER 1440 Division of Buildings
- 220. CHAPTER 1442 Building Permits
- 221. CHAPTER 1444 Licensing of Tradesmen and Contractors
- 222. CHAPTER 1446 Certificates of Occupancy
- 223. CHAPTER 1448 Plans and Plats
- 224. TITLE SIX - Miscellaneous Building Regulations
- 225. CHAPTER 1458 Carbon Monoxide Detectors
- 226. CHAPTER 1460 Compactors, Garbage Disposals, and Water Pressure Reducing Valves
- 227. CHAPTER 1462 Concrete Surfaces
- 228. CHAPTER 1464 Exterior Property Maintenance
- 229. CHAPTER 1465 Donation Bins/Boxes
- 230. CHAPTER 1466 Flood Damage Prevention
- 231. CHAPTER 1467 Fences
- 232. CHAPTER 1468 Grading
- 233. CHAPTER 1472 Numbering of Buildings
- 234. CHAPTER 1477 Regulations for the Use and Installation of Solar Energy Systems
- 235. CHAPTER 1478 Satellite Dishes
- 236. CHAPTER 1480 Sidewalk Construction
- 237. CHAPTER 1481 Storm Water Management.
- 238. CHAPTER 1482 Swimming Pools
- 239. CHAPTER 1485 Residential Rental for One, Two and Three Family Dwellings Units & Transient Rental Regulations
- 240. CHAPTER 1486 Unsafe Buildings and Structures
- 241. CHAPTER 1488 Controlling Construction Site Soil Erosion, Sediment, and Other Wastes and Storm Water Runoff
- 242. CHAPTER 1490 Controlling Post-Construction Water Quality Runoff
- 243. CHAPTER 1492 Controlling Riparian Setbacks and Wetlands Setbacks
- 244. APPENDIX I: NOXIOUS WEEDS
- 245. APPENDIX II: WOODY PLANTS SUITABLE FOR RIPARIAN AREAS
- 246. PART SIXTEEN - FIRE PREVENTION CODE
- 247. CHAPTER 1620 Open Burning
- 248. CHAPTER 1630 North Royalton Community Emergency Response Team