Oberlin, Ohio, OH Municipal Code — every chapter, in plain language

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1. Oberlin, Ohio
2. CODIFIED ORDINANCES OF THE CITY OF OBERLIN, OHIO
3. CERTIFICATION
4. ROSTER OF OFFICIALS
5. CONTENTS
6. EDITOR'S NOTE
7. COMPARATIVE SECTION TABLE
8. CHARTER OF THE CITY OF OBERLIN, OHIO
9. SECTION I. NAME AND BOUNDARIES.
10. SECTION II. POWERS.
11. SECTION III. COUNCIL.
12. SECTION IV. NOMINATION FOR ELECTIVE OFFICES.
13. SECTION V. APPOINTMENT OF CITY MANAGER.
14. SECTION VI. REMOVAL OF CITY MANAGER.
15. SECTION VII. CREATION OF NEW DEPARTMENTS, OFFICES, COMMISSIONS AND BOARDS - CHANGE OF DUTIES.
16. SECTION VIII. COUNCIL PROHIBITED FROM INTERFERING IN APPOINTMENTS OR REMOVALS.
17. SECTION IX. PROCEDURE OF COUNCIL.
18. SECTION X. ORDINANCES AND RESOLUTIONS TO GO INTO IMMEDIATE EFFECT.
19. SECTION XI. INDEPENDENT AUDIT.
20. SECTION XII. SPECIAL MEETINGS.
21. SECTION XIII. QUORUM.
22. SECTION XIV. THE CITY MANAGER.
23. SECTION XV. CLERK.
24. SECTION XVI. FINANCE DIRECTOR.
25. SECTION XVII. TREASURER.
26. SECTION XVIII. LAW DIRECTOR.
27. SECTION XIX. BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS.
28. SECTION XX. TAXATION - LIMITATION ON RATE OF TAXATION.
29. SECTION XXI. AMENDMENT OF CHARTER.
30. SECTION XXII. TIME OF TAKING EFFECT.
31. SECTION XXIII. FRANCHISE.
32. SECTION XXIV. INITIATIVE AND REFERENDUM.
33. SECTION XXV. RECALL.
34. SECTION XXVI. PARTIAL INVALIDITY.
35. SECTION XXVII. EFFECT OF CHARTER.
36. SECTION XXVIII. CHARTER REVIEW COMMITTEE.
37. SECTION XXIX. REPRINTING OF CHARTER.
38. PART ONE - ADMINISTRATIVE CODE
39. TITLE ONE - General Provisions
40. CHAPTER 101 Codified Ordinances
41. CHAPTER 103 Official Standards
42. CHAPTER 105 Wards and Boundaries (Repealed)
43. CHAPTER 107 Public Records Policy
44. CHAPTER 109 Use of Building Facilities
45. TITLE THREE - Legislative
46. CHAPTER 111 Council
47. CHAPTER 112 Election Financing
48. CHAPTER 113 Ordinances and Resolutions
49. TITLE FIVE - Administrative
50. CHAPTER 121 City Manager
51. CHAPTER 123 Clerk
52. CHAPTER 125 Finance Director
53. CHAPTER 127 Treasurer
54. CHAPTER 128 Treasury Investment Board
55. CHAPTER 129 Law Director
56. CHAPTER 130 Department of Public Works
57. CHAPTER 131 Public Utilities Commission
58. CHAPTER 133 Recreation Commission
59. CHAPTER 135 Civil Service Commission
60. CHAPTER 137 Health Services
61. CHAPTER 139 City Engineer
62. CHAPTER 140 Building Division
63. CHAPTER 141 Police Department
64. CHAPTER 143 Fire Department
65. CHAPTER 144 Department of Community Development
66. CHAPTER 145 Employees Generally
67. CHAPTER 147 Committee on Visual Environment
68. CHAPTER 149 Human Relations Commission
69. CHAPTER 151 Employee Grievance Procedure (Repealed)
70. CHAPTER 153 Five-Year Capital Improvement Plan and Annual Review of Proposed Capital Expenditures
71. CHAPTER 155 Open Space and Visual Environment Commission
72. CHAPTER 156 Resource Conservation and Recovery Commission
73. CHAPTER 157 Equal Employment Opportunities
74. CHAPTER 158 Local Preference
75. CHAPTER 159 Records Commission
76. CHAPTER 160 Downtown Advisory Commission
77. CHAPTER 161 Human Resources Department
78. TITLE SEVEN - Judicial
79. CHAPTER 171 Municipal Court
80. TITLE NINE - Taxation
81. CHAPTER 181 Earned Income Tax
82. CHAPTER 182 Income Tax Rules and Regulations. (Repealed)
83. CHAPTER 183 Motor Vehicle License Tax
84. CHAPTER 184 Income Tax Effective January 1, 2016
85. CHAPTER 185 Transient Lodging Tax
86. PART THREE - TRAFFIC CODE
87. TITLE ONE - Administration
88. CHAPTER 301 Definitions
89. CHAPTER 303 Enforcement, Impounding and Penalty
90. CHAPTER 305 Traffic Control Map and File
91. TITLE THREE - Streets and Traffic Control Devices
92. CHAPTER 311 Street Obstructions and Special Uses
93. CHAPTER 313 Traffic Control Devices
94. TITLE FIVE - Vehicles
95. CHAPTER 331 Operation Generally
96. CHAPTER 333 OVI; Willful Misconduct; Speed
97. CHAPTER 335 Licensing; Accidents
98. CHAPTER 337 Safety and Equipment
99. CHAPTER 339 Commercial and Heavy Vehicles
100. CHAPTER 341 Commercial Drivers
101. CHAPTER 343 Transportation of Radioactive Materials
102. TITLE SEVEN - Parking
103. CHAPTER 351 Parking Generally
104. TITLE NINE - Pedestrians, Bicycles and Motorcycles
105. CHAPTER 371 Pedestrians
106. CHAPTER 373 Bicycles and Motorcycles
107. CHAPTER 375 Snowmobiles, Off-Highway Motorcycles and All Purpose Vehicles
108. PART FIVE - GENERAL OFFENSES CODE
109. CHAPTER 503 Advertising
110. CHAPTER 505 Animals and Fowl
111. CHAPTER 506 Clean Indoor Air
112. CHAPTER 507 Curfew for Minors
113. CHAPTER 509 Disorderly Conduct and Peace Disturbance
114. CHAPTER 513 Drug Abuse Control
115. CHAPTER 517 Gambling
116. CHAPTER 521 Health, Safety and Sanitation
117. CHAPTER 525 Law Enforcement and Public Office
118. CHAPTER 529 Liquor Control
119. CHAPTER 531 Nonreturnable Disposable Containers (Repealed)
120. CHAPTER 533 Obscenity and Sex Offenses
121. CHAPTER 537 Offenses Against Persons
122. CHAPTER 541 Property Offenses
123. CHAPTER 545 Theft and Fraud
124. CHAPTER 549 Weapons and Explosives
125. CHAPTER 551 Trees, Weeds and Shrubbery
126. CHAPTER 553 Managed Natural Landscapes
127. PART SEVEN - BUSINESS REGULATION CODE
128. CHAPTER 705 Alarm Systems
129. CHAPTER 707 Conversion Therapy Prohibited
130. CHAPTER 711 Billiard Rooms, Poolrooms and Bowling Alleys
131. CHAPTER 721 Debt Pooling Companies
132. CHAPTER 731 Mechanical Amusement Devices
133. CHAPTER 741 Motor Busses
134. CHAPTER 751 Solicitations at Residences
135. CHAPTER 761 Rooming Houses
136. CHAPTER 771 Taxicabs
137. CHAPTER 775 CATV
138. CHAPTER 781 Newsracks
139. CHAPTER 785 Garage Sales
140. CHAPTER 791 Licensing of Sexually Oriented Businesses
141. CHAPTER 795 Operation of Sidewalk Cafes, Business Uses on Downtown Sidewalks and Outdoor Dining Facilities
142. CHAPTER 797 Mobile Food Vehicles
143. CHAPTER 798 Downtown Sidewalk Signs
144. PART NINE - STREETS, UTILITIES AND PUBLIC SERVICES CODE
145. TITLE ONE - Streets, Sidewalks and Trees
146. CHAPTER 901 Streets and Parks Division
147. CHAPTER 903 Excavation Permits
148. CHAPTER 905 Sidewalks
149. CHAPTER 907 Tree Planting, Care and Removal
150. TITLE THREE - Public Utilities
151. CHAPTER 909 Utilities Generally
152. CHAPTER 911 Municipal Water Division
153. CHAPTER 913 Municipal Light and Power Department
154. CHAPTER 915 Municipal Wastewater Division
155. CHAPTER 916 Municipal Stormwater Utility
156. CHAPTER 917 Gas
157. CHAPTER 919 Termination of Service
158. TITLE FIVE - Other Public Services
159. CHAPTER 921 Westwood Cemetery
160. CHAPTER 923 Municipal Reservoirs
161. CHAPTER 925 Refuse and Recycling Collection
162. CHAPTER 927 City Parks and Recreation Areas
163. PART ELEVEN - BUILDING CODE
164. TITLE ONE - Building Code
165. CHAPTER 1101 Residential Code of Ohio for One, Two, and Three-Family Dwellings
166. CHAPTER 1103 Residential Insulation Requirements
167. CHAPTER 1105 Fire Limits
168. TITLE THREE - Administration
169. CHAPTER 1111 Permit Fees
170. CHAPTER 1113 Responsibility for Permit
171. CHAPTER 1115 Contractor Registration
172. TITLE FIVE - Plumbing Code
173. CHAPTER 1121 General Provisions
174. CHAPTER 1123 Definitions
175. CHAPTER 1125 Plumbing Board
176. CHAPTER 1127 Licenses, Fees and Permits
177. CHAPTER 1129 Plumbing Installation Rules
178. CHAPTER 1131 Plumbing Regulations; Penalty
179. TITLE SEVEN- Electrical Code
180. CHAPTER 1141 General Purposes
181. CHAPTER 1143 Permits and Licenses
182. CHAPTER 1145 Materials, Inspections and Tests
183. CHAPTER 1147 Electric Examinations; Penalty
184. TITLE NINE - Housing and Property Maintenance
185. CHAPTER 1151 International Property Maintenance Code
186. CHAPTER 1153 Environmental Health Housing Code
187. CHAPTER 1173 Housing Renewal Commission
188. TITLE ELEVEN - General Provisions
189. CHAPTER 1183 Moving of Structures
190. CHAPTER 1185 Fair Housing Practices
191. CHAPTER 1187 Historic Landmarks and Buildings
192. CHAPTER 1189 Swimming Pools
193. CHAPTER 1191 Flood Damage Prevention
194. CHAPTER 1193 Pollution Abatement at Construction Sites
195. CHAPTER 1195 Ohio Mechanical Code
196. CHAPTER 1197 Ohio Building Code
197. TITLE SEVENTEEN - International Swimming Pool and Spa Code
198. CHAPTER 1198 General Provisions
199. TITLE NINETEEN - International Fuel Gas Code
200. CHAPTER 1199 General Provisions
201. PART THIRTEEN - PLANNING AND ZONING CODE
202. TITLE ONE - Municipal Planning
203. CHAPTER 1301 City Planning Commission
204. TITLE THREE - Subdivision Ordinance
205. CHAPTER 1307 General Provisions
206. CHAPTER 1309 Definitions
207. CHAPTER 1311 Subdivision Procedures
208. CHAPTER 1313 Plat Requirements
209. CHAPTER 1315 Required Improvements and Design Criteria
210. CHAPTER 1317 Agreements and Guarantees
211. CHAPTER 1319 Administration and Enforcement
212. TITLE FIVE - Zoning Ordinance
213. CHAPTER 1321 Definitions
214. CHAPTER 1323 Permits, Enforcement and Penalty
215. CHAPTER 1325 Zoning Board of Appeals
216. CHAPTER 1327 Amendments
217. CHAPTER 1329 Zoning Districts and Map; Compliance
218. CHAPTER 1330 “I” Institutional District
219. CHAPTER 1331 "R-1A" Single-Family Dwelling District
220. CHAPTER 1333 "R-1B" Single-Family Dwelling District
221. CHAPTER 1335 "R-1" Single-Family Dwelling District
222. CHAPTER 1337 "R-2" Dwelling District
223. CHAPTER 1338 "PDOD " Planned Development Overlay District
224. CHAPTER 1339 "P-1" Public Park and Recreation District
225. CHAPTER 1340 C-3 Planned Highway Commercial District
226. CHAPTER 1341 "C-1" Central Business District
227. CHAPTER 1342 "C-2" General Business District
228. CHAPTER 1343 "M-1" Light Industrial District
229. CHAPTER 1344 "CDD" Conservation Development District
230. CHAPTER 1345 Exceptions and Modifications
231. CHAPTER 1346 O Office District
232. CHAPTER 1347 Nonconforming Uses
233. CHAPTER 1349 Off-Street Parking and Loading
234. CHAPTER 1350 Fences
235. CHAPTER 1351 Signs
236. CHAPTER 1353 Rooming Houses
237. CHAPTER 1354 Temporary Shelters
238. CHAPTER 1355 Conditional Use Permits
239. CHAPTER 1356 Agricultural Uses
240. CHAPTER 1357 Site Plan Review
241. CHAPTER 1359 Locational Criteria for Sexually Oriented Businesses
242. PART FIFTEEN - FIRE PREVENTION CODE
243. CHAPTER 1505 Open Burning
244. CHAPTER 1509 General Provisions
245. CHAPTER 1519 Fireworks