Every town writes its own rules, and Painesville, Ohio's live in its municipal code — 201 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 the City of Painesville, Ohio
- 2. CERTIFICATION
- 3. ROSTER OF OFFICIALS
- 4. ADOPTING ORDINANCE NO. 3-99
- 5. CONTENTS
- 6. EDITOR'S NOTE
- 7. COMPARATIVE SECTION TABLE
- 8. Ordinances
- 9. TABLES OF SPECIAL ORDINANCES
- 10. TABLE A - EASEMENTS
- 11. TABLE B - VACATING OF STREETS AND ALLEYS
- 12. TABLE C - DEDICATION AND PLAT APPROVAL
- 13. TABLE D - ACQUISITION AND DISPOSAL OF REAL PROPERTY
- 14. TABLE E - LEASE OF REAL PROPERTY
- 15. TABLE F - STREET GRADE LEVELS AND CURB LINES
- 16. TABLE G - CHANGE OF STREET NAME
- 17. TABLE H - ANNEXATION AND DETACHMENT OF TERRITORY
- 18. TABLE I - ZONING MAP CHANGES
- 19. CHARTER OF THE CITY OF PAINESVILLE, OHIO
- 20. ARTICLE I FORM OF GOVERNMENT
- 21. ARTICLE II LEGISLATIVE AUTHORITY
- 22. ARTICLE III LEGISLATIVE PROCEDURES
- 23. ARTICLE IV ADMINISTRATIVE AUTHORITY
- 24. ARTICLE V BUDGETING AND APPROPRIATIONS
- 25. ARTICLE VI DEPARTMENT OF FINANCE
- 26. ARTICLE VII DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY
- 27. ARTICLE VIII DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SERVICE
- 28. ARTICLE IX DEPARTMENT OF LAW
- 29. ARTICLE X INITIATIVE, REFERENDUM AND RECALL
- 30. ARTICLE XI BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS
- 31. ARTICLE XII UTILITIES
- 32. SECTION 2. SUPERVISED BY CITY MANAGER.
- 33. ARTICLE XIII AMENDMENTS
- 34. SECTION 2. CHARTER REVIEW COMMITTEE.
- 35. ARTICLE XIV SUCCESSION IN GOVERNMENT
- 36. PART ONE - ADMINISTRATIVE CODE
- 37. TITLE ONE - General Provisions
- 38. CHAPTER 101 Codified Ordinances
- 39. CHAPTER 103 Official Standards
- 40. CHAPTER 105 Wards and Boundaries
- 41. CHAPTER 107 Notice of Public Meetings
- 42. TITLE THREE - Legislative
- 43. CHAPTER 121 Council
- 44. CHAPTER 123 Ordinances and Resolutions
- 45. TITLE FIVE - Administrative
- 46. CHAPTER 131 Administrative Departments
- 47. CHAPTER 135 City Manager
- 48. CHAPTER 137 Department of Finance
- 49. CHAPTER 139 Department of Public Safety
- 50. CHAPTER 141 Police Division
- 51. CHAPTER 143 Fire Division
- 52. CHAPTER 145 Department of Public Service
- 53. CHAPTER 147 Department of Law
- 54. CHAPTER 149 Department of Utilities
- 55. CHAPTER 151 Department of Community Development
- 56. CHAPTER 155 Planning Commission
- 57. CHAPTER 157 Civil Service Commission
- 58. CHAPTER 161 Parks and Recreation Commission
- 59. CHAPTER 162 Morse Avenue Revitalization Committee
- 60. CHAPTER 165 Utility Committee
- 61. CHAPTER 167 Classification and Compensation Plan
- 62. TITLE SEVEN - Judicial
- 63. CHAPTER 181 Municipal Court
- 64. TITLE NINE - Taxation
- 65. CHAPTER 191 Income Tax Regulations Effective Through December 31, 2015
- 66. CHAPTER 192 Income Tax Regulations Effective Beginning January 1, 2016
- 67. CHAPTER 193 Motor Vehicle License Tax
- 68. CHAPTER 194 Lodging Tax
- 69. PART THREE - TRAFFIC CODE
- 70. TITLE ONE - Administration, Enforcement and Penalties
- 71. CHAPTER 302 Definitions
- 72. CHAPTER 304 Enforcement; Impounding
- 73. CHAPTER 306 Traffic Control
- 74. CHAPTER 308 Penalties
- 75. TITLE THREE - Public Ways and Traffic Control Devices
- 76. CHAPTER 312 Obstruction and Special Uses of Public Ways
- 77. CHAPTER 314 Traffic Control Devices
- 78. CHAPTER 316 Pedestrians
- 79. TITLE FIVE - Operation and Vehicles
- 80. CHAPTER 332 Operation Generally
- 81. CHAPTER 334 O.V.I.; Reckless Operation; Speed
- 82. CHAPTER 336 Licensing; Accidents
- 83. CHAPTER 338 Safety and Equipment
- 84. CHAPTER 340 Commercial and Heavy Vehicles
- 85. CHAPTER 342 Drivers of Commercial Vehicles
- 86. CHAPTER 343 Transportation of Medical Waste
- 87. CHAPTER 344 Bicycles and Motorcycles Generally
- 88. CHAPTER 346 Snowmobiles, Off-Highway Motorcycles and All-Purpose Vehicles
- 89. TITLE SEVEN - Parking
- 90. CHAPTER 352 Parking Generally
- 91. CHAPTER 353 Parking Meters and Off-Street Parking
- 92. PART FIVE - GENERAL OFFENSES CODE
- 93. CHAPTER 508 Administration, Enforcement and Public Service
- 94. CHAPTER 512 Alcoholic Beverages
- 95. CHAPTER 518 Animals
- 96. CHAPTER 524 Drugs
- 97. CHAPTER 530 Gambling
- 98. CHAPTER 536 Offenses Relating to Persons
- 99. CHAPTER 539 Noise Control
- 100. CHAPTER 542 Offenses Relating to Property
- 101. CHAPTER 548 Peace Disturbances
- 102. CHAPTER 553 Railroads
- 103. CHAPTER 560 Safety, Sanitation and Health
- 104. CHAPTER 566 Sex Related Offenses
- 105. CHAPTER 572 Theft and Fraud
- 106. CHAPTER 578 Weapons and Explosives
- 107. CHAPTER 598 Penalties and Sentencing
- 108. PART SEVEN - BUSINESS REGULATION CODE
- 109. CHAPTER 713 Detergent Sales
- 110. CHAPTER 719 Going-Out-of-Business Sales
- 111. CHAPTER 725 Junk Dealers
- 112. CHAPTER 731 Taxicabs
- 113. CHAPTER 734 Ice Cream Sales Vehicles/Carts
- 114. CHAPTER 735 Peddlers, Canvassers, Solicitors; Yard, Garage, Porch Sales
- 115. CHAPTER 737 Cable Television
- 116. CHAPTER 739 Sexually Oriented Businesses
- 117. PART NINE - STREETS, UTILITIES AND PUBLIC SERVICES CODE
- 118. TITLE ONE - Street and Sidewalk Areas
- 119. CHAPTER 905 General Provisions
- 120. CHAPTER 907 Excavations
- 121. CHAPTER 909 Sidewalks
- 122. CHAPTER 913 Curb Cuts
- 123. CHAPTER 915 Public Rights-of-Way
- 124. CHAPTER 917 Weeds and Trees
- 125. CHAPTER 919 Use of Public Ways for Small Cell Wireless Facilities and Wireless Support Structures
- 126. TITLE THREE - Utilities
- 127. CHAPTER 925 General Provisions
- 128. CHAPTER 929 Electric Service
- 129. CHAPTER 933 Water Service
- 130. CHAPTER 937 Wastewater Collection and Treatment
- 131. CHAPTER 939 Water Supply and Fire Hydrant Regulations
- 132. CHAPTER 941 Storm Water Utility and Storm Water Management
- 133. CHAPTER 943 Illicit Discharge and Illegal Connection Control
- 134. TITLE FIVE - Other Public Services
- 135. CHAPTER 955 Refuse Collection
- 136. PART ELEVEN - PLANNING AND ZONING CODE
- 137. TITLE ONE - ZONING ADMINISTRATION
- 138. CHAPTER 1105 General Provisions
- 139. CHAPTER 1107 Definitions
- 140. CHAPTER 1109 Administration
- 141. CHAPTER 1111 Development Review Procedures
- 142. TITLE THREE - ZONING DISTRICTS AND REGULATIONS
- 143. CHAPTER 1113 Zoning District Regulations
- 144. CHAPTER 1115 Use Specific Standards For Main Uses
- 145. CHAPTER 1117 Site Development Standards For Main Uses
- 146. CHAPTER 1119 Accessory And Temporary Uses
- 147. CHAPTER 1121 Nonconforming Lots, Structures and Uses
- 148. CHAPTER 1123 Planned Unit Development Overlay District
- 149. CHAPTER 1125 Parking and Loading
- 150. CHAPTER 1127 Signs
- 151. CHAPTER 1129 Historic Downtown Design Review District
- 152. CHAPTER 1131 Richmond Street Design Review District
- 153. CHAPTER 1133 Historic Preservation District
- 154. TITLE FIVE - SUBDIVISION REGULATIONS
- 155. CHAPTER 1135 Subdivision Design Standards
- 156. CHAPTER 1136 Installation of Utility Structures
- 157. CHAPTER 1137 Improvements
- 158. CHAPTER 1139 Riparian Setbacks
- 159. CHAPTER 1141 Hillside Areas
- 160. CHAPTER 1143 Erosion and Sediment Control
- 161. PART THIRTEEN - BUILDING CODE
- 162. TITLE ONE - Administration
- 163. CHAPTER 1303 Permits and Fees
- 164. CHAPTER 1305 Electrical Contractors
- 165. CHAPTER 1306 General Contractor Registration
- 166. CHAPTER 1307 Plumbing Contractors
- 167. CHAPTER 1308 Sewer Contractors
- 168. CHAPTER 1309 Heating, Ventilating and Air Conditioning Contractors
- 169. CHAPTER 1311 Building Movers
- 170. TITLE THREE - General Standards
- 171. CHAPTER 1321 Ohio Building Code
- 172. CHAPTER 1323 Residential Building Code of Ohio For One-, Two- and Three-Family Dwellings
- 173. CHAPTER 1325 National Electrical Code
- 174. TITLE FIVE - Local Requirements
- 175. CHAPTER 1335 Electrical Regulations
- 176. CHAPTER 1337 Plumbing Standards
- 177. CHAPTER 1339 Unsafe Structures
- 178. CHAPTER 1341 Signs
- 179. CHAPTER 1343 Building Numbering
- 180. CHAPTER 1345 Utility Lines
- 181. CHAPTER 1347 Incinerators and Air Contaminating Equipment
- 182. CHAPTER 1349 Property Maintenance Code
- 183. CHAPTER 1351 Satellite Signal Receiving Stations
- 184. CHAPTER 1353 Flood Damage Prevention
- 185. TITLE SEVEN - Housing Code
- 186. CHAPTER 1363 Definitions and Interpretation
- 187. CHAPTER 1365 Administration and Enforcement
- 188. CHAPTER 1367 Minimum Standards
- 189. CHAPTER 1369 Duties of Occupants
- 190. CHAPTER 1371 Rooming Houses
- 191. Chapter 1373 Rental Dwelling Registration
- 192. CHAPTER 1375 Vacant Property and Building Registration
- 193. TITLE NINE - Additional Housing Standards
- 194. CHAPTER 1377 Fair Housing Code
- 195. CHAPTER 1379 Clandestine Drug Labs
- 196. PART FIFTEEN - FIRE PREVENTION CODE
- 197. CHAPTER 1507 General Provisions
- 198. CHAPTER 1509 Storage of Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG) and Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG)
- 199. CHAPTER 1511 Open Burning
- 200. CHAPTER 1519 Fireworks
- 201. CHAPTER 1521 Fire Lanes