Parma Heights, Ohio, OH Municipal Code — every chapter, in plain language

Current through June 22, 2026 | State legislation current through December 31, 2025. Official source: https://codelibrary.amlegal.com/codes/parmaheights/latest/overview

Every town writes its own rules, and Parma Heights, Ohio's live in its municipal code — 234 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 PARMA HEIGHTS, OHIO
2. CITY OF PARMA HEIGHTS DIRECTORY OF OFFICIALS (2026)
3. EDITOR'S NOTE
4. COMPARATIVE SECTION TABLE
5. TABLES OF SPECIAL ORDINANCES OF PARMA HEIGHTS
6. TABLE B - EASEMENTS
7. TABLE C - VACATING OF STREETS AND ALLEYS
8. TABLE D - DEDICATION AND PLAT APPROVAL
9. TABLE E - ACQUISITION AND DISPOSAL OF REAL PROPERTY
10. TABLE F - LEASE OF REAL PROPERTY
11. TABLE G - STREET GRADE LEVELS AND CHANGE OF STREET NAME
12. TABLE H - ANNEXATION AND DETACHMENT OF TERRITORY
13. TABLE I - ZONING MAP CHANGES
14. CHARTER OF PARMA HEIGHTS, OHIO
15. ARTICLE I POWERS OF THE MUNICIPALITY (CORPORATE POWERS)
16. ARTICLE II THE MAYOR
17. ARTICLE III THE COUNCIL
18. ARTICLE IV ADMINISTRATIVE DEPARTMENTS, BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS
19. ARTICLE V FINANCES
20. ARTICLE VI NOMINATIONS AND ELECTIONS
21. ARTICLE VII INITIATIVE, REFERENDUM AND RECALL
22. ARTICLE VIII FRANCHISES (GENERAL PROVISIONS)
23. ARTICLE IX AMENDMENTS TO CHARTER (GENERAL PROVISIONS)
24. ARTICLE X CHARTER REVIEW COMMISSION (GENERAL PROVISIONS)
25. ARTICLE XI MISCELLANEOUS
26. APPENDIX
27. PART ONE - ADMINISTRATIVE CODE
28. TITLE ONE - General Provisions
29. CHAPTER 101 Codified Ordinances
30. CHAPTER 103 Official Standards
31. CHAPTER 105 Payments to Contractors
32. CHAPTER 106 Wage Enforcement
33. CHAPTER 107 Public Meetings
34. CHAPTER 109 Ward Boundaries
35. CHAPTER 111 City-Issued Credit/Purchasing Card Policy
36. TITLE THREE - Legislative
37. CHAPTER 121 Council
38. CHAPTER 123 Ordinances and Resolutions
39. TITLE FIVE - Administrative
40. CHAPTER 141 Mayor
41. CHAPTER 142 Director of Administration, Personnel and Intergovernmental Relations
42. CHAPTER 143 Department of Law
43. CHAPTER 145 Department of Finance
44. CHAPTER 147 Department of Public Service
45. CHAPTER 149 Department of Public Safety
46. CHAPTER 151 Department of Police
47. CHAPTER 153 Department of Fire
48. CHAPTER 155 Department of Recreation
49. CHAPTER 157 Department of Public Information and Public Relations
50. CHAPTER 158 Director of Human Resources
51. CHAPTER 159 Municipal Engineer
52. CHAPTER 161 Building Inspector
53. CHAPTER 163 Boards and Commissions Generally
54. CHAPTER 165 Civil Service Commission
55. CHAPTER 167 Building Commission
56. CHAPTER 169 Recreation Commission
57. CHAPTER 170 Fair Housing Review Board
58. CHAPTER 171 Moral Claims Commission (Repealed)
59. CHAPTER 172 Public Properties Commission
60. CHAPTER 173 Planning Commission
61. CHAPTER 175 Board of Zoning Appeals
62. CHAPTER 176 Community Improvement Corporation
63. CHAPTER 177 Board of Tax Appeals
64. CHAPTER 179 Employees Generally
65. TITLE SEVEN - Judicial
66. CHAPTER 181 Mayor's Court
67. TITLE NINE - Taxation
68. CHAPTER 191 Admissions Tax
69. CHAPTER 193 Earned Income Tax Regulations Effective Through December 31, 2015
70. CHAPTER 194 Earned Income Tax Regulations Effective Beginning January 1, 2016
71. CHAPTER 195 Motor Vehicle License Tax
72. PART THREE - TRAFFIC CODE
73. TITLE ONE - Administration
74. CHAPTER 301 Definitions
75. CHAPTER 303 Enforcement; Impounding; General Code Penalty
76. CHAPTER 305 Traffic Control
77. TITLE THREE - Streets and Traffic Control Devices
78. CHAPTER 311 Street Obstructions and Special Uses
79. CHAPTER 313 Traffic Control Devices
80. CHAPTER 315 Traffic Law Photo Monitoring
81. TITLE FIVE - Vehicles
82. CHAPTER 331 Operation Generally
83. CHAPTER 333 O.V.I.; Reckless Operation; Speed
84. CHAPTER 335 Licensing; Accidents
85. CHAPTER 337 Safety and Equipment
86. CHAPTER 339 Commercial and Heavy Vehicles
87. CHAPTER 341 Drivers of Commercial Vehicles
88. CHAPTER 343 Offenses Relating to Theft and Fraud
89. CHAPTER 345 Snowmobiles, Off-Highway Motorcycles and All-Purpose Vehicles
90. TITLE SEVEN - Parking
91. CHAPTER 351 Parking Generally
92. TITLE NINE - Pedestrians, Bicycles and Motorcycles
93. CHAPTER 371 Pedestrians
94. CHAPTER 373 Bicycles, Electric Bicycles, Electric Scooters, Personal Assistive Mobility Devices, and Motorcycles
95. PART SIX - GENERAL OFFENSES CODE
96. CHAPTER 608 Abortion
97. CHAPTER 612 Alcoholic Beverages
98. CHAPTER 618 Animals and Fowl
99. CHAPTER 619 Smoking Ban
100. CHAPTER 620 Drugs
101. CHAPTER 622 Fair Housing
102. CHAPTER 624 Gambling
103. CHAPTER 630 Minors
104. CHAPTER 634 Property Nuisances
105. CHAPTER 636 Offenses Relating to Persons
106. CHAPTER 642 Offenses Relating to Property
107. CHAPTER 648 Peace Disturbances
108. CHAPTER 660 Safety, Sanitation and Health
109. CHAPTER 666 Sex Related Offenses
110. CHAPTER 672 Weapons and Explosives
111. CHAPTER 678 Weeds
112. CHAPTER 680 Abatement of Criminal Activity Nuisances
113. CHAPTER 698 Penalties and Sentencing
114. PART SEVEN - BUSINESS REGULATION CODE
115. CHAPTER 707 Amusement Places
116. CHAPTER 711 Apartment Buildings
117. CHAPTER 715 Auctions
118. CHAPTER 719 Billiards and Pool
119. CHAPTER 723 Bowling Alleys
120. CHAPTER 727 Commercial Establishments
121. CHAPTER 729 Donation/Recycling Bins
122. CHAPTER 731 Drive-in Businesses
123. CHAPTER 735 Fortunetelling
124. CHAPTER 739 Hotels, Motels, Tourist Courts and Rooming Houses
125. CHAPTER 743 Frozen Dessert Peddlers
126. CHAPTER 747 Junk Dealers and Secondhand Stores
127. CHAPTER 751 Mechanical Amusement Devices and Interactive Entertainment and Computer Sweepstake Devices
128. CHAPTER 752 Medical Marijuana Operations
129. CHAPTER 755 New Car Sales
130. CHAPTER 756 Vehicle Title Loan Facility
131. CHAPTER 759 Peddlers
132. CHAPTER 763 Public Sales
133. CHAPTER 765 Sexually Oriented Businesses
134. CHAPTER 767 Solicitors and Canvassers
135. CHAPTER 769 Short-Term Rentals (Repealed)
136. CHAPTER 771 Sunday Sales
137. CHAPTER 773 Tattoo Parlors
138. CHAPTER 775 Taxicabs
139. CHAPTER 777 Use of Public Ways by Service Providers
140. CHAPTER 779 Food Trucks
141. PART NINE - STREETS AND PUBLIC SERVICES CODE
142. TITLE ONE - Street and Sidewalk Areas
143. CHAPTER 901 Excavations and Curb Cuts
144. CHAPTER 903 Dedication and Paving of Streets
145. CHAPTER 905 Sidewalks
146. Chapter 906 Concrete for Driveways, Sidewalks, Patios and Streets
147. CHAPTER 907 Culverts and Driveways
148. CHAPTER 909 Master Street Tree Plan
149. CHAPTER 911 Telecommunications and Utility Right-of-Way Permits
150. TITLE THREE - Public Utilities
151. CHAPTER 931 Sewers
152. CHAPTER 933 Water
153. CHAPTER 935 Illicit Discharge and Illegal Connection Control
154. TITLE FIVE - Other Public Services
155. CHAPTER 961 Parks and Playgrounds
156. CHAPTER 963 Municipal Cemetery
157. CHAPTER 964 Indigent Burial
158. CHAPTER 965 Garbage and Rubbish Collection and Disposal
159. CHAPTER 967 Gun Range
160. CHAPTER 969 Municipal Swimming Pool
161. CHAPTER 971 City Jail
162. PART ELEVEN - PLANNING AND ZONING CODE
163. TITLE ONE - Planning
164. CHAPTER 1101 Planning Commission
165. CHAPTER 1103 Subdivision Regulations
166. CHAPTER 1104 Community Reinvestment Area
167. CHAPTER 1105 Erosion and Sediment Control
168. CHAPTER 1106 Comprehensive Stormwater Management
169. CHAPTER 1107 Riparian Setbacks
170. CHAPTER 1108 Wetland Setbacks
171. TITLE FIVE - Zoning Administration
172. CHAPTER 1131 Definitions
173. CHAPTER 1133 Applications and Plan Review
174. CHAPTER 1135 Conditional Use Permits
175. CHAPTER 1137 Enforcement; Penalty
176. CHAPTER 1139 Board of Zoning Appeals
177. CHAPTER 1141 Nonconforming Uses, Structures and Lots
178. CHAPTER 1143 General Regulations
179. TITLE SEVEN- Zoning Districts and Uses; Map
180. CHAPTER 1161 Districts and Building Zone Map
181. CHAPTER 1163 Amendments
182. TITLE NINE - Zoning Use Districts
183. CHAPTER 1171 Class A Districts
184. CHAPTER 1173 Class A-1 Districts
185. CHAPTER 1174 Class A-2 Districts
186. CHAPTER 1175 Class HB Districts
187. CHAPTER 1177 Class B Districts
188. CHAPTER 1179 Class B-1 Districts
189. CHAPTER 1181 Class C Districts
190. CHAPTER 1183 Class C-1 Districts
191. CHAPTER 1184 Senior Citizen Residential District
192. CHAPTER 1185 Mixed Use Districts
193. CHAPTER 1186 Planned Unit Developments
194. CHAPTER 1187 Off-Street Parking
195. CHAPTER 1189 Community Residential Facilities
196. CHAPTER 1190 Marijuana Dispensaries
197. CHAPTER 1191 Type B Family Day-Care Homes
198. CHAPTER 1193 Yard Structures and Landscape Features
199. CHAPTER 1195 Use-Specific Regulations
200. PART THIRTEEN - BUILDING CODE
201. TITLE ONE - Standards
202. CHAPTER 1301 Residential Code of Ohio
203. CHAPTER 1303 Ohio Building Code
204. CHAPTER 1305 National Electrical Code
205. TITLE THREE - Administration
206. CHAPTER 1321 Building Fees
207. CHAPTER 1323 Building Inspector
208. CHAPTER 1325 Building Permits; Contractor Registration
209. CHAPTER 1327 Occupancy Permits; Inspection
210. CHAPTER 1329 Electrical, Plumbing and Heating Permits
211. CHAPTER 1331 Schedule of Specifications
212. TITLE FIVE - Other Local Provisions
213. CHAPTER 1361 Exterior Lampposts
214. CHAPTER 1363 Exterior Property Maintenance Code
215. CHAPTER 1365 Garbage Disposals
216. CHAPTER 1367 Numbering Buildings
217. CHAPTER 1369 Masonry
218. CHAPTER 1371 Sanitary and Storm Sewers (Repealed)
219. CHAPTER 1373 Multi-Family Buildings
220. CHAPTER 1375 Swimming Pools
221. CHAPTER 1378 Dish-Type Satellite Signal-Receiving Earth Stations
222. CHAPTER 1379 Unsafe Buildings
223. CHAPTER 1381 Yard Grading
224. CHAPTER 1383 Signs
225. CHAPTER 1385 Flood Damage Reduction
226. CHAPTER 1386 Blasting Operations
227. CHAPTER 1388 Accessory Buildings
228. CHAPTER 1390 Wireless Telecommunications Towers and Antennas
229. CHAPTER 1391 Storage Areas for Commercial Waste Receptacles
230. CHAPTER 1392 Entrance Walks
231. CHAPTER 1394 Registration and Exterior Inspection of Rental Properties
232. PART FIFTEEN - FIRE PREVENTION CODE
233. CHAPTER 1503 Local Provisions
234. CHAPTER 1505 Fire Prevention Code