Every town writes its own rules, and Richfield, Ohio's live in its municipal code — 196 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. Richfield, Ohio
- 2. CODIFIED ORDINANCES OF RICHFIELD, OHIO
- 3. CERTIFICATION
- 4. ROSTER OF OFFICIALS
- 5. ADOPTING ORDINANCE No. 4-1975
- 6. EDITOR'S NOTE
- 7. COMPARATIVE SECTION TABLE
- 8. TABLES OF SPECIAL ORDINANCES
- 9. TABLE A - FRANCHISES
- 10. TABLE B - EASEMENTS
- 11. TABLE C - VACATING OF STREETS AND ALLEYS
- 12. TABLE D - DEDICATION AND PLAT APPROVAL
- 13. TABLE E - ACQUISITION AND DISPOSAL OF REAL PROPERTY
- 14. TABLE F - LEASE OF REAL PROPERTY
- 15. TABLE G - STREET GRADE LEVELS AND CHANGE OF STREET NAME
- 16. TABLE H - ANNEXATION AND DETACHMENT OF TERRITORY
- 17. TABLE I - ZONING MAP CHANGES
- 18. CHARTER
- 19. Article I NAME AND BOUNDARIES
- 20. Article II POWERS OF THE MUNICIPALITY
- 21. Article III MAYOR
- 22. Article IV COUNCIL
- 23. Article V DEPARTMENT OF FINANCE
- 24. Article VI DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SERVICE
- 25. Article VII DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY
- 26. Article VIII DEPARTMENT OF LAW
- 27. Article IX DEPARTMENT OF PLANNING AND ZONING
- 28. Article X BOARD OF ZONING APPEALS
- 29. Article XI BOARD OF BUILDING CODE APPEALS
- 30. Article XII CIVIL SERVICE COMMISSION
- 31. Article XIII PARK AND RECREATION BOARD
- 32. Article XIV MUNICIPAL ENGINEER
- 33. Article XV FINANCES AND TAXATION
- 34. Article XVI NOMINATIONS AND ELECTIONS
- 35. Article XVII INITIATIVE, REFERENDUM AND RECALL
- 36. Article XVIII AMENDMENTS TO CHARTER
- 37. Article XIX GENERAL PROVISIONS
- 38. PART ONE - ADMINISTRATIVE CODE
- 39. TITLE ONE - General Provisions
- 40. CHAPTER 101 Codified Ordinances
- 41. CHAPTER 103 Official Standards
- 42. CHAPTER 105 Village Hall
- 43. TITLE THREE - Legislative
- 44. CHAPTER 121 Council
- 45. CHAPTER 123 Ordinances and Resolutions
- 46. CHAPTER 125 Records
- 47. CHAPTER 127 Records Commission
- 48. TITLE FIVE - Administration
- 49. CHAPTER 131 Mayor
- 50. CHAPTER 133 Clerk of Council
- 51. CHAPTER 135 Municipal Engineer
- 52. CHAPTER 137 Department of Law
- 53. CHAPTER 139 Department of Finance
- 54. CHAPTER 141 Department of Public Service
- 55. CHAPTER 142 Richfield Cemetery Board
- 56. CHAPTER 143 Department of Public Safety
- 57. CHAPTER 145 Division of Police
- 58. CHAPTER 147 Division of Fire
- 59. CHAPTER 148 Planning and Zoning Commission
- 60. CHAPTER 149 Civil Service Commission
- 61. CHAPTER 150 Human Services Commission
- 62. CHAPTER 151 Park and Recreation Board
- 63. CHAPTER 152 Tree Commission
- 64. CHAPTER 153 Employee Provisions
- 65. CHAPTER 155 Public Tree and Landscape Commission
- 66. CHAPTER 156 Cable Television Advisory Committee
- 67. CHAPTER 157 Board of Zoning Appeals
- 68. TITLE SEVEN - Judicial
- 69. CHAPTER 171 Mayor's Court
- 70. TITLE NINE - Taxation
- 71. CHAPTER 191 Income Tax
- 72. CHAPTER 192 Income Tax Effective January 1, 2016
- 73. CHAPTER 193 Hotel and Motel Tax
- 74. CHAPTER 195 Motor Vehicle License Tax
- 75. PART THREE - TRAFFIC CODE
- 76. TITLE ONE - Administration
- 77. CHAPTER 301 Definitions
- 78. CHAPTER 303 Enforcement, Impounding and Penalty
- 79. CHAPTER 305 Traffic Control
- 80. TITLE THREE - Streets and Traffic Control Devices
- 81. CHAPTER 311 Street Obstructions and Special Uses
- 82. CHAPTER 313 Traffic Control Devices
- 83. TITLE FIVE - Vehicles
- 84. CHAPTER 331 Operation Generally
- 85. CHAPTER 333 OVI; Willful Misconduct; Speed
- 86. CHAPTER 335 Licensing; Accidents
- 87. CHAPTER 337 Safety and Equipment
- 88. CHAPTER 339 Commercial and Heavy Vehicles
- 89. CHAPTER 341 Commercial Drivers
- 90. CHAPTER 343 Motor Transportation Companies
- 91. TITLE SEVEN - Parking
- 92. CHAPTER 351 Parking Generally
- 93. TITLE NINE - Pedestrians, Bicycles and Motorcycles
- 94. CHAPTER 371 Pedestrians
- 95. CHAPTER 373 Bicycles and Motorcycles
- 96. CHAPTER 375 Snowmobiles, Off-Highway Motorcycles and All Purpose Vehicles
- 97. PART FIVE - GENERAL OFFENSES CODE
- 98. CHAPTER 505 Animals and Fowl
- 99. CHAPTER 509 Disorderly Conduct
- 100. CHAPTER 510 Minors' Curfew
- 101. CHAPTER 511 Disturbing the Peace
- 102. CHAPTER 513 Drug Abuse Control
- 103. CHAPTER 517 Gambling
- 104. CHAPTER 521 Health, Safety and Sanitation
- 105. CHAPTER 525 Law Enforcement and Public Office
- 106. CHAPTER 529 Liquor Control
- 107. CHAPTER 533 Obscenity and Sex Offenses
- 108. CHAPTER 537 Offenses Against Persons
- 109. CHAPTER 541 Property Offenses
- 110. CHAPTER 545 Theft and Fraud
- 111. CHAPTER 549 Weapons and Explosives
- 112. PART SEVEN - BUSINESS REGULATION CODE
- 113. CHAPTER 711 Bowling, Billiards and Pool
- 114. CHAPTER 713 Circuses, Carnivals and Musical Entertainments
- 115. CHAPTER 715 Peddlers, Itinerant Vendors and Solicitors
- 116. CHAPTER 717 Temporary Stores (Repealed)
- 117. CHAPTER 721 Emergency Alarms
- 118. CHAPTER 725 Oil and Gas Wells
- 119. CHAPTER 726 Recovery of Costs of Emergency Actions
- 120. CHAPTER 727 Licensing and Operation of Sexually Oriented Businesses
- 121. CHAPTER 729 Helicopters
- 122. CHAPTER 731 Video Service Providers
- 123. CHAPTER 733 Tobacco Products
- 124. CHAPTER 735 Recreational Marijuana
- 125. PART NINE - STREETS, UTILITIES AND PUBLIC SERVICES CODE
- 126. TITLE ONE - Street and Sidewalk Areas
- 127. CHAPTER 901 Street Improvements
- 128. CHAPTER 903 Excavations
- 129. CHAPTER 907 Sidewalks
- 130. CHAPTER 909 Mailbox Facilities
- 131. CHAPTER 911 Culverts and Ditches
- 132. CHAPTER 915 Tree Care
- 133. TITLE THREE - Utilities
- 134. CHAPTER 921 Sewer and Water Districts
- 135. CHAPTER 923 Water
- 136. CHAPTER 925 Sewers
- 137. CHAPTER 926 Use of Public and Private Sewers
- 138. CHAPTER 927 Private Waste Water Treatment Plants
- 139. CHAPTER 929 Septic Tanks and Cesspools
- 140. CHAPTER 931 Underground Utilities
- 141. CHAPTER 933 Use of Public Right-of-Way by Service Providers
- 142. TITLE FIVE - Other Public Services
- 143. CHAPTER 941 Rubbish Collection and Disposal
- 144. CHAPTER 945 Cemeteries
- 145. CHAPTER 947 Pistol Firing Range
- 146. PART ELEVEN - PLANNING AND ZONING CODE
- 147. TITLE ONE - Zoning General Provisions and Administration
- 148. CHAPTER 1101 Purpose
- 149. CHAPTER 1103 Definitions
- 150. CHAPTER 1105 Enforcement, Zoning Certificates and Penalty
- 151. CHAPTER 1107 Board of Zoning Appeals
- 152. CHAPTER 1109 Amendments
- 153. CHAPTER 1111 District Classification and Zoning Map
- 154. CHAPTER 1113 Nonconforming Uses
- 155. CHAPTER 1115 Annexation
- 156. TITLE THREE - Zoning, Residential Districts Regulations
- 157. CHAPTER 1120 CD Conservation District
- 158. CHAPTER 1122 RR Single-Family Rural Residential District
- 159. CHAPTER 1124 R-1 Single-Family Residential District
- 160. CHAPTER 1126 R-2 Single-Family Residential District
- 161. CHAPTER 1128 RCD Single-Family Conservation Development
- 162. CHAPTER 1130 R-3 Cluster Residential District
- 163. CHAPTER 1132 R-4 Multifamily Residential District
- 164. TITLE FIVE - Zoning, Commercial Districts Regulations
- 165. CHAPTER 1145 C-H Historic Commercial Districts I and II
- 166. CHAPTER 1147 C-1 Local Retail District
- 167. CHAPTER 1149 C-2 General Business District
- 168. CHAPTER 1151 C-3 Special Commercial District
- 169. CHAPTER 1153 Planned Commerce District
- 170. CHAPTER 1155 OL Office Laboratory District
- 171. CHAPTER 1157 O/LI Office and Limited Industrial District
- 172. CHAPTER 1159 I Industrial District
- 173. CHAPTER 1161 Location of Sexually Oriented Businesses
- 174. TITLE SEVEN - Zoning Regulations Applied to All Districts
- 175. CHAPTER 1163 Signs
- 176. CHAPTER 1165 Oil and Gas Production
- 177. CHAPTER 1167 Grading, Excavation, and Embankment
- 178. CHAPTER 1169 Erosion and Sediment Control and Post Construction Storm Water Quality
- 179. CHAPTER 1171 Development Plans
- 180. CHAPTER 1173 Conditional Uses
- 181. CHAPTER 1175 Wireless Telecommunication Facility
- 182. CHAPTER 1177 Off-street Parking and Loading Requirements
- 183. CHAPTER 1179 Riparian Setbacks
- 184. CHAPTER 1181 Supplementary Regulations
- 185. CHAPTER 1183 Prohibition of Medical Marijuana Activities
- 186. CHAPTER 1185 Prohibition of Travel Centers
- 187. PART THIRTEEN - BUILDING CODE
- 188. CHAPTER 1303 Administration
- 189. CHAPTER 1304 Ohio Basic Building Code
- 190. CHAPTER 1305 Building Moving
- 191. CHAPTER 1307 Exterior Property Maintenance Code
- 192. CHAPTER 1309 Flood Damage Prevention
- 193. PART FIFTEEN - FIRE PREVENTION CODE
- 194. CHAPTER 1513 Open Burning
- 195. CHAPTER 1515 Storage Tanks
- 196. CHAPTER 1519 Fireworks