Every town writes its own rules, and Sebring, Ohio's live in its municipal code — 183 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. Sebring, Ohio
- 2. CODIFIED ORDINANCES OF SEBRING, OHIO
- 3. CERTIFICATION
- 4. ROSTER OF OFFICIALS
- 5. ADOPTING ORDINANCE NO. 1232-80
- 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 OF PROPERTY
- 13. TABLE E - PURCHASE OF PROPERTY FOR CITY USE
- 14. TABLE F - ANNEXATION OF TERRITORY
- 15. TABLE G - SALE OF PROPERTY
- 16. TABLE H - LEASE OF PROPERTY
- 17. TABLE I - GRADE LEVELS
- 18. TABLE J - ZONING MAP CHANGES
- 19. TABLE K - ZONING VARIANCES
- 20. CHARTER
- 21. PREAMBLE
- 22. ARTICLE I GENERAL ORGANIZATION
- 23. ARTICLE II GOVERNMENTAL POWERS GRANTED
- 24. ARTICLE III COUNCIL AND MAYOR-PRESIDENT OF COUNCIL
- 25. ARTICLE IV LEGISLATIVE PROCEDURE, ORDINANCES, AND RESOLUTIONS
- 26. ARTICLE V MANAGER
- 27. ARTICLE VI ADMINISTRATIVE DEPARTMENTS
- 28. ARTICLE VII BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS
- 29. ARTICLE VIII NOMINATIONS, ELECTIONS AND RECALL
- 30. ARTICLE IX INITIATIVE AND REFERENDUM
- 31. ARTICLE X FINANCES, TAXATION AND DEBT
- 32. ARTICLE XI GENERAL PROVISIONS
- 33. ARTICLE XII TRANSITIONAL PROVISIONS
- 34. PART ONE - ADMINISTRATIVE CODE
- 35. TITLE ONE - General Provisions
- 36. CHAPTER 101 Codified Ordinances
- 37. CHAPTER 103 Official Standards
- 38. CHAPTER 105 Open Meetings
- 39. TITLE THREE - Legislative
- 40. CHAPTER 111 Council
- 41. CHAPTER 113 Ordinances and Resolutions
- 42. TITLE FIVE - Administrative
- 43. CHAPTER 121 Mayor-President of Council
- 44. CHAPTER 123 Manager
- 45. CHAPTER 125 Solicitor
- 46. CHAPTER 127 Department of Finance
- 47. CHAPTER 129 Department of Public Service
- 48. CHAPTER 131 Department of Public Safety
- 49. CHAPTER 133 Division of Police
- 50. CHAPTER 135 Volunteer Fire Department Division of Fire and EMS
- 51. CHAPTER 137 Municipal Engineer
- 52. CHAPTER 139 Civil Service Commission
- 53. CHAPTER 141 Park and Recreation Board
- 54. CHAPTER 143 Board of Health
- 55. CHAPTER 145 Housing, Building and Zoning Department
- 56. CHAPTER 146 Design Review Board
- 57. CHAPTER 147 Employment Provisions
- 58. CHAPTER 149 Civil Service Commission
- 59. CHAPTER 151 Records Retention Commission
- 60. TITLE SEVEN - Taxation
- 61. CHAPTER 171 Income Tax
- 62. CHAPTER 172 Income Tax Effective January 1, 2016
- 63. CHAPTER 173 Motor Vehicle License Tax
- 64. CHAPTER 175 Additional Motor Vehicle License Tax
- 65. CHAPTER 195 Transient Occupancy Tax
- 66. PART THREE - TRAFFIC CODE
- 67. TITLE ONE - Administration
- 68. CHAPTER 301 Definitions
- 69. CHAPTER 303 Enforcement, Impounding and Penalty
- 70. CHAPTER 305 Traffic Control
- 71. TITLE THREE - Streets and Traffic Control Devices
- 72. CHAPTER 311 Street Obstructions and Special Uses
- 73. CHAPTER 313 Traffic Control Devices
- 74. TITLE FIVE - Vehicles
- 75. CHAPTER 331 Operation Generally
- 76. CHAPTER 333 OVI; Willful Misconduct; Speed
- 77. CHAPTER 335 Licensing; Accidents
- 78. CHAPTER 337 Safety and Equipment
- 79. CHAPTER 339 Commercial and Heavy Vehicles
- 80. CHAPTER 341 Commercial Drivers
- 81. CHAPTER 343 Underspeed Vehicles
- 82. TITLE SEVEN - Parking
- 83. CHAPTER 351 Parking Generally
- 84. TITLE NINE - Pedestrians, Bicycles and Motorcycles
- 85. CHAPTER 371 Pedestrians
- 86. CHAPTER 373 Bicycles and Motorcycles
- 87. CHAPTER 375 Snowmobiles, Off-Highway Motorcycles and All Purpose Vehicles
- 88. PART FIVE - GENERAL OFFENSES CODE
- 89. CHAPTER 503 Advertising, Billposting and Handbills
- 90. CHAPTER 505 Animals and Fowl
- 91. CHAPTER 509 Disorderly Conduct and Peace Disturbance
- 92. CHAPTER 513 Drug Abuse Control
- 93. CHAPTER 517 Gambling
- 94. CHAPTER 521 Health, Safety and Sanitation
- 95. CHAPTER 525 Law Enforcement and Public Office
- 96. CHAPTER 529 Liquor Control
- 97. CHAPTER 531 Minors' Curfew
- 98. CHAPTER 533 Obscenity and Sex Offenses
- 99. CHAPTER 537 Offenses Against Persons
- 100. CHAPTER 539 Noise Regulations
- 101. CHAPTER 541 Property Offenses
- 102. CHAPTER 545 Theft and Fraud
- 103. CHAPTER 549 Weapons and Explosives
- 104. CHAPTER 553 Trees, Weeds and Grass
- 105. PART SEVEN - BUSINESS REGULATION CODE
- 106. CHAPTER 709 Auctions
- 107. CHAPTER 713 Bowling Alleys and Billiard Rooms
- 108. CHAPTER 715 Ice Cream Vendors
- 109. CHAPTER 717 Mechanical Amusement Devices
- 110. CHAPTER 721 Peddlers and Solicitors
- 111. CHAPTER 723 Garage Sales, Yard Sales, Estate Sales and Auctions in Residential Districts
- 112. CHAPTER 725 Taxicabs
- 113. CHAPTER 729 Temporary Stores and Transient Dealers
- 114. CHAPTER 733 Tree Trimmers or Tree Surgeons
- 115. CHAPTER 737 Private Haulers
- 116. CHAPTER 741 Fair Housing
- 117. CHAPTER 745 Vacant Property Registry
- 118. CHAPTER 763 Adult Cabaret Business
- 119. CHAPTER 767 Cable/Video Service Providers
- 120. PART NINE - STREETS, UTILITIES AND PUBLIC SERVICES CODE
- 121. TITLE ONE - Streets and Sidewalks
- 122. CHAPTER 901 Street Openings
- 123. CHAPTER 903 Sidewalks
- 124. TITLE THREE - Public Utilities
- 125. CHAPTER 931 Water and Sewer Regulations
- 126. CHAPTER 932 Private Wastewater Disposal
- 127. CHAPTER 933 Water and Sewer Charges
- 128. CHAPTER 935 Garbage and Rubbish (Repealed)
- 129. CHAPTER 937 Stormwater Management
- 130. TITLE FIVE - Other Public Services
- 131. CHAPTER 961 Parks
- 132. CHAPTER 963 Municipal Dump
- 133. CHAPTER 965 Swimming Pools
- 134. PART ELEVEN - PLANNING AND ZONING CODE
- 135. TITLE ONE - Planning
- 136. CHAPTER 1101 Planning Commission
- 137. TITLE THREE - Subdivision Regulations
- 138. CHAPTER 1111 General Provisions and Definitions
- 139. CHAPTER 1113 Administration, Enforcement and Penalty
- 140. CHAPTER 1115 Site Plat Review and Procedures
- 141. CHAPTER 1117 Signs
- 142. TITLE FIVE - Zoning Administration
- 143. CHAPTER 1131 Board of Appeals and Variances
- 144. TITLE SEVEN - Zoning Regulations
- 145. CHAPTER 1141 Districts and Boundaries
- 146. CHAPTER 1143 Residence Districts
- 147. CHAPTER 1145 Planned Unit Development District
- 148. CHAPTER 1147 Commercial Districts
- 149. CHAPTER 1149 I - Institutional District
- 150. CHAPTER 1151 Industrial Districts
- 151. CHAPTER 1153 Industrial Park District
- 152. TITLE NINE - Supplemental Regulations
- 153. CHAPTER 1161 Nonconforming Uses; Existing Buildings
- 154. CHAPTER 1163 Height, Bulk and Area Regulations
- 155. CHAPTER 1167 Factory-Produced Housing
- 156. TITLE ELEVEN - Parking Requirements
- 157. CHAPTER 1170 Parking Requirements
- 158. PART THIRTEEN - BUILDING CODE
- 159. CHAPTER 1303 Numbering of Buildings
- 160. CHAPTER 1305 International Property Maintenance Code
- 161. CHAPTER 1307 Residential Code of Ohio
- 162. CHAPTER 1309 Demolition of Structures
- 163. CHAPTER 1311 National Building Code
- 164. CHAPTER 1315 Public Nuisances and Unsafe Buildings
- 165. CHAPTER 1317 Nuisances Generally
- 166. CHAPTER 1319 Abatement of Nuisances
- 167. CHAPTER 1321 National Electrical Code
- 168. CHAPTER 1331 Housing Code
- 169. CHAPTER 1341 Nuisances and Unsafe Premises (Repealed)
- 170. CHAPTER 1351 Overhanging Signs and Canopies (Repealed)
- 171. CHAPTER 1361 Fire District
- 172. CHAPTER 1371 Commercial Maintenance Standards
- 173. CHAPTER 1375 Apartments
- 174. CHAPTER 1381 Smoke Detectors
- 175. CHAPTER 1391 Satellite Signal Receiving Earth Stations
- 176. CHAPTER 1392 Oil and Gas Wells; Mineral Extractions
- 177. CHAPTER 1395 Removal or Repair of Unsafe Structures
- 178. CHAPTER 1399 Flood Damage Reduction
- 179. PART FIFTEEN - FIRE PREVENTION CODE
- 180. CHAPTER 1511 Open Burning
- 181. CHAPTER 1519 Fireworks
- 182. CHAPTER 1521 Fire Prevention Code
- 183. CHAPTER 1531 Fire Damaged Structures