Every town writes its own rules, and Steubenville, Ohio's live in its municipal code — 229 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. Steubenville, Ohio
- 2. CODIFIED ORDINANCES OF THE CITY OF STEUBENVILLE, OHIO
- 3. CERTIFICATION
- 4. ROSTER OF OFFICIALS
- 5. ADOPTING ORDINANCE NO. 1985-231
- 6. EDITOR'S NOTE
- 7. COMPARATIVE SECTION TABLE
- 8. TABLES OF SPECIAL ORDINANCES OF STEUBENVILLE
- 9. TABLE A- FRANCHISES
- 10. TABLE B- EASEMENTS
- 11. TABLE C - DEDICATION OF PROPERTY
- 12. TABLE D - VACATING OF STREETS AND ALLEYS
- 13. TABLE E - SALE OF PROPERTY
- 14. TABLE F - PURCHASE OF PROPERTY FOR CITY USE
- 15. TABLE G - LEASE OF PROPERTY FOR CITY USE AND CITY PROPERTY TO OTHERS
- 16. TABLE H - GRADE LEVELS
- 17. TABLE I - ZONING MAP CHANGES
- 18. TABLE J - ANNEXATION OF PROPERTY
- 19. TABLE K - CHANGE OF NAME OF STREET
- 20. CHARTER
- 21. ARTICLE I - NAMES, BOUNDARIES, AND FORM OF GOVERNMENT
- 22. ARTICLE II COUNCIL AND MAYOR
- 23. ARTICLE III - ORDINANCES AND RESOLUTIONS
- 24. ARTICLE IV - THE CITY MANAGER
- 25. ARTICLE V - ADMINISTRATIVE DEPARTMENTS
- 26. ARTICLE VI - BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS
- 27. ARTICLE VII - FINANCE, TAXATION AND DEBT
- 28. ARTICLE VIII NOMINATIONS AND ELECTIONS
- 29. ARTICLE IX - INITIATIVE, REFERDUM AND RECALL
- 30. ARTICLE X - GENERAL PROVISIONS
- 31. PART ONE - ADMINISTRATIVE CODE
- 32. TITLE ONE - General Provisions
- 33. CHAPTER 101 Codified Ordinances
- 34. CHAPTER 103 Official Standards
- 35. CHAPTER 105 Wards and Boundaries
- 36. CHAPTER 107 Open Meetings
- 37. CHAPTER 109 Civil Emergencies
- 38. TITLE THREE - Legislative
- 39. CHAPTER 111 Council
- 40. CHAPTER 113 Ordinances and Resolutions
- 41. TITLE FIVE - Administrative
- 42. CHAPTER 117 Administrative Code
- 43. CHAPTER 119 Departments Generally
- 44. CHAPTER 121 City Manager
- 45. CHAPTER 123 Department of Law
- 46. CHAPTER 125 Department of Finance
- 47. CHAPTER 129 Department of Public Safety
- 48. CHAPTER 131 Division of Police
- 49. CHAPTER 133 Division of Fire and Emergency Medical Services
- 50. CHAPTER 139 Department of Public Works
- 51. CHAPTER 143 Urban Renewal and Community Development
- 52. CHAPTER 145 Employees Generally
- 53. CHAPTER 147 Identity Theft Policy
- 54. TITLE SEVEN - Boards and Commissions
- 55. CHAPTER 157 Parks and Recreation Board
- 56. CHAPTER 169 Wrestling Commission
- 57. CHAPTER 171 Fair Housing Commission
- 58. CHAPTER 177 Records Commission
- 59. CHAPTER 179 Utilities Delinquency Review Board
- 60. CHAPTER 180 Port Authority
- 61. TITLE NINE - Judicial
- 62. CHAPTER 181 Municipal Court
- 63. CHAPTER 183 Incarceration
- 64. CHAPTER 185 Administrative Search Warrants
- 65. TITLE ELEVEN - Taxation
- 66. CHAPTER 191 Earned Income Tax
- 67. CHAPTER 193 Transient Occupancy Tax
- 68. CHAPTER 195 Community Reinvestment Area
- 69. CHAPTER 197 Vehicle License Tax
- 70. TITLE THIRTEEN - Personal Information
- 71. CHAPTER 199 Privacy Act
- 72. TITLE FIFTEEN - Economic Development
- 73. CHAPTER 201 Economic Development Incentive Program (Repealed)
- 74. PART THREE - TRAFFIC CODE
- 75. TITLE ONE - Administration
- 76. CHAPTER 301 Definitions
- 77. CHAPTER 303 Enforcement, Impounding and Penalty
- 78. CHAPTER 305 Traffic Control
- 79. CHAPTER 307 Automated Traffic Enforcement System
- 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. TITLE SEVEN - Parking
- 91. CHAPTER 351 Parking Generally
- 92. CHAPTER 353 Central Business District Parking
- 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 and Peace Disturbance
- 100. CHAPTER 513 Drug Abuse Control
- 101. CHAPTER 517 Gambling
- 102. CHAPTER 521 Health, Safety and Sanitation
- 103. CHAPTER 525 Law Enforcement and Public Office
- 104. CHAPTER 529 Liquor Control
- 105. CHAPTER 533 Obscenity and Sex Offenses
- 106. CHAPTER 537 Offenses Against Persons
- 107. CHAPTER 541 Property Offenses
- 108. CHAPTER 545 Theft and Fraud
- 109. CHAPTER 549 Weapons and Explosives
- 110. CHAPTER 553 Railroads
- 111. CHAPTER 557 Criminal Activity Nuisances
- 112. CHAPTER 559 Use Nuisance Abatement Program
- 113. PART SEVEN - BUSINESS REGULATION CODE
- 114. CHAPTER 703 Ambulances
- 115. CHAPTER 704 Air Pollution Control
- 116. CHAPTER 705 Amusements
- 117. CHAPTER 715 Bowling Alleys
- 118. CHAPTER 725 Fortunetelling
- 119. CHAPTER 727 Going-Out-of-Business Sales
- 120. CHAPTER 731 Itinerant Vendors
- 121. CHAPTER 733 Junk Dealers
- 122. CHAPTER 747 Charitable and Religious Solicitations
- 123. CHAPTER 749 Peddlers and Solicitors
- 124. CHAPTER 751 Photographers
- 125. CHAPTER 753 Pool, Billiards
- 126. CHAPTER 757 Sales From Public Places
- 127. CHAPTER 767 Strip Mining
- 128. CHAPTER 769 Taxicabs
- 129. CHAPTER 783 Handgun Permits for Individuals and Dealers
- 130. CHAPTER 785 Alarm Businesses and Alarm Systems
- 131. CHAPTER 789 Video Service Providers
- 132. PART NINE - STREETS, UTILITIES AND PUBLIC SERVICES CODE
- 133. TITLE ONE - Street and Sidewalk Areas
- 134. CHAPTER 901 Excavations
- 135. CHAPTER 903 Curbs and Sidewalks
- 136. CHAPTER 905 House Numbering
- 137. CHAPTER 909 Tree Commission (Repealed)
- 138. TITLE THREE - Utilities
- 139. CHAPTER 921 Water
- 140. CHAPTER 925 Sewers
- 141. CHAPTER 929 Annexation; Water and Sewer Lines; Streets;
- 142. TITLE FIVE - Other Public Services
- 143. CHAPTER 951 Refuse Collection and Disposal
- 144. CHAPTER 953 Collection Service Fee
- 145. CHAPTER 955 City Recreational Facilities
- 146. PART ELEVEN - PLANNING AND ZONING CODE
- 147. TITLE ONE - Planning
- 148. CHAPTER 1101 Planning and Zoning Commission
- 149. CHAPTER 1103 Comprehensive Plan
- 150. TITLE THREE - Subdivision Regulations
- 151. CHAPTER 1111 General Provisions
- 152. CHAPTER 1113 Definitions
- 153. CHAPTER 1115 Application Procedures
- 154. CHAPTER 1117 Plat Requirements
- 155. CHAPTER 1119 Design Standards and Construction Requirements
- 156. CHAPTER 1121 Improvements
- 157. CHAPTER 1123 Enforcement and Penalty
- 158. CHAPTER 1125 Certificates and Acknowledgments
- 159. TITLE FIVE - Zoning Districts and Regulations
- 160. CHAPTER 1131 Purpose and Objectives
- 161. CHAPTER 1133 Definitions
- 162. CHAPTER 1135 Establishment of Districts
- 163. CHAPTER 1136 “R-A” Residential Agricultural District
- 164. CHAPTER 1137 "R-1" Low Density Residential District
- 165. CHAPTER 1139 "R-1A" Low Density Residential District
- 166. CHAPTER 1141 "R-2" Medium Density Residential District
- 167. CHAPTER 1143 "R-2A" Medium Density Residential District
- 168. CHAPTER 1145 "R-3" High Density Residential District
- 169. CHAPTER 1147 "R-3A" High Density Residential District
- 170. CHAPTER 1148 “R-4" Residential and Commercial District
- 171. CHAPTER 1149 "B-1" Central Business District
- 172. CHAPTER 1151 "B-2" Community Commercial District
- 173. CHAPTER 1153 "B-2A" Community Commercial District
- 174. CHAPTER 1155 "B-3" Regional Commercial District
- 175. CHAPTER 1157 "B-4" Professional and Business Office District
- 176. CHAPTER 1159 "B-5" Neighborhood Commercial District
- 177. CHAPTER 1161 "I-1" General Commercial and Industrial District
- 178. CHAPTER 1163 "I-1A" General Commercial and Industrial District
- 179. CHAPTER 1165 "I-2" Light Industrial District
- 180. CHAPTER 1167 "I-3" Heavy Industrial District
- 181. CHAPTER 1169 "C-1" Hillside Conservation District
- 182. CHAPTER 1171 "C-2" River Conservation District
- 183. CHAPTER 1173 "P" Public and Semi-Public District
- 184. CHAPTER 1175 “NC” Neighborhood Conservation District
- 185. CHAPTER 1177 "H" Historic District
- 186. CHAPTER 1179 "FH" Flood Hazard District
- 187. CHAPTER 1181 “UR” Urban Redevelopment District
- 188. TITLE SEVEN - Additional Zoning Standards
- 189. CHAPTER 1183 Planned Unit Developments
- 190. CHAPTER 1185 Supplementary Regulations
- 191. CHAPTER 1187 Nonconforming Uses, Buildings and Lots
- 192. TITLE NINE - Zoning Administration.
- 193. CHAPTER 1189 Board of Zoning Appeals
- 194. CHAPTER 1191 Conditional Uses; Amendments
- 195. CHAPTER 1193 Approvals, Permits, Enforcement and Penalty
- 196. TITLE ELEVEN - Housing and Property Maintenance.
- 197. CHAPTER 1195 Property Maintenance Code
- 198. CHAPTER 1197 Rental Housing Code
- 199. CHAPTER 1199 Vacant Property Registration
- 200. PART THIRTEEN - BUILDING CODE
- 201. TITLE ONE - Standards
- 202. CHAPTER 1301 Ohio Building Code
- 203. CHAPTER 1303 Residential Building Code of Ohio for One, Two and Three-Family Dwellings
- 204. CHAPTER 1305 Plumbing Code
- 205. CHAPTER 1307 National Electrical Code
- 206. CHAPTER 1309 Signs and Outdoor Displays
- 207. CHAPTER 1311 Sidewalks, Driveways and Curb Cuts
- 208. CHAPTER 1313 Lines and Grades
- 209. TITLE THREE - Administration
- 210. CHAPTER 1321 Building Inspector
- 211. CHAPTER 1323 Permits
- 212. CHAPTER 1325 Certificate of Occupancy
- 213. CHAPTER 1327 Fees
- 214. CHAPTER 1329 Appeals
- 215. CHAPTER 1331 Fire Limits
- 216. CHAPTER 1333 Excavations, Filling and Grading
- 217. CHAPTER 1335 Violations; Legal and Equitable Remedies
- 218. CHAPTER 1337 Swimming Pools
- 219. CHAPTER 1339 Erosion and Sediment Control
- 220. CHAPTER 1341 Stormwater Management
- 221. CHAPTER 1343 Timber Harvesting
- 222. CHAPTER 1345 Water Quality Regulations
- 223. TITLE FIVE - Housing and Property Maintenance
- 224. CHAPTER 1361 Property Maintenance Code (Repealed)
- 225. CHAPTER 1363 Rental Housing Code (Repealed)
- 226. PART FIFTEEN - FIRE PREVENTION CODE
- 227. CHAPTER 1503 Liquefied Petroleum Gas
- 228. CHAPTER 1511 Open Burning
- 229. CHAPTER 1519 Fireworks