Summit County, Ohio, OH Municipal Code — every chapter, in plain language

Current through May 12, 2025 | State legislation current through December 31, 2024. Official source: https://codelibrary.amlegal.com/codes/summitcounty/latest/overview

Every town writes its own rules, and Summit County, Ohio's live in its municipal code — 235 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
2. CERTIFICATION
3. ROSTER OF OFFICIALS
4. COMPARATIVE SECTION TABLE
5. TABLES OF SPECIAL ORDINANCES
6. TABLE A - ROADS AND BRIDGES
7. TABLE B - ANNEXATIONS
8. TABLE C - BOUNDARY ADJUSTMENTS
9. TABLE D - PLATS
10. TABLE E - RESERVATION STRIPS
11. CHARTER
12. ARTICLE I CORPORATE POWERS, RIGHTS AND PRIVILEGES
13. ARTICLE II THE COUNTY EXECUTIVE
14. ARTICLE III THE COUNTY COUNCIL
15. ARTICLE IV ELECTED OFFICE HOLDERS
16. ARTICLE V GENERAL PROVISIONS
17. ARTICLE VI HUMAN RESOURCES
18. ARTICLE VII PURCHASING
19. ARTICLE VIII COUNTY INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY BOARD
20. ARTICLE IX PUBLIC INFORMATION
21. ARTICLE X COUNTY INTERNAL AUDITING
22. PART ONE - ADMINISTRATIVE CODE
23. TITLE ONE - General Provisions
24. CHAPTER 101 Codified Ordinances
25. CHAPTER 103 Official Standards
26. CHAPTER 105 Continuity of Government
27. CHAPTER 107 Open Meetings
28. CHAPTER 109 Public Records; Records Commission; Microfilming Board
29. CHAPTER 111 Minority Business Enterprise Policy
30. CHAPTER 113 Miscellaneous Fees
31. CHAPTER 115 Administrative Services Organization
32. CHAPTER 117 Ethics
33. CHAPTER 119 Sanitary Sewer Services Department Moral Claims Policy
34. CHAPTER 119A Environmental Services Sewer Backup Cleaning and Sanitation Claims
35. TITLE THREE - Legislative
36. CHAPTER 121 County Council
37. CHAPTER 123 Legislative Oversight
38. CHAPTER 125 Annexation and Public Improvement Procedures
39. CHAPTER 127 Initiative and Referendum
40. CHAPTER 129 Charter Review Commission
41. TITLE FIVE - Executive and Administrative
42. CHAPTER 130 County Executive
43. CHAPTER 131 Director, Department of Law and Risk Management
44. CHAPTER 132 Auditor
45. CHAPTER 133 Board of Revision
46. CHAPTER 134 Fiscal Officer
47. CHAPTER 135 Clerk of Common Pleas Court
48. CHAPTER 136 Medical Examiner
49. CHAPTER 137 County Engineer
50. CHAPTER 138 Prosecuting Attorney
51. CHAPTER 139 Volunteer Peace Officers' Dependents Fund Board
52. CHAPTER 140 Reports
53. CHAPTER 141 Planning Commission
54. CHAPTER 142 Department of Community and Economic Development
55. CHAPTER 143 Community Development Block Grant Review Committee
56. CHAPTER 144 Community Improvement Corporation
57. CHAPTER 145 Urban Jobs and Enterprise Zone
58. CHAPTER 145A Family Workforce Development Commission
59. CHAPTER 146 County Information Technology Advisory Committee
60. CHAPTER 147 Litter Control Board
61. CHAPTER 148 Social Services Advisory Board
62. CHAPTER 148A County Land Reutilization Corporation
63. CHAPTER 149 Alcohol, Drug Addiction and Mental Health Board
64. CHAPTER 150 Developmental Disabilities Board
65. CHAPTER 151 Children Services Board
66. CHAPTER 152 Edwin Shaw Hospital Board
67. CHAPTER 153
68. CHAPTER 154 Summit County Child Fatality Review Board
69. CHAPTER 155 Veterans Service Commission
70. CHAPTER 156 General Relief Project Self-Sufficiency Policy Board
71. CHAPTER 157 Board of Educaton
72. CHAPTER 157A Community Improvements Board
73. CHAPTER 158 Soil and Water Conservation District Board
74. CHAPTER 159 Agricultural District
75. CHAPTER 160 Summit Quality Upward Apprentice Advancement and Development Department (SQUAADD)
76. CHAPTER 161 Criminal Justice Advisory Board
77. CHAPTER 162 Criminal Justice Operations Commission
78. CHAPTER 162A Facility Governing Board
79. CHAPTER 163 County of Summit Special Operations Response Teams Executive Board
80. CHAPTER 163A Pipeline Emergency Response Fund
81. CHAPTER 164 Metro Regional Transit Authority Board of Trustees
82. CHAPTER 164A Development Finance Authority
83. CHAPTER 165 Summit-Akron Solid Waste Management Authority
84. CHAPTER 166 General Health District Board
85. CHAPTER 167 Handbills, Signs and Other Advertisements
86. CHAPTER 168 Personnel Appeals Board
87. CHAPTER 169 Personnel Policies and Procedures
88. CHAPTER 169A Cost Savings Days
89. CHAPTER 170 Postponement of Taxes and Assessments
90. TITLE SEVEN - Finance
91. CHAPTER 171 Tax Assistance Program (TAP)
92. CHAPTER 171A Workers Compensation Cost Allocation
93. CHAPTER 173 Delinquent Real Estate Tax Payment Plans
94. CHAPTER 174 Current Real Estate Tax Installment Payment Plan
95. CHAPTER 175 Real Property Tax Escrow
96. CHAPTER 177 Board of Control; Contract Procedures
97. CHAPTER 179 Investment Advisory Board
98. CHAPTER 181 Linked Deposit Program
99. CHAPTER 183 Uniform Budget Process; Budget Commission
100. CHAPTER 185 Local Government Revenue Assistance Fund
101. CHAPTER 187 Five-Year Projections
102. CHAPTER 189 Debt Service Policy
103. CHAPTER 190 County Note Program
104. CHAPTER 191 Industrial Development Bonds
105. CHAPTER 193 Campaign Contributions
106. CHAPTER 195 Financial Matters Generally
107. CHAPTER 196 Revolving Loan Fund Committee
108. CHAPTER 197 Funds
109. CHAPTER 198 Procurement Card
110. CHAPTER 199 Payments by Financial Transaction Device
111. TITLE NINE - Consumer Affairs
112. CHAPTER 201 Office of Consumer Affairs
113. PART THREE - TRAFFIC CODE
114. TITLE ONE - Administration
115. CHAPTER 301 Definitions
116. CHAPTER 303 Enforcement, Impounding and Penalty
117. CHAPTER 305 Traffic Control
118. CHAPTER 307 Accidents
119. TITLE THREE - Streets and Traffic Control Devices
120. CHAPTER 311 Street Obstructions and Special Uses
121. CHAPTER 313 Traffic Control Devices
122. TITLE FIVE - Vehicles
123. CHAPTER 331 Operation Generally
124. CHAPTER 333 OVI; Willful Misconduct; Speed
125. CHAPTER 335 Licensing Drivers and Vehicles
126. CHAPTER 337 Safety and Equipment
127. CHAPTER 339 Commercial and Heavy Vehicles
128. CHAPTER 341 Drivers of Commercial Cars or Tractors
129. CHAPTER 343 Sound Equipment Noise
130. CHAPTER 345 Text Messaging While Driving Prohibited (Repealed)
131. TITLE SEVEN - Parking
132. CHAPTER 351 Parking Generally
133. CHAPTER 355 Abandoned and Junk Vehicles
134. TITLE NINE - Pedestrians; Bicycles and Motorcycles; Snowmobiles and Watercraft
135. CHAPTER 371 Pedestrians
136. CHAPTER 372 Pedestrian or Vehicle Interference
137. CHAPTER 373 Bicycles and Motorcycles
138. CHAPTER 375 Snowmobiles, Off-Highway Motorcycles and All Purpose Vehicles
139. CHAPTER 377 Vehicles on Frozen Waters
140. CHAPTER 379 Watercraft
141. PART FIVE - GENERAL OFFENSES CODE
142. CHAPTER 505 Animal Control
143. CHAPTER 509 Disorderly Conduct and Peace Disturbance
144. CHAPTER 513 Drug Abuse Control
145. CHAPTER 517 Gambling
146. CHAPTER 521 Health, Safety and Sanitation
147. CHAPTER 523 Clean Indoor Air
148. CHAPTER 525 Law Enforcement and Public Office
149. CHAPTER 529 Liquor Control
150. CHAPTER 533 Obscenity and Sex Offenses
151. CHAPTER 537 Offenses Against Persons
152. CHAPTER 539 Offenses Against the Family
153. CHAPTER 541 Property Offenses
154. CHAPTER 545 Theft and Fraud
155. CHAPTER 549 Weapons and Explosives
156. CHAPTER 551 Fireworks
157. CHAPTER 553 Railroads
158. PART SEVEN - BUSINESS REGULATION AND TAXATION CODE
159. TITLE ONE - Taxation
160. CHAPTER 703 Lodging Excise Tax
161. CHAPTER 705 Motor Vehicle License Tax
162. CHAPTER 707 Sales Tax
163. CHAPTER 709 Use Tax
164. TITLE THREE - Business Regulation
165. CHAPER 721 Day Care Centers
166. CHAPTER 725 Ticket Brokers
167. CHAPTER 729 Boxing
168. CHAPTER 733 Firewood Sales
169. CHAPTER 737 Mineral Drilling
170. CHAPTER 741 Secondhand Dealers
171. CHAPTER 743 Junk Yards and Scrap Dealers
172. CHAPTER 745 Weights and Measures
173. CHAPTER 749 Massage Establishments
174. CHAPTER 751 Price Gouging
175. CHAPTER 753 Pseudoephedrine and Pseudoephedrine Products
176. CHAPTER 755 Entertainment Device Arcades
177. TITLE FIVE - Consumer Protection
178. CHAPTER 759 Definitions
179. CHAPTER 761 Enforcement, Orders and Penalty
180. CHAPTER 763 Deceptive Advertising
181. CHAPTER 765 Returns and Refunds
182. CHAPTER 767 Layaway Agreements
183. CHAPTER 769 Motor Vehicle Repairs
184. CHAPTER 775 Solicitors, Peddlers and Canvassers
185. CHAPTER 777 Consumer Transactions with Secondhand Dealers
186. CHAPTER 779 Unclaimed Funds
187. CHAPTER 780 Fuel Pump Security
188. PART NINE - ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICES CODE
189. TITLE ONE - Highways
190. CHAPTER 901 County Road System
191. CHAPTER 903 Permits For Road Opening, Moving and Drive Culverts
192. TITLE THREE - Water
193. CHAPTER 913 Fees and User Charge System
194. CHAPTER 915 Backflow/Cross Connection Control
195. TITLE FIVE - Sewers and Wastewater
196. CHAPTER 920 Definitions
197. CHAPTER 921 Sewers Generally
198. CHAPTER 923 Fees and User Charge System
199. CHAPTER 925 Industrial Pretreatment
200. CHAPTER 926 Tributary Community Discharge
201. CHAPTER 927 Sewer Construction Standards
202. TITLE SEVEN - Riparian Setbacks
203. CHAPTER 937 Riparian Setbacks
204. TITLE NINE - Storm Water Management Program
205. CHAPTER 941 Erosion and Sediment Control and Post Construction Storm Water Quality
206. CHAPTER 942 Surface Water Management District
207. CHAPTER 943 Comprehensive Storm Water Management
208. CHAPTER 944 Illicit Discharge Detection and Elimination Program
209. PART ELEVEN - SUBDIVISION REGULATIONS
210. CHAPTER 1102 Definitions
211. CHAPTER 1103 Procedures
212. CHAPTER 1104 Plan and Plat Specifications
213. CHAPTER 1105 Design Standards
214. CHAPTER 1106 Environmental and Landscaping Design
215. CHAPTER 1107 Subdivision Standards for Planned Residential Developments
216. CHAPTER 1108 Street Design and Construction Standards
217. CHAPTER 1109 Utility Design and Construction Standards
218. CHAPTER 1110 Requirements for Construction of Improvements
219. CHAPTER 1111 Administration and Enforcement
220. APPENDICES
221. APPENDIX N - CAD TRANSFER DOCUMENTS - SAMPLE LETTER
222. PART THIRTEEN - BUILDING CODE
223. TITLE ONE - Administrative
224. CHAPTER 1301 Administration and Penalty
225. CHAPTER 1303 Building Official
226. CHAPTER 1305 Permits
227. CHAPTER 1307 Fees
228. CHAPTER 1309 Inspections
229. TITLE THREE - Licensing and Appeals
230. CHAPTER 1321 Board of Building Appeals
231. CHAPTER 1323 Appeal Procedure
232. TITLE FIVE - Local Provisions
233. CHAPTER 1341 Demolishing or Moving Buildings
234. CHAPTER 1343 Unsafe Buildings
235. CHAPTER 1345 Special Purpose Flood Damage Reduction