Trotwood, Ohio, OH — the municipal code, in plain language

Current through May 4, 2026 | State legislation current through December 31, 2025. Official source: https://codelibrary.amlegal.com/codes/trotwood/latest/overview

Every town writes its own rules, and Trotwood, Ohio's live in its municipal code — 265 chapters covering day-to-day questions like fences, parking, pets, permits and property upkeep. Below is the full map of what the code covers.

What's in the Trotwood, Ohio code

• 1. Trotwood, Ohio
• 2. CODES OF ORDINANCES OF THE CITY OF TROTWOOD, OHIO
• 3. CERTIFICATION
• 4. ROSTER OF OFFICIALS
• 5. ADOPTING ORDINANCE NO. 2-95
• 6. EDITOR'S NOTE
• 7. COMPARATIVE SECTION TABLE
• 8. TABLES OF SPECIAL ORDINANCES
• 9. TABLE A - EASEMENTS
• 10. TABLE B - FRANCHISES
• 11. TABLE C - REAL ESTATE TRANSACTIONS
• 12. TABLE D - STREET NAME CHANGES
• 13. TABLE E - VACATIONS
• 14. TABLE F - ZONING MAP CHANGES
• 15. TABLE G - ANNEXATIONS
• 16. CHARTER
• 17. PREAMBLE
• 18. ARTICLE I Name, Boundaries and Forms of Government
• 19. SECTION 1-1. NAME AND BOUNDARIES.
• 20. SECTION 1-2. FORM OF GOVERNMENT.
• 21. ARTICLE II Powers
• 22. SECTION 2-1. POWERS.
• 23. ARTICLE III Council
• 24. SECTION 3-1. POWERS.
• 25. SECTION 3-2. MEMBERS AND TERMS.
• 26. SECTION 3-3. QUALIFICATIONS.
• 27. SECTION 3-4. REMOVAL AND VACANCIES.
• 28. SECTION 3-5. COMPENSATION.
• 29. SECTION 3-6. THE MAYOR.
• 30. SECTION 3-7. VICE-MAYOR.
• 31. SECTION 3-8. MEETINGS.
• 32. SECTION 3-9. ANNUAL AUDIT.
• 33. SECTION 3-10. CLERK OF COUNCIL.
• 34. ARTICLE IV Legislation
• 35. SECTION 4-1. ORDINANCES AND RESOLUTIONS.
• 36. SECTION 4-2. MAJORITY REQUIRED.
• 37. SECTION 4-3. FORM.
• 38. SECTION 4-4. ENACTMENT OF ORDINANCES.
• 39. SECTION 4-5. EFFECTIVE DATE.
• 40. SECTION 4-6. EMERGENCY ORDINANCES.
• 41. SECTION 4-7. ANNUAL APPROPRIATION ORDINANCE.
• 42. ARTICLE V The Manager
• 43. SECTION 5-1. APPOINTMENT.
• 44. SECTION 5-2. QUALIFICATIONS.
• 45. SECTION 5-3. POWERS AND DUTIES.
• 46. SECTION 5-4. INTERFERENCE BY COUNCIL.
• 47. SECTION 5-5. RESIGNATION.
• 48. SECTION 5-6. REMOVAL.
• 49. SECTION 5-7. ABSENCE OR DISABILITY OF THE MANAGER.
• 50. SECTION 5-8. APPOINTMENT OF AN ACTING CITY MANAGER.
• 51. ARTICLE VI Administrative Departments
• 52. SECTION 6-1. ESTABLISHMENT OF DEPARTMENTS.
• 53. SECTION 6-2. CREATION OF NEW DEPARTMENTS.
• 54. SECTION 6-3. DEPARTMENT OF LAW.
• 55. SECTION 6-4. DEPARTMENT OF FINANCE.
• 56. SECTION 6-5. DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SERVICE.
• 57. SECTION 6-6. DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY.
• 58. SECTION 6-7. DEPARTMENT OF PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT.
• 59. SECTION 6-8. DEPARTMENT OF PARKS AND RECREATION.
• 60. ARTICLE VII Commissions and Boards
• 61. SECTION 7-1. ESTABLISHMENT OF BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS.
• 62. SECTION 7-2. APPEALS FROM BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS.
• 63. SECTION 7-3. POWERS AND DUTIES OF PLANNING COMMISSION.
• 64. SECTION 7-4. POWERS AND DUTIES OF BOARD OF ZONING APPEALS.
• 65. SECTION 7-5. POWERS AND DUTIES OF CIVIL SERVICE COMMISSION.
• 66. SECTION 7-6. CLASSIFICATION OF SERVICE.
• 67. SECTION 7-7. POWERS AND DUTIES OF PARKS AND RECREATION BOARD.
• 68. ARTICLE VIII Elections
• 69. SECTION 8-1. DATE OF ELECTIONS.
• 70. SECTION 8-2. BALLOTS.
• 71. SECTION 8-3. NOMINATION BY PETITION.
• 72. SECTION 8-4. PROCEDURE.
• 73. SECTION 8-5. REQUIREMENTS FOR ELECTION.
• 74. ARTICLE IX Initiative, Referendum and Recall
• 75. SECTION 9-1. INITIATIVE.
• 76. SECTION 9-2. REFERENDUM.
• 77. SECTION 9-3. RECALL.
• 78. ARTICLE X Provisions
• 79. SECTION 10-1. ORDINANCES IN EFFECT.
• 80. SECTION 10-2. VESTED RIGHTS.
• 81. SECTION 10-3. DEBT AND TAX LIMITATIONS.
• 82. SECTION 10-4. SUCCESSION OF POWERS.
• 83. SECTION 10-5. AMENDMENT OF CHARTER.
• 84. SECTION 10-6. PRECEDENCE.
• 85. SECTION 10-7. CORRECTIONS OF MISSPELLINGS AND GRAMMAR; MAKING THE LANGUAGE GENDER NEUTRAL; AND RENUMBERING UPON CODIFICATION.
• 86. ARTICLE XI Temporary Provisions
• 87. SECTION 11-1. EFFECTIVE DATE.
• 88. SECTION 11-2. INITIAL APPOINTMENTS TO BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS.
• 89. SECTION 11-3. DIVISION INTO DISTRICTS.
• 90. PART ONE - ADMINISTRATIVE CODE
• 91. TITLE ONE - General Provisions
• 92. CHAPTER 101 Codified Ordinances
• 93. CHAPTER 103 Wards and Boundaries
• 94. CHAPTER 105 Financial Procedures
• 95. CHAPTER 107 Civil Defense
• 96. TITLE THREE - Legislative
• 97. CHAPTER 111 Council
• 98. CHAPTER 113 Ordinances and Resolutions
• 99. TITLE FIVE - Administrative
• 100. CHAPTER 123 Manager
• 101. CHAPTER 125 Department of Law
• 102. CHAPTER 127 Department of Finance
• 103. CHAPTER 129 Department of Public Service
• 104. CHAPTER 131 Department of Public Safety
• 105. CHAPTER 133 Department of Planning and Development
• 106. CHAPTER 135 Planning and Zoning Commission
• 107. CHAPTER 139 Park and Recreation Board
• 108. CHAPTER 137 Civil Service Commission
• 109. CHAPTER 141 Trotwood Youth Council
• 110. CHAPTER 143 Records Commission
• 111. CHAPTER 145 Trotwood Ethics Commission
• 112. CHAPTER 151 Employment Provisions
• 113. CHAPTER 153 Board of Utility Appeals
• 114. TITLE NINE - Taxation
• 115. CHAPTER 183 Income Tax
• 116. CHAPTER 184 Income Tax Effective January 1, 2016
• 117. CHAPTER 185 Motor Vehicle License Tax
• 118. PART THREE - TRAFFIC CODE
• 119. TITLE ONE - Administration
• 120. CHAPTER 301 Definitions
• 121. CHAPTER 303 Enforcement, Impounding and Penalty
• 122. CHAPTER 305 Traffic Control
• 123. TITLE THREE - Streets and Traffic Control Devices
• 124. CHAPTER 311 Street Obstructions and Special Uses
• 125. CHAPTER 313 Traffic Control Devices
• 126. TITLE FIVE - Vehicles
• 127. CHAPTER 331 Operation Generally
• 128. CHAPTER 333 OVI; Willful Misconduct; Speed
• 129. CHAPTER 335 Licensing; Accidents
• 130. CHAPTER 337 Safety and Equipment
• 131. CHAPTER 339 Commercial and Heavy Vehicles
• 132. CHAPTER 341 Commercial Drivers
• 133. TITLE SEVEN - Parking
• 134. CHAPTER 351 Parking Generally
• 135. CHAPTER 353 Abandoned Vehicles
• 136. TITLE NINE - Pedestrians, Bicycles and Motorcycles
• 137. CHAPTER 371 Pedestrians
• 138. CHAPTER 373 Bicycles, Motorcycles and Mopeds
• 139. CHAPTER 375 Snowmobiles, Off-Highway Motorcycles and All Purpose Vehicles
• 140. SCHEDULE I. STOP STREETS.
• 141. SCHEDULE II: AUTOMATIC TRAFFIC-CONTROL SIGNALS.
• 142. SCHEDULE III: ONE-WAY STREET.
• 143. SCHEDULE IV: TRAFFIC LANE DESIGNATIONS.
• 144. SCHEDULE V: TURNING RESTRICTIONS.
• 145. SCHEDULE VI: CROSSWALK LOCATIONS.
• 146. SCHEDULE VII: SPEED LIMITS.
• 147. SCHEDULE I: PROHIBITED PARKING.
• 148. SCHEDULE II: RESTRICTED PARKING.
• 149. PART FIVE - GENERAL OFFENSES CODE
• 150. CHAPTER 505 Animals and Fowl
• 151. CHAPTER 509 Disorderly Conduct and Peace Disturbance
• 152. CHAPTER 513 Drug Abuse Control
• 153. CHAPTER 517 Gambling
• 154. CHAPTER 521 Health, Safety and Sanitation
• 155. CHAPTER 525 Law Enforcement and Public Office
• 156. CHAPTER 529 Liquor Control
• 157. CHAPTER 531 Noise Control
• 158. CHAPTER 533 Obscenity and Sex Offenses
• 159. CHAPTER 537 Offenses Against Persons
• 160. CHAPTER 541 Property Offenses
• 161. CHAPTER 545 Theft and Fraud
• 162. CHAPTER 549 Weapons and Explosives
• 163. CHAPTER 553 Railroads
• 164. CHAPTER 557 Graffiti
• 165. CHAPTER 559 Chronic Nuisance Abatement
• 166. PART SEVEN - BUSINESS REGULATION CODE
• 167. CHAPTER 705 General License Provisions
• 168. CHAPTER 707 Alarm Systems
• 169. CHAPTER 711 Home or Garage Sales
• 170. CHAPTER 717 Ice Cream and Frozen Dessert
• 171. CHAPTER 723 Junk Yards
• 172. CHAPTER 729 Peddlers and Solicitors
• 173. CHAPTER 732 Unsolicited Written Materials
• 174. CHAPTER 735 Taxicabs
• 175. CHAPTER 736 Short Term Rentals
• 176. PART NINE - STREETS, UTILITIES AND PUBLIC SERVICES CODE
• 177. TITLE ONE - Street and Sidewalk Areas
• 178. CHAPTER 901 Excavations
• 179. CHAPTER 903 Sidewalk Construction and Repair
• 180. CHAPTER 905 Weeds and Grass
• 181. CHAPTER 907 Streets and Sidewalks Generally
• 182. CHAPTER 909 Street Lighting
• 183. TITLE THREE - Utilities.
• 184. CHAPTER 921 Water Regulations and Rates
• 185. CHAPTER 923 Sewer Regulations and Rates
• 186. CHAPTER 927 Garbage and Rubbish Disposal
• 187. CHAPTER 929 Stormwater Management Code
• 188. CHAPTER 931 Small Cell Facilities and Wireless Support Structures
• 189. TITLE FIVE - Other Public Services
• 190. CHAPTER 951 Parks and Recreation
• 191. CHAPTER 953 Bear Creek-Hillgrove, Cedar Hill and Ehrstine Cemetery Rules and Regulations
• 192. PART ELEVEN - PLANNING AND ZONING CODE
• 193. TITLE ONE - Planning
• 194. CHAPTER 1103 Adopted Plans and Development Fees
• 195. CHAPTER 1105 Urban Renewal
• 196. TITLE THREE - Subdivision Regulations
• 197. CHAPTER 1107 General Provisions
• 198. CHAPTER 1109 Administration and Enforcement
• 199. CHAPTER 1111 Procedure for Plat Approval
• 200. CHAPTER 1113 Design Standards
• 201. CHAPTER 1115 Improvement Requirements
• 202. TITLE FIVE - Zoning Administration
• 203. CHAPTER 1121 Purpose and Intent
• 204. CHAPTER 1123 Definitions
• 205. CHAPTER 1125 Administration and Enforcement
• 206. CHAPTER 1127 Appeals
• 207. CHAPTER 1129 Variances
• 208. CHAPTER 1131 Nonconforming Uses
• 209. CHAPTER 1133 Conditional Uses
• 210. CHAPTER 1135 Similar Uses
• 211. TITLE SEVEN - Zoning Districts and Regulations
• 212. CHAPTER 1139 Districts Established; Zoning Map
• 213. CHAPTER 1140 Planned Unit Development (PUD)
• 214. CHAPTER 1141 RSF- L Residential Single Family-Low Density
• 215. CHAPTER 1143 RSF-M Residential Single Family-Medium Density
• 216. CHAPTER 1145 RSF-H Residential Single Family-High Density
• 217. CHAPTER 1147 R-TF Residential-Two Family
• 218. CHAPTER 1149 R-FF Residential Four Family
• 219. CHAPTER 1151 RMF-L Residential Multi-Family-Low Density
• 220. CHAPTER 1153 RMF-H Residential Multi-Family-High Density
• 221. CHAPTER 1155 O-R Office Residential
• 222. CHAPTER 1157 N-B Neighborhood Business
• 223. CHAPTER 1159 OT-B Olde Town Business
• 224. CHAPTER 1161 G-B General Business
• 225. CHAPTER 1163 R-B Regional Business
• 226. CHAPTER 1165 B-P Business Park
• 227. CHAPTER 1166 Salem Avenue Redevelopment Area Overlay District
• 228. CHAPTER 1167 C-R Commercial Recreation (Repealed)
• 229. CHAPTER 1168 B-1 (Business-Industrial) Campus Park District
• 230. CHAPTER 1169 L-I-1 Light Industrial 1
• 231. CHAPTER 1170 L-I-2 Industrial 2
• 232. CHAPTER 1171 A Agricultural
• 233. CHAPTER 1173 RE-Rural Estate District
• 234. CHAPTER 1174 P/O-S Park/Open Space District
• 235. TITLE NINE - Supplemental Zoning Regulations
• 236. CHAPTER 1175 Landscaping and Tree Preservation
• 237. CHAPTER 1181 Off-Street Parking and Loading
• 238. CHAPTER 1185 Signs
• 239. CHAPTER 1189 Supplemental Regulations
• 240. CHAPTER 1191 Wireless Communication Facilities
• 241. CHAPTER 1199 Violation, Remedies and Fees
• 242. APPENDIX B SCHEDULE OF PERMITTED AND CONDITIONAL USES BY DISTRICT
• 243. PART THIRTEEN - BUILDING CODE
• 244. TITLE ONE - Technical Code Adopted
• 245. CHAPTER 1301 Ohio Building Code
• 246. CHAPTER 1305 Residential Building Code of Ohio for One, Two and Three Family Dwellings
• 247. TITLE THREE - Building Administration
• 248. CHAPTER 1311 Permits and Fees
• 249. CHAPTER 1313 Registration for Closing or Vacancy of Commercial Buildings
• 250. TITLE FIVE - Property Maintenance Code
• 251. CHAPTER 1341 Administration and Enforcement
• 252. CHAPTER 1343 Definitions
• 253. CHAPTER 1345 Environmental Requirements
• 254. CHAPTER 1347 Light, Ventilation and Space
• 255. CHAPTER 1349 Plumbing Facilities and Fixture Requirements
• 256. CHAPTER 1351 Mechanical and Electrical Requirements
• 257. CHAPTER 1353 Fire Safety (Repealed)
• 258. CHAPTER 1355 Responsibilities of Persons
• 259. CHAPTER 1357 Nuisances
• 260. TITLE SEVEN - Additional Building Standards
• 261. CHAPTER 1371 Storm Water Runoff Regulations
• 262. CHAPTER 1381 Flood Damage Reduction
• 263. PART FIFTEEN - FIRE PREVENTION CODE
• 264. CHAPTER 1511 Open Burning
• 265. CHAPTER 1519 Fireworks