Upper Sandusky, Ohio, OH Municipal Code — every chapter, in plain language

Current through January 20, 2026 | State legislation current through June 25, 2025. Official source: https://codelibrary.amlegal.com/codes/uppersandusky/latest/overview

Every town writes its own rules, and Upper Sandusky, Ohio's live in its municipal code — 166 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 of the City of Upper Sandusky, Ohio
2. CERTIFICATION
3. ROSTER OF OFFICIALS
4. ADOPTING ORDINANCE NO. 12-7
5. EDITOR'S NOTE
6. COMPARATIVE SECTION TABLE
7. TABLES OF SPECIAL ORDINANCES
8. TABLE A - FRANCHISES
9. TABLE B - EASEMENTS
10. TABLE C - VACATING STREETS AND ALLEYS
11. TABLE D - DEDICATION AND PLAT APPROVAL
12. TABLE E - ACQUISITION AND DISPOSAL OF REAL PROPERTY
13. TABLE F - LEASE OF REAL PROPERTY
14. TABLE G - STREET GRADE LEVELS AND CHANGE OF STREET NAME
15. TABLE H - ANNEXATION AND DETACHMENT OF TERRITORY
16. TABLE I - ZONING MAP CHANGES
17. CHARTER
18. PREAMBLE
19. Article I NAME, BOUNDARIES, AND FORM OF GOVERNMENT
20. Article II CORPORATE POWERS
21. Article III MAYOR
22. Article IV COUNCIL
23. Article V ORDINANCES AND RESOLUTIONS
24. Article VI LAW DIRECTOR
25. Article VII AUDITOR
26. Article VIII ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICERS AND DEPARTMENTS
27. Article IX TREASURER
28. Article X PLANNING COMMISSION
29. Article XI PARK AND RECREATION BOARD
30. Article XII BOARD OF ZONING AND BUILDING APPEALS
31. Article XIII CIVIL SERVICE
32. Article XIV NOMINATIONS AND ELECTIONS
33. Article XV INITIATIVE, REFERENDUM AND RECALL
34. Article XVI FINANCES, TAXATION AND DEBT
35. Article XVII GENERAL
36. Article XVIII TRANSITIONAL PROVISIONS
37. PART ONE - ADMINISTRATIVE CODE
38. TITLE ONE - General Provisions
39. CHAPTER 101 Codified Ordinances
40. CHAPTER 103 Official Standards
41. CHAPTER 105 Open Records Policy
42. TITLE THREE - Legislative
43. CHAPTER 111 Council
44. CHAPTER 113 Ordinances and Resolutions
45. TITLE FIVE - Administrative
46. CHAPTER 121 Mayor
47. CHAPTER 123 Department of Law
48. CHAPTER 125 Department of Finance
49. CHAPTER 127 Department of Service
50. CHAPTER 129 Department of Safety
51. CHAPTER 130 Building Department
52. CHAPTER 131 Police Division
53. CHAPTER 133 Fire Division
54. CHAPTER 135 Treasurer
55. CHAPTER 137 Planning Commission
56. CHAPTER 139 Park and Recreation Board
57. CHAPTER 141 Board of Zoning and Building Appeals
58. CHAPTER 143 Civil Service Commission
59. CHAPTER 145 Board of Health
60. CHAPTER 147 Zoning Inspector
61. CHAPTER 151 Employment Provisions
62. CHAPTER 153 Property Maintenance Board of Appeals
63. CHAPTER 155 Downtown Committee
64. TITLE SEVEN - Judicial
65. CHAPTER 171 Municipal Court
66. TITLE NINE - Taxation
67. CHAPTER 181 Income Tax
68. CHAPTER 183 Motor Vehicle License Tax
69. CHAPTER 185 Transient Guest Tax
70. CHAPTER 187 Additional Transient Guest Tax
71. CHAPTER 191 Income Tax Effective January 1, 2016
72. PART THREE - TRAFFIC CODE
73. TITLE ONE - Administration
74. CHAPTER 301 Definitions
75. CHAPTER 303 Enforcement, Impounding and Penalty
76. CHAPTER 305 Traffic Control
77. TITLE THREE - Streets and Traffic Control Devices
78. CHAPTER 311 Street Obstructions and Special Uses
79. CHAPTER 313 Traffic Control Devices
80. TITLE FIVE - Vehicles
81. CHAPTER 331 Operation Generally
82. CHAPTER 333 OVI; Willful Misconduct; Speed
83. CHAPTER 335 Licensing; Accidents
84. CHAPTER 337 Safety and Equipment
85. CHAPTER 339 Commercial and Heavy Vehicles
86. CHAPTER 341 Commercial Drivers
87. TITLE SEVEN - Parking
88. CHAPTER 351 Parking Generally
89. CHAPTER 353 Parking Meters
90. CHAPTER 355 Noncriminal Parking Violations
91. TITLE NINE - Pedestrians, Bicycles and Motorcycles
92. CHAPTER 371 Pedestrians
93. CHAPTER 373 Bicycles and Motorcycles
94. CHAPTER 375 Snowmobiles
95. PART FIVE - GENERAL OFFENSES CODE
96. CHAPTER 505 Animals and Fowl
97. CHAPTER 509 Disorderly Conduct and Peace Disturbance
98. CHAPTER 513 Drug Abuse Control
99. CHAPTER 517 Gambling
100. CHAPTER 521 Health, Safety and Sanitation
101. CHAPTER 525 Law Enforcement and Public Office
102. CHAPTER 529 Liquor Control
103. CHAPTER 533 Obscenity and Sex Offenses
104. CHAPTER 537 Offenses Against Persons
105. CHAPTER 541 Property Offenses
106. CHAPTER 545 Theft and Fraud
107. CHAPTER 549 Weapons and Explosives
108. CHAPTER 553 Railroads
109. CHAPTER 557 Fair Housing Practices
110. PART SEVEN - BUSINESS REGULATION CODE
111. CHAPTER 707 Commercial Amusements
112. CHAPTER 713 Peddlers, Solicitors, and Itinerant Vendors
113. CHAPTER 715 Video Service Authorization
114. CHAPTER 717 Distribution of Handbills
115. CHAPTER 721 Equal Housing
116. CHAPTER 725 Taxicabs
117. CHAPTER 727 Mobile Food Vendors License
118. PART NINE - STREETS, UTILITIES AND PUBLIC SERVICES CODE
119. TITLE ONE - Street and Sidewalk Areas
120. CHAPTER 901 Excavations
121. CHAPTER 903 Sidewalks and Curbs
122. CHAPTER 905 Trees
123. CHAPTER 907 Streets Generally
124. CHAPTER 909 Regulations for Commercial Use of Public Sidewalks and Rights-of-Way
125. TITLE THREE - Utilities
126. CHAPTER 931 Water Rules, Regulations and Protection of Water Supply
127. CHAPTER 933 Water Service Rates and Other Charges
128. CHAPTER 935 Water and Sewer Tap Fees
129. CHAPTER 937 Public and Private Sewers, Rules and Regulations
130. CHAPTER 939 Sewer Service Rates, Rules and Regulations
131. CHAPTER 940 Use of Public Sewers
132. CHAPTER 945 Stormwater Management
133. TITLE FIVE - Other Public Services
134. CHAPTER 951 Garbage and Refuse Collection
135. CHAPTER 953 City Parks
136. CHAPTER 955 Public Reservoirs
137. PART ELEVEN - PLANNING AND ZONING CODE
138. TITLE ONE - Zoning Administration
139. CHAPTER 1111 Definitions
140. CHAPTER 1113 Enforcement and Penalty
141. CHAPTER 1115 Board of Zoning Appeals
142. CHAPTER 1117 Amendment Procedure
143. TITLE THREE - Zoning Districts and Their Requirements
144. CHAPTER 1121 Districts
145. CHAPTER 1123 Permitted, Accessory and Special Uses
146. CHAPTER 1125 Density, Area, Height and Other Lot Restrictions
147. CHAPTER 1127 Planned Unit Developments
148. TITLE FIVE - Additional Zoning Regulations
149. CHAPTER 1131 Off-Street Parking and Loading
150. CHAPTER 1132 Swimming Pools
151. CHAPTER 1133 Fences
152. CHAPTER 1134 Signs
153. CHAPTER 1135 Nonconformance
154. CHAPTER 1136 Landscaping Regulations
155. CHAPTER 1137 Satellite Receiving Earth Stations
156. PART THIRTEEN - BUILDING CODE
157. CHAPTER 1305 Permits and Plans
158. CHAPTER 1311 Unsafe and Unsanitary Structures; Nuisance Abatement; Demolition of Structures
159. CHAPTER 1317 Mobile Homes
160. CHAPTER 1323 Flood Control
161. CHAPTER 1327 Design Review Regulations
162. CHAPTER 1138 Wind Energy Systems
163. CHAPTER 1139 Maintenance of Exterior Personal Property on Residential Real Estate
164. PART FIFTEEN - FIRE PREVENTION CODE
165. CHAPTER 1511 Open Burning
166. CHAPTER 1519 Fireworks