Every town writes its own rules, and Warren, Ohio's live in its municipal code — 228 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. Warren, Ohio
- 2. CODIFIED ORDINANCES OF THE CITY OF WARREN, OHIO
- 3. CERTIFICATION
- 4. ROSTER OF OFFICIALS
- 5. ADOPTING ORDINANCE
- 6. EDITOR'S NOTE
- 7. COMPARATIVE SECTION TABLE
- 8. PART ONE - ADMINISTRATIVE CODE
- 9. TITLE ONE - General Provisions
- 10. CHAPTER 101 Codified Ordinances
- 11. CHAPTER 103 Official Standards
- 12. CHAPTER 105 Wards and Boundaries
- 13. CHAPTER 107 Open Meetings
- 14. TITLE THREE - Legislative
- 15. CHAPTER 111 Council
- 16. CHAPTER 113 Ordinances and Resolutions
- 17. TITLE FIVE - Administrative
- 18. CHAPTER 121 Mayor
- 19. CHAPTER 123 Auditor
- 20. CHAPTER 125 Treasurer
- 21. CHAPTER 127 Director of Law
- 22. CHAPTER 129 Department of Public Service and Safety
- 23. CHAPTER 131 Police Department
- 24. CHAPTER 133 School Traffic Patrol
- 25. CHAPTER 135 Fire Department
- 26. CHAPTER 137 Fire Protection Contracts
- 27. CHAPTER 139 Department of Community Development
- 28. CHAPTER 140 Department of City Planning and City Development
- 29. CHAPTER 141 Urban Renewal
- 30. CHAPTER 142 Homesteading Program
- 31. CHAPTER 143 Community Relations Board
- 32. CHAPTER 145 Records Commission
- 33. CHAPTER 147 Civil Service Commission
- 34. CHAPTER 149 Board of Health
- 35. CHAPTER 151 Commission on Compensation
- 36. CHAPTER 153 Senior Citizens Advisory Commission
- 37. CHAPTER 154 Neighborhood Block Watch/Safe Streets, Inc. Commission
- 38. CHAPTER 155 Employment Provisions
- 39. CHAPTER 157 Redevelopment and Planning Corporation
- 40. CHAPTER 158 Sexual Harassment
- 41. CHAPTER 160 Minority Business Enterprise Program
- 42. TITLE SEVEN- Judicial
- 43. CHAPTER 161 Municipal Court
- 44. TITLE NINE - Taxation
- 45. CHAPTER 171 Income Tax
- 46. CHAPTER 172 Municipal Income Tax Effective January 1, 2016
- 47. CHAPTER 175 Motor Vehicle License Tax
- 48. PART THREE - TRAFFIC CODE
- 49. TITLE ONE - Administration
- 50. CHAPTER 301 Definitions
- 51. CHAPTER 303 Enforcement, Impounding and Penalty
- 52. CHAPTER 305 Traffic Control
- 53. CHAPTER 307 Traffic Control Map and File
- 54. CHAPTER 309 Traffic Commission
- 55. TITLE THREE - Streets and Traffic Control Devices
- 56. CHAPTER 311 Street Obstructions and Special Uses
- 57. CHAPTER 313 Traffic Control Devices
- 58. TITLE FIVE - Vehicles
- 59. CHAPTER 331 Operation Generally
- 60. CHAPTER 333 OVI; Willful Misconduct; Speed
- 61. CHAPTER 335 Licensing; Accidents
- 62. CHAPTER 337 Safety and Equipment
- 63. CHAPTER 339 Commercial and Heavy Vehicles
- 64. CHAPTER 341 Commercial Drivers
- 65. TITLE SEVEN - Parking
- 66. CHAPTER 351 Parking Generally
- 67. CHAPTER 352 Noncriminal Parking Violations
- 68. TITLE NINE - Pedestrians, Bicycles and Motorcycles
- 69. CHAPTER 371 Pedestrians
- 70. CHAPTER 373 Bicycles and Motorcycles
- 71. CHAPTER 375 Snowmobiles, Off-Highway Motorcycles and All Purpose Vehicles
- 72. CHAPTER 377 Skate Boards
- 73. PART FIVE - GENERAL OFFENSES CODE
- 74. CHAPTER 503 Advertising
- 75. CHAPTER 505 Animals and Fowl
- 76. CHAPTER 506 Wild and Exotic Animals
- 77. CHAPTER 509 Disorderly Conduct and Peace Disturbance
- 78. CHAPTER 513 Drug Abuse Control
- 79. CHAPTER 515 Fair Housing
- 80. CHAPTER 517 Gambling
- 81. CHAPTER 521 Health, Safety and Sanitation
- 82. CHAPTER 525 Law Enforcement and Public Office
- 83. CHAPTER 529 Liquor Control
- 84. CHAPTER 531 Minors
- 85. CHAPTER 533 Obscenity and Sex Offenses
- 86. CHAPTER 537 Offenses Against Persons
- 87. CHAPTER 541 Property Offenses
- 88. CHAPTER 545 Theft and Fraud
- 89. CHAPTER 549 Weapons and Explosives
- 90. CHAPTER 551 Nuclear Weapons
- 91. CHAPTER 553 Railroads
- 92. PART SEVEN - BUSINESS REGULATION CODE
- 93. CHAPTER 705 Police Alarm Systems
- 94. CHAPTER 707 Auctions
- 95. CHAPTER 709 Barbershops
- 96. CHAPTER 711 Beverage Sales
- 97. CHAPTER 713 Boxing and Wrestling
- 98. CHAPTER 715 Billiard and Pool Rooms
- 99. CHAPTER 717 Circuses and Carnivals
- 100. CHAPTER 719 Cosmetologists
- 101. CHAPTER 721 Food Handling Establishments
- 102. CHAPTER 723 Garage Sales
- 103. CHAPTER 725 Jewelry Auctions and Going-out-of-Business Sales
- 104. CHAPTER 726 Going-Out-of-Business Sales
- 105. CHAPTER 727 Junk Yards
- 106. CHAPTER 729 Mechanical Amusement Devices
- 107. CHAPTER 731 Oil and Gas Wells
- 108. CHAPTER 735 Peddlers, Solicitors and Itinerant Vendors
- 109. CHAPTER 737 Private Investigators
- 110. CHAPTER 738 Security Guards
- 111. CHAPTER 739 Tobacco Products
- 112. CHAPTER 741 Secondhand Dealers
- 113. CHAPTER 745 Taxicabs
- 114. CHAPTER 747 Trailer Parks
- 115. CHAPTER 749 Licensed Towing
- 116. CHAPTER 752 Massage Establishments
- 117. CHAPTER 753 Body Piercing
- 118. CHAPTER 755 Clean Indoor Air
- 119. CHAPTER 760 Special Events
- 120. CHAPTER 762 Pesticide Application
- 121. CHAPTER 770 Off-Site Infectious Waste Treatment Facilities
- 122. CHAPTER 780 Landscapers
- 123. CHAPTER 785 Video Service Providers
- 124. CHAPTER 786 Clothing Donation Containers; Recycle Bins
- 125. CHAPTER 787 Marijuana/Adult-Use Cannabis Dispensary Facility Regulations, and Zoning Requirements for Such Operations
- 126. PART NINE - STREETS, UTILITIES AND PUBLIC SERVICES CODE
- 127. TITLE ONE - Street and Sidewalk Areas
- 128. CHAPTER 901 Excavations
- 129. CHAPTER 903 Improvements and Assessments
- 130. CHAPTER 907 Curbs, Driveways and Sidewalks
- 131. CHAPTER 909 Driveways
- 132. CHAPTER 911 Numbering of Buildings
- 133. CHAPTER 913 Street Names
- 134. CHAPTER 915 Trees and Shrubs
- 135. TITLE THREE - Utilities
- 136. CHAPTER 919 Utilities Generally
- 137. CHAPTER 921 Water
- 138. CHAPTER 922 Private Sewage Waste
- 139. CHAPTER 923 Sewer Regulations
- 140. CHAPTER 924 Sewer Industrial Discharge Regulations
- 141. CHAPTER 925 Sewer Charges
- 142. TITLE FIVE - Other Public Services
- 143. CHAPTER 927 Garbage and Rubbish Removal
- 144. CHAPTER 931 Parks
- 145. CHAPTER 933 Cemeteries and Burials
- 146. CHAPTER 935 Storm Water Utility
- 147. CHAPTER 936 Comprehensive Stormwater Management
- 148. CHAPTER 937 Illicit Discharge and Illegal Connection Control
- 149. CHAPTER 938 Erosion and Sediment Control
- 150. PART ELEVEN - PLANNING AND ZONING CODE
- 151. TITLE ONE - Planning
- 152. CHAPTER 1101 Planning Commission
- 153. TITLE THREE - Subdivision Regulations
- 154. CHAPTER 1111 Definitions
- 155. CHAPTER 1113 Administration and Enforcement
- 156. CHAPTER 1115 Procedure; Requirements for Developers
- 157. CHAPTER 1117 Preliminary Plat
- 158. CHAPTER 1119 Final Plat
- 159. CHAPTER 1121 Design Standards
- 160. CHAPTER 1123 Improvements
- 161. TITLE FIVE - Zoning Administration
- 162. CHAPTER 1131 Definitions
- 163. CHAPTER 1133 Enforcement and Penalty
- 164. CHAPTER 1135 Board of Zoning Appeals
- 165. TITLE SEVEN - Zoning Districts and Regulations
- 166. CHAPTER 1139 Residence Districts Generally
- 167. CHAPTER 1141 Residential Apartment District
- 168. CHAPTER 1147 Commercial Districts
- 169. CHAPTER 1151 Manufacturing Districts
- 170. CHAPTER 1155 Planned Unit District
- 171. CHAPTER 1157 Planned Unit Industrial District
- 172. CHAPTER 1159 Senior Citizens Multi-Family District
- 173. CHAPTER 1165 Off-Street Parking and Loading
- 174. CHAPTER 1167 Nonconforming Uses; Special Provisions
- 175. CHAPTER 1169 Communication Towers
- 176. CHAPTER 1170 Satellite Signal Receiving Earth Stations
- 177. CHAPTER 1171 Commercial Outdoor Sales and Displays
- 178. APPENDIX ZONING MAP CHANGES
- 179. PART THIRTEEN - BUILDING CODE
- 180. TITLE ONE - Building Administration and Construction Standards
- 181. CHAPTER 1301 Purpose and Scope
- 182. CHAPTER 1303 Additional Rules and Regulations
- 183. CHAPTER 1305 Registration of Contractors
- 184. CHAPTER 1307 Permits
- 185. CHAPTER 1309 Fees
- 186. CHAPTER 1311 Appeals
- 187. CHAPTER 1313 Penalties
- 188. TITLE FIVE - General Building Provisions
- 189. CHAPTER 1323 Unsafe Structures
- 190. CHAPTER 1325 Signs
- 191. CHAPTER 1326 Public Art Installation Policy and Commission
- 192. CHAPTER 1327 Swimming Pools
- 193. CHAPTER 1329 Moving of Buildings
- 194. CHAPTER 1331 Flood Damage Reduction
- 195. TITLE SIX - Property Maintenance Code
- 196. CHAPTER 1333 Purpose and Scope
- 197. CHAPTER 1335 Administration
- 198. CHAPTER 1337 Property Maintenance
- 199. CHAPTER 1338 Vacant Property Registry
- 200. CHAPTER 1339 Violations and Permits
- 201. CHAPTER 1341 Appeal
- 202. CHAPTER 1343 Penalty
- 203. TITLE THIRTEEN - Housing Code
- 204. CHAPTER 1365 Definitions
- 205. CHAPTER 1367 Administration and Enforcement
- 206. CHAPTER 1368 Vacant Dwellings and Premises Sanitation
- 207. CHAPTER 1369 Sanitary Equipment and Facilities
- 208. CHAPTER 1371 Light, Ventilation and Heating Standards
- 209. CHAPTER 1373 Space, Use and Location Requirements
- 210. CHAPTER 1375 Safe and Sanitary Maintenance of Dwelling Units
- 211. CHAPTER 1376 Outbuildings
- 212. CHAPTER 1377 Sanitation Requirements
- 213. CHAPTER 1379 Guest Establishment Regulations
- 214. PART FIFTEEN - FIRE PREVENTION CODE
- 215. CHAPTER 1510 Fire Alarm Systems
- 216. CHAPTER 1519 Fireworks
- 217. PART SEVENTEEN - HEALTH CODE
- 218. CHAPTER 1705 Fees Generally
- 219. CHAPTER 1709 Food Establishments
- 220. CHAPTER 1713 Food Service Operations
- 221. CHAPTER 1717 Household Sewage Disposal Systems
- 222. CHAPTER 1721 Manufactured Home Parks
- 223. CHAPTER 1729 Rabies Control
- 224. CHAPTER 1733 Swimming Pools
- 225. CHAPTER 1755 Clean Indoor Air
- 226. CHAPTER 1757 Establishing Regulations for Body Art Tattooing and Piercing
- 227. CHAPTER 1759 Disposal of Demolition Materials
- 228. COMPARATIVE SECTION TABLE