Cleveland, OH

Cleveland does not run a year-round watering schedule, but under Codified Ordinances § 535.45 the Director of Public Utilities can declare a water use emergency and order curtailment…

Cleveland Codified Ordinances § 509.19 makes the owner of any lot with shade trees responsible for trimming branches to a clear height of 8 feet over sidewalks and 10 feet over…

Where Cleveland's Zoning Code requires landscaping, transition strips, frontage strips, screening and similar buffers, real plants are mandatory. Codified Ordinances § 352.05(c) states…

Cleveland Codified Ordinances § 509.01 bars anyone from cutting, breaking, climbing or injuring a public street tree, or damaging its protective devices, without a written permit from…

Cleveland requires property owners to maintain grass and vegetation below maximum height limits per ORC §715.261 authority. Overgrown yards subject to abatement.

Ohio Revised Code 3734.02 and OAC 3745-560 exempt small-scale residential and agricultural composting from solid waste facility licensing, while regulating large composting operations…

Ohio Revised Code 3701.344 and Ohio Administrative Code 3701-28 expressly allow rainwater collection for private water systems, with health department approval required for potable use.

Ohio's Dangerous Wild Animal Act (Revised Code Chapter 935), enacted in 2012 after the Zanesville incident, bans private ownership of most dangerous wild animals statewide, including…

Cleveland does not have a breed-specific dog ban. In 2012, Ohio amended Revised Code §955.11 to remove pit bulls from the statutory definition of "vicious dog," effectively preempting…

Cleveland has no cat licensing requirement, but a cat found at large or abandoned can be impounded under Codified Ordinances § 603.03. Redeeming an impounded cat costs a $40 pound fee…

Every dog or cat over six months old adopted from Cleveland's City Kennel must be spayed or neutered at the Spay and Neuter Clinic before it goes home, under Codified Ordinances §…

Cleveland bars anyone from feeding pigeons, starlings, sparrows or other birds on public property, or leaving food out for them, whenever doing so raises the risk of rodent…

Cleveland §347.02 allows beekeeping: 1 hive per 2,400 sq ft of lot area, minimum lot size 2,400 sq ft. Hives must be 5 ft from lot lines and 10 ft from dwellings, with entrance facing…

Cleveland requires dogs to be leashed or confined. ORC §951.02 makes owners liable for dogs running at large. Dog licensing required through county auditor.

Cleveland allows chickens, ducks, and rabbits in residential districts at one animal per 800 square feet of lot, up to six on a standard 4,800-square-foot lot, under Codified…

Ohio's companion animal cruelty law universally criminalizes neglect typical of hoarding situations, with felony penalties applying uniformly regardless of municipal boundaries.

Cleveland requires every short-term rental owner or operator to hold an annual license from the Commissioner before renting a dwelling unit, per Codified Ordinances § 686B.03. The…

Cleveland doesn't set a separate parking-space count for short-term rentals: it holds transient guests to the same parking rules as everyone else under § 686B.06(c), while requiring…

Cleveland must revoke a short-term rental license once three or more nuisance activities happen at the property within any 12-month span, even if the property was never formally…

Cleveland only allows short-term rentals as "limited lodging" when the use is accessory and incidental to the dwelling being used as someone's primary residence: the property can't be…

Cleveland lets residents run limited lodging (Airbnb-style rentals) only if the owner or authorized tenant actually lives in the dwelling more than 51% of the calendar year. An…

A Cleveland short-term rental license only covers stays of 30 consecutive days or less. Rent the same guest a unit for longer than that and the property stops being a short-term rental…

Cleveland caps overnight occupancy in a licensed short-term rental at two guests per bedroom, plus two additional people. The Commissioner of Assessments and Licenses must print that…

Cleveland won't issue a short-term rental license unless the applicant proves at least $500,000 in liability insurance covering the rental, either through the host's own policy or as a…

Cleveland caps limited lodging (short-term rentals) at 91 days per calendar year per dwelling unit, and no single guest can stay more than 30 consecutive days: beyond that it's a…

Cleveland requires every booking agent, the platforms like Airbnb that take reservations or payment for short-term rentals, to register with the Commissioner of Assessments and…

Cleveland requires every owner or operator of a short-term rental to hold a license from the Commissioner before renting the unit at all. Applications cost $150, run December 1 to…

Cleveland bars excessive or unnecessary noise at a licensed short-term rental at all times, cross-referencing the city's general noise ordinance at § 605.10. A host who lets guests…

Cleveland requires a retaining wall, or equivalent engineered slope protection, anywhere a grading or fill permit would create a slope steeper than 3-to-1 (three feet horizontal for…

Cleveland requires a Building Permit from the Commissioner of Building and Housing before any fence is installed, per Codified Ordinances § 358.07. Applications need a site plan…

Cleveland bans scrap materials, tires, canvas, cardboard, asphalt-style shingles and chicken wire on any fence, plus corrugated or sheet metal outside industrial districts. Barbed wire…

Cleveland caps front-yard and side-street fences at 4 feet and at least 50% open; a side-street fence set back 4 feet from the property line can go solid up to 6 feet. Rear and…

Ohio has no Good Neighbor Fence Act for residential properties. ORC §971.02 covers agricultural partition fences only. Boundary disputes resolved through common law.

When snow reaches two inches in any 24-hour period, Cleveland's Director of Public Safety can declare a snow emergency and ban parking on designated through streets and snow-emergency…

Cleveland's Zoning Code bars parking or servicing a motor vehicle at or above grade level beyond the established front building line on any lot in a Residence or Local Retail Business…

Cleveland Council can designate a residential permit parking area under Codified Ordinances Chapter 461, exempting resident vehicles displaying a valid permit from the posted district…

Cleveland's only electric-vehicle-charging ordinance covers Airport Property. Cleveland Hopkins International Airport and Burke Lakefront Airport. The Director of Port Control runs the…

Cleveland tows to City vehicle pounds run by the Division of Police under Chapter 405 of the Codified Ordinances. Getting a car back costs a $190 towing fee plus a $30 impound fee plus…

Cleveland requires nonresidential buildings of 25,000 square feet or more, or those fronting 100 feet or occupying an alley lot, to install off-street loading docks under Codified…

Cleveland bars parking within 2.5 feet of any driveway and requires vehicles to park facing the direction of travel, right-hand wheels within 12 inches of the curb. Blocking a driveway…

Cleveland bans parking recreational vehicles, including boats and boat trailers, in residential districts unless stored inside a closed garage or on one improved rear-yard parking pad…

Cleveland bans recreational vehicles, boats, trailers, motor homes, campers, from residential-district streets and driveways unless stored inside a closed garage. Owners get one narrow…

Vehicles parked on Cleveland streets for more than 72 hours are deemed abandoned under §451.25 and subject to impoundment under Chapter 405. Ohio state law (ORC §4513.60) defines…

Cleveland bans muffler cutouts, bypass devices, and any exhaust modification that makes a vehicle louder than its factory setup. Every motor vehicle needs a maintained, adequate…

Cleveland bars construction and demolition noise between 7:00 p.m. and 7:00 a.m. within 500 feet of homes under Codified Ordinances § 605.10(b)(8). Compressed-air tools face the same…

Cleveland allows gas and electric leaf blowers without a citywide ban, but operation is restricted by the general noise ordinance in CCO Part 6 Chapter 683 during nighttime hours.

Cleveland prohibits animal noise that disturbs residents under §605.10 general noise provisions. Cuyahoga County sets a specific threshold of 20 minutes of barking within one hour for…

Cleveland caps motor vehicle noise at 95 decibels measured five feet from the source, under Codified Ordinances § 437.20(e). The limit is a flat citywide standard, it does not vary by…

Cleveland prohibits unreasonably loud, disturbing, and unnecessary noise under §605.10. No specific decibel limits for general noise: uses a 'plainly audible' standard. Music and audio…

Cleveland requires a $25 permit from the Commissioner of Assessments and Licenses before using drums, loudspeakers or other amplifying devices outdoors to promote a performance, show…

Cleveland treats any backyard pool holding more than 1,500 gallons or deeper than 24 inches, above-ground or in-ground, as a regulated "private swimming pool" under the Building Code…

Cleveland requires every outdoor private swimming pool to be enclosed by an approved fence at least four feet high, set back at least ten feet from the pool's edge, with a…

Cleveland allows a customary home occupation as a permitted accessory use in Residence Districts under Codified Ordinances § 337.23(2), but only inside the main building or a rear…

Ohio expanded its cottage food law under Ohio Revised Code 3715.01 and 925.25 effective 2022, allowing home producers to sell a wide range of non-potentially-hazardous foods directly…

Cleveland bars home occupation signs entirely in One-Family and Two-Family Residential Districts, the zoning that covers most houses, under Codified Ordinances § 350.13(e). Only in…

Ohio Revised Code Chapter 5104 creates a statewide licensing framework for in-home child care, classifying providers as Type A or Type B family child care homes and preempting local…

Ohio never created a microenterprise home kitchen permit, so there is nothing to apply for. It solved the same problem from the other end, by exempting home cooking from the food…

Cleveland bans selling, possessing, or setting off consumer fireworks like firecrackers, roman candles, and fire balloons anywhere in the city unless the Fire Chief has issued a…

Cleveland requires every new and existing building to have smoke alarms and smoke detectors installed per the state fire code, with battery-operated units replaced only with sealed…

Backyard fires are restricted under Ohio EPA rule OAC 3745-19 and the Ohio Fire Code. Small contained cooking fires are allowed with setbacks, but open burning of yard waste, leaves…

Cleveland requires a Fire Chief permit before anyone stores, handles, or uses liquefied petroleum gas, including propane, anywhere in the city. Businesses that store, sell, transport…

Open burning in Cleveland requires a permit from the Commissioner per §277.09. Cleveland Division of Air Quality limits burn size to 5x5x5 feet. Recreational cooking fires and fire…

Ohio Revised Code 1503.18 bans open-air fires outside municipal limits between 6 a.m. and 6 p.m. during March, April, May, October, and November: the state's peak spring and fall…

Sheds and other detached accessory buildings in Cleveland residence districts must sit on the rear half of the lot, at least 18 inches from every property line and 10 feet from any…

Ohio Revised Code 3781.10 makes the Residential Code of Ohio mandatory statewide, but Ohio has not adopted the tiny house appendix (IRC Appendix Q), so small dwellings must meet the…

Cleveland requires a Department of Public Health license to operate a tattoo or body piercing establishment, under Codified Ordinances § 225.08. Annual fees run $250 for a single…

Cleveland requires every tobacco retailer, including vape and e-cigarette sellers, to hold an annual tobacco retail sales license per store location, with civil fines starting at $500…

Every tow truck operating for compensation in Cleveland must carry a city-issued owner's license under Codified Ordinances § 677A.02, obtained from the Commissioner of Assessments and…

Cleveland requires anyone buying, selling or exchanging secondhand articles to hold a $125 annual license, post a sign naming the business, and keep a numbered record of every purchase…

Cleveland bans adult bookstores, theaters, cabarets and similar adult entertainment uses within 1,000 feet of a residence district, another adult entertainment use, or a school…

Cleveland requires every pawnbroker to hold an annual license from the Commissioner of Assessments and Licenses, post a $500 bond, and follow strict recordkeeping, hours, and customer…

Cleveland requires a $200 permit approved by the Health Officer before operating a massage establishment, plus a separate individual permit for every masseur or masseuse, under…

Cleveland requires every licensed day care center to meet fixed building-safety standards: rooms must be above ground level unless the Fire Division signs off, spaces need at least 35…

Cleveland requires every vacant building to be registered and inspected, producing a report of known code violations. A certificate of correction, issued only once all listed…

Cleveland's Commissioner of Building and Housing inspects existing premises before permits issue, inspects work at the job site while construction proceeds and upon completion, and can…

Anyone selling or leasing Cleveland housing built before 1978 must hand over an EPA lead hazard pamphlet, disclose in writing any known lead-based paint or hazards, share the most…

Cleveland requires owners of rental dwellings with fuel-fired appliances to install a UL-2034 carbon monoxide alarm outside every sleeping area, plus visual/vibratile alarms on request…

Cleveland Codified Ordinances § 3137.05 requires a permit from the Commissioner of Building and Housing before any electrical wiring or equipment is installed, altered, or repaired…

Cleveland Codified Ordinances § 3133.02 requires a permit from the Commissioner of Building and Housing before any drainage, plumbing, or water-supply system is installed, altered…

Elevators in Cleveland are regulated under the Ohio Department of Commerce Division of Industrial Compliance and ASME A17.1, with annual state inspections plus Cleveland Department of…

Cleveland requires City Planning Commission design approval before a building permit issues for new construction and major exterior work downtown and citywide, judging projects against…

After every routine inspection, Cleveland's Health Department issues a color-coded placard, green for compliant, white/yellow/red graded by uncorrected critical violations, that must…

Cleveland declares it unlawful for any premises to become vermin- or rodent-infested under City Code § 211.01. Anyone storing lumber, junk, or other materials that can harbor pests…

Cleveland Codified Ordinances § 337.25 lets residents keep agricultural uses, gardens, farm animals, beehives, hoophouses, in residential districts, capping accessory structures like…

Ohio Revised Code Chapter 929 establishes Agricultural Districts that provide right-to-farm protections against nuisance suits and certain local regulations.

Cleveland bars placing any object or property on a sidewalk, street or alley without a street obstruction permit from the Director of Capital Projects. Permits require a traffic and…

Cleveland Codified Ordinances § 505.11 puts sidewalk, curb and gutter repair squarely on the abutting owner or occupant, not the City. Owners who let sidewalks crack, heave or ice over…

Cleveland requires a permit for any building projection or structure that encroaches beyond the street or alley line into public property, including sidewalks. The Commissioner of…

Cleveland's Traffic Code defines Class 1, 2 and 3 electric bicycles by motor power and top assisted speed, but no class gets extra riding privileges. All three are folded into the…

Cleveland runs a civil automated-camera program at roughly 50 locations citywide, ticketing red-light and speeding violations with a $100-$200 civil penalty billed to the vehicle…

Cleveland's Traffic Code requires a cyclist to ride as near the right side of the roadway as practicable, caps side-by-side riding at two abreast outside a shared-use path or exclusive…

Cleveland requires companies offering dockless shared scooters, e-bikes and bicycles to hold a permit from the Director of Capital Projects under Chapter 517. Vendors must equip…

Ohio calls a golf cart an under-speed vehicle and, unlike states that simply refuse to register one, treats it as a titleable and registrable vehicle: R.C. 4501.01(XX) defines it by…

Before entering a Cleveland dwelling to inspect it, Building and Housing, Public Health, or Fire Division inspectors must show credentials and, per Codified Ordinances § 367.03, make a…

Cleveland's Housing Code lets the Director of Building and Housing order an inspection of any residential rental unit whenever a specific complaint comes in, on top of the City's…

Filming on a Cleveland street or sidewalk falls under the street obstruction permit process. The Director of Capital Projects charges a flat $20 per filming location, on top of the…

Cleveland Codified Ordinances § 509.13 requires a written permit from the Director of Public Properties before anyone plants a shade tree in the public highway, including the treelawn…

Cleveland Codified Ordinances §§ 509.16-509.17 target Dutch Elm disease and Elm Blight specifically, giving the Commissioner of Shade Trees power to inspect any suspect tree and order…

Yard waste, brush and tree trunks aren't picked up in Cleveland's regular waste containers. Codified Ordinances § 551.05 requires them tied into compact bundles weighing no more than…

Once you've set recyclables at the curb for Cleveland's curbside program, only City employees, contractors or agents may take them. Codified Ordinances § 551.081 bans anyone else from…

Dumping solid or industrial waste by vehicle on any unlicensed public or private property is banned under Codified Ordinances § 551.26, and Cleveland treats it as a criminal offense…

Cleveland requires garbage collection at least once a week and solid-waste (bulk) collection at least once a month under Codified Ordinances § 551.051, with the Director of Public…

Setting a roll-off dumpster or storage unit down on a Cleveland street, alley, or sidewalk requires a street obstruction permit from the Director of Capital Projects before it's…

Large bulk items like refrigerators, furniture, mattresses and couches are 'special waste' under Codified Ordinances § 551.05 and aren't collected in regular containers. Section…

Cleveland's automated collection program gives each household two carts, one for regular trash, one for recyclables, and Codified Ordinances § 551.041 caps cross-contamination: the…

Cleveland residents may not set solid waste or a waste container out for collection any earlier than noon the day before their regular pickup, and must pull the empty container back by…

Cleveland caps window signage at 25% of window area in every zoning district except Residential and Residence-Office Districts. The limit counts all signage, temporary or permanent…

Retail businesses near a Cleveland freeway interchange may add one extra free-standing identification sign under Codified Ordinances § 350.09, on top of whatever signage the property…

Cleveland caps political signs at 8 square feet in Residential Districts and 64 square feet in non-residential districts under Codified Ordinances § 350.11, with the combined area of…

Cleveland lets one- and two-family homes and townhouses post a single garage sale or open house sign per lot under Codified Ordinances § 350.13(c), capped at 4 square feet, 4 feet tall…

Cleveland's Zoning Code flatly bars billboards from carrying digital or electronic content. Codified Ordinances § 350.10(j) says billboards may be lit only by continuous reflected…

Cleveland's sign code doesn't reach holiday decorations at all: Codified Ordinances § 350.21(g) exempts 'holiday decorations, excluding advertising, displayed for reasonable and…

Vendors selling at a Cleveland street fair or festival must comply with the City's street-vendor code, § 675.09, and event organizers must keep records on every vendor under §…

Renting a Cleveland recreation center room, outdoor pool, or portion of a rec facility for a gathering requires an hourly fee and a permit from the Director of Parks and Recreation…

Cleveland requires a permit before any block party or neighborhood event closes a street, issued under Codified Ordinances § 133.07. The Director of Parks and Recreation, Police…

Cleveland requires a parade permit from the Office of Special Events and Marketing before any organized march, procession or motorcade on city streets. Applications cost $25, and most…

Cleveland requires a Right-of-Way Occupancy Permit before any business places tables, chairs or a parklet on a public sidewalk or street. The Director of Capital Projects issues…

Cleveland's Landmarks Commission can designate any building, structure, work of art or place as a City landmark based on its cultural, historic or architectural value, triggering a…

Cleveland imposes an 8% excise tax on parking occupancy citywide under Codified Ordinances Chapter 196. The tax falls on the patron for each parking transaction, and operators must…

Cleveland's municipal income tax classifies business taxpayers by entity type under Codified Ordinances § 192.03. Corporations, pass-through entities (partnerships, LLCs, S corps) and…

Cleveland requires new and substantially improved buildings in special flood hazard areas to elevate the lowest floor to the flood protection elevation: the base flood elevation plus…

Cleveland caps vehicle idling at five minutes in any 60-minute period under Codified Ordinances § 431.44, extended to ten minutes for loading docks. Cold- and hot-weather idling up to…

Cleveland requires a storm water permit before any construction activity disturbing one acre or more of land begins. Codified Ordinances Chapter 3116 makes it unlawful to start work…

Cleveland makes it unlawful to build, fill, grade, or alter a structure or watercourse in a special flood hazard area without a floodplain development permit from the Building and…

Any grading or filling that permanently changes the elevation or contour of a Cleveland property needs a permit from the Director of Building and Housing before work starts, under…

Ohio Revised Code Chapter 1506 grants the Ohio Department of Natural Resources Office of Coastal Management exclusive authority over Lake Erie shore structures, erosion areas, and…

Cleveland bars landlords from renting any unit that fails the Housing Code's habitability standards. Codified Ordinances § 371.01 makes it unlawful to lease a dwelling that doesn't…

Cleveland does not have rent control or rent stabilization laws. Ohio state law (ORC 5321) does not authorize local rent control, and no Ohio municipality has adopted rent control…

Every owner of a non-owner-occupied unit in Cleveland must annually register it with the Director of Building and Housing by March 1 and obtain a Certificate Approving Rental Occupancy…

Cleveland does not have a just-cause eviction ordinance. Ohio landlord-tenant law (ORC 5321) allows landlords to decline to renew leases or terminate month-to-month tenancies with…

Before filing an eviction in Ohio, a landlord must serve a 3-day notice to leave the premises under Ohio Revised Code 1923.04, including specific statutory warning language. The…

Under Ohio Revised Code 5321.04(A)(8), a landlord must give a tenant reasonable notice before entering and may enter only at reasonable times, except in an emergency. The statute…

Ohio Revised Code 5321.17 sets notice periods to end a periodic tenancy: 30 days for month-to-month and 7 days for week-to-week, given before the periodic rental date. A fixed-term…

Ohio sets no statutory cap on residential security deposits under Ohio Rev. Code 5321.16. The landlord must itemize deductions in writing and return the balance within 30 days after…

Ohio recognizes adverse possession after 21 years, the limitation period in Ohio Revised Code 2305.04 for an action to recover real property. A squatter must possess the land openly…

Cleveland sets footing depth in its own codified building code, and gives houses a shallower figure than everything else: 3 feet for one and two family dwellings, 3 feet 6 inches for…

Cleveland sets a ground snow load of 30 pounds per square foot in the design criteria sheet its Building and Housing department publishes to complete Ohio's blank table.

Cleveland's design criteria sheet sets seismic category B, Severe weathering and required ice shield underlayment, and changes the wind exposure category within 600 feet of the Lake…

Cleveland caps any vending cart, truck or device at 22 feet long and 8 feet wide, bars leaving one unattended, and forbids operating from one on a sidewalk between midnight and 6 a.m…

Vending inside Cleveland's Central Business District is confined to zones the Director of Capital Projects designates by regulation. A zone permit costs $30 a day or $125 a year per…

Every Cleveland food cart, truck, or trailer needs a location permit from the Commissioner of Assessments and Licenses before selling from any spot, backed by a $100 application fee…

Cleveland HOAs enforce recorded covenants, conditions, and restrictions through notice, hearings, fines, liens, and court action under Ohio Revised Code Chapters 5311 and 5312 and the…

Cleveland HOAs and condominium associations that impose architectural-review requirements operate under Ohio Revised Code Chapters 5311 and 5312 and their recorded declarations. Owners…

Cleveland HOA and condominium assessments are governed by Ohio Revised Code Chapters 5311 and 5312 and the association's declaration. Boards must adopt an annual budget, assessments…

Ohio's Planned Community Law governs association governance in R.C. 5312.03-5312.07. R.C. 5312.04 covers election of officers, board powers, and meetings, and notably lets the board…

Ohio law voids any HOA rule, bylaw, or deed covenant that blocks a homeowner from flying the U.S. flag, the state flag, the POW/MIA flag, or a service flag. Associations keep authority…

Ohio's Planned Community Law lets a homeowners association bill a lot owner an "enforcement assessment" (the statute's term for an HOA fine) only when the declaration authorizes it…

Ohio runs condominiums under a separate lien statute from the one that governs planned communities, and the condominium version is the weaker of the two on paper. R.C. 5311.18(A)(1)…

Cleveland bans smoking, including e-cigarettes and other alternative nicotine products, in city-owned outdoor areas like parks, recreation areas, Public Square and downtown malls, and…

Cleveland's Codified Ordinances require a pedestrian who crosses outside a marked or unmarked intersection crosswalk to yield to all vehicle traffic, bar mid-block crossing between two…

Cleveland bans having an opened container of beer or liquor in any public place, in a parked or moving vehicle, or on licensed liquor premises under § 617.07. Violating the open…

Cleveland doesn't ban invasive plants citywide, but within its riparian and wetland setbacks the Zoning Code requires revegetation to use non-invasive species and directs property…

State-licensed marijuana cultivators, processors, dispensaries and testing labs can't locate within 500 feet of a school, church, library, playground or park anywhere in Cleveland…

Cleveland permits state-licensed medical and adult-use marijuana retail dispensaries only in the Local Retail Business District, per Zoning Code § 343.01(b)(9), placing dispensaries in…

Ohio's adult-use marijuana law, approved by Issue 2 in 2023 and now codified in ORC Chapter 3796, lets adults twenty-one and older grow up to six marijuana plants each, twelve per…

Cleveland charges a 3% excise tax on every hotel and short-term rental stay under 30 consecutive days, per Codified Ordinances § 193.03. Vendors and booking agents collect the tax from…

Cleveland's Fire Prevention Code bans kindling or maintaining a fire in any outdoor or portable grill inside a dwelling unit, on a balcony or porch, or within 15 feet of a residential…

In Cleveland's Midtown Mixed-Use District, site lighting for buildings, signs and streets must be arranged to control light trespass and glare onto neighboring properties and public…

Cleveland Codified Ordinances § 507.13 requires every owner or occupant fronting a public sidewalk to clear it of snow and ice by 9:00 a.m. each day. Unpaved walks need at least a…

Cleveland declares any building that is structurally unsafe, unsanitary, fire-hazardous, or vacant and open to entry a public nuisance under City Code § 3103.09. The Director of…

Cleveland's Commissioner of Environment must mail or publish an annual notice to vacant-lot owners under City Code § 209.02, warning that unabated nuisances trigger city abatement…

Cleveland bars itinerant vendors from selling goods without a City license, requiring a $500 bond, a state license endorsement, and a $100-per-week fee before any temporary or…

Cleveland caps residential garage and yard sales at three per property per year under Codified Ordinances § 676B.04, with each sale limited to four consecutive days and hours of 10…

Cleveland parks and recreational facilities close at hours the Director of Parks and Recreation sets and posts on-site. Anyone who stays past those posted hours, or after being told to…

Cleveland's curfew, Codified Ordinances § 605.14, tiers by age: kids 12 and under are barred from public places from darkness to dawn, 13-14 by 9:30 p.m., 15-16 by 11:00 p.m., and…

Cleveland's Zoning Code sets minimum front, side-street, rear and interior side yards by district. Front yards run 15% of average lot depth (max 30 feet); corner-lot side-street yards…

Cleveland caps building height using nine numbered Height Districts under Zoning Code § 353.01, with limits tied to a building's distance from the street center line and a hard cap…

Ohio Revised Code 4561.51, effective April 2025, makes it a state offense to fly a commercial drone in violation of FAA rules, and adds criminal penalties for interfering with…

Ohio lets you fly a recreational drone as long as you follow the FAA, but Revised Code 4561.51, effective April 9, 2025, adds state teeth: you cannot disrupt police, firefighters, or…

Ohio's constitutional minimum wage (Article II Section 34a) sets a state floor that adjusts annually with inflation, while ORC 4111.02 limits local action.

Ohio Senate Bill 331 added ORC 4113.85 preempting local paid sick leave, fringe benefit, and scheduling mandates on private employers statewide.

Ohio law preempts local predictive scheduling, fair workweek, and similar shift-notice ordinances, leaving employer scheduling unregulated by state mandate.

Ohio allows permitless concealed carry for qualifying adults aged 21 and over while still issuing concealed handgun licenses for reciprocity and other benefits.

Ohio Revised Code 9.68 preempts local firearm ordinances, reserving authority over firearms regulation almost entirely to the state legislature.

Ohio Revised Code 2923.16 governs how loaded and unloaded firearms may be transported in motor vehicles, with statewide rules preempting local conflicts.

Ohio's constitution, not any city zoning code, fixes where casinos can operate. Article XV, Section 6(C) authorizes exactly four casino facilities statewide: one each in Cincinnati…

Ohio requires every charitable organization to hold an attorney general license before running bingo, instant bingo, or electronic instant bingo. R.C. 2915.08 sets three license types…

Ohio's gambling statute bans operating a "game of chance conducted for profit," defined in R.C. 2915.01(E) as one "designed to produce income for the person who conducts or operates"…

Ohio legalized sports wagering effective January 1, 2023, but R.C. 3775.03 bars anyone from operating, conducting, or assisting sports gaming without a license from the Ohio Casino…

Sobriety checkpoints are lawful in Ohio, but no Ohio statute creates them. The Revised Code mentions them in exactly one place, R.C. 4511.043, which assumes an "authorized sobriety or…

Ohio has no statute that bans recording a police officer and no buffer-zone law keeping bystanders a set distance away. The General Assembly went the other direction in 2023: R.C…

Ohio is a stop-and-identify state. Under R.C. 2921.29 a person in a public place must give a law enforcement officer their name, address, or date of birth when the officer reasonably…

Ohio has no general statute telling you whether to consent to a search of your car, and nothing in the Revised Code makes refusing an offense. The single place the code regulates…

Ohio House Bill 242 preempts local plastic bag bans and fees, requiring uniform statewide treatment of auxiliary containers including plastic bags.

Ohio HB 242's auxiliary container preemption extends to polystyrene foam food containers, blocking local bans on Styrofoam takeout packaging.

Ohio's planned-community law lets an HOA member install a solar energy collection device unless the declaration specifically bans it, but the right only kicks in if the owner covers…

Ohio prohibits the sale of tobacco, alternative nicotine, and vapor products to anyone under 21 under ORC 2927.02 and related regulations.

Ohio Revised Code 9.681, enacted in 2024 when lawmakers overrode a veto of budget bill HB 33, preempts local flavored tobacco and vapor product regulation, but courts have blocked it…

Ohio caps extra forward lighting by count, by mounting height and by total brightness, and it splits the numbers between the Revised Code and the Director of Public Safety's rules…

Ohio is one of the few states whose windshield statute uses the word camera. R.C. 4513.24(B)(1) bans nontransparent material on the glass apart from a four inch by six inch decal in a…

Ohio has never enacted a lane-splitting or lane-filtering statute, and neither phrase appears anywhere in the Revised Code. A motorcyclist who rides the white line between two lanes of…

R.C. 4503.21(A)(2) imposes two separate duties on an Ohio driver: the rear license plate must be securely fastened so as not to swing, and it shall not be covered by any material that…

Ohio does not prohibit radar detectors in private passenger vehicles. A full-text search of the Ohio Revised Code for the phrase returns no records, and the word radar appears in only…

Ohio permits studded tires on a fixed calendar window, not on weather conditions: R.C. 5589.081(B)(1) allows them only during the period running from the first day of November each…

Ohio splits its tint law across two instruments. R.C. 4513.241 creates the offence and the penalties but contains no percentage at all, and the numbers live in the Director of Public…