Parma, OH Code Violation Reporting: Response Times (2026)
Key Facts
- Compliance window
- Stated reasonable time set in the notice
- Enforcement options
- Summons, prosecutor referral, or written notice
- Sale/lease restriction
- Barred over 1 year unless order disclosed
- Service by mail
- Used if violator not found in county
- Penalty
- First-degree misdemeanor, Section 1705.99
Summary
When Parma's Code Official finds a Housing Code violation, Section 1705.03 lets the City move straight to a summons or, instead, mail the owner, agent, or operator a written notice that must set a stated reasonable time to repair, improve, or demolish the structure before further enforcement follows.
Whenever the Code Official finds any structure or premises, or any part thereof, to be in violation of the provisions of this Code, the Code Official shall issue a summons and compliant to the violator or he or she may advise the Prosecutor of the circumstances and request the Prosecutor to institute the appropriate action at law to compel compliance, or the Code Official may first give or cause to be given or mailed to the owner, agent or operator of such structure or premises a written notice stating the violation, which notice shall order the owner, agent or operator, within a stated reasonable time, to repair, improve or demolish the structure or premises concerned.
Official source re-checked September 7, 2026: no newer edition of the code had been published (publisher’s edition: 2026 S-30: Local legislation current to August 3, 2026 | State legislation current to June 25, 2025).
Full Breakdown
03(a) gives Parma's Code Official three enforcement paths once a structure or premises is found violating the Housing Code: issue a summons and complaint directly to the violator, ask the City Prosecutor to sue to compel compliance, or first mail the owner, agent, or operator a written notice describing the violation. That written notice must order the recipient, within a stated reasonable time, to repair, improve, or demolish the structure, so Parma's code ties the compliance window to the specific violation rather than a fixed number of days across every case.
03(b). 03(c). 03(d) allows service by registered mail to the last known address plus posting a notice on the structure itself, and removing that posted notice without the Code Official's written permission is separately prohibited.
Violations & Fines
Ignoring a Section 1705.03 notice, or removing a posted warning notice without permission, is a first-degree misdemeanor under Section 1705.99, with a new offense counted for every day the violation continues. If the Code Official also finds the structure a public nuisance, the City can pursue vacation of the premises and nuisance abatement through the Prosecutor in addition to the criminal penalty.
Frequently Asked Questions
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Sources & Official References
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