5 county-level rules, plus city-specific rules for 1 city in Montgomery County, Ohio.
Verified from official government sources
Montgomery County sets no countywide trash-bin storage rule. How and where you store carts is set by your city or hauler. The county's role is running the Solid Waste District transfer station and disposal, not curbside cart rules.
Montgomery County itself sets no countywide blight code. Blight, junk, and overgrowth are enforced by your city, village, or township. In Dayton, unkept yards, trash, and inoperable vehicles draw citations of $135 or more.
City of Dayton Neighborhood Yard Standards
Overgrown grass, grass that is not neatly cut and trimmed... Trash, debris and broken glass not picked up on the premises... Inoperative, junked and/or unlicensed vehicle stored outside, or vehicle parked on the lawn.
There is no countywide vacant-lot code. In townships, trustees can order vegetation, garbage, and debris abated under ORC 505.87 and bill the owner as a tax lien; cities enforce their own vacant-lot standards.
ORC 505.87(A)
A board of township trustees may provide for the abatement, control, or removal of vegetation, garbage, refuse, and other debris from land in the township, if the board determines that the owner's maintenance of that vegetation, garbage, refuse, or other debris constitutes a nuisance.
Montgomery County sets no countywide garage-sale permit or limit. Whether you need a permit, and how many sales per year you may hold, is decided by your individual city, village, or township.
Montgomery County has no countywide grass-height limit. Townships abate high grass and noxious weeds under ORC 505.87; cities like Dayton require neatly cut lawns and use ORC 731.51's five-day noxious-weed notice.
ORC 731.51
Upon written information that noxious weeds are growing on lands in a municipal corporation, and are about to spread or mature seeds, the legislative authority shall cause a written notice to be served upon the owner... that they must be cut and destroyed within five days after the service of such notice.
1 cities in Montgomery County have their own property maintenance rules. Each link goes to that city's dedicated page with code citations.
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