Marion, OH

In the City of Marion, Ohio, § 660.12 prohibits any fence charged with electrical current and any barbed wire fence that abuts or is adjacent to a public street or sidewalk. A fence…

In the City of Marion, Ohio, § 1151.065(C) caps any fence, wall or hedge at 4 feet in a front yard, with a 3’6” maximum at intersections of streets or alleys, 6 feet in a side yard…

In the City of Marion, Ohio, a fence is a structure under § 1123.01, and § 1177.01 bars anyone from erecting a structure that must conform to the zoning code without first obtaining a…

Ohio Revised Code Chapter 971 governs partition fences between adjoining rural property owners, applying universally to establish responsibilities for shared boundary fences.

In the City of Marion, Ohio, § 634.04 caps sound from any source on private property by zoning designation and hour. Residential limits are 70 decibels in the main window, 65 late…

In the City of Marion, Ohio, § 634.04 sets maximum decibel levels by zoning designation in three time blocks. Residential property is held to 70 in the first block, 65 from 9:00 p.m…

In the City of Marion, Ohio, § 345.04 bans excessive vehicle noise from a defective or modified exhaust, rapid acceleration, revving or tire squealing, and § 345.05 requires a working…

In the City of Marion, Ohio, § 634.03(E) and (I) set when loudspeakers and music equipment are not violations: a window of 6:00 a.m. to 2:00 a.m. so long as no unreasonably loud noise…

In the City of Marion, Ohio, § 618.07 bars keeping or harboring a dog whose frequent and habitual barking, howling or yelping creates unreasonably loud and disturbing noises of a…

In the City of Marion, Ohio, § 634.03(B) declares construction, drilling and demolition tools not in violation of the noise chapter between 6:00 a.m. and 2:00 a.m., so long as the…

In the City of Marion, Ohio, § 634.03(C) covers mechanically powered lawn or garden tools, lawn mowers, saws, drills, sanders and grinders used outdoors, with a printed window of 6:00…

In the City of Marion, Ohio, § 351.18 bars willfully leaving an abandoned junk motor vehicle on private property for more than 72 consecutive hours without permission, or on a public…

In the City of Marion, Ohio, § 351.03(S) bans standing or parking along any curb that is painted yellow. The subdivision sets no distance or hours of its own: the ban attaches to the…

In the City of Marion, Ohio, § 351.15 bars parking a school bus, commercial or agricultural tractor, truck of more than one ton capacity, bus, trailer, semitrailer, pole trailer or…

In the City of Marion, Ohio, Codified Ordinances § 351.03 lists the places where no one can stand or park a vehicle: sidewalks, in front of driveways, intersections, crosswalks, and…

In the City of Marion, Ohio, § 351.13 bars parking a motor vehicle on the streets or highways of the municipality in excess of 72 consecutive hours. A Marion police officer who finds a…

In the City of Marion, Ohio, a marked truck loading zone is for expeditious unloading, delivery, pickup and loading only, and a stop cannot exceed 30 minutes under § 351.09. Section…

In the City of Marion, Ohio, residences in a Residential District may park on a driveway in the front yard, but § 1153.034(B)(1) caps driveways at 30% of the front yard area, except…

In the City of Marion, Ohio, § 1153.034(B)(1) bars automobiles, recreation vehicles, tractors, boats, campers, trailers and similar vehicles from being parked in a residential front…

R.C. 4513.601 governs only private-lot tows a property owner orders without police involvement; it does not reach police-ordered tows off residential or farm land, which fall under the…

In the City of Marion, Ohio, § 618.16(B) requires every dog owner, keeper or harborer to keep the dog confined or restrained on the premises by a leash, tether, adequate fence…

In the City of Marion, Ohio, § 618.15 bars keeping bees within 2,000 feet of any building used as a residence or for industrial or commercial use where persons are employed. Keeping…

In the City of Marion, Ohio, § 1143.015(B)(2) allows veterinary clinics only as a conditional principal use in the C-5 General Business District, approved by the Board of Appeals under…

In the City of Marion, Ohio, § 618.12 keeps animal enclosures 100 feet from residences and workplaces, prohibits cows, horses, goats, sheep, swine and roosters outside Agricultural…

In the City of Marion, Ohio, § 618.16(J)(4)(a)(iii) defines a vicious dog to include a dog that belongs to a breed commonly known as a pit bull dog, and owning one is prima-facie…

In the City of Marion, Ohio, § 618.18 bars keeping any dangerous or carnivorous wild animal or reptile, and irrebuttably treats a printed list as dangerous: bears, big cats, wolves…

Chapter 618 of the Marion Codified Ordinances registers only dogs (§ 618.08), so the City of Marion, Ohio has no cat license. Cats are covered by the bite rule in § 618.11: a bite is…

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

Ohio does not ban feeding wildlife everywhere. The statewide rule that exists, Ohio Administrative Code 1501:31-9-01(P), applies only on land the Division of Wildlife owns, controls or…

In the City of Marion, Ohio, the owner or occupant of a lot must trim trees, plants and shrubbery to keep a clear height of seven feet between the lowest branches and the sidewalk…

In the City of Marion, Ohio, § 678.01 bars any owner, occupant, or person in charge of a lot or land from letting grass, weeds, or other noxious or harmful vegetation grow to an…

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.

In the City of Marion, Ohio, § 1519.04 bars anyone from possessing, selling or discharging fireworks, with exceptions for licensed manufacturers, wholesalers, exhibitors and the…

In the City of Marion, Ohio, § 660.08 bars any person from causing or allowing open burning within the municipality except under divisions (C) through (E). Burning in metal cans…

The Ohio State Fire Marshal adopts NFPA 58 Liquefied Petroleum Gas Code through OAC 1301:7-7 and licenses LPG installations statewide, providing uniform propane storage and handling…

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…

A home occupation in the City of Marion, Ohio must be incidental to the residential use and meet the conditions of § 1163.01: no nonresident employees, no articles produced off the…

In the City of Marion, Ohio, a home occupation can show no goods and carry no external evidence of the business except an identification sign that complies with § 1161.02. Permanent…

Ohio is one of the few states that asks a cottage food baker for no licence, no registration, no permit and no inspection. R.C. 3717.22(B)(6) exempts a cottage food production…

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…

In the City of Marion, Ohio, § 1159.01 allows detached accessory buildings in a residential rear yard only, with a height of 15 feet or less, at least six feet from other buildings on…

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…

Ohio Revised Code 5739.02 and 5739.09 establish the state sales tax and local lodging excise tax framework that applies to transient accommodations under 30 days, including short-term…

Ohio Department of Health licenses all public swimming pools annually under uniform standards, while residential pool permits remain a local matter handled by city building departments.

In the City of Marion, Ohio, a loud or unruly party is reached through § 648.04, disorderly conduct, which bars recklessly causing inconvenience, annoyance or alarm to another by…

In the City of Marion, Ohio, skateboarders are barred from sidewalks, parking areas and walkways in a downtown business district, and from any posted sidewalk, parking area or walkway…

In the City of Marion, Ohio, § 612.07 bars anyone from possessing an opened container of beer or intoxicating liquor in a state liquor store, on a liquor permit holder's premises, in…

In the City of Marion, Ohio, § 371.03 requires a pedestrian crossing a roadway outside a marked crosswalk, or an unmarked crosswalk at an intersection, to yield the right of way to all…

In the City of Marion, Ohio, the rule that reaches blocking a public way is the disorderly conduct section, § 648.04(A)(4): recklessly hindering or preventing the movement of persons…

In the City of Marion, Ohio, § 371.06(B) bars standing on a highway to solicit employment, business or contributions from the occupant of any vehicle. Only a charitable organization…

In the City of Marion, Ohio, § 634.05 caps vehicle sound on a public right of way at 86 decibels for motor vehicles of 10,000 pounds GVWR or GCWR or more, and 80 for other vehicles…

In the City of Marion, Ohio, § 634.03(G) addresses sound in a place of public entertainment, defined as any commercial facility open to the general public for entertainment. The…

In the City of Marion, Ohio, § 634.03(A) declares that maintaining or using refrigeration machinery or air-conditioning, consisting of air compressors or rotating or reciprocating…

In the City of Marion, Ohio, § 634.03(D)(2) declares a motor vehicle burglar alarm not in violation of the noise chapter if the alarm is automatically terminated within two minutes of…

In the City of Marion, Ohio, registered solicitors, canvassers and peddlers can work only between 9:00 a.m. and 9:00 p.m. on weekdays, including Saturday, and never on Sundays. Section…

In the City of Marion, Ohio, no one can canvass, solicit or peddle without first registering with the municipality and obtaining an identification card. Registration costs $7.50…

In the City of Marion, Ohio, a parcel disturbing one (1) acre or more needs an approved Storm Water Pollution Prevention Plan (SWP3) before soil disturbing work starts or a zoning…

In the City of Marion, Ohio, the owner of each development area must prepare a Post-Construction Storm Water Management Plan under § 915.5.4. The plan names who maintains each…

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…

Ohio Revised Code Chapter 1521 designates the Ohio Department of Natural Resources Division of Water Resources as the state coordinating agency for the National Flood Insurance…

In the City of Marion, Ohio, § 662.05 requires the Health Commissioner to give written notice once there is probable cause of a Chapter 662 violation. The code sets no fixed number of…

The Marion Codified Ordinances start a weed enforcement case with written information or complaint. Under § 678.01, once the Safety/Service Director or the Health Department receives…

In the City of Marion, Ohio, any owner or operator conducting towing must hold a license from the Safety/Service Director before starting. The owner license costs $40 a year per…

In the City of Marion, Ohio, anyone who wants to operate as a secondhand dealer must apply to the Safety/Service Director's office for a permit before doing any business. The permit is…

In the City of Marion, Ohio, adult only entertainment establishments are defined in § 1143.013(A)(8) as a principal use in the C-3 Central Core Business District, and the C-2 retail…

In the City of Marion, Ohio, repairing, rebuilding, modifying or testing a motor vehicle is not a noise violation so long as it does not cause an unreasonably loud noise disturbance…

Ohio requires retailers selling vapor products to hold a state license and comply with age-verification, packaging, and tax requirements under Title 57.

In the City of Marion, Ohio, no person, group or organization may conduct or take part in a parade, procession or assemblage on a street or highway, or block off street space, without…

In the City of Marion, Ohio, principal and accessory buildings in the O-I Office and Institutional District shall not occupy more than 25% of the area of a lot under § 1151.022. The…

In the City of Marion, Ohio, a commercial or industrial building next to a residential district must set its side and rear yards by the § 1151.042 formula, with a divisor of 3 or 4 and…

In the City of Marion, Ohio, § 1151.043 limits buildings in the C-1 and C-5 districts to 30 feet or 2 stories and buildings in C-2 to 40 feet or 3 stories. C-3 height is tied to the…

In the City of Marion, Ohio, § 624.09 bars anyone authorized to possess a hypodermic from negligently discarding one without first rendering it completely unusable. Violations are…

Marion Codified Ordinances § 662.07(X) assigns rodent extermination by cause and by unit count. A tenant or owner-occupant handles an infestation confined to one unit, while the owner…

In the City of Marion, Ohio, no one can plant a tree or shrub in the tree lawn, the street lawn, or the area between the sidewalk and the curb line on any street without a written…

In the City of Marion, Ohio, the duty to keep a public sidewalk in repair falls on the owner or occupant of the abutting land under § 660.05(A). Section 660.11 makes it an offense to…

In the City of Marion, Ohio, § 660.10(C) bars anyone from placing, depositing or maintaining merchandise, goods, material or equipment on a sidewalk where it obstructs pedestrians…

In the City of Marion, Ohio, bulk yard trash means large vegetative and wood cuttings that cannot be bundled under the regular weight and size limit, and it cannot exceed five feet in…

In the City of Marion, Ohio, § 943.01 defines recyclable materials to include newspapers, aluminum, plastic containers, glass, cardboard, brown paper bags, mixed paper, cans and…

In the City of Marion, Ohio, § 943.08(B) bars anyone from throwing or depositing domestic refuse, rubbish or waste material in any street, way, lane, river, stream, ditch or other…

In the City of Marion, Ohio, residents cannot lend their refuse containers to another person, cannot use collection service without paying the lawful charges, and cannot keep or…

In the City of Marion, Ohio, the municipality is the sole collector of domestic refuse, and a commercial establishment can use a private hauler only through a § 943.03 exception: an…

In the City of Marion, Ohio, the Safety/Service Director must provide residential refuse collection to every dwelling unit in the service area that is not served by a mechanical…

In the City of Marion, Ohio, § 943.04(B) directs the Safety/Service Director to collect newspapers, glass bottles and jars, aluminum, plastic containers, tin and ferrous cans…

In the City of Marion, Ohio, the Safety/Service Director must collect yard trash and bulk yard trash from dwelling units not served by a mechanical container, on a regularly scheduled…

In the City of Marion, Ohio, § 943.06 requires every resident and commercial establishment to keep suitable refuse containers, built of water and vermin proof material with a capacity…

Section 662.07(W) of the Marion Codified Ordinances requires every vacant lot or parcel in the City of Marion, Ohio to be kept free of garbage, rubbish, refuse, animal wastes, stagnant…

In the City of Marion, Ohio, § 660.05 puts the duty on the owner or occupant of abutting lands: keep the sidewalks, curbs or gutters in repair and free from snow, ice or any nuisance…

In the City of Marion, Ohio, § 1360.02 declares every dangerous building a public nuisance to be vacated, repaired or demolished. Section 1360.01 counts vacant, unsecured or blighting…

In the City of Marion, Ohio, § 662.04 authorizes the Health Commissioner to inspect dwellings, dwelling units and premises. Owners and occupants must give free access at all reasonable…

In the City of Marion, Ohio, § 662.07 bars anyone from occupying, or letting to another, a dwelling that fails a list of minimum standards, including approved sewer and water, plumbing…

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…

Ohio Revised Code Chapter 1923 establishes uniform forcible entry and detainer procedures, and ORC 5321.17 sets termination notice requirements that govern evictions in every Ohio…

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 preempts local rent control. Effective September 23, 2022, Ohio Rev. Code 5321.19 (added by H.B. 430) bars counties, townships, and municipalities from imposing rent control or…

Ohio Revised Code 5323.02 requires owners of residential rental property in counties with more than 200,000 residents to file owner contact information with the county auditor, while…

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…

In the City of Marion, Ohio, outdoor cooking is allowed under § 660.08(C)(1) as one of the narrow exceptions to the open burning ban. The fire shall be of a minimum size sufficient for…

Under § 648.12 of the Marion Codified Ordinances, a minor under eighteen must stay off public streets, sidewalks, vacant lots and other unsupervised places between 11:00 p.m. and 4:30…

In the City of Marion, Ohio, § 945.01 directs the Board of Park Commissioners to close all municipal parks to all visitors from midnight to 6:00 a.m. The Board can give permission to…

In the City of Marion, Ohio, political signs are classed as temporary nonaccessory signs under § 1161.03. They are permitted in all zoning districts but not on premises used for…

Digital or electronic advertising signs in the City of Marion, Ohio must be erected at least 20 feet above grade and no more than 40 feet above grade, with a display no larger than 12…

Marion's rule for signs along its US 23 corridor is § 1161.042(F). Digital or electronic advertising signs are not permitted unless they meet division (G) and one of two exceptions…

In the City of Marion, Ohio, § 1360.03 directs the Safety/Service Director and assistants to inspect any building in the municipality to decide whether it is a dangerous building…

In the City of Marion, Ohio, the building permit is officially the zoning permit, issued by the Safety/Service Director only when the plans, specifications and intended use conform to…

In the City of Marion, Ohio, changes to property in the Downtown Design District need a certificate of appropriateness from the five-member Design Review Board. Section 1185.07(C)…

Advertising signs in the City of Marion, Ohio can be illuminated, but § 1161.042(E) requires the light source to be shielded so it is not beamed into adjacent lots or streets. Digital…

Under § 1163.021(B)(1) of the Marion Codified Ordinances, all lighting for night use or security at open air automotive and drive-in uses must be arranged so that no source of light is…

Ohio law caps the state at 400 licensed marijuana dispensaries and, since March 20, 2026, bars the Division of Cannabis Control from licensing or relocating any dispensary within one…

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…

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 licenses all food trucks as Mobile Food Service Operations through local health districts under uniform state rules in ORC Chapter 3717 and OAC Chapter 3717-1.

Ohio pre-fills four design criteria for the whole state, 115 mph wind speed, severe weathering, moderate to heavy termite risk and required ice barrier underlayment, and delegates the…

Ohio does not set a statewide frost line depth. The Residential Code of Ohio leaves that column blank and directs each jurisdiction to fill in its own minimum footing depth.

Ohio leaves the ground snow load column of its design criteria table blank, directing each jurisdiction to fill it in from the ground snow load figure in the code.

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…

Ohio's Planned Community Law lets homeowners associations levy assessments and, when unpaid, record a lien foreclosed exactly like a mortgage. R.C. 5312.12 makes the lien prior to…

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 overrides HOA governing documents on two owner protections. R.C. 5312.16 (S.B. 61, eff. 2022) bars a planned community from banning solar collection devices unless the declaration…

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)…

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 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…

Ohio law limits township and county zoning authority over agricultural uses, preserving farming activities on land used primarily for agriculture.

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

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…