Medina, OH

Medina bars storing an unlicensed or disabled vehicle outside an enclosed garage for more than 15 days after written notice, with escalating misdemeanor penalties for repeat violations…

Medina's Traffic Code lists twenty specific places where a vehicle may not stand or park, including in front of driveways, within intersections, on crosswalks, near fire hydrants, and…

Medina limits boats, campers, motor homes and trailers on residential lots to two vehicles at a time, parked on a hard-surfaced pad behind the front building line rather than in the…

Medina requires boats, campers and similar recreational vehicles to park on a hard-surfaced pad in the side or rear yard rather than the driveway, except from April 1 through October…

Medina's Traffic Code limits marked truck loading zones to actual loading, unloading, pickup or delivery of materials or persons, and caps any stop there at thirty minutes. Section…

Medina bars commercial vehicles, buses, trailers and trucks over 7,000 pounds gross vehicle weight from parking on a residential driveway or yard, with narrow exceptions for…

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…

Medina bars construction noise outright between 9:00 p.m. and 7:00 a.m. Section 509.032 makes it unlawful to create noise or any other nuisance by operating or permitting the operation…

Medina bars generating unreasonable noise from radios, stereos, or other sound amplifying devices, presuming a violation on private property between 11 p.m. and 8 a.m. when the sound…

Medina's Traffic Code bans unnecessarily racing a vehicle's engine or accelerating so hard from a stop that the exhaust cracks, chatters, or the tires squeal and leave marks, commonly…

Medina makes it a minor misdemeanor to keep or harbor a dog whose frequent, habitual barking, howling, or yelping is unreasonably loud and disturbs the peace and quiet of the…

Medina's zoning code sets a hard numeric noise ceiling for wind turbines and wind energy systems: operation cannot exceed 55 decibels, measured from the nearest neighboring property…

Medina bans electrified fences outright and prohibits barbed wire fences next to any public street or sidewalk. Section 521.06 allows only a narrow exception: three strands of barbed…

Medina requires plans and a permit for any retaining wall over three feet tall, reviewed by both the City Engineer and Chief Building Official, with masonry or reinforced concrete…

Medina caps fence height by zoning district and yard location under Codified Ordinances § 1155.01(c). Front-yard fences in residential districts top out at three feet, while side and…

Medina requires a permit before any fence is erected or constructed. Codified Ordinances § 1371.02 puts the duty on the contractor or the property owner, and the fee is set under the…

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

Medina bars owners from letting a dog run at large or leave its owner's premises unleashed. A dog must stay confined, in a suitable conveyance, or under a responsible person's control…

Medina has no cat licensing or leash requirement, but its wildlife-feeding ban exempts anyone officially authorized by the City to run a feral cat Trap-Neuter-Vaccinate-Return program…

Medina prohibits purposely feeding deer, geese, ducks, raccoons, fowl, other wildlife, or stray animals when the feeding damages another's property or creates a nuisance, except in…

Medina makes it a minor misdemeanor to kill, injure, or shoot at a wild bird, destroy its nest or eggs, or trap, net, or pursue one with intent to capture it, protecting wild birds…

Medina outlaws keeping, maintaining, or possessing any dangerous wild animal within city limits, naming species from apes and bears to coyotes, wolves, and venomous snakes, with narrow…

Medina's zoning code confines veterinary care to the C-3 General Commercial District and requires it operate inside a fully enclosed building. The Codified Ordinances split the use…

Medina allows chickens, ducks, rabbits and similar animals in residential districts at one bird per 800 square feet of lot area. Roosters, geese and turkeys need a lot over one acre…

Medina bans hunting of any animal or fowl citywide, which includes coyotes, and allows only one narrow exception: a Mayor-issued Municipal Deer Control Permit for bow-hunting…

Ohio law makes every beekeeper register each apiary with the Ohio Department of Agriculture by June 1, and every hive must have removable frames so the state apiary inspector can check…

Ohio repealed automatic pit bull dangerous classification in 2012, requiring individual behavioral assessment statewide, though cities retain home rule to enact breed restrictions.

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

Medina's zoning code limits overnight occupancy at short term rentals to two persons per bedroom plus two additional people. The cap applies citywide to any property operating as a…

Medina's zoning code flatly prohibits hosting events at short term rentals, naming weddings, receptions and parties specifically. The ban is part of the same 2024 ordinance that set…

Medina's off-street parking schedule requires one parking space for every bedroom in a short-term rental, the same table that sets space counts for every other commercial and…

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…

Medina's Minimum Residential Rewire Electrical Code requires smoke detectors to be installed under Chapter 1331, the Ohio Residential Code for One, Two and Three Family Dwellings…

Medina sits entirely within a state-defined restricted area, where open burning is banned outright except for a short list of exceptions, some requiring Ohio EPA notice or permission…

Medina lets residents burn a recreational fire or use a portable outdoor fireplace without a permit, but only if it stays at least 25 feet from any structure or combustible material…

Medina bars residents of any building with two or more units from storing propane tanks larger than 2.5 pounds water capacity on a combustible balcony or inside their unit. The limit…

Section 1519.04(b) makes it unlawful to discharge, ignite or explode any fireworks anywhere in Medina unless conducted by a licensed exhibitor at a permitted public display, or under…

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…

Medina's zoning code sets no special use permit or district restriction for a small home-based day care. Section 1145.04's parking schedule treats 'Day Care, Child (In-Home)' the same…

Medina prohibits any sign advertising a home occupation operating out of a residence. Zoning Code Section 1155.07(d) bans exterior or interior signage entirely, and the City treats any…

Medina restricts home occupations to normal residential traffic levels and bars regular customers or clients from visiting the premises at all. Zoning Code Section 1155.07(e) and (g)…

Medina allows home-based businesses as accessory uses under Codified Ordinances § 1155.07, but only if the business stays secondary to residential use, employs no outside workers…

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 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…

Medina treats an in-ground or above-ground pool holding three feet or more of water as a regulated structure. Codified Ordinances §§ 1113.05(s) and 1155.01(f)(1) confine the pool to…

Any swimming, wading, or other pool holding three feet or more of water in Medina must be enclosed by a fence under Codified Ordinances § 1155.01(f). The fence must deny access to…

Medina limits in-law suites to housing family members only, and requires the family member living there to have direct internal access to the main dwelling's common areas. Zoning Code…

Medina allows one in-law suite per detached single-family dwelling, capped at forty percent of the home's total gross floor area, with no separate gas or electric utilities and no…

Medina prohibits renting an in-law suite to anyone outside the family and bars any commercial use of the space. Zoning Code Section 1155.13(c) makes the suite strictly a family-housing…

Medina caps residential sheds and detached garages at 15 feet tall and 744 square feet of combined footprint, set back 5 feet from rear and side lines and 10 feet from other buildings…

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…

Medina Codified Ordinances § 907.06(b) declares any grass or weeds taller than eight inches a public nuisance on any lot in the City, improved or unimproved. The Service Director or…

Medina Codified Ordinances § 907.02(f) makes it every landowner's duty to trim private trees that hang over or into the public right-of-way. Foliage must be cleared to thirteen feet…

During a declared water shortage, Medina's Service Director can bar residents from watering lawns, shrubs and gardens or washing vehicles at any restricted time. The Director proclaims…

Medina Codified Ordinances § 907.02(c) bars anyone but the City Forester, or someone the Forester authorizes, from removing, cutting or pruning a public tree. Section 907.03(a) has the…

Medina bans burying garbage anywhere within city limits, but the ordinance carves out one exception: burial is allowed while composting under the law. The City sets no separate bin…

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.

Only City of Medina employees may collect or haul garbage within city limits, closing residential garbage service to private trash haulers. That exclusive-service rule ties directly to…

Medina requires every home and business to keep garbage in odor-tight receptacles on the premises or within twenty-five feet, moved to the front line for each scheduled pickup. If…

Medina requires commercial dumpsters, recycling containers, and trash handling equipment to sit back from neighboring lots and be screened from view. Codified Ordinances § 1155.05(a)…

Medina requires grass clippings and yard waste kept separate from household rubbish in metal or solid plastic containers up to 40 gallons and 35 pounds, while brush must be cut to…

Medina's Director of Public Service divides the City into as many garbage and rubbish collection districts as needed and fixes the day or days each week collection happens. The…

Medina bans throwing or depositing garbage on any public or private property citywide, with only a composting exception, and separately bans dumping rubbish unless it follows the…

Ohio has no statute forcing residents to recycle, but Revised Code 3734.53 requires every county's solid waste management district to run recycling and waste-reduction programs meeting…

Medina prohibits camping on any city-owned public property, including streets, sidewalks, parks, parking lots and rights-of-way, under Codified Ordinances § 541.11. The Parks and…

Medina requires anyone who peddles or solicits door to door to obtain a Police Department license before doing business, under Codified Ordinances §§ 707.02 through 707.04. Applicants…

Medina bans door-to-door soliciting on Sundays and outside 8:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m., and makes it unlawful to knock at any premises posted "No Peddlers," "No Solicitor" or "No Agents,"…

Medina's only mobile-food-vending rule targets frozen dessert trucks: operators need a solicitor's permit, a Medina County "Food Service Mobile License," $300,000 in liability…

Medina's General Offenses Code treats any cart, table or merchandise left on a public sidewalk as an obstruction. Section 521.04(c) caps that presence at one hour and only while goods…

Medina's only licensed mobile food vending track is frozen dessert peddling by vehicle. Section 707.12 lets a permitted vendor drive and sell anywhere in the city, with no separate…

Medina requires every sexually oriented business to hold a city-issued "Sexually Oriented Business License" and restricts where such businesses may operate under the Medina City Zoning…

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

Medina designates individual buildings, structures, places or objects as "Historic Landmarks" under Codified Ordinances Chapter 145. The Historic Preservation Board evaluates…

Medina Codified Ordinances § 907.01(i) defines a 'protected tree' by trunk size: any public tree with a DBH of two inches or more, or any tree of ten inches DBH or more inside a…

In every new Medina subdivision the developer pays for street trees and the City installs them, with the City Forester setting the per-lot fee under Codified Ordinance 1173.03(f). The…

Medina Codified Ordinances § 907.07(b) bars noxious weeds, grass, vines or other deleterious growth over six inches tall on any lot, whether improved, vacant or occupied, within 100…

Medina's Building Code declares any structurally unsafe, hazardous or dangerously dilapidated building a public nuisance. The Chief Building Official can order repair, vacating or…

Medina requires abutting property owners to keep sidewalks free of snow, and separately regulates how snow is cleared. Section 905.10 bars pushing or blowing snow across a dedicated…

Medina's floodplain code bans specific hazardous uses inside any FEMA-mapped special flood hazard area and requires a floodplain development permit for everything else. Private water…

Medina requires a Comprehensive Stormwater Management Plan for new development and redevelopment, with review fees up to $2,500, a $1,500-per-acre bond, and misdemeanor penalties up to…

Medina requires an approved Stormwater Pollution Prevention Plan before soil-disturbing construction begins, backed by a $1,500 bond, stop-work orders and escalating fines up to…

Medina requires two feet of freeboard above base flood elevation for any new or substantially improved residential structure. The Flood Protection Elevation defined in Section…

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…

Medina enforces habitability through the 2012 International Property Maintenance Code, adopted by Chapter 1381. A dwelling the code official finds unsanitary, unfit for human…

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…

Medina allows electronic message center signs only as ground signs, only with a conditional zoning certificate, and bans them outright in the M-U, Historic and TC-OV Districts. Copy…

Medina's Sign Code defines a window sign as anything posted or visible through a window or door from outside. For nonresidential buildings, Section 1147.14(e) limits permanent window…

Medina's zoning code has no separate category for political or campaign signs; a yard sign supporting a candidate or issue is regulated as a temporary ground sign under Section…

Medina's zoning code bans billboard signs and virtually all other off-premises advertising signs citywide. Section 1147.10 lists them among the signs prohibited outright, with a narrow…

Medina's Chief Building Official requires six named inspections during construction, footer, foundation, framing, rough insulation, basement floor and final, under Codified Ordinance…

Medina's Fire Prevention Code sets minimum size, door, and emergency-communication standards for every elevator in the city under Chapter 1504. New elevators must comply on…

Medina adopted the International Energy Conservation Code, 2003 Edition, as its Model Energy Code for buildings governed by the Ohio Residential Code, with violations of any…

Medina enforces the 2024 Ohio Plumbing Code under Codified Ordinance 1345.01, adopted by Ordinance 32-24 in February 2024, and every plumbing job needs a permit under the fee schedule…

Medina's 2012 Property Maintenance Code amendment requires every automatic sprinkler system in the city to be inspected, tested, and maintained to NFPA 25, and a separate Fire…

Medina requires a permit before any construction, enlargement, alteration, repair or removal of a residential building or any occupancy under the Ohio Building Code, per Codified…

Medina has adopted the 2023 National Electrical Code as its Electrical Code under Codified Ordinance 1333.01, and every electrical job needs a permit and fee under 1311.042 before work…

Medina requires every exterior light fixture serving a parking or circulation area to be a cut-off type that blocks light above 85 degrees from vertical, and caps pole height itself at…

Medina caps exterior lighting spillover at one horizontal footcandle measured at any side or rear property line next to a residential use or district. The limit applies to parking…

Anyone who wants to use a public right-of-way in Medina for construction, install physical facilities, cut a curb opening, or open a paved street must first file an application with…

Medina Codified Ordinances § 905.01 puts sidewalk upkeep on the abutting property owner, not the City. Owners and occupiers must keep sidewalks, driveways, walkways and stairways free…

Medina's Codified Ordinances bar leaving merchandise, equipment or hazardous debris on sidewalks. Section 521.04 caps loading-related obstructions at one hour and bans dropping glass…

Medina levies a 3% excise tax on lodging furnished by a hotel to transient guests, collected quarterly by the operator and paid into the General Fund under Codified Ordinances Chapter…

Medina bans carrying an opened container of beer or liquor in any public place, including streets, sidewalks, parks and parking lots. Section 529.07 also outlaws open containers inside…

Medina's only loitering ordinance targets solicitation for prostitution. Section 533.091 bans beckoning, stopping or repeatedly approaching passersby or vehicles in or near a public…

Medina bars riding a skateboard, bicycle, moped, motorcycle or other toy vehicle on any public sidewalk within one block of the historic Medina City Square. Adopted in 1987 by…

Medina makes an owner, possessor, or person controlling a premises, whether by ownership, lease, or employment, personally liable if they permit a violation of the City's…

Medina allows adults twenty-one and older to possess up to two and one-half ounces of cannabis, or fifteen grams of extract, under Section 513.16. But using adult-use cannabis in a…

Camping and selling goods in a Medina city park both require prior written permission from the Parks and Recreation Director under Section 945.02(d) and (e). Charitable, school and…

Medina requires a Mayor-issued permit for any parade of five or more people on foot or three or more vehicles, filed at least ten days ahead with a $20 fee, under Codified Ordinances…

Restaurants in Medina cannot add outdoor seating without a Conditional Zoning Certificate. Codified Ordinances § 1153.04(a)(28) treats outdoor dining as a conditionally permitted use…

Solar panels in Medina need city approval before installation. Codified Ordinances § 1155.06(c) allows roof-mounted panels as an accessory use with administrative review, while…

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…

Section 1103.04 of the Medina Zoning Ordinance says that wherever the Zoning Code sets a stricter standard than a private deed restriction or covenant, the greater requirement of the…

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 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)…

Medina's Planning Commission reviews new construction and building renovations under citywide design standards in Zoning Code Section 1109.04, covering facade breaks, materials…

Medina's Zoning Code defines 'maximum lot coverage' as the share of a lot covered by hard, impervious surfaces such as roofs, driveways and sidewalks, expressed as a percentage under…

In Medina's R-1 Low Density Urban Residential District, Section 1121.05 caps a principal structure's height at 35 feet and an accessory structure at 15 feet. Section 1105.15 defines…

Section 1105.134 defines a 'setback' as the line no building may cross, covering front, side and rear yards. In the R-1 Low Density Urban Residential District, Section 1121.05 sets a…

Medina's Codified Ordinances bar bicycles, skateboards, mopeds, motorcycles and any other toy vehicle from public sidewalks within one block of the Medina City Square. Adopted in 1987…

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…

Medina bans propane and charcoal grills, hibachis and chimeneas on balconies, porches, rooftops and common walkways of any building with two or more units, including apartments…

Medina bars residents of duplexes, apartments, and similar multi-unit buildings from grilling, smoking, or using any open-flame cooking device on a balcony, porch, walkway, or rooftop…

Medina restricts garage, yard, patio, carport, basement, porch and driveway sales to no more than three consecutive days in any three-month period each calendar year, under Codified…

Medina's Zoning Ordinance requires that outdoor storage on residential, commercial and industrial lots stay free of stagnant water, weeds and vermin. Materials must be stacked in an…

Medina's general noise ordinance prohibits unreasonably loud sound from radios, loudspeakers, horns and similar amplifying devices, especially between 11 p.m. and 8 a.m. But Section…

Medina imposes a nightly curfew on anyone under eighteen. Section 509.08(b) bars minors from public places between 10:00 p.m. and 6:00 a.m. Sunday through Thursday for those fifteen…

Medina closes every city park and recreation area, including their parking areas, from 11:00 p.m. until 6:00 a.m. under Codified Ordinances § 945.01(a). The Jump Playground at Memorial…

Medina taxes businesses differently than wage earners under its 2024 municipal income tax code. Medina Codified Ordinances § 162.061 classifies any taxpayer that is not an individual…

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 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…

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 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 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…