Newark, OH

In the City of Newark, Ohio, Section 634.04(a)(7) bars operating tools or equipment used in construction, drilling or demolition work between 10:00 p.m. and 7:00 a.m. when the sound…

Section 634.05 of the Newark, Ohio code sets Table 1 sound limits for private property: 60 dBA for residential use from 7:00 a.m. to 10:00 p.m., 50 dBA from 10:00 p.m. to 7:00 a.m…

In the City of Newark, Ohio, Section 634.04(a)(11) bars operating or permitting any lawn or garden tool, lawnmower or similar outdoor device in residential areas between 10:00 p.m. and…

In the City of Newark, Ohio, § 432.35 bars unnecessary vehicle noise: squealing tires, noisy acceleration or stopping, racing the motor so the muffler or tailpipe is loud, and any…

In the City of Newark, Ohio, section 618.07 bars anyone from owning, keeping or harboring a dog that, by frequent and habitual barking, howling or yelping, creates unreasonably loud…

In the City of Newark, Ohio, Section 634.04(a)(9) bars radios, instruments and amplifiers from creating a noise disturbance across a residential property boundary between 10:00 p.m…

In the City of Newark, Ohio, Council serves a written notice on the owner or tenant of land with noxious weeds, who then has five days after service to cut and destroy them. The code…

In the City of Newark, Ohio, owners of trees, shrubs and plantings between the property line and the curb must keep growth at least eight feet above the sidewalk and off the traveled…

In the City of Newark, Ohio, Section 1048.13 bars using City water to water lawns or other plant life during a declared water emergency. Shrubs, gardens and flowers can still be…

In the City of Newark, Ohio, no one can cut, move or otherwise disturb a tree in a public place without a work permit from the Director of Public Service. The Director can also order…

In the City of Newark, Ohio, all trees, shrubs and vegetation planted under the landscaping chapter must be native or common to Central Ohio or similar climates. The rule reaches new…

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 Newark, Ohio, no one may intentionally feed deer by artificial or supplemental means. Food placed on the ground or within five feet of it counts. Owners get twenty-four…

In the City of Newark, Ohio, section 618.01(d) requires the owner, keeper or harborer of each cat to keep it either confined upon the premises or under reasonable control of some…

Newark, Ohio runs a voluntary city database of microchipped cats and dogs. Residents who choose to microchip can register through the Animal Control Officer or the Director of Public…

In the City of Newark, Ohio, section 618.16 bars anyone from killing, maiming, wounding or injuring any bird, and from destroying the nests, eggs or young of any bird, except for named…

The City of Newark, Ohio bans hunting and trapping of birds and other animals inside city limits, with trapping limited to humane box traps. Registered hunters approved by the Director…

In the City of Newark, Ohio, section 618.22 bans possessing listed animals including lions, tigers, bears, wolves, monkeys, raccoons, skunks, venomous reptiles and constricting…

In the City of Newark, Ohio, section 618.17 bars keeping pigs or swine on any lot of less than two acres or within 600 yards of any dwelling. Section 618.19 bars stables and barnyards…

In the City of Newark, Ohio, section 618.15 defines dangerous, vicious and nuisance dogs by what a dog has done without provocation, not by breed. Owners of dangerous or vicious dogs…

In the City of Newark, Ohio, section 618.01 bars a dog from being at large beyond its owner's premises unless it is securely restrained by a leash and under the reasonable control of…

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

In the City of Newark, Ohio, day care in the home of the provider for not more than six is listed as a permitted use in the RS, RL, RM and RH single-family districts, next to…

In the City of Newark, Ohio, a home occupation in the RS, RL, RM and RH single-family districts is a conditional use that needs authorization from the Board under Chapter 1234, and a…

In the City of Newark, Ohio, a home office in a single-family district cannot have customers coming to the dwelling, and the code limits deliveries to one per day beyond the regular…

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…

In the City of Newark, Ohio, a fence in a residential district cannot exceed four feet in any yard and six feet in a side or rear yard, with up to eight feet to the top of lattice or a…

In the City of Newark, Ohio, zoning prohibits barbed wire, spiked or cutting-edge fences and electrically charged fences in CD, AD and R-Districts. Chapter 1424 separately bars barbed…

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 Newark, Ohio, Section 452.09 bans parking on the listed snow routes, including East and West Main Street and State Routes 13, 16 and 79, once snowfall accumulates to two…

In the City of Newark, Ohio, the zoning code permits parking or storing an unoccupied travel trailer, motor home or similar vehicle outside a campground, but no one can live or sleep…

In the City of Newark, Ohio, Section 452.035 bars leaving a commercial tractor, truck, semitractor or trailer on a public street in a residence district for more than four hours…

In the City of Newark, Ohio, Section 454.02 bars parking in the city's designated parking zones from 12:00 a.m. to 6:00 a.m. unless the driver holds a pass from the Office of the…

In the City of Newark, Ohio, Section 452.03 bars stopping or parking in front of any public or private driveway, within ten feet of a fire hydrant, on a crosswalk, within an…

In the City of Newark, Ohio, Section 454.10 lets commercial trucks park in the city's parking zones to load or unload merchandise for no more than thirty minutes. No commercial truck…

In the City of Newark, Ohio, § 660.07 treats a motor vehicle left uncovered in the open on private property for more than seventy-two hours as a junk motor vehicle, and the Director of…

In the City of Newark, Ohio, a new residential driveway can be no wider than thirty feet at the curb line and a commercial driveway no wider than thirty-six feet. Approaches on curbed…

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 Newark, Ohio, no person can discharge fireworks except a licensed exhibitor or someone using 1.4G consumer fireworks on private property, with the owner's permission, on…

In the City of Newark, Ohio, § 660.08(c)(2)B allows campfires, bonfires and outdoor fireplace equipment without Ohio EPA notice only if the total fuel area is three feet or less in…

In the City of Newark, Ohio, § 660.08(c)(1) prohibits open burning in a restricted area, which covers the city plus a zone one mile beyond its boundary, except for the purposes the…

In the City of Newark, Ohio, every rooming house must have smoke detectors installed and maintained in proper working order, measured against Section F-404.4 of the 1990 BOCA National…

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…

In the City of Newark, Ohio, a swimming pool deeper than twenty-four inches must be completely enclosed by a fence or physical barrier at least forty-eight inches high. Gates and doors…

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 Newark, Ohio, a lot in an RS, RL, RM, RH, RZLL or TFR district can hold no more than two accessory structures, and they belong in the rear yard. Together they cannot…

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…

In the City of Newark, Ohio, Section 1054.16(p) requires anyone performing construction to use Best Management Practices that keep sediment off the site and out of the storm drain…

In the City of Newark, Ohio, Section 634.04(a)(5)A prohibits running a motor vehicle over 10,000 pounds gross vehicle weight rating, or its auxiliary equipment, longer than five…

Under Section 1054.16 of the Newark Code of Ordinances, no one in the City of Newark, Ohio can discharge anything other than storm water into the storm drain system or watercourses…

In the City of Newark, Ohio, it is unlawful to begin construction, filling, grading or any other development in an identified special flood hazard area until the Floodplain…

In the City of Newark, Ohio, new residential construction and substantial improvements must have the lowest floor, including basement, at or above the base flood elevation plus one and…

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…

In the City of Newark, Ohio, Section 1226.07 of the Code of Ordinances says all subdivision covenants run with the land and are enforceable by the owner of any property lying within…

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)…

In the City of Newark, Ohio, Section 1232.99 fines zoning violations on a notice schedule of $150.00, $250.00 and $500.00, adds $150.00 fines for skipped setback or final inspections…

In the City of Newark, Ohio, a special event in a city park or recreation area needs a permit from the Superintendent of Parks and Recreation under Section 1068.06. The Superintendent…

In the City of Newark, Ohio, a business in the Downtown District must obtain written consent from the Director of Public Service before placing sidewalk seating or dining amenities in…

In the City of Newark, Ohio, Code of Ordinances § 624.20 lets adult use consumers use cannabis but makes using it in public areas a minor misdemeanor. Smoking or vaporizing in or on a…

In the City of Newark, Ohio, § 416.03 requires a pedestrian crossing outside a marked or unmarked intersection crosswalk to yield to all vehicles, bars crossing between adjacent…

In the City of Newark, Ohio, Code of Ordinances § 412.06 bans skateboarding on sidewalks in the B-1, B-2, B-3, B-4, M-1 and M-2 districts, bans it in city parks and recreation areas…

In the City of Newark, Ohio, § 648.14 makes it a third-degree misdemeanor to aggressively beg on any street, sidewalk or other public place, and a fourth-degree misdemeanor to…

In the City of Newark, Ohio, Code of Ordinances § 666.085 makes it a third-degree misdemeanor to beckon, stop, converse with, or approach another person or a vehicle in or near a…

Newark, Ohio has no separate party ordinance. A loud party is reached through Section 634.03, which bars anyone from unreasonably making, continuing or permitting a noise disturbance…

In the City of Newark, Ohio, section 612.07 bars anyone from possessing an opened container of beer or intoxicating liquor in any other public place, and also inside a motor vehicle…

In the City of Newark, Ohio, Chapter 1870 bars smoking and vaping in enclosed public places and workplaces and in all areas immediately adjacent to their entrances and exits. Outdoor…

In the City of Newark, Ohio, the Director of Public Service controls any planting, moving, trimming or other work on trees and shrubs in public places through a work permit issued…

In the City of Newark, Ohio, § 660.03 prohibits depositing litter on any public property, on private property the person does not own, or in or on waters of the State, regardless of…

In the City of Newark, Ohio, a trash container can stand in the public right of way only immediately before and immediately after pick-up. To the extent practicable, it goes to the…

In the City of Newark, Ohio, recycling is built into hauler licensing. Before a registration certificate is issued or renewed, the hauler must prove it offers optional recyclable…

In the City of Newark, Ohio, a solid waste enterprise can run pickups only between 6:00 a.m. and 6:00 p.m., Monday through Saturday, and not on six named holidays. Commercial locations…

In the City of Newark, Ohio, commercial solid waste goes in a container that meets Section 1860.03 whenever it can be confined. A dumpster that is too small does not excuse the…

In the City of Newark, Ohio, every residential property of four dwelling units or less must contract with a hauler licensed by the Director of Public Service. Solid waste must leave…

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…

In the City of Newark, Ohio, Section 1260.04 makes medical marijuana and adult use dispensaries a conditional use. A dispensary cannot sit within 1,000 feet of a parcel holding a…

In the City of Newark, Ohio, the zoning code allows dispensaries as conditional uses in five business districts and prohibits them in the DC Downtown, LI Limited Industrial and GI…

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…

In the City of Newark, Ohio, no person can sleep on a public sidewalk, street or alley, and no person can occupy a campsite on public property or under a bridge. A first offense is a…

In the City of Newark, Ohio, § 648.14 makes it a crime to intentionally obstruct pedestrian or vehicular traffic on a street, sidewalk, or other public place. The definition names…

In the City of Newark, Ohio, a sign advertising or giving directions to a home sale or street sale must stay on the sale property or on other property with the owner's prior written…

In the City of Newark, Ohio, a window sign is a sign of no more than sixteen square feet affixed to the interior surface of a window. Installing and displaying one requires neither a…

In the City of Newark, Ohio, a variable message electronic sign cannot show animated or moving video, and one within 100 feet of an R-District needs Board approval. Replacing an…

In the City of Newark, Ohio, inflatable holiday decorations are permitted in OBCI and R-Districts without a permit, and the code states that there is no time limitation on holiday…

Ohio Revised Code Section 3517.20 universally requires identification disclaimers on political campaign signs, while ORC 5589.33 prohibits placing signs in the rights-of-way of public…

In the City of Newark, Ohio, Section 475.04 requires bicyclists to ride as near to the right side of the roadway as practical, no more than two abreast in a lane, except on paths or…

In the City of Newark, Ohio, § 416.14 allows low-speed micromobility devices on streets, sidewalks and shared-use paths, caps speed at 20 miles per hour, bars rentals to anyone under…

In the City of Newark, Ohio, Section 475.21 sorts electric bicycles into class 1, 2 and 3. Class 1 and 2 are permitted on bicycle-only and shared-use paths unless the local authority…

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…

In the City of Newark, Ohio, Section 634.04(a)(8)B bars sounding or permitting any motor vehicle burglar alarm unless it is automatically terminated within two minutes of activation…

In the City of Newark, Ohio, a radio, sound amplifier or similar device operated in or on a motor vehicle on a public right of way or public space violates Section 634.04(a)(9)B once…

In the City of Newark, Ohio, Section 634.04(a)(6) bars loading, unloading, opening, closing or handling boxes, crates, containers, building materials, garbage cans or similar objects…

In the City of Newark, Ohio, Section 634.04(a)(2) bars amplified sound from any place of public entertainment that causes a noise disturbance across residential areas after 10:00 p.m…

In the City of Newark, Ohio, Section 634.04(a)(4)C prohibits discharging the exhaust of a stationary internal combustion engine into the open air except through a muffler or other…

Section 1028.08 of the Newark Code of Ordinances lists Ailanthus altissima, Tree of Heaven, among the trees that cannot be planted on Municipally-owned property in the City of Newark…

In the City of Newark, Ohio, two lists ban specific trees. Section 1028.08 bars sixteen named genera and species, including Tree of Heaven, from planting on Municipally-owned property…

In the City of Newark, Ohio, a junk shop, meaning a business dealing in waste materials and buying and selling used materials, needs a Mayor-issued license costing $75 a year, due by…

In the City of Newark, Ohio, the zoning code names tattoo shops as a permitted use in the HB High Intensity Business District under Section 1261.02(d), and as a prohibited use in the…

In the City of Newark, Ohio, Section 452.055 lets a property owner tow only from a posted private tow-away zone, with an 18-by-24-inch sign and capped charges of $90.00 to tow and…

In the City of Newark, Ohio, § 1248.06(b) prohibits the repeated repair of vehicles not owned by the occupant on a lot in the RS, RL, RM and RH single-family districts, along with…

In the City of Newark, Ohio, nobody can establish, operate or maintain a sexually oriented business without a city license, which carries a $500 annual fee. Chapter 1280 of the zoning…

In the City of Newark, Ohio, Section 1265.021(h) lists vape and tobacco shops as a prohibited use in the DC Downtown District. Separately, Section 636.20 bars selling cigarettes, other…

In the City of Newark, Ohio, no one can run a pawnbroker business without a license from the Mayor. The license costs $50 per year and requires a $500 bond. Licensees must report every…

Section 636.10 of the Newark, Ohio code sets three curfews: minors under fourteen from 10:00 p.m. to 5:00 a.m., minors under sixteen from 11:00 p.m. to 5:00 a.m., and minors under…

In the City of Newark, Ohio, the Superintendent of Parks and Recreation sets the hours parks are open, files them with the Clerk of Council and posts them at each park. Anyone found in…

In the City of Newark, Ohio, no direct or reflected glare may be visible from any adjoining or surrounding property or from any public street, road, or highway, and that includes…

In the City of Newark, Ohio, lighting for an off-street parking area must be arranged to reflect light away from adjoining premises in any R-District. Separately, no direct or…

In the City of Newark, Ohio, a home sale permit costs $5, covers no more than five consecutive calendar days, and cannot be issued for the same location more than twice in any 365-day…

In the City of Newark, Ohio, Section 1232.03 makes it unlawful to begin excavation or construction until the Zoning Inspector issues a zoning certificate, and unlawful to use a new or…

In the City of Newark, Ohio, the Code of Ordinances defines day care as personal care and supervision of children or adults, or preschool education, on less than a twenty-four hour…

In the City of Newark, Ohio, the inspection sequence that the Codified Ordinances print in full covers construction in special flood hazard areas. The Floodplain Administrator, who is…

In the City of Newark, Ohio, every access door to a rooming unit and every window opening to the outside in a licensed rooming house must have a functioning locking device. The stated…

In the City of Newark, Ohio, Chapter 892 imposes a Hotel Lodging Excise Tax of 3% of the amount a transient guest pays for lodging. The hotel or transient accommodation owner collects…

The Newark Code of Ordinances never uses the word smoker. In the City of Newark, Ohio, outdoor cooking fires fall under § 660.08(c)(2)B, which allows outdoor fireplace equipment used…

In the City of Newark, Ohio, no owner, lessee, agent or tenant can let weeds or litter grow or accumulate on any lot or land. If a notice is ignored, Council has the lot cleared and…

In the City of Newark, Ohio, the Board of Health can declare a building in a condition dangerous to life or health a public nuisance, order the owner to abate it, and, if the owner…

Ohio common law gives abutting property owners no general duty to remove natural snow accumulation, though municipalities may impose statutory sidewalk-clearing duties locally.

In the City of Newark, Ohio, Chapter 1022 bars any work in a public place, which includes streets, alleys, sidewalks, parks and utility easements, without a permit from the Director of…

In the City of Newark, Ohio, the owner or occupant of abutting land must keep sidewalks, curbs and gutters in repair and free from snow, ice or any nuisance. When the Director of…

In the City of Newark, Ohio, § 660.10(c) bars placing merchandise, goods, material or equipment on a sidewalk so as to obstruct pedestrian traffic, except for the reasonable time…

In the City of Newark, Ohio, a rooming house, meaning a residential building offering sleeping accommodations for hire to three or more persons, needs a license from the Office of Code…

In the City of Newark, Ohio, selling food and drink on a sidewalk, street or alley is prohibited unless the Director of Public Service grants a permit. Sidewalk cafe permits run May 1…

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.

In the City of Newark, Ohio, income is taxed at a uniform rate of one and three-fourths percent per year, with no rate tiers by industry. Taxpayers that are not individuals owe tax on…

In the City of Newark, Ohio, § 1248.08 prints a minimum front, side and rear yard for the RS Suburban, RL Low Density, RM Medium Density and RH High Density districts, from a 35-foot…

In the City of Newark, Ohio, the zoning code sets building height district by district rather than with one citywide cap. In the TFR Two-Family Residence District, a principal building…

In the City of Newark, Ohio, the habitability standards printed in the Codified Ordinances for rented sleeping quarters are in the Rooming House Code: one bathroom per ten residents…

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…

The City of Newark, Ohio zones land for small scale farming in its AD Agricultural District, where customary agricultural use is permitted but all farm buildings together cannot exceed…

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

The City of Newark, Ohio protects landmark buildings through designation as a local historic property under its Historic Preservation Code. Buildings aged fifty years or more with…

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 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…