Parma requires rental registration and interior/exterior inspections for residential rental properties under Codified Ordinances Chapter 1345. Owners must register units annually with the Building Department and pass housing inspections before occupancy.
Parma Codified Ordinance Chapter 1345 (Rental Dwelling Registration) requires all owners of residential rental property to register each unit with the Department of Community Services and Economic Development. Registration includes owner contact info, local agent designation for out-of-state owners, and unit count. Rental inspection program checks compliance with Parma Property Maintenance Code (Chapter 1341, adopting IPMC). Point-of-sale inspections also required under Chapter 1343 when properties transfer.
Operating unregistered rental: minor misdemeanor, up to 150 dollars fine per Parma Codified Ordinance 501.99. Continuing violations charged daily. Failure to correct code violations can result in condemnation.
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Parma Codified Ordinance 634.04 Table I sets receiving-land-use decibel caps measured at the property boundary: 60 dBA in residential areas from 8 AM to 9 PM...
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Parma Codified Ordinance 634.03(b) caps outdoor amplified music at places of public entertainment at 50 dBB measured at the property line of residentially zo...
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Retaining walls in Parma fall under Chapter 1707 Basic Standards for Property Maintenance, which requires accessory structures and walls to be kept structura...
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Parma may permit backyard chickens with limits on flock size and setbacks. Roosters typically banned in residential zones. Livestock restricted by zoning.
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Parma permits recreational fire pits under Ohio Fire Code 307.4 provisions. Fires must be contained to a pit no larger than 3 feet in diameter and 2 feet hig...
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Backyard recreational fires in Parma are allowed under Ohio Fire Code 307.4 provisions but subject to local restrictions. Fires must be for recreation or coo...
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