Environmental Rules in Ohio (2026)

Ohio Revised Code Chapter 6111 grants the Ohio EPA exclusive authority to regulate stormwater discharges to waters of…

Dayton's stormwater ordinance bars dumping sewage, industrial waste, oil, pesticide runoff, or any other pollutant into…

Franklin County's zoning resolution bars new stormwater management and drainage facilities inside riparian setbacks…

In the City of Marion, Ohio, the owner of each development area must prepare a Post-Construction Storm Water Management…

Medina requires a Comprehensive Stormwater Management Plan for new development and redevelopment, with review fees up…

Under Section 1054.16 of the Newark Code of Ordinances, no one in the City of Newark, Ohio can discharge anything other…

Toledo bans dumping anything but stormwater into its municipal storm sewer system and requires Best Management…

Akron's General Code bars any storm water discharger from releasing anything other than pure storm water into the…

In the City of Canton, Ohio, Codified Ordinances Section 961.04 designates the City Engineer, under the Director of…

Cincinnati requires a utility-division permit before anyone builds, alters, or connects into a storm sewer, drainage…

Cleveland requires a storm water permit before any construction activity disturbing one acre or more of land begins…

Every lot and parcel in Columbus pays a stormwater service charge based on impervious area, billed with a flat 1-ERU…

In the City of Elyria, Ohio, no person can discharge anything other than storm water into the MS4 or a watercourse…

Middletown's storm sewer ordinance bans discharging anything but storm water into the City's MS4 storm drain system or…

Any site development of one acre or more in the City of Oregon, Ohio must build on-site storm water detention or…

Parma bans discharging anything but storm water into the city's storm drain system or watercourses under Codified…

Developers and redevelopers in the City of Springfield, Ohio must control stormwater runoff and file a Comprehensive…

Summit County's Comprehensive Storm Water Management chapter requires any development or redevelopment in the…

In the City of Youngstown, Ohio, anyone building, altering, or relocating a storm sewer, natural watercourse, or other…

Akron requires city approval before any construction disturbs an acre or more of soil. Sec. 50.80 makes anyone doing…

Cincinnati requires an excavation and fill permit for grading work, and bars issuing one for any excavation or fill…

Dayton requires anyone disturbing one acre or more of earth to get a stormwater pollution prevention plan approved by…

In the City of Marion, Ohio, a parcel disturbing one (1) acre or more needs an approved Storm Water Pollution…

Medina requires an approved Stormwater Pollution Prevention Plan before soil-disturbing construction begins, backed by…

Any new development in the City of Middletown disturbing one acre or more, or part of a larger common plan of…

In the City of Newark, Ohio, Section 1054.16(p) requires anyone performing construction to use Best Management…

Summit County requires a Storm Water Pollution Prevention Plan for any project in the unincorporated county that…

Toledo Municipal Code § 941.12 requires construction sites disturbing more than one acre to file a Storm Water…

In the City of Canton, Ohio, Chapter 961 of the Codified Ordinances folds erosion and sediment control into the city's…

Any grading or filling that permanently changes the elevation or contour of a Cleveland property needs a permit from…

Columbus requires an approved site drainage plan and permit before anyone grades, excavates, or fills land, so runoff…

In the City of Elyria, Ohio, any earth-disturbing activity that disturbs one or more acres, or moves 500 cubic yards or…

New development in unincorporated Franklin County must submit a grading plan and storm sewer layout with its…

In the City of Oregon, Ohio, Codified Ordinances Sec. 1177.06(d) requires every storm water collection system built…

Parma requires a Storm Water Pollution Prevention Plan and City Engineer approval before any soil-disturbing…

Springfield's Comprehensive Stormwater Management Plan ordinance, Codified Ordinances Chapter 961, sets erosion and…

Construction projects that disturb an acre or more of land in the City of Youngstown, Ohio must have a Stormwater…

Ohio Revised Code Chapter 1506 grants the Ohio Department of Natural Resources Office of Coastal Management exclusive…

Ohio Revised Code Chapter 1521 designates the Ohio Department of Natural Resources Division of Water Resources as the…

Cincinnati participates in the National Flood Insurance Program and regulates development in FEMA-designated Special…

Franklin County flood hazards concentrated along Scioto River, Olentangy River, Big Walnut Creek, and Alum Creek. FEMA…

Parma FEMA flood zones concentrated along Big Creek and other Cuyahoga River tributaries. Properties in Special Flood…

Akron requires a development permit from the Superintendent of Building Inspection before any construction begins in a…

Cleveland makes it unlawful to build, fill, grade, or alter a structure or watercourse in a special flood hazard area…

Any filling, grading, construction, or watercourse alteration within Dayton's mapped special flood hazard areas…

In the City of Middletown, Ohio, Chapter 1411 of the Codified Ordinances bars locating, constructing, repairing…

In the City of Newark, Ohio, it is unlawful to begin construction, filling, grading or any other development in an…

The City of Springfield, Ohio requires a floodplain development permit from the Floodplain Administrator before any…

Toledo requires a floodplain development permit from the Floodplain Administrator before any construction, filling…

In the City of Youngstown, Ohio, any construction, filling, grading, or watercourse alteration in a special flood…

In the City of Canton, Ohio, Chapter 1166 of the Codified Ordinances creates a Flood Hazard Zoning District covering…

Columbus requires a Special Flood Hazard Area Development and Use Permit before any construction, fill, or grading in a…

In the City of Elyria, Ohio, Section 1386.14 makes it unlawful to begin construction, filling, grading or any other…

Lakewood participates in the National Flood Insurance Program. FEMA FIRM panels show Rocky River and Lake Erie…

Medina's floodplain code bans specific hazardous uses inside any FEMA-mapped special flood hazard area and requires a…

In the City of Oregon, Ohio, any construction, grading, filling or watercourse alteration within a mapped special flood…

Unincorporated Summit County requires a floodplain development permit before any construction, filling, grading, or…

Renting a city-owned boat dock, stake, or mooring in Columbus requires a permit from the Department of Recreation and…

Toledo exempts small residential boat docks from its marina zoning standards, but only up to two berths per dwelling…

Cleveland caps vehicle idling at five minutes in any 60-minute period under Codified Ordinances § 431.44, extended to…

In the City of Newark, Ohio, Section 634.04(a)(5)A prohibits running a motor vehicle over 10,000 pounds gross vehicle…

Akron requires new and substantially improved homes in mapped flood zones to have their lowest floor, including…

New construction and substantial improvements to residential structures in Cincinnati's special flood hazard areas must…

In the City of Newark, Ohio, new residential construction and substantial improvements must have the lowest floor…

Toledo defines Flood Protection Elevation as the base flood elevation plus one foot of freeboard, and requires new or…

In the City of Canton, Ohio, Canton Codified Ordinances Chapter 1166 sets the Flood Protection Elevation (FPE) at the…

Cleveland requires new and substantially improved buildings in special flood hazard areas to elevate the lowest floor…

Columbus requires new and substantially improved buildings in mapped flood hazard areas to elevate the lowest floor at…

New and substantially improved residential structures in Dayton's flood hazard areas must have their lowest floor…

In the City of Elyria, Ohio, new and substantially improved homes in a special flood hazard area must have the lowest…

New homes in Franklin County's floodplain must set their lowest floor at least one foot above the base flood elevation…

Medina requires two feet of freeboard above base flood elevation for any new or substantially improved residential…

In the City of Oregon, Ohio, new and substantially improved residential structures in a mapped flood zone must have…

Parma requires new construction and substantially improved residential structures in special flood hazard areas to have…

Springfield, Ohio's floodplain code sets a Flood Protection Elevation equal to the base flood elevation plus one foot…

In Summit County's unincorporated special flood hazard areas, new homes and substantial improvements must have their…

In the City of Youngstown, Ohio, new construction and substantial improvements in a special flood hazard area must have…