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…

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

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…

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…

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

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

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…

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

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…

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…

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

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

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…

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

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

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…

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…

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…

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

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…

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…

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

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