Public Conduct in Ohio (2026)

Cincinnati's improper-solicitation ordinance, Municipal Code § 910-12(d), makes it unlawful to solicit money or goods…

Columbus bans grabbing, touching, or following someone to keep soliciting an exchange after they've said no: a…

In the City of Marion, Ohio, § 371.06(B) bars standing on a highway to solicit employment, business or contributions…

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

In the City of Youngstown, Ohio, Codified Ordinance Section 509.08 bars soliciting after sunset and before sunrise and…

Parma bars anyone from standing in the roadway to solicit rides, employment, business or contributions from vehicle…

Columbus bans urinating or defecating on public streets, parks, and buildings, and on private property not open to the…

Urinating or defecating on any City of Canton property, building, monument, or structure is a minor misdemeanor under…

Akron Codified Ordinances § 139.14 makes it a crime to use, operate, or ride a skateboard anywhere within city limits…

In the City of Canton, Ohio, no one on roller skates or riding a skateboard, coaster or similar device may go onto any…

In the City of Elyria, Ohio, no operator of a skateboard or bicycle is permitted to ride in the Ely Square area or on…

In the City of Marion, Ohio, skateboarders are barred from sidewalks, parking areas and walkways in a downtown business…

Medina bars riding a skateboard, bicycle, moped, motorcycle or other toy vehicle on any public sidewalk within one…

Parma bans skateboards and roller skates from City roadways except at crosswalks or designated play streets, keeps them…

In the City of Springfield, Ohio, Section 373.14 of the Codified Ordinances bans skateboarding outright inside the…

Summit County bans skateboards, roller skates, sleds and similar toy vehicles from county roadways under Code Sec…

Columbus keeps skateboards, roller skates and coasters off city streets entirely, letting riders cross only in a marked…

In the City of Middletown, Ohio, § 474.09 bans riding skateboards, bicycles, or roller skates and blades in Donham…

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…

Oregon, Ohio bars skateboards, roller skates, sleds and similar toy vehicles from any roadway except at a marked…

In the City of Youngstown, Ohio, Chapter 377 bans riding a skateboard, roller blades, roller skates or scooter on a…

Cincinnati bans skating and coasting devices from a signed downtown zone bounded by Second, Elm, Central, and Mehring…

Cincinnati doesn't have a standalone 'loud party' citation, it regulates repeat noisy gatherings through the Chronic…

Dayton holds hosts liable for parties that turn into disorderly, loud, or unlawful gatherings, and police can order…

Toledo's chronic-nuisance ordinance, Section 541.18, makes a host, tenant or property owner liable when a party at…

Canton Codified Ordinances Section 509.01, Disorderly Houses, holds the person who keeps or occupies a building…

Columbus polices loud, unruly parties as disorderly conduct, a fourth-degree misdemeanor for making unreasonable noise…

In the City of Marion, Ohio, a loud or unruly party is reached through § 648.04, disorderly conduct, which bars…

Medina makes an owner, possessor, or person controlling a premises, whether by ownership, lease, or employment…

Newark, Ohio has no separate party ordinance. A loud party is reached through Section 634.03, which bars anyone from…

In the City of Middletown, Ohio, it's a crime to loiter in or near any public place with the purpose of soliciting…

Youngstown Codified Ordinances § 533.20 makes it a misdemeanor of the first degree to loiter in a public place to…

Akron's only loitering ordinance targets loitering to solicit sexual activity for hire in or near a public place…

Columbus bans loitering in a public place with intent to commit or aid a drug offense, repeatedly flagging pedestrians…

In the City of Newark, Ohio, Code of Ordinances § 666.085 makes it a third-degree misdemeanor to beckon, stop, converse…

Summit County's only codified loitering offense targets loitering to solicit paid sexual activity. Under Sec. 533.091…

Toledo bans loitering in a public place when it breaches the peace, blocks pedestrians or vehicles, or involves…

Canton Codified Ordinances Section 513.07, Loitering to Engage in Drug Abuse Offenses, is the only loitering statute in…

Cincinnati Municipal Code § 510-9 bars standing or loitering on any sidewalk, street, or public place in a way that…

Dayton bars unpermitted street assembly that blocks public passage and requires dispersal when a police officer orders…

In the City of Elyria, Ohio, Codified Ordinances § 533.095 makes loitering in or near a public place with the purpose…

Medina's only loitering ordinance targets solicitation for prostitution. Section 533.091 bans beckoning, stopping or…

The Mayor or Chief of Police can designate bridges, trestles, viaducts and the streets approaching them in the City of…

Parma bans loitering or prowling in any public or private place under circumstances that would warrant alarm for the…

In the City of Marion, Ohio, the rule that reaches blocking a public way is the disorderly conduct section, §…

Smoking is banned throughout the Oregon Recreational Facility, also called the William P. Coontz Athletic Complex…

Akron's Clean Indoor Air chapter bans lighted smoking materials in a long list of public places, from transit vehicles…

In the City of Canton, Ohio, smoking and vaping are banned inside any City-controlled building, enclosed facility or…

Cincinnati bars smoking in city parks wherever the Park Board has posted "no smoking" signs, and anyone who won't stop…

Cleveland bans smoking, including e-cigarettes and other alternative nicotine products, in city-owned outdoor areas…

In the City of Newark, Ohio, Chapter 1870 bars smoking and vaping in enclosed public places and workplaces and in all…

In the City of Canton, Ohio, pedestrians who cross a roadway anywhere other than a marked or unmarked crosswalk must…

Cleveland's Codified Ordinances require a pedestrian who crosses outside a marked or unmarked intersection crosswalk to…

Columbus bans walking along a roadway when a sidewalk is available, and pedestrians crossing outside a marked or…

Outside a marked or unmarked intersection crosswalk, Dayton pedestrians must yield the right-of-way to traffic, and…

In the City of Marion, Ohio, § 371.03 requires a pedestrian crossing a roadway outside a marked crosswalk, or an…

Middletown pedestrians who cross outside a marked or intersection crosswalk must yield to every vehicle on the roadway…

In the City of Newark, Ohio, § 416.03 requires a pedestrian crossing outside a marked or unmarked intersection…

Section 371.03 of the Oregon, Ohio Codified Ordinances requires a pedestrian crossing outside a marked or unmarked…

Parma pedestrians crossing outside a marked or unmarked intersection crosswalk must yield to all vehicles, and between…

In the City of Springfield, Ohio § 371.03 requires a pedestrian crossing outside a marked or unmarked crosswalk to…

Toledo pedestrians who cross outside a marked or unmarked crosswalk must yield to all vehicles, cannot cross diagonally…

In the City of Youngstown, Ohio, a pedestrian crossing anywhere other than a marked or intersection crosswalk must…

Akron pedestrians who cross outside a marked crosswalk or an unmarked crosswalk at an intersection must yield to every…

In the City of Elyria, Ohio, a pedestrian who crosses a roadway outside a marked crosswalk, or outside an unmarked…

The City of Oregon, Ohio's own drug-control ordinance bars consuming adult-use or homegrown marijuana in any public…

In the City of Youngstown, Ohio, Codified Ordinance Section 513.03 makes it unlawful to knowingly obtain, possess or…

Canton Codified Ordinances Section 513.10(a)(3) bans knowingly consuming adult-use or homegrown marijuana in a public…

Medina allows adults twenty-one and older to possess up to two and one-half ounces of cannabis, or fifteen grams of…

Summit County Code Sec. 513.17(h)(2) makes it a minor misdemeanor for an adult use consumer to use cannabis in public…

In the City of Elyria, Ohio, adults may use adult use cannabis, but Elyria Codified Ordinances § 513.19 makes it a…

Middletown Code of Ordinances § 624.21 lets an adult 21 or older possess up to two and a half ounces of adult-use…

In the City of Newark, Ohio, Code of Ordinances § 624.20 lets adult use consumers use cannabis but makes using it in…

Parma's codified ordinances make public consumption of adult use cannabis a minor misdemeanor under Section…

In the City of Springfield, Ohio, adults may lawfully possess and use adult use cannabis under Codified Ordinances §…

Cincinnati decriminalized simple marijuana possession under 100 grams to a $0.00 fine -- but only when the use or…

Drinking beer or liquor in public is flatly banned in Dayton, with a narrow carve-out only for beverages purchased and…

Youngstown Codified Ordinances § 529.07 makes it illegal to carry or drink from an open container of beer, wine or…

Cleveland bans having an opened container of beer or liquor in any public place, in a parked or moving vehicle, or on…

Columbus bans possessing alcohol with intent to consume it in any city park, with narrow exceptions for permitted golf…

In the City of Elyria, Ohio, Codified Ordinances § 529.07 bars anyone from holding an opened container of beer or…

Medina bans carrying an opened container of beer or liquor in any public place, including streets, sidewalks, parks and…

In the City of Oregon, Ohio, Codified Ordinances Section 529.07 bans carrying an opened container of beer or…

Toledo bans possessing an opened container of beer or liquor in any public place, on liquor-permit premises outside…

Akron bars carrying an open container of beer or liquor in public. City Code § 91.07 makes it illegal to possess an…

In the City of Canton, Ohio, Canton Codified Ordinances Section 529.03 bars possessing an opened container of beer or…

Cincinnati's Chapter 838 lets people carry an open beer or liquor drink in public only inside a city council-approved…

In the City of Marion, Ohio, § 612.07 bars anyone from possessing an opened container of beer or intoxicating liquor in…

Middletown Code of Ordinances § 612.07 bars anyone from carrying an opened container of beer or liquor in a public…

In the City of Newark, Ohio, section 612.07 bars anyone from possessing an opened container of beer or intoxicating…

Parma bans possessing an opened container of beer or liquor in public under Codified Ordinances 612.07: in any State…

In the City of Springfield, Ohio, Codified Ordinances Section 529.07 bars anyone from carrying an opened container of…

Summit County bars carrying an opened container of beer or intoxicating liquor in any public place, in a vehicle on any…