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…

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…

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

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…

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…

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…

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

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

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…

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…

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…

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

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

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

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…

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…

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

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

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

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…

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

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…

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…

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

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…

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

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

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