Youngstown, OH

In the City of Youngstown, Ohio, playing a radio, boom box, disc player, television, or musical instrument at a volume that disturbs neighbors' quiet or comfort, or that is plainly…

In the City of Youngstown, Ohio, motor vehicle noise cannot exceed 80 dB(A) anywhere in the city at any time of day, regardless of the posted speed limit. The limit is measured at a…

In the City of Youngstown, Ohio, Codified Ordinance Section 509.10 bans loud, disturbing and unnecessary noise citywide, and its numbered list of examples sets a fixed nighttime curfew…

In the City of Youngstown, Ohio, keeping a dog that barks, howls or emits unreasonably loud sounds disturbing the peace and quiet of a neighborhood violates § 505.09. The section…

In the City of Youngstown, Ohio, every motor vehicle and motorcycle with an internal combustion engine must run a working muffler at all times, and no one may fit a cutout, by-pass or…

In the City of Youngstown, Ohio, rainwater harvesting is not banned or separately licensed; Chapter 950's stormwater performance standards list it as one of the acceptable…

Under the City of Youngstown, Ohio's Codified Ordinances, grass, weeds and other plants exceeding eight inches in height on any lot are declared a public nuisance, and the owner or…

Owners of lots fronting a Youngstown, Ohio street with shade trees must keep the branches trimmed to a clear height of eight feet over the sidewalk and twelve feet over the roadway…

Ohio Revised Code 3734.02 and OAC 3745-560 exempt small-scale residential and agricultural composting from solid waste facility licensing, while regulating large composting operations…

In the City of Youngstown, Ohio, private pools, hot tubs and spas deeper than 24 inches must be fully enclosed by a barrier at least 48 inches high with self-closing, self-latching…

Ohio Department of Health licenses all public swimming pools annually under uniform standards, while residential pool permits remain a local matter handled by city building departments.

Youngstown Codified Ordinances § 521.07 bans any electrically charged fence citywide and bars barbed wire fences next to a public street or sidewalk. Up to three barbed strands are…

Ohio Revised Code Chapter 971 governs partition fences between adjoining rural property owners, applying universally to establish responsibilities for shared boundary fences.

In the City of Youngstown, Ohio, keeping chickens, other poultry or livestock is unlawful under § 505.17(d) unless the property owner obtains a Health Commissioner inspection and, for…

In the City of Youngstown, Ohio, § 505.15(b) bars feeding pigeons in public places, streets and thoroughfares, specifically naming Federal Plaza West and Federal Plaza East, when the…

In the City of Youngstown, Ohio, no dog may leave the owner's property unless restrained by a chain or leash no longer than six feet, under Youngstown Codified Ordinances § 505.01(b)…

In the City of Youngstown, Ohio, § 505.11 bans hunting, killing or attempting to kill any animal or fowl by firearm, bow and arrow, air rifle or any other means within the corporate…

In the City of Youngstown, Ohio, § 505.17 bans keeping or maintaining a 'wild animal' inside or outside a structure, defining the term to include bears, big cats, primates, wolf…

Youngstown does not license cats the way it licenses dogs, but § 505.14 requires every cat owner or harborer in the City of Youngstown, Ohio to have the cat vaccinated against rabies…

Youngstown repealed its breed-specific pit bull ban (former § 505.191) by Ordinance 15-371, so no breed is singled out in the City of Youngstown, Ohio. Instead, § 505.19 regulates any…

Ohio law makes every beekeeper register each apiary with the Ohio Department of Agriculture by June 1, and every hive must have removable frames so the state apiary inspector can check…

Ohio's companion animal cruelty law universally criminalizes neglect typical of hoarding situations, with felony penalties applying uniformly regardless of municipal boundaries.

In the City of Youngstown, Ohio, Design Review Committee standards for the Central Area bar parking, waste disposal facilities, service docks and loading docks from front yards, and…

In the City of Youngstown, Ohio, vehicles stopping to load or unload in the downtown business district bounded by First, Chestnut and Commerce Streets and South Avenue may not stand…

In the City of Youngstown, Ohio, Section 351.03 lists twenty-two specific places where standing or parking is flatly prohibited, including in front of a driveway, within ten feet of a…

In the City of Youngstown, Ohio, a snow emergency is declared once accumulation averages four inches or more in a 24-hour period, and once the Mayor, Commissioner of Engineering or…

In the City of Youngstown, Ohio, Section 351.16 bars parking a truck, trailer, tractor or tractor-trailer on any city street for any purpose other than loading and unloading, though…

In the City of Youngstown, Ohio, Section 351.17 bans storing an inoperable motor vehicle, unregistered, wrecked, dismantled or incapable of moving under its own power for seventy-two…

In the City of Youngstown, Ohio, no boat or vehicle may be parked on a street, highway or public place for display, sale, storage or repair, with storage defined as any period over…

R.C. 4513.601 governs only private-lot tows a property owner orders without police involvement; it does not reach police-ordered tows off residential or farm land, which fall under the…

In the City of Youngstown, Ohio, a Type A or Type B family child care home built before 1978 cannot operate without a Lead-Safe Certificate from the Health Commissioner. City Council's…

Ohio is one of the few states that asks a cottage food baker for no licence, no registration, no permit and no inspection. R.C. 3717.22(B)(6) exempts a cottage food production…

Ohio never created a microenterprise home kitchen permit, so there is nothing to apply for. It solved the same problem from the other end, by exempting home cooking from the food…

In the City of Youngstown, Ohio, a backyard fire pit counts as a 'recreational fire' only if its fuel area is 3 feet or less across and 2 feet or less high, per the fire code's…

In the City of Youngstown, Ohio, no one may kindle open burning unless it is conducted under the fire code's Chapter 1511 rules, and any burn that is offensive from smoke or odor, or…

In the City of Youngstown, Ohio, no one may possess, sell or set off fireworks unless they are a state-licensed manufacturer, wholesaler, shipper or exhibitor with a city permit. The…

The Ohio State Fire Marshal adopts NFPA 58 Liquefied Petroleum Gas Code through OAC 1301:7-7 and licenses LPG installations statewide, providing uniform propane storage and handling…

Ohio Revised Code 1503.18 bans open-air fires outside municipal limits between 6 a.m. and 6 p.m. during March, April, May, October, and November: the state's peak spring and fall…

Ohio Revised Code 3781.06 and the Residential Code of Ohio exempt one-story detached accessory structures of 200 square feet or less from state building permit requirements, though…

Ohio Revised Code 3781.10 makes the Residential Code of Ohio mandatory statewide, but Ohio has not adopted the tiny house appendix (IRC Appendix Q), so small dwellings must meet the…

Ohio Revised Code 5739.02 and 5739.09 establish the state sales tax and local lodging excise tax framework that applies to transient accommodations under 30 days, including short-term…

In the City of Youngstown, Ohio, no tow truck owner may operate in the city without a license from the Director of Finance under Youngstown Codified Ordinances Chapter 343. The license…

In the City of Youngstown, Ohio, adult bookstores, adult moviehouses, adult theaters and adult cabarets cannot operate within 500 feet of any church, school, library, playground, park…

In the City of Youngstown, Ohio, tattoo parlors count as a regulated use under Youngstown Codified Ordinances Section 709.04 and cannot open within 500 feet of another regulated use…

Youngstown pawnbrokers must keep a numbered ledger of every pledge, file a daily report with the Police Chief, and hold pledged property for 24 hours after that report under Chapter…

Youngstown requires every junk dealer, junk collector, secondhand store and scrap metal processor to buy a Mayor-issued license under Chapter 747, with fees from $25 to $100 a year…

Youngstown requires separate Police Chief-issued permits for every massage business and for each masseur under Chapter 751, with a $100 annual business fee and a $25 masseur fee…

Ohio requires retailers selling vapor products to hold a state license and comply with age-verification, packaging, and tax requirements under Title 57.

In the City of Youngstown, Ohio, Chapter 377 bans riding a skateboard, roller blades, roller skates or scooter on a sidewalk or public parking area, within a one-mile radius of…

Youngstown Codified Ordinances § 529.07 makes it illegal to carry or drink from an open container of beer, wine or liquor on any street, sidewalk, park, parking lot or other public…

Youngstown Codified Ordinances § 533.20 makes it a misdemeanor of the first degree to loiter in a public place to solicit or engage in sex for hire, or to loiter around a school…

In the City of Youngstown, Ohio, Codified Ordinance Section 509.08 bars soliciting after sunset and before sunrise and outlaws aggressive panhandling outright: alarming, intimidating…

In the City of Youngstown, Ohio, Codified Ordinance Section 513.03 makes it unlawful to knowingly obtain, possess or use marijuana anywhere in the City, without limiting the ban to…

In the City of Youngstown, Ohio, a pedestrian crossing anywhere other than a marked or intersection crosswalk must yield to all vehicles on the roadway, may not cross diagonally…

In the City of Youngstown, Ohio, no one may hold a parade, race, assemblage or other public gathering on a street or right of way without a Special Event Permit from the Director of…

Youngstown itinerant retailers cannot sell inside a designated special event's boundaries without the event sponsor's permission, but Section 761.10(g) exempts them from the itinerant…

In the City of Youngstown, Ohio, vehicle sound systems that are plainly audible from 50 feet away, including low-frequency bass reverberations even when words are not distinguishable…

In the City of Youngstown, Ohio, Codified Ordinance Section 509.10(b)(5) names loud and excessive noise from loading or unloading a vehicle as a declared violation of the City's…

In the City of Youngstown, Ohio, Codified Ordinance Section 509.10(b)(11) bars beer parlors, night clubs, drive-in restaurants, bowling alleys and open-air theaters in or near…

Youngstown Codified Ordinances § 521.04 bans blocking sidewalks with merchandise or equipment for more than one hour, dropping hazards like glass or nails, damaging fresh pavement, or…

Property owners, not the City of Youngstown, Ohio, are on the hook for keeping the sidewalk in front of their land safe. Section 913.05 makes owners jointly and severally responsible…

In the City of Youngstown, Ohio, political yard signs on residential property cannot exceed two feet by three feet and may not go up more than thirty days before an election or stay up…

In the City of Youngstown, Ohio, electronic message center billboards must hold each message for at least ten seconds, cannot exceed set nit-brightness levels, and require the operator…

Youngstown caps home, garage, yard and porch sales at three temporary signs total under Chapter 748: one on the sale premises and two off-site, erected no earlier than the night before…

In the City of Youngstown, Ohio, Design Review Committee sign standards for the Central Area recommend that painted window signs cover no more than 30% of a window's glass area, with…

In the City of Youngstown, Ohio, entering City park and recreation land outside the posted hours of operation set by the Park and Recreation Commission is a fourth-degree misdemeanor…

Youngstown Codified Ordinances § 531.01 bars anyone seventeen or younger from city streets and sidewalks between 11:00 p.m. and 5:00 a.m. unless a parent or guardian is present or has…

In the City of Youngstown, Ohio, anyone building, altering, or relocating a storm sewer, natural watercourse, or other drainage facility needs a Site Grading and Development permit…

In the City of Youngstown, Ohio, any construction, filling, grading, or watercourse alteration in a special flood hazard area requires a floodplain development permit from the…

In the City of Youngstown, Ohio, new construction and substantial improvements in a special flood hazard area must have the lowest floor, including the basement, elevated to or above…

Construction projects that disturb an acre or more of land in the City of Youngstown, Ohio must have a Stormwater Pollution Prevention Plan approved by the Public Works Department…

Ohio Revised Code Chapter 1506 grants the Ohio Department of Natural Resources Office of Coastal Management exclusive authority over Lake Erie shore structures, erosion areas, and…

In the City of Youngstown, Ohio, elevators, dumbwaiters and escalators must be kept safe and operable with a displayed current inspection certificate, and buildings with passenger…

In the City of Youngstown, Ohio, a Mayor-appointed Code Official enforces the Property Maintenance Code under Chapter 546, with authority to inspect exteriors at reasonable times and…

In the City of Youngstown, Ohio, Chapter 1311 requires a building permit for any project valued above $500, administered by the Building Inspection Division. Section 1311.08 exempts…

In the City of Youngstown, Ohio, all electrical work needs an electric permit from the Building Inspection Division under Section 1311.05(b). New residential wiring runs $50.00 base…

In the City of Youngstown, Ohio, plumbing work requires a permit under Section 1311.05(c), priced per fixture with a $40.00 minimum permit charge; a water closet or lavatory runs $7.00…

The City of Youngstown, Ohio requires every residential rental unit and Family Child Care Home built before January 1, 1978 to carry a lead-safe certification from the Health District…

The City of Youngstown, Ohio enforces the 2017 Ohio Fire Code as a municipal ordinance, and its Fire Chief inspects child care operations for fire safety before they can operate…

In the City of Youngstown, Ohio, tenants and the public can trigger a Property Maintenance Code inspection of a rental unit; the Code Official investigates, and confirmed violations…

In the City of Youngstown, Ohio, every rental unit needs a license, and the Code Official schedules an initial inspection within 30 days of application, followed by a paid…

In the City of Youngstown, Ohio, the Code Official can condemn structures or equipment found unsafe, unfit for occupancy or unlawful, order repairs or vacancy, placard the property…

Youngstown Codified Ordinances § 521.06 requires central business district property owners to clear a 42-inch sidewalk path by 9:00 a.m. the day after snowfall. Owners citywide must…

The City of Youngstown, Ohio's Property Maintenance Code makes owners responsible for keeping vacant lots and vacant structures in a clean, safe, secure and sanitary condition so they…

In the City of Youngstown, Ohio, owners of rental units must keep the interior, exterior structure and common areas in good repair, provide required utilities and extermination, and…

In the City of Youngstown, Ohio, landlords must obtain a rental license before letting any unit, paying a nonrefundable $40.00 fee for a single unit or $40.00 plus $25.00 per…

Before filing an eviction in Ohio, a landlord must serve a 3-day notice to leave the premises under Ohio Revised Code 1923.04, including specific statutory warning language. The…

Ohio Revised Code Chapter 1923 establishes uniform forcible entry and detainer procedures, and ORC 5321.17 sets termination notice requirements that govern evictions in every Ohio…

Under Ohio Revised Code 5321.04(A)(8), a landlord must give a tenant reasonable notice before entering and may enter only at reasonable times, except in an emergency. The statute…

Ohio Revised Code 5321.17 sets notice periods to end a periodic tenancy: 30 days for month-to-month and 7 days for week-to-week, given before the periodic rental date. A fixed-term…

Ohio preempts local rent control. Effective September 23, 2022, Ohio Rev. Code 5321.19 (added by H.B. 430) bars counties, townships, and municipalities from imposing rent control or…

Ohio sets no statutory cap on residential security deposits under Ohio Rev. Code 5321.16. The landlord must itemize deductions in writing and return the balance within 30 days after…

Ohio recognizes adverse possession after 21 years, the limitation period in Ohio Revised Code 2305.04 for an action to recover real property. A squatter must possess the land openly…

In the City of Youngstown, Ohio, tipsters who report illegal dumping or littering can earn up to $250 under Codified Ordinances § 521.085. A report must reach the Police Chief, Health…

Youngstown Codified Ordinances § 521.08 bans dumping litter or debris on public or private land without authority, treated as strict liability. Section 521.99 sets the penalty at up to…

In the City of Youngstown, Ohio, Design Review Committee standards bar outside dumpsters from front yards in the Central Area, require rear-yard placement where possible, and require…

Youngstown Codified Ordinances § 979.01(e) defines bulk items such as stoves, appliances, furniture and 35-pound bags that don't fit the City cart, while § 979.05 caps any single…

Youngstown Codified Ordinances § 979.03 bars glass, bottles, broken dishes, tin cans and other incombustible material from a garbage receptacle, and § 979.04 tells the collector to…

Youngstown Codified Ordinances § 979.15 makes recycling separation mandatory: before setting out weekly trash, residents must pull aluminum cans, glass containers, plastic beverage…

Youngstown Codified Ordinances § 979.01(f) and (g) split yard waste into 'soft' (grass, weeds, leaves) and 'hard' (shrubbery, trimmings, tree branches) categories, and both must go in…

Youngstown Codified Ordinances § 979.02(h) requires every garbage receptacle to stay in the rear area of the residence except for 12 hours before collection and 24 hours after it, and…

Youngstown Codified Ordinances § 979.02(a) puts every water-account customer into the City's mandatory garbage service by issuing one trash cart at no cost, and subsections (b) through…

Once a Youngstown resident sets recyclables at the street line, § 979.15(e) makes them City property, and only City-authorized collectors, including the marked orange recycling bin…

In the City of Youngstown, Ohio, Codified Ordinance Section 511.02(c) bars flying any drone over an open-air assembly, school, hospital, place of worship, prison or police station…

In the City of Youngstown, Ohio, Codified Ordinance Chapter 511 defines 'Commercial Unmanned Aircraft' as any drone flown for a profit and holds it to the chapter's general…

In the City of Youngstown, Ohio, Codified Ordinance Section 511.02 caps every recreational drone at fifteen pounds and bars flying one from dusk to dawn or beyond the operator's line…

In the City of Youngstown, Ohio, billboard illumination must be aimed to keep light on the sign face and minimize glare onto public streets and adjoining property. City Council set the…

In the City of Youngstown, Ohio, Design Review Committee lighting standards for the Central Business District bar any site lighting that creates glare or becomes a nuisance to…

Youngstown limits any resident to five home, garage or yard sales per twelve-month period under Section 748.03, each capped at three days and requiring a $5 permit from the Director of…

Anyone who wants to peddle door-to-door in the City of Youngstown, Ohio must register with the Youngstown Police Chief before knocking on a single door. City Code Section 762.04…

The City of Youngstown, Ohio lets residents block door-to-door peddlers and solicitors simply by posting a sign. City Code Section 762.05 allows a card or sign as small as two by three…

In the City of Youngstown, Ohio, Chapter 1102 requires the Design Review Committee to review all new construction, additions and exterior remodeling proposed in the Central Area's B-1…

Youngstown's itinerant retailer license under Chapter 761 requires Planning and Zoning sign-off before issuance and bans selling within 10 feet of a doorway, crosswalk, bus stop, fire…

Youngstown caps sidewalk vendor stands at eight feet by six feet, and other itinerant retailer setups at twelve feet by twelve feet, under Section 761.10(d). No trailer may sit on a…

In the City of Youngstown, Ohio, a food truck or cart is a 'mobile food establishment' and cannot operate in the City Health District without an annual permit from the Board of Health…

Youngstown Codified Ordinances § 979.11 bars keeping, storing or depositing garbage anywhere rats can reach or feed on it, and treats every day the condition continues as its own…

In the City of Youngstown, Ohio, a restaurant offering a children's meal cannot bundle in a sugary default drink. The Board of Health's ordinance caps the automatic beverage at water…

Trees planted along a Youngstown, Ohio street must sit midway between the curb and the sidewalk, not off to one side. Section 921.04 bans planting poplar trees in city streets…

Ohio law caps the state at 400 licensed marijuana dispensaries and, since March 20, 2026, bars the Division of Cannabis Control from licensing or relocating any dispensary within one…

Ohio's adult-use marijuana law, approved by Issue 2 in 2023 and now codified in ORC Chapter 3796, lets adults twenty-one and older grow up to six marijuana plants each, twelve per…

Ohio's constitutional minimum wage (Article II Section 34a) sets a state floor that adjusts annually with inflation, while ORC 4111.02 limits local action.

Ohio Senate Bill 331 added ORC 4113.85 preempting local paid sick leave, fringe benefit, and scheduling mandates on private employers statewide.

Ohio law preempts local predictive scheduling, fair workweek, and similar shift-notice ordinances, leaving employer scheduling unregulated by state mandate.

Ohio allows permitless concealed carry for qualifying adults aged 21 and over while still issuing concealed handgun licenses for reciprocity and other benefits.

Ohio Revised Code 9.68 preempts local firearm ordinances, reserving authority over firearms regulation almost entirely to the state legislature.

Ohio Revised Code 2923.16 governs how loaded and unloaded firearms may be transported in motor vehicles, with statewide rules preempting local conflicts.

Ohio pre-fills four design criteria for the whole state, 115 mph wind speed, severe weathering, moderate to heavy termite risk and required ice barrier underlayment, and delegates the…

Ohio does not set a statewide frost line depth. The Residential Code of Ohio leaves that column blank and directs each jurisdiction to fill in its own minimum footing depth.

Ohio leaves the ground snow load column of its design criteria table blank, directing each jurisdiction to fill it in from the ground snow load figure in the code.

Ohio's constitution, not any city zoning code, fixes where casinos can operate. Article XV, Section 6(C) authorizes exactly four casino facilities statewide: one each in Cincinnati…

Ohio requires every charitable organization to hold an attorney general license before running bingo, instant bingo, or electronic instant bingo. R.C. 2915.08 sets three license types…

Ohio's gambling statute bans operating a "game of chance conducted for profit," defined in R.C. 2915.01(E) as one "designed to produce income for the person who conducts or operates"…

Ohio legalized sports wagering effective January 1, 2023, but R.C. 3775.03 bars anyone from operating, conducting, or assisting sports gaming without a license from the Ohio Casino…

Ohio's Planned Community Law lets homeowners associations levy assessments and, when unpaid, record a lien foreclosed exactly like a mortgage. R.C. 5312.12 makes the lien prior to…

Ohio's Planned Community Law governs association governance in R.C. 5312.03-5312.07. R.C. 5312.04 covers election of officers, board powers, and meetings, and notably lets the board…

Ohio overrides HOA governing documents on two owner protections. R.C. 5312.16 (S.B. 61, eff. 2022) bars a planned community from banning solar collection devices unless the declaration…

Ohio law voids any HOA rule, bylaw, or deed covenant that blocks a homeowner from flying the U.S. flag, the state flag, the POW/MIA flag, or a service flag. Associations keep authority…

Ohio's Planned Community Law lets a homeowners association bill a lot owner an "enforcement assessment" (the statute's term for an HOA fine) only when the declaration authorizes it…

Ohio runs condominiums under a separate lien statute from the one that governs planned communities, and the condominium version is the weaker of the two on paper. R.C. 5311.18(A)(1)…

Sobriety checkpoints are lawful in Ohio, but no Ohio statute creates them. The Revised Code mentions them in exactly one place, R.C. 4511.043, which assumes an "authorized sobriety or…

Ohio has no statute that bans recording a police officer and no buffer-zone law keeping bystanders a set distance away. The General Assembly went the other direction in 2023: R.C…

Ohio is a stop-and-identify state. Under R.C. 2921.29 a person in a public place must give a law enforcement officer their name, address, or date of birth when the officer reasonably…

Ohio has no general statute telling you whether to consent to a search of your car, and nothing in the Revised Code makes refusing an offense. The single place the code regulates…

Ohio calls a golf cart an under-speed vehicle and, unlike states that simply refuse to register one, treats it as a titleable and registrable vehicle: R.C. 4501.01(XX) defines it by…

Ohio law limits township and county zoning authority over agricultural uses, preserving farming activities on land used primarily for agriculture.

Ohio Revised Code Chapter 929 establishes Agricultural Districts that provide right-to-farm protections against nuisance suits and certain local regulations.

Ohio House Bill 242 preempts local plastic bag bans and fees, requiring uniform statewide treatment of auxiliary containers including plastic bags.

Ohio HB 242's auxiliary container preemption extends to polystyrene foam food containers, blocking local bans on Styrofoam takeout packaging.

Ohio's planned-community law lets an HOA member install a solar energy collection device unless the declaration specifically bans it, but the right only kicks in if the owner covers…

Ohio prohibits the sale of tobacco, alternative nicotine, and vapor products to anyone under 21 under ORC 2927.02 and related regulations.

Ohio Revised Code 9.681, enacted in 2024 when lawmakers overrode a veto of budget bill HB 33, preempts local flavored tobacco and vapor product regulation, but courts have blocked it…

Ohio caps extra forward lighting by count, by mounting height and by total brightness, and it splits the numbers between the Revised Code and the Director of Public Safety's rules…

Ohio is one of the few states whose windshield statute uses the word camera. R.C. 4513.24(B)(1) bans nontransparent material on the glass apart from a four inch by six inch decal in a…

Ohio has never enacted a lane-splitting or lane-filtering statute, and neither phrase appears anywhere in the Revised Code. A motorcyclist who rides the white line between two lanes of…

R.C. 4503.21(A)(2) imposes two separate duties on an Ohio driver: the rear license plate must be securely fastened so as not to swing, and it shall not be covered by any material that…

Ohio does not prohibit radar detectors in private passenger vehicles. A full-text search of the Ohio Revised Code for the phrase returns no records, and the word radar appears in only…

Ohio permits studded tires on a fixed calendar window, not on weather conditions: R.C. 5589.081(B)(1) allows them only during the period running from the first day of November each…

Ohio splits its tint law across two instruments. R.C. 4513.241 creates the offence and the penalties but contains no percentage at all, and the numbers live in the Director of Public…