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Elyria, OH Code of Ordinances
CODIFIED ORDINANCES OF THE CITY OF ELYRIA, OHIO
DIRECTORY OF OFFICIALS (2024)
PRELIMINARY UNIT
CHARTER OF THE CITY OF ELYRIA, OHIO
PART ONE - ADMINISTRATIVE CODE
PART THREE - TRAFFIC CODE
PART FIVE - GENERAL OFFENSES CODE
PART SEVEN - BUSINESS REGULATION CODE
CHAPTER 703 Alarm Systems
CHAPTER 704 Amusement Devices
CHAPTER 705 Billposters and Distributors
CHAPTER 709 Boxing and Wrestling
CHAPTER 711 Cable Service and Competitive Video Service
CHAPTER 713 Circuses and Carnivals
CHAPTER 715 Sweepstakes Terminal Café
CHAPTER 717 Dances
CHAPTER 721 Distress Merchandise Sales
CHAPTER 725 Fair Housing Practices
CHAPTER 729 Juke Boxes
CHAPTER 733 Junk Yards
CHAPTER 734 Medical Marijuana Entities
CHAPTER 735 Massage Parlor Establishments
CHAPTER 736 Motor Vehicle Salvage Dealers
CHAPTER 737 Peddlers, Canvassers and Solicitors
CHAPTER 741 Railroads
CHAPTER 745 Rummage Sales
CHAPTER 746 Sexually Oriented Businesses; Licensing and Operation
CHAPTER 747 Tattoo or Body Piercing Establishments
CHAPTER 749 Taxicabs
CHAPTER 750 Taxicabs
CHAPTER 753 Temporary Stores
CHAPTER 757 Weapons Sales
CHAPTER 761 Weights and Measures
PART NINE - STREETS AND PUBLIC SERVICES CODE
PART ELEVEN - PLANNING AND ZONING CODE
PART THIRTEEN - BUILDING CODE
PART FIFTEEN - FIRE PREVENTION CODE
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761.12 POSITION OF SCALES.
   All scales used for weighing foodstuffs shall be placed on the front counter and at a distance of not more than three feet from the customer, so that the customer's side of the scales will show the pounds and ounces, whereby the customer may see the weight of the article or commodity being purchased at the time of purchase. No person shall use such scale until it is placed in the proper position. The use of such scale shall be deemed in violation of the provisions of this chapter until the position thereof has been approved and the scales properly tested by the City Sealer. This section in no way makes prepackaging scales illegal when packages are properly labeled as hereinafter provided.
(Ord. 4799. Passed 12-17-56.)
761.13 INSPECTING AND SEALING FEES.
   The following fees shall be collected by the City Sealer from the owner, his agent or operator or the person in control of the business for inspecting and sealing:
TYPE
CAPACITY
CLASS
FEE 
TYPE
CAPACITY
CLASS
FEE 
Barrel
0-15 lbs.
Computing
$ 2.50
Barrel
0-30 lbs.
Computing
2.50
Fan
0-10 lbs.
Computing
2.50
Fan
0-60 lbs.
Computing
2.50
Dial
0-500 lbs.
Automatic
4.00
Dial
0-1000 lbs.
Automatic
5.00
Dial
Over 1000 lbs.
Automatic
5.00
Elevator
Automatic Grain Scale
5.00
Portable
Automatic Bagging Scale
5.00
Postal
0-64 oz.
Postal
2.50
Parcel Post
1-10 lbs.
Parcel Post Scale
2.50
Express Pkg.
0-100 lbs.
Express Pkg. Scale
2.50
Scoop
0-50 lbs.
Counter Scale
2.50
Even Balance
0-5 lbs.
Counter Scale
2.50
Even Balance
0-15 lbs.
Counter Scale
2.50
Even Balance
0-60 lbs.
Counter Scale
2.50
Platform
0-100 lbs.
Counter Scale
2.50
Platform
0-500 lbs.
Counter Scale
5.00
Spring Balance
0-20 lbs.
Spring Scale
2.50
Spring Balance
0-50 lbs.
Spring Scale
2.50
Spring Balance
0-100 lbs.
Spring Scale
2.50
Beam
0-500 lbs.
Butcher Beam
5.00
Steelyard
0-500 lbs.
Steelyard Scale
5.00
Abattoir
0-2000 lbs.
Packing House Scale
10.00
Abattoir
0-3000 lbs.
Packing House Scale
10.00
Platform
0-500 lbs.
Portable Scale
5.00
Platform
0-1000 lbs.
Portable Scale
5.00
Platform
0-2500 lbs.
Dormant Scale
10.00
Platform
0-5000 lbs.
Dormant Scale
10.00
Platform
0-50 Tons
Truck Scale
15.00
Track
150 Tons
Truck Scale
15.00
Liquid Measuring Device and Pumps
l to 5gals.
2.50
Liquid Measure
1 gal., 1 qt., ½ gal., 1 pt.
2.50
Liquid Measures
5 gals.
2.50
Liquid Measure (Tank Wagon)
2.50
Liquid Measure
Small, such as whiskey, shot glass, etc.
2.50
Dry Measure
1 bushel, ½ bushel
2.50
Dry Measure
1 pk., ½ pk., 1/4 pk.
2.50
Lineal Measure
1 yd.: (5¢ for each additional yd.)
2.50
Automatic Measuring Device
Dry goods
2.50
Milk Bottles
2.50
Oil Bottles
2.50
Volumetric Filling Devices
0 to 1 gal.
2.50
Over 1 gal.
2.50
Special Service Charges - per man
15.00 per hour
 
   There shall be a minimum charge of ten dollars ($10.00) for each trip that the City Sealer makes in the carrying out of his or her duties as set forth in this section.
(Ord. 82-239. Passed 11-15-82.)
761.14 FALSE OR INACCURATE WEIGHTS.
   No person shall use or cause to be used, or keep to be used, or house in his possession to be used, for weighing or measuring any article, commodity or thing to be bought or sold or offered or exposed for sale, any weight, measure, yardstick, tapeline or other linear measures, scales, beams, steelyards, platform scales, computing scales, gasoline, oil or other measuring pumps, or other machinery, appliances, utensils or receptacles for the use of weighing or measuring which are liable to or do indicate a false or inaccurate weight or measure, or any weighing or measuring device which can be manipulated so as to cause a false or inaccurate weight or measure, or which does not conform to the provisions of the standard established by the Ohio Department of Agriculture, or any scale or other device for weighing or measuring which is liable to indicate a false or inaccurate weight or measure by reason of its original imperfection or by being badly worn, rusted or by any other cause. Further it shall be the duty of the City Sealer and he is authorized and directed to seize any and all such weights, measures, yardsticks, tapelines or other linear measures, scales, beams, steelyards, platform scales, computing scales, utensils, appliances, or receptacles or other devices for weighing or measuring and destroy the same within seventy-two hours after such seizure, unless such scales and other devices for weighing and measuring can be repaired.
(Ord. 4799. Passed 12-17-56.)
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