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Middletown, OH Code of Ordinances
CITY OF MIDDLETOWN, OHIO CODE OF ORDINANCES
CHARTER
PART TWO: ADMINISTRATION CODE
PART FOUR: TRAFFIC CODE
PART SIX: GENERAL OFFENSES CODE
PART EIGHT: BUSINESS REGULATION AND TAXATION
PART TEN: STREETS, UTILITIES AND PUBLIC SERVICES CODE
PART TWELVE: DEVELOPMENT CODE
PART FOURTEEN: BUILDING AND HOUSING CODE
PART SIXTEEN: FIRE PREVENTION CODE
PART EIGHTEEN: HEALTH AND SANITATION
TABLE OF SPECIAL ORDINANCES
PARALLEL REFERENCES
§ 214.01 CIVIL OFFENSE.
   (a)   A civil offense means an offense against the City of Middletown set forth in the Middletown Codified Ordinances made subject to a civil fine by this chapter. Charging a person with a civil offense is an alternative to criminal prosecution. A person may not be charged with a civil offense if that person has been charged with a misdemeanor for the same offense. A person charged with a civil offense may not be arrested for the commission of the offense.
   (b)   The sections and chapters of the Middletown Codified Ordinances that can be civil offenses are as follows:
Codified Ordinance No.
Title
[Chapter or further description in parentheses, as needed]
Civil Offense Class
Subject to Reduction
Codified Ordinance No.
Title
[Chapter or further description in parentheses, as needed]
Civil Offense Class
Subject to Reduction
Moving in crosswalks
A
No
Walking on sidewalks and streets
A
No
Soliciting rides or business; riding on outside of vehicle or in cargo storage area
A
No
Passing through bridge signals or railroad barriers
A
No
Right-of-way of public safety vehicles
A
No
Intoxication
A
No
Prohibition against parking on streets or highways
A
No
Prohibited standing or parking places
A
No
Manner of parallel and angle parking; handicapped persons
A
No
Unattended vehicles; duty to lock ignition, remove key, set brake, etc.
A
No
Opening doors on side available to traffic
A
No
Displaying vehicle for sale upon roadway; repairing, washing, etc.
A
No
Vehicles receiving or unloading freight
A
No
Commercial and heavy vehicles; detached trailers
A
No
Buses and taxicabs; bus and taxicab stands
A
No
Unlicensed or inoperable motor vehicles
A
No
Dogs and other animals running at large
A
No
Sale of baby poultry or rabbits; coloring baby poultry or rabbits
A
No
Barking or howling dogs
A
No
Registration of dogs required
A
No
Hindering capture of unregistered dog
A
No
Dogs required to wear tags
A
No
Unlawful tags
A
No
Rabies quarantine
A
No
Animals damaging gardens or lawns
A
No
Harboring of bees; notification to abate
A
No
Killing, injuring or possessing birds; damaging birds' eggs or nest; use of leg hold traps
A
No
Enticing away dogs
A
No
Permitting dog fights
A
No
Keeping animals in proximity to dwellings
A
No
Responsibility of owners for collection and removal of dog feces on public or private property; exemption of guide dogs under control of blind persons
A
No
Confinement of dogs
C
No
Offenses (Minors Curfew)
A
No
Injuring vines, bushes, trees or crops
B
No
Purchase from minors of secondhand builders' and plumbers' hardware
A
No
Billposting
A
No
Permit required (Parades)
E
No
Obstruction of parades
E
No
Driving through parades
B
No
Parking on parade routes
B
No
Signs and posters (Parades)
A
No
Spreading contagion
D
No
Littering
A
No
Dumping
C
No
Accumulation of rubbish, garbage or litter
B
No
Duty to keep sidewalks in repair and clean
A
No
Abandoned refrigerators and airtight containers
D
No
Storage of junk vehicles
A
No
Storage of automobile parts or tires in public view
A
No
Open burning
A
No
Barricades and warning lights
A
No
Sidewalk obstructions; damage or injury
A
No
Notice to fill lots, remove putrid substances
A
No
Fences
A
No
Bathing, swimming and wading in public pools and watercourses
A
No
Spitting
A
No
Smoking on buses
A
No
Smoking in places of public assembly
A
No
Smoking in City Building
A
No
Construction and maintenance of sidewalk gratings; compliance with notice to make safe and secure
A
No
Mixing mortar on paved streets
A
No
Carbolic acid
A
No
Dumping in streams or watercourses
B
No
Yard maintenance
A
No
Weed control
B
Yes
Permit required (Adult Entertainment)
E
Yes
Rules governing conduct within an adult entertainment establishment
A
No
805.99(a)(2)
Penalty (Owner or Person in Control - Adult Entertainment)
B
No
License required (Advertising, Billposting & Handbills)
A
Yes
Distribution of handbills, cards, placards and posters
A
No
License required (Amusements)
A
Yes
License required (Coin-Operated Amusement Devices)
A
Yes
Prizes to players
A
No
License required (Dance Halls)
A
Yes
Dance permit
A
Yes
Prohibited acts
A
No
License required (Distressed Merchandise Sales)
A
Yes
Hours of sale
A
No
Commingling of merchandise
A
No
Additions to inventoried merchandise
A
No
Misrepresentations
A
No
Attendance of licensee
A
No
Permits required (Emergency Alarms)
A
Yes
License required (Secondhand Dealers & Swap Shops)
E
Yes
License transfer; display (Secondhand Dealers & Swap Shops)
B
No
Change in ownership, interest, or employees
B
No
Identification of employees
B
No
Records of transactions
C
No
Use of fictitious name or address
C
No
Purchases prohibited
C
No
Specify second-hand merchandise
B
No
License required (Peddlers, Solicitors & Vendors)
A
Yes
Vending from stands and other structures
A
Yes
License required (Poolrooms & Billiard Rooms)
A
Yes
Hours of operation
A
No
Card playing
A
No
Obstruction of view of interior
A
No
Minors
A
No
Ambulance license required; ambulance driver's, attendant's or attendant-driver's license required; exceptions
A
Yes
Equipment & operations standards (Private Ambulances)
A
Yes
Response to emergency calls
B
No
Operation of ambulances
B
No
Commission required (Special Police Officers)
A
Yes
Taxicab license required
A
Yes
Liability insurance required
A
No
License required; Fee; Display; Use; Refusal of issuance (Taxicabs)
A
No
Permissible soliciting (Taxicabs)
A
No
Discharge of passengers
A
No
Standards for taxicab cleanliness and operation
A
No
Fare receipts
A
No
Fare schedule
A
No
Duration and hours of sales (Garage Sales)
A
No
Violations (Earned Income Tax Effective Through December 31, 2015)
C
No
Collection at source; withholding from qualifying wages (Municipal Income Tax Effective Beginning January 1, 2016)
E
Yes
Confidentiality
E
No
Fraud
E
No
Violations; penalty (Disclosure of information from IRS)
E
No
Violations; penalty (Municipal Income Tax Effective Beginning January 1, 2016)
A
No
Tax to be separately stated and charged (Transient Occupancy Tax)
A
No
Reporting and remitting (Transient Occupancy Tax)
A
Yes
Records (Transient Occupancy Tax)
A
No
Levy of Tax (Admissions Tax)
A
No
Registration (Admissions Tax)
A
Yes
Violations (Admissions Tax)
A
No
Duty to keep sidewalks in repair and clean
A
No
Work permit required
A
Yes
Obstructing or changing flow of drainage ditch
A
No
Installation of driveway culvert and roadside ditch piping in right-of-way; permit required
A
Yes
Curb cuts
A
Yes
Trimming of trees, etc. overhanging public streets, sidewalks and lateral strips
A
No
Topping of trees in the right-of-way or on public property prohibited
A
No
Rights-of-way administration
B
Yes
Unauthorized use of public rights-of-way
B
Yes
Director of Public Works and/or their designee's consent required (Cafe Seating; Banners and Non-Permanent Amenities Installed Within Public RightoOf-Way)
C
No
Special obligations for those seeking licenses (Cafe Seating; Banners and Non-Permanent Amenities Installed Within Public Right-of-Way)
C
No
Sale of food or beverages from a mobile vending unit
D
Yes
Mobile food vending on private property
B
No
Mobile food vending; operating restrictions
B
No
Connection fees (Sewers)
A
No
Promulgation of rules and regulations (Water)
A
No
Promulgation of rules and regulations (Utility Poles)
A
No
Promulgation of rules and regulations (Storm Water)
A
No
Prohibitions (Storm Water - Discharges into the Storm Water System)
A
No
Prohibitions (Storm Water - Erosion and Sediment Control)
A
No
Promulgation of rules and regulations (Storm Water - Erosion and Sediment Control)
A
No
Promulgation of rules and regulations (Airport)
A
No
Disposal or removal of personal property after an eviction
B
No
Promulgation of rules and regulations (Garbage & Rubbish Collection)
A
No
Prohibited conduct (Parks)
A
No
1070.02(b)(2 )
Transport any waste material to be placed in park waste receptacles (Parks - Prohibited Conduct)
B
No
1070.02(c)(4 )
Leash Required (Parks - Prohibited Conduct)
B
No
1070.02(c)(5 )
Dogs which are properly licensed and leashed or any
service animal (Parks - Prohibited Conduct)
B
No
1070.02(d)(4 )
Use of park equipment (Parks - Prohibited Conduct)
D
No
1070.02(d)(1 ) or (2)
Illegal drugs or alcohol (Parks - Prohibited Conduct)
E
No
1070.02(g)(1 ) or (2)
Fireworks and weapons (Parks - Prohibited Conduct)
E
No
1070.02(i)(2)
Riding horses or drive all-terrain vehicles, mini or dirt bikes (Parks - Prohibited Conduct)
C
No
Violations (Development Code)
F
No
Penalty; equitable remedy (Residential Code of Ohio)
A
Yes
Penalty; equitable remedy (Ohio Building Code)
A
Yes
Demolition permits
A
Yes
Penalty (Precautionary Measures During Construction)
A
Yes
Penalty (Use of Sidewalks and Streets During Construction)
A
Yes
Jurisdiction (Flood Damage Prevention: Compliance)
A
Yes
Penalty; equitable remedy (Ohio Mechanical Code)
A
Yes
License and registration required (Registration of HVAC Contractors)
A
Yes
Display of registration and registration card (Registration of HVAC Contractors)
A
No
Display of name and license number (Registration of HVAC Contractors)
A
No
Unregistered personnel on job site (Registration of HVAC Contractors)
A
No
Permit required (HVAC)
A
Yes
Penalty; equitable remedy (National Electric Code)
A
Yes
License and registration required (Registration of Electricians)
A
Yes
Display of registration and registration card (Registration of Electricians)
A
No
Display of name and license number (Registration of Electricians)
A
No
Unregistered personnel on job site (Registration of Electricians)
A
No
Penalty; equitable remedy (Electrical Permits & Inspections)
A
Yes
Penalty; equitable remedy (Ohio Plumbing Code)
A
Yes
License and registration required (Registration of Plumbers)
A
Yes
Display of registration and registration card (Registration of Plumbers)
A
No
Display of name and license number (Registration of Plumbers)
A
No
Unregistered personnel on job site (Registration of Plumbers)
A
No
Registration required (Registration of Underground Utilities Contractors)
A
Yes
Display of registration and registration card (Registration of Underground Utilities Contractors)
A
No
Display of name (Registration of Underground Utilities Contractors)
A
No
Unregistered personnel on job site (Registration of Underground Utilities Contractors)
A
No
Application for permit (Sewer Connection)
A
Yes
Notice of Proposed Connection
A
No
Rules and regulations (Installation, connection and discharge of house sewers and private disposal systems)
A
No
Permit for plumbing required; inspection
A
Yes
Approval of plans; emergencies (Plumbing: Permits & Inspections)
A
No
Discharge of effluent (Plumbing: Permits & Inspections)
A
No
Compliance with chapter (Awnings, Canopies and Marquees in Downtown Districts)
A
No
Remedial action (Property Maintenance)
A
No
Penalty (Fences)
A
No
Certain buildings prohibited from moving
A
No
House mover's license required
A
No
Permit required (Moving of Buildings and Houses)
A
Yes
Red light warnings at night (Moving of Buildings and Houses)
A
No
Permit required; exemptions (Storage of Flammable Liquids)
A
Yes
Test required (Storage of Flammable Liquids)
A
No
Plans; permit (Private Swimming Pool)
A
Yes
Tests (Private Swimming Pool)
A
No
Permit required; exemptions (Medical Gases)
A
Yes
Medical gas permit and inspection fees
A
No
Inspection and testing required (Medical Gases)
A
No
Notification requirement (Foreclosure Actions)
A
No
Person responsible for maintenance (Foreclosure Actions)
A
No
Penalty (Fire Prevention Code: Standards)
D
No
Failure to cooperate with fire investigator (Fire Prevention Code: Administration & Enforcement)
A
No
Use of fire hydrants (Fire Prevention Code: Miscellaneous Regulations)
A
No
Dumping gasoline, etc. into sewers (Fire Prevention Code: Miscellaneous Regulations)
D
No
1612.03
Paper balloons (Fire Prevention Code: Miscellaneous Regulations)
D
No
1810.02
Rabies vaccinations required (Rabies Control)
A
Yes
1810.06
Wild and feral animals (Rabies Control)
A
No
1810.99
Penalty (Rabies Control)
A
No
1822.99
Penalty (Food Service Operation)
A
Yes
1830.01
Cleanliness required; notice to abate nuisance (Dwellings)
A
No
1830.99
Penalty (Dwellings)
A
No
1838.01
License required; exemptions (Trailers)
A
Yes
1840.99
Penalty (Swimming Pools)
A
No
1860.01
Application approval fee; annual renewal fee (Tattooing and Body Piercing Establishments)
A
Yes
(Ord. O2019-35, passed 6-4-2019)
 

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