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Parma Overview
CODIFIED ORDINANCES OF PARMA
CODIFIED ORDINANCES OF THE CITY OF PARMA OHIO
CITY OF PARMA ROSTER OF OFFICIALS (2025)
PRELIMINARY UNIT
PART ONE - ADMINISTRATIVE CODE
PART THREE - TRAFFIC CODE
PART SIX - GENERAL OFFENSES CODE
CHAPTER 606 General Provisions; Administration and Enforcement
CHAPTER 612 Alcoholic Beverages
CHAPTER 618 Animals
CHAPTER 619 Blasting Operations
CHAPTER 620 Drugs
CHAPTER 621 Expenses of Emergency Action
CHAPTER 622 Fair Housing
CHAPTER 624 Gambling
CHAPTER 626 Junk Dealers, Pawnbrokers, and Secondhand Dealers
CHAPTER 630 Minors
CHAPTER 634 Noise Control
CHAPTER 636 Offenses Relating to Persons
CHAPTER 642 Offenses Relating to Property
CHAPTER 648 Peace Disturbances
CHAPTER 654 Railroads
CHAPTER 656 Registration of Felons
CHAPTER 660 Safety, Sanitation and Health
660.01 VENTING OF HEATERS AND BURNERS.
660.02 SPREADING CONTAGION.
660.03 RESERVED FOR FUTURE LEGISLATION.
660.04 NOXIOUS ODORS; FILTHY ACCUMULATIONS; POLLUTING AND DIVERTING WATERCOURSES.
660.05 DUTY TO KEEP SIDEWALKS IN REPAIR AND CLEAN.
660.06 ABANDONED REFRIGERATORS AND AIRTIGHT CONTAINERS.
660.07 RESERVED FOR FUTURE LEGISLATION.
660.08 RESERVED FOR FUTURE LEGISLATION.
660.09 RESERVED FOR FUTURE LEGISLATION.
660.10 RESERVED FOR FUTURE LEGISLATION.
660.11 RESERVED FOR FUTURE LEGISLATION.
660.12 RESERVED FOR FUTURE LEGISLATION.
660.13 SPITTING; SMOKING.
660.14 BURIAL REGULATIONS.
660.15 RESERVED FOR FUTURE LEGISLATION.
660.16 FENCES TO PROTECT SWIMMING POOLS; DRAINING.
660.17 ELECTRIC FENCES.
660.175 BARBED WIRE FENCES.
660.18 CATCH BASIN, SEWER, MANHOLE AND SIMILAR COVERS.
660.19 WATER USE EMERGENCIES.
660.20 RESERVED FOR FUTURE LEGISLATION.
660.21 LAWN OR LANDSCAPING REQUIRED. (REPEALED)
660.22 EXTERIOR PROPERTY AREAS; PENALTY.
660.23 NOTICE TO FILL LOTS; REMOVE PUTRID SUBSTANCES.
660.24 SANITARY LANDFILL OPERATION.
660.25 SCAVENGING.
660.26 DUMPING OF REFUSE, GARBAGE, PESTICIDES ON PUBLIC OR PRIVATE PROPERTY; PLACEMENT OF SIGNS ON PUBLIC OR PRIVATE PROPERTY.
660.27 DUMPING REFUSE IN SEWERS.
660.28 DUMPING REFUSE IN NATURAL WATERWAYS.
660.29 PHOSPHATES.
660.30 STORAGE OF EQUIPMENT.
660.31 VEHICLES.
660.32 RESERVED FOR FUTURE LEGISLATION.
660.325 RESERVED FOR FUTURE LEGISLATION.
660.33 SALES OF FROZEN DESSERTS FROM VEHICLES PROHIBITED. (REPEALED)
660.34 SIDEWALK OBSTRUCTIONS; DAMAGE OR INJURY.
660.35 DEPOSIT OF SNOW, ICE, SLUSH.
660.36 CONSTRUCTION SITES; TRACKING MUD UPON PUBLIC WAYS.
660.37 BARRICADES AND WARNING LIGHTS.
660.38 STEEL-JAWED TRAP.
660.39 DESIGNATION OF NONSMOKING AREAS. (REPEALED)
660.40 MOTOR VEHICLE REPAIRS ON PARKING LOTS AND PUBLIC RIGHTS- OF-WAY.
660.41 POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS (PCB'S).
660.42 USE AND MAINTENANCE OF TREELAWNS. (REPEALED)
660.43 FIREWOOD STORAGE. (REPEALED)
660.44 HOLES OR EXCAVATIONS TO BURY TREE STUMPS OR WASTE. (REPEALED)
660.45 SANITARY CONDITIONS OF COMPOSTING. (REPEALED)
660.46 OPEN BURNING.
660.47 MOSQUITO CONTROL.
CHAPTER 664 Secondhand Precious Metals and Stones Dealers
CHAPTER 666 Sex Related Offenses
CHAPTER 668 Smoking
CHAPTER 669 Sound Devices
CHAPTER 670 Trailer Homes
CHAPTER 672 Weapons and Explosives
CHAPTER 698 Penalties and Sentencing
PART SEVEN - BUSINESS REGULATION CODE
PART NINE - STREETS AND PUBLIC SERVICES CODE
PART ELEVEN - PLANNING AND ZONING CODE
PART THIRTEEN- FIRE PREVENTION CODE
PART FIFTEEN - BUILDING CODE
PART SEVENTEEN - PROPERTY MAINTENANCE CODE
PART NINETEEN - INITIATIVE AND REFERENDUM
PART TWENTY-ONE - PUBLIC HOUSING PROGRAM CODE
PART TWENTY-THREE - ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION REGULATIONS
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660.17   ELECTRIC FENCES.
   (a)   No person shall construct, erect, maintain or use, for any purpose, any fence charged with electrical current without first complying with all provisions of Section 1529.231 of the Codified Ordinances of the City of Parma.
(Ord. 196-57. Passed 7-29-57; Ord. 48-17. Passed 5-1-17.)
   (b)   Whoever violates this section is guilty of a first degree misdemeanor. A separate offense shall be deemed committed each day during or on which a violation occurs or continues. The penalty shall be as provided in Section 698.02.
(Ord. 146-13. Passed 7-1-13.)
660.175   BARBED WIRE FENCES.
   (a)   No person shall erect or maintain a barbed wire fence which abuts or is adjacent to any public street or sidewalk. This subsection does not prevent the placement and use of not more than three strands of barbed wire on top of a fence other than a barbed wire fence, provided such strands are not less than forty-eight inches from the ground.
   Barbed wire partition fences may be erected and maintained as provided in Ohio R.C. 971.03.
   (b)   Whoever violates this section is guilty of a first degree misdemeanor. A separate offense shall be deemed committed each day during or on which a violation occurs or continues. The penalty shall be as provided in Section 698.02.
(Ord. 51-96. Passed 2-20-96; Ord. 146-13. Passed 7-1-13; Ord. 48-17. Passed 5-1-17.)
660.18   CATCH BASIN, SEWER, MANHOLE AND SIMILAR COVERS.
   (a)   No person shall remove any catch basin, manhole, sewer or other similar cover located within any street, sidewalk or other publicly owned or controlled property within the City without first obtaining a permit to do so from the Safety Director or the Service Director. Such permit shall be free of charge.
(Ord. 107-74. Passed 5-6-74. )
   (b)   No person who removes a manhole, catch basin, sewer or other similar cover, for any reason, within the City, shall fail to properly replace the same before leaving the area, making certain that such cover is not raised on any one side and that the same is fitted properly to prevent accidents by dislocating the same when driving over it.
   (c)   Any person not properly replacing a manhole, catch basin, sewer or other similar cover disturbed by him for any reason shall, in addition to the penalty provided in subsection (d) hereof, repay the City for any and all expenses incurred by the City in replacing such manhole, catch basin, sewer or other similar cover.
(Ord. 319-66. Passed 4-15-68.)
   (d)   Whoever violates any of the provisions of this section is guilty of a misdemeanor of the fourth degree for a first offense and, for a second or subsequent offense within one year of the first offense, is guilty of a misdemeanor of the third degree. The penalty shall be as provided in Section 698.02.
(Ord. 107-74. Passed 5-6-74; Ord. 146-13. Passed 7-1-13.)
660.19   WATER USE EMERGENCIES.
   (a)   Whenever it appears to the Mayor or upon notice from the City of Cleveland, Division of Water and Heat of the Department of Public Utilities, to the Mayor or Safety or Service Director that a shortage of water supply exists or is imminent which threatens the public health and safety and that the shortage makes it necessary to curtail water use within all or any part of the City, the Mayor shall proclaim a water use emergency throughout all or any part of the City.
   (b)   During a water use emergency, the Mayor may order a water use curtailment by prohibiting unnecessary use or consumption of water during all or specified hours of the day and/or may order that specified premises curtail unnecessary use or consumption of water on specified days only as the Mayor determines to be necessary.
   (c)   A water use emergency proclamation shall specify:
      (1)   The geographic area affected by the water use emergency;
      (2)   The length of time the emergency shall be in effect, which time shall not exceed seven days; and
      (3)   The degree of water use curtailment.
   (d)   A proclamation of a water use emergency shall become effective at the time of issuance by the Mayor. Notice thereof shall be given to a newspaper of general circulation in the City and shall be reported to local radio and television stations for broadcast.
   (e)   As used in this section, “unnecessary use or consumption” means the use or consumption of water for purposes other than personal health, safety, sanitation and bodily consumption. “Unnecessary use or consumption” of water includes, but is not limited to, sprinkling or watering lawns, other land irrigation, the washing of automobiles, houses or other structures and the use of water for recreational purposes such as the maintenance of swimming pools. The use of water for private construction, such as the mixing and curing of concrete, the puddling of backfill in excavations, the moistening of masonry walls preparatory to pointing or sealing, and other similar uses, is not an unnecessary use or consumption of water. The use of water to scrub and rinse areas such as hard-surfaced drives, garage floors, patios and similar uses, where necessary for the purpose of sanitation and the protection of health, is not an unnecessary use and consumption of water. The use of water by means not directly connected to the water supply for sprinkling vegetable gardens or flower gardens is not an unnecessary use and consumption of water.
   (f)   No person or other entity shall, during a water use emergency, use water in violation of the terms and conditions of the Mayor's water use emergency proclamation.
   (g)   Whoever violates any of the provisions of this section is guilty of a minor misdemeanor for a first offense and a misdemeanor of the third degree for a second or any subsequent offense. A separate offense shall be deemed committed each day during or on which a violation or noncompliance occurs or continues. The penalty shall be as provided in Section 698.02.
(Ord. 143-81. Passed 7-20-81; Ord. 146-13. Passed 7-1-13.)
660.20   RESERVED FOR FUTURE LEGISLATION.
660.21   LAWN OR LANDSCAPING REQUIRED. (REPEALED)
   (EDITOR'S NOTE: Section 660.21 was repealed by Ordinance 389-94, passed May 6, 1996.)
660.22   EXTERIOR PROPERTY AREAS; PENALTY.
   (a)   No owner or person having charge of property in the City shall permit grass to grow on such land to a height greater than six inches.
   (b)   No owner or person having charge of property in the City shall permit noxious weeds, as described in Section 1707.10 of these Codified Ordinances, to grow, mature and/or spread seeds on such land.
   (c)   No owner or person having charge of property in the City shall permit litter, as defined in Ohio R.C. 731.51, to be placed or remain on such land.
   (d)   Whoever violates subsection (a) is guilty of a minor misdemeanor. In addition to any other method of enforcement, a violation of any provisions of this section may be enforced by the issuance of a citation in compliance with Rule 4.1 of the Ohio Rules of Criminal Procedure. A separate offense shall be deemed committed each day during or on which a violation occurs or continues.
   (e)   Whoever violates subsection (b) or (c) is guilty of a minor misdemeanor. In addition to any other method of enforcement, a violation of any provisions of this section may be enforced by the issuance of a citation in compliance with Rule 4.1 of the Ohio Rules of Criminal Procedure. Whoever violates any provisions of this section as a fourth and subsequent offense is guilty of a first degree misdemeanor. A separate offense shall be deemed committed each day during or on which a violation occurs or continues.
(Ord. 244-91. Passed 10-21-91; Ord. 317-95. Passed 3-4-96; Ord. 387-96. Passed 2-3-97; Ord. 160-01. Passed 6-18-01; Ord. 146-13. Passed 7-1-13; Ord. 18-16. Passed 3-21-16.)
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