PART ONE

Codified Ordinances CROSS REFERENCES See sectional histories for similar State law Statute of lim...

(a)   All ordinances of a permanent and general nature of the Municipality as revised, codified, ...

As used in the Codified Ordinances, unless another definition is provided or the context otherwis...

 (a)   Common and Technical Usage. Words and phrases shall be read in context and construed accor...

  (a)   The repeal of a repealing ordinance does not revive the ordinance originally repealed nor...

 (a)   A reference to any portion of the Codified Ordinances applies to all re-enactments or amen...

   (a)   If there is a conflict between figures and words in expressing a number, the words gover...

 (a)   In enacting an ordinance, it is presumed that:       (1)   Compliance with the constitutio...

   If any provision of a section of the Codified Ordinances or the application thereof to any per...

Whenever, in the Codified Ordinances or in any ordinance of the Municipality, any act is prohibit...

Official Standards CROSS REFERENCES State standard of time - see Ohio R.C. 1.04 State legal holid...

All grade levels within the Municipality shall be measured from the nearest United States Geologi...

Wards and Boundaries CROSS REFERENCES Corporate boundaries; annexation and detachment - see CHTR....

The City is hereby subdivided into four wards, which are equal in number to the members of Counci...

The First Ward shall contain all that territory and area bounded and described as follows: Beginn...

The Second Ward shall contain all that territory and area bounded and described as Follows: Begin...

  The Third Ward shall contain all that territory and area bounded and described as follows: Begi...

The Fourth Ward shall contain all that territory and area bounded and described as follows: Begin...

Council CROSS REFERENCES Power, election and term of office - see CHTR. Art. IV, §1 Qualification...

See - Council Rules

   (a)    An Investment Committee is hereby established.    (b)   The Investment Committee shall ...

(a)   All bids shall be advertised for and accepted by an individual to be designated by Council ...

(a)   Any person, upon written request with the Clerk of Council specifying such person’s name, a...

 (a)   Prior to the adoption of the annual appropriation ordinance of the City and at least fourt...

 (a)   Any and all proposed donations to the City of Sheffield Lake of real or personal property ...

Ordinances and Resolutions CROSS REFERENCES Mayor’s veto - see CHTR. Art. III, §5; Art. IV, §11 E...

a)   A succinct summary of each municipal ordinance or resolution shall be published using at lea...

 (a)   An individual, corporation or other entity requesting a copy of any minutes of any Council...

Clerk of Council CROSS REFERENCES Salary - see CHTR. Art. IV, §7 Bond - see CHTR. Art. IV, §7; AD...

 There is hereby created and established the position of Clerk of Council, who shall perform the ...

(a)   All applications for changes in the Zoning Map and Plan of the City shall be made on the fo...

(a)   The position of Clerk of Council, which includes the position of Clerk of Committees, and w...

(a)    There is hereby established the part-time position of Back-up Clerk of Council who shall s...

The City of Sheffield Lake hereby adopts by reference the Public Records Policy attached to origi...

Mayor CROSS REFERENCES Term - see CHTR. Art. III, Sec. 1 Qualifications - see CHTR. Art. III, Sec...

 There is hereby established the position and job of Secretary to the Mayor, whose duties shall b...

   (a)   The City hereby specifically disapproves of and rejects any and all sexual harassment of...

a)    The Mayor is hereby authorized to advertise for applications for all full-time and part-tim...

Treasurer  EDITOR’S NOTE: Former Chapter 123 was repealed by Ordinance 89-15, passed December 29,...

Department of Law CROSS REFERENCES Salary of Director - see CHTR. Art. IV, §7 Bond - see CHTR. Ar...

The Director of Law shall be appointed in accordance with Article V, Section 2 of the City Charte...

  The Director of Law shall be the head of the Department of Law and shall perform all duties as ...

The Director of Law is hereby authorized to employ legal assistants whenever he and the majority ...

(a)   The Office of Prosecutor is hereby established for the City. The duties of the Prosecutor s...

The City shall have the right to appeal to the appropriate Court of law any decision of any board...

Department of Finance CROSS REFERENCES       Salary - see CHTR. Art. IV, §7       Bond - see CHTR...

 (a)    The Director of Finance, as provided for by the City Charter, shall be the head of the De...

  (a)    Assistant Clerks shall be appointed by the Director of Finance with the approval of the ...

(a)    All expenditures shall be made by purchase order only. Such purchase orders shall be endor...

The office of the Department of Finance shall be in the Municipal Building. It shall maintain suc...

(a)    Any individual, corporation or other entity who deposits, pays, causes to be deposited, ca...

 (EDITOR'S NOTE: Former Section 129.06 was repealed by Ordinance 9-89, passed February 14, 1989.)

   (a)    The position of Assistant to the Finance Director in the Department of Finance of the C...

 (a)    The Finance Director shall, upon presentation of an appropriate voucher signed by the ind...

 (a)    Any person, corporation, individual or entity of any type making an application tor a var...

(a)    Subject to the approval and order of each or any elected official of the City, following a...

Any real estate that is sold by the City, at any time in the future, shall be sold by public bid,...

The Council of the City of Sheffield Lake approves the Identity Theft Protection Policy attached ...

The Council of the City of Sheffield Lake hereby adopts and approves the Information Security Pol...

Department of Public Safety CROSS REFERENCES Salary of Director - see CHTR. Art. IV, §7 Bond - se...

 The Director of Public Safety shall be the supervisor of the Department of Public Safety and sha...

Division of Police CROSS REFERENCES Division of Department of Public Safety - see CHTR. Art. V, S...

  (a)   There is hereby created within the Department of Public Safety, a Division of Police, whi...

Patrolmen and radio patrolmen shall be required to work a minimum forty-hour week for the compens...

Part-time officers shall receive a uniform allowance as follows: One hundred fifty dollars ($150....

The Chief of Police is hereby authorized to dispose of confiscated bicycles and other miscellaneo...

Division of Fire CROSS REFERENCES Division of Department of Public Safety - see CHTR. Art. V, §4 ...

(a)    There is hereby created within the Department of Public Safety a Division of Fire, which s...

  The uniform allowance for firefighters shall be as provided by the latest contract entered into...

(a)    The Fire Chief is hereby designated as the Emergency Hazardous Material Manager for the Ci...

(a)    No person shall be hired as a part-time firefighter for the City to perform the duties of ...

  (a)    The City shall charge a fee of twenty-five dollars ($25.00) for any return inspection ne...

  (a)    The procedure described in Ohio R.C. 3929.86(C) and (D) is hereby authorized.    (b)    ...

CROSS REFERENCES Dangerous buildings; duties of Building Inspector - see BLDG. 1351.03 Moving of ...

137.02 RESIDENTIAL BUILDING INSPECTOR; QUALIFICATIONS.    The position of Residential Building In...

No employee of the Division of Building Inspection or person who contracts for services with the ...

 It shall be the duty of the Building Inspector to keep a record of all applications for permits,...

The Mayor shall make the appointment of the Building Inspector in accordance with the ordinances ...

The Building Inspector shall make daily settlements with the Director of Finance for all fees col...

  (a)   The position of Electrical Inspector for the City is hereby established.    (b)   The Ele...

 EDITOR’S NOTE: Former Section 137.08 was repealed by Ordinance 47-18.

  (a)    There is hereby established an impress fund for purposes of allowing the Building Inspec...

 (a)   The position of part time Assistant/Clerk to the Building Inspector is hereby established ...

(a)   The position of full time Assistant/Clerk to the Building Inspector is hereby established a...

(a)    The owner of any real estate in the City shall notify the City and its Building Inspector ...

  (a)    Any individual, corporation or entity of any type or kind supplying natural gas and/or e...

Any individual, corporation or other entity requesting that any land within the City be vacated b...

(a)   The City hereby adopts the Building Lot Site Plan Specifications and Standards attached to ...

The City of Sheffield Lake Building Department, previously established by ordinance, is hereby gr...

a)   The position of Chief Building Official is hereby established.    (b)   The Chief Building O...

   (a)   The position of Back-up Chief Building Official is hereby established.    (b)   The Back...

   (a)   The position of Plans Examiner is hereby established.    (b)   The Plans Examiner shall ...

   (a)   The position of Back-up Plans Examiner is hereby established.    (b)   The Back-up Plans...

   (a)   The position of Plumbing Inspector is hereby established.    (b)   The Plumbing Inspecto...

   (a)   The position of Back-up Plumbing Inspector is hereby established.    (b)   The Back-up P...

   (a)   The position of Back-up Electrical Inspector is hereby established.    (b)   The Back-up...

   (a)   The position of Back-up Building Inspector is hereby established.    (b)   The Back-up B...

   Notwithstanding any other Ordinance or Resolution to the contrary, the Mayor may, with the app...

Division of Health CROSS REFERENCES Authority to establish - see CHTR. Art. V, §1 Health District...

 The Sheffield Lake Rescue Squad No. 1 presently existing in the City is hereby established as a ...

   (a)    The Sheffield Lake Rescue Squad No. 1 shall be staffed by the Fire Division and shall b...

   The Director of Public Safety, together with the Chief of the Rescue Squad and the Lieutenant ...

It shall not be a conflict of interest for any officer or member of the Division of Fire to be an...

  Members of the Division of Health shall serve without pay and shall not be compensated by the C...

(a)    There is hereby established a fund known as the Rescue Squad Fund.    (b)    All moneys pl...

Department of Public Service CROSS REFERENCES Establishment - see CHTR. Art. V, §1 Director: appo...

The Department of Public Service shall consist of a Division of Water, a Division of Sewers, a Di...

(a)   The position of Director of Public Service may be either a full-time or part-time position ...

  (a)   There is hereby established the position of Clerk of the Department of Public Service, wh...

  (a)    All motor vehicles owned by the City, which are in need of repair shall, if possible, be...

   The Director of Public Service is hereby authorized to set up in the bookkeeping department a ...

All Service Department employees while operating or riding in or on City-owned vehicles or while ...

Division of Water CROSS REFERENCES Division of Department of Public Service - see CHTR. Art. V, §...

(a)    All employees of the Division of Water shall work a maximum of forty hours per week. Such ...

All employees of the Division of Water, both hourly and salaried, shall be entitled to department...

 Six months from the date of the passage of this section (Ordinance 58-68, passed May 14, 1968) a...

Division of Sewers CROSS REFERENCES Division of Department of Public Service - see CHTR. Art. V, ...

   (a)    All employees of the Division of Sewers, with the exception of the Superintendent there...

All employees of the Division of Sewers, both hourly and salaried, shall be entitled to departmen...

   Six months from the date of the passage of this section (Ordinance 58-68, passed May 14, 1968)...

Division of Streets and Roads CROSS REFERENCES Division of Department of Public Service - see CHT...

 (a)    There is hereby established the position of Superintendent of Roads and Sanitation in the...

All employees of the Division of Streets and Roads, both hourly and salaried, shall be entitled t...

Division of Sanitation CROSS REFERENCES Division of Department of Public Service - see CHTR. Art....

   All employees of the Division of Sanitation, both hourly and salaried, shall be entitled to de...

Department of Taxation CROSS REFERENCES Established - see CHTR. Art. V, §7  Director: appointment...

(a)    There is hereby established a Department of Taxation for the City.    (b)   There is hereb...

(EDITOR'S NOTE: Section 149.02 was repealed by Ordinance 23-73, passed March 27, 1973.)

   (a)    There is hereby established in the Department of Taxation the position of Assistant Cle...

Engineer General duties - see Ohio R. C. 735.32 Grading - see S.U. & P.S. 903.01; BLDG. 1361.04 D...

   When the Director of Public Service and the City Engineer provide services and perform service...

Forester CROSS REFERENCE    Care of trees and shrubs - see S.U. & P.S. Ch. 907  

There is hereby created the office of Forester, who shall be appointed by the Mayor with the appr...

   The Forester shall direct, regulate and control the planting, care and removal of all trees an...

Animal Control Officer CROSS REFERENCE       Animal regulations - see GEN. OFF. Ch. 505  

On the recommendation of the Director of Public Safety, the Mayor shall appoint an Animal Control...

 The Animal Control Officer shall work a minimum of fifteen hours per week and be on call twenty-...

 A suitable dog kennel for restraining impounded dogs shall be maintained on the grounds of the D...

In general the duties of the Animal Control Officer shall be as follows:    (a)    He shall make ...

  (a)    There is hereby established the position of Assistant Animal Control Officer.    (b)    ...

Civil Service Commission CROSS REFERENCES Establishment, membership, appointment, term, vacancy -...

(a)    The Secretary of the Civil Service Commission shall perform all duties pertaining to such ...

 (a)    The following positions shall he included in the classified service of the civil service:...

Block Grant Grievance Board

There is hereby created the Sheffield Lake Block Grant Grievance Board to consist of three member...

Two members of the Board shall constitute a quorum for the purpose of conducting the business the...

   Each member of the Board shall serve without salary. (Ord. 78-78. Passed- 7-25-78. )

The Board is charged with the following duties to implement the stated policy of this chapter:   ...

 (a)    Any person may file a complaint with the Board charging another person with an unlawful h...

Economic Development Advisory Board

There is hereby established an Economic Development Advisory Board for the primary purpose of pro...

  (a)    Council, the mayor and other city officers will not serve as members of the Economic Dev...

 (a)    Members of the Economic Development Advisory Board shall serve continuously until someone...

(a)    The purposes of the Economic Development Advisory Board shall include the following:      ...

The Board shall seek, as its general goal, to create and foster a positive responsible, cooperati...

Board of Zoning and Building Appeals (Repealed)   (EDITOR’S NOTE: Former Chapter 161 was repealed...

Park-Recreation Board (Repealed) EDITOR’S NOTE: Former Chapter 163 was repealed by Ordinance 55-2...

Records Commission CROSS REFERENCES Photostat or microfilm recording - see Ohio R.C. 9.01 Municip...

 There is hereby established, in and for the City of Sheffield Lake, Ohio, a Municipal Records Co...

   The function of the Commission shall be to provide rules for retention and disposal of records...

   When municipal records have been approved for disposal, a list of such records shall be sent t...

Before any public records are disposed of, the Ohio Historical Society shall be informed and give...

No records of the City or any of its Departments shall be destroyed or otherwise disposed of with...

   In addition to the foregoing members of the City Records Commission, the Records Commission sh...

A quorum for the meeting of and conducting of the business of the City Records Commission shall c...

Council of the City of Sheffield Lake approves the Record Retention Schedule (attached to origina...

Rate Review Board CROSS REFERENCES Sewerage rates - see Ohio R.C. 729.49 Weekly deposit of sewer ...

There is hereby created a Rate Review Board within the City. Such Board shall review and recommen...

The Rate Review Board shall consist of five members, three of whom shall be residents of the City...

No recommendations of the Rate Review Board shall be binding upon Council, nor shall the Rate Rev...

Planning Commission (EDITOR’S NOTE: Former Chapter 167 was repealed by Ordinance 26-22, passed Ap...

Board of Control EDITOR’S NOTE: Former Chapter 168 was repealed by Ordinance 46-96 passed June 11...

Employment Provisions EDITOR'S NOTE: This chapter pertains only to the members of the Police Depa...

 (1)    Director of Finance       $100,000        (2)    Mayor          20,000    (b)    All empl...

  (a)    Council finds that a uniform payday and pay period would be conducive to the promotion o...

  (a)   Fire Chief.       (1)   The Fire Chief shall receive the following economic benefits as s...

 (a)   All full-time employees, except full-time administrative employees including but not neces...

(a)   The department directors are hereby authorized to employ persons who shall not be part of t...

   (a)    No employee or official of the City shall disclose any confidential information concern...

   (a)    The City is committed to equal opportunity and participation of all its employees and a...

   (a)   Hourly part-time employees of the City of Sheffield Lake shall accumulate sick leave as ...

Community Center Board of Trustees CROSS REFERENCES Community Civic Center - see S.U. & P.S. Ch. 969

The Board of Trustees of the Sheffield Lake Community Center is hereby established and authorized...

Legal Defense and Indemnification ROSS REFERENCES State law provisions - see Ohio R.C. 9.87  

If there is no liability or other insurance in place that provides coverage against claims made a...

Nothing in this chapter shall obligate the City to consult with or obtain the permission of any o...

 Should any claims be made for which the City has responsibility pursuant to Section 173.01, the ...

ADA Coordinator

The position of Coordinator under the Americans with Disabilities Act for the City of Sheffield L...

 The Coordinator under the Americans with Disabilities Act shall render such services as ADA Coor...

Part-Time Grant Administrator

The position of Part-Time Grant Administrator is hereby established. (Ord. 70-08. Passed 10-14-08.)

 The Part-time Grant Administrator shall render such services as directed by the Mayor including,...

Mayor's Court   EDITOR'S NOTE: The Mayor has jurisdiction to hear and determine any prosecution f...

  There is hereby established the position of Clerk of Court for the Mayor’s Court of the City. S...

  There is hereby established the position of Deputy Clerk of Court to the Mayor’s Court. Such De...

   (a)   A full time Clerk of Courts shall be appointed by the Mayor who in addition to the regul...

The Clerk of Court and the Deputy Clerk of Court shall receive such compensation as Council shall...

(a)   No person shall disobey or resist a lawful order, rule, judgment or command of the Mayor’s ...

   The President of Council is hereby authorized to execute checks on the checking account of the...

 The Mayor is hereby authorized to assess as court costs, within the sound discretion of the Mayo...

   (a)   There is hereby created a Municipal Mayor’s Court Computer Fund into which shall be depo...

 The Mayor, with the approval of Council, may appoint a qualified Magistrate to conduct Mayor's C...

Whoever violates any of the provisions of Section 181.05 is guilty of a misdemeanor of the first ...

Earned Income Tax CROSS REFERENCES       Limitation on rate of taxation - see CHTR. Art. VIII, §7...

(A)    To provide funds for the purposes of general municipal operations, maintenance, new equipm...

(A)    Any term used in this Chapter that is not otherwise defined in this Chapter has the same m...

The income tax levied by the City of Sheffield Lake at a rate of two percent (2.0%) is levied on ...

Withholding provisions.    (A)    Each employer, agent of an employer, or other payer located or ...

(A)    An annual City of Sheffield Lake income tax return shall be completed and filed by every i...

(A)    Every individual taxpayer domiciled in the City of Sheffield Lake who is required to and d...

 (A)    As used in this section:       (1)    "Estimated taxes" means the amount that the taxpaye...

A person may round to the nearest whole dollar all amounts the person is required to enter on any...

 (A)    As used in this section, "withholding tax" has the same meaning as in Section 191.18.    ...

   (A)    Income tax that has been deposited with the City of Sheffield Lake, but should have bee...

(A)   (1)    If a taxpayer's tax liability shown on the annual tax return for the City of Sheffie...

 (A)   (1)   (a)    Civil actions to recover municipal income taxes and penalties and interest on...

 (A)    At or before the commencement of an audit, the Tax Administrator shall provide to the tax...

(A)    As used in this section:       (1)    “Last known address" means the address the Tax Admin...

 (A)     As used in this section, "claim" means a claim for an amount payable to the City of Shef...

(A)    Any information gained as a result of returns, investigations, hearings, or verifications ...

No person shall knowingly make, present, aid, or assist in the preparation or presentation of a f...

(A)    As used in this section:       (1)    "Applicable law" means this Chapter, the resolutions...

(A)    An "opinion of the Tax Administrator" means an opinion issued under this section with resp...

(A)   (1)    The Board of Tax Review shall consist of three members. Two members shall be appoint...

Nothing in this Chapter prohibits the legislative authority of the City of Sheffield Lake, or a T...

(A)    All property owners of real property located in the City of Sheffield Lake, who rent or ot...

 This Chapter shall not apply to any person, firm or corporation, or to any property as to whom o...

 (A)    This chapter shall continue effective insofar as the levy of taxes is concerned until rep...

The City of Sheffield Lake hereby adopts the Regional Income Tax Agency (RITA) Rules & Regulation...

   (A)    The City of Sheffield Lake hereby adopts and incorporates herein by reference Sections ...

  (A)    Whoever violates Section 191.17, division (A) of Section 191.16, or Section 191.04 by fa...

License Tax CROSS REFERENCES State provisions - see Ohio R.C. Ch. 4507 Income tax - see ADM. Ch. 191

For the purpose of paying the costs and expenses of enforcing and administering the tax provided ...

 (a)   Such tax shall be at the rate of five dollars ($5.00) per motor vehicle on all motor vehic...

Nothing in this chapter shall be construed as imposing liability upon the City for injury to pers...

There is hereby levied pursuant to Ohio R.C. 4504.172 an annual license tax, without regard to an...