TITLE FIVE
Administrative
CHAPTER 121
Mayor CROSS REFERENCES Term - see CHTR. Art. III, Sec. 1 Qualifications - see CHTR. Art. III, Sec...
121.01 SECRETARY TO THE MAYOR.
There is hereby established the position and job of Secretary to the Mayor, whose duties shall b...
121.02 SEXUAL HARASSMENT.
(a) The City hereby specifically disapproves of and rejects any and all sexual harassment of...
121.03 ADVERTISING FOR POSITIONS WITH CITY.
a) The Mayor is hereby authorized to advertise for applications for all full-time and part-tim...
CHAPTER 123
Treasurer EDITOR’S NOTE: Former Chapter 123 was repealed by Ordinance 89-15, passed December 29,...
CHAPTER 127
Department of Law CROSS REFERENCES Salary of Director - see CHTR. Art. IV, §7 Bond - see CHTR. Ar...
127.01 DIRECTOR; APPOINTMENT AND QUALIFICATIONS.
The Director of Law shall be appointed in accordance with Article V, Section 2 of the City Charte...
127.02 DUTIES OF DIRECTOR.
The Director of Law shall be the head of the Department of Law and shall perform all duties as ...
127.03 AUTHORITY TO HIRE ASSISTANTS.
The Director of Law is hereby authorized to employ legal assistants whenever he and the majority ...
127.04 PROSECUTOR.
(a) The Office of Prosecutor is hereby established for the City. The duties of the Prosecutor s...
127.05 APPEAL OF BOARD OR COMMISSION DECISIONS.
The City shall have the right to appeal to the appropriate Court of law any decision of any board...
CHAPTER 129
Department of Finance CROSS REFERENCES Salary - see CHTR. Art. IV, §7 Bond - see CHTR...
129.01 DIRECTOR.
(a) The Director of Finance, as provided for by the City Charter, shall be the head of the De...
129.02 ASSISTANT CLERKS.
(a) Assistant Clerks shall be appointed by the Director of Finance with the approval of the ...
129.03 PURCHASES.
(a) All expenditures shall be made by purchase order only. Such purchase orders shall be endor...
129.04 LOCATION; HOURS.
The office of the Department of Finance shall be in the Municipal Building. It shall maintain suc...
129.05 REIMBURSEMENT FOR UNPAID NEGOTIABLE INSTRUMENTS.
(a) Any individual, corporation or other entity who deposits, pays, causes to be deposited, ca...
129.06 DISTRIBUTION OF REVENUE SHARING FUNDS. (REPEALED)
(EDITOR'S NOTE: Former Section 129.06 was repealed by Ordinance 9-89, passed February 14, 1989.)
129.07 ASSISTANT TO THE FINANCE DIRECTOR.
(a) The position of Assistant to the Finance Director in the Department of Finance of the C...
129.08 MILEAGE ALLOWANCE.
(a) The Finance Director shall, upon presentation of an appropriate voucher signed by the ind...
129.09 VARIANCE CERTIFIED MAILING FEE.
(a) Any person, corporation, individual or entity of any type making an application tor a var...
129.10 PICK-UP OF PERS; POLICE AND FIRE PENSIONS.
(a) Subject to the approval and order of each or any elected official of the City, following a...
129.11 MINIMUM PRICE FOR SALE OF CITY REAL ESTATE.
Any real estate that is sold by the City, at any time in the future, shall be sold by public bid,...
129.12 IDENTITY THEFT PREVENTION POLICY.
The Council of the City of Sheffield Lake approves the Identity Theft Protection Policy attached ...
129.13 INFORMATION SECURITY POLICY.
The Council of the City of Sheffield Lake hereby adopts and approves the Information Security Pol...
CHAPTER 131
Department of Public Safety CROSS REFERENCES Salary of Director - see CHTR. Art. IV, §7 Bond - se...
131.01 DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC SAFETY.
The Director of Public Safety shall be the supervisor of the Department of Public Safety and sha...
CHAPTER 133
Division of Police CROSS REFERENCES Division of Department of Public Safety - see CHTR. Art. V, S...
133.01 COMPOSITION.
(a) There is hereby created within the Department of Public Safety, a Division of Police, whi...
133.02 WORK WEEK.
Patrolmen and radio patrolmen shall be required to work a minimum forty-hour week for the compens...
133.03 UNIFORM ALLOWANCES.
Part-time officers shall receive a uniform allowance as follows: One hundred fifty dollars ($150....
133.04 DISPOSITION OF PROPERTY.
The Chief of Police is hereby authorized to dispose of confiscated bicycles and other miscellaneo...
CHAPTER 135
Division of Fire CROSS REFERENCES Division of Department of Public Safety - see CHTR. Art. V, §4 ...
135.01 COMPOSITION.
(a) There is hereby created within the Department of Public Safety a Division of Fire, which s...
135.02 UNIFORM ALLOWANCE
The uniform allowance for firefighters shall be as provided by the latest contract entered into...
135.03 EMERGENCY HAZARDOUS MATERIAL MANAGER.
(a) The Fire Chief is hereby designated as the Emergency Hazardous Material Manager for the Ci...
135.04 PART-TIME FIREFIGHTERS.
(a) No person shall be hired as a part-time firefighter for the City to perform the duties of ...
135.05 RETURN INSPECTION FEES.
(a) The City shall charge a fee of twenty-five dollars ($25.00) for any return inspection ne...
135.06 PAYMENT OF FIRE LOSS CLAIMS.
(a) The procedure described in Ohio R.C. 3929.86(C) and (D) is hereby authorized. (b) ...
CHAPTER 137 Division of Building Inspection
CROSS REFERENCES Dangerous buildings; duties of Building Inspector - see BLDG. 1351.03 Moving of ...
137.01 ESTABLISHMENT.
137.02 RESIDENTIAL BUILDING INSPECTOR; QUALIFICATIONS. The position of Residential Building In...
137.03 CONFLICT OF INTERESTS.
No employee of the Division of Building Inspection or person who contracts for services with the ...
137.04 RECORDS.
It shall be the duty of the Building Inspector to keep a record of all applications for permits,...
137.05 APPOINTMENT AND TERM OF INSPECTORS.
The Mayor shall make the appointment of the Building Inspector in accordance with the ordinances ...
137.06 DAILY SETTLEMENT FOR FEES.
The Building Inspector shall make daily settlements with the Director of Finance for all fees col...
137.07 ELECTRICAL INSPECTOR.
(a) The position of Electrical Inspector for the City is hereby established. (b) The Ele...
137.08 ALTERNATE BUILDING INSPECTOR. (REPEALED)
EDITOR’S NOTE: Former Section 137.08 was repealed by Ordinance 47-18.
137.09 IMPRESS FUND.
(a) There is hereby established an impress fund for purposes of allowing the Building Inspec...
137.10 PART-TIME ASSISTANT/CLERK TO THE BUILDING INSPECTOR.
(a) The position of part time Assistant/Clerk to the Building Inspector is hereby established ...
137.10A FULL TIME ASSISTANT/CLERK TO THE BUILDING INSPECTOR.
(a) The position of full time Assistant/Clerk to the Building Inspector is hereby established a...
137.11 NOTICE OF CHANGE OF OCCUPANCY.
(a) The owner of any real estate in the City shall notify the City and its Building Inspector ...
137.12 NOTIFICATION FROM UTILITY COMPANIES.
(a) Any individual, corporation or entity of any type or kind supplying natural gas and/or e...
137.13 PROCEDURE FOR VACATING LANDS.
Any individual, corporation or other entity requesting that any land within the City be vacated b...
137.14 SPECIFICATIONS AND STANDARDS FOR BUILDING LOT SITE PLANS.
(a) The City hereby adopts the Building Lot Site Plan Specifications and Standards attached to ...
137.15 ENFORCEMENT OF BUILDING LAWS AND REGULATIONS.
The City of Sheffield Lake Building Department, previously established by ordinance, is hereby gr...
137.16 CHIEF BUILDING OFFICIAL.
a) The position of Chief Building Official is hereby established. (b) The Chief Building O...
137.17 BACK-UP CHIEF BUILDING OFFICIAL.
(a) The position of Back-up Chief Building Official is hereby established. (b) The Back...
137.18 PLANS EXAMINER.
(a) The position of Plans Examiner is hereby established. (b) The Plans Examiner shall ...
137.19 BACK-UP PLANS EXAMINER.
(a) The position of Back-up Plans Examiner is hereby established. (b) The Back-up Plans...
137.20 PLUMBING INSPECTOR.
(a) The position of Plumbing Inspector is hereby established. (b) The Plumbing Inspecto...
137.21 BACK-UP PLUMBING INSPECTOR.
(a) The position of Back-up Plumbing Inspector is hereby established. (b) The Back-up P...
137.22 BACK-UP ELECTRICAL INSPECTOR.
(a) The position of Back-up Electrical Inspector is hereby established. (b) The Back-up...
137.23 BACK-UP BUILDING INSPECTOR.
(a) The position of Back-up Building Inspector is hereby established. (b) The Back-up B...
137.24 CONTRACTING FOR BUILDING DEPARTMENT SERVICES
Notwithstanding any other Ordinance or Resolution to the contrary, the Mayor may, with the app...
CHAPTER 138
Division of Health CROSS REFERENCES Authority to establish - see CHTR. Art. V, §1 Health District...
138.01 ESTABLISHMENT.
The Sheffield Lake Rescue Squad No. 1 presently existing in the City is hereby established as a ...
138.02 STAFF AND SUPERVISION OF RESCUE SQUAD NO. 1.
(a) The Sheffield Lake Rescue Squad No. 1 shall be staffed by the Fire Division and shall b...
138.03 RULES AND REGULATIONS.
The Director of Public Safety, together with the Chief of the Rescue Squad and the Lieutenant ...
138.04 CONFLICTS.
It shall not be a conflict of interest for any officer or member of the Division of Fire to be an...
138.05 COMPENSATION.
Members of the Division of Health shall serve without pay and shall not be compensated by the C...
138.06 RESCUE SQUAD FUND.
(a) There is hereby established a fund known as the Rescue Squad Fund. (b) All moneys pl...
CHAPTER 139
Department of Public Service CROSS REFERENCES Establishment - see CHTR. Art. V, §1 Director: appo...
139.01 DIVISIONS.
The Department of Public Service shall consist of a Division of Water, a Division of Sewers, a Di...
139.02 DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC SERVICE.
(a) The position of Director of Public Service may be either a full-time or part-time position ...
139.03 CLERK.
(a) There is hereby established the position of Clerk of the Department of Public Service, wh...
139.04 REPAIR OF CITY VEHICLES.
(a) All motor vehicles owned by the City, which are in need of repair shall, if possible, be...
139.05 COMBINED BILLING PROCEDURE.
The Director of Public Service is hereby authorized to set up in the bookkeeping department a ...
139.06 SEAT BELTS REQUIRED.
All Service Department employees while operating or riding in or on City-owned vehicles or while ...
CHAPTER 141
Division of Water CROSS REFERENCES Division of Department of Public Service - see CHTR. Art. V, §...
141.01 WORK WEEK.
(a) All employees of the Division of Water shall work a maximum of forty hours per week. Such ...
141.02 SERVICE WORK UNIFORMS.
All employees of the Division of Water, both hourly and salaried, shall be entitled to department...
141.03 REVIEW OF PAYROLL RECORDS.
Six months from the date of the passage of this section (Ordinance 58-68, passed May 14, 1968) a...
CHAPTER 143
Division of Sewers CROSS REFERENCES Division of Department of Public Service - see CHTR. Art. V, ...
143.01 WORK WEEK.
(a) All employees of the Division of Sewers, with the exception of the Superintendent there...
143.02 SERVICE WORK UNIFORMS.
All employees of the Division of Sewers, both hourly and salaried, shall be entitled to departmen...
143.03 REVIEW OF PAYROLL RECORDS.
Six months from the date of the passage of this section (Ordinance 58-68, passed May 14, 1968)...
CHAPTER 145
Division of Streets and Roads CROSS REFERENCES Division of Department of Public Service - see CHT...
145.01 SUPERINTENDENT OF ROADS AND SANITATION.
(a) There is hereby established the position of Superintendent of Roads and Sanitation in the...
145.02 SERVICE WORK UNIFORMS.
All employees of the Division of Streets and Roads, both hourly and salaried, shall be entitled t...
CHAPTER 147
Division of Sanitation CROSS REFERENCES Division of Department of Public Service - see CHTR. Art....
147.01 SERVICE WORK UNIFORMS.
All employees of the Division of Sanitation, both hourly and salaried, shall be entitled to de...
CHAPTER 149
Department of Taxation CROSS REFERENCES Established - see CHTR. Art. V, §7 Director: appointment...
149.01 ESTABLISHMENT; TAX ADMINISTRATOR.
(a) There is hereby established a Department of Taxation for the City. (b) There is hereb...
149.02 CLERK. (REPEALED)
(EDITOR'S NOTE: Section 149.02 was repealed by Ordinance 23-73, passed March 27, 1973.)
149.03 ASSISTANT CLERK.
(a) There is hereby established in the Department of Taxation the position of Assistant Cle...
CHAPTER 151
Engineer General duties - see Ohio R. C. 735.32 Grading - see S.U. & P.S. 903.01; BLDG. 1361.04 D...
151.01 COMPENSATION.
When the Director of Public Service and the City Engineer provide services and perform service...
CHAPTER 153
Forester CROSS REFERENCE Care of trees and shrubs - see S.U. & P.S. Ch. 907
153.01 POSITION CREATED; APPOINTMENT AND TERM.
There is hereby created the office of Forester, who shall be appointed by the Mayor with the appr...
153.02 DUTIES.
The Forester shall direct, regulate and control the planting, care and removal of all trees an...
CHAPTER 155
Animal Control Officer CROSS REFERENCE Animal regulations - see GEN. OFF. Ch. 505
155.01 APPOINTMENT; AUTHORITY.
On the recommendation of the Director of Public Safety, the Mayor shall appoint an Animal Control...
155.02 HOURS; RESPONSIBILITIES.
The Animal Control Officer shall work a minimum of fifteen hours per week and be on call twenty-...
155.03 DOG KENNEL.
A suitable dog kennel for restraining impounded dogs shall be maintained on the grounds of the D...
155.04 DUTIES.
In general the duties of the Animal Control Officer shall be as follows: (a) He shall make ...
155.05 ASSISTANT ANIMAL CONTROL OFFICER.
(a) There is hereby established the position of Assistant Animal Control Officer. (b) ...
CHAPTER 157
Civil Service Commission CROSS REFERENCES Establishment, membership, appointment, term, vacancy -...
157.01 SECRETARY.
(a) The Secretary of the Civil Service Commission shall perform all duties pertaining to such ...
157.02 CLASSIFICATION OF POSITIONS.
(a) The following positions shall he included in the classified service of the civil service:...
CHAPTER 158
Block Grant Grievance Board
158.01 ESTABLISHED; TERM; VACANCY; REMOVAL.
There is hereby created the Sheffield Lake Block Grant Grievance Board to consist of three member...
158.02 QUORUM.
Two members of the Board shall constitute a quorum for the purpose of conducting the business the...
158.03 COMPENSATION.
Each member of the Board shall serve without salary. (Ord. 78-78. Passed- 7-25-78. )
158.04 DUTIES.
The Board is charged with the following duties to implement the stated policy of this chapter: ...
158.05 COMPLAINTS.
(a) Any person may file a complaint with the Board charging another person with an unlawful h...
CHAPTER 159
Economic Development Advisory Board
159.01 ESTABLISHMENT; PURPOSE.
There is hereby established an Economic Development Advisory Board for the primary purpose of pro...
159.02 MEMBERSHIP.
(a) Council, the mayor and other city officers will not serve as members of the Economic Dev...
159.03 TERMS; MEETINGS.
(a) Members of the Economic Development Advisory Board shall serve continuously until someone...
159.04 PURPOSE AND DUTIES.
(a) The purposes of the Economic Development Advisory Board shall include the following: ...
159.05 GOALS.
The Board shall seek, as its general goal, to create and foster a positive responsible, cooperati...
CHAPTER 161
Board of Zoning and Building Appeals (Repealed) (EDITOR’S NOTE: Former Chapter 161 was repealed...
CHAPTER 163
Park-Recreation Board (Repealed) EDITOR’S NOTE: Former Chapter 163 was repealed by Ordinance 55-2...
CHAPTER 164
Records Commission CROSS REFERENCES Photostat or microfilm recording - see Ohio R.C. 9.01 Municip...
164.01 ESTABLISHMENT.
There is hereby established, in and for the City of Sheffield Lake, Ohio, a Municipal Records Co...
164.02 FUNCTION.
The function of the Commission shall be to provide rules for retention and disposal of records...
164.03 DISPOSAL APPROVAL.
When municipal records have been approved for disposal, a list of such records shall be sent t...
164.04 OHIO HISTORICAL SOCIETY.
Before any public records are disposed of, the Ohio Historical Society shall be informed and give...
164.05 CITY RECORDS COMMISSION APPROVAL.
No records of the City or any of its Departments shall be destroyed or otherwise disposed of with...
164.06 DEPARTMENT HEAD AS A MEMBER.
In addition to the foregoing members of the City Records Commission, the Records Commission sh...
164.07 QUORUM.
A quorum for the meeting of and conducting of the business of the City Records Commission shall c...
164.08 RECORDS RETENTION SCHEDULE.
Council of the City of Sheffield Lake approves the Record Retention Schedule (attached to origina...
CHAPTER 165
Rate Review Board CROSS REFERENCES Sewerage rates - see Ohio R.C. 729.49 Weekly deposit of sewer ...
165.01 ESTABLISHED.
There is hereby created a Rate Review Board within the City. Such Board shall review and recommen...
165.02 MEMBERSHIP.
The Rate Review Board shall consist of five members, three of whom shall be residents of the City...
165.03 POWERS.
No recommendations of the Rate Review Board shall be binding upon Council, nor shall the Rate Rev...
CHAPTER 167
Planning Commission (EDITOR’S NOTE: Former Chapter 167 was repealed by Ordinance 26-22, passed Ap...
CHAPTER 168
Board of Control EDITOR’S NOTE: Former Chapter 168 was repealed by Ordinance 46-96 passed June 11...
CHAPTER 169
Employment Provisions EDITOR'S NOTE: This chapter pertains only to the members of the Police Depa...
169.01 BONDS.
(1) Director of Finance $100,000 (2) Mayor 20,000 (b) All empl...
169.02 COMPENSATION; PAY PERIODS.
(a) Council finds that a uniform payday and pay period would be conducive to the promotion o...
169.03 HOLIDAYS.
(a) Fire Chief. (1) The Fire Chief shall receive the following economic benefits as s...
169.04 OVERTIME COMPENSATION.
(a) All full-time employees, except full-time administrative employees including but not neces...
169.05 TEMPORARY EMPLOYEES.
(a) The department directors are hereby authorized to employ persons who shall not be part of t...
169.06 DISCLOSURE OF CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION.
(a) No employee or official of the City shall disclose any confidential information concern...
169.07 EQUAL EMPLOYMENT OPPURTUNITY.
(a) The City is committed to equal opportunity and participation of all its employees and a...
169.08 PART-TIME EMPLOYEE SICK LEAVE.
(a) Hourly part-time employees of the City of Sheffield Lake shall accumulate sick leave as ...
CHAPTER 171
Community Center Board of Trustees CROSS REFERENCES Community Civic Center - see S.U. & P.S. Ch. 969
171.01 ESTABLISHED.
The Board of Trustees of the Sheffield Lake Community Center is hereby established and authorized...
CHAPTER 173
Legal Defense and Indemnification ROSS REFERENCES State law provisions - see Ohio R.C. 9.87
173.01 INDEMNIFICATION.
If there is no liability or other insurance in place that provides coverage against claims made a...
173.02 SETTLING CLAIMS.
Nothing in this chapter shall obligate the City to consult with or obtain the permission of any o...
173.03 LEGAL DEFENSE AND COSTS.
Should any claims be made for which the City has responsibility pursuant to Section 173.01, the ...
CHAPTER 175
ADA Coordinator
175.01 POSITION ESTABLISHED.
The position of Coordinator under the Americans with Disabilities Act for the City of Sheffield L...
175.02 DUTIES.
The Coordinator under the Americans with Disabilities Act shall render such services as ADA Coor...
CHAPTER 177
Part-Time Grant Administrator
177.01 POSITION ESTABLISHED.
The position of Part-Time Grant Administrator is hereby established. (Ord. 70-08. Passed 10-14-08.)
177.02 DUTIES.
The Part-time Grant Administrator shall render such services as directed by the Mayor including,...