Outdoor Furniture
Furniture not manufactured for outdoor use is strictly prohibited on porches, in lawn areas, alleys, or any other outside area (OCO Section 521.12 passed on July 2, 2002.) This prohibition is in place to protect the health and welfare of all Oxford residents as inappropriate furniture left outdoors can lead to rodent and insect infestations. Couches on porches have caught on fire in the past and produced highly dangerous situations.
As a result of community concerns over drinking games and the trash and debris left visible on properties after parties, the outdoor furniture ordinance was updated in April 2007. The new ordinance states, in part, “No person shall allow to remain, keep, store or maintain any couches, chairs, tables, or other furniture not manufactured for outdoor use; plywood boards; construction material; saw horses; tubes; pipes; or rigid material suspended between two supports so as to be used as a table in any yard, alley, front porch, unenclosed rear porch or in any other outside area.
On June 17, 2008 the Oxford City Council changed the Outdoor Furniture Restriction ordinance again by reducing the penalty for a violation to a minor misdemeanor subject to a fine not to exceed $150. Each subsequent offense shall render such person guilty of a misdemeanor of the fourth degree.