Chippewa Lake Village

The Village of Chippewa Lake says on its own bulletin page that this is a common question, because Chippewa Lake is the name of the lake, the name of the village, and a mailing address, and the three do not cover the same ground. The village proper is only a quarter of a square mile. The village publishes a map with house numbers and flood zones so residents can check. Checked against the Medina County 911 boundary file, 24 Circle Crest is inside the village while 7464 Lake Road and both the 5875 and 5878 addresses on Longacre Lane, all with Chippewa Lake 44215 mail, sit in Lafayette Township.

Source: Village of Chippewa Lake, Bulletin page, checked address by address against the Medina County 911 jurisdiction boundary file · checked 2026-10-01

The Village of Chippewa Lake runs its own sand beach, the Lake Access area, near Beachside Boulevard and Longacre Lane. A Lake Access pass is $35.00 a year and covers the pass holder and family at the same address plus parking at the Lake Access lot and all other village lots. Guests may come but cannot buy passes. The beach is open 10 a.m. to dark, Memorial Day to Labor Day, and the village states plainly that park attendants are not lifeguards, no lifeguard is ever on duty, and swimming is at your own risk.

Source: Village of Chippewa Lake, Parks page · checked 2026-10-01

The Village of Chippewa Lake has three of its own parks, Pochedley Park, Point Park and Bungalow Bay, with basketball and tennis courts for village residents and a village watercraft ramp. Parking at the parks needs a free village permit, one per family, and the village says ticketing starts after Memorial Day weekend. The ramp is not public even though the lake is: it takes a current village Ramp Access Watercraft Sticker and a ramp key, the gate must be locked behind you, and lending a key or sticker means losing the privilege. Trailered vehicles cannot sit in the Lake Access or launch lots longer than fifteen minutes.

Source: Village of Chippewa Lake, Parks page · checked 2026-10-01

The Village of Chippewa Lake is governed by a mayor and a six-member council at 24 Circle Crest, PO Box 25, Chippewa Lake 44215. As published in 2026 the mayor is Joanne Dodaro, the fiscal officer is Gary Harris, the law director is Allan Michelson and the zoning inspector is Bud Hardesty at 330-416-3666. Each council member chairs a committee, covering zoning, streets, parks, safety, community relations and buildings and utilities. Council meets the second Monday of each month at 7 p.m. at the Community Center, 24 Circle Crest, with meetings also carried on YouTube. The village has its own zoning code dated December 2020 and requires a permit before any construction begins.

Source: Village of Chippewa Lake, Contacts, Zoning and Calendar pages · checked 2026-10-01

The Village of Chippewa Lake lists its providers on its own services page and operates none of them. Water and sewer are the Medina County Sanitary Engineers, 330-723-9592. Electric is Ohio Edison and gas is Columbia Gas of Ohio. For trash the village lists Rumpke and AM Dumpster Rental and Junk Removal. For internet and cable it lists Spectrum, Frontier and Lit Fiber. The village also posts a recycling voucher and points residents to utility assistance through Columbia Gas and FirstEnergy.

Source: Village of Chippewa Lake, Services page · checked 2026-10-01

Chippewa Lake Village has no police department of its own. The village lists the Medina County Sheriff's Office for police and publishes the Sheriff's non-emergency dispatch number, 330-725-6631, as the one to keep in a phone. Fire service is the Lafayette Township Fire Department. The village has its own traffic and general offenses codes and a curfew running 11 p.m. to 5 a.m. Sunday through Thursday and midnight to 5 a.m. Friday and Saturday for anyone under eighteen who is not with an adult. A new emergency siren went in in 2025, and the village runs a Neighborhood Watch with block captains.

Source: Village of Chippewa Lake, Services and Safety pages · checked 2026-10-01

Golf carts are street legal in Chippewa Lake Village under village rules published on its safety page. The village posts an inspection sheet as a reference, tells residents not to fill it out, and says to call Medina County Sheriff non-emergency dispatch at 330-725-6631 when the cart is ready so a deputy can come to the house and inspect it. New golf cart owners must have a windshield wiper, manual or electric; owners from before that change are grandfathered. The village also publishes guidance for e-scooters, e-bikes and gasoline scooters. Golf carts are not permitted at the park district's Tumble Bug Trailhead.

Source: Village of Chippewa Lake, Safety page, with the Medina County Park District on Tumble Bug Trailhead rules · checked 2026-10-01

The Village of Chippewa Lake publishes that the Medina County Park District tests the lake for cyanobacteria and harmful algal blooms, typically May through November, and that the lake closes if water levels pass flood stage until E. coli tests clear it. The park district runs a dedicated lake site at chippewalakeohio.com with an alerts page. The village also posts that Eurasian watermilfoil grows in the lake and, citing county park naturalist Jim Spetz, that it can be pulled by hand. On lawns the village points out that village storm drains empty into the lake and asks residents to use phosphorus-free fertiliser, keep two feet from storm grates and not apply on rainy days.

Source: Village of Chippewa Lake, Parks and Notices pages, citing the Medina County Park District · checked 2026-10-01

Section 11 of the Medina County Park District's Rules and Regulations decides this. Only the owner of a parcel that abuts and includes part of the lake's high-water mark, or someone who can prove a deeded right, may place a private dock; anyone else needs the district's written consent. Docks must be roughly perpendicular to shore, at least 30 feet from the next dock, and no more than 200 feet long. Registration is annual before June 1, needs proof of ownership and at least $1,000,000 of liability insurance, and costs $25 through 2044. A boat kept at a private dock registers separately at $75 a year through 2034 and $125 a year from 2035, limited to two per inhabited property, and only for residents or owners in the Chippewa Lake Communities, which the rules define as the Village of Chippewa Lake, the Village of Gloria Glens, and homes on Euclid Avenue, Lakeside Drive, Lakeview Court and Shady Slope Drive in Lafayette Township within 600 feet of the lake.

Source: Medina County Park District, Rules and Regulations, Section 11, Docking at Chippewa Lake · checked 2026-10-01

The Medina County Park District allows up to 399 combined horsepower on Chippewa Lake, where every other district water is electric only and capped at ten. Three areas are idle speed only: the South Bay, a 100 foot Western Shore Zone running north from the boat launch to the inlet, and a 300 foot Eastern Shore Zone running north from Beau Bay beach to the inlet. Paddlecraft must stay inside those zones on Saturdays, Sundays and federal holidays. Nothing may exceed idle speed between sunset and sunrise or when warning flags are up, and alcohol is not permitted on any vessel. Chippewa Lake follows State of Ohio fishing rules, a licence is required at 16 and older, and fishing from a boat is banned within 50 feet of docks, inside the water ski slalom course and in swim areas.

Source: Medina County Park District, Rules and Regulations, Sections 4 and 10 · checked 2026-10-01

The Medina County Park District, which owns the site, publishes its own history. It says the resort had become a full amusement park by 1878 under Mac Beach of Seville, that his son Parker took it over, and that early attractions were a primitive coaster, swings and a picnic grove. On the lake there were self-driven Putt-Putt boats, speedboats named Dynamite and Firecracker, and Miss Chippewa, a launch the district says carried as many as fifty guests around the lake. The ballroom booked Lawrence Welk and Glenn Miller, and later Paul Revere and the Raiders, Tommy James and the Shondells, Herman's Hermits, Gary Lewis and the Playboys, Lovin' Spoonful and Neil Diamond. The park closed for the season in 1978 and never reopened. The district bought the 93 acre site in June 2020 and adopted a master plan in 2021 built on public meetings and surveys.

Source: Medina County Park District, Chippewa Lake amusement park history and master plan pages · checked 2026-10-01

Medina Homes Guide separates the two. What the park district publishes is that the park ran from 1878, closed for the season in 1978 and never reopened, and that the district bought the 93 acre site in June 2020. The ghost stories, phantom carnival music, screams, figures in ride cars, a spirit some accounts call Missouri Jane, and a fatal roller coaster accident, come from urban exploration and ghost hunting sites, and those same sites report that the roller coaster accident never happened. Several widely repeated details, including a ballroom fire on 13 June 2002 started accidentally by a local minor, later arson fires, and a final owner named Continental Business Enterprises, could not be confirmed from any named local news report or public record, so Medina Homes Guide does not state them as fact.

Source: Checked against the Medina County Park District, the Village of Chippewa Lake and the Chippewa Lake Ohio Historical Society, none of which publish any of the folklore claims · checked 2026-10-01

The Village of Chippewa Lake publishes its year on its calendar and in its Neighborhood Watch bulletins. Trick-or-treat is 6 to 7:30 p.m. on 31 October every year, rain or shine. Council meets the second Monday of each month at 7 p.m. at the Community Center, the Lions Club meets the third Wednesday at the Village Inn, and CrossPointe Church holds a free community meal the last Friday. Through 2026 the bulletins named a golf cart parade with ice cream and a Learn to Ski session in May, Pride Program activities and the Lions Club Fourth of July parade in June, a ski team dinner and a kids festival in July, a car show and a Pride appreciation party in August, and a village garage sale, a Fall Festival and a movie night in September, with a recurring warm-weather item called Porch Rockers.

Source: Village of Chippewa Lake calendar and Neighborhood Watch bulletins · checked 2026-10-01

The Chippewa Lake Water Ski Show Team practises on the lake every Thursday from 4:30 to 9 p.m. and Saturday from 8 a.m. to noon, with the home team season beginning 15 May and two home shows a year, one of them over Labor Day. The team says it needs skiers, spotters, drivers, sound technicians, show actors, announcers and set-up crew, that no experience is necessary and that safety is its first concern. The Medina County Park District's rules confirm a slalom course is set in the lake for water skiers, inside which fishing from a boat is prohibited, and the district can grant written horsepower exemptions for sanctioned events.

Source: Village of Chippewa Lake, Notices page, carrying the ski team's own recruiting notice, with Medina County Park District Rules and Regulations · checked 2026-10-01