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CODIFIED ORDINANCES OF THE CITY OF ASHLAND, OHIO
CERTIFICATION
DIRECTORY OF OFFICIALS
ADOPTING ORDINANCE NO. 5-80
EDITOR'S NOTE
COMPARATIVE SECTION TABLE
TABLES OF SPECIAL ORDINANCES OF ASHLAND
CHARTER
PART ONE - ADMINISTRATIVE CODE
PART THREE - TRAFFIC CODE
PART FIVE - GENERAL OFFENSES CODE
PART SEVEN - BUSINESS REGULATION CODE
PART NINE - STREETS, UTILITIES AND PUBLIC SERVICES CODE
PART ELEVEN - PLANNING AND ZONING CODE
PART THIRTEEN - BUILDING CODE
PART FIFTEEN - FIRE PREVENTION CODE
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521.05 IMPROPER DRAINAGE.
   (a)    No owner, occupant or person in charge of any lot or parcel of ground shall, at any time, cause or permit water to accumulate thereon and become stagnant, permit culverts, drains or natural watercourses thereon to become obstructed, or cause or permit any putrid or unsanitary substance to accumulate thereon.
   (b)    Whoever violates this section is guilty of a misdemeanor of the first degree. Each day's violation shall constitute a separate offense.
(Ord. 9-74. Passed 2-5-74.)
521.06 DUTY TO KEEP SIDEWALKS IN REPAIR AND CLEAN.
   (a)    No owner of any lot or land abutting upon any street shall refuse, fail or neglect to repair or keep in repair and free from nuisance and obstruction, the sidewalk in front of such lot or land after due notice of a resolution of Council ordering the repair of such sidewalk, the removal of such obstruction or the abatement of such nuisance.
   (b)    It shall be the duty of the owner of each and every parcel of real estate in the Municipality abutting upon any sidewalk to keep such sidewalk abutting his premises free and clear of snow and ice, and to remove therefrom all snow and ice accumulated thereon within a reasonable time, which will ordinarily not exceed twelve hours after the abatement of any storm during which the snow and ice may have accumulated.
   (c)    Whoever violates this section is guilty of a misdemeanor of the first degree.
521.07 ELECTRICALLY CHARGED OR BARBED WIRE FENCE.
   (a)    No person shall construct, erect, maintain or use, for any purpose, any fence charged with electrical current, within the corporate limits.
   (b)    No person shall construct, erect, maintain or use, for any purpose, any barbed wire fence within the corporate limits, unless specially authorized by resolution of Council.
   Upon granting special authority pursuant to this section, Council shall establish such conditions and restrictions governing such barbed wire fence, as to height, length and other particulars, as it shall deem reasonable and necessary to the safety of the community.
(Ord. 57-65. Passed 11-24-65.)
 
   (c)   Whoever violates this section is guilty of a misdemeanor of the first degree.
521.08 DEPOSIT, ACCUMULATION AND STORAGE OF GARBAGE, JUNK, REFUSE AND OTHER MATTER.
   (a)    For purposes of this section:
      (1)    "Junk" includes old or scrap copper, brass, rope, rags, batteries, paper, rubber, lumber pipe, used building materials, roofing; old or scrap iron steel or other ferrous or nonferrous materials which are not held for sale for remelting purposes by an establishment having facilities for processing such materials; and inoperable and unlicensed, dismantled, partly dismantled or wrecked vehicles or motor vehicles, or parts thereof.
      (2)    "Garbage" includes all putrescible wastes except wastes of the human body and other water-carried wastes; all vegetable and animal wastes resulting from the handling, preparation, cooking or consumption of foods; any containers that have contained food or liquids for consumption by humans or other beings.
      (3)   "Refuse" includes ashes, crockery, bottles, cans, paper and other wood pulp products, boxes, rags, grass clippings and other cut vegetation; old or discarded clothing, bedding, mattresses, furniture, appliances; rubbish, dirt, nails, pieces of glass, oil; and all other similar nonputrescible wastes.
   No person shall place, throw, deposit, permit to be deposited or sweep into or upon any property which he owns, occupies or otherwise has charge of, or into or upon any street, sidewalk, alley, park, public ground or public building, or into or upon any property of another any junk, garbage, refuse, offal, animal carcass or any similar matter of an unsightly or unsanitary nature, except as is otherwise provided or permitted by law.
   (b)    Individuals desiring to bring about implementation of the above section shall present in person or in writing, any complaints hereof to the office of the Director of Law or other City office as may be designated for such purpose.
   (c)    Whoever violates any provision of this section is guilty of a minor misdemeanor upon the first offense and is guilty of a misdemeanor of the fourth degree upon any subsequent violations of this section. A separate offense shall be deemed committed each day during or on which a violation occurs or continues.
(Ord. 24-77. Passed 4-5-77.)
521.09 NOXIOUS OR OFFENSIVE ODORS.
   (a)    No person shall erect, continue, use or maintain a dwelling, building, structure or place for a residence or for the exercise of a trade, employment or business, or for the keeping or feeding of an animal which, by occasioning noxious exhalations or noisome or offensive smells, becomes injurious to the health, comfort or property of individuals or of the public.
(ORC 3767.13)
   (b)    Whoever violates this section is guilty of a misdemeanor of the third degree.
521.10 NONSMOKING AREAS IN PLACES OF PUBLIC ASSEMBLY. (REPEALED)
    EDITOR’S NOTE: Former Section 521.10, was repealed by Ordinance 45-07, passed July 3, 2007.)
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