Section
660.01 Venting of heaters and burners
660.02 Spreading contagion
660.03 Littering
660.04 Noxious odors; filthy accumulations; polluting and diverting watercourses
660.05 Duty to keep sidewalks in repair and clean
660.06 Abandoned refrigerators and airtight containers
660.07 Storage of junk vehicles
660.08 Open burning
660.09 Dangerous conditions; barricades and warning lights
660.10 Fire hydrants
660.11 Notice to fill lots, remove putrid substances
660.12 Transportation of noxious substances
660.13 Smoking in places of public assembly
660.14 Environmental emergencies
(a) The use of a brazier, salamander, space heater, room heater, furnace, water heater, or other burner or heater, using wood, coal, coke, fuel oil, kerosene, gasoline, natural gas, liquid petroleum gas or similar fuel, and tending to give off carbon monoxide or other harmful gases, must comply with the following provisions;
(1) When used in living quarters, or in any enclosed building or space in which persons are usually present, shall be used with a flue or vent so designed, installed and maintained as to vent the products of combustion outdoors; except in storage, factory or industrial buildings which are provided with sufficient ventilation to avoid the danger of carbon monoxide poisoning.
(2) When used as a portable or temporary burner or heater at a construction site, or in a warehouse, shed or structure in which persons are temporarily present, shall be vented as provided in division (a)(1) or used with sufficient ventilation to avoid the danger of carbon monoxide poisoning.
(b) This section does not apply to domestic ranges, laundry stoves, gas logs installed in a fireplace with an adequate flue, or hot plates, unless the same are used as space or room heaters.
(c) No person shall negligently use, or, being the owner, person in charge or occupant of premises, negligently permit the use of a burner or heater in violation of the standards for venting and ventilation provided in this section.
(d) Division (a) above does not apply to any kerosene-fired space or room heater that is equipped with an automatic extinguishing tip-over device, or to any natural gas-fired or liquid petroleum gas-fired space or room heater that is equipped with an oxygen depletion safety shut-off system, and that has its fuel piped from a source outside the building in which it is located, that are approved by an authoritative source recognized by the State Fire Marshal in the State Fire Code adopted by him or her under R.C. § 3737.82.
(e) The State Fire Marshal may make rules to ensure the safe use of unvented kerosene, natural gas or liquid petroleum gas heaters exempted from division (a) above when used in assembly buildings, business buildings, high hazard buildings, institutional buildings, mercantile buildings and type R-1 and R-2 residential buildings, as these groups of buildings are defined in rules adopted by the Board of Building Standards under R.C. § 3781.10. No person shall negligently use, or, being the owner, person in charge or occupant of premises, negligently permit the use of a heater in violation of any rules adopted under this division.
(f) The State Fire Marshal may make rules prescribing standards for written instructions containing ventilation requirements and warning of any potential fire hazards that may occur in using a kerosene, natural gas or liquid petroleum gas heater. No person shall sell or offer for sale any kerosene, natural gas or liquid petroleum gas heater unless the manufacturer provides with the heater written instructions that comply with any rules adopted under this division.
(g) No product labeled as a fuel additive for kerosene heaters and having a flash point below 100°F or 37.8°C shall be sold, offered for sale or used in any kerosene space heater.
(h) No device that prohibits any safety feature on a kerosene, natural gas or liquid petroleum gas space heater from operating shall be sold, offered for sale or used in connection with any kerosene, natural gas or liquid petroleum gas space heater.
(i) No person shall sell or offer for sale any kerosene-fired, natural gas or liquid petroleum gas-fired heater that is not exempt from division (a) above, unless it is marked conspicuously by the manufacturer on the container with the phrase “Not Approved For Home Use.”
(j) No person shall use a cabinet-type, liquid petroleum gas-fired heater having a fuel source within the heater, inside any building, except as permitted by the State Fire Marshal in the State Fire Code adopted by him or her under R.C. § 3737.82.
(R.C. § 3701.82)
(k) Whoever violates this section is guilty of a misdemeanor of the first degree.
(R.C. § 3701.99(B))
(a) No person, knowing or having reasonable cause to believe that the person has a dangerous, contagious disease, shall knowingly fail to take reasonable measures to prevent exposing self to other persons, except when seeking medical aid.
(b) No person, having charge or care of a person whom the person having charge or care knows or has reasonable cause to believe has a dangerous, contagious disease, shall recklessly fail to take reasonable measures to protect others from exposure to the contagion, and to inform health authorities of the existence of the contagion.
(c) No person, having charge of a public conveyance or place of public accommodation, amusement, resort or trade, and knowing or having reasonable cause to believe that persons using the conveyance or place have been or are being exposed to a dangerous, contagious disease, shall negligently fail to take reasonable measures to protect the public from exposure to the contagion, and to inform health authorities of the existence of the contagion.
(R.C. § 3701.81)
(d) Whoever violates this section is guilty of a misdemeanor of the second degree.
(R.C. § 3701.99(C))
(a) No person shall place or dispose of in any manner any garbage, waste, rubbish, ashes, cans, bottles, wire, paper, furniture, glass, oil or anything else of an unsightly or unsanitary nature, upon any lot or land in the city, except upon land designated by ordinance, nor shall the same be placed or disposed of along or near any public street or highway within the city. The owner, lessee or manager of any premises shall have 15 days, after being notified by the Police Department, to dispose of such garbage, refuse or junk. Such notice by the Department and the 15-day grace period following thereafter are not necessary in the case of a repeat or habitual offender under this division.
(b) No person shall, regardless of intent, without lawful authority, place or dispose of in any manner, or cause to be placed or disposed of in any manner, upon any public real property or upon the real property of another, any paper, trash, garbage, waste, rubbish, refuse, junk, animal excrement or any substance or material which is or may become noxious, offensive, injurious or dangerous to the public health, safety or welfare.
(c) Whoever violates any of the provisions of this section is guilty of a misdemeanor of the fourth degree for a first offense. For a second offense within one year after the first offense, such person is guilty of a misdemeanor of the third degree. For a third offense within one year after the first offense, such person is guilty of the misdemeanor of the second degree. The penalty shall be as provided in § 698.02.
(Ord. 78-80, passed 5-27-1980; Ord. 153-92, passed 10-12-1992; Ord. 25-2014, passed 2-24-2014)
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