650.01 Public nuisance prohibited.
650.02 Conditions deemed a nuisance.
650.03 Notice to abate; service.
650.04 Institution of proceedings.
650.05 Weeds and grass.
CROSS REFERENCES
Power to abate - see Ohio R.C. 715.44
Nuisances - see Ohio R.C. Ch. 3767
Health, safety and sanitation regulations - see GEN. OFF. Ch. 660
Junk and scrap yards - see B.R. & T. Ch. 820
Vehicle racing track a nuisance - see B.R. & T. 860.01
Garbage and rubbish collection and disposal - see S.U. & P.S. Ch. 1060
Emergency alarm systems using automatic dialing devices - see S.U. & P.S. 1074.13
Unsafe buildings - see B. & H. Ch. 1482
(a) No person shall suffer, permit or allow to exist within the City any act, thing or condition which is defined by ordinance or by the laws of the State as a public nuisance.
(b) Whoever violates this section is guilty of a misdemeanor of the third degree. A separate offense shall be deemed committed each day during or on which a violation occurs or continues. The penalty shall be as provided in Section 698.02.
The following shall be deemed to constitute a public nuisance:
(a) Erection, continuance, use or maintenance of a building, structure or place for the exercise of a trade, employment or business, either upon public or private property, which is injurious to the health, comfort or property of individuals or of the public;
(b) Keeping or feeding of any animal which by causing noxious or offensive odors or excessive noise becomes injurious to the health, comfort or property of individuals or of the public;
(c) Suffering, permitting or allowing to exist a junk vehicle upon public or private property for more than thirty days without being stored in a totally enclosed building or other structure. "Junk vehicle" means a former motor vehicle which is so dismantled, damaged, destroyed or changed that it physically is no longer a motor vehicle, or is incapable of performing as a motor vehicle, or is not the motor vehicle described in the purchaser's certificate of title.
(d) Suffering, permitting or allowing to remain garbage or offal, which shall include all refuse and waste of animals, fish, fowl, fruit, vegetable matter or other accumulations in the use and preparation of food, or which has been discarded or abandoned and is of no use to the owner for domestic consumption.
(e) Suffering, permitting or allowing to remain rubbish, refuse or junk, which shall include, but shall not be limited to, wire, chips, shavings, bottles, broken glass, crockery, tin, cast or wooden ware, boxes, rags, weeds, paper, clothing or ashes or discarded or abandoned iceboxes, refrigerators or other household appliances, or inoperative machinery, or airtight or semi-airtight containers, or any other waste material upon public or private property.
(f) Suffering, permitting or allowing to remain building materials if such building materials are not removed or utilized in construction within thirty days after such materials are placed upon a premises. However, if construction is proceeding toward completion in a regular and consistent manner, such building materials which are to be used in the construction may remain upon such premises for a period not to exceed thirty days after completion of construction.
(Ord. 185-64. Passed 8-2-64; Ord. 259-66. Passed 3-9-66.)
Whenever a public nuisance exists, the Zoning Enforcement Officer or Director of Public Safety shall cause the owner, tenant or person in charge of property upon which such public nuisance exists, to be served with a notice to abate the public nuisance on or before fifteen days after receipt of such notice. For this purpose, notice shall consist of the mailing of a notice to abate to the owner, tenant or person in charge of the property by certified mail, return receipt requested, or by personal service, or by posting the notice to abate in a conspicuous place upon such property for a period of five days.
(Ord. 259-66. Passed 3-9-66; Ord. 61-01. Passed 5-14-01.)
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