§ 38.02 CLASSIFICATION OF CIVIL OFFENSES.

   (A)   Class A Civil Offenses. A person who violates a standard of conduct set forth in a section or chapter of the Bowling Green Codified Ordinances listed below is liable for the civil fine specified in § 38.99 for a Class A Civil Offense. If a person has previously been found to have violated the same provision of the Bowling Green Codified Ordinances within one year that person may be charged as a second offender and on being found to have committed a second or subsequent offense is liable for the civil fine specified in § 38.99 for the first violation of a Class B Civil Offense.

   70.15   Obeying traffic-control devices

   72.36   Jaywalking

   75.10   Riding on sidewalk area

   76.16   Parking upon sidewalks, street lawns, curbs, and off-street parking

   90.03   Barking dogs

   90.02   Failure to confine animals

   90.04   Defecation of dogs on public/private property

   90.14   Wild or dangerous animals prohibited

   90.18   Outdoor feeding prohibited

   94.04   Type and number of containers; placement at curbside

   94.21   Litter in public places

   96.04   Open container

   98.24   Encumbering street or sidewalk

   99.20   Noxious weeds

   115.01   Advertising on private property

   115.02   Advertising on public property

   115.03   Defacing or destroying notifications

   Civil fines for subsequent offenses are Class B.

   (B)   Class B Civil Offenses. A person who violates a standard of conduct set forth in a section or chapter of the Bowling Green Codified Ordinances listed below is liable for the civil fine specified in § 38.99 for a Class B Civil Offense. If the provision is listed below, the otherwise applicable civil fine is reduced by 75% if the person charged shows in accordance with § 38.04 that the violation has been corrected. If a person has previously been found to have violated the same provision of the code within one year that person may be charged as a second offender and on being found to have committed a second or subsequent offense is liable for the civil fine specified in § 38.99 for the offense provided below, which fine is not subject to reduction for correction of the violation.

   70.40   Inoperable vehicles

   70.41   Storage of recreational vehicles at residences

   93.05   Fires in City of Bowling Green

   93.52   Open burning

   94.22   Placement of litter in receptacles

   94.24   Merchant’s duty to keep sidewalks free of litter

   94.25   Truckloads causing litter

   94.26   Litter on occupied private property

   94.27   Owner to maintain premises free of litter

   94.28   Litter or noxious weeds; notice to remove; failure to comply

   94.29   Litter on vacant lots

   98.06   Snow and ice removal

   98.21   Protection of streets and sidewalks

   98.22   Dropping or tracking substances on streets and sidewalks

   98.27   Vehicles blocking streets or sidewalks

   98.29   Awnings and canopies above public sidewalks

   119.02   Going out of business sale license

   132.04   Disorderly conduct

   132.13   Noise control

   132.16   Loud sound

   132.18   Nuisance party

   139.05   Littering in public ways

   139.06   Transportation of junk on public ways

   139.10   Indoor Clean Air Act

   Ch.158   Violation of any section of the Historic and Architectural Preservation Code

   Civil fines for subsequent offenses are Class C.

   (C)   Class C Civil Offenses. A person who violates a standard of conduct set forth in a section or chapter of the Bowling Green Codified Ordinances listed below is liable for the civil fine specified in § 38.99 for a Class C Civil Offense. If the provision is listed below, the otherwise applicable civil fine is reduced by 75% if the person charged shows in accordance with § 38.04 that the violation has been corrected. If a person has previously been found to have violated the same provision of the Bowling Green Codified Ordinances within one year that person may be charged as a second offender and on being found to have committed a second or subsequent offense is liable for the civil fine specified in § 38.99 for the offense provided below, which fine is not subject to reduction for correction of the violation.

   99.08   Trimming trees on public property

   99.11   Trimming trees on private property

   99.13   Planting trees on public property

   100.01   Dense smoke prohibited

   100.04   Water-supply emergencies

   113.02   Peddler license required

   114.02   Taxicab owner’s license required

   139.04   Abandoned refrigerators

   139.07   Maintaining a nuisance

   152.20   Nuisance conditions prohibited

   Civil fines for subsequent offenses are Class D.

   (D)   Class D Civil Offenses. A person who violates a standard of conduct set forth in a section or chapter of the Bowling Green Codified Ordinances listed below is liable for the civil fine specified in § 38.99 for a Class D Civil Offense. If the provision is listed below, the otherwise applicable civil fine is reduced by 75% if the person charged shows in accordance with § 38.04 that the violation has been corrected. If a person has previously been found to have violated the same provision of the Bowling Green Codified Ordinances within one year that person may be charged as a second offender and on being found to have committed a second or subsequent offense is liable for the civil fine specified in § 38.99 for the offense provided below, which fine is not subject to reduction for correction of the violation.

   93.01   Violation of any section of the Fire Code

   Chapter 150   Violation of any section of the Zoning Code

   Chapter 152   Violation of any section of the Building Code except § 152.20

   Chapter 154   Health regulations

(1980 Code, § 38.02) (Ord. 7423, passed 11-7-2005; Am. Ord. 7583, passed 8-7-2006; Am. Ord. 7604, passed 9-18-2006; Am. Ord. 7710, passed 11-5-2007; Am. Ord. 7944, passed 12-7-2009; Am. Ord. 7971, passed 2-16-2010; Am. Ord. 8040, passed 9-20-2010; Am. Ord. 8368, passed 9-15-2014; Am. Ord. 8878, passed 3-15-2021; Am. Ord. 9196, passed 6-17-2024)