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Codified Ordinances of Brooklyn, OH
Codified Ordinances of Brooklyn, Ohio
CERTIFICATION
ROSTER OF OFFICIALS
ADOPTING ORDINANCE NO.: 2003-20
EDITOR'S NOTE
COMPARATIVE SECTION TABLE
CHARTER
PART ONE - ADMINISTRATIVE CODE
PART THREE - TRAFFIC CODE
PART FIVE - GENERAL OFFENSES CODE
CHAPTER 501 General Provisions and Penalty
CHAPTER 503 Criminal Activity Nuisances
CHAPTER 505 Animals and Fowl
CHAPTER 509 Disorderly Conduct and Peace Disturbance
CHAPTER 513 Drug Abuse Control
CHAPTER 517 Gambling
CHAPTER 521 Health, Safety and Sanitation
CHAPTER 525 Law Enforcement and Public Office
CHAPTER 529 Liquor Control
CHAPTER 531 Nuisances; Junk Vehicles
CHAPTER 533 Obscenity and Sex Offenses
CHAPTER 535 Sex Offender Residency Prohibition
CHAPTER 537 Offenses Against Persons
CHAPTER 539 Parks and Playgrounds
CHAPTER 541 Property Offenses
CHAPTER 543 Shopping Carts
CHAPTER 545 Theft and Fraud
CHAPTER 549 Weapons and Explosives
CHAPTER 551 Assault Weapons (Repealed)
CHAPTER 552 Weapons Transactions (Repealed)
CHAPTER 553 Railroads
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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537.16 ILLEGAL DISTRIBUTION OF CIGARETTES, OTHER TOBACCO PRODUCTS OR ALTERNATE NICOTINE PRODUCTS. (REPEALED)
   (EDITOR’S NOTE: Former Section 537.16 was repealed by Ordinance 2018-94.)
537.161 POSSESSION AND USE OF TOBACCO PRODUCTS BY PERSONS UNDER 21 YEARS PROHIBITED.
   (a)    No person shall give, sell, transfer or otherwise distribute cigarettes or other tobacco products to any person under the age of 21 years.
   (b)    No person under the age of 21 years shall possess, smoke, or use cigarettes, tobacco products or any substance containing tobacco.
   (c)    No person under the age of 21 years shall order, pay for, purchase, share the cost of or attempt to purchase cigarettes or other tobacco products.
   (d)    No person under the age of 21 years shall knowingly show or give false information concerning his or her name, age or other identification for the purpose of purchasing or otherwise obtaining cigarettes or other tobacco products in any place in the City where cigarettes or other tobacco products are sold.
   (e)    No person shall knowingly furnish any false information as to the name, age or other identification of any person under 21 years of age for the purpose of obtaining, or with the intent to obtain, cigarettes or other tobacco products for a person under 21 years of age, by purchase or as a gift.
   (f)    Whoever violates this section is guilty of underage tobacco prohibition, a minor misdemeanor. If the offender previously has been convicted of a violation of this section, they shall be guilty of a misdemeanor of the fourth degree.
   (g)    The provisions of this Section are meant to be read in harmony with the provisions of Chapter 729. To the extent any provision of this Section conflicts with a provision in Chapter 729, the provision of Chapter 729 shall control.
(Ord. 2018-94. Passed 2-25-19.)
537.17 RESERVED.
   (Editor’s note: This section was formerly 537.17 Criminal Child Enticement, based on Ohio R.C. 2905.05, Criminal Child Enticement. The Ohio Supreme Court held that Ohio R.C. 2905.05(A) was unconstitutionally overbroad in violation of the First Amendment. See State v. Romage, 138 Ohio St. 3d. 390 (2014).)
537.18 CONTRIBUTING TO UNRULINESS OR DELINQUENCY OF A CHILD.
   (a)   As used in this section:
      (1)   “Delinquent child” has the same meaning as in Ohio R.C. 2152.02.
      (2)   “Unruly child” has the same meaning as in Ohio R.C. 2151.022.
   (b)   No person, including a parent, guardian or other custodian of a child, shall do any of the following:
      (1)   Aid, abet, induce, cause, encourage, or contribute to a child or a ward of the juvenile court becoming an unruly child or a delinquent child;
      (2)   Act in a way tending to cause a child or a ward of the juvenile court to become an unruly child or a delinquent child;
      (3)   Act in a way that contributes to an adjudication of the child as a delinquent child based on the child’s violation of a court order adjudicating the child an unruly child for being an habitual truant;
      (4)   If the person is the parent, guardian, or custodian of a child who has the duties under Ohio R.C. Chapters 2152 and 2950 to register, register a new residence address, and periodically verify a residence address and, if applicable, to send a notice of intent to reside, and if the child is not emancipated, as defined in Ohio R.C. 2919.121, fail to ensure that the child complies with those duties under Ohio R.C. Chapters 2152 and 2950.
   (c)   Whoever violates this section is guilty of contributing to the unruliness or delinquency of a child, a misdemeanor of the first degree. Each day of violation of this section is a separate offense. (ORC 2919.24)
537.19 BREACH OF CONFIDENCE BY EMPLOYEE.
   (a)   No employee of another, who in the course and within the scope of his employment receives any confidential matter or information, shall knowingly, without the consent of his employer, furnish or disclose such matter or information to any person not privileged to acquire it.
   (b)   Whoever violates this section is guilty of breach of confidence by employee, a misdemeanor of the first degree.
537.20 FORTUNETELLING.
   (a)   No person shall represent himself to be an astrologer, fortuneteller, clairvoyant or palmist in the City.
   (b)   Whoever violates this section is guilty of a misdemeanor of the fourth degree. A separate offense shall be deemed committed each day during or on which a violation occurs or continues.
537.21 ABUSE OF A CORPSE.
   (a)   No person, except as authorized by law, shall treat a human corpse in a way that he knows would outrage reasonable family sensibilities.
   (b)   Whoever violates this section is guilty of abuse of a corpse, a misdemeanor of the second degree.
(Ord. 1973-45. Passed 12-17-73.)
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