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(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.
(Ord. 2018-94. Passed 2-25-19.)
(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).)
(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)
(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.
(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.
(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.)
(Ord. 1973-45. Passed 12-17-73.)
(a) For the purposes of Section 537.22, the following definition shall apply unless the context clearly indicates or requires a different meaning.
“Public place” means any street, highway, alley or right of way, to include sidewalks; any park, playground, mall, other place or building open to the public; any cemetery, school yard, body of water or watercourse; any privately or publicly owned place of amusement, entertainment or public accommodation including parking lots and the areas adjacent thereto; and any vacant lot or lawn.
(b) No minor between the ages of six and eighteen years of age shall be in any public place within the City except in attendance at school or at a school-sponsored or authorized program during regularly scheduled school hours for such minor on any school day, unless:
(1) The minor has written proof from school authorities that he or she is excused from school attendance at that particular time; or
(2) The minor is accompanied by his or her parent or legal guardian, or a responsible adult selected by the parent or legal guardian to supervise the child; or
(3) The minor is actively engaged in work pursuant to an age or schooling certificate, or traveling directly to or from the job site.
It shall be an affirmative defense to this subsection that the minor is not required by state law to be in attendance at school.
(c) No parent or legal guardian of a minor between the ages of six and eighteen years of age shall negligently allow or permit a minor to violate subsection (b) hereof.
It shall be an affirmative defense to this section that the parent or legal guardian has initiated the jurisdiction of the Juvenile Court against the minor prior to the time that the minor was found violating subsection (b) hereof.
(d) Any person violating the provisions of Section 537.22 shall, upon a first offense be guilty of a minor misdemeanor. Each day of violation of this section is a separate offense.
(Ord. 2000-21. Passed 4-10-00.)
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