(a) No person shall place or knowingly drop upon any part of a street, highway or alley any tacks, bottles, wire, glass, nails or other articles which may damage or injure any person, vehicle or animal traveling along or upon such street, except such substances that may be placed upon the roadway by proper authority for the repair or construction thereof.
(b) Any person who drops or permits to be dropped or thrown upon any street any noxious, destructive or injurious material shall immediately remove the same.
(c) Any person authorized to remove a wrecked or damaged vehicle from a street shall remove any glass or other injurious substance dropped upon the street from such vehicle.
(d) No person shall place any obstruction in or upon a street without proper authority.
(Ord. 115-78. Passed 11-27-78.)
(e) No person, company, contractor or private snow removal company or entity shall, while in the process of snow plowing or removal, deposit, or cause to be deposited, any snow and/or ice that would obstruct, hinder, block or cause damage to any public road, public crosswalk, public sidewalk, public driveway or fire hydrant. City or State snow plow operations are exempt from this Section.
(Ord. 63-2020. Passed 10-12-20.)
(f) No fire hydrant shall be covered with snow.
(g) No snow removed from sidewalks or drive approaches on the dedicated right of way shall be deposited so as to obstruct the view from the street intersection or commercial drive approach.
(h) Snow removed from private property shall be deposited in such a manner that it does not obstruct the view at drive approaches. (Ord. 115-78. Passed 11-27-78.)
(i) No person, with intent to cause physical harm to a person or vehicle, shall place or knowingly drop upon any part of a highway, lane, road, street or alley any tacks, bottles, wire, glass, nails or other articles which may damage or injure any person, vehicle or animal traveling along or upon such highway, except such substances that may be placed upon the roadway by proper authority for the repair or construction thereof.
(j) (1) Except as otherwise provided in this subsection, whoever violates any provision of subsections (a) to (i) of this section is guilty of a minor misdemeanor. If, within one year of the offense, the offender previously has been convicted of or pleaded guilty to one predicate motor vehicle or traffic offense, whoever violates any provision of subsections (a) to (d) of this section is guilty of a misdemeanor of the fourth degree. If, within one year of the offense, the offender previously has been convicted of two or more predicate motor vehicle or traffic offenses, whoever violates any provision of subsections (a) to (i) of this section is guilty of a misdemeanor of the third degree.
(ORC 4511.74)