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(a) Definitions. As used in this section:
(1) “Junk” means any worn-out cast-off or discarded article or material which is ready for destruction or has been collected or stored for salvage or conversion to some other use.
(2) “Rubbish” means and includes wire, chips, shavings, bottles, broken glass, crockery, tin, cast or wooden ware, boxes, rags, dead weeds, stumps, tree trunks, brush, paper circulars, handbills, boots, shoes, ashes, garbage (rejected food including every waste accumulation of animal, food and vegetable matter used or intended for food or that attends the preparation, use, cooking, dealing in, or storing of meat, fish, fowl, fruit, or vegetables, sewage waste), broken lawn care or lawn decoration items, toys, bicycles, human or animal aids or containment items, car parts, tires, lawn clippings, offal or any waste materials.
(3) “Owner” means the person, firm or corporation in whose name any premises are listed in the records of deeds in the Mercer County Recorder’s office.
(4) “Notice” means a written statement the manner in which a provision of this section is being violated, the description and/or location of the premises, the name of the owners and tenants (if any) of such premises and the period of time within which such premises are to be cleared from such violation. Such notice shall be signed by the issuing police officer.
(b) Accumulations Prohibited. No person shall deposit, store, maintain or collect, or permit the storage, deposit, maintenance or collection of, any junk or rubbish on his own premises or any premises under his control, or on the streets, sidewalks or alleys or in any other place within the Municipality, except as expressly provided by law.
(c) Enforcement; Notice; Service.
(1) No person violating subsection (b) hereof shall within ten (10) days after notification to the property owner/property owner’s agent of such violation by a police officer fail to remove or cause to be removed any junk or rubbish or to have the same placed in a fully-enclosed building.
(2) Such notice shall be served upon the owner by certified mail, and shall be served upon the tenant if there is such by conspicuously posting a copy upon the door of the premises or in a conspicuous manner upon any vacant lot, or by certified mail, or by personal delivery by an officer of the Police Department.
(3) The fact that such premise are rented or leased by the owner to another party shall not relieve such owner from the responsibilities herein created.
(4) Upon failure to remove or cause to be removed any junk or rubbish or to have placed into a fully-enclosed building, the City shall proceed to remove such junk or rubbish and dispose of same.
(5) The cost of the labor for such removal and disposal shall be $500.00 per hour, within a minimum charge of one hour, and with all time increments being rounded up to next full hour.
(6) Such charges are due and payable by owner of property within thirty days of receipt of invoice after such the City shall cause such charges, plus any legal fees and penalties meted out subsection (d), to be placed upon the tax duplicate of the property for collection by the County Auditor.
(d) Penalty. Whoever violates any of the provisions of this section is guilty of a minor misdemeanor on a first offense; on a second or subsequent offense such person 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.
(Ord. 33-15-O. Passed 8-10-15.)
No person, firm or corporation shall deposit, or cause to be deposited, without first obtaining written authorization from the Director of Public Service-Safety of the City, any snow or ice upon any public street, alley, sidewalk or other public property.
(Ord. 4-75-0. Passed 2-24-75.)
(a) No person, firm or corporation shall deposit, or cause to be deposited, any lawn clippings upon any public street, alley, sidewalk or other public property so as to constitute a hazard to the public.
(b) No person, firm or corporation shall deposit, or cause to be deposited, any dirt or mud upon any public street, alley, sidewak or other public property so as to constitute a hazard to the public.
(c) (1) For a first offense of this section, the offender shall be issued a written warning by a police officer and shall promptly remove all items constituting a hazard to the public.
(2) A. For a second offense of this section committed within one (1) years of a first offense under this section, the offender shall be issued a notice of a violation of this section by a police officer. Each such offender may, within seventy-two (72) hours of the time when such notice of a second offense is issued, pay to the Police Department, or any other means that the City might provide for payment of such sums, fifty dollars ($50.00) for all second offense violations under this section in full satisfaction of such violation. Additionally the offender shall promptly removal all items constituting a hazard to the public upon receipt of such notice.
(3) For a third offense of this section and for each and every additional offense committed within one (1) year of a first offense under this section, the offender shall be guilty of a minor misdemeanor and shall be issued a citation by a police officer for the same, and upon any and all such conviction(s) for a third or subsequent offense shall receive a mandatory court fine of one hundred fifty dollars ($150.00) which may not be suspended or waived, in whole or in part, in any manner whatsoever. Additionally the offender shall promptly remove all items constituting a hazard to the public upon receipt of such citation.
(Ord. 27-18-0. Passed 1-14-19.)
(a) No person, knowing or having reasonable cause to believe that the person has a dangerous, contagious disease, shall knowingly fail to take reasonable measures to prevent exposing self to other persons, except when seeking medical aid.
(b) No person, having charge or care of a person whom the person having charge or care knows or has reasonable cause to believe has a dangerous, contagious disease, shall recklessly fail to take reasonable measures to protect others from exposure to the contagion, and to inform health authorities of the existence of the contagion.
(c) No person, having charge of a public conveyance or place of public accommodation, amusement, resort or trade, and knowing or having reasonable cause to believe that persons using such conveyance or place have been or are being exposed to a dangerous, contagious disease, shall negligently fail to take reasonable measures to protect the public from exposure to the contagion, and to inform health authorities of the existence of the contagion.
(ORC 3701.81)
(d) Whoever violates this section is guilty of a misdemeanor of the second degree.
(ORC 3701.99(C))