660.01 Venting of heaters and burners.
660.02 Spreading contagion.
660.03 Littering; deposit of garbage, rubbish, junk.
660.035 Removal of objectionable matter.
660.04 Noxious odors; filthy accumulations; polluting and diverting watercourses.
660.05 Duty to keep sidewalks in repair and clean.
660.06 Abandoned refrigerators and airtight containers.
660.07 Deposit and storage of junk, junk cars and rubbish.
660.08 Open burning.
660.09 Barricades and warning lights.
660.10 Sidewalk obstructions; damage or injury.
660.11 Notice to fill lots, remove putrid substances.
660.12 Fences.
660.13 Smoking in public places and places of employment.
660.14 Weeds and grass.
CROSS REFERENCES
See section histories for similar State law
Excavation liability - see Ohio R.C. 723.49 et seq.
Nuisances - see Ohio R.C. Ch. 3767
Placing injurious material or obstruction in street - see TRAF. 412.01
Littering from motor vehicles - see TRAF. 432.32
Safety and equipment for motor vehicles - see TRAF. Ch. 438
Loads dropping or leaking; tracking mud; removal required - see TRAF. 440.06
Willfully leaving vehicles on private or public property - see TRAF. 452.05
Rabies; restrictions; vaccination - see GEN. OFF. 618.11
Animal nuisances - see GEN. OFF. 618.13
Improperly dispensing or distributing nitrous oxide - see GEN. OFF. 624.073
Placing harmful substance or objects in food or confection - see GEN. OFF. 636.16
Riot - see GEN. OFF. 648.01 et seq.
Inducing panic - see GEN. OFF. 648.07
Weapons and explosives - see GEN. OFF. Ch. 672
(a) The use of a brazier, salamander, space heater, room heater, furnace, water heater, or other burner or heater using wood, coal, coke, fuel oil, kerosene, gasoline, natural gas, liquid petroleum gas or similar fuel, and tending to give off carbon monoxide or other harmful gases must comply with the following provisions:
(1) When used in living quarters, or in any enclosed building or space in which persons are usually present, shall be used with a flue or vent so designed, installed, and maintained as to vent the products of combustion outdoors; except in storage, factory, or industrial buildings which are provided with sufficient ventilation to avoid the danger of carbon monoxide poisoning.
(2) When used as a portable or temporary burner or heater at a construction site, or in a warehouse, shed, or structure in which persons are temporarily present, shall be vented as provided in division (a)(1) or used with sufficient ventilation to avoid the danger of carbon monoxide poisoning.
(b) This section does not apply to domestic ranges, laundry stoves, gas logs installed in a fireplace with an adequate flue, or hot plates, unless the same are used as space or room heaters.
(c) No person shall negligently use, or, being the owner, person in charge, or occupant of premises, negligently permit the use of a burner or heater in violation of the standards for venting and ventilation provided in this section.
(d) Division (a) above does not apply to any kerosene-fired space or room heater that is equipped with an automatic extinguishing tip-over device, or to any natural gas-fired or liquid petroleum gas-fired space or room heater that is equipped with an oxygen depletion safety shut-off system, and that has its fuel piped from a source outside the building in which it is located, that are approved by an authoritative source recognized by the State Fire Marshal in the State Fire Code adopted by him or her under Ohio R.C. 3737.82.
(e) The State Fire Marshal may make rules to ensure the safe use of unvented kerosene, natural gas, or liquid petroleum gas heaters exempted from division (a) above when used in assembly buildings, business buildings, high hazard buildings, institutional buildings, mercantile buildings, and type R-1 and R-2 residential buildings, as these groups of buildings are defined in rules adopted by the Board of Building Standards under Ohio R.C. 3781.10. No person shall negligently use, or, being the owner, person in charge or occupant of premises, negligently permit the use of a heater in violation of any rules adopted under this division.
(f) The State Fire Marshal may make rules prescribing standards for written instructions containing ventilation requirements and warning of any potential fire hazards that may occur in using a kerosene, natural gas, or liquid petroleum gas heater. No person shall sell or offer for sale any kerosene, natural gas, or liquid petroleum gas heater unless the manufacturer provides with the heater written instructions that comply with any rules adopted under this division.
(g) No product labeled as a fuel additive for kerosene heaters and having a flash point below 100°F or 37.8°C shall be sold, offered for sale, or used in any kerosene space heater.
(h) No device that prohibits any safety feature on a kerosene, natural gas, or liquid petroleum gas space heater from operating shall be sold, offered for sale, or used in connection with any kerosene, natural gas, or liquid petroleum gas space heater.
(i) No person shall sell or offer for sale any kerosene-fired, natural gas, or liquid petroleum gas-fired heater that is not exempt from division (a) above, unless it is marked conspicuously by the manufacturer on the container with the phrase “Not Approved For Home Use.”
(j) No person shall use a cabinet-type, liquid petroleum gas-fired heater having a fuel source within the heater, inside any building, except as permitted by the State Fire Marshal in the State Fire Code adopted by him or her under Ohio R.C. 3737.82.
(ORC 3701.82)
(k) Whoever violates this section is guilty of a misdemeanor of the first degree.
(ORC 3701.99)
(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) (1) No entertainer, employee or customer of a business which is a live entertainment occupancy involving nude or semi-nude performance shall be permitted to have any physical contact with any other person on the premises during any performance and all performances shall only occur upon a stage at least 18 inches above the immediate floor level and removed at least six feet from the nearest entertainer, employee and/or customer.
(2) As used in this division:
A. “Live entertainment occupancies” means a building, structure or occupancy where there are performances of dancing, singing, nudity or semi-nudity as part of the entertainment, or nudity or semi-nudity in connection with food and/or beverage service by waiters or waitresses. A live entertainment occupancy shall not include a building, structure or occupancy where the entertainment is supplied solely by the patrons who are neither nude nor semi-nude.
B. “Nude” means the appearance of a human bare buttock, an anus, male genitals, female genitals or a female breast, or a state of dress which fails to opaquely cover a human buttock, an anus, male genitals, female genitals or an areola of a female breast.
C. “Semi-nude” means a state of dress in which clothing covers no more than the genitals, pubic region and areola of a female breast, as well as portions of the body covered by supporting straps or devices.
(Ord. 34-97. Passed 1-26-97)
(e) Whoever violates any of the provisions of this section is guilty of a misdemeanor of the second degree.
(ORC 3701.99(C))
(a) (1) No person shall, without lawful authority, place or dispose of in any manner, upon any public property or upon the premises of another, any paper, trash, garbage, waste, rubbish, refuse, junk or any substance or material which is or may become noxious, offensive, injurious or dangerous to the public health, comfort or safety.
(2) This division shall not be deemed to have application to United States mail delivery, to the delivery of newspapers at or near the front doors of residences or other buildings, to the delivery or placing of any legal notice, document or message to or at any premises, or to the placing of necessary barricades, structures or materials on public streets and places by employees of the City or by its contractors, nor shall this division be construed to preclude the storage of leaves within the gutter area of any street right-of-way during normal leaf season as may be defined by the Manager.
(b) No person shall cause or allow trash, garbage, waste, rubbish, refuse or any other noxious or offensive materials or substances to be collected or remain in any place to the damage or prejudice of others or of the public, or unlawfully obstruct, impede, divert, corrupt or render unwholesome or impure any natural watercourse.
(c) Upon information that trash, garbage, waste, rubbish, refuse or any other noxious or offensive material or substance has been collected or allowed to remain in any place and that the same is likely to cause damage or prejudice to others or to the public, or upon information that any person has unlawfully obstructed, impeded, diverted, corrupted or rendered unwholesome or impure any natural watercourse, the Manager shall cause written notice to be served upon the owner or person having charge of such land that such trash, garbage, waste, rubbish, refuse or any other noxious or offensive material or substance is to be removed, or, in the case of an unlawful obstruction, impediment, diversion or corruption of any natural watercourse, or in the case of rendering the same unwholesome or impure, that such condition is to be corrected within five days after service of such notice. Such notice shall be deemed to be properly served if a copy thereof is:
(1) Delivered personally;
(2) Sent by certified or first-class mail addressed to the last known address; or
(3) Posted in a conspicuous place in or about the structure affected by such notice.
(Ord. 34-72. Passed 5-1-72; Ord. 20-08. Passed 1-26-09.)
(d) If the owner or person having charge of such land fails to comply with such notice, the Manager shall cause such condition to be corrected and the Manager and any other employees or subcontractors of the City are hereby directed to enter upon any premises for the purpose of correcting any such conditions, which, for the purposes of this section, are hereby declared to be nuisances. Whenever the City has incurred expenses in correcting any such conditions, the City shall give five days notice, by regular mail, to the owner of the lot or parcel, at his or her last known address, to pay the cost of correcting any such conditions, plus the City's administrative cost of one hundred dollars ($100.00) for correcting any such conditions, which notice shall be accompanied by a statement of the amount of cost, including administrative cost, incurred. If the same is not paid within 30 days after the mailing of the notice, such amount shall be certified to the County Auditor for collection, the same as other taxes and assessments are collected.
(Ord. 5-98. Passed 2-16-98; Ord. 10-22. Passed 6-6-22.)
(e) Whoever violates this section is guilty of a minor misdemeanor.
(Ord. 59-74. Passed 7-15-74.)
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