(a) No person, while at a hotel, restaurant, tavern, store, arena, hall, or other place of public accommodation, business, amusement, or resort shall make a bet or play any game of chance or scheme of chance.
(b) No person, being the owner or lessee, or having custody, control, or supervision, of a hotel, restaurant, tavern, store, arena, hall, or other place of public accommodation, business, amusement, or resort shall recklessly permit those premises to be used or occupied in violation of division (a) of this section.
(c) No person while on any sidewalk, street, court, or alleyway, or at any park, playground, or school property, or on any City-owned or City-leased property shall make a bet or play any game of chance.
(d) Divisions (a) and (b) of this section do not prohibit conduct in connection with gambling expressly permitted by law.
(e) Whoever violates this section is guilty of public gaming. Except as otherwise provided in this division, public gaming is a minor misdemeanor. If the offender previously has been convicted of any gambling offense, public gaming is a misdemeanor of the fourth degree.
(f) Premises used or occupied in violation of division (b) of this section constitute a nuisance subject to abatement under RC Chapter 3767.
(Ord. No. 293-05. Passed 12-5-05, eff. 12-12-05)