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CITY OF CLEVELAND, OHIO CODE OF ORDINANCES
CHARTER OF THE CITY OF CLEVELAND
PART ONE: ADMINISTRATIVE CODE
PART TWO: HEALTH CODE
PART THREE: LAND USE CODE
PART FOUR: TRAFFIC CODE
PART FIVE: MUNICIPAL UTILITIES AND SERVICES CODE
PART SIX: OFFENSES AND BUSINESS ACTIVITIES CODE
TITLE I: GENERAL OFFENSES
CHAPTER 601: GENERAL PROVISIONS AND PENALTY
CHAPTER 602 - FACIAL COVERINGS AND SOCIAL DISTANCING DURING THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC
CHAPTER 603 - ANIMALS AND FOWL
CHAPTER 603A - EXOTIC ANIMALS
CHAPTER 604 - DOGS THAT POSE A THREAT TO PUBLIC SAFETY
CHAPTER 605 - DISORDERLY CONDUCT AND ACTIVITY
CHAPTER 607 - DRUG ABUSE CONTROL
CHAPTER 609 - FAMILY OFFENSES
CHAPTER 611 - GAMBLING
CHAPTER 613 - LITTERING
CHAPTER 615 - LAW ENFORCEMENT AND PUBLIC OFFICE
CHAPTER 617 - LIQUOR CONTROL
CHAPTER 618 - LIQUOR PERMIT MANAGER REGISTRY
CHAPTER 619 - OBSCENITY AND SEX OFFENSES
CHAPTER 621 - OFFENSES AGAINST PERSONS
CHAPTER 623 - PROPERTY OFFENSES
CHAPTER 625 - THEFT AND FRAUD
CHAPTER 627 - WEAPONS
CHAPTER 627A - POSSESSION OF FIREARMS BY CHILDREN
CHAPTER 628 - GUN OFFENDER REGISTRY
CHAPTER 629 - SAFETY AND SANITATION
CHAPTER 630 - CRIMINAL ACTIVITY NUISANCES
CHAPTER 631 - RAILROADS
CHAPTER 633 - OBSTRUCTION MARKING AND LIGHTING
TITLE III: CONSUMER PROTECTION
TITLE V: DISCRIMINATION
TITLE VII: BUSINESS REGULATION
TITLE IX: AMUSEMENTS
TITLE VIIA: CLEVELAND NEIGHBORHOOD FORM-BASED CODE
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§ 613.04 Upsetting Public or Private Receptacles
   No person shall upset a public or private receptacle designed or used for the deposit of litter or cause or permit its contents to be deposited or strewn in or upon public or private property.
(Ord. No. 1695-65. Passed 10-18-65, eff. 10-20-65)
§ 613.05 Depositing Litter Grass or Leaves in the Street
   (a)   No person shall throw, deposit or sweep into any gutter, sidewalk, street or other public place within the City the accumulation of litter from any building or lot or from any public or private sidewalk or driveway. Persons owning or in control of or occupying property shall keep the sidewalk in front of their premises free of litter.
   (b)   No person shall blow, dump or deposit leaves, grass clippings, or other lawn debris onto any public street or alley, provided that nothing in this division (b) shall prohibit depositing leaves onto a public street or alley as part of a City-sponsored leaf pick-up program.
(Ord. No. 791-06. Passed 7-12-06, eff. 7-14-06)
§ 613.06 Littering From Motor Vehicle
   (a)   No operator or occupant of a motor vehicle shall, regardless of intent, throw, drop, discard or deposit litter from any motor vehicle in operation upon any street, road or highway, except into a litter receptacle in a manner that prevents its being carried away or deposited by the elements.
   (b)   No operator of a motor vehicle in operation upon any street, road or highway shall allow litter to be thrown, dropped, discarded or deposited from the motor vehicle, except into a litter receptacle in a manner that prevents its being carried away or deposited by the elements.
   (c)   As used in this section, “litter” means garbage, trash, waste, rubbish, ashes, cans, bottles, wire, paper, cartons, boxes, automobile parts, furniture, glass or anything else of an unsightly or unsanitary nature.
(RC 4511.82; Ord. No. 2823-89. Passed 3-19-90, eff. 3-22-90)
§ 613.07 Truck Loads Causing Litter
   No person shall drive or move any truck or other vehicle within the City unless such vehicle is so loaded as to prevent any load, contents or litter from being blown or deposited upon any street, alley or other public place.
(Ord. No. 1695-65. Passed 10-18-65, eff. 10-20-65)
§ 613.08 Litter in Parks
   No person shall throw or deposit litter in any park within the City except in public receptacles and in such a manner that the litter will be prevented from being carried or deposited by the elements upon any part of that park or upon any street or other public or private property. Where public receptacles are not provided, all such litter shall be carried away from the park by the person responsible for its presence and properly disposed of elsewhere.
(Ord. No. 1695-65. Passed 10-18-65, eff. 10-20-65)
§ 613.09 Litter in Lakes, Rivers and Watercourses
   (a)   No person shall throw or deposit litter in any fountain, pond or any other body of water or natural watercourse in a park or elsewhere within the City.
   (b)   No person shall deposit, throw or dump any septic tank effluent, refuse, rubbish, wood, stone, earth or other waste into Lake Erie, the Cuyahoga River or any other body of water or watercourse, except when done under the supervision and control of the City or the United States Government.
(Ord. No. 1695-65. Passed 10-18-65, eff. 10-20-65)
§ 613.10 Discharging Oily Refuse
   (a)   No distiller, refiner or person dealing in or handling petroleum, having his or her refinery, yard, building or dock situated within the limits of the City, or within the watercourse jurisdiction of the City, shall cause or permit to be discharged into the Cuyahoga River, or into any stream running into the same, any petroleum, tar, residuum, gasoline or other refuse matter, not including spent acid or alkali, when the same has been entirely freed from tar, residuum or oily matter.
   (b)   The absence of proper apparatus for taking care of and preventing the flowing of these substances into the River, shall be deemed sufficient evidence of violation. Any works, refineries, docks or yards, so found without such apparatus, shall be suspended from operating until such time as they are provided with the necessary apparatus for preventing such nuisance.
   (c)   All refineries, docks, yards or works where oils or tar are refined, treated or handled, shall be thoroughly cleaned of all waste, oils, tar, residuum or other waste matter, and kept free from the same. However, such waste or refuse matter may be stored in tanks or barrels.
(Ord. No. 63410-A. Passed 9-22-24)
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