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(a) (1) It shall be unlawful for any person, firm, or corporation to sell to another person, who is under the age of eighteen (18) years, any aerosol container of paint that is capable of defacing property without first obtaining bona-fide evidence of majority and identity.
(2) It shall be unlawful for any person, firm, or corporation to furnish or give to another person, who is under the age of eighteen (18) years, any aerosol container of paint that is capable of defacing property.
(b) For purposes of this subdivision, “bona-fide evidence of majority and identity” is any document evidencing the age and identity of an individual which has been issued by a federal, state or local governmental entity, including, but not limited to, a motor vehicle operator’s license, a registration certificate issued under the federal Selective Service Act, or an identification card issued to a member of the armed forces.
(c) Subsection (a)(2) hereof shall not apply to the furnishing of an aerosol container of paint to a minor for the minor’s use or possession while engaged in a lawful activity under the supervision and control of the minor’s parent, guardian, teacher or employer.
(d) Subsection (a)(2) hereof shall not apply to aerosol containers of paint or related substances that are furnished for use in school-related activities as part of the instructional program when used under the control and supervision of a teacher, instructor or other adult supervisor for such activities, either within the classroom or on the site of a supervised project. These containers shall be inventoried by the teacher, instructor, or adult supervisor upon completion of the activity or project.
(e) After thirty (30) days from passage of this section, all retail businesses within the City of Cleveland that sell or offer for sale aerosol containers of paint shall post in a conspicuous area near such containers a notice that states:
“WARNING: SALE OF SPRAY PAINT TO
MINORS PROHIBITED”
“1) It is unlawful in the City of Cleveland for any person under the age of eighteen (18) to purchase an aerosol container of paint.”
“2) It is unlawful in the City of Cleveland for any person under the age of eighteen (18) to possess or to be furnished with an aerosol container of paint, except while engaged in a lawful activity under the supervision and control of a parent, guardian, teacher, or employer.”
(f) After thirty (30) days from passage of this section, whoever violates subsection (e) hereof is guilty of a minor misdemeanor and shall be fined not more than one hundred dollars ($100.00).
(g) Whoever violates subsections (a)(1) or (a)(2) hereof is guilty of selling or furnishing an aerosol paint container to a minor, a misdemeanor of the first degree.
(Ord. No. 1646-06. Passed 4-23-07, eff. 4-26-07)
(a) It shall be unlawful for any person under the age of eighteen (18) years to purchase an aerosol container of paint that is capable of defacing property.
(b) It shall be unlawful for any person under the age of eighteen (18) to possess or to have under his or her control an aerosol container of paint that is capable of defacing property.
(c) It shall be unlawful for any person under the age of eighteen (18) years to possess or to have under his or her control an aerosol container of paint with purpose to deface property while on any public highway, street, alley, or way, or other public place, regardless of whether that person is or is not in any automobile, vehicle, or other conveyance.
(d) Subsection (b) hereof does not apply to the possession of an aerosol paint container by a person under the age of eighteen (18) in the circumstances described in subsections (c) and (d) of preceding Section 623.101.
(e) Whoever violates this section is guilty of unlawful purchase or possession of an aerosol container of paint, a misdemeanor of the first degree.
(Ord. No. 1646-06. Passed 4-23-07, eff. 4-26-07)
(a) No person shall tear down, remove, destroy, cover up, mutilate, obliterate or otherwise injure any proclamation or official notice, any sign or handbill, notice, poster or advertisement containing a notice of any meeting, lecture, theater, show, play or concert, or any public or private sale of property until after they have served the purpose for which they were put up. This section does not prevent any person owning or controlling billboards used for advertising purposes from changing or removing advertisements or notices which he or she may post thereon, or prohibit any owner from removing advertisements or notices placed or remaining on his or her property without his or her consent.
(b) Whoever violates this section is guilty of defacing and removing signs, a misdemeanor of the fourth degree.
(Ord. No. 1020-76. Passed 6-14-76, eff. 6-18-76)
(a) No person shall stick or post any advertisement, poster, sign or handbill or placard of any description upon any private building, or upon any tree, post, fence, billboard or any other structure or thing, the property of another, without permission of the occupant or owner of the same, nor paint, mark, write, print or impress, or in any manner attach any notice or advertisement or the name of any commodity or thing or any trademark, symbol or figure of any kind upon anything whatever, the property of another, without first obtaining permission of the owner of such thing.
(b) Whoever violates this section is guilty of posting on private property without consent, a minor misdemeanor.
(Ord. No. 1020-76. Passed 6-14-76, eff. 6-18-76)
(a) No person shall stick, post or attach any notice, advertisement, poster, sign, handbill, or placard of any kind or description on any telegraph, telephone, railway or electric light poles within the limits of the City, or on any bridge, public building, voting booth, flagging, curbstone, walk, step stone, or sidewalk, or write, print, or impress or in any manner attach any notice, advertisement, poster, sign, handbill, or placard of any kind or description on any public building, bridge, voting booth, flagging, curbstone, step stone, or sidewalk, the property of the City or within the street lines of the City, or over which the City has the care, custody, or control, except as may be required by the laws of the State or City ordinances. The prohibitions of this ordinance include the placing of building numbers on curbs.
(b) All notices, advertisements, posters, signs, handbills, or placards of any kind or description in violation of this section shall be removed by the department or division which has the care, custody, or control of the City property where the violation is found and the director of the appropriate department shall charge the responsible party fifty dollars ($50.00) per sign to cover the cost of removal. It shall be the duty and power of the directors of the departments and of the commissioners of the divisions of the City to carry out the mandate of the preceding sentence with regard to City property under their care, custody, or control.
(c) Whoever violates this section is guilty of unauthorized placing of notices or signs on public property, a minor misdemeanor.
(Ord. No. 1001-06. Passed 6-12-06, eff. 6-16-06)
(a) No person shall hang any banner of any kind over Interstate Route 71, 77, 90 or 480 or over the Cleveland Memorial Shoreway from the Inner Belt to Lake Road. Any banner hung in violation of this section is a public nuisance which may be removed by the authority having jurisdiction over the highway over which the banner hangs.
(b) For purposes of this section, “banner” shall mean a piece of cloth or other material upon which a message, logo or both is imprinted, painted or otherwise affixed.
(c) Whoever violates the provisions of this section shall be guilty of a minor misdemeanor.
(Ord. No. 1375-90. Passed 6-18-90, eff. 6-27-90)
(a) No person shall place or cause to be placed or permit to remain upon any public property, or private property which is vacant or unoccupied or private property any unauthorized poster, placard or sign advertising, publicizing or containing thereon information concerning any event, ballot issue, organization or candidate for office.
(b) Removal of any unauthorized poster, placard or sign shall be the responsibility of the candidate whose name appears on such poster, placard or sign, or the sponsor, chairman or secretary of the committee proposing action on the issue which is the subject of the poster, placard or sign. The Director of Public Safety shall serve notice upon the candidate, sponsor, chairman or secretary responsible for the removal of the unauthorized poster, placard or sign at the address listed thereon or at the usual address of the organization or organizations listed on such poster, placard or sign. The notice shall contain the location of the unauthorized sign and shall order removal of the sign within forty-eight (48) hours of the receipt of the notice. If, after such time, the poster, placard or sign has not been removed, the Director of Public Service or the Director of Parks and Recreation shall have it removed and a charge in the amount of fifteen dollars ($15.00) shall be imposed upon the responsible party for each poster, placard or sign removed, and the name of the responsible person shall be published in the City Record until the poster, placard or sign has been removed or in the event a fine is assessed, until such fine has been paid.
(Ord. No. 2095-92. Passed 2-22-93, eff. 3-4-93)
(a) No person shall:
(1) Without privilege to do so, deposit or throw into any swimming pool owned and operated by the City of Cleveland any object or substance not customarily used or found in swimming pools, including, but not limited to, glass, dirt, nails or wood.
(2) Without privilege to do so, recklessly deface, damage, destroy or otherwise tamper with the physical facilities, structures or equipment at any swimming pool owned and controlled by the City of Cleveland.
(b) Whoever violates this section is guilty of criminal damage to swimming pools, a misdemeanor of the second degree. If a violation of this section creates a risk of physical harm to any person, criminal damage to swimming pools is a misdemeanor of the first degree.
(Ord. No. 2218-88. Passed 6-12-89, eff. 6-19-89)
(a) No person shall violate RC 2903.21, 2903.22, 2909.06, 2909.07 or 2917.21(A)(3) to (5) or Sections 621.06, 621.07, 621.10(a)(3) to (5), 623.02 or 623.03 of the General Offenses Code by reason of the race, religion, color, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, national origin, age, disability, ethnic group or Vietnam-era or disabled veteran status, of another person or group of persons.
(b) Whoever violates this section is guilty of ethnic intimidation. Ethnic intimidation is an offense of the next higher degree than the offense the commission of which is a necessary element of ethnic intimidation.
(Ord. No. 1445-13. Passed 11-17-14, eff. 11-19-14)
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