311.01 PLACING INJURIOUS MATERIAL OR OBSTRUCTION IN ROADWAY OR PARKING AREA.

   (a)   No person shall place or knowingly drop upon any part of a roadway or parking area any tacks, bottles, wire, glass, nails or other articles which may damage or injure any person, vehicle or animal traveling along or upon such roadway or parking area, except such substances that may be placed upon the roadway by proper authority for the repair or construction thereof.

   (b)   Any person who drops or permits to be dropped or thrown upon any roadway or parking area any noxious, destructive or injurious material shall immediately remove the same.

   (c)   Any person authorized to remove a wrecked or damaged vehicle from a roadway or parking area shall remove any glass or other injurious substance dropped upon the roadway or parking area from such vehicle.

   (d)   No person shall place any obstruction in or upon a roadway or parking area without proper authority.

   (e)   No person, with intent to cause physical harm to a person or vehicle, shall place or knowingly drop upon any part of a roadway or parking area any tacks, bottles, wire, glass, nails or other articles which may damage or injure any person, vehicle or animal traveling along or upon such roadway or parking area, except such substances that may be placed upon the roadway by proper authority for the repair or construction thereof.

   (f)   (1)   Except as otherwise provided in this subsection, whoever violates any provision of subsections (a) to (d) of this section is guilty of a minor misdemeanor. If, within one year of the offense, the offender previously has been convicted of or pleaded guilty to one predicate motor vehicle or traffic offense, whoever violates any provision of subsections (a) to (d) of this section is guilty of a misdemeanor of the fourth degree. If, within one year of the offense, the offender previously has been convicted of two or more predicate motor vehicle or traffic offenses, whoever violates any provision of subsections (a) to (d) of this section is guilty of a misdemeanor of the third degree.

      (2)   Whoever violates subsection (e) of this section is guilty of a misdemeanor of the first degree.
(ORC 4511.74)