521.06 DUTY TO KEEP SIDEWALKS AND DEVIL STRIPS IN REPAIR AND CLEAN.
(a) No owner or occupant of abutting lands shall fail to keep the sidewalks, curbs or gutters in repair and free from snow, ice or any nuisance.
(ORC 723.011)
(b) No owner or occupant of abutting land shall fail to keep the devil or curb strip in good repair and free from grass exceeding a height of six inches or free from any other nuisance.
(c) "Devil strip", is synonymous with "curb strip" and "treelawn" and means that area between the edge of the sidewalk that is closest to the roadway, to the curb of the roadway, or if there is no curb, to the shoulder or berm of the roadway.
(d) Whoever violates this section is guilty of a minor misdemeanor.