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509.04 DISTURBING A LAWFUL MEETING.
   (a)   No person, with purpose to prevent or disrupt a lawful meeting, procession or gathering, shall do either of the following:
      (1)   Do any act which obstructs or interferes with the due conduct of such meeting, procession or gathering;
      (2)   Make any utterance, gesture or display which outrages the sensibilities of the group.
   (b)   Whoever violates this section is guilty of disturbing a lawful meeting. Except as otherwise provided in this section, disturbing a lawful meeting is a misdemeanor of the fourth degree. Disturbing a lawful meeting is a misdemeanor of the first degree if either of the following applies:
      (1)   The violation is committed with the intent to disturb or disquiet any assemblage of people met for religious worship at a tax-exempt place of worship, regardless of whether the conduct is within the place at which the assemblage is held or is on the property on which that place is located and disturbs the order and solemnity of the assemblage.
      (2)   The violation is committed with the intent to prevent, disrupt, or interfere with a virtual meeting or gathering of people for religious worship, through use of a computer, computer system, telecommunications device, or other electronic device or system, or in any other manner.
   (c)   As used in this section:
      (1)   “Computer” has the same meaning as in Ohio R.C. 2913.01.
      (2)   “Computer system” has the same meaning as in Ohio R.C. 2913.01.
      (3)   “Telecommunications device” has the same meaning as in Ohio R.C. 2913.01.
      (4)   “Virtual meeting or gathering” means a meeting or gathering by interactive video conference or teleconference, or by a combination thereof.
         (ORC 2917.12)
509.05 MISCONDUCT AT AN EMERGENCY.
   (a)   No person shall knowingly do any of the following:
      (1)   Hamper the lawful operations of any law enforcement officer, firefighter, rescuer, medical person, emergency medical services person, or other authorized person, engaged in the person’s duties at the scene of a fire, accident, disaster, riot, or emergency of any kind;
      (2)   Hamper the lawful activities of any emergency facility person who is engaged in the person’s duties in an emergency facility;
      (3)   Fail to obey the lawful order of any law enforcement officer engaged in the law enforcement officer’s duties at the scene of or in connection with a fire, accident, disaster, riot, or emergency of any kind.
   (b)   Nothing in this section shall be construed to limit access or deny information to any news media representative in the lawful exercise of the news media representative’s duties.
   (c)   Whoever violates this section is guilty of misconduct at an emergency. Except as otherwise provided in this subsection, misconduct at an emergency is a misdemeanor of the fourth degree. If a violation of this section creates a risk of physical harm to persons or property, misconduct at an emergency is a misdemeanor of the first degree.
   (d)   As used in this section:
      (1)   “Emergency medical services person” is the singular of “emergency medical services personnel” as defined in Ohio R.C. 2133.21.
      (2)   “Emergency facility person” is the singular of “emergency facility personnel” as defined in Ohio R.C. 2909.04.
      (3)   “Emergency facility” has the same meaning as in Ohio R.C. 2909.04.
509.06 INDUCING PANIC.
   (a)    No person shall cause the evacuation of any public place, or otherwise cause serious public inconvenience or alarm, by doing any of the following:
      (1)   Initiating or circulating a report or warning of an alleged or impending fire, explosion, crime or other catastrophe, knowing that such report or warning is false;
      (2)   Threatening to commit any offense of violence;
      (3)   Committing any offense, with reckless disregard of the likelihood that its commission will cause serious public inconvenience or alarm.
   (b)    Division (a) hereof does not apply to any person conducting an authorized fire or emergency drill.
   (c)   Whoever violates this section is guilty of inducing panic, a misdemeanor of the first degree. If inducing panic results in physical harm to any person, economic harm of one thousand dollars ($1,000) or more, if the public place involved in a violation of this section is a school or an institution of higher education, or if the violation pertains to a purported, threatened or actual use of a weapon of mass destruction, inducing panic is a felony and shall be prosecuted under appropriate State law.
   (d)   Any act that is a violation of this section and any other section of the Codified Ordinances may be prosecuted under this section, the other section, or both sections.
   (e)   As used in this section:
      (1)   “Economic harm” means any of the following:
         A.   All direct, incidental, and consequential pecuniary harm suffered by a victim as a result of criminal conduct. “Economic harm” as described in this division includes, but is not limited to, all of the following:
            1.   All wages, salaries, or other compensation lost as a result of the criminal conduct;
            2.   The cost of all wages, salaries, or other compensation paid to employees for time those employees are prevented from working as a result of the criminal conduct;
            3.   The overhead costs incurred for the time that a business is shut down as a result of the criminal conduct;
            4.   The loss of value to tangible or intangible property that was damaged as a result of the criminal conduct.
         B.   All costs incurred by the Municipality as a result of, or in making any response to, the criminal conduct that constituted the violation of this section or Section 509.07, including, but not limited to, all costs so incurred by any law enforcement officers, firefighters, rescue personnel, or emergency medical services personnel of the state or the political subdivision.
      (2)   “School” means any school operated by a board of education or any school for which the state board of education prescribes minimum standards under Ohio R.C. 3301.07, whether or not any instruction, extracurricular activities, or training provided by the school is being conducted at the time a violation of this section is committed.
      (3)   “Weapon of mass destruction” means any of the following:
         A.   Any weapon that is designed or intended to cause death or serious physical harm through the release, dissemination, or impact of toxic or poisonous chemicals, or their precursors;
         B.   Any weapon involving a disease organism or biological agent;
         C.   Any weapon that is designed to release radiation or radioactivity at a level dangerous to human life;
         D.   Any of the following, except to the extent that the item or device in question is expressly excepted from the definition of “destructive device” pursuant to 18 U.S.C. 921(a)(4) and regulations issued under that section:
            1.   Any explosive, incendiary, or poison gas bomb, grenade, rocket having a propellant charge of more than four ounces, missile having an explosive or incendiary charge of more than one-quarter ounce, mine, or similar device;
            2.   Any combination of parts either designed or intended for use in converting any item or device into any item or device described in division (e)(3)D.1. of this section and from which an item or device described in that division may be readily assembled.
      (4)   “Biological agent” has the same meaning as in Ohio R.C. 2917.33.
      (5)   “Emergency medical services personnel” has the same meaning as in Ohio R.C. 2133.21.
      (6)   “Institution of higher education” means any of the following:
         A.   A state university or college as defined in Ohio R.C. 3345.12(A)(1), community college, state community college, university branch, or technical college;
         B.   A private, nonprofit college, university or other post-secondary institution located in this State that possesses a certificate of authorization issued by the Ohio Board of Regents pursuant to Ohio R.C. Chapter 1713.
         C.   A post-secondary institution with a certificate of registration issued by the State Board of Career Colleges and Schools under Ohio R.C. Chapter 3332. (ORC 2917.31)
509.07 MAKING FALSE ALARMS.
   (a)   No person shall do any of the following:
      (1)   Initiate or circulate a report or warning of an alleged or impending fire, explosion, crime or other catastrophe, knowing that the report or warning is false and likely to cause public inconvenience or alarm;
      (2)   Knowingly cause a false alarm of fire or other emergency to be transmitted to or within any organization, public or private, for dealing with emergencies involving a risk of physical harm to persons or property;
      (3)   Report to any law enforcement agency an alleged offense or other incident within its concern, knowing that such offense did not occur.
      (4)    Initiate or circulate a report or warning of an alleged or impending fire, explosion, crime, or other catastrophe, knowing that the report or warning is false and likely to impede the operation of a critical infrastructure facility.
   (b)   This section does not apply to any person conducting an authorized fire or emergency drill.
   (c)   Whoever violates this section is guilty of making false alarms, a misdemeanor of the first degree. If a violation of this section results in economic harm of one thousand dollars ($1,000) or more, or if a violation of this section pertains to a purported, threatened, or actual use of a weapon of mass destruction, making false alarms is a felony and shall be prosecuted under appropriate State law.
   (d)   Any act that is a violation of this section and any other section of the Codified Ordinances may be prosecuted under this section, the other section, or both sections.
   (e)    As used in this section:
      (1)   “Critical infrastructure facility” has the same meaning as in Ohio R.C. 2911.21.
      (2)   “Economic harm”and “weapon of mass destruction” have the same meaning as in Section 509.06. (ORC 2917.32)
509.08 CURFEW FOR MINORS.
   (a)   It is a curfew violation for a child 15, 16, or 17 years of age to be, appear, or remain in, along, or upon any of the streets, alleys, or public places within the corporate limits of the Village:
      (1)   Between the hours of 12:00 midnight and 6:00 a.m. on Saturday or Sunday.
      (2)   After 11:00 p.m. or Sunday, Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday.
      (3)   Before 6:00 a.m. on Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, or Friday.
   (b)   It is a curfew violation for a child 12, 13, or 14 years of age to be, appear, or remain in, along or upon any of the streets, alleys or public places within the corporate limits of the Village between the hours of 10:00 p.m. and 6:00 a.m. on any day.
   (c)   It is a curfew violation for a child under 12 years of age to be, appear, or remain in, along or upon any of the streets, alleys or public places within the corporate limits of the Village between the hours of 9:00 p.m. and 6:00 a.m. on any day.
   (d)   This section does not apply to a child who is:
      (1)   Accompanied by his parent, guardian, or custodian;
      (2)   Accompanied by an adult over the age of 21 years specified by his parents, guardian, or custodian; or
      (3)   Participating in or returning from lawful employment or a lawful/organized athletic, educational, entertainment or religious event.
   (e)   It is a violation for any person charged by law with the care, custody and control of any person under 18 years of age or any parent, parents, person or persons, or any individual having temporary care, custody and control of any person under 18 years of age to allow or permit the child, ward or other person under 18 years of age to go upon, in, or along any of the streets, alleys or public places within the corporate limits of the Village in the night time after the time specified in subsections (a), (b) and (c) above, prevailing time, unless the person under 18 years of age is accompanied by his or her parent, parents, guardian or other adult person over 21 years of age, charged with the care, custody and control of the person under 18 years of age; or unless there exists a “reasonable necessity” for the person under 18 years of age to be in or along these places after the above times. “Reasonable necessity” includes situations in respect to employment under proper supervision and with proper license as provided for by the state laws, emergencies or proper duties.
   (f)   No operator of any establishment or his agent or employee shall knowingly permit any juvenile to remain in or upon any public place of any establishment in violation of subsections (a), (b) and (c) hereof.
   (g)   Any parent, guardian or custodian who violates this section shall be guilty of a minor misdemeanor for a first offense; a misdemeanor of the fourth degree for a second offense within a one year period; and a misdemeanor of the third degree for a third offense within a one year period. (Ord. 96-1. Passed 3-18-96.)
   (h)   Any child who violates any provision of this section shall have violated a law applicable only to a child and is deemed an “Unruly Child” pursuant to Ohio R.C. 2151.022 and subject to the disposition contained in Ohio R.C. 2151.354.
(Ord. 04-02. Passed 1-19-04.)
509.09 UNREASONABLE NOISE OR LOUD SOUND.
   (a)   No person, upon any public or private property in this Municipality shall generate or permit to be generated unreasonable noise or loud sound which is likely to cause inconvenience or annoyance to any persons of ordinary sensibilities by means of sound making devices or instruments.
   (b)   No person who is the owner or occupant of any public or private place shall knowingly allow any person to generated unreasonable noise or loud sounds in violation of this subsection. An owner of a public or private place is not liable for acts or omissions in violation of this subsection that are committed by a lessee of the place, unless the owner authorizes or acquiesces in the lessee’s acts or omissions.
   (c)   No person operating or occupying a motor vehicle on any street, highway, alley, public parking lot, driveway or lawn shall generate or permit to be generated unreasonable noise or loud sound, which is likely to cause inconvenience or annoyance to any persons of ordinary sensibilities by means of sound making devices or instruments on the inside or outside of a motor vehicle.
   A person shall be deemed to have violated this subsection where:
      (1)   The sound emanating from the vehicle is plainly audible as defined in subsection (e) hereof; and
      (2)   The motor vehicle producing the noise or sound is observed by another having a direct line of sight and hearing, so that the person can readily identify the offending motor vehicle and the distance involved.
   (d)   “Sound making devices or instruments” means any radio, phonograph, television, tape player, compact disc player, loudspeaker or any other sound amplifying device or a drum, piano or other musical or percussion instrument.
   (e)   “Plainly audible” means any noise or sound produced by sound making devices or instruments that can be heard by a person using the person’s unenhanced auditory senses from a line of sight distance of fifty feet or more from the source. A person need not determine the particular words or phrases being produced, or the name of any song or artist producing the noise or sound. The detection of a rhythmic base reverberating type sound is sufficient to constitute a plainly audible sound.
   (f)   It is an affirmative defense to a charge under this section that the operation of the sound making device or instrument was not otherwise prohibited by law from operating the sound making devices or instruments and that any of the following apply. The sound making device or instrument:
      (1)   Was being operated to request medical or vehicular assistance or to warn of a hazardous condition.
      (2)   Being used was on an emergency or public safety vehicle and the vehicle was owned and operated by a public or private entity engaged in such activity as a part of its normal course of business.
      (3)   Was used for the purpose of giving instructions, directions, talks, addresses, lectures or transmitting music to any persons or assemblages of persons with the approval of the departments of the Village authorized to grant such approval.
      (4)   Was used in authorized public activities such as parades, fireworks, festivals, sports events, music productions and other activities which have the approval of the department of the Village authorized to grant such approval.
   (g)   Penalty. Whoever violates this section is guilty of a minor misdemeanor on a first offense; on a second offense or subsequent offense such person is guilty of a misdemeanor of the fourth degree. (Ord. 00-20. Passed 8-21-00.)
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