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Codified Ordinances of Dover, OH
Codified Ordinances of the City of Dover, Ohio
CERTIFICATION
ROSTER OF OFFICIALS
ADOPTING ORDINANCE NO. 107-75
EDITOR'S NOTE
COMPARATIVE SECTION TABLE
TABLES OF SPECIAL ORDINANCES OF DOVER
PART ONE - ADMINISTRATIVE CODE
PART THREE - TRAFFIC CODE
PART FIVE - GENERAL OFFENSES CODE
CHAPTER 501 Administration and Law Enforcement
CHAPTER 505 Animals
CHAPTER 509 Disorderly Conduct and Peace Disturbance
CHAPTER 513 Drug Abuse Control
CHAPTER 517 Health, Safety and Sanitation
CHAPTER 521 Indecency and Immorality
CHAPTER 525 Liquor Control
CHAPTER 529 Minors Curfew
CHAPTER 533 Offenses Relating to Persons
CHAPTER 537 Offenses Relating to Property
CHAPTER 541 Railroads
CHAPTER 545 Weapons and Explosives
CHAPTER 549 Weeds, Trees and Grasses
CHAPTER 550 Gambling
CHAPTER 551 Storage of Junk and Junk Vehicles
CHAPTER 552 Sale of City Vehicles
CHAPTER 553 Parking of Commercial Motor Vehicles or Commercial Trailers on Private Property in Residential Districts
PART SEVEN - BUSINESS REGULATION CODE
PART NINE - STREETS AND PUBLIC SERVICES CODE
PART ELEVEN - PLANNING AND ZONING CODE
PART THIRTEEN - BUILDING CODE
PART FIFTEEN - FIRE PREVENTION CODE
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   537.041 AGGRAVATED TRESPASS.
   (a)   (1)   No person shall enter or remain on the land or premises of another with purpose to commit on that land or those premises a misdemeanor, the elements of which involve causing physical harm to another person or causing another person to believe that the offender will cause physical harm to that person.
      (2)   No person shall enter or remain on a critical infrastructure facility with purpose to destroy or tamper with the facility.
   (b)   Whoever violates this section is guilty of aggravated trespass. Aggravated trespass in violation of subsection (a)(1) of this section is a misdemeanor of the first degree. Aggravated trespass in violation of subsection (a)(2) of this section is a felony to be prosecuted under appropriate state law.
   (c)   As used in this section, “Critical infrastructure facility” has the same meaning as in Ohio R.C. 2911.21.
(ORC 2911.211)
   537.05 INJURING VINES, BUSHES, TREES OR CROPS.
   (a)   No person, without privilege to do so, shall recklessly cut down, destroy, girdle, or otherwise injury a vine, bush, shrub, sapling, tree or crop standing or growing on the land of another or upon public land.
   (b)   Whoever violates this section is guilty of a minor misdemeanor. In addition to the penalty provided above, whoever violates this section is liable in treble damages for the injury caused. (ORC 901.51, 901.99) Penalty, see 501.99
   537.06 MISDEMEANOR THEFT.
   (a)   No person, with purpose to deprive the owner of property or services, shall knowingly obtain or exert control over either the property or services in any of the following ways:
      (1)   Without the consent of the owner or person authorized to give consent;
      (2)   Beyond the scope of the express or implied consent of the owner or person authorized to give consent;
      (3)   By deception;
      (4)   By threat;
      (5)   By intimidation.
   (b)   Whoever violates this section is guilty of misdemeanor theft, a misdemeanor of the first degree. If any of the following criteria are met, then a violation of this section is a felony to be prosecuted under appropriate state law:
      (1)   The value of the property or services stolen is one thousand dollars ($1,000) or more; or
      (2)   If the property stolen is any of the property listed in Ohio R.C. 2913.71;
      (3)   The victim of the offense is an elderly person, disabled adult, active duty service member, or spouse of an active duty service member, or
      (4)   The property stolen is a firearm or dangerous ordnance, or
      (5)   The property stolen is a motor vehicle, or
      (6)   The property stolen is any dangerous drug, or
      (7)   The property stolen is a police dog or horse or an assistance dog and the offender knows or should know that the property stolen is a police dog or horse or an assistance dog, or
      (8)   The property stolen is anhydrous ammonia, or
      (9)   The property stolen is a special purpose article as defined in Ohio R.C. 4737.04 or a bulk merchandise container as defined in Ohio R.C. 4737.012.
   (c)   In addition to the penalties described in subsection (b) of this section, if the offender committed the violation by causing a motor vehicle to leave the premises of an establishment at which gasoline is offered for retail sale without the offender making full payment for gasoline that was dispensed into the fuel tank of the motor vehicle or into another container, the court may do one of the following:
      (1)   Unless subsection (c)(2) of this section applies, suspend for not more than six months the offender’s driver’s license, probationary driver’s license, commercial driver’s license, temporary instruction permit, or nonresident operating privilege;
      (2)   If the offender’s driver’s license, probationary driver’s license, commercial driver’s license, temporary instruction permit, or nonresident operating privilege has previously been suspended pursuant to subsection (c)(1) of this section, impose a class seven suspension of the offender’s license, permit, or privilege from the range specified in Ohio R.C. 4510.02(A)(7), provided that the suspension shall be for at least six months.
      (3)   The court, in lieu of suspending the offender’s driver’s or commercial driver’s license, probationary driver’s license, temporary instruction permit, or nonresident operating privilege pursuant to subsections (c)(1) or (2) of this section, instead may require the offender to perform community service for a number of hours determined by the court.
   (d)   In addition to the penalties described in subsection (b) hereof, if the offender committed the violation by stealing rented property or rental services, the court may order that the offender make restitution pursuant to Ohio R.C. 2929.18 or 2929.28. Restitution may include, but is not limited to, the cost of repairing or replacing the stolen property, or the cost of repairing the stolen property and any loss of revenue resulting from deprivation of the property due to theft of rental services that is less than or equal to the actual value of the property at the time it was rented. Evidence of intent to commit theft of rented property or rental services shall be determined pursuant to the provisions of Ohio R.C. 2913.72.
   (e)   The sentencing court that suspends an offender’s license, permit, or nonresident operating privilege under subsection (c) of this section may grant the offender limited driving privileges during the period of the suspension in accordance with Ohio R.C. Chapter 4510.
(ORC 2913.02)
   537.07 UNAUTHORIZED USE OF PROPERTY.
   (a)   No person shall knowingly use or operate the property of another without the consent of the owner or person authorized to give consent.
   (b)   The affirmative defenses contained in Section 537.21(c) are affirmative defenses to a charge under this section.
   (c)   Whoever violates this section is guilty of unauthorized use of property. Except as provided in subsection (d) hereof, unauthorized use of property is a misdemeanor of the fourth degree.
   (d)   If unauthorized use of property is committed for the purpose of devising or executing a scheme to defraud or to obtain property or services, unauthorized use of property is a misdemeanor of the first degree. Unauthorized use of property is a felony and shall be prosecuted under appropriate State law if:
      (1)   Unauthorized use of property is committed for the purpose of devising or executing a scheme to defraud or to obtain property or services, and if the value of the property is one thousand dollars ($1,000) or more; or
      (2)   If the victim of the offense is an elderly person or disabled adult.
         (ORC 2913.04)
   537.08 PASSING BAD CHECKS.
   (a)   As used in this section:
      (1)   “Check” includes any form of debit from a demand deposit account, including, but not limited to any of the following:
         A.   A check, bill of exchange, draft, order of withdrawal, or similar negotiable or nonnegotiable instrument;
         B.   An electronic check, electronic transaction, debit card transaction, check card transaction, substitute check, web check, or any form of automated clearing house transaction.
      (2)   “Issue a check” means causing any form of debit from a demand deposit account.
   (b)   No person, with purpose to defraud, shall issue or transfer or cause to be issued or transferred a check or other negotiable instrument, knowing that it will be dishonored or knowing that a person has ordered or will order stop payment on the check or other negotiable instrument.
   (c)   For purposes of this section, a person who issues or transfers a check or other negotiable instrument is presumed to know that it will be dishonored, if either of the following occurs:
      (1)   The drawer had no account with the drawee at the time of issue or the stated date, whichever is later.
      (2)   The check or other negotiable instrument was properly refused payment for insufficient funds upon presentment within thirty days after issue or the stated date, whichever is later, and the liability of the drawer, indorser or any party who may be liable thereon is not discharged by payment or satisfaction within ten days after receiving notice of dishonor.
   (d)   In determining the value of the payment for purposes of subsection (e) of this section, the court may aggregate all checks and other negotiable instruments that the offender issued or transferred or caused to be issued or transferred in violation of subsection (a) of this section within a period of one hundred eighty consecutive days.
   (e)   Whoever violates this section is guilty of passing bad checks. Except as otherwise provided in this subsection, passing bad checks is a misdemeanor of the first degree. If the check or checks or other negotiable instrument or instruments are issued or transferred to a single vendor or single other person for the payment of one thousand dollars ($1,000) or more or if the check or checks or other negotiable instrument or instruments are issued or transferred to multiple vendors or persons for the payment of one thousand five hundred dollars ($1,500) or more, passing bad checks is a felony and shall be prosecuted under appropriate State law.
(ORC 2913.11)
   537.09 MISUSE OF CREDIT CARDS.
   (a)   No person shall do any of the following:
      (1)   Practice deception for the purpose of procuring the issuance of a credit card, when a credit card is issued in actual reliance thereon;
      (2)   Knowingly buy or sell a credit card from or to a person other than the issuer.
      (3)   As an officer, employee, or appointee of a political subdivision or as a public servant as defined under Section 501.15, knowingly misuse a credit card account held by a political subdivision.
   (b)   No person, with purpose to defraud, shall do any of the following:
      (1)   Obtain control over a credit card as security for a debt;
      (2)   Obtain property or services by the use of a credit card, in one or more transactions, knowing or having reasonable cause to believe that the card has expired or been revoked, or was obtained, is retained or is being used in violation of law;
      (3)   Furnish property or services upon presentation of a credit card, knowing that the card is being used in violation of law;
      (4)   Represent or cause to be represented to the issuer of a credit card that property or services have been furnished, knowing that the representation is false.
   (c)   No person, with purpose to violate this section, shall receive, possess, control or dispose of a credit card.
   (d)   Whoever violates this section is guilty of misuse of credit cards, a misdemeanor of the first degree. Misuse of credit cards is a felony and shall be prosecuted under appropriate State law if:
      (1)   The cumulative retail value of the property and services involved in one or more violations of subsection (b)(2), (3) or (4) hereof, which violations involve one or more credit card accounts and occur within a period of ninety consecutive days commencing on the date of the first violation, is one thousand dollars ($1,000) or more; or
      (2)   The victim of the offense is an elderly person or disabled adult and the offense involves a violation of subsection (b)(1) or (2) hereof.
         (ORC 2913.21)
   537.10 TAMPERING WITH COIN MACHINES.
   (a)   No person, with purpose to commit theft or to defraud, shall knowing enter, force an entrance into, tamper with, or insert any part of an instrument into any coin machine.
   (b)   Whoever violates this section is guilty of tampering with coin machines, a misdemeanor of the first degree. If the offender has previously been convicted of a violation of this section or of any theft offense as defined in Ohio R.C. 2913.01 tampering with coin machines is a felony of the fourth degree and shall be prosecuted under appropriate state statute. (ORC 2911.32) Penalty, see 501.99
   537.11 MAKING OR USING SLUGS.
   (a)   No person shall do any of the following:
      (1)   Insert or deposit a slug in a coin machine, with purpose to defraud;
      (2)   Make, possess or dispose of a slug, with purpose of enabling another to defraud by inserting or depositing it in a coin machine.
   (b)   Whoever violates this section is guilty of making or using slugs, a misdemeanor of the second degree. (ORC 2913.33) Penalty, see 501.99
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