(a) A tenant who is a party to a rental agreement shall do all of the following:
(1) Keep that part of the premises that he or she occupies and uses safe and sanitary;
(2) Dispose of all rubbish, garbage, and other waste in a clean, safe and sanitary manner;
(3) Keep all plumbing fixtures in the dwelling unit or used by him or her as clean as their condition permits;
(4) Use and operate all electrical and plumbing fixtures properly;
(5) Comply with the requirements imposed on tenants by all applicable state and local housing, health and safety codes;
(6) Personally refrain and forbid any other person who is on the premises with his or her permission from intentionally or negligently destroying, defacing, damaging or removing any fixture, appliance or other part of the premises;
(7) Maintain in good working order and condition any range, refrigerator, washer, dryer, dishwasher or other appliances supplied by the landlord and required to be maintained by the tenant under the terms and conditions of a written rental agreement;
(8) Conduct himself or herself and require other persons on the premises with his or her consent to conduct themselves in a manner that will not disturb his or her neighbors’ peaceful enjoyment of the premises; and
(9) Conduct himself or herself, and require persons in his or her household and persons on the premises with his or her consent to conduct themselves, in connection with the premises so as not to violate the prohibitions contained in Ohio R.C. Chapters 2925 and 3719, or in municipal ordinances that are substantially similar to any section in either of those chapters, which relate to controlled substances.
(b) The tenant shall not unreasonably withhold consent for the landlord to enter into the dwelling unit in order to inspect the premises, make ordinary, necessary or agreed repairs, decorations, alterations or improvements, deliver parcels that are too large for the tenant’s mail facilities, supply necessary or agreed services or exhibit the dwelling unit to prospective or actual purchasers, mortgagees, tenants, workmen or contractors.
(c) (1) If the tenant violates any provision of this section, other than division (a)(9) of this section, the landlord may recover any actual damages that result from the violation together with reasonable attorneys’ fees. This remedy is in addition to any right of the landlord to terminate the rental agreement; to maintain an action for the possession of the premises; or to obtain injunctive relief to compel access under division (b) above.
(2) If the tenant violates division (a)(9) above and if the landlord has actual knowledge of or has reasonable cause to believe that the tenant, any person in the tenant’s household or any person on the premises with the consent of the tenant previously has or presently is engaged in a violation as described in division (A)(6)(a)(i) of Ohio R.C. § 1923.02, whether or not the tenant or other person has been charged with, has pleaded guilty to or been convicted of, or has been determined to be a delinquent child for an act that, if committed by an adult, would be a violation as described in that division, then the landlord promptly shall give the notice required by Ohio R.C. § 5321.17(C). If the tenant fails to vacate the premises within three days after the giving of that notice then the landlord promptly shall comply with division (A)(9) of Ohio R.C. § 5321.04. For purposes of this division (c), actual knowledge or reasonable cause to believe as described in this division (c) shall be determined in accordance with division (A)(6)(a)(i) of Ohio R.C. § 1923.02.
(Ord. 53-08, passed 2-17-2009)