(a) (1) No tenant of any residential premises located within 1,000 feet of any school premises or preschool or child day-care center premises shall allow any person to occupy these residential premises if both of the following apply regarding the person:
A. The person’s name appears on the state registry of sex offenders and child-victim offenders maintained under Ohio R.C. § 2950.13; and
B. The state registry of sex offenders and child-victim offenders indicates that the person was convicted of or pleaded guilty to either a sexually oriented offense that is not a registration-exempt sexually oriented offense or a child-victim oriented offense in a criminal prosecution and was not sentenced to a serious youthful offender dispositional sentence for that offense.
(2) If a tenant allows occupancy in violation of this section or a person establishes a residence or occupies residential premises in violation of Ohio R.C. § 2950.034, the landlord for the residential premises that are the subject of the rental agreement or other tenancy may terminate the rental agreement or other tenancy of the tenant and all other occupants.
(b) If a landlord is authorized to terminate a rental agreement or other tenancy pursuant to division (a) above but does not so terminate the rental agreement or other tenancy, the landlord is not liable in a tort or other civil action in damages for any injury, death or loss to person or property that allegedly results from that decision.
(Ord. 53-08, passed 2-17-2009)