412.01 PLACING INJURIOUS MATERIAL OR OBSTRUCTION IN STREET.

   (a)   (1)   No person shall place or knowingly drop upon any part of a highway, lane, road, street, or alley any tacks, bottles, wire, glass, nails, or other articles which may damage or injure any person, vehicle, or animal traveling along or upon the highway, except such substances that may be placed upon the roadway by proper authority for the repair or construction thereof.

      (2)   Any person who drops or permits to be dropped or thrown upon any highway any destructive or injurious material shall immediately remove the same.

      (3)   Any person authorized to remove a wrecked or damaged vehicle from a highway shall remove any glass or other injurious substance dropped upon the highway from such vehicle.

      (4)   No person shall place any obstruction in or upon a highway without proper authority.

   (b)   No person, with intent to cause physical harm to a person or a vehicle, shall place or knowingly drop upon any part of a highway, lane, road, street, or alley any tacks, bottles, wire, glass, nails, or other articles which may damage or injure any person, vehicle, or animal traveling along or upon such highway, except such substances that may be placed upon the roadway by proper authority for the repair or construction thereof.

(ORC 4511.74(A), (B))

   (c)   (1)   Except as otherwise provided in this division, whoever violates division (a) of this section is guilty of a minor misdemeanor. If, within one year of the offense, the offender previously has been convicted of or pleaded guilty to one predicate motor vehicle or traffic offense, whoever violates division (a) of this section is guilty of a misdemeanor of the fourth degree. If, within one year of the offense, the offender previously has been convicted of two or more predicate motor vehicle or traffic offenses, whoever violates division (a) is guilty of a misdemeanor of the third degree.

      (2)   Whoever violates division (b) of this section is guilty of a misdemeanor of the first degree.

(ORC 4511.74(C))

412.02 ZONES OF QUIET.

   Whenever authorized signs are erected indicating a zone of quiet, no person operating a vehicle within any such zone shall sound the horn or other warning device of such vehicle except in an emergency.

(Ord. 1341. Passed 10-15-56.)

412.03 PLAY STREETS.

   Whenever authorized signs are erected indicating that any street or part thereof is a play street, no person shall drive a vehicle upon any such street or portion thereof, except drivers of vehicles having business or whose residences are within such closed area, and then such drivers shall exercise the greatest care in driving upon any such street or portion thereof.

(Ord. 1341. Passed 10-15-56.)

412.04 TOY VEHICLES ON ROADWAY.

   No person riding upon any coaster, roller skates, sled, toy vehicle or other similar device shall go upon any roadway except while crossing a street on a crosswalk and when so crossing such person shall be granted all of the rights and shall be subject to all of the duties applicable to pedestrians. This section shall not apply to any street set aside as a play street.

412.05 PARADES AND ASSEMBLAGES; PERMIT.

   No person shall parade upon any street or block off any street without having obtained a permit from the Mayor. The permit shall designate the streets over which the parade shall be permitted or the street area to be blocked off. The permit shall be issued without cost.

(Ord. 1341. Passed 10-15-56.)

412.06 SKATEBOARDS.

   (a)   No person shall ride a skateboard upon a sidewalk within the business district on Market Street from Martin Street to Garfield Avenue.

   (b)   Whoever violates this section is guilty of a minor misdemeanor and shall be subject to the penalty provided in Section 408.01

(Ord. 2504. Passed 8-8-88.)