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(a) No person, knowing or having reasonable cause to believe that the person has a dangerous, contagious disease, shall knowingly fail to take reasonable measures to prevent exposing self to other persons, except when seeking medical aid.
(b) No person, having charge or care of a person whom the person having charge or care knows or has reasonable cause to believe has a dangerous, contagious disease, shall recklessly fail to take reasonable measures to protect others from exposure to the contagion, and to inform health authorities of the existence of the contagion.
(c) No person, having charge of a public conveyance or place of public accommodation, amusement, resort, or trade, and knowing or having reasonable cause to believe that persons using such conveyance or place have been or are being exposed to a dangerous, contagious disease, shall negligently fail to take reasonable measures to protect the public from exposure to the contagion, and to inform health authorities of the existence of the contagion.
(ORC 3701.81)
(d) Whoever violates this section is guilty of a misdemeanor of the second degree.
(ORC 3701.99(C); Ord. 1785. Passed 1-14-74.)
(a) No person shall erect, continue to use, or maintain a building, structure, or place for the exercise of a trade, employment, or business or for keeping or feeding an animal which, by occasioning noxious exhalations or noisome or offensive smells, becomes injurious to the health, comfort, or property of individuals or of the public.
(b) No person shall cause or allow offal, filth, or noisome substances to be collected or remain in any place to the damage or prejudice of others or of the public.
(c) No person shall unlawfully obstruct or impede the passage of a navigable river, harbor, or collection of water, or corrupt or render unwholesome or impure a watercourse, stream of water, or unlawfully divert such watercourse from its natural course or state to the injury or prejudice of others.
(d) Persons who are engaged in agriculture-related activities, as “agriculture” is defined in Ohio R.C. 519.01, and who are conducting those activities outside the Municipality, in accordance with generally accepted agricultural practices, and in such a manner so as not to have a substantial, adverse effect on the public health, safety, or welfare, are exempt from divisions (a) and (b) above and from any ordinances, resolutions, rules, or other enactments of the Municipality that prohibit excessive noise.
(ORC 3767.13)
(e) Whoever violates this section is guilty of a misdemeanor of the third degree.
(ORC 3767.99(C))
(a) Cleaning and repairing.
(1) No owner of any lot or land abutting upon any street shall refuse, fail or neglect to repair or keep in repair and free from nuisance and obstruction, the sidewalk in front of such lot or land after due notice of a resolution of Council ordering the repair of the sidewalk, the removal of the obstruction or the abatement of the nuisance.
(2) If the owner or person having charge of the land fails to comply with the notice, Council shall cause the sidewalks to be repaired. All expenses and labor costs incurred shall, when approved by Council, be paid out of City funds not otherwise appropriated. Council shall make a written return to the County Auditor of their action, with a statement of the charges for their services, the amount paid for labor, the fees of the officers serving the notices and a proper description of the premises.
Such amounts, when allowed, shall be entered upon the tax duplicate, be a lien upon the lands from and after the date of the entry and be collected as other taxes and returned to the City with the General Fund.
(b) Ice and snow. The owner of every parcel of real estate in the City abutting upon any sidewalk shall keep the sidewalk abutting his premises free and clear of snow and ice and shall remove therefrom all snow and ice accumulated thereon within a reasonable time, which time will ordinarily not exceed twelve hours after the abatement of any storm during which the snow and ice may have accumulated.
(c) Unloading on street, sidewalk. No person shall unload any heavy material in the streets of the City by throwing or letting the same fall upon the pavement of any street, sidewalk or other public way, without first placing some sufficient protection over the pavement.
(d) Dropping or tracking substances.
(1) No vehicle or conveyance shall be driven or moved on any street in such a manner that sand, dirt, rubbish or any offensive substance is dropped, sifted or tracked upon any street or sidewalk except that water or any other substance may be sprinkled on a roadway in cleaning or maintaining the roadway.
(2) The owner or operator of a vehicle or conveyance shall remove any sand, dirt, rubbish or any offensive substance dropped, sifted or tracked on any street or sidewalk upon request of a police officer.
(e) Materials on street or sidewalk. No person shall encumber any street or sidewalk or, being the owner, occupant or person having care of any building or lot of land bordering on any street or sidewalk, shall permit the same to be encumbered with barrels, boxes, cans, articles or substances of any kind, so as to interfere with the free and unobstructed use thereof.
(f) Protecting sidewalks. In the transportation of any goods, materials, or equipment across any sidewalk in the City, efficient temporary planking shall be used to protect the sidewalks from breakage. The temporary planking shall be removed at the close of each working day and the surface of the sidewalk immediately cleaned and left in a passable condition.
(g) Merchandise displays. No person shall use any street or sidewalk area, including the lateral strip area between the street and sidewalk, for the display of merchandise or for any advertising display without the written permission of the Mayor.
(Ord. 1341. Passed 10-15-56.)
(h) Penalty. Whoever violates any of the provisions of this section is guilty of a minor misdemeanor and shall be subject to the penalty provided in Section 698.02.
(a) No person shall abandon, discard, or knowingly permit to remain on premises under the person's control, in a place accessible to children, any abandoned or discarded icebox, refrigerator, or other airtight or semi-airtight container which has a capacity of 1½ cubic feet or more and an opening of 50 square inches or more and which has a door or lid equipped with a hinge, latch, or other fastening device capable of securing such door or lid, without rendering the equipment harmless to human life by removing such hinges, latches or other hardware which may cause a person to be confined therein. This section shall not apply to an icebox, refrigerator or other airtight or semi-airtight container located in that part of a building occupied by a dealer, warehouse or repairer.
(ORC 3767.29)
(b) Whoever violates this section is guilty of a misdemeanor of the fourth degree.
(ORC 3767.99(B))
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