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509.09 CURFEW.
   (a)   No person having the control and custody of, or being the parent or guardian of, a minor under the age of eighteen years, shall permit such minor to remain away from the minor's residence or on unenclosed lands during the following times:
      (1)   Minors age fifteen years and under, after 11:00 p.m. and before 6:00 a.m. of the following day, seven days a week;
      (2)   Minors age sixteen and seventeen years, after 11:00 p.m. and before 6:00 a.m. of the following day, Sunday through Thursday; and
      (3)   Minors age sixteen and seventeen years, after 1:00 a.m. and before 6:00 a.m. of the following day, Saturday (Friday night) and Sunday (Saturday night).
(Ord. 2000-170. Passed 9-5-00.)
   (b)   The restrictions set forth in subsection (a) hereof shall not apply to minors on an emergency errand or on legitimate business, such as the delivery of newspapers or returning home from work.
   (c)   In the event that any school, church, lodge or other organization within the City sponsors a function attended by minors within the age limitations set forth in this section, and such minors will be dismissed from such functions at an hour later than provided in this section, such school, church, lodge or other organization shall first obtain the approval of the Police Chief or authorized personnel to have minors remain to the time when the entertainment or function will end. Minors attending such functions or entertainment shall be required to be at home and off the streets, sidewalks, public places, places of amusement and entertainment and unenclosed lands within the City within thirty minutes after such entertainment or function has ended.
   (d)   Whoever violates this section is guilty of curfew violation, a minor misdemeanor.
(Ord. 89-2. Passed 1-3-89.)
509.10 INCITING TO VIOLENCE.
   (a)   No person shall knowingly engage in conduct designed to urge or incite another to commit any offense of violence when either of the following apply:
      (1)   The conduct takes place under circumstances that create a clear and present danger that any offense of violence will be committed.
      (2)   The conduct proximately results in the commission of any offense of violence.
   (b)   Whoever violates this section is guilty of inciting to violence. If the offense of violence that the other person is being urged or incited to commit is a misdemeanor, inciting to violence is a misdemeanor of the first degree. If the offense of violence that the other person is being urged or incited to commit is a felony, inciting to violence is a felony to be prosecuted under appropriate State law.
(ORC 2917.01)
509.11   IMPEDING PUBLIC PASSAGE OF AN EMERGENCY SERVICE RESPONDER.
   (a)   No person, without privilege to do so, shall recklessly obstruct any highway, street, sidewalk, or any other public passage in such a manner as to render the highway, street, sidewalk, or passage impassable without unreasonable inconvenience or hazard if both of the following apply:
      (1)   The obstruction prevents an emergency vehicle from accessing a highway or street, prevents an emergency service responder from responding to an emergency, or prevents an emergency vehicle or an emergency service responder from having access to an exit from an emergency.
      (2)   Upon receipt of a request or order from an emergency service responder to remove or cease the obstruction, the person refuses to remove or cease the obstruction.
   (b)   Division (a) of this section does not limit or affect the application of R.C. § 2921.31 or any other section of the Ohio Revised Code. Any conduct that is a violation of division (a) of this section and that also is a violation of R.C. § 2921.31 or any other section of the Ohio Revised Code may be prosecuted under this section, the other section of the Ohio Revised Code, or both sections.
   (c)   Whoever violates this section is guilty of unlawfully impeding public passage of an emergency service responder, a misdemeanor of the first degree.
   (d)   As used in this section, “emergency service responder” has the same meaning as in R.C. § 2903.13.
(R.C. § 2917.14)
509.99 PENALTY.
   (EDITOR'S NOTE: See Section 501.99 for penalties applicable to any misdemeanor classification.)