767.01 Security guards at apartments.
767.02 Additional requirements.
767.03 Security guards for large retail store areas.
767.99 Penalty.
CROSS REFERENCES
State licensing - see Ohio R.C. Ch. 4749
Guard dogs - see GEN. OFF. 505.13
Private police - see B.R. & T. Ch. 759
Security door gates - see P. & Z. 1359.05
The owner of any dwelling, building, structure or apartment complex, which contains 400 or more dwelling units with a private parking lot for use by the tenants therein, shall provide one private policeman or security guard to patrol the buildings and private parking lot(s) 24 hours a day, with one additional private policeman or security guard on weekdays between the hours of 5:00 p.m. and 1:00 a.m. of the following day, and between the hours of 7:00 p.m. and 3:00 a.m. of the following day on Friday and Saturday, but if the dwelling, building, structure or apartment complex contains 700 or more dwelling units with a private parking lot(s), one private policeman or security guard to patrol the buildings and private parking lot shall be provided 24 hours a day, with two additional private policemen or security guards on weekdays between the hours of 5:00 p.m. and 1:00 a.m. of the following day, and between the hours of 7:00 p.m. and 3:00 a.m. of the following day on Friday and Saturday.
(Ord. 211-1995. Passed 10-2-95; Ord. 107-2002. Passed 5-20-02.)
The Director of Public Safety may determine that it is necessary that the owner of any dwelling, building, structure or apartment complex consisting of more than one building, which contains less than 400 dwelling units with a private parking lot for use by the tenants therein, shall provide at least one private policeman or security guard to patrol the buildings and private parking lot at all hours of each day. Such determination by the Director of Public Safety cannot and shall not be made until after a hearing on the matter is held by the Director of Public Safety after due notice to the owners of the apartment complex and each tenant and adjacent property owner is published once a week for two consecutive weeks in a newspaper of general circulation in the City. The Director of Public Safety shall, at the public hearing, solicit comments, discussion and public debate concerning the need for such security. The Director of Public Safety may order the owner to hire a security guard pursuant to this section upon a finding from the evidence submitted at the public hearing that a security guard is necessary for the protection of the health, safety and welfare of the tenants of the apartment complex and the adjacent property owners and that the lack of a security guard is and does create significant danger to the health, safety and welfare of the tenants of the apartment complex and of the adjacent property owners. The order of the Director of Public Safety shall be submitted in writing to the owner of the apartment complex, to the Chief of Police, to the Mayor and to Council.
(Ord. 250-1980. Passed 10-6-80.)
The owner or operator of any retail store area comprising a size of 100,000 square feet or greater, whether operated as one store or subdivided into two or more stores sharing common access or parking, shall provide, at the owner's expense, as minimum security, at least two private police officers or security guards to patrol the store(s) and parking lot(s) during all hours that the store or stores are open for business. At least one of such private police officers or security guards shall be assigned to patrol the parking lot(s). Upon application approved by the Chief of Police, an alternative security plan may be utilized that is equivalent and exceeds the minimum requirements.
(Ord. 212-1995. Passed 10-2-95.)
Whoever violates any of the provisions of this chapter is guilty of a misdemeanor of the third degree and shall be fined not more than five hundred dollars ($500.00) or imprisoned not more than sixty days, or both, for each offense. A separate offense shall be deemed committed each day during or on which a violation occurs or continues.