(a) No person shall knowingly convey, or attempt to convey, onto the grounds of a detention facility or of an institution that is under the control of the Ohio Department of Mental Health or the Ohio Department of Mental Retardation and Developmental Disabilities, any intoxicating liquor, as defined in Section 503.01.
(b) Division (a) hereof does not apply to any person who conveys or attempts to convey an item onto the grounds of a detention facility or of an institution under the control of the Ohio Department of Mental Health or the Ohio Department of Mental Retardation and Developmental Disabilities pursuant to the written authorization of the person in charge of the detention facility or the institution and in accordance with the written rules of the detention facility or the institution.
(c) No person shall knowingly deliver, or attempt to deliver, to any person who is confined in a detention facility or to any patient in an institution under the control of the Ohio Department of Mental Health or the Ohio Department of Mental Retardation and Developmental Disabilities, any intoxicating liquor as defined in Section 503.01.
(d) No person shall knowingly deliver or attempt to deliver cash to any person who is confined in a detention facility.
(Adopting Ordinance)
(e) No person shall recklessly deliver, cause to be delivered, allow, possess or permit the possession of, any contraband or unauthorized item, as so defined in Euclid City Jail rules, promulgated September 17, 1989, and as thereafter amended, into the Euclid City Jail or any specified part thereof.
(f) It is an affirmative defense to a charge under division (c) hereof that the actor was not otherwise prohibited by law from delivering the item to the confined person or the patient and that either of the following applies:
(1) The actor was permitted by the written rules of the detention facility or the institution to deliver the item to the confined person or the patient.
(2) The actor was given written authorization by the person in charge of the detention facility or the institution to deliver the item to the confined person or the patient.
(g) Whoever violates division (a) or (c) hereof is guilty of a misdemeanor of the second degree and shall be subject to the penalty provided in Section 599.02, provided the offender has not previously been convicted of or pleaded guilty to a violation of division (d) hereof. Whoever violates division (e) hereof is guilty of a misdemeanor of the first degree and shall be subject to the penalty provided in Section 599.02.
(Ord. 180-1998. Passed 9-8-98; Eff. 10-8-98.)