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CODIFIED ORDINANCES OF THE CITY OF EUCLID, OHIO
CERTIFICATION
DIRECTORY OF OFFICIALS (2024)
PRELIMINARY UNIT
THE CHARTER OF THE CITY OF EUCLID, OHIO
PART ONE - ADMINISTRATION CODE
PART THREE - TRAFFIC CODE
PART FIVE - GENERAL OFFENSES CODE
PART SEVEN - BUSINESS REGULATION AND TAXATION CODE
PART NINE - STREETS, UTILITIES AND PUBLIC SERVICES CODE
PART ELEVEN - HEALTH AND SANITATION CODE
PART THIRTEEN - PLANNING AND ZONING CODE
PART FIFTEEN - FIRE PREVENTION CODE
PART SEVENTEEN - BUILDING AND HOUSING CODE
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559.06 FENCES.
   (a)   No person shall erect or maintain any fence charged with electrical current.
   (b)   No person shall erect or maintain a barbed wire fence which abuts or is adjacent to any public street or sidewalk. This division (b) does not prevent the placement and use of not more than two strands of barbed wire on top of a fence other than a barbed wire fence, provided such strands are not less than forty-eight inches from the ground.
   (c)   Barbed wire partition fences may be erected and maintained as provided in Ohio R.C. 971.03.
   (d)   Whoever violates any of the provisions of this section is guilty of a misdemeanor of the first degree. A separate offense shall be deemed committed each day during or on which a violation occurs or continues. The penalty shall be as provided in Section 599.02.
559.07 EMERGENCY USE OF ELEVATORS IN HIGH-RISE APARTMENTS.
   (a)   The owner of any high-rise apartment building or elevator apartment house or elevator- equipped condominium building in the City shall provide the Police Department and the Fire Department of the City with an override key for the elevators in the high-rise apartment or elevator apartment house or elevator-equipped condominium building which will enable either the Police Department or the Fire Department to gain immediate access to the elevators, which shall be functioning at all times, and during times of emergency within the high-rise apartment building or elevator apartment house or elevator-equipped condominium building.
(Ord. 63-1971. Passed 3-15-71; Ord. 51-2012. Passed 5-7-12.)
   (b)   Whoever violates or fails to comply with this section is guilty of a misdemeanor of the first degree and shall be subject to the penalty provided in Section 599.02.
559.08 LOCKED DOORS IN APARTMENT BUILDINGS.
   (a)   Every building containing four or more dwelling units shall be provided with self-locking doors at every entranceway providing access to each dwelling unit from any hallway or other common area, and self-locking and self-closing doors at every entranceway providing access to each building from the exterior thereof, except as provided in division (b) of this section.
   (b)   Except in wood frame detached buildings, every building containing four or more dwelling units shall be provided with either self-closing and self-locking main entranceway doors to the exterior thereof, which shall be opened only by a key from the outside and by an electrical control system operable from each dwelling unit, or a doorman at the main entranceway door to the exterior thereof.
   (c)   All locks, self-locking and self-closing doors and electrical control systems, such as buzzers, bells or intercom systems, shall be maintained in good and operable condition at all times.
(Ord. 100-1971. Passed 5-3-71.)
   (d)   Every building containing four or more dwelling units constructed after the effective date of this division (Ordinance 284-1974, passed November 4, 1974), and every building containing four or more dwelling units within six months after such effective date, shall be provided with dead-bolt locks with external key mechanisms on each apartment suite entrance door located within the dwelling unit, which shall be maintained in good and operable condition at all times.
(Ord. 284-1974. Passed 11-4-74.)
   (e)   Whoever violates or fails to comply with any of the provisions of this section is guilty of a misdemeanor of the first degree and shall be subject to the penalty provided in Section 599.02.
559.09 RESTRICTIONS ON WATER USE. (REPEALED)
   (EDITOR’S NOTE: Section 559.09 was repealed by Ordinance No. 60-2014, passed May 19, 2014. For provisions regarding curtailment of water use during a declared water emergency, see Section 921.25.)