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(a) No person shall abandon, discard, or knowingly permit to remain on premises under his control, in a place accessible to children, any abandoned or discarded icebox, refrigerator or other airtight or semiairtight container which has a capacity of one and one-half cubic feet or more and an opening of fifty square inches or more and which has a door or lid equipped with hinge, latch or other fastening device capable of securing such door or lid, without rendering such 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 semiairtight container located in that part of a building occupied by a dealer,
warehouseman or repairman. (ORC 3767.29)
(b) Whoever violates this section is guilty of a misdemeanor of the fourth degree.
(a) A brazier, salamander, space heater, room heater, furnace, water heater or other burner or heater using wood, coal, coke, fuel oil, kerosene, gasoline, natural gas, liquid petroleum gas or similar fuel, and tending to give off carbon monoxide or other harmful gas:
(1) When used in living quarters, or in any enclosed building or space in which persons are usually present, shall be used with a flue or vent so designed, installed and maintained as to vent the products of combustion outdoors; except in storage, factory or industrial buildings which are provided with sufficient ventilation to avoid the danger of carbon monoxide poisoning;
(2) When used as a portable or temporary burner or heater at a construction site, or in a warehouse, shed or structure in which persons are temporarily present, shall be vented as provided in subsection (a) hereof, or used with sufficient ventilation to avoid the danger of carbon monoxide poisoning.
(b) This section does not apply to domestic ranges, laundry stoves, gas logs installed in a fireplace with an adequate flue, or hot plates, unless the same are used as space or room heaters.
(c) No person shall negligently use, or, being the owner, person in charge, or occupant of premises, negligently permit the use of a burner or heater in violation of the standards for venting and ventilation provided in this section.
(d) Subsection (a) hereof does not apply to any kerosene-fired space or room heater that is equipped with an automatic extinguishing tip-over device, or to any natural gas-fired or liquid petroleum gas-fired space or room heater that is equipped with an oxygen depletion safety shutoff system, and that has its fuel piped from a source outside of the building in which it is located, that are approved by an authoritative source recognized by the State Fire Marshal in the State Fire Code adopted by him under Ohio R.C. 3737.82.
(e) The State Fire Marshal may make rules to ensure the safe use of unvented kerosene, natural gas or liquid petroleum gas heaters exempted from subsection (a) hereof when used in assembly buildings, business buildings, high hazard buildings, institutional buildings, mercantile buildings and type R-1 and R-2 residential buildings, as these groups of buildings are defined in rules adopted by the Board of Building Standards under Ohio R.C. 3781.10. No person shall negligently use, or, being the owner, person in charge or occupant of premises, negligently permit the use of a heater in violation of any rules adopted under this subsection.
(f) The State Fire Marshal may make rules prescribing standards for written instructions containing ventilation requirements and warning of any potential fire hazards that may occur in using a kerosene, natural gas, or liquid petroleum gas heater. No person shall sell or offer for sale any kerosene, natural gas or liquid petroleum gas heater unless the manufacturer provides with the heater written instructions that comply with any rules adopted under this subsection.
(g) No product labeled as a fuel additive for kerosene heaters and having a flash point below one hundred degrees fahrenheit or thirty-seven and eight-tenths degrees centigrade shall be sold, offered for sale or used in any kerosene space heater.
(h) No device that prohibits any safety feature on a kerosene, natural gas or liquid petroleum gas space heater from operating shall be sold, offered for sale or used in connection with any kerosene, natural gas or liquid petroleum gas space heater.
(i) No person shall sell or offer for sale any kerosene-fired, natural gas or liquid petroleum gas-fired heater that is not exempt from subsection (a) hereof unless it is marked conspicuously by the manufacturer on the container with the phrase "Not Approved For Home Use."
(j) No person shall use a cabinet-type, liquid petroleum gas-fired heater having a fuel source within the heater, inside any building, except as permitted by the State Fire Marshal in the State Fire Code adopted by him under Ohio R.C. 3737.82. (ORC 3701.82)
(k) Whoever violates this section is guilty of a misdemeanor of the first degree. (ORC 3701.99(C))
(a) No person shall abandon or knowingly permit to remain on public or private property, any excavation, well, cesspool or structure which is in the process of construction, reconstruction, repair or alteration unless the same is adequately protected by suitable barricades and guarded by warning devices or lights at night so that the condition will not reasonably prove dangerous to life or limb.
(b) No person shall destroy, remove, damage or extinguish any barricade or warning light that is placed for the protection of the public so as to prevent injury to life or limb.
(c) Any owner or agent in control of a premises upon which a basement, cellar, well or cistern has been abandoned due to demolition, failure to build or any other reason shall cause the same to be filled to the ground surface with rock, gravel, earth or other suitable material.
(d) Whoever violates this section is guilty of a minor misdemeanor.
(a) No person shall place or knowingly drop upon any part of a sidewalk, playground or other public place any tacks, bottles, wire, glass, nails or other articles which may damage property of another or injure any person or animal traveling along or upon such sidewalk or playground.
(b) No person shall walk on, or allow any animal upon, or injure or deface in any way, any soft or newly laid sidewalk pavement. (A.O.)
(c) No person shall place, deposit, sell or maintain any merchandise, goods, material or equipment, signs, banners or anything of a tangible nature including canopies and structures on or over any street, right-of-way or public property, sidewalk or park within the City unless permitted by subsequent provisions of this chapter. Only publicly-owned signs publicly-owned planters and appurtenances are permitted in the City right-of-way, such as directional signs, trash receptacles, and utilities, subject to the following provisions:
(1) The United States Post Office is permitted to locate depository boxes on streets and residential boxes on the City right-of-way, providing that the location thereof is abutting the curbing and does not obstruct pedestrian traffic.
(2) Flags of the United States, State of Ohio, and Galion High School may be displayed on poles insertable in the sidewalk one foot inside the curb line.
(3) Organizations desiring to conduct special events, such as Pickle Run, Octoberfest, Galion Day and others in the area of the City zoned B-3 and the City parks, shall obtain a permit from the City at least sixty days prior to the date of the event to be held. Sponsors of such events shall provide the City with an affidavit keeping the City safe and harmless from all claims resulting from the event; and provide necessary insurance covering the City for the event.
(4) The above provisions shall not prevent the loading or unloading of merchandise onto the sidewalk, for the purpose of moving into a building, for a period not to exceed thirty minutes.
(5) Each retail store, business, or owner of building must obtain a permit from the Zoning Inspector for any sign, banner, or anything of a tangible nature, including canopies and structures currently, or requested in the future, on or over any street, sidewalk, right-of-way or public property. Each permit applicant must complete a statement holding the City safe and harmless from any liability resulting from accident or injury caused by issuance of such permit or in the alternative must provide proof of insurance satisfactory to the City before a permit may be issued. If neither of these alternatives is complied with and an encroachment
occurs, such encroachment shall be removed by the owner within five days of notification from the Zoning Inspector. If the owner fails to so remove the encroachment or comply with the aforementioned provisions, the encroachment shall immediately thereafter be removed by the City at the expense of the owner.
(6) No canopies shall be permitted which extend beyond the curb line.
(Ord. 88-5698. Passed 8-16-88.)
(d) No person shall unload upon, or transport any heavy merchandise, goods, material or equipment over or across any sidewalk or curb without first placing some sufficient protection over the pavement to protect against damage or injury. The affected area shall be rendered safe and free from danger.
(e) No person shall allow any cellar or trap door, coal chute or elevator or lift opening in any sidewalk to remain open without providing suitable safeguards to protect and warn pedestrian traffic of the dangerous condition.
(f) Whoever violates this section is guilty of a minor misdemeanor.
(a) No person shall fail to fill or drain any lot or land or remove any putrid substances therefrom, or remove all obstructions from culverts, covered drains or natural water courses as provided in Ohio R.C. 715.47 within the lawful time after service or publication of the notice or resolution is made as required by law.
(b) No person shall dump, cause to be dumped, permit to be dumped, or allow on any publicly or privately owned land, water, watercourse, creek, book, branch, or drainage ditch so as to impede, divert or interfere with the flow of water therein, any of the following:
(1) Any garbage, wood or wood products, paper, cardboard, scrap metal or metal products, liquid or semi-liquid products or other scrap or waste materials of any nature whatsoever, and
(2) Any earth, stone, bricks, broken concrete, broken asphalt, and similar nonorganic materials.
Upon written information that any of the obstructions described in this division have been dumped or placed in violation of this prohibition, Council may by resolution direct the owner of the property to remove such obstruction(s) within the time therein specified and cause a copy of such resolution to be served or published upon the owner of the property as required by law.
(c) In the event that the owner of such property fails or refuses to comply with any resolution described in this section, the work required thereby may be done at the expense of the City and the amount of money shall be a lien on such property and shall be recovered from the owner before any court of competent jurisdiction.
(d) Whoever violates this section is guilty of a minor misdemeanor.
(Ord. 90-5798. Passed 2-13-90.)
(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 subsection (b) does not prevent the placement and use of not more than three strands of barbed wire on top of a fence other than a barbed wire fence, provided such strands are not less than seventy-two inches from the ground.
(c) Whoever violates this section is guilty of a minor misdemeanor.
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