541.07 DESECRATION.

   (a)   No person, without privilege to do so, shall purposely deface, damage, pollute or otherwise physically mistreat any of the following:

      (1)   The flag of the United States or of this State;

      (2)   Any public monument;

      (3)   Any historical or commemorative marker, or any structure, Indian mound or earthwork, cemetery, thing or site of great historical or archeological interest;

      (4)   A work of art or museum piece;

      (5)   Any other object of reverence or sacred devotion.

   (b)   Whoever violates this section is guilty of desecration, a misdemeanor of the second degree.

   (c)   As used in this section, “cemetery” means any place of burial and includes burial sites that contain American Indian burial objects placed with or containing American Indian human remains. (ORC 2927.11)

541.08 ETHNIC INTIMIDATION.

   (a)   No person shall violate Ohio R.C. 2903.21, 2903.22, 2909.06, 2909.07 or 2917.21(A)(3) to (5) or Sections 537.05, 537.06, 537.10(a)(3) to (5), 541.03 or 541.04 of the General Offenses Code by reason of the race, color, religion or national origin of another person or group of persons.

   (b)   Whoever violates this section is guilty of ethnic intimidation. Ethnic intimidation is an offense of the next higher degree than the offense the commission of which is a necessary element of ethnic intimidation.

(ORC 2927.12)

541.09 POSTING BILLS WITHOUT CONSENT OF OWNER.

   (a)   No person shall paint, print, paste, stencil or otherwise mark, place upon or affix to any buildings, including houses, fence, wall, door knobs or doors, vehicle, post, pole, tree, billboard, sidewalk or street, or other similar structure, whether public or private, without the consent of the owner, lessee or agent in charge, a word, letter, character, figure, sentence or device, or a handbill, notice, advertisement, sign or poster.

   (b)   Whoever violates this section is guilty of a minor misdemeanor.

541.10 PERSONS IN PARKS DURING CLOSED HOURS.

   (a)   No person shall enter or remain on the lands within any City owned park, including all reservoirs and all land adjacent to such reservoirs, during the hours such parks and reservoirs are closed from 11:00 p.m. until 5:00 a.m. daily.

   (b)   No person shall park, permit to be parked, or leave parked, any vehicle on the lands or streets within any City owned park, including all reservoirs and all land adjacent to such reservoirs, during the hours such parks and reservoirs are closed from 11:00 p.m. until 5:00 a.m. daily.

   (c)   Whoever violates this section is guilty of a minor misdemeanor.

(Ord. 91-5884. Passed 4-9-91.)

541.11 GLASS BOTTLES IN PARKS.

   (a)   Possession of a glass bottle in any public park owned by the City, is prohibited, except that thermos bottles or thermos jugs, which if broken or damaged will contain all glass particles within the outer shell of such bottles or jugs are permitted.

   (b)   Whoever violates this section is guilty of a minor misdemeanor.

(Ord. 81-5133. Passed 11-3-81.)

541.12 DAMAGE OR DESTRUCTION OF UTILITY SERVICE EQUIPMENT.

   (a)   No person, without privilege to do so, shall cause damage, injury or destruction to any water or sewage lines or other utility service equipment of the Municipality.

   (b)   Whoever violates this section is guilty of a misdemeanor of the third degree.

541.13 BILLPOSTING.

   (a)   No person shall paint, mark, write, print or impress, or in any manner attach any notice or advertisement, or the name of any commodity or thing, or any trademark, symbol or figure of any kind upon or to any sidewalk, step, stone or building or anything whatever, the property of another, without obtaining permission of the owner or owners of such sidewalk or other thing on which they desire to place such notice, advertisement, name, mark or figure.

   (b)   No person shall stick or post any handbill or placard of any description upon any public or private building or upon any post, fence, billboard, or any other structure or thing which is the property of another, without permission of the occupant or owner of such property.

   (c)   No person shall fasten, place or in any manner attach any advertising sign, bill or poster of any description upon any pole or standard upon any street or public place.

   (d)   Any advertising sign, bill or poster of any description maintained, fastened, placed, tacked or in any manner attached to any pole or standard upon any street or public place is hereby declared to be a nuisance and shall be abated in the following manner: The Mayor is hereby directed to remove all signs, bills and posters of any kind or description, attached to such poles or standards upon any street or public place.

   (e)   The provisions of this section shall not apply to street signs maintained or placed upon poles under the authority of the Mayor.

   (f)   Whoever violates this section is guilty of a minor misdemeanor.