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(a) No person, with purpose to prevent or disrupt a lawful meeting, procession or gathering, shall do either of the following:
(1) Do any act which obstructs or interferes with the due conduct of such meeting, procession or gathering;
(2) Make any utterance, gesture or display which outrages the sensibilities of the group.
(b) Whoever violates this section is guilty of disturbing a lawful meeting. Except as otherwise provided in this section, disturbing a lawful meeting is a misdemeanor of the fourth degree. Disturbing a lawful meeting is a misdemeanor of the first degree if either of the following applies:
(1) The violation is committed with the intent to disturb or disquiet any assemblage of people met for religious worship at a tax-exempt place of worship, regardless of whether the conduct is within the place at which the assemblage is held or is on the property on which that place is located and disturbs the order and solemnity of the assemblage.
(2) The violation is committed with the intent to prevent, disrupt, or interfere with a virtual meeting or gathering of people for religious worship, through use of a computer, computer system, telecommunications device, or other electronic device or system, or in any other manner.
(c) As used in this section:
(1) “Computer” has the same meaning as in Ohio R.C. 2913.01.
(2) “Computer system” has the same meaning as in Ohio R.C. 2913.01.
(3) “Telecommunications device” has the same meaning as in Ohio R.C. 2913.01.
(4) “Virtual meeting or gathering” means a meeting or gathering by interactive video conference or teleconference, or by a combination thereof.
(ORC 2917.12)
(a) No person shall knowingly do any of the following:
(1) Hamper the lawful operations of any law enforcement officer, firefighter, rescuer, medical person, emergency medical services person, or other authorized person, engaged in the person’s duties at the scene of a fire, accident, disaster, riot, or emergency of any kind;
(2) Hamper the lawful activities of any emergency facility person who is engaged in the person’s duties in an emergency facility;
(3) Fail to obey the lawful order of any law enforcement officer engaged in the law enforcement officer’s duties at the scene of or in connection with a fire, accident, disaster, riot, or emergency of any kind.
(b) Nothing in this section shall be construed to limit access or deny information to any news media representative in the lawful exercise of the news media representative’s duties.
(c) Whoever violates this section is guilty of misconduct at an emergency. Except as otherwise provided in this subsection, misconduct at an emergency is a misdemeanor of the fourth degree. If a violation of this section creates a risk of physical harm to persons or property, misconduct at an emergency is a misdemeanor of the first degree.
(d) As used in this section:
(1) “Emergency medical services person” is the singular of “emergency medical services personnel” as defined in Ohio R.C. 2133.21.
(2) “Emergency facility person” is the singular of “emergency facility personnel” as defined in Ohio R.C. 2909.04.
(3) “Emergency facility” has the same meaning as in Ohio R.C. 2909.04.
(ORC 2917.13)
(a) No person shall cause the evacuation of any public place, or otherwise cause serious public inconvenience or alarm, by doing any of the following:
(1) Initiating or circulating a report or warning of an alleged or impending fire, explosion, crime or other catastrophe, knowing that such report or warning is false;
(2) Threatening to commit any offense of violence;
(3) Committing any offense, with reckless disregard of the likelihood that its commission will cause serious public inconvenience or alarm.
(b) Division (a) hereof does not apply to any person conducting an authorized fire or emergency drill.
(c) Whoever violates this section is guilty of inducing panic, a misdemeanor of the first degree. If inducing panic results in physical harm to any person, economic harm of one thousand dollars ($1,000) or more, if the public place involved in a violation of this section is a school or an institution of higher education, or if the violation pertains to a purported, threatened or actual use of a weapon of mass destruction, inducing panic is a felony and shall be prosecuted under appropriate State law.
(d) Any act that is a violation of this section and any other section of the Codified Ordinances may be prosecuted under this section, the other section, or both sections.
(e) As used in this section:
(1) “Biological agent” has the same meaning as in Ohio R.C. 2917.33.
(2) “Economic harm” means any of the following:
A. All direct, incidental, and consequential pecuniary harm suffered by a victim as a result of criminal conduct. “Economic harm” as described in this division includes, but is not limited to, all of the following:
1. All wages, salaries, or other compensation lost as a result of the criminal conduct;
2. The cost of all wages, salaries, or other compensation paid to employees for time those employees are prevented from working as a result of the criminal conduct;
3. The overhead costs incurred for the time that a business is shut down as a result of the criminal conduct;
4. The loss of value to tangible or intangible property that was damaged as a result of the criminal conduct.
B. All costs incurred by the Municipality as a result of, or in making any response to, the criminal conduct that constituted the violation of this section or Section 509.07, including, but not limited to, all costs so incurred by any law enforcement officers, firefighters, rescue personnel, or emergency medical services personnel of the state or the political subdivision.
(3) “Emergency medical services personnel” has the same meaning as in Ohio R.C. 2133.21.
(4) “Institution of higher education” means any of the following:
A. A state university or college as defined in Ohio R.C. 3345.12(A)(1), community college, state community college, university branch, or technical college;
B. A private, nonprofit college, university or other post-secondary institution located in this State that possesses a certificate of authorization issued by the Chancellor of Higher Education pursuant to Ohio R.C. Chapter 1713.
C. A post-secondary institution with a certificate of registration issued by the State Board of Career Colleges and Schools under Ohio R.C. Chapter 3332. (ORC 2917.31)
(5) “School” means any school operated by a board of education or any school for which the Director of Education and Workforce prescribes minimum standards under Ohio R.C. 3301.07, whether or not any instruction, extracurricular activities, or training provided by the school is being conducted at the time a violation of this section is committed.
(6) “Weapon of mass destruction” means any of the following:
A. Any weapon that is designed or intended to cause death or serious physical harm through the release, dissemination, or impact of toxic or poisonous chemicals, or their precursors;
B. Any weapon involving a disease organism or biological agent;
C. Any weapon that is designed to release radiation or radioactivity at a level dangerous to human life;
D. Any of the following, except to the extent that the item or device in question is expressly excepted from the definition of “destructive device” pursuant to 18 U.S.C. 921(a)(4) and regulations issued under that section:
1. Any explosive, incendiary, or poison gas bomb, grenade, rocket having a propellant charge of more than four ounces, missile having an explosive or incendiary charge of more than one-quarter ounce, mine, or similar device;
2. Any combination of parts either designed or intended for use in converting any item or device into any item or device described in division (e)(3)D.1. of this section and from which an item or device described in that division may be readily assembled.
(a) No person shall do any of the following:
(1) Initiate or circulate a report or warning of an alleged or impending fire, explosion, crime or other catastrophe, knowing that the report or warning is false and likely to cause public inconvenience or alarm;
(2) Knowingly cause a false alarm of fire or other emergency to be transmitted to or within any organization, public or private, for dealing with emergencies involving a risk of physical harm to persons or property;
(3) Report to any law enforcement agency an alleged offense or other incident within its concern, knowing that such offense did not occur.
(4) Initiate or circulate a report or warning of an alleged or impending fire, explosion, crime, or other catastrophe, knowing that the report or warning is false and likely to impede the operation of a critical infrastructure facility.
(b) This section does not apply to any person conducting an authorized fire or emergency drill.
(c) Whoever violates this section is guilty of making false alarms, a misdemeanor of the first degree. If a violation of this section results in economic harm of one thousand dollars ($1,000) or more, or if a violation of this section pertains to a purported, threatened, or actual use of a weapon of mass destruction, making false alarms is a felony and shall be prosecuted under appropriate State law.
(d) Any act that is a violation of this section and any other section of the Codified Ordinances may be prosecuted under this section, the other section, or both sections.
(e) As used in this section:
(1) “Critical infrastructure facility” has the same meaning as in Ohio R.C. 2911.21.
(2) “Economic harm”and “weapon of mass destruction” have the same meaning as in Section 509.06. (ORC 2917.32)
(a) Definitions.
(1) "Curfew" means a time within which juveniles of certain ages may not be in public places outside the company of certain designated individuals and/or for certain designated purposes.
(2) "Minor" means a person who is under the age of 18 years.
(3) "Adult" means a responsible person at least 18 years of age.
(4) "Remain" means to linger, stay behind, tarry, to stay upon the public right of way, street, alley, highway, sidewalk, playground, park, plaza, building, or other place used by or open to the public.
(b) It shall be unlawful for any minor under the age of 16 years to be, or remain in, about or upon any place in the City away from his/her dwelling house or usual place of abode of said minor between 11:00 p.m. and 6:00 a.m.
(c) It shall be unlawful for any minor 16 years of age and under the age of 18 years to be, or remain in, about or upon any place in the City away from his/her dwelling house or usual place of abode of said minor between 12:00 midnight and 6:00 a.m.
(d) This section does not apply to a minor who is:
(1) Accompanied by his/her parent, guardian or custodian;
(2) Accompanied by an adult designated by his/her parent, guardian or custodian; or
(3) Participating in or returning from employment or an athletic, educational, or religious event.
(e) In addition to any other powers he/she may have, any law enforcement officer who arrests a minor for violating any of the provisions of subsections (b) or (c) hereof shall be empowered to demand of the parent, guardian or other adult person having the care, custody or supervision of such minor that such parent, guardian or other adult person appear and take such minor into custody.
(f) Penalties.
(1) Any minor found violating the provisions of subsections (b) or (c) hereof shall be guilty of committing a curfew violation.
(2) Any parent, guardian or other adult person having the care, custody or supervision of a minor who violates the provisions of subsection (d) hereof shall be guilty of a minor misdemeanor. (Ord. 34-94. Passed 10-18-94.)
(a) It shall be unlawful for any person to engage in the playing of any game or to engage in any sporting event or game or to conduct themselves in a loud or disorderly manner on the grounds of the cemetery at the northeast corner of Park Avenue and Hill Street or on the sidewalks adjoining the cemetery.
(1993 Code 139.02)
(b) Whoever violates this section is guilty of a minor misdemeanor.
(a) Excessive Sound Prohibited.
(1) No person shall operate, cause to be operated or permit to be operated any radio, television, phonograph, tape player, loud speaker, musical instrument, siren, car alarm, whistle, bell or other sound amplification device in such a manner and of such intensity and duration as to create unreasonable noise or loud sound and which causes inconvenience and annoyance to persons of ordinary sensibilities.
(2) No person being the owner or person in possession of a motor vehicle with a device described above shall cause or permit any noise emanating from the motor vehicle which is plainly audible at a distance of fifty feet from the motor vehicle. The lawful use of a motor vehicle horn shall not be a violation of this section.
(b) Unreasonable Noise. In determining whether a noise is of such a character as to unreasonably disturb the peace and quiet of the community, the following factors shall be considered:
(1) Complaints of neighbors or other persons in the proximity.
(2) The location and time of day when the noise is produced.
(3) The type, intensity and duration of the noise produced.
(c) Warning. It shall be presumed to be a violation of this section if notice to cease and desist producing a noise has been given to any person and that person continues to make, cause or permit a noise of similar intensity and duration, provided, however, that no warning shall be required if a person of ordinary sensibilities knew or should have known that the noise created would cause unwarranted annoyance to persons of ordinary sensibilities.
For the purpose of this section, a "request to desist" means actual notice of the disturbance by any person to the offender or to an employee or representative of the offender. Once such a request to desist is made, it shall continue to be effective for the purposes of this section beyond the immediate time period in which it is given, and is effective even if the noise disturbs persons other than the person who makes the request to desist.
(d) Exemptions. The following shall be exempt from noise level regulations:
(1) Noises of safety signals, warning devices and emergency pressure relief valves.
(2) Emergency vehicles when responding to or acting in time of emergency.
(3) Any other noise resulting from activities of a temporary duration, permitted by law and for which a license or permit therefor has been granted by the City.
(4) Noises resulting from the normal use of churches, schools, athletic fields, parks and auditoriums.
(e) Penalty. Whoever violates a provision of this section is guilty of a minor misdemeanor, each violation constituting a separate offense.
(Ord. 40-94. Passed 11-15-94.)
(a) No person, without privilege to do so, shall recklessly obstruct any highway, street, sidewalk, or any other public passage in such a manner as to render the highway, street, sidewalk, or passage impassable without unreasonable inconvenience or hazard if both of the following apply:
(1) The obstruction prevents an emergency vehicle from accessing a highway or street, prevents an emergency service responder from responding to an emergency, or prevents an emergency vehicle or an emergency service responder from having access to an exit from an emergency.
(2) Upon receipt of a request or order from an emergency service responder to remove or cease the obstruction, the person refuses to remove or cease the obstruction.
(b) Subsection (a) of this section does not limit or affect the application of Ohio R.C. 2921.31 or any other section of the Ohio Revised Code. Any conduct that is a violation of subsection (a) of this section and that also is a violation of Ohio R.C. 2921.31 or any other section of the Ohio Revised Code may be prosecuted under this section, the other section of the Ohio Revised Code or both sections.
(c) Whoever violates this section is guilty of unlawfully impeding public passage of an emergency service responder, a misdemeanor of the first degree.
(d) As used in this section, “emergency service responder” has the same meaning as in Ohio R.C. 2903.13. (ORC 2917.14)
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