660.04 NOXIOUS ODORS; FILTHY ACCUMULATIONS; POLLUTING AND DIVERTING WATERCOURSES.

   (a)    No person shall erect, continue, use or maintain a dwelling, building, structure or place for a residence or for the exercise of a trade, employment or business, or for the keeping or feeding of an animal which, by occasioning noxious exhalations or noisome or offensive smells, becomes injurious to the health, comfort or property of individuals or of the public. No person shall cause or allow trash, garbage, waste, rubbish, refuse or any other noxious or offensive materials or substances to be collected or remain in any place to the damage or prejudice of others or of the public. No person shall unlawfully obstruct or impede the passage of a navigable river, harbor or collection of water, or corrupt or render unwholesome or impure, a watercourse, stream or water, or unlawfully divert such watercourse from its natural course or state to the injury or prejudice of others.

(ORC 3767.13; Adopting Ordinance)

   (b)    No owner, occupant or person in charge of any lot or parcel of ground shall at any time cause or permit water to accumulate thereon and become stagnant, permit any streams, culvert, drain or natural watercourse to become obstructed, cause or permit any putrid or unsanitary substance to accumulate thereon, or cause or permit to be thrown, discharged, dumped or placed into any stream, culvert, drain or natural watercourse or on the banks thereof any material, refuse or substance, liquid or solid, which obstructs, pollutes, discolors or adversely affects the quality of water, or which will be washed or carried away or enter into such stream, culvert, drain or watercourses in time of flood or otherwise.

(Ord. 1972-76. Passed 7-25-72.)

   (c)    Whoever violates any of the provisions of this section is guilty of a misdemeanor of the third degree. Punishment shall be as provided in Section 698.02.