311.01 PLACING INJURIOUS MATERIAL OR OBSTRUCTION IN STREET.

   (a)    No person shall place or knowingly drop upon any part of a street, highway or alley any tacks, bottles, wire, glass, nails or other articles which may damage or injure any person, vehicle or animal traveling along or upon such street, except such substances that may be placed upon the roadway by proper authority for the repair or construction thereof.

   Any person who drops or permits to be dropped or thrown upon any street any noxious, destructive or injurious material shall immediately remove the same.

   Any person authorized to remove a wrecked or damaged vehicle from a street shall remove any glass or other injurious substance dropped upon the street from such vehicle.

   No person shall place any obstruction in or upon a street or open any excavation in or upon any street without the written permission of the Chief of Police. This permission is additional to the street excavation permit issued by the Service Director in conformity with Section 901.01.

(Ord. 1958-25. Passed 5-27-58.)

   (b)    No person, with intent to cause physical harm to a person or a vehicle, shall place or knowingly drop upon any part of a highway, lane, road, street, or alley any tacks, bottles, wire, glass, nails, or other articles which may damage or injure any person, vehicle, streetcar, trackless trolley, or animal traveling along or upon such highway, except such substances that may be placed upon the roadway by proper authority for the repair or construction thereof. (ORC 4511.74)

   (c)    (1)   Except as otherwise provided in this subsection, whoever violates any provision of subsection (a) of this section is guilty of a minor misdemeanor. If, within one year of the offense, the offender previously has been convicted of or pleaded guilty to one predicate motor vehicle or traffic offense, whoever violates any provision of subsection (a) is guilty of a misdemeanor of the fourth degree. If, within one year of the offense, the offender previously has been convicted of two or more predicate motor vehicle or traffic offenses, whoever violates any provision of subsection (a) of this section is guilty of a misdemeanor of the third degree.

      (2)   Whoever violates subsection (b) of this section is guilty of a misdemeanor of the first degree.
(ORC 4511.74)