311.01 Placing injurious material or obstruction in street.
311.02 Playing in streets.
311.03 Toy vehicles on streets.
311.031 Helmets for persons operating bicycles, skateboards, rollerskates or in-line skates.
311.04 Zones of quiet.
311.99 Penalty.
CROSS REFERENCES
See sectional history for similar State law
Power to regulate processions or assemblages - see Ohio R.C. 4511.07(C)
Dropping, sifting and leaking loads - see TRAF. 339.08
(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.
(b) 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.
(c) 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.
(d) No person shall place any obstruction in or upon a street without proper authority.
(e) No person, with intent to cause physical harm to a person or 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 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.
(f) (1) Except as otherwise provided in this subsection, whoever violates any provision of subsections (a) to (d) 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 subsections (a) to (d) of this section 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 subsections (a) to (d) of this section is guilty of a misdemeanor of the third degree.
(2) Whoever violates subsection (e) of this section is guilty of a misdemeanor of the first degree.
(ORC 4511.74; Ord. 35-10. Passed 7-19-10.)
(a) No person shall slide or coast upon hand sleds or skates in any street of the City. However, nothing in this section shall prohibit the setting aside of streets or sections thereof, for limited periods of time, for playground purposes by the officials of the City having charge thereof, under proper supervision.
(b) No person shall fly a kite or play any game of ball or quoits or other game, on any street of the City. However, nothing in this section shall prohibit the setting aside of streets, or sections thereof, for limited periods of time, for playground purposes by the officials of the City having charge thereof, under proper supervision. (Ord. 35-10. Passed 7-19-10.)
(a) No person on roller skates or riding in or by means of any sled, toy vehicle, skateboard or similar device shall go upon any roadway except while crossing a street on a crosswalk and except on streets set aside as play streets.
(b) Whoever violates this section is guilty of a minor misdemeanor on a first offense; on a second offense within one year after the first offense, the person is guilty of a misdemeanor of the fourth degree; on each subsequent offense within one year after the first offense, the person is guilty of a misdemeanor of the third degree. (Ord. 35-10. Passed 7-19-10.)
(a) No person under the age of eighteen shall operate a bicycle, skateboard, roller- skates or in-line skates within the City unless the person is wearing a protective helmet on their head, with the chin strap fastened under the chin. Such helmet shall be fitted to the size of the operator. This requirement shall also apply to a person who rides upon a bicycle while in a restraining seat which is attached to the bicycle or in a trailer towed by the bicycle. This subsection shall not be applicable to the operation of bicycles, skateboards, roller-skates or in-line skates on private residential property.
(b) No parent, guardian or legal custodian of a minor person who engages in conduct prohibited by subsection (a) shall create a substantial risk to the health or safety of such minor person by aiding, abetting, causing, encouraging or permitting such conduct. Whoever violates this subsection shall be fined in an amount not to exceed twenty-five dollars ($25.00). For each and every subsequent violation of this subsection, a fine not to exceed fifty dollars ($50.00) shall be imposed.
(c) The Court may dismiss all charges pursuant to this section upon presentation of evidence that a violator hereof has purchased or obtained a protective helmet which meets or exceeds the standards set forth herein subsequent to the violation.
(d) Failure to wear a protective helmet as herein described shall not be considered evidence of either comparative or contributory negligence in any civil suit arising out of any accident in which a person under eighteen years of age is injured, nor shall failure to wear a protective helmet be admissible as evidence in the trial of any civil action.
(Ord. 35-10. Passed 7-19-10.)
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