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CERTIFICATION
ROSTER OF OFFICIALS
ADOPTING ORDINANCE NO. 32-00
EDITOR'S NOTE
COMPARATIVE SECTION TABLE
CHARTER
PART ONE - ADMINISTRATIVE CODE
PART THREE - TRAFFIC CODE
PART FIVE - GENERAL OFFENSES CODE
PART SEVEN - BUSINESS REGULATION CODE
PART NINE - STREETS, UTILITIES AND PUBLIC SERVICES CODE
PART ELEVEN - PLANNING AND ZONING CODE
PART THIRTEEN - BUILDING CODE
PART FIFTEEN - FIRE PREVENTION CODE
PART SEVENTEEN - SANITARY CODE
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533.04 SEXUAL IMPOSITION.
   (a)   No person shall have sexual contact with another, not the spouse of the offender, cause another, not the spouse of the offender, to have sexual contact with the offender, or cause two or more other persons to have sexual contact, when any of the following applies:
      (1)   The offender knows that the sexual contact is offensive to the other person, or one of the other persons, or is reckless in that regard.
      (2)   The offender knows that the other person's, or one of the other person's, ability to appraise the nature of or control the offender's or touching person's conduct is substantially impaired.
      (3)   The offender knows that the other person, or one of the other persons, submits because of being unaware of the sexual contact.
      (4)   The other person, or one of the other persons, is thirteen years of age or older but less than sixteen years of age, whether or not the offender knows the age of such person, and the offender is at least eighteen years of age and four or more years older than such other person.
   (b)   No person shall be convicted of a violation of this section solely upon the victim's testimony unsupported by other evidence.
   (c)   Whoever violates this section is guilty of sexual imposition, a misdemeanor of the third degree.
(ORC 2907.06)
533.05 IMPORTUNING.
   (a)   No person shall solicit a person under thirteen years of age to engage in sexual activity with the offender, whether or not the offender knows the age of such person.
   (b)   No person shall solicit a person of the same sex to engage in sexual activity with the offender, when the offender knows such solicitation is offensive to the other person, or is reckless in that regard.
   (c)   No person shall solicit another, not the spouse of the offender, to engage in sexual conduct with the offender, when the offender is eighteen years of age or older and four or more years older than the other person, and the other person is over twelve but not over fifteen years of age, whether or not the offender knows the age of the other person.
   (d)   Whoever violates this section is guilty of importuning. Violation of subsection (a) or (b) hereof is a misdemeanor of the first degree. Violation of subsection (c) hereof is a misdemeanor of the fourth degree.
(ORC 2907.07)
533.06 VOYEURISM.
   (a)   No person, for the purpose of sexually arousing or gratifying himself or herself, shall commit trespass or otherwise surreptitiously invade the privacy of another, to spy or eavesdrop upon another.
   (b)   No person, for the purpose of sexually arousing or gratifying the person’s self, shall commit trespass or otherwise surreptitiously invade the privacy of another to photograph the other person in a state of nudity.
   (c)   No person, for the purpose of sexually arousing or gratifying the person’s self, shall commit trespass or other surreptitiously invade the privacy of another to photograph the other person in a state of nudity if the other person is a minor.
   (d)   No person shall secretly or surreptitiously videotape, film, photograph, or otherwise record another person under or through the clothing being worn by that other person for the purpose of viewing the body of, or the undergarments worn by, that other person.
   (e)   (1)   Whoever violates this section is guilty of voyeurism.
      (2)   A violation of subsection (a) hereof is a misdemeanor of the third degree.
      (3)   A violation of subsection (b) hereof is a misdemeanor of the second degree.
      (4)   A violation of subsection (c) or (d) hereof is a misdemeanor of the first degree. (Ord. 31-02. Passed 9-3-02.)   
533.07 PUBLIC INDECENCY.
   (a)   No person shall recklessly do any of the following, under circumstances in which his or her conduct is likely to be viewed by and affront others, not members of his or her household:
      (1)   Expose his or her private parts, or engage in masturbation;
      (2)   Engage in sexual conduct;
      (3)   Engage in conduct which to an ordinary observer would appear to be sexual conduct or masturbation.
   (b)   Whoever violates this section is guilty of public indecency, a misdemeanor of the fourth degree.
(ORC 2907.09)
533.08 PROCURING.
   (a)   No person, knowingly and for gain, shall do either of the following:
      (1)   Entice or solicit another to patronize a prostitute or brothel;
      (2)   Procure a prostitute for another to patronize, or take or direct another at his or her request to any place for the purpose of patronizing a prostitute.
   (b)   No person, having authority or responsibility over the use of premises, shall knowingly permit such premises to be used for the purpose of engaging in sexual activity for hire.
   (c)   Whoever violates this section is guilty of procuring, a misdemeanor of the first degree.
(ORC 2907.23)
533.09 SOLICITING.
   (a)   No person shall solicit another to engage with such other person in sexual activity for hire.
   (b)   Whoever violates this section is guilty of soliciting, a misdemeanor of the third degree.
(ORC 2907.24)
533.091 LOITERING TO ENGAGE IN SOLICITATION.
   (a)   No person, with purpose to solicit another to engage in sexual activity for hire and while in or near a public place, shall do any of the following:
      (1)   Beckon to, stop or attempt to stop another;
      (2)   Engage or attempt to engage another in conversation;
      (3)   Stop or attempt to stop the operator of a vehicle or approach a stationary vehicle;
      (4)   If the offender is the operator of or a passenger in a vehicle, stop, attempt to stop, beckon to, attempt to beckon to, or entice another to approach or enter the vehicle of which the offender is the operator or in which the offender is the passenger;
      (5)   Interfere with the free passage of another.
   (b)   As used in this section:
      (1)   “Vehicle” has the same meaning as in Ohio R.C. 4501.01.
      (2)   “Public place” means any of the following:
         A.   A street, road, highway, thoroughfare, bikeway, walkway, sidewalk, bridge, alley, alleyway, plaza, park, driveway, parking lot or transportation facility;
         B.   A doorway or entrance way to a building that fronts on a place described in subsection (b)(2)A. hereof;
         C.   A place not described in subsection (b)(2)A. or B. hereof that is open to the public.
   (c)   Whoever violates subsection (a) hereof is guilty of loitering to engage in solicitation, a misdemeanor of the third degree.
(Ord. 32-02. Passed 9-3-02.)
533.10 PROSTITUTION.
   (a)   No person shall engage in sexual activity for hire.
   (b)   Whoever violates this section is guilty of prostitution, a misdemeanor of the third degree. (ORC 2907.25)
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