Section
660.01 Spreading contagion.
660.02 Littering.
660.03 Noxious odors; filthy accumulations; polluting and diverting watercourses.
660.04 Duty to keep sidewalks in repair and clean.
660.05 Abandoned refrigerators and airtight containers.
660.06 Open burning.
660.07 Barricades and warning lights.
660.08 Sidewalk obstructions; damage or injury.
660.09 Notice to fill lots, remove putrid substances.
660.10 Smoking in places of public assembly.
660.11 Notice to remove filthy accumulations; noncompliance; remedies of City (Repealed)
660.12 Burial of dead within corporate limits
660.13 Spitting in public places
660.14 Offensive privies
660.15 Asphaltic paving plants
Cross-reference:
Inducing panic, see § 648.07
Littering from motor vehicles, see § 432.43
Loads dropping or leaking; tracking mud; removal required, see § 440.06
Placing harmful substance or objects in food or confection, see § 636.16
Placing injurious material or obstruction in street, see § 412.01
Riot, see §§ 648.01 et seq.
Safety and equipment for motor vehicles, see Ch. 438
Weapons and explosives, see Ch. 678
Willfully leaving vehicles on private or public property, see § 452.05
Statutory reference:
Excavation liability, see R.C. §§ 723.49 et seq.
Nuisances, see R.C. Ch. 3767
(a) No person, knowing or having reasonable cause to believe that he or she is suffering from a dangerous, contagious disease, shall knowingly fail to take reasonable measures to prevent exposing himself or herself to other persons, except when seeking medical aid.
(b) No person, having charge or care of a person whom he or she knows or has reasonable cause to believe is suffering from a dangerous, contagious disease, shall recklessly fail to take reasonable measures to protect others from exposure to the contagion, and to inform health authorities of the existence of the contagion.
(c) No person, having charge of a public conveyance or place of public accommodation, amusement, resort or trade, and knowing or having reasonable cause to believe that persons using the conveyance or place have been or are being exposed to a dangerous, contagious disease, shall negligently fail to take reasonable measures to protect the public from exposure to the contagion, and to inform health authorities of the existence of the contagion.
(R.C. § 3701.81)
(d) Whoever violates this section is guilty of a misdemeanor of the second degree.
(R.C. § 3701.99(C))
(a) No person, regardless of intent, shall deposit litter or cause litter to be deposited on any public property, on private property not owned by him or her, or in or on waters of the state, unless one of the following applies:
(1) The person is directed to do so by a public official as part of a litter collection drive.
(2) Except as provided in division (b) of this section, the person deposits the litter in a litter receptacle in a manner that prevents its being carried away by the elements.
(3) The person is issued a permit or license covering the litter pursuant to R.C. Chapter 3734 or 6111.
(b) No person, without privilege to do so, shall knowingly deposit litter, or cause it to be deposited, in a litter receptacle located on any public property or on any private property not owned by him or her, unless one of the following applies:
(1) The litter was generated or located on the property on which the litter receptacle is located.
(2) The person is directed to do so by a public official as part of a litter collection drive.
(3) The person is directed to do so by a person whom he or she reasonably believes to have the privilege to use the litter receptacle.
(4) The litter consists of any of the following:
A. The contents of a litter bag or container of a type and size customarily carried and used in a motor vehicle.
B. The contents of an ash tray of a type customarily installed or carried and used in a motor vehicle.
C. Beverage containers and food sacks, wrappings and containers of a type and in an amount that reasonably may be expected to be generated during routine commuting or business or recreational travel by a motor vehicle.
D. Beverage containers, food sacks, wrappings, containers and other materials of a type and in an amount that reasonably may be expected to be generated during a routine day by a person and deposited in a litter receptacle by a casual passerby.
(c) (1) As used in division (b)(1) of this section, “public property” includes any private property open to the public for the conduct of business, the provision of a service, or upon the payment of a fee, but does not include any private property to which the public otherwise does not have a right of access.
(2) As used in division (b)(4) of this section, “casual passerby” means a person who does not have depositing litter in a litter receptacle as his or her primary reason for traveling to or by the property on which the litter receptacle is located.
(d) For the purpose of this section, the following definitions shall apply unless the context clearly indicates or requires a different meaning.
(1) “Deposit.” To throw, drop, discard or place.
(2) “Litter.” Garbage, trash, waste, rubbish, ashes, cans, bottles, wire, paper, cartons, boxes, automobile parts, furniture, glass or anything else of an unsightly or unsanitary nature.
(3) “Litter receptacle.” A dumpster, trash can, trash bin, garbage can or similar container in which litter is deposited for removal.
(e) This section may be enforced by any sheriff, deputy sheriff, police officer of a municipal corporation, police constable or officer of a township, or township or joint police district, wildlife officer designated under R.C. § 1531.13, natural resources officer appointed under R.C. § 1501.24, forest-fire investigator appointed under R.C. § 1503.09, conservancy district police officer, inspector of nuisances of a county, or any other law enforcement officer within the law enforcement officer’s jurisdiction.
(R.C. § 3767.32)
(f) Whoever violates any provision of this section shall be guilty of a misdemeanor of the third degree. The sentencing court may, in addition to or in lieu of the penalty provided in this division, require a person who violates this section to remove litter from any public or private property or in or on waters of the state.
(R.C. § 3767.99(C))
(a) No person shall erect, continue to use or maintain a building, structure or place for the exercise of a trade, employment or business or for keeping or feeding 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.
(b) No person shall cause or allow offal, filth or noisome substances to be collected or remain in any place to the damage or prejudice of others or of the public.
(c) 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 of water or unlawfully divert the watercourse from its natural course or state to the injury or prejudice of others.
(d) Persons who are engaged in agriculture-related activities, as “agriculture” is defined in R.C. § 519.01, and who are conducting those activities outside the municipality, in accordance with generally accepted agricultural practices, and in such a manner so as not to have a substantial, adverse effect on the public health, safety or welfare, are exempt from divisions (a) and (b) above and from any ordinances, resolutions, rules, or other enactments of the municipality that prohibit excessive noise.
(R.C. § 3767.13)
(e) No person, being the owner, agent of the owner, occupant or person in charge of any dwelling, apartment house, room, factory, store, shop, stable, barn, poultry yard or other building or premises, shall cause or permit the same or any area appurtenant thereto to become foul, nauseous or offensive or to remain in an unclean or unsanitary condition by reason of the accumulation thereon of dirt, filth, rubbish, garbage or similar matter, or by reason of defective or inadequate drainage, toilet facilities, plumbing or ventilation as is likely to cause illness among the occupants thereof or cause injury to the health, comfort or property of individuals or the public. No person shall neglect or fail to abate or remove such condition within the time specified in a written order given by the Lima-Allen County Health Commissioner or a person acting in such capacity.
(Ord. 144-53. Passed 9-14-53.)
(f) No person shall throw, cast or deposit, or cause to be thrown, cast or deposited, into any stream, river, ditch, lake, pond or reservoir located within the corporate limits or those bodies of water outside the corporate limits which are owned by the City, any garbage, rubbish, brush, trees, grass clippings, leaves, building materials, ashes, earth, animal substance or any other offensive substance.
(Ord. 84-70. Passed 5-4-70.)
(g) Whoever violates this section is guilty of a misdemeanor of the third degree.
(R.C. § 3767.99(C))
(a) No owner or occupant of lots or lands abutting any sidewalk, curb or gutter shall fail to keep the sidewalks, curbs and gutters in repair and free from snow, ice or any nuisance, and to remove from the sidewalks, curbs or gutters all snow and ice accumulated thereon within a reasonable time, which will ordinarily not exceed 12 hours after any storm during which the snow and ice has accumulated.
(R.C. § 723.011)
(b) Whoever violates this section is guilty of a minor misdemeanor.
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