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(a) No person shall fail to comply with the following requirements within the lawful time after service or publication of the notice or resolution is made as required by law:
To fill or drain any lot or land or remove all putrid substances therefrom, or remove all obstructions from culverts, covered drains or natural watercourses as provided in Ohio R.C. 715.47.
(b) Whoever violates this section is guilty of a minor misdemeanor.
(a) No person shall spit, excrete or expectorate any saliva or sputum upon any sidewalk, or on the floor of any public conveyance, building, theatre, or assembly hall, except in receptacles provided for such purpose.
(b) Whoever violates this section is guilty of a minor misdemeanor.
(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.
(ORC 3767.13)
(b) Whoever violates this section is guilty of a misdemeanor of the third degree.
(a) No owner, occupant, or person in charge, by himself, his agent, or employee shall cause, suffer, or allow the burning of garbage, refuse, waste material, trash, motor vehicle or any part thereof, or other combustibles within the corporate limits of the City in any open fire.
(Ord. 147-78. Passed 9-5-78.)
(b) Exceptions. Open burning shall be allowed for the following purposes:
(1) Cooking for human consumption.
(2) Small open flames for heating tar, welding, acetylene torches, highway safety flares, heating for warmth of outdoor workers, smudge pots and similar occupational needs.
(3) The setting of fires to combat or limit existing fires when necessary in the judgment of the Fire Chief.
(4) The burning of fuels for legitimate campfire and cooking purposes or in domestic fireplaces where such burning is consistent with other laws, provided that no garbage shall be burned in such cases.
(5) Such burning as is approved after application in writing to the Ohio Environmental Protection Agency, and/or the Air Pollution Control of the City.
(6) The location for open burning shall not be less than fifty feet (15,240 mm) from any structure, and provisions shall be made to prevent the fire from spreading to within fifty feet (15,240 mm) of any structure.
Exceptions:
A. Fires in approved containers that are not less than twenty-five feet (7,620 mm) from a structure.
B. The minimum required distance from a structure shall be twenty-five feet (7,620 mm) where the pile size is three feet (914 mm) or less in diameter and two feet (610 mm) or less in height.
(Ord. 61-20. Passed 7-6-20.)
(c) Whoever violates this section is guilty of a minor misdemeanor on a first offense; on each subsequent offense such person is guilty of a misdemeanor of the fourth degree. Any such violation shall constitute a separate offense on each successive day continued.
(Ord. 147-78. Passed 9-5-78.)
(a) For purposes of this section, “Domestic Water” means water for household needs, water for animals, and water for irrigation purposes.
(b) No person shall dig, drill or have dug or drilled, a domestic water well.
(c) No person owning property upon which there exists an already existing domestic water well shall connect any piping from that well to piping which is connected to the City’s Municipal water system.
(d) The City of Lorain Municipal water system is the water system for the City of Lorain and connection to the system for water service is mandatory.
(e) Whoever violates this section is guilty of a misdemeanor of the first degree. Furthermore, the City shall be permitted to seek injunctive relief to prohibit continued use of any cross-connected well, or to stop the use of any newly dug or drilled well, or to stop continued digging thereof, and to require mandatory capping and sealing of any well dug or drilled in violation of the terms of this section.
(Ord. 220-06. Passed 11-6-06.)
(a) No person, knowing or having reasonable cause to believe that the person has a dangerous, contagious disease, shall knowingly fail to take reasonable measures to prevent exposing self to other persons, except when seeking medical aid.
(b) No person, having charge or care of a person whom the person having charge or care knows or has reasonable cause to believe has 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 such 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.
(ORC 3701.81)
(d) Whoever violates this section is guilty of a misdemeanor of the second degree.
(ORC 3701.99(C))