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(a) As used in this section:
(1) ESTABLISHMENT means any privately owned place of business carried on for a profit, or any place of amusement or entertainment to which the public is invited.
(2) MINOR means any person under the age of 18 years.
(3) OPERATOR means any individual, firm, association, partnership or corporation operating, managing or conducting any establishment; whenever used in any clause prescribing a penalty, the term OPERATOR, as applied to associations or partnerships, includes the members or partners thereof, and as applied to a corporation, includes the officers thereof.
(4) PARENT means any natural parent of a minor, a guardian or any adult person 21 years of age or over, responsible for the care and custody of a minor.
(5) PUBLIC PLACE means any public street, highway, road, alley, park, playground, public building or vacant lot.
(6) REMAIN means to loiter, idle, wander, stroll or play in or upon.
(7) DRIVE OR RIDE AIMLESSLY means to drive or to ride as a passenger in or upon any public place by an unnecessarily circuitous route or to retrace the same route.
(b) Curfew hours; prohibited conduct; exceptions.
(1) No minor shall remain in or upon any public place or any establishment between the hours of 10:30 p.m. and 6:00 a.m. of the following day, except that on Fridays and Saturdays, the hours shall be from 12:00 midnight to 6:00 a.m.
(2) No minor shall drive or ride aimlessly in an automobile, a truck or a motorcycle between the hours of 10:30 p.m. and 6:00 a.m. of the following day, except that on Fridays and Saturdays the hours shall be from 12:00 midnight to 6:00 a.m.
(3) This section does not apply to a minor who is:
A. Accompanied by a parent, guardian, or custodian;
B. Accompanied by an adult specified by a parent, guardian, or custodian;
C. Carrying out an errand or other lawful activity as directed by a parent, guardian, or custodian;
D. Occupying the sidewalk of the place where the minor resides, or the sidewalk of a place where the minor has permission from his or her parent or guardian to be, or the sidewalk of a next-door neighbor not communicating an objection to a police officer; or
E. Participating in, going to, or returning from:
1. Lawful employment;
2. A lawful athletic, educational, entertainment, religious, or social event; or
3. Interstate travel.
(c) Parents’ responsibilities.
(1) No parent shall knowingly permit any minor to remain in or upon any public place or any establishment between the hours of 10:30 p.m. and 6:00 a.m. of the following day, except that on Fridays and Saturdays the hours shall be from 12:00 midnight to 6:00 a.m.
(2) The provisions of this section shall not apply to any parent who accompanies a minor, or to a parent who directs a minor upon an errand or other legitimate business, or to any parent of a minor engaged in gainful lawful employment during the curfew hours, or to any parent of a minor who shall attend any entertainment in accordance with the provisions of this section.
(d) Employer responsibilities. No operator of an establishment or their agents or employees shall knowingly permit any minor to remain upon the premises of the establishment between the hours of 10:30 p.m. and 6:00 a.m. of the following day, except that on Fridays and Saturdays the hours shall be from 12:00 midnight to 6:00 a.m.
(e) Police officer’s duties. Any police officer who finds a minor violating any provisions of this section shall obtain information from the minor as to his or her name and address, age and the name of his or her parent or parents. The minor shall thereupon be instructed to proceed to his or her home forthwith. A written notice shall then be mailed by the Chief of Police to the parent or parents of the minor advising of the violation.
(f) Violation. Each violation of the provisions of this section shall constitute a separate offense.
(Ord. H-58, passed 4-25-1966)
(g) Parental violation. Any parent who violates any provision of this section after having received notice of a prior violation as provided in division (e) hereof is guilty of a minor misdemeanor.
(h) Employer violation. Any operator of an establishment or any agents or employees of the operator who violates the provision of this section is guilty of a minor misdemeanor.
(a) No person by any means and after a request to desist shall continue to make, or cause to be made any unreasonable and unnecessary noise of such a character, intensity and duration as to disturb the peace and quiet of the community or to be detrimental to the life or health of any individual, and no person by word, or act, shall willfully conduct himself or herself in a noisy, boisterous or other disorderly manner which disturbs the good order and quiet of the community.
(b) Whoever violates this section is guilty of a misdemeanor of the fourth degree.
(Ord. 142-1979, passed 1-14-1980; Ord. 69-1985, passed 9-9-1985)
(a) For purposes of this section,
FALSE ALARM means an alarm signal which necessitates a response by the Police or Fire Division where an emergency situation does not exist.
(b) Whenever more than one false alarm from any given premises occurs more than one time in a six-month period, the owner of the property shall be fined a fee for the second false alarm within the six-month period as established and set forth in the fee schedule in Part One - Title Eleven, Chapter 205 of these codified ordinances. The amount of the fine shall be as set by ordinance from time to time. The fine for any additional false alarms during the six month period will increase as established and set forth in the fee schedule in Part One - Title Eleven, Chapter 205 of these codified ordinances. The amount of the fine shall be as set by ordinance from time to time.
(Ord. 99-58, passed 4-12-1999)
Cross-reference:
Fee schedule, see § 205.01
A law enforcement officer or firefighter engaged in suppressing a riot or in protecting persons or property during a riot:
(a) Is justified in using force, other than deadly force, when and to the extent he or she has probable cause to believe such force is necessary to disperse or apprehend rioters;
(b) Is justified in using force, including deadly force, when and to the extent he or she has probable cause to believe such force is necessary to disperse or apprehend rioters whose conduct is creating a substantial risk of serious physical harm to persons.
(R.C. § 2917.05)
(a) No person, without privilege to do so, shall recklessly obstruct any highway, street, sidewalk, or any other public passage in such a manner as to render the highway, street, sidewalk, or passage impassable without unreasonable inconvenience or hazard if both of the following apply:
(1) The obstruction prevents an emergency vehicle from accessing a highway or street, prevents an emergency service responder from responding to an emergency, or prevents an emergency vehicle or an emergency service responder from having access to an exit from an emergency.
(2) Upon receipt of a request or order from an emergency service responder to remove or cease the obstruction, the person refuses to remove or cease the obstruction.
(b) Division (a) of this section does not limit or affect the application of R.C. § 2921.31 or any other section of the Ohio Revised Code. Any conduct that is a violation of division (a) of this section and that also is a violation of R.C. § 2921.31 or any other section of the Ohio Revised Code may be prosecuted under this section, the other section of the Ohio Revised Code, or both sections.
(c) Whoever violates this section is guilty of unlawfully impeding public passage of an emergency service responder, a misdemeanor of the first degree.
(d) As used in this section, EMERGENCY SERVICE RESPONDER has the same meaning as in R.C. § 2903.13.
(R.C. § 2917.14)
Editor’s note:
See § 501.99 for penalties applicable to any misdemeanor classification.