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509.07 MAKING FALSE ALARMS.
(a) No person shall do any of the following:
(1) Initiate or circulate a report or warning of an alleged or impending fire, explosion, crime or other catastrophe, knowing that the report or warning is false and likely to cause public inconvenience or alarm;
(2) Knowingly cause a false alarm of fire or other emergency to be transmitted to or within any organization, public or private, for dealing with emergencies involving a risk of physical harm to persons or property;
(3) Report to any law enforcement agency an alleged offense or other incident within its concern, knowing that such offense did not occur.
(4) Initiate or circulate a report or warning of an alleged or impending fire, explosion, crime, or other catastrophe, knowing that the report or warning is false and likely to impede the operation of a critical infrastructure facility.
(b) This section does not apply to any person conducting an authorized fire or emergency drill.
(c) Whoever violates this section is guilty of making false alarms, a misdemeanor of the first degree. If a violation of this section results in economic harm of one thousand dollars ($1,000) or more, or if a violation of this section pertains to a purported, threatened, or actual use of a weapon of mass destruction, making false alarms is a felony and shall be prosecuted under appropriate State law.
(d) Any act that is a violation of this section and any other section of the Codified Ordinances may be prosecuted under this section, the other section, or both sections.
(e) As used in this section:
(1) “Critical infrastructure facility” has the same meaning as in Ohio R.C. 2911.21.
(2) “Economic harm”and “weapon of mass destruction” have the same meaning as in Section 509.06. (ORC 2917.32)
509.08 MINOR'S CURFEW.
(a) No child age twelve or under shall loiter, idle, wander, stroll, play or be present in or upon the public streets, sidewalks, highways, roads, alleys, parks, playgrounds or other public grounds, public places and public buildings, places of amusement, recreation and entertainment, vacant lots, business establishments (whether open for business or not), or other unsupervised places in the Municipality from the hours of sunset to sunrise.
(b) No child thirteen, fourteen or fifteen years of age shall loiter, idle, wander, stroll, play or be present in or upon the public streets, sidewalks, highways, roads, alleys, parks, playgrounds or other public grounds, public places and public buildings, places of amusement, recreation and entertainment, vacant lots, business establishments (whether open for business or not), or other unsupervised places in the Municipality between 11:00 p.m. and 6:00 a.m. local time.
(c) No child sixteen or seventeen years of age shall loiter, idle, wander, stroll, play or be present in or upon the public streets, sidewalks, highways, roads, alleys, parks, playgrounds or other public grounds, public places and public buildings, places of amusement, recreation and entertainment, vacant lots, business establishments (whether open for business or not), or other unsupervised places in the Municipality between 12:00 midnight and 6:00 a.m. local time.
(d) The provisions of this section shall not apply to a minor accompanied by a parent, guardian, responsible person or a member of his family eighteen years of age or older.
(e) No parent or guardian of any child, whom by virtue of his or her age is subject to the provisions of this section, shall allow such child to violate any provision of this section.
(f) Any parent, guardian or person charged, factitiously, with a parent's rights, duties and responsibilities who violates this section shall be guilty of a minor misdemeanor.
(g) Any juvenile who violates any provision of this section shall be adjudged an unruly child, with such disposition of the case as may be appropriate under Ohio R. C. Chapter 2151. (Ord. 90-34. Passed 8-20-90.)
509.09 ORDER IN SHOPPING CENTERS, SCHOOL YARDS, PARKING LOTS, ETC.
(a) No person shall, on the public portions of any shopping center, business center, school yard, church yard, parking lot or other public place within the Municipality, or on the driveways, sidewalks, malls, arcades, service areas and entrance ways into stores and buildings in such areas:
(1) Race the motor of any vehicle, needlessly bring to a sudden start or stop any motor vehicle, blow any horn of any motor vehicle needlessly, engage in any race with another vehicle so as to create a nuisance or a disturbance or so as to annoy or endanger any person or persons or other vehicle lawfully in such place.
(2) Assemble or congregate with one or more other persons in any of the places above-described for the purpose of loitering or acting in any manner which will obstruct, impede or interfere with the free passage of other pedestrians and vehicles using such area.
(3) In the presence or hearing of another person, curse or abuse such person, or use any violent abusive language or obscene language to such person, concerning such person or any member of his family, under circumstances reasonably calculated to provoke a breach of the peace, yell, shout, use obscene, vulgar or indecent language, swear or curse or yell or shriek in a manner calculated to disturb the peace and quiet of other persons lawfully in the area.
(4) Harass by any means, bother or injure any other person or persons in such area, by making loud or indecent suggestions, either by oral expressions or by a physical act.
(5) Litter such area by depositing paper, food particles, garbage, rubbish or other refuse thereon.
(Ord. 69-31. Passed 6-16-69.)
(b) Whoever violates this section is guilty of a misdemeanor of the fourth degree.
509.10 LARGE ASSEMBLAGES.
(a) No person, firm, partnership, association or corporation shall hold, conduct or sponsor a public assemblage of more than 100 persons outdoors or in a tent made of canvas or similar materials or in a temporary type building for which no building permit has been issued, on any land in the Municipality for the purpose of conducting or sponsoring a show, musical concert, exhibit, carnival, or church or religious service or exercise.
However, nothing in this section shall prohibit the holding of athletic and educational
events on public property under authority of the public school authorities or the Recreation Board of the Municipality.
(b) Nothing contained in this section shall be construed by implication as permitting any activity which violates any zoning ordinance of the Municipality.
(Ord. 70-37. Passed 7-20-70.)
(c) Any person, firm, partnership, association, corporation or officer, director or employee thereof, who sponsors, promotes or conducts any public assemblage of more than 100 persons in violation of this section, and anyone who permits the same to be held and conducted on land owned, leased, managed or controlled by him, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor of the third degree. Each day of such violation shall constitute a separate offense.
509.11 CIVIL EMERGENCY.
(a) Definitions.
(1) "Civil emergency" means:
A. A riot or unlawful assembly characterized by the use of force or violence or any threat to use such force by three or more persons acting together without the authority of law.
B. Any natural disaster or manmade calamity, including flood, conflagration, cyclone, tornado, earthquake or explosion within the corporate limits of the Municipality, resulting or reasonably expected to result in the death or injury of persons or the destruction of property to such an extent that extra-ordinary measures must be taken to protect the public health, safety and welfare.
(2) "Curfew" means a prohibition against any person or persons walking, running, loitering, standing or motoring upon any alley, street, highway, public property or vacant premises within the corporate limits of the Municipality, excepting persons officially designated to duty with reference to a civil emergency.
(b) Powers of Mayor. Whenever in the judgment of the Mayor, or acting Mayor, a state of civil emergency exists as a result of mob action, riots, general civil disobedience or disorder, or the threat of any of the same exists, the Mayor or acting Mayor shall, in addition to all other powers granted him by the laws of this State and the ordinances of the Municipality be empowered, in order to suppress such actions and preserve the peace and order of the Municipality and to protect its citizens and their property, to issue a proclamation declaring a state of civil emergency to exist, and may thereby exercise the powers granted in the following subsections:
(1) To impose a curfew upon all or any portion of the Municipality, as designated therein, as he may deem advisable during such hours of the day or night as he determines necessary in the interest of the public safety and welfare, and during which all persons shall remove themselves to their places of residence and remain off and away from the public streets, sidewalks, parkways, parks and all other public or open places, and no persons shall assemble, gather, loiter or otherwise congregate in any manner in groups, assemblies or meetings in any place for any purpose whatsoever. However, persons performing medical services, essential public utility services, public officials, policemen, firemen and all other persons explicitly enumerated in such proclamation, may be exempted from curfew.
(2) To order the closing on any and all business establishments throughout the Municipality or any portion thereof, during the period for which the state of emergency exists or during the curfew hours.
(3) To order discontinuance of selling, distributing, dispensing or giving away any firearms or other weapons of any character whatsoever.
(4) To order the closing of any or all establishments or portions thereof, the chief activity of which is the sale, distribution, dispensing or giving away of firearms or ammunition or other weapons of any character whatsoever.
(5) To order the closing of all retail and wholesale liquor stores, taverns and other places dispensing, serving or permitting the consumption of intoxicating or nonintoxicating beer.
(6) To order the discontinuance of the sale, distribution or giving away of intoxicating or nonintoxicating liquors.
(7) To order the closing of all private clubs or portions thereof, wherein the consumption of intoxicating liquor or nonintoxicating beer is permitted.
(8) To order the discontinuance of selling, distributing or giving away gasoline or other liquid flammable or combustible products in any container other than a gasoline tank properly affixed to a motor vehicle.
(9) To order the closing of gasoline stations and other establishments, the chief activity of which is the sale, distribution or dispensing of gasoline or other liquid flammable or combustible products.
(10) To designate any public place, public street, thoroughfare, boulevard, parking area and any other place closed to motor vehicles, persons and pedestrian traffic.
(11) To order all regular, special and auxiliary policemen, firemen, and other conservators of the peace to report for duty assignment, such reporting to be in accordance with prearranged plans or under the direction of lawful authority.
(12) To call upon the National Guard and/or State Highway Patrol for assistance.
(c) Proclamations. The proclamation of emergency shall become effective immediately upon its execution and issuance by the Mayor, and the original thereof shall be filed and remain in the office of the Finance Director. Dissemination of information as to the proclamation shall be made to the public by appropriate news media, or, if time does not permit, any other form of oral or written public announcement calculated to inform the public as to the existence of the proclamation.
(d) Duration of Emergency. Any emergency proclaimed in accordance with the provisions of this section shall terminate after forty-eight hours from the issuance thereof, or upon the issuance of a proclamation determining an emergency no longer exists, which ever occurs first. However, such emergency may be extended for such additional periods of time as determined necessary by the Mayor.
(Ord. 1079. Passed 10-21-68.)
(e) Any person who willfully fails or refuses to comply with the orders of duly authorized law enforcement officers or personnel charged with the responsibility of enforcing the proclamation of emergency authorized herein, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor of the first degree.
509.12 IMPEDING PUBLIC PASSAGE OF AN EMERGENCY SERVICE RESPONDER.
(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) Subsection (a) of this section does not limit or affect the application of Ohio R.C. 2921.31 or any other section of the Ohio Revised Code. Any conduct that is a violation of subsection (a) of this section and that also is a violation of Ohio 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 Ohio R.C. 2903.13. (ORC 2917.14)
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