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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 erect or maintain any fence charged with electrical current.
(b) No person shall erect or maintain a barbed wire fence which abuts or is adjacent to any public street or sidewalk. This subsection (b) does not prevent the placement and use of not more than three strands of barbed wire on top of a fence other than a barbed wire fence, provided such strands are not less than seventy-two inches from the ground.
(c) Whoever violates this section is guilty of a minor misdemeanor.
(a) No person shall, regardless of intent, throw, drop, discard, place or deposit litter or cause litter to be thrown, dropped, discarded, placed or deposited on any public property, on private property not owned by him, or in or on waters of the State, the Municipality or waters not owned by him, unless the person has:
(1) Been directed to do so by a public official as part of a litter collection drive.
(2) Thrown, dropped, discarded, placed or deposited the litter in a litter receptacle in a manner that prevents its being carried away by the elements; or
(3) Been issued a permit or license covering the litter pursuant to Ohio R. C. Chapter 3734 or 6111.
(b) As used in this section, "litter" means garbage, trash, waste, rubbish, ashes, cans, bottles, wire, paper, cartons, boxes, automobile parts, furniture, glass or anything else of an unsightly or unsanitary nature. (ORC 3767.32)
(c) No person shall cause or allow litter to be collected or remain in any place to the damage or prejudice of others or of the public, or unlawfully obstruct, impede, divert, corrupt or render unwholesome or impure, any natural watercourse.
(d) No person shall allow fermenting, putrefying or odoriferous garbage to exist on property owned, rented or controlled by such person. This includes garbage and/or rubbish uncollected due to the failure to display an official sticker or illegally dumped in the open. Such action by any person(s) is hereby declared to be a public nuisance.
(e) No person shall allow garbage, rubbish or other refuse, not to include a properly maintained composting area, to accumulate out-of-doors for more than one week at a time. Such matter shall be placed out-of-doors only in covered metal or plastic containers or plastic bags (not to exceed thirty-three gallons or seventy-five pounds) designed for such purpose. No person shall permit any fermenting, putrefying or odoriferous garbage and/or rubbish to exist upon any property owned, rented or controlled by any such person. This includes garbage and/or rubbish uncollected due to the failure to display an official sticker or is illegally dumped in the open.
(f) Tenants or property owners who allow refuse to accumulate for longer than seven days shall be sent notice to remove such accumulation. If such condition is not corrected within seven days of the notification the offender shall be subject to the penalty provided in subsection (h) hereof.
(g) Whoever violates subsection (a) hereof, is guilty of a misdemeanor of the third degree. The sentencing court may, in addition to or in lieu of the penalty provided in this subsection require a person who violates subsection (a) hereof to remove litter from any public or private property, or in or on any waters.
(ORC 3767.13)
(h) Whoever violates all other subsections herein, except as otherwise indicated, is guilty of a minor misdemeanor and the cost of the cleanup shall be assessed to the violator.
(Ord. 93-1491. Passed 5-18-93.)
(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 person shall dump, cause to be dumped or permit to be dumped on any publicly or privately owned land or water in the City, any paper, brush, rubbish, tin cans, vegetation, garbage, or refuse of any kind, without first having obtained a written license from the City Manager or his designee. The City Manager or his designee shall issue a license permitting dumping of designated materials where it appears that filling of the land is necessary and that the material deposited shall be immediately covered with earth or shall not be objectionable to the residents of the neighborhood, or injurious to health.
(b) Removal by Owner. Upon a finding by the City that unapproved dumping of refuse or fill material has occurred, the City may require the removal of the material. Written notice shall be served on the owner, lessee, agent, tenant or those responsible for the illegal dumping notifying them of the violation and requiring removal within five days of receipt of notice.
(c) Removal by City. If the responsible party fails to comply with the notice required by this section the City may remove the refuse or fill.
(d) Assessment of Costs by City. Whenever any unauthorized refuse or fill material is removed by the City, after the work is done, the City shall give five days notice, by regular mail, to the owner of such lot or parcel of land, at his last known address, to pay the cost of such removal. The notice shall be accompanied by a statement of the amount of cost incurred, and in the event the same is not paid within thirty days after the mailing of the notice, then such amount shall be certified to the County Auditor for collection the same as other taxes and assessments are collected. (Ord. 90-1292. Passed 1-16-90.)
(e) Whoever violates any provision of this section may be fined up to five hundred dollars ($500.00) for each offense. Each day of a continuing violation shall constitute a separate offense. (Ord. 04-387. Passed 7-6-04.)
(a) Definitions. For the purposes of this section, the following definitions shall apply unless the context clearly indicates or requires a different meaning.
(1) "Inoperative condition" means being incapable of being propelled under its own power.
(2) "Junk" means any worn out, cast off or discarded article or material which is ready for destruction or has been collected or stored for salvage or conversion to some other use. Any article or material which, unaltered or unchanged, and without further reconditioning, can be used for its original purpose as readily as when new, shall not be considered junk.
(3) "Junk car" means any used motor vehicle propelled or intended to be propelled by power other than human power, and which is in an inoperative or partially dismantled condition. Portions of junk cars including, but not limited to, hoods, fenders, radiators, rims, motor parts, not being utilized for the repair of a motor vehicle, shall be considered as junk.
(4) "Partially dismantled condition" means some part or parts are missing which is or are ordinarily an essential component of a motor vehicle.
(5) "Rubbish" means wire, chips, shavings, bottles, broken glass, corckery, tin, cast or wooden ware, hoses, rags, dead weeds, stumps, tree trunks, brush, paper circulars, handbills, boots, shoes, ashes, metal, discarded parts and equipment, or any waste material other than garbage or offal.
(b) Outside Storage of Junk or Junk Cars Declared a Nuisance. Except as otherwise provided, the deposit, storage, maintenance or collection of junk, junk cars or rubbish outside of a building is declared to be a public nuisance and offensive to the public health, welfare and safety of the residents of the City.
(c) Notice to Remove; Issuance and Service.
(1) No person, firm, or corporation in charge of or control of any premises within the City, whether as owner, tenant, lessee, occupant or otherwise, shall allow any junk, junk car or rubbish to remain upon such premises longer than seven days after receipt of written notice to remove the junk, junk car or rubbish from the premises. The written notice shall be issued by the Chief of Police.
(2) Such written notice shall be personally served upon the person, either personally or by leaving the notice at his usual place of residence, or by certified mail addressed to his last known place of residence.
(3) If the party in charge is a firm or corporation, such written notice may be served personally upon the person in charge at the premises or by leaving the notice at the place of business of the party or by certified mail addressed to the place of business.
(Ord. 341. Passed 7-2-68.)
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