(a) Watercraft Dwelling Unlawful If a Nuisance; Exception. No person shall use any vessel for the purpose of establishing or maintaining a dwelling which creates a nuisance of either permanent or temporary nature on any of the waters in this state except Lake Erie, the Muskingum River, the Ohio River, and the immediately connected harbors and anchorage facilities or in such other areas as may be designated for the purpose.
(R.C. § 1547.32)
(b) Discharging Sanitary Systems Prohibited; Exception. Except on the waters of Lake Erie, the Muskingum River or the Ohio River, no person shall launch, moor, dock, use, operate or permit to be operated on any of the waters in this state any vessel that contains a sink, toilet or sanitary system that is capable of discharging urine, fecal matter, contents of a chemical commode, kitchen wastes, laundry wastes, slop sink drainage or other household wastes into the waters in this state. Such a sink, toilet or sanitary system shall be removed, sealed or made to drain into a tank or reservoir that can be carried or pumped ashore for disposal in a sewage treatment works approved by the Director of Environmental Protection.
(R.C. § 1547.33)
(c) Penalty.
(1) Whoever violates division (a) of this section is guilty of a minor misdemeanor
(R.C. § 1547.99(C))
(2) Whoever violates division (b) of this section is guilty of a misdemeanor of the fourth degree.
(R.C. § 1547.99(F))