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(a) No person shall receive, retain, or dispose of property of another knowing or having reasonable cause to believe that the property has been obtained through commission of a theft offense.
(b) It is not a defense to a charge of receiving stolen property in violation of this section that the property was obtained by means other than through the commission of a theft offense if the property was explicitly represented to the accused person as being obtained through the commission of a theft offense.
(c) Whoever violates this section is guilty of receiving stolen property. Except as otherwise provided in this division, receiving stolen property is a misdemeanor of the first degree. If any of the following criteria are met, then a violation of this section is a felony to be prosecuted under appropriate State law:
(1) The value of the property involved is one thousand dollars ($1,000) or more;
(2) The property involved is any of the property listed in Ohio R.C. 2913.71;
(3) The property involved is a firearm or dangerous ordnance, as defined in Ohio R.C. 2923.11;
(4) The property involved is a motor vehicle as defined in Ohio R.C. 4501.01;
(5) The property involved is any dangerous drug, as defined in Ohio R.C. 4729.01; or
(6) The property involved in violation of this section is a special purchase article as defined in R.C. § 4737.04 or a bulk merchandise container as defined in R.C. § 4737.012.
(ORC 2913.51)
(a) No person shall deface any wall or appurtenance in or about those subways known as the grade elimination of the City by posting bills or circulars, by painting or by any other method of defacing.
(1969 Code Sec. 131.04)
(b) No person shall place or cause to be placed any card, sign or poster within a public place by attaching such card, sign or poster to any lawfully constructed facility or structure located within a public place.
(Ord. 74-40. Passed 6-3-74.)
(c) No person shall post bills upon, or in any way deface, telephone, telegraph, electric light or fire alarm poles in the City.
(Ord. 70-81. Passed 7-6-70.)
(d) Whoever violates any of the provisions of this section is guilty of a misdemeanor of the third degree. A separate offense shall be deemed committed each day during or on which a violation occurs or continues. The penalty shall be as provided in Section 698.02.
(a) No person shall operate or open any fire hydrant, after permission has been given to do so, except with a hydrant wrench approved by the Department of Public Safety and the Department of Public Service.
(1969 Code Sec. 131.07)
(b) Whoever violates this section is guilty of a misdemeanor of the third degree and shall be subject to the penalty provided in Section 698.02.
(EDITOR'S NOTE: Section 642.25 was repealed as part of the 1987 updating and revision of these Codified Ordinances because substantially identical State law (Ohio R.C. 4933.42 and 4933.99(A)) was repealed by the Ohio General Assembly by Sub. S.B. No. 183, effective September 26, 1984. See Sections 642.01(a), (r) and 642.02.)
(a) In a prosecution for a theft offense, as defined in Ohio R.C. 2913.01, that involves alleged tampering with a gas, electric, steam or water meter, conduit or attachment of a utility that has been disconnected by the utility, proof that a meter, conduit or attachment of a utility has been tampered with is prima facie evidence that the person who is obligated to pay for the service rendered through the meter, conduit or attachment, and who is in possession or control of the meter, conduit or attachment at the time the tampering occurred has caused the tampering with intent to commit a theft offense.
(b) In a prosecution for a theft offense, as defined in Ohio R.C. 2913.01, that involves the alleged reconnection of a gas, electric, steam or water meter, conduit or attachment of a utility that has been disconnected by the utility, proof that a meter, conduit or attachment disconnected by a utility has been reconnected without the consent of the utility is prima facie evidence that the person in possession or control of the meter, conduit or attachment at the time of the reconnection has reconnected the meter, conduit or attachment with intent to commit a theft offense.
(c) As used in this section:
(1) “Utility” means any electric light company, gas company, natural gas company, pipe-line company, water-works company or heating or cooling company, as defined in Ohio R.C. 4905.03(C), (D), (E), (F), (G), or (H), its lessees, trustees or receivers, or any similar utility owned or operated by a political subdivision.
(2) “Tamper” means to interfere with, damage or bypass a utility meter, conduit or attachment with the intent to impede the correct registration of a meter or the proper functions of a conduit or attachment so as to reduce the amount of utility service that is registered on the meter.
(ORC 4933.18)
(d) Each electric light company, gas company, natural gas company, pipeline company, waterworks company or heating or cooling company, as defined by Ohio R.C. 4905.03(C), (D), (E), (F), (G), or (H), or its lessees, trustees or receivers, and each similar utility owned or operated by a political subdivision, shall notify its customers, on an annual basis, that tampering with or bypassing a meter constitutes a theft offense that could result in the imposition of criminal sanctions.
(ORC 4933.19)
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