672.145 DISCHARGE OF A FIREARM ON OR NEAR PROHIBITED PREMISES.
   (a)   Except as otherwise provided herein, no person shall do any of the following:
      (1)   Without permission from the proper officials and subject to division (b)(1) of this section, discharge a firearm upon or over a cemetery or within 100 yards of a cemetery;
      (2)   Without permission from the proper officials, pursuant to Chapter 618, and subject to division (b)(2) of this section, discharge of a firearm on a lawn, park, pleasure ground, orchard, or other ground appurtenant to a schoolhouse, church, or inhabited dwelling, the property of another, or a charitable institution;
      (3)   Discharge a firearm upon or over a public road or highway.
(Ord. 19-43. Passed 1-21-20.)
   (b)   (1)   Division (a)(1) of this section does not apply to a person who while on the person’s own land, discharges a firearm.
      (2)   Division (a)(2) of this section does not apply to a person who owns any type of property described in that division and who, while on the person’s own enclosure, discharges a firearm.
   (c)   Whoever violates division (a) of this section is guilty of discharge of a firearm on or near prohibited premises. A violation of division (a)(1) or (a)(2) of this section is a misdemeanor of the fourth degree. A violation of division (a)(3) of this section shall be punished as follows:
      (1)   Except as otherwise provided in division (c)(2) of this section, a violation of division (a)(3) of this section is a misdemeanor of the first degree.
      (2)   If the violation created a substantial risk of physical harm to any person, caused serious physical harm to property, caused physical harm to any person, or caused serious physical harm to any person, a violation of division (a)(3) is a felony to be prosecuted under appropriate state law.
(ORC 2923.162)