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412.01 PLACING INJURIOUS MATERIAL OR OBSTRUCTION IN STREET.
   (a)   (1)   No person shall place or knowingly drop upon any part of a highway, lane, road, street, or alley any tacks, bottles, wire, glass, nails, or other articles which may damage or injure any person, vehicle, or animal traveling along or upon the highway, except such substances that may be placed upon the roadway by proper authority for the repair or construction thereof.
      (2)   Any person who drops or permits to be dropped or thrown upon any highway any destructive or injurious material shall immediately remove the same.
      (3)   Any person authorized to remove a wrecked or damaged vehicle from a highway shall remove any glass or other injurious substance dropped upon the highway from such vehicle.
      (4)   No person shall place any obstruction in or upon a highway without proper authority.
   (b)   No person, with intent to cause physical harm to a person or a vehicle, shall place or knowingly drop upon any part of a highway, lane, road, street, or alley any tacks, bottles, wire, glass, nails, or other articles which may damage or injure any person, vehicle, or animal traveling along or upon such highway, except such substances that may be placed upon the roadway by proper authority for the repair or construction thereof.
(ORC 4511.74(A), (B))
   (c)   (1)   Except as otherwise provided in this division, whoever violates division (a) of this section is guilty of a minor misdemeanor. If, within one year of the offense, the offender previously has been convicted of or pleaded guilty to one predicate motor vehicle or traffic offense, whoever violates division (a) of this section is guilty of a misdemeanor of the fourth degree. If, within one year of the offense, the offender previously has been convicted of two or more predicate motor vehicle or traffic offenses, whoever violates division (a) is guilty of a misdemeanor of the third degree.
      (2)   Whoever violates division (b) of this section is guilty of a misdemeanor of the first degree.
(ORC 4511.74(C))
412.02 ZONES OF QUIET.
   Whenever authorized signs are erected indicating a zone of quiet, no person operating a vehicle within any such zone shall sound the horn or other warning device of such vehicle except in an emergency.
Penalty- see Sections 408.01 and 408.02
412.03 PLAY STREETS. (REPEALED)
(EDITOR'S NOTE: Section 412.03 was repealed by Ordinance 91-135, passed May 8, 1991.)
412.04 TOY VEHICLES.
   No person riding upon any skateboard, roller blades, roller skates, scooter, coaster, sled, toy vehicle or other similar device shall do any of the following:
   (a)   Go upon any roadway except while crossing a street on a crosswalk and when crossing such person shall be granted all of the rights and shall be subject to all of the duties applicable to pedestrians.
   (b)   Operate said vehicle on any sidewalk in a manner that is without due regard for the safety and rights of pedestrians in lawful use of said sidewalks, and shall yield the right of way to a pedestrian upon a sidewalk.
   (c)   Without exercising reasonable and ordinary control over such vehicle.
   (d)   At a speed greater than is reasonable and prudent under the conditions then existing.
   (e)   Operate said vehicle upon any sidewalk where signs are posted prohibiting its use.
(Ord. 01-40. Passed 3-20-01.)
   Penalty - see Sections 408.01 and 408.02
412.041 ATTACHING TO OTHER VEHICLES.
   (a)   No person riding upon any skateboard, roller blades, roller skates, scooter, coaster, sled, toy vehicle or other similar device shall attach the same or themselves to any vehicle upon any roadway or property designed for use by motor vehicles or having public access.
   (b)   No operator shall knowingly permit any person riding upon any skateboard, roller skates, scooter, coaster, sled, toy vehicle or other similar device to attach the same or themselves to any vehicle while it is moving upon any roadway or property designed for use by motor vehicles or having public access.
(Ord. 01-40. Passed 3-20-01.)
   Penalty - see Sections 408.01 and 408.02
412.042 PARKING OF TOY VEHICLES.
   No person shall park any skateboard, roller blades, roller skates, scooter, coaster, sled, toy vehicle or other similar device upon a sidewalk in such a manner so as to unduly interfere with pedestrian traffic. Nor shall any person park any said device upon any roadway.
(Ord. 01-40. Passed 3-20-01.)
   Penalty - see Sections 408.01 and 408.02
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