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North Royalton Code of Ordinances
CITY OF NORTH ROYALTON, OHIO CODIFIED ORDINANCES
DIRECTORY OF OFFICIALS (2024)
COMPARATIVE SECTION TABLE
COMPARATIVE SECTION TABLE - ZONING
CHARTER OF THE MUNICIPALITY OF NORTH ROYALTON, OHIO
PART TWO - ADMINISTRATION CODE
PART FOUR - TRAFFIC CODE
PART SIX - GENERAL OFFENSES CODE
CHAPTER 606 General Provisions; Administration and Enforcement
CHAPTER 612 Alcoholic Beverages
CHAPTER 618 Animals
CHAPTER 620 Clean Indoor Air
CHAPTER 622 Clinics and Hospitals
CHAPTER 624 Drugs
CHAPTER 626 Smoking on City-Owned Property
CHAPTER 628 Fair Housing
CHAPTER 630 Gambling
CHAPTER 634 Noise Control
CHAPTER 636 Offenses Relating to Persons
CHAPTER 642 Offenses Relating to Property
642.01 DEFINITIONS.
642.02 THEFT.
642.03 DEGREE OF OFFENSE WHEN CERTAIN PROPERTY INVOLVED.
642.035 EVIDENCE OF THEFT OF RENTED PROPERTY.
642.04 UNAUTHORIZED USE OF A VEHICLE; VEHICLE TRESPASS.
642.05 UNAUTHORIZED USE OF PROPERTY.
642.06 INJURING VINES, BUSHES, TREES OR CROPS.
642.07 DESECRATION.
642.08 ASSAULTING POLICE DOG OR HORSE OR AN ASSISTANCE DOG.
642.09 ARSON.
642.10 CRIMINAL DAMAGING OR ENDANGERING; VEHICULAR VANDALISM.
642.11 CRIMINAL MISCHIEF.
642.12 CRIMINAL TRESPASS.
642.125 AGGRAVATED TRESPASS.
642.126 TRESPASS UPON SCHOOL GROUNDS OR FACILITIES.
642.13 TAMPERING WITH COIN MACHINES.
642.14 PASSING BAD CHECKS.
642.145 FORGING OR SELLING FORGED IDENTIFICATION CARDS.
642.146 CRIMINAL SIMULATION.
642.15 MISUSE OF CREDIT CARDS.
642.155 RECORDING CREDIT CARD, TELEPHONE OR SOCIAL SECURITY NUMBERS.
642.16 MAKING OR USING SLUGS.
642.165 MEDICAID FRAUD.
642.17 PRIMA-FACIE EVIDENCE OF PURPOSE TO DEFRAUD.
642.18 TAMPERING WITH RECORDS.
642.19 SECURING WRITINGS BY DECEPTION.
642.20 PERSONATING AN OFFICER.
642.21 DEFRAUDING CREDITORS.
642.22 RECEIVING STOLEN PROPERTY.
642.23 POSSESSION OF MUNICIPAL PROPERTY.
642.24 DETERMINING PROPERTY VALUE IN THEFT OFFENSE.
642.25 DETERMINING PROPERTY VALUE IN ARSON.
642.26 PROSECUTIONS FOR THEFT OF UTILITIES.
642.27 DIMINISHING OR INTERFERING WITH FORFEITABLE PROPERTY.
642.28 ALTERING OR MOVING SURVEYORS' MONUMENTS.
642.29 REMOVING MANHOLE COVERS.
642.30 MISCONDUCT INVOLVING A PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM.
642.31 INSPECTIONS FOR LOCATION OF STOLEN MOTOR VEHICLES.
642.32 INSURANCE FRAUD.
642.33 WORKERS' COMPENSATION FRAUD.
642.34 MOTION PICTURE PIRACY.
642.35 RAILROAD VANDALISM; CRIMINAL TRESPASS; INTERFERENCE WITH OPERATION OF TRAIN; GRADE CROSSING DEVICE VANDALISM.
CHAPTER 648 Peace Disturbances
CHAPTER 660 Safety, Sanitation and Health
CHAPTER 666 Sex Related Offenses
CHAPTER 672 Weapons and Explosives
CHAPTER 698 Penalties and Sentencing
PART EIGHT - BUSINESS REGULATION AND TAXATION CODE
PART TEN - STREETS, UTILITIES AND PUBLIC SERVICES CODE
PART TWELVE - PLANNING AND ZONING CODE
PART FOURTEEN - BUILDING AND HOUSING CODE
PART SIXTEEN - FIRE PREVENTION CODE
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642.126 TRESPASS UPON SCHOOL GROUNDS OR FACILITIES.
   (a)   No person shall visit or loiter in any public or private school building or on any public or private school property during hours when school is in session, without the permission of the principal, custodian or other person in charge of such public or private school.
   (b)   The provisions of division (a) above shall not include students specifically designated by assignment in such school (except those currently under suspension or expulsion), or to persons legitimately attending a school sponsored event; unless ordered to leave by the principal or custodian or other person in charge or any law enforcement officer; nor shall it include parents or legal guardians of students or other persons having legitimate business, provided that such person(s) registered at the office of the school and were granted permission prior to said visit.
   (c)   As used herein, the term "loiter" or "visit" shall mean to stand, stay or be present within the territory set forth in division (a) above without any direct purpose or to remain in such location aimlessly or idly, or to be in such area for some prohibited or otherwise illegal purpose.
   (d)   As used in this section, the term "school" means the grounds or any facility of any preschool, kindergarten, elementary school, middle school, junior high school, or high school, whether public or nonpublic as further defined by Ohio R.C. 2925.01 (Q), (R), (S).
   (e)   Any person(s) who violates this section is guilty of a misdemeanor of the fourth degree. Any person(s) who enters or remains on school property after the principal, or his or her designee, or any law enforcement officer, has directed such person to leave said school premises, is guilty of a misdemeanor of the first degree.
(Ord. 08-72. Passed 4-1-08.)
642.13 TAMPERING WITH COIN MACHINES.
   (a)   No person, with purpose to commit theft or to defraud, shall knowingly enter, force an entrance into, tamper with or insert any part of an instrument into any coin machine.
   (b)   Whoever violates this section is guilty of tampering with coin machines, a misdemeanor of the first degree, provided the offender has not previously been convicted of a violation of this section or of any theft offense. Punishment shall be as provided in Section 698.02.
(ORC 2911.32)
642.14 PASSING BAD CHECKS.
   (a)   As used in this section:
      (1)   "Check" includes any form of debit from a demand deposit account, including but not limited to any of the following:
         A.   A check, bill of exchange, draft, order of withdrawal, or similar negotiable or non-negotiable instrument;
         B.   An electronic check, electronic transaction, debit card transaction, check card transaction, substitute check, web check, or any form of automated clearing house transaction.
      (2)   "Issue a check" means causing any form of debit from a demand deposit account.
   (b)   No person, with purpose to defraud, shall issue or transfer or cause to be issued or transferred a check or other negotiable instrument, knowing that it will be dishonored or knowing that a person has ordered or will order stop payment on the check or other negotiable instrument.
   (c)   For purposes of this section, a person who issues or transfers a check or other negotiable instrument is presumed to know that it will be dishonored if either of the following occurs:
      (1)   The drawer had no account with the drawee at the time of issue or the stated date, whichever is later.
      (2)   The check or other negotiable instrument was properly refused payment for insufficient funds upon presentment within thirty days after issue or the stated date, whichever is later, and the liability of the drawer, indorser or any party who may be liable thereon is not discharged by payment or satisfaction within ten days after receiving notice of dishonor.
   (d)   For purposes of this section, a person who issues or transfers a check, bill of exchange or other draft is presumed to have the purpose to defraud if the drawer fails to comply with Ohio R.C. 1349.16 by doing any of the following when opening a checking account intended for personal, family or household purposes at a financial institution.
      (1)   Falsely stating that he or she has not been issued a valid driver's or commercial driver's license or identification card issued under Ohio R.C. 4507.50;
      (2)   Furnishing such license or card or another identification document that contains false information; or
      (3)   Making a false statement with respect to his or her current address or any additional relevant information reasonably required by the financial institution.
   (e)   In determining the value of the payment for purposes of subsection (f) hereof, the court may aggregate all checks and other negotiable instruments that the offender issued or transferred or caused to be issued or transferred in violation of subsection (b) hereof within a period of 180 consecutive days.
   (f)   Whoever violates this section is guilty of passing bad checks. Except as otherwise provided in this division, passing bad checks is a misdemeanor of the first degree. If the check or checks or other negotiable instrument or instruments are issued or transferred to a single vendor or single other person for the payment of $1,000 or more, or if the check or checks or other negotiable instrument or instruments are issued or transferred to multiple vendors or persons for the payment of $1,500 or more passing bad checks is a felony to be prosecuted under appropriate state law.
(ORC 2913.11)
642.145 FORGING OR SELLING FORGED IDENTIFICATION CARDS.
   (a)   No person shall knowingly do either of the following:
      (1)   Forge an identification card;
      (2)   Sell or otherwise distribute a card that purports to be an identification card, knowing it to have been forged.
   As used in this section, “identification card” means a card that includes personal information or characteristics of an individual, a purpose of which is to establish the identity of the bearer described on the card, whether or not the words “identity,” “identification,” “identification card” or other similar words appear on the card.
   (b)   (1)   Whoever violates this section is guilty of forging identification cards or selling or distributing forged identification cards, a misdemeanor of the first degree. If the offender previously has been convicted of a violation of this section, forging identification cards or selling or distributing forged identification cards is a misdemeanor of the first degree and, in addition, the court shall impose upon the offender a fine of not less than two hundred fifty dollars ($250.00). The penalty shall be as provided in Section 698.02.
      (2)   If the victim of a violation of this section is an elderly person, R.C. § 2913.31(C)(2)(b) applies and the offense shall be prosecuted under R.C. § 2913.31.
(ORC 2913.31)
642.146 CRIMINAL SIMULATION.
   (a)   No person, with purpose to defraud, or knowing that the person is facilitating a fraud, shall do any of the following:
      (1)   Make or alter any object so that it appears to have value because of antiquity, rarity, curiosity, source or authorship, which it does not in fact possess;
      (2)   Practice deception in making, retouching, editing or reproducing any photograph, movie film, video tape, phonograph record or recording tape;
      (3)   Falsely or fraudulently make, simulate, forge, alter or counterfeit any wrapper, label, stamp, cork or cap prescribed by the Ohio Liquor Control Commission under Ohio R.C. Chapters 4301 and 4303, falsely or fraudulently cause to be made, simulated, forged, altered or counterfeited any wrapper, label, stamp, cork or cap prescribed by the Ohio Liquor Control Commission under Ohio R.C. Chapters 4301 and 4303, or use more than once any wrapper, label, stamp, cork or cap prescribed by the Ohio Liquor Control Commission under Ohio R.C. Chapters 4301 and 4303; or
      (4)   Utter, or possess with purpose to utter, any object that the person knows to have been simulated as provided in paragraph (a)(1), (2) or (3) hereof.
   (b)   Whoever violates this section is guilty of criminal simulation. Except as otherwise provided in this division, criminal simulation is a misdemeanor of the first degree. If the loss to the victim is $1,000 or more, criminal simulation is a felony to be prosecuted under appropriate state law.
(ORC 2913.32)
642.15 MISUSE OF CREDIT CARDS.
   (a)   No person shall do any of the following:
      (1)   Practice deception for the purpose of procuring the issuance of a credit card, when a credit card is issued in actual reliance thereon;
      (2)   Knowingly buy or sell a credit card from or to a person other than the issuer;
      (3)   As an officer, employee, or appointee of a political subdivision or as a public servant as defined under R.C. § 2921.01, knowingly misuse a credit card account held by a political subdivision.
   (b)   No person, with purpose to defraud, shall do any of the following:
      (1)   Obtain control over a credit card as security for a debt;
      (2)   Obtain property or services by the use of a credit card, in one or more transactions, knowing or having reasonable cause to believe that such card has expired or been revoked, or was obtained, is retained, or is being used, in violation of law;
      (3)   Furnish property or services upon presentation of a credit card, knowing that such card is being used in violation of law;
      (4)   Represent or cause to be represented to the issuer of a credit card that property or services have been furnished, knowing that such representation is false.
   (c)   No person, with purpose to violate this section, shall receive, possess, control or dispose of a credit card.
   (d)   Whoever violates this section is guilty of misuse of credit cards.
      (1)   Except as otherwise provided in subsection (d)(3) hereof, a violation of subsections (a), (b)(1), or (c) of this section is a misdemeanor of the first degree.
      (2)   Except as otherwise provided in this division or division (d)(3) of this section, a violation of division (b)(2), (b)(3) or (b)(4) of this section is a misdemeanor of the first degree. If the cumulative retail value of the property and services involved in one or more violations of division (b)(2), (b)(3) or (b)(4) of this section which violations involve one or more credit card accounts and occur within a period of 90 consecutive days commencing on the date of the first violation, is $1,000 or more, misuse of credit cards is a felony to be prosecuted under appropriate state law.
      (3)   If the victim of the offense is an elderly person or disabled adult, and if the offense involves a violation of subsection (b)(1) or (b)(2) of this section, misuse of credit cards is a felony to be prosecuted under appropriate state law.
      (4)   The penalty shall be as provided in Section 698.02.
(ORC 2913.21)
642.155   RECORDING CREDIT CARD, TELEPHONE OR SOCIAL SECURITY NUMBERS.
   (a)   No person shall record or cause to be recorded either of the following:
      (1)   A credit card account number of the other party to a transaction, when a check, bill of exchange or other draft is presented for payment; or
      (2)   The telephone number or social security account number of the other party to a transaction, when payment is made by credit card charge agreement, check, bill of exchange or other draft.
   (b)   Subsection (a) hereof does not apply to a transaction, if all of the following conditions are met:
      (1)   The credit card account number, social security account number or telephone number is recorded for a legitimate business purpose, including collection purposes.
      (2)   The other party to the transaction consents to the recording of the credit card account number, social security account number or telephone number.
      (3)   The credit card account number, social security account number or telephone number that is recorded during the course of the transaction is not disclosed to any third party for any purposes other than collection purposes and is not used to market goods or services unrelated to the goods or services purchased in the transaction.
   (c)   Nothing in this section prohibits the recording of the number of a credit card account when given in lieu of a deposit to secure payment in the event of default, loss, damage or other occurrence, or requires a person to accept a check presented for payment, if the other party to the transaction refuses to consent to the recording of the number of the party's social security account or license to operate a motor vehicle.
(ORC 1349.17)
   (d)   Whoever violates any of the provisions of this section is guilty of a minor misdemeanor and shall be subject to the penalty provided in Section 698.02.
(ORC 1349.99)
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