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(a) No person shall do any of the following:
(1) Initiate or circulate a report or warning of an alleged or impending fire, explosion, crime or other catastrophe, knowing that the report or warning is false and likely to cause public inconvenience or alarm;
(2) Knowingly cause a false alarm of fire or other emergency to be transmitted to or within any organization, public or private, for dealing with emergencies involving a risk of physical harm to persons or property;
(3) Report to any law enforcement agency an alleged offense or other incident within its concern, knowing that such offense did not occur.
(4) Initiate or circulate a report or warning of an alleged or impending fire, explosion, crime, or other catastrophe, knowing that the report or warning is false and likely to impede the operation of a critical infrastructure facility.
(b) This section does not apply to any person conducting an authorized fire or emergency drill.
(c) Whoever violates this section is guilty of making false alarms, a misdemeanor of the first degree. If a violation of this section results in economic harm of one thousand dollars ($1,000) or more, or if a violation of this section pertains to a purported, threatened, or actual use of a weapon of mass destruction, making false alarms is a felony and shall be prosecuted under appropriate State law.
(d) Any act that is a violation of this section and any other section of the Codified Ordinances may be prosecuted under this section, the other section, or both sections.
(e) As used in this section:
(1) “Critical infrastructure facility” has the same meaning as in Ohio R.C. 2911.21.
(2) “Economic harm”and “weapon of mass destruction” have the same meaning as in Section 509.06. (ORC 2917.32)
(a) No minor under the age of thirteen years shall loiter, idle, wander, stroll, or play in or upon the public streets, other public places, places of amusement and entertainment, vacant lots or other unsupervised places between the hours of 9:00 p.m. and 5:00 a.m. of the following day, official Franklin County Sheriff Radio Time.
(b) No minor thirteen years of age or older shall loiter, idle, wander, stroll or play upon the public streets, other public places, places of amusement and entertainment, vacant lots or other unsupervised places, between the hours of 11:00 p.m. and 5:00 a.m. of the following day, official County time, if the minor is not a member of the United States Military or a registered full-time student at a business school or institution of higher learning.
(c) The provisions of subsections (a) and (b) hereof do not apply to a minor accompanied by his parents, guardian or other adult person having the care and custody of the minor, or where the minor is upon an emergency errand or legitimate business directed by his parents, guardian, or other adult person having the care and custody of the minor.
(d) Any minor found violating subsections (a) or (b) hereof shall be guilty of a minor misdemeanor. (Ord. 48-97. Passed 6-2-97.)
(a) As used in this section “adult person” means a person eighteen years of age or older.
(b) No parent, guardian, or other adult person having the care or custody of a minor under the age of eighteen years shall knowingly permit such minor to loiter, idle, wander, stroll, or play in or upon the public streets, other public places, places of amusement and entertainment, vacant lots or other unsupervised places in violation of Section 509.08.
(c) Any parent, guardian or other adult person having the care and custody of a minor who violates this section shall for the first offense be warned by the proper officer and the child taken home; for the second offense under this section, such parent, guardian or other adult person shall be guilty of a minor misdemeanor; and for the third or subsequent violation under this section, such parent, guardian or other adult person shall be guilty of a misdemeanor of the fourth degree. A separate offense shall be deemed committed for each violation under this section. (Ord. 48-97. Passed 6-2-97.)
(a) No person shall erect, continue, use or maintain a building, structure, or place for the exercise of a trade, employment or business or for the keeping or feeding of an animal, which disturbs the good order and quiet of the Municipality. No person shall disturb the peace by any clamor or noise, the ringing of gongs for advertising purposes, or by intoxication, drunkenness, fighting, using obscene or profane language in any street or other public place, to the annoyance of any of the residents, or otherwise violate the public peace by indecent and disorderly conduct or by lewd and lascivious behavior.
(b) Whoever violates this section is guilty of a minor misdemeanor.
(Ord. 70-12. Passed 5-28-70.)
(a) It is unlawful for any person operating or occupying a motor vehicle within the Village to operate or amplify the sound produced by a radio, tape player or other mechanical sound making device or instrument from within the motor vehicle so that the sound is:
(1) Plainly audible at a distance of 50 feet or more from the motor vehicle; or
(2) Louder than necessary for the convenient hearing by persons inside the vehicle in areas adjoining churches, schools or hospitals.
(b) The provisions of this section shall not apply to any law enforcement motor vehicle equipped with any communication device necessary in the performance of law enforcement duties or to any emergency vehicle equipped with any communication device necessary in the performance of any emergency procedure.
(c) The provisions of this section do not apply to the noise made by a horn or other warning device required or permitted by state law.
(d) “Plainly audible” shall means any sound produced by a radio, tape player or other mechanical or electronic sound making device, or instrument, from within the interior or exterior of a motor vehicle, including sound produced by a portable sound making device, that can be clearly heard outside the vehicle by a person using his normal faculties, at a distance of 50 feet or more from the motor vehicle.
(e) Any law enforcement personnel who hears a sound that is plainly audible, as defined herein, shall be entitled to measure the sound according to the following standards:
(1) The primary means of detection shall be by means of the officer’s ordinary auditory senses, so long as the officer’s hearing is not enhanced by a mechanical device, such as a microphone or hearing aid.
(2) The officer must have a direct line of sight and hearing to the motor vehicle producing the sound so that he can readily identify the offending motor vehicle and the distance involved.
(3) The officer need not determine the particular words or phrases being produced or the name of any song or artist producing the sound. The detection of a rhythmic bass reverberating type sound is sufficient to constitute a plainly audible sound.
(f) The motor vehicle from which the sound is produced must be located upon (stopped, standing or moving) within the Village. Parking lots, driveways are included.
(g) The standards as set forth above shall also apply to the detection of sound that is louder than necessary for the convenient hearing of persons inside the motor vehicle in areas adjoining churches, schools or hospitals.
(h) Whoever violates this section shall be subject to the following penalty:
First offense | A fine of one hundred dollars ($100.00) |
Second Offense | A fine of up to two hundred dollars ($200.00) |
Third Offense and thereafter | A fine of up to three hundred dollars ($300.00) and three days in jail. |
(j) Upon conviction for a third violation of this section, in addition to the penalty set forth in subsection (i), the sound device used during the commission of the offense shall be subject to seizure. (Ord. 24-15. Passed 4-27-15.)
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