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(a) No person, with purpose to prevent or disrupt a lawful meeting, procession or gathering, shall do either of the following:
(1) Do any act which obstructs or interferes with the due conduct of such meeting, procession or gathering;
(2) Make any utterance, gesture or display which outrages the sensibilities of the group.
(b) Whoever violates this section is guilty of disturbing a lawful meeting. Except as otherwise provided in this section, disturbing a lawful meeting is a misdemeanor of the fourth degree. Disturbing a lawful meeting is a misdemeanor of the first degree if either of the following applies:
(1) The violation is committed with the intent to disturb or disquiet any assemblage of people met for religious worship at a tax-exempt place of worship, regardless of whether the conduct is within the place at which the assemblage is held or is on the property on which that place is located and disturbs the order and solemnity of the assemblage.
(2) The violation is committed with the intent to prevent, disrupt, or interfere with a virtual meeting or gathering of people for religious worship, through use of a computer, computer system, telecommunications device, or other electronic device or system, or in any other manner.
(c) As used in this section:
(1) “Computer” has the same meaning as in Ohio R.C. 2913.01.
(2) “Computer system” has the same meaning as in Ohio R.C. 2913.01.
(3) “Telecommunications device” has the same meaning as in Ohio R.C. 2913.01.
(4) “Virtual meeting or gathering” means a meeting or gathering by interactive video conference or teleconference, or by a combination thereof.
(ORC 2917.12)
(a) No person shall knowingly do any of the following:
(1) Hamper the lawful operations of any law enforcement officer, firefighter, rescuer, medical person, emergency medical services person, or other authorized person, engaged in the person’s duties at the scene of a fire, accident, disaster, riot, or emergency of any kind;
(2) Hamper the lawful activities of any emergency facility person who is engaged in the person’s duties in an emergency facility;
(3) Fail to obey the lawful order of any law enforcement officer engaged in the law enforcement officer’s duties at the scene of or in connection with a fire, accident, disaster, riot, or emergency of any kind.
(b) Nothing in this section shall be construed to limit access or deny information to any news media representative in the lawful exercise of the news media representative’s duties.
(c) Whoever violates this section is guilty of misconduct at an emergency. Except as otherwise provided in this subsection, misconduct at an emergency is a misdemeanor of the fourth degree. If a violation of this section creates a risk of physical harm to persons or property, misconduct at an emergency is a misdemeanor of the first degree.
(d) As used in this section:
(1) “Emergency medical services person” is the singular of “emergency medical services personnel” as defined in Ohio R.C. 2133.21.
(2) “Emergency facility person” is the singular of “emergency facility personnel” as defined in Ohio R.C. 2909.04.
(3) “Emergency facility” has the same meaning as in Ohio R.C. 2909.04.
(a) No person shall cause the evacuation of any public place, or otherwise cause serious public inconvenience or alarm, by doing any of the following:
(1) Initiating or circulating a report or warning of an alleged or impending fire, explosion, crime or other catastrophe, knowing that such report or warning is false;
(2) Threatening to commit any offense of violence;
(3) Committing any offense, with reckless disregard of the likelihood that its commission will cause serious public inconvenience or alarm.
(b) Division (a) hereof does not apply to any person conducting an authorized fire or emergency drill.
(c) Whoever violates this section is guilty of inducing panic, a misdemeanor of the first degree. If inducing panic results in physical harm to any person, economic harm of one thousand dollars ($1,000) or more, if the public place involved in a violation of this section is a school or an institution of higher education, or if the violation pertains to a purported, threatened or actual use of a weapon of mass destruction, inducing panic 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) “Biological agent” has the same meaning as in Ohio R.C. 2917.33.
(2) “Economic harm” means any of the following:
A. All direct, incidental, and consequential pecuniary harm suffered by a victim as a result of criminal conduct. “Economic harm” as described in this division includes, but is not limited to, all of the following:
1. All wages, salaries, or other compensation lost as a result of the criminal conduct;
2. The cost of all wages, salaries, or other compensation paid to employees for time those employees are prevented from working as a result of the criminal conduct;
3. The overhead costs incurred for the time that a business is shut down as a result of the criminal conduct;
4. The loss of value to tangible or intangible property that was damaged as a result of the criminal conduct.
B. All costs incurred by the Municipality as a result of, or in making any response to, the criminal conduct that constituted the violation of this section or Section 509.07, including, but not limited to, all costs so incurred by any law enforcement officers, firefighters, rescue personnel, or emergency medical services personnel of the state or the political subdivision.
(3) “Emergency medical services personnel” has the same meaning as in Ohio R.C. 2133.21.
(4) “Institution of higher education” means any of the following:
A. A state university or college as defined in Ohio R.C. 3345.12(A)(1), community college, state community college, university branch, or technical college;
B. A private, nonprofit college, university or other post-secondary institution located in this State that possesses a certificate of authorization issued by the Chancellor of Higher Education pursuant to Ohio R.C. Chapter 1713.
C. A post-secondary institution with a certificate of registration issued by the State Board of Career Colleges and Schools under Ohio R.C. Chapter 3332. (ORC 2917.31)
(5) “School” means any school operated by a board of education or any school for which the Director of Education and Workforce prescribes minimum standards under Ohio R.C. 3301.07, whether or not any instruction, extracurricular activities, or training provided by the school is being conducted at the time a violation of this section is committed.
(6) “Weapon of mass destruction” means any of the following:
A. Any weapon that is designed or intended to cause death or serious physical harm through the release, dissemination, or impact of toxic or poisonous chemicals, or their precursors;
B. Any weapon involving a disease organism or biological agent;
C. Any weapon that is designed to release radiation or radioactivity at a level dangerous to human life;
D. Any of the following, except to the extent that the item or device in question is expressly excepted from the definition of “destructive device” pursuant to 18 U.S.C. 921(a)(4) and regulations issued under that section:
1. Any explosive, incendiary, or poison gas bomb, grenade, rocket having a propellant charge of more than four ounces, missile having an explosive or incendiary charge of more than one-quarter ounce, mine, or similar device;
2. Any combination of parts either designed or intended for use in converting any item or device into any item or device described in division (e)(3)D.1. of this section and from which an item or device described in that division may be readily assembled.
(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) The Mayor or City Manager may declare a state of emergency within the City upon determining that property, real or personal, whether it be public or private, is in danger of being damaged or destroyed; or that the health, safety and welfare of the inhabitants of the City is in jeopardy; or that gatherings of rioters, protesters or demonstrators constitute a threat to the peace, quiet, and good order of the City.
(b) At such time that a state of emergency is declared and until time as the emergency is declared at an end, curfew shall prevail within the City between the hours of 9:00 p.m. and 6:00 a.m.
(c) During the time that the curfew is in effect, no person shall loiter upon the streets, avenues, parks or other public place within the City and no person shall be upon the streets, avenues, alleys, parks or other public place within the City without being able to show just cause and to give a reasonable account of himself.
(d) All bars, taverns, restaurants, filling stations and other business establishments shall be closed during the hours of the curfew.
(e) Whoever violates this section is guilty of a minor misdemeanor.
(1) "Person" means any individual, association, partnership or corporation, and includes any officer, employee, department, agency or instrumentality.
(2) "Traffic noise" means sound made by a motor vehicle operated either on a public right of way or private property.
(3) "Modified exhaust system" means an exhaust system in which the original noise abatement devices have been physically altered causing them to be less effective in reducing noise or the original noise abatement devices have either been removed or replaced by noise abatement devices which are not as effective in reducing noise as their original devices, or devices have been added to the original noise abatement devices such that noise levels are increased.
(Ord. 2550. Passed 11-4-97.)
(Ord. 2550. Passed 11-4-97.)
(a) No person shall:
(1) Exhausts, Muffler Systems and Squealing. Operate a motor vehicle which causes excessive noise levels, as a result of a defective or modified exhaust system, or as a result of an unnecessary rapid acceleration, de-acceleration, revving or tire squealing.
(2) Sound Amplifying Equipment. Operate a motor vehicle on a street or highway if the sound from any sound amplifying equipment located inside of, outside of but attached to, or held by a person inside, the motor vehicle, is discernible at a distance of twenty-five feet or more from the vehicle.
(3) Horns and Signaling Devices. Sound any horn or signaling device on any automobile, motorcycle or other vehicle on any street or public place of the City, except as a danger warning.
(4) Televisions, Radios, Electronic Sound Devices, Electronic Music Devices, and Musical and Sound Instruments. Use, operate or permit to be played, used or operated any television, radio receiving set, musical instrument, electronic sound device, electronic music device, or other machine or device for the producing or reproducing of sound in such manner as to disturb the peace, quiet, and comfort of the neighboring inhabitants or at any time with louder volume than is reasonably necessary for convenient hearing for the person or persons who are in the room, vehicle, or chamber in which such machine or device is operated and who are voluntary listeners thereto. The operation of any such radio set, musical instrument, or other machine or sound device in such a manner as to be plainly audible at a distance of twenty-five feet from the vehicle or at a distance of twenty-five feet from the lot upon which the building or structure is located shall be a violation of this section.
(5) Advertising. Use, operate, or permit to be played, used or operated any radio receiving set, musical instrument, loudspeaker, sound amplifier, or other machine or sound device for the producing or reproducing of sound which is cast upon the public streets for the purpose of commercial advertising or attracting the attention of the public to any building or structure, except as provided in Section 509.11.
(6) Defects in Vehicle or Load. Use any automobile, motorcycle, or vehicle so out of repair, so loaded or used in such manner as to create loud and unnecessary grating, grinding, rattling, or other noise.
(7) Blower and Fans. Operate any noise-creating blower or power fan or an internal combustion engine, the operation of which causes noise due to the explosion of operating gasses or fluids, unless the noise from such blower or fan is muffled and such engine is equipped with a muffler device designed for and sufficient to deaden such noise.
(8) Construction Equipment. Operate any pile driver, pneumatic hammer, derrick, hoist, chain saw or other appliance, or construction equipment, the use of which is attended by loud and unusual noise other than between the hours of 7:00 a.m. and 11:00 p.m. on weekdays or between the hours of 9 a.m. and 6:00 p.m. on weekends or national holidays.
(9) Yelling, Shouting and Singing. Yell, shout, hoot, whistle, or sing in the public right-of-way between the hours of 11:00 p.m. and 7:00 a.m.; on private property between the hours of 11:00 p.m. and 7:00 a.m. so as to be plainly audible at a distance of twenty-five (25) feet from the lot upon which the building or structure is located; or at any time so as to annoy or disturb the quiet, comfort, or repose of any person in any office or in any dwelling, hotel, or other type of residence.
(10) Animals. Keep any animal which, by causing frequent or loud continued noise, shall disturb the quiet, comfort or repose of any person in the vicinity.
(11) Construction or Repair. Erect (including excavating), demolish, alter, or repair any building other than between the hours of 7:00 a.m. and 11:00 p.m. on weekdays and 9:00 a.m. and 6:00 p.m. on weekends and national holidays, except in case of emergency in the interest of public health and safety, and then only with a permit from the City Engineer, which permit may be granted for a period not to exceed three days while the emergency continues and which permit may be renewed for a period of three days or less while the emergency continues. If the City Engineer determines that the public health and safety will not be impaired by the erection, demolition, alteration, or repair of any building or the excavation of streets and highways between the hours of 11:00 p.m. and 7:00 a.m. on weekdays or 6:00 p.m. and 9:00 a.m. on weekends and national holidays, and the City Engineer further determines that loss or inconvenience would not result to any party in interest, the City Engineer may grant permission for that work to be done between the hours of 11:00 p.m. and 7:00 a.m. on weekdays and 6:00 p.m. and 9:00 a.m. on weekends and national holidays upon application being made at the time the permit for the work is awarded or during the progress of the work.
(12) Excessive Noise Adjacent to Schools, Courts, Churches, Hospitals. Create any excessive noise on any street adjacent to any school, church, or court of law while the same are in use, or adjacent to any hospital, which noise unreasonably interferes with the working of that institution, or which disturbs or unduly annoys patients in the hospital, provided conspicuous signs are displayed in those streets indicating that the same is a school, church, court of law or hospital.
(13) Performance or Show. Use any drum or other instrument or device for the purpose of attracting attention to any performance, show, or sale by the creation of noise.
(Ord. 3129. Passed 10-19-10.)
(Ord. 3129. Passed 10-19-10.)
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