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(a) As used in this section, "place of public assembly" means:
(1) Enclosed theaters, except the lobby; opera houses; auditoriums; classrooms; elevators; rooms in which persons are confined as a matter of health care, including but not limited to a hospital room and a room in a rest home serving as the residence of a person living in such rest home;
(2) All buildings and other enclosed structures owned by the State,its agencies or political subdivisions, including but not limited to hospitals and State institutions for persons with mental illness and persons with intellectual disabilities; university and college buildings, except rooms within those buildings used primarily as the residences of students or other persons affiliated with the university or college; office buildings; libraries; museums; and vehicles used in public transportation. That portion of a building or other enclosed structure that is owned by the State, a State agency or a political subdivision and that is used primarily as a food service establishment is not a place of public assembly.
(3) Each portion of a building or enclosed structure that is not included in subsection (a)(1) or (2) hereof is a place of public assembly if it has a seating capacity of fifty or more persons and is available to the public. Restaurants, food service establishments, dining rooms, cafes, cafeterias or other rooms used primarily for the service of food, as well as bowling alleys and places licensed by the Department of Liquor Control to sell intoxicating beverages for consumption on the premises, are not places of public assembly.
(b) For the purpose of separating persons who smoke from persons who do not smoke for the comfort and health of persons not smoking, in every place of public assembly there shall be an area where smoking is not permitted, which shall be designated a no smoking area. Provided that, no more than one-half of the rooms in any health care facility in which persons are confined as a matter of health care may be designated as smoking areas in their entirety. The designation shall be made before the place of public assembly is made available to the public. In places included in subsection (a)(1) hereof the local fire authority having jurisdiction shall designate no smoking area. In places included in subsection (a)(2) hereof that are owned by the Municipality, Council shall designate an officer who shall designate the area. In places included in subsection (a)(3) hereof, the person having control of the operations of the place of public assembly shall designate the no smoking area. In places included in subsection (a)(2) hereof which are also included in subsection (a)(1) hereof, the officer who has authority to designate the area in places in subsection (a)(2) hereof shall designate the no smoking area. A no smoking area may include the entire place of public assembly. Designations shall be made by the placement of signs that are clearly visible and that state "NO SMOKING". No person shall remove signs from areas designated as no smoking areas.
(c) This section does not affect or modify the prohibition contained in Ohio R.C. 3313.751(B).
(d) No person shall smoke in any area designated as a no smoking area in accordance with subsection (b) hereof or Ohio R.C. 3791.031.
(e) Whoever violates this section is guilty of a minor misdemeanor.
(ORC 3791.031)
(a) The owner, manager or person in charge of a multiple dwelling containing four or more dwelling units as defined by the Oxford Zoning Code shall cause the common vehicular access driveway and the common parking or turnaround area of said multiple dwelling to be clear and free of snow or ice accumulation as prevents expeditious and reasonable ingress, egress and use of the areas referred to by motor vehicles including fire, police, emergency and sanitation vehicles. No such owner, manager or person in charge of such a multiple dwelling shall permit, allow or suffer snow or ice to accumulate in such a common driveway, parking or turnaround areas so as to cause said areas to be unusable or unsafe, as determined by the City Manager, for motor vehicle travel.
(b) The owner, manager or person in charge of such multiple dwelling, as herein referred to, shall not permit, allow or suffer snow or ice conditions and accumulations to prevent ready and easy access to all garbage and trash containers, including dumpster containers, or to prevent the ready and easy lifting of such containers and emptying and removal thereof.
(c) Whoever violates this section is guilty of a minor misdemeanor, and each day any of the provisions of this section are violated shall constitute a distinct and separate offense and violation, chargeable and punishable as such hereunder.
(Ord. 1476. Passed 3-07-78.)
(a) No person, either real property owner, lessee, renter, tenant, or occupant, shall allow to remain, keep, store or maintain any couches, chairs, tables, or other furniture not manufactured for outdoor use; plywood boards; construction materials; saw horses; tubes, pipes; or rigid materials suspended between two supports so as to be used as a table in any yard, alley, front porch, unenclosed rear porch or in any other outside area. However, it will be an affirmative defense to any alleged violation of this provision that such furniture was placed in an outside location designated for the collection of garbage, refuse or recyclable materials, in accordance with the City's garbage, refuse and recycling service, for the purpose of having such furniture removed, and said placement at said location is not more than 24 hours before the designated collection time or that the plywood boards; construction materials; sawhorses; tubes; pipes or rigid materials are actively being used for construction purposes.
(b) Whoever violates this section is guilty of a minor misdemeanor on the first offense, and each subsequent offense shall render such person guilty of a misdemeanor of the fourth degree.
(Ord. 3087. Passed 11-17-09.)
(a) As used in this section:
Front door: means the street-facing entrance(s) to a principal structure. In the event no door faces the street, then any other door of a principal structure nearest the street shall be considered a front door for purposes of this section.
Person: means any person, firm, corporation, association, club, society or other organization.
Organization: means a corporation for profit or not for profit, partnership, limited partnership, joint venture, unincorporated nonprofit association, estate, trust or other commercial or legal entity. "Organization" does not include an entity organized as or by a governmental agency for the execution of a governmental program.
Porch: means an exterior appendage to a principal structure leading to a doorway, including any stairway attached thereto.
Premises: means a lot, plot, or parcel of land including any structures, driveways, or other impervious surfaces thereon.
Principal structure: means a structure, or combination of structures of primary importance on the premises, and that contains the primary use associated with the premises. The primary use is characterized by identifying the main activity taking place on the premises.
Unsolicited written materials: means any written materials delivered to any premises without the express invitation or permission, in writing or otherwise, by the owner, occupant, or lessee of such premises.
(b) No Person shall deliver, place, or distribute unsolicited written materials to any premises other than in the following locations and manners:
(1) On a porch, if one exists, nearest the front door; or
(2) So that such materials are securely attached to the front door; or
(3) Through a mail slot on the front door or principal structure, if one exists, as permitted by the United States Postal Service Domestic Mail Manual, Section 508 Recipient Services, Subsection 3.1.2; or
(4) Between the exterior front door, if one exists and is unlocked, and the interior front door; or
(5) Where permitted, in a distribution box located on or adjacent to the premises; or
(6) Securely attached to a hook or within some other receptacle used for the delivery of non-U.S. Mail packages or materials, attached to the mailbox post for the premises, if it exists; or
(7) Personally to the owner, occupant, and/or lessee of the premises.
(c) Notwithstanding subsection (b), an owner, lessee, or occupant maintains the right
to restrict entry to his or her premises.
(d) Organizational Liability. Pursuant to Codified Ordinances Section 501.11, it is the intent to impose organizational liability for violation of this section committed by an officer, agent, or employee of a business or organization while acting on behalf of the business or organization and within the scope of the officer's, employee's or agent's office or employment.
(e) Unsolicited written materials placed at a premises creates a rebuttable presumption that the materials were placed at the premises by the owner, officer, agent, or employee of the business, product, good, service, or message which is being advertised, promoted, endorsed, or conveyed in such materials. Where the materials are delivered as a package and relate to multiple businesses, products, goods, services, or messages, the presumption shall apply to the identified distributor of the package of materials, if any.
(f) The provisions of this section do not apply to the United States Postal Service.
(g) Violation of this section shall be a minor misdemeanor punishable by a fine of one hundred fifty dollars ($150.00) per violation.
(Ord. 3547. Passed 1-7-20.)
(a) As used in this section:
"Disposable food service ware" means single-use disposable products used in the restaurant and food service industry for serving prepared food and includes, but is not limited to, plates, trays, cups, bowls, and hinged or lidded containers (clamshells). Disposable food ware does not include straws, utensils, drink lids, or ice chests.
"Food service operation" means a place, location, site, or separate area where food intended to be served in individual portions is prepared or served for a charge or required donation. As used in this section, "served" means a response made to an order for one or more individual portions of food in a form that is edible without washing, cooking, or additional preparation and "prepared" means any action that affects a food other than receiving or maintaining it at the temperature at which it was received.
"Food service operation" includes a catering food service operation, food delivery sales operation, mobile food service operation, seasonal food service operation, temporary food service operation, and vending machine location.
"National food service operation" means a food service operation that is a chain of franchise or corporate owned establishments located in more than one state.
"Expanded polystyrene" means a thermoplastic petrochemical material made from a styrene monomer and expanded or blown using a gaseous agent.
"Prepared Food" means food or beverages that are packaged, cooked, chopped, sliced, mixed, brewed, frozen, squeezed, or otherwise prepared on the premises. It does not include any raw, uncooked meat products or fruits or vegetables unless it can be consumed without further preparation; or prepackaged food that is delivered to the food service operation wholly encased, contained or packaged in a container or wrapper, and sold or otherwise provided by the food service operation in the same container packaging.
(b) No national food service operation shall sell or otherwise provide prepared food in expanded polystyrene disposable food service ware on or after December 31, 2020. No food service operation shall sell or otherwise provide prepared food in expanded polystyrene foam disposable food service ware on or after December 31, 2021.
(c) Organizational Liability. Pursuant to Codified Ordinances Section 501.11, it is the intent to impose organizational liability for violation of this section committed by an officer, agent, or employee of a business or organization while acting on behalf of the business or organization and within the scope of the officer's, employee's or agent's office or employment.
(d) Violation of this section shall be a minor misdemeanor punishable by a fine of one hundred fifty dollars ($150.00) per violation.
(Ord. 3551. Passed 2-4-20.)
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