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(a) Curfew hours. No minor under 18 years of age shall loiter, congregate, gather in a group or roam the streets in the city between the hours of 11:00 p.m. and 6:00 a.m. of the following day, Sundays through Thursdays, or between the hours of 12:00 midnight and 6:00 a.m. on Fridays and Saturdays. The time specified herein shall be Eastern Standard Time or Eastern Standard Daylight Saving Time, as the case may be.
(1964 Code, § 531.01)
(b) Exceptions.
(1) Any child who is delivering newspapers, or who is making any other delivery in good faith, or is on an errand of importance, or who is accompanied by a parent, legal guardian or other person in loco parentis, or some other person who is 21 years of age or older and who has been given permission by such parent, guardian or person in loco parentis to accompany such child, shall not be deemed to be in violation of this chapter.
(2) Any school, church, lodge or other organization that desires to hold any entertainment or function for children under the age of 18 years, which entertainment or function shall require such children to be out at a later hour than that specified in this section, shall notify the Police Chief of such function. The notice shall state the time the entertainment will end. Minors who attend this function shall be required to be off the public streets one hour after the function is ended.
(1964 Code, § 531.02)
(c) Disposition of minor. Any minor found in violation of this section shall be taken to the Public Safety Department Building and the parent, guardian or person in loco parentis shall be notified to come to such building and take personal charge of the minor. The minor shall be released only to such parent, guardian or person in loco parentis or to the juvenile authorities. Any minor found in violation of this section who has once before been held by the authorities for violation of this section shall be held for the juvenile authorities for proper disposition.
(1964 Code, § 531.03)
(d) Responsibility of parents, guardians and the like. No parent, guardian or person in loco parentis shall permit any minor to violate this section.
(e) Penalty. Whoever violates division (d) of this section hereof shall, for a first offense, be warned, and for a second or subsequent offense shall be guilty of a minor misdemeanor.
(1964 Code, § 531.99)
(a) Picketing defined. For purposes of this chapter, PICKETING means the act of standing upon or patrolling any public street, sidewalk or other public place where persons may lawfully assemble by one or more persons for the purpose of:
(1) Persuading other persons to cease patronizing, contracting with, employing or leaving the employ of any person or persons; or
(2) Giving publicity to or communicating information regarding the existence, facts or merits of a labor dispute or other controversy.
(1964 Code, § 539.01)
(b) Prohibited conduct. No person shall:
(1) Engage in picketing by force, violence, duress, breach of the peace or threat of any of the foregoing;
(2) Engage in picketing in such manner as to prevent ingress to or egress from any premises;
(3) Engage in picketing in such a manner as to obstruct, prevent or interfere with the free or unobstructed use of any public street, sidewalk or other public place by other persons; or
(4) Engage in picketing in other than a reasonable and peaceful manner.
(1964 Code, § 539.02)
(c) Penalty. Whoever violates this section is guilty of a misdemeanor of the fourth degree on a first offense and a misdemeanor of the third degree on a second offense.
(1964 Code, § 539.99)
(a) No person shall knowingly engage in conduct designed to urge or incite another to commit any offense of violence when either of the following apply:
(1) The conduct takes place under circumstances that create a clear and present danger that any offense of violence will be committed; and
(2) The conduct proximately results in the commission of any offense of violence.
(b) Whoever violates this section is guilty of inciting to violence. If the offense of violence that the other person is being urged or incited to commit is a misdemeanor, inciting to violence is a misdemeanor of the first degree. If the offense of violence that the other person is being urged or incited to commit is a felony, inciting to violence is a felony to be prosecuted under appropriate state law.
(R.C. § 2917.01)
(a) No person, without privilege to do so, shall recklessly obstruct any highway, street, sidewalk, or any other public passage in such a manner as to render the highway, street, sidewalk, or passage impassable without unreasonable inconvenience or hazard if both of the following apply:
(1) The obstruction prevents an emergency vehicle from accessing a highway or street, prevents an emergency service responder from responding to an emergency, or prevents an emergency vehicle or an emergency service responder from having access to an exit from an emergency.
(2) Upon receipt of a request or order from an emergency service responder to remove or cease the obstruction, the person refuses to remove or cease the obstruction.
(b) Division (a) of this section does not limit or affect the application of R.C. § 2921.31 or any other section of the Ohio Revised Code. Any conduct that is a violation of division (a) of this section and that also is a violation of R.C. § 2921.31 or any other section of the Ohio Revised Code may be prosecuted under this section, the other section of the Ohio Revised Code, or both sections.
(c) Whoever violates this section is guilty of unlawfully impeding public passage of an emergency service responder, a misdemeanor of the first degree.
(d) As used in this section, EMERGENCY SERVICE RESPONDER has the same meaning as in R.C. § 2903.13.
(R.C. § 2917.14)