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South Euclid, OH Code of Ordinances
CODIFIED ORDINANCES OF SOUTH EUCLID, OHIO
CERTIFICATION
DIRECTORY OF OFFICIALS (2024)
COMPARATIVE SECTION TABLE
CHARTER
PART ONE - ADMINISTRATIVE CODE
PART THREE - TRAFFIC CODE
PART FIVE - GENERAL OFFENSES CODE
PART SEVEN - PLANNING AND ZONING CODE
PART NINE - STREETS AND PUBLIC SERVICES CODE
PART ELEVEN - BUSINESS REGULATION CODE
PART THIRTEEN - BUILDING CODE
PART FOURTEEN - HOUSING CODE
PART FIFTEEN - FIRE PREVENTION CODE
PART SIXTEEN - BUSINESS MAINTENANCE CODE
CHAPTER 521
Health, Safety and Sanitation
521.01   Abandoned refrigerators and airtight containers.
521.02   Venting of heaters and burners.
521.03   Barricades and warning lights; abandoned excavations.
521.04   Street and sidewalk obstructions; damage or injury.
521.05   Notice to fill lots, remove putrid substances.
521.06   Duty to keep sidewalks in repair and clean.
521.07   Fences.
521.08   Noxious odors; filthy accumulations; polluting and diverting watercourses.
521.09   Noxious or offensive odors.
521.10   Clean indoor air.
521.11   Rat harborage.
521.12   Water shortages; restrictions.
521.13   Signs or obstructions on treelawns.
521.14   Weeds and grass.
521.15   Accumulations of waste material.
521.16   Disposal of waste material during construction.
521.17   Establishing smoke free zones.
521.18   Abandoned shopping carts prohibited.
521.19   Pesticide prohibition.
521.99   Penalty.
   CROSS REFERENCES
   See section histories for similar State law
   Excavation liability - see Ohio R.C. 723.49 et seq.
   Nuisances - see Ohio R.C. Ch. 3767
   Tampering with safety devices - see GEN. OFF. 541.04
   Compost piles - see S. & P.S. 917.09
521.01 ABANDONED REFRIGERATORS AND AIRTIGHT CONTAINERS.
   (a)   No person shall abandon, discard, or knowingly permit to remain on premises under the person’s control, in a place accessible to children, any abandoned or discarded icebox, refrigerator, or other airtight or semi-airtight container which has a capacity of 1½ cubic feet or more and an opening of 50 square inches or more and which has a door or lid equipped with a hinge, latch, or other fastening device capable of securing such door or lid, without rendering the equipment harmless to human life by removing such hinges, latches or other hardware which may cause a person to be confined therein. This section shall not apply to an icebox, refrigerator or other airtight or semi-airtight container located in that part of a building occupied by a dealer, warehouse or repairer.
(ORC 3767.29)
   (b)   Whoever violates this section is guilty of a misdemeanor of the fourth degree.
(ORC 3767.99(B))
521.02 VENTING OF HEATERS AND BURNERS.
   (a)   The use of a brazier, salamander, space heater, room heater, furnace, water heater, or other burner or heater using wood, coal, coke, fuel oil, kerosene, gasoline, natural gas, liquid petroleum gas or similar fuel, and tending to give off carbon monoxide or other harmful gases must comply with the following provisions;
      (1)   When used in living quarters, or in any enclosed building or space in which persons are usually present, shall be used with a flue or vent so designed, installed, and maintained as to vent the products of combustion outdoors; except in storage, factory, or industrial buildings which are provided with sufficient ventilation to avoid the danger of carbon monoxide poisoning.
      (2)   When used as a portable or temporary burner or heater at a construction site, or in a warehouse, shed, or structure in which persons are temporarily present, shall be vented as provided in division (a)(1) or used with sufficient ventilation to avoid the danger of carbon monoxide poisoning.
   (b)   This section does not apply to domestic ranges, laundry stoves, gas logs installed in a fireplace with an adequate flue, or hot plates, unless the same are used as space or room heaters.
   (c)   No person shall negligently use, or, being the owner, person in charge, or occupant of premises, negligently permit the use of a burner or heater in violation of the standards for venting and ventilation provided in this section.
   (d)   Division (a) above does not apply to any kerosene-fired space or room heater that is equipped with an automatic extinguishing tip-over device, or to any natural gas-fired or liquid petroleum gas-fired space or room heater that is equipped with an oxygen depletion safety shut-off system, and that has its fuel piped from a source outside the building in which it is located, that are approved by an authoritative source recognized by the State Fire Marshal in the State Fire Code adopted by him or her under Ohio R.C. 3737.82.
   (e)   The State Fire Marshal may make rules to ensure the safe use of unvented kerosene, natural gas, or liquid petroleum gas heaters exempted from division (a) above when used in assembly buildings, business buildings, high hazard buildings, institutional buildings, mercantile buildings, and type R-1 and R-2 residential buildings, as these groups of buildings are defined in rules adopted by the Board of Building Standards under Ohio R.C. 3781.10. No person shall negligently use, or, being the owner, person in charge or occupant of premises, negligently permit the use of a heater in violation of any rules adopted under this division.
   (f)   The State Fire Marshal may make rules prescribing standards for written instructions containing ventilation requirements and warning of any potential fire hazards that may occur in using a kerosene, natural gas, or liquid petroleum gas heater. No person shall sell or offer for sale any kerosene, natural gas, or liquid petroleum gas heater unless the manufacturer provides with the heater written instructions that comply with any rules adopted under this division.
   (g)   No product labeled as a fuel additive for kerosene heaters and having a flash point below 100°F or 37.8°C shall be sold, offered for sale, or used in any kerosene space heater.
   (h)   No device that prohibits any safety feature on a kerosene, natural gas, or liquid petroleum gas space heater from operating shall be sold, offered for sale, or used in connection with any kerosene, natural gas, or liquid petroleum gas space heater.
   (i)   No person shall sell or offer for sale any kerosene-fired, natural gas, or liquid petroleum gas-fired heater that is not exempt from division (a) above, unless it is marked conspicuously by the manufacturer on the container with the phrase "Not Approved For Home Use."
   (j)   No person shall use a cabinet-type, liquid petroleum gas-fired heater having a fuel source within the heater, inside any building, except as permitted by the State Fire Marshal in the State Fire Code adopted by him or her under Ohio R.C. 3737.82.
(ORC 3701.82)
   (k)   Whoever violates this section is guilty of a misdemeanor of the first degree.
(ORC 3701.99(B))
521.03 BARRICADES AND WARNING LIGHTS; ABANDONED EXCAVATIONS.
   (a)   No person shall abandon or knowingly permit to remain on public or private property, any excavation, well, cesspool or structure which is in the process of construction, reconstruction, repair or alteration unless the same is adequately protected by suitable barricades and guarded by warning devices or lights at night so that the condition will not reasonably prove dangerous to life or limb.
   (b)   No person shall destroy, remove, damage or extinguish any barricade or warning light that is placed for the protection of the public so as to prevent injury to life or limb.
   (c)   Any owner or agent in control of a premises upon which a basement, cellar, well or cistern has been abandoned due to demolition, failure to build or any other reason shall cause the same to be filled to the ground surface with rock, gravel, earth or other suitable material.
   (d)   No property owner, tenant or person having control of property within the City, directly or indirectly, shall create or allow dangerous conditions to exist on his premises.
   "Dangerous conditions" as used in this subsection, means any open, unguarded or unprotected excavation or building which, when abandoned or left open or otherwise unprotected, will likely prove dangerous to life or limb, or an abandoned, open, uncovered or otherwise unprotected well, cesspool, cistern or catch basin.
(Ord. 81-56. Passed 3-25-57.)
   (e)   Whoever violates this section is guilty of a minor misdemeanor.
521.04 STREET AND SIDEWALK OBSTRUCTIONS; DAMAGE OR INJURY.
   (a)   Materials on Sidewalks. No person shall pile, deposit or place, or cause or permit to be deposited, piled or placed, any earth, rubbish, wood, coal, merchandise, dirt or any impediment or obstruction of any kind upon or over any sidewalk.
   (b)   Slippery Substances Upon Public Ways. No person shall cast, throw, place or deposit on any sidewalk or crosswalk on any street, avenue or public place within the City any part or portion of any fruit or vegetable or other substance which, when stepped upon by any person, is liable to cause such person to slip or fall.
(Ord. 81-56. Passed 3-25-57.)
   (c)   Responsibility of Abutting Owners or Occupants. Every owner, occupant or person having charge of any house, building, lot or land fronting on any street, public roadway or highway, shall:
      (1)   Keep the sidewalk free and clear of all material and/or debris which may interfere with or impede the use of the sidewalk by the public;
      (2)   Keep the treelawn, being that area between the street curb and the sidewalk line closet to the street curb, free of all plants causing obstructions, shrubs and vegetable growths;
      (3)   Not permit the grass in the treelawn to grow more than the height of six inches.
(Ord. 41-85. Passed 1-12-87.)
   (d)   Snow and Ice Removal. Every owner, occupant or person having charge of any tenement, building, lot or land fronting on any street or highway in the City shall clear the sidewalk abutting the tenement, building, lot or land of snow or ice before 11:00 a. m. of each day and cause the same to be kept clear thereof to the width of at least two feet. If, for any cause, it is impossible to remove all the snow and ice which may adhere to such sidewalk, then every such owner, occupant or person having charge shall cover such snow and ice as remains with such a coating of ashes, sand or other substance as may be necessary to render travel thereon safe and convenient.
   No person removing snow from any driveway, sidewalk, public or private parking lot or private premises within the City shall deposit the same on the street, pavement or sidewalk of any public street or on any treelawn in any public street except the treelawn immediately in front of the premises from which the snow is removed and in the event the treelawn is inadequate to accommodate the removed snow, or if there is no treelawn, then the snow being removed shall be deposited on the front or rear yard of the premises.
(Ord. 47-84. Passed 11-26-84.)
   (e)   Noncompliance; Remedy of City. If the owner of any building, tenement, lot or land fails to comply with the provisions of subsections (a) through (d) hereof, then the Director of Public Safety may remove the snow, ice, earth, sand, brick, stone, rubbish, dead trees or dead branches of trees, or other material, weeds, grass anal growths, from the sidewalk or treelawn in front of the premises of such owner, and may charge the expense thereof to such owner, and if, upon being notified, he fails to pay the City the amount of such expense, then such amount may be certified by the proper City officer to the County Auditor and the same shall act as a lien upon the property of such owner and shall be collected as provided for in the case of special assessments.
   (f)   Display of Merchandise. No person shall erect, display, piece or maintain in, upon or over any street, alley, sidewalk or other public place in the City any fruit stand, shoe shining stand, flower stand, vegetable stand, lunch wagon, table, box, bin, basket, sack or any other container, arrangement or structure for the display or sale of goods, wares or merchandise or for the pursuit of any occupation.
(Ord. 81-56. Passed 3-25-57.)
   (g)   Leaves and Grass Clippings. No person shall dump, deposit, place or gather leaves, grass clippings or other debris in and upon any street, public roadway, highway or other public grounds or areas within the City.
   (h)   Penalty. Whoever violates any of the provisions of this section is guilty of a minor misdemeanor.
(Ord. 41-85. Passed 1-12-87.)
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