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Codified Ordinances of Springfield, OH
CODIFIED ORDINANCES OF THE CITY OF SPRINGFIELD, OHIO
THE CHARTER
PART ONE--ADMINISTRATIVE CODE
PART THREE - TRAFFIC CODE
PART FIVE - GENERAL OFFENSES CODE
PART SEVEN--BUSINESS REGULATION CODE
PART NINE - STREETS, UTILITIES, AND PUBLIC SERVICES CODE
PART ELEVEN - ZONING CODE
PART TWELVE - SUBDIVISION REGULATIONS
PART THIRTEEN--BUILDING CODE
PART FIFTEEN - FIRE PREVENTION CODE
PART SEVENTEEN - HEALTH CODE
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521.05 NOTICE TO FILL LOTS, REMOVE PUTRID SUBSTANCES.
   (a)   No person shall fail to comply with the following requirements within the lawful time after service or publication of the notice or resolution is made as required by law:
   To fill or drain any lot or land or remove all putrid substances therefrom, or remove all obstructions from culverts, covered drains or natural watercourses as provided in Ohio R.C. 715.47.
 
   (b)   Whoever violates this section is guilty of a minor misdemeanor.
 
521.06 NUISANCE CONDITIONS ON PUBLIC PROPERTY.
   (a)   No person shall create any nuisance dangerous to persons or property or make, or cause to be made any excavation in, or place or cause to be placed any obstruction upon, or occupy or cause to be occupied with building or other material, any portion of any public street, alley, sidewalk, pavement, or other public ground, unless duly authorized by law or the proper City officials.
(1907 Code Sec. 279)
 
   (b)   Whoever violates this section is guilty of a minor misdemeanor.
 
521.07 PLACING ARTICLES ON STREETS AND PUBLIC GROUNDS.
   (a)   No person shall place or deposit or cause to be placed or deposited on any street, alley, sidewalk or public grounds of the City, any wood, coal, box, barrel, crate, cask, keg, casting, lumber, goods, wares, furniture, merchandise or any other material or obstruction whatsoever, except for such reasonable time as may be actually necessary for receiving or discharging the same from some store, building or other place. In such event the same shall be placed so as not to block the street, alley, sidewalk or public ground upon which it is placed or so as not to interfere with the free passage of water in the gutters of such street or alley. This section does not apply to such cases of a temporary use of the street or sidewalk as are now or may hereafter be authorized by ordinance or resolution of the City Commission or by permit from the City Manager. However, the City Manager, upon signing of the proper releases by the applicant, may authorize the placing on any sidewalk temporary and permanent ornamental or functional devices.
(Ord. 66-230. Passed 12-19-66.)
 
   (b)   Whoever violates this section is guilty of a minor misdemeanor.
521.08 LITTERING AND DEPOSIT OF GARBAGE, RUBBISH, JUNK, ETC.
   (a)   Except as provided in Section 521.10, no person shall, without lawful authority, place or dispose of in any manner, upon any public property or upon the premises of another, any paper, trash, garbage, waste, rubbish, refuse, junk or any substance or material which is or may become noxious, offensive, injurious or dangerous to the public health, comfort or safety.
(Ord. 75-259. Passed 9-9-75.)
   (b)   No person shall cause or allow trash, garbage, waste, rubbish, refuse or any other noxious or offensive materials or substances to be collected or remain in any place to the damage or prejudice of others or of the public, or unlawfully obstruct, impede, divert, corrupt or render unwholesome or impure, any natural watercourse.
   (c)   Whoever violates this section is guilty of a minor misdemeanor on a first offense; on each subsequent offense such person is guilty of a misdemeanor of the fourth degree.
521.09 NOXIOUS OR OFFENSIVE ODORS.
   (a)   No person shall erect, continue, use or maintain a dwelling, building, structure or place for a residence or for the exercise of a trade, employment or business, or for the keeping or feeding of an animal which, by occasioning noxious exhalations or noisome or offensive smells, becomes injurious to the health, comfort or property of individuals or of the public.
(ORC 3767.13)
   (b)   Whoever violates this section is guilty of a misdemeanor of the third degree.
(Ord. 92-261. Passed 8-11-92.)
521.10 CAMPING IN FLOODPLAIN SAFETY.
   (a)   Any owner of property in the 100 year floodplain area, who allows the use of said floodplain by occupied recreational vehicles, tent campers, or other temporary housing, has the obligation to provide warning to such users anytime the adjacent watercourse rises from its banks.
   (b)   In order to allow for an orderly and safe evacuation of the floodplain area, owners of property described in subparagraph (a), above, shall oblige all temporary residents of their floodplain property to be ready to depart on short notice. Specifically, recreational vehicles, camping trailers and similar vehicles must have functioning tires and undercarriage, and have their departure path unobstructed by fences or other barricades.
(Ord. 00-305. Passed 9-5-00.)
521.11 SPREADING CONTAGION.
   (a)   No person, knowing or having reasonable cause to believe that the person has a dangerous, contagious disease, shall knowingly fail to take reasonable measures to prevent exposing self to other persons, except when seeking medical aid.
   (b)   No person, having charge or care of a person whom the person having charge or care knows or has reasonable cause to believe has a dangerous, contagious disease, shall recklessly fail to take reasonable measures to protect others from exposure to the contagion, and to inform health authorities of the existence of the contagion.
   (c)   No person, having charge of a public conveyance or place of public accommodation, amusement, resort or trade, and knowing or having reasonable cause to believe that persons using such conveyance or place have been or are being exposed to a dangerous, contagious disease, shall negligently fail to take reasonable measures to protect the public from exposure to the contagion, and to inform health authorities of the existence of the contagion.
(ORC 3701.81)
   (d)   Whoever violates this section is guilty of a misdemeanor of the second degree.
(ORC 3701.99(C))
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