CHAPTER 1725
Nuisances Generally

1725.01   Nuisance.

1725.02   Littering and deposit of garbage, rubbish, junk, etc.

1725.03   Noxious or offensive odors.

1725.04   Sewer connections mandatory.

1725.05   Street, permitting to become dangerous.

1725.06   Digging in landfills prohibited.

1725.07   Privy.

1725.08   Mosquito elimination.

1725.09   Vault cleaning.

1725.10   Abandoned refrigerators and airtight containers.

1725.11   Venting of heaters and burners.

1725.12   Notice to fill lots, remove putrid substances.

1725.13   Buildings in unsafe condition.

1725.14   Removal of personal property after an eviction.

1725.99   Penalty.

   CROSS REFERENCES

   City's power to abate nuisances - see CHTR. § 8 (l)

   Water and sewer connections - see CHTR. § 211

   Power of Municipality to abate nuisances - see Ohio R.C. 715.44

   Powers of Board of Health to abate - see Ohio R.C. 3707.01 et seq.

   Nuisances - see Ohio R.C. 3767.01 et seq.

   Prohibitions against nuisances - see Ohio R.C. 3767.13 et seq.

   Animal nuisance conditions - see HLTH. 1705.07

   Trailers - see HLTH. 1729.06

   Vacant dwellings - see HLTH. Ch. 1733

   Rodent control - see Appendix B of this Title

   Nuisance bird control - see Appendix E of this Title

1725.01. Nuisance.

   No person shall cause or permit any nuisance to be or remain in or upon any building, premises or other place, of which such person is the owner, lessee, tenant or occupant; or between the same and the center of the street, lane or alley adjoining.

(Ord. 168-13. Passed 4-16-13.)

1725.02. Littering and deposit of garbage, rubbish, junk, etc.

   (a)   No person shall, without privilege to do so, recklessly 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.

   (b)   No person shall recklessly 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.

(Ord. 168-13. Passed 4-16-13.)

1725.03. Noxious or offensive odors.

   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; Ord. 168-13. Passed 4-16-13.)