(a) No person being the owner, lessee, occupant, custodian or person in charge of any store, shop, warehouse, dwelling house, apartment, building or place whatever, shall knowingly permit such place to be used for the sale, furnishing, giving away, transferring or other offer thereof of intoxicating liquor or beer in violation of law.
(b) No person shall knowingly engage in conduct which facilitates keeping a place where intoxicating liquor or beer are sold in violation of law. For purposes of this section, a person facilitates keeping a place where intoxicating liquor or beer is sold in violation of law if he in any way knowingly aids keeping a place where intoxicating liquor or beer are sold in violation of law, including without limitation purchasing beer or intoxicating liquor on such premises.
(c) Any store, shop, warehouse, dwelling house, apartment, building or place whatever which is used to violate this section, on conviction for a second or subsequent offense at such premises, is hereby declared to be a public nuisance, subject to abatement, and an action may be brought in equity to abate such nuisance and to perpetually enjoy the person maintaining the same from further maintenance thereof.
(d) A person loses any right, title, and interest, including the right to further possession of such property, when that property is used in a conspiracy, an attempt to commit, or the commission of an offense under this section. Property includes but is not limited to intoxicating liquor and beer, bars, refrigerators, juke boxes, vending machines, lighting fixtures, pool tables and other entertainment devices. Such property used in violation of this section shall be seized and forfeited to the City upon motion made in a court of competent jurisdiction.
(e) Whoever violates this section is guilty of keeping a place where intoxicating liquor or beer is sold in violation of law, a misdemeanor of the first degree.
If the offender has previously been convicted under this section or Ohio R.C. 4399.09, upon a second conviction of this section or Ohio R.C. 4399.09 a mandatory penalty of at least thirty days imprisonment and a fine of at least five hundred dollars ($500.00) shall be imposed. If the offender has previously been convicted two times or more under this section or Ohio R.C. 4399.09 a mandatory penalty of at least forty-five days imprisonment and a fine of at least seven hundred and fifty dollars ($750.00) shall be imposed.