A.
A person commits the offense of abandonment
of an airtight or semi-airtight container if he or she knowingly abandons,
discards, or permits to remain on premises under his or her 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 one and one-half (1 1/2) cubic feet or more and
an opening of fifty (50) square inches or more and which has a door
or lid equipped with hinge, latch or other fastening device capable
of securing such door or lid, without rendering such equipment harmless
to human life by removing such hinges, latches or other hardware which
may cause a person to be confined therein.
B.
Subsection (A) of this Section does 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 operator or repair person.
D.
The offense of abandonment of an airtight
or semi-airtight container is an ordinance violation.
A person commits the offense of littering
if he or she places, deposits, or causes to be placed or deposited,
any glass, glass bottles, wire, nails, tacks, hedge, cans, garbage,
trash, refuse, or rubbish of any kind, nature or description on the
right-of-way of any public road or State highway or on or in any of
the waters in this City or on the banks of any stream, or on any land
or water owned, operated or leased by the State, any board, department,
agency or commission thereof or on any land or water owned, operated
or leased by the Federal Government or the City, or on any private
real property owned by another without the owner's consent.
A.
A person commits the offense of unlawful
disposition of a dead animal if he or she knowingly places or causes
to be placed the carcass or offal of any dead animal:
A.
A person commits the offense of tampering
with a water supply if he or she purposely:
1.
Poisons, defiles or in any way corrupts
the water of a well, spring, brook or reservoir used for domestic
or municipal purposes; or
2.
Diverts, dams up and holds back from
its natural course and flow any spring, brook or other water supply
for domestic or municipal purposes, after said water supply shall
have once been taken for use by any person or persons, corporation,
town or city for his/her, their or its use.
B.
The offense of tampering with a water supply
is an ordinance violation.
[R.O. 2016 § 210.090; CC 1994 § 37.221]
Any person or persons occupying any
store, shop, or office on either side of any street in the City shall
be required to keep the sidewalk in front or alongside of the premises
free from any obstruction or thing tending to obstruct such sidewalk;
and anyone failing to comply with the requirements of this Section
shall be deemed guilty of an ordinance violation.
[R.O. 2016 § 210.100; CC 1994 § 37.222]
All persons occupying stores, shops,
or offices of any kind on any street or alley in the City are prohibited
from sweeping or throwing trash, dirt, or any other matter into any
ditch or drain on said streets or alleys and all persons owning or
occupying said stores, shops, or offices shall be required to keep
the ditches or drains in front of or alongside of the building owned
or occupied by them clear and clean of all debris or things of any
kind, or, if any building be unoccupied, then the owner or agent shall
be required to keep said ditches or drains clear and clean. Any person
or persons violating any part of this Section shall be deemed guilty
of an ordinance violation and, upon conviction thereof, be fined not
less than one dollar ($1.00) nor more than five hundred dollars ($500.00)
for every twenty-four (24) hours such obstruction shall be allowed
to remain after being notified by the Chief of Police to remove same.
[R.O. 2016 § 210.105; CC 1994 § 16.440]
It shall be unlawful for any person
to remove snow from any private property onto any public street or
alley, or any other public place, in the City.
[R.O. 2016 § 210.110; CC 1994 § 37.223]
Every person who shall cause to be
made any excavation in or adjoining any public street, alley, highway,
or public place in the City, shall cause the same to be fenced with
a suitable fence not less than three (3) feet high and so placed as
to prevent any person, animal, or vehicle falling into said excavation,
and every person making or causing to be made any such excavation,
and every person who shall occupy or cause to be occupied any portion
of any public street, alley, highway, or public place in the City
with building material, or with any other obstruction, shall cause
one (1) red light to be securely and conspicuously posted on or near
such excavation, building material or other obstruction providing
such excavation or obstruction does not extend more than five (5)
feet in length; if over five (5) feet and less than thirty (30) feet,
two (2) red lights, one (1) at each end, shall be placed and one (1)
additional red light for each additional twenty-five (25) feet or
part thereof, and shall keep such lights burning during the entire
night. Any person or persons violating any of the provisions thereof
shall be deemed guilty of an ordinance violation, and upon conviction
thereof, shall be punished by a fine of not more than five hundred
dollars ($500.00) or by imprisonment in jail not exceeding three (3)
months or by both such fine and imprisonment.
[R.O. 2016 § 210.120; CC 1994 § 37.224]
Any person storing any lumber, wood,
coal, rock, rubbish, or other material on any lot or premises within
the City in such a manner as to endanger the public health or safety
shall be deemed guilty of an ordinance violation. Every day that such
lumber, wood, coal, rock, rubbish, or other material or substance
is stored in violation of this Section shall constitute a separate
and distinct offense.
[R.O. 2016 § 210.130; CC 1994 § 37.225]
Whoever shall place or cause to be
placed upon any street, alley, thoroughfare, sidewalk, or public place
within the City any signboard, boxes, merchandise, or any article
whatever so as to obstruct or encumber the same; or shall expose,
place, or offer any merchandise upon any sidewalk, or public place
for show or sale, by auction or otherwise, shall be deemed guilty
of an ordinance violation. Nothing in this Section shall be so construed
as to prevent any merchant or other person from placing any articles
on the sidewalk while receiving or delivering same or forwarding same;
provided such articles shall not occupy more than one-half (1/2) of
the sidewalk from the edge of the curbstone next to the street, and
shall not be permitted to remain on the sidewalk more than one (1)
hour.
[R.O. 2016 § 210.140; CC 1994 § 37.226]
Whoever in the City shall keep or
leave open any cellar door, or grating of any vault in any thoroughfare
or sidewalk, or shall suffer any such door or grating, belonging to
the premises occupied or controlled by him/her, in any thoroughfare
or sidewalk to be in an insecure condition, whereby persons may be
in danger of falling into a cellar or vault, shall be deemed guilty
of an ordinance violation.
[R.O. 2016 § 210.150; CC 1994 § 37.228; Ord. No. 671-06 §§ 1
— 2, 2-28-2006]
A.
No person shall drive or park any vehicle
or equipment over and/or across any sidewalk or curbing within the
City (properly constructed driveway cuts excluded), which is likely
to damage said sidewalks and curbing, except in the conduct of repair
of said sidewalks and curbing or construction work on adjacent property
and then precautions shall be taken to protect the sidewalk and curbing
from damage.
B.
Any person willfully violating the provisions
of this Section shall be deemed guilty of an ordinance violation and
shall be held responsible to the City for the cost of repairing any
break or injury to any sidewalk, curbing or crossing by the violation
of this Section.
[R.O. 2016 § 210.160; CC 1994 § 37.229]
Whoever shall himself/herself, or
by another, place upon any street, alley, or other public place in
the City any obstruction not authorized by this Chapter or make any
excavation or in any way disturb the surface in such place without
lawful authority, or displace or remove any stones, stakes, or other
land marks placed by any officer of this City under the authority
thereof, or injure or deface any property, or appurtenances, shall
be deemed guilty of an ordinance violation, and upon conviction, be
punished by a fine of not more than five hundred dollars ($500.00).
[R.O. 2016 § 210.170; CC 1994 § 37.230]
Whoever shall, on any street, alley,
property, or thoroughfare in this City, engage in any sport or exercise
likely to cause injury to any person or persons passing over such
street, alley, or thoroughfare, shall be deemed guilty of an ordinance
violation.
[R.O. 2016 § 210.180; CC 1994 § 37.231]
No person, company, or corporation
shall do any quarrying or blasting within the corporate limits of
the City without having applied first for and secured a permit from
the City Council to do such quarrying or blasting, and without having
first filed an approved indemnity bond in such sum as the Mayor and
City Council shall deem such bond necessary.
[Ord. No. 1464-22, 3-8-2022]
A.
Begging.
It shall be unlawful for any person to accept money or other valuable
considerations as the result of soliciting alms, either directly or
indirectly, upon the public thoroughfares, public grounds or public
rights-of-way of the City.
B.
Loitering,
Public Thoroughfares Or Public Right-Of-Way Areas. It shall be unlawful
for any person to loiter in the public thoroughfares or public right-of-way
areas located within the City's limits. It is considered that such
loitering creates a potential safety hazard for the person loitering
in those areas as well as a potential safety hazard and/or sight obstruction
for passing motorists. Events approved by the City of Park Hills,
which have a reasonable plan to address potential safety hazards shall
be exempt from this provision of this Section.
