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509.07 GENERAL OFFENSES CODE 24 <br />509.07 MAHING FALSE ALARMS. <br />(a) No person shall do any of the following: <br />(1) Initiate or circulate a report or warning of an alleged or impending fire, <br />explosion, crime or other catastrophe, knowing that the report or warning <br />is false and likely to cause public inconvenience or alarm; <br />(2) Knowingly cause a false alarm of fire or other emergency to be <br />transmitted to or within any organization, public or private, for dealing <br />with emergencies involving a risk of physical harm to persons or <br />property; <br />(3) Report to any law enforcement agency an alleged offense or other incident <br />within its concern, knowing that such offense did not occur. <br />(b) This section does. not apply to any person conducting an authorized fire or <br />emergency drill. <br />(c) Whoever violates this section is guilty of making false alarms, a misdemeanor of <br />the first degree. If a violation of this section results in economic harm of five hundred dollars <br />($500.00) or more, or if a violation of this section pertains to a purported, threatened, or actual <br />use of a weapon of mass destruction, making false alarms is a felony and shall be prosecuted under <br />appropriate State law. <br />(d) Any act that is a violation of this section and any other section of the Codified <br />Ordinances may be prosecuted under this section, the other section, or both sections. <br />(e) As used in this section, "economic harm" and "weapon of mass destruction" have <br />the same meanings as in Section 509.06. (ORC 2917.32) <br />509.08 MINOR'S CURFEW. <br />(a) No child age twelve or under shall loiter, idle, wander, stroll, play or be present <br />in or upon the public streets, sidewalks, highways, roads, alleys, parks, playgrounds or other <br />public grounds, public places and public buildings, places of amusement, recreation and <br />entertainment, vacant lots, business establishments (whether open for business or not), or other <br />unsupervised places in the Municipality from the hours of sunset to sunrise. <br />(b) No child thirteen, fourteen or fifteen years of age shall loiter, idle, wander, stroll, <br />play or be present in or upon the public streets, sidewalks, highways, roads, alleys, parks, <br />playgrounds or other public grounds, public places and public buildings, places of amusement, <br />recreation and entertainment, vacant lots, business establishments (whether open for business or <br />not), or other unsupervised places in the Municipality between 11:00 p.m. and 6:00 a.m. local <br />time. <br />(c) No child sixteen or seventeen years of age shall loiter, idle, wander, stroll, play or <br />be present in or upon the public streets, sidewalks, highways, roads, alleys, parks, playgrounds <br />or other public grounds, public places and public buildings, places of amusement, recreation and <br />entertainment, vacant lots, business establishments (whether open for business or not), or other <br />unsupervised places in the Municipality between 12:00 midnight and 6:00 a.m. local time. <br />(d) The provisions of this section shall not apply to a minor accompanied by a parent, <br />guardian; responsible person or a member of his family eighteen years of age or older. <br />(e) No parent or guardian of any child, whom by virtue of his or her age is subject to <br />the provisions of this section, shall allow such child to violate~any provision of this section. <br />2003 Replacement <br />