§ 2309.01. Definitions.

As used in Title 23 of the Columbus City Codes:

(A)

To "create a substantial risk of serious physical harm to any person" includes the creation of a substantial risk of serious physical harm to any emergency personnel.

(B)

"Emergency personnel" means any of the following persons:

(1)

A peace officer, as defined in Section 2935.01 of the Revised Code;

(2)

A member of a fire department or other fire-fighting agency of a municipal corporation, township, township fire district, joint fire district, other political subdivision, or combination of political subdivisions;

(3)

A member of a private fire company, as defined in Section 9.60 of the Revised Code, or a volunteer firefighter;

(4)

A member of a joint ambulance district;

(5)

An emergency medical technician-ambulance, advanced emergency medical technician-ambulance, emergency medical technician-paramedic, ambulance operator, or other member of an emergency medical service that is owned or operated by a political subdivision or a private entity;

(6)

The state fire marshal, an assistant state marshal, or an arson investigator of the office of the state fire marshal;

(7)

A fire prevention officer of a political subdivision or an arson investigator or similar inspector of a political subdivision.

(C)

"Occupied structure" means any house, building, outbuilding, watercraft, aircraft, railroad car, truck, trailer, tent, or other structure, vehicle, or shelter, or any portion thereof, to which any of the following applies:

(1)

It is maintained as a permanent or temporary dwelling, even though it is temporarily unoccupied and whether or not any person is actually present.

(2)

At the time, it is occupied as the permanent or temporary habitation of any person, whether or not any person is actually present.

(3)

At the time, it is specially adapted for the overnight accommodation of any person, whether or not any person is actually present.

(4)

At the time, any person is present or likely to be present in it.

(D)

"Political subdivision" and "state" have the same meanings as in Section 2744.01 of the Revised Code.

(ORC 2909.01; Ord. 2535-94.)

(E)

"Graffiti" means any inscription, design, word, figure or mark of any type drawn, marked, painted, tagged, etched, scratched, or written upon any building, bridge, fence, gate, rock, structure, tree, wall or other property visible to the public that defaces, damages or destroys any public or private, real or personal property, without the privilege to do so.

(F)

"Graffitism" means the act of defacing, damaging or destroying any public or private, real or personal property, without the privilege to do so, by drawing, marking, painting, tagging, etching, scratching, or writing any inscription, design, word, figure, or mark of any type on any building, bridge, fence, gate, rock, structure, tree, wall or other property visible to the public.

(G)

"Graffitist" means a person who commits graffitism.

(H)

"Spray paint" means any paint packaged in an aerosol container.

(I)

"Wide-tipped marker" means any indelible marker or similar implement with a tip which, at its broadest width, is quarter inch or greater.

(Ord. 1862-95; Ord. 1686-03 § 2 (part).)