§ 729-71. Personal Property Left or Abandoned on Streets and Sidewalks.

(a)

Personal property shall not be abandoned or allowed to remain upon public streets or sidewalks by reason of eviction or otherwise. Such personal property shall be considered litter if it is not immediately removed and shall be subject to enforcement of any other applicable provisions of this code, unless the property is set out pursuant to a previously scheduled special collection in compliance with the requirements of Section 729-93.

(b)

The city of Cincinnati shall not assume any liability of any type for any personal property abandoned on the street or sidewalk or disposed of as provided above.

(c)

A property owner or person in control of property, such as lessee, agent, or tenant having charge of the land, who allows personal property to remain on the public streets or sidewalks abutting the land in violation of this section commits the civil offense specified below, and shall be subject to the associated civil fines as specified in Section 1501-99:

(i)

For 3 or fewer items: Class B Civil Offense;

(ii)

For 4 or more items: Class D Civil Offense.

(d)

In addition to the penalty specified in subsection (c) above, when the director of public services or his or her designee ascertains that personal property has been placed on property within the city of Cincinnati in violation of this section, he or she may cause the removal of any accumulated litter and charge the removal costs to the owner or persons in control of such property.

(Sec. 707-40; ordained by Ord. No. 119-1964, eff. May 1, 1964; renumbered to C.M.C. 729-71, eff. Jan. 1, 1972; a. Ord. No. 84-1985, eff. Mar. 23, 1985; a. Ord. No. 463-2012, § 2, eff. Oct. 7, 2013; a. Ord. No. 311-2014, § 12, eff. July 1, 2015)