{"data":{"id":"us-oh/ohio-rev.-code-505.171","jurisdiction":"us-oh","citation":"Ohio Rev. Code § 505.171","heading":"Drive-in theater screens.","body":"(A) Except in a township or portion thereof that is within the limits of a municipal corporation, the board of township trustees may adopt regulations necessary to require an owner or operator of a drive-in theater located in the township, to erect the theater screen in such a manner and location that the images projected on the screen are not clearly visible to persons driving on any road, street, or highway located within a radius of one-third mile from the theater screen.\n(B) Except in a township or portion thereof that is within the limits of a municipal corporation, the board of township trustees may adopt regulations necessary to require an owner or operator of a drive-in theater located in the township to construct and maintain a fence, wall, or tangible or intangible barrier which shall, to the maximum extent practicable in view of the topography of the site and location of the screen, conceal or obscure x-rated or obscene images projected on the screen from the ordinary view of persons driving on any road, street, or highway located within a radius of one-third mile from the theater screen.\n(C) The township constable or police district chief shall inspect each drive-in theater located in the township, but not within the limits of a municipal corporation; furnish the owner or operator thereof with a copy of the regulations adopted pursuant to divisions (A) and (B) of this section; and notify in writing the owner or operator if he finds there is a violation of the regulations.\n(D) Whoever violates any regulation adopted pursuant to division (A) or (B) of this section is guilty of a minor misdemeanor.","path":["Title 5 Townships","Chapter 505 Trustees"],"source_url":"https://codes.ohio.gov/ohio-revised-code/section-505.171","current_through":"1979-03-14 (House Bill 662 - 112th General Assembly)","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T19:24:27Z","sha256":"9be97be046d2a9f1c6bef7e5a834ed3c637a9add39dbdd06496d30f7650c4542","source_id":"us-oh","stale":false,"prev":"us-oh/ohio-rev.-code-505.17","next":"us-oh/ohio-rev.-code-505.172"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}