{"data":{"id":"us-oh/ohio-rev.-code-715.44","jurisdiction":"us-oh","citation":"Ohio Rev. Code § 715.44","heading":"Power to abate nuisance and prevent injury.","body":"A municipal corporation may:\n(A) Abate any nuisance and prosecute in any court of competent jurisdiction, any person who creates, continues, contributes to, or suffers such nuisance to exist;\n(B) Regulate and prevent the emission of dense smoke, prohibit the careless or negligent emission of dense smoke from locomotive engines, declare each of such acts a nuisance, and prescribe and enforce regulations for the prevention of such acts;\n(C) Prevent injury and annoyance from any nuisance;\n(D) Regulate and prohibit the use of steam whistles;\n(E) Provide for the regulation of the installation and inspection of steam boilers and steam boiler plants.","path":["Title 7 Municipal Corporations","Chapter 715 General Powers"],"source_url":"https://codes.ohio.gov/ohio-revised-code/section-715.44","current_through":"1953-10-01 (House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly)","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T19:24:27Z","sha256":"cabf55d830df23b2320bee61ca3bda7e21fb4a28e1e8a0b1e0dd3ee86a0e84fa","source_id":"us-oh","stale":false,"prev":"us-oh/ohio-rev.-code-715.43","next":"us-oh/ohio-rev.-code-715.45"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}