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Ohio Rev. Code § 5589.01 (2026)

Obstructing public grounds, highway, street, or alley

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Effective:
October 1, 1953
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly
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No person shall obstruct or encumber by fences, buildings, structures, or otherwise, a public ground, highway, street, or alley of a municipal corporation.
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 5 cases, 1961–1999 · leading case: Savransky v. City of Cleveland, 447 N.E.2d 98 (Ohio 1983).
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Savransky v. City of Cleveland, 447 N.E.2d 98 (Ohio 1983). · cites it 6× “” Appellant’s allegations against the city were premised on R.C. 5589.01 2 and 723.01. 3 With respect to appellant’s contention that R.”
1540 Columbus Corp. v. Cnty. of Cuyahoga, 589 N.E.2d 467 (Ohio Ct. App. 1990). “This court found that the occupied portion of Houston had not been open to the public since 1956 and that the city had never objected pursuant to R.C. 5589.01 to LTV'S presence. Further, this court found that LTV had erected and maintained a fence and employed a security guard…”
Gonzalez v. Henceroth Enter., Inc., 735 N.E.2d 68 (Ohio Ct. App. 1999). “In Wilson , the court of appeals concluded that R.C. 5589.01, which provides, “No person shall obstruct or encumber by fences, buildings, structures, or otherwise, a public ground, highway, street, or alley of a municipal corporation,” was intended to prevent the obstruction of…”
Wilson v. Ashtabula Water Works Co., 196 N.E.2d 344 (Ohio Ct. App. 1961). · cites it 2× “Plaintiff cites and strongly relies upon Section 5589.01, Revised Code, reading as follows:— “No person shall obstruct or encumber by fences, buildings, structures or otherwise, a public ground, highway, street or alley of a municipal corporation.”
Becker v. Shaull, 7 Ohio App. Unrep. 135 (Ohio Ct. App. 1990). · cites it 4× “In dicta, the Supreme Court said that R.C. 5589.01 is not a basis for recovering damages in a civil suit.”
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