Ohio Rev. Code § 715.44 : — MUNICIPAL CORPORATIONSGENERAL POWERS — Power to abate nuisance and prevent injury TEXT PDF A municipal corporation may: (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; (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; (C) Prevent injury and annoyance from any nuisance; (D) Regulate and prohibit the use of steam whistles; (E) Provide for the regulation of the installation and inspection of steam boilers and steam boiler plants. R.C. §715.44 Effective Date: 10/1/1953 .