Unusual laws in central Ohio
BEXLEY, Ohio - Experts say the suburbs of Columbus, Ohio,
have some unusual laws still on the books, including laws
banning the feeding of grackles and clinging to trains.
Officials said the suburb of Bexley has a law against
feeding a flock of grackles, while New Albany bans putting
laxative in someone else's food, Hillard bars clinging to
the side of locomotives and Grove City outlaws growing a
wild-carrot or white-top-daisy patch, The Columbus Dispatch
reported. "The code book is very interesting because of
when the codes were put into effect," Bexley City Attorney
Lou Chodosh said of his city's ban on feeding the specific
variety of bird. "Many of (Bexley's) laws involving begging
go back to the 1930s. It's all a matter of history and the
context of when it was done. "Quite honestly, some of these
get passed because an individual has a concern, and council
says, 'Sure, we'll pass that,' not thinking it will be on
the books forever, though it doesn't have to be," Chodosh
said. Chodesh said Bexley passed four ordinances in 1940
that are still in effect that dictated allowed behavior
in bars. However, the city currently does not contain any
bars.
BEXLEY, Ohio - Experts say the suburbs of Columbus, Ohio,
have some unusual laws still on the books, including laws
banning the feeding of grackles and clinging to trains.
Officials said the suburb of Bexley has a law against
feeding a flock of grackles, while New Albany bans putting
laxative in someone else's food, Hillard bars clinging to
the side of locomotives and Grove City outlaws growing a
wild-carrot or white-top-daisy patch, The Columbus Dispatch
reported. "The code book is very interesting because of
when the codes were put into effect," Bexley City Attorney
Lou Chodosh said of his city's ban on feeding the specific
variety of bird. "Many of (Bexley's) laws involving begging
go back to the 1930s. It's all a matter of history and the
context of when it was done. "Quite honestly, some of these
get passed because an individual has a concern, and council
says, 'Sure, we'll pass that,' not thinking it will be on
the books forever, though it doesn't have to be," Chodosh
said. Chodesh said Bexley passed four ordinances in 1940
that are still in effect that dictated allowed behavior
in bars. However, the city currently does not contain any
bars.