CODIFIED ORDINANCES OF SHEFFIELD VILLAGE OHIO

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CODIFIED ORDINANCES
OF
SHEFFIELD VILLAGE
OHIO
Complete to June 30, 2012
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CERTIFICATION
We, John D. Hunter, Mayor, and Timothy J. Pelcic, Clerk-Treasurer, of the Village of
Sheffield, Ohio, hereby certify that the general and permanent legislation of the Village of
Sheffield, Ohio, as revised, arranged, compiled, numbered, codified and printed herewith in
component codes, is correctly set forth and constitutes the Codified Ordinances of the Village of
Sheffield, Ohio, 1999, as amended to June 30, 2012.
Codified, edited and published
by
THE WALTER H. DRANE COMPANY
Cleveland, Ohio
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VILLAGE OF SHEFFIELD
DIRECTORY OF OFFICIALS
(2012)
COUNCIL
Kevin Watkinson, President Pro-Tem
Jean Ackerman
Matthew Bliss
Robert Markovich
Walter R. Min
Carolyn White
ADMINISTRATION
Mayor & Safety Service Director
Clerk-Treasurer
Law Director/Solicitor
Prosecutor
Village Administrator
Fire Chief
Police Chief
Village Engineer
Building Inspector-Commercial
Building Inspector-Residential
Electrical Inspector
Zoning Administrator
John D. Hunter
Timothy J. Pelcic
Thomas J. Smith
D. Chris Cook
Kenneth A. Kaczay
Jeff Young
Larry Bliss
Mark Skellenger
Tom Horseman
Joseph Temkiewicz
James Hempfling
Ronald Rosso
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The publisher
expresses its appreciation
to
all Village officials who
gave time and counsel to the
preparation of the 2012
Replacement Pages to the
Codified Ordinances.
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ORDINANCE NO. 1730
AN ORDINANCE TO APPROVE THE 1999 CODIFIED
ORDINANCES AND DECLARING AN EMERGENCY.
WHEREAS, a determination has been made that the ordinances of the Municipality of a
permanent and general nature should be recodified, and
WHEREAS, Council has heretofore entered into a contract with the Walter H. Drane
Company to prepare and publish such recodification, and
WHEREAS, the recodification of the Traffic and General Offenses Codes has previously
been adopted by Ordinance 1687, and
WHEREAS, the recodification of the remaining ordinances, together with the new matter
to be adopted, the matters to be amended and those to be repealed are before the Council,
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE VILLAGE OF
SHEFFIELD, STATE OF OHIO:
Section 1. That the ordinances of Sheffield Village, Ohio, of a general and permanent
nature, as revised, recodified, rearranged and consolidated into component codes, titles, chapters
and sections are hereby approved, adopted and enacted as the Codified Ordinances of Sheffield
Village, Ohio, 1999.
Section 2. That the provisions of this Ordinance, including all provisions of the Codified
Ordinances, shall be in full force and effect as provided in Section 5 of this Ordinance. All
ordinances and resolutions or parts thereof enacted prior to August 1, 1999, which are inconsistent
with any provision of the Codified Ordinances, are hereby repealed as of the effective date of this
Ordinance, except as follows: the enactment of the Codified Ordinances shall not be construed to
affect a right or liability accrued or incurred under any legislative provisions prior to the effective
date of such enactment, or an action or proceeding for the enforcement of such right or liability.
Such enactment shall not be construed to relieve any person from punishment for an act committed
in violation of any such legislative provision, nor to affect an indictment or prosecution therefor.
For such purposes, any such legislative provision shall continue in full force notwithstanding its
repeal for the purpose of revision and recodification.
Section 3. That each section of the Codified Ordinances without an ordinance or resolution
history at the end thereof indicates that the section contains new material which is hereby enacted
by this adopting ordinance. A summary of such new material shall be posted as provided by Ohio
R.C. 731.23 and Section 121.01 of the Administrative Code.
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Section 4. That it is found and determined that all formal actions of this Council
concerning and relating to the adoption of this Ordinance were adopted in an open meeting of this
Council, and that all deliberations of this Council that resulted in such formal action occurred in
meetings open to the public, in compliance with legal requirements, including Section 121.22 of
the Ohio Revised Code.
Section 5. That this Ordinance is hereby declared to be an emergency measure necessary
for the preservation of the public peace, health, welfare, and safety of the Village and its
inhabitants for the reason that there exists an imperative necessity for the earliest publication and
distribution of the 1999 Codified Ordinances to the officials and residents of the Village, so as to
facilitate administration, daily operation and avoid practical and legal entanglements. Wherefore,
this Ordinance shall be in full force and effect from and immediately after its passage and
approval, and its contents shall become effective as set forth in this Ordinance.
PASSED
/s/ Darlene Ondercin
MAYOR
SOLICITOR
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/s/ Timothy J. Pelcic
CLERK-TREASURER
1ST READING
7/12/99
2ND READING
7/26/99
3RD READING
9/13/99
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CONTENTS
PRELIMINARY UNIT
General Index
Comparative Section Table
Tables of Special Ordinances
CODIFIED ORDINANCES OF SHEFFIELD VILLAGE, OHIO
PART ONE - Administrative Code
PART THREE - Traffic Code
PART FIVE - General Offenses Code
PART SEVEN - Business Regulation Code
PART NINE - Streets, Utilities and Public Services Code
PART ELEVEN - Planning and Zoning Code
PART THIRTEEN - Building Code
PART FIFTEEN - Fire Prevention Code
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EDITOR'S NOTE
The arrangement and numbering of the Codified Ordinances into component codes, titles,
chapters and sections are based on an adaptation of the decimal numbering system which is similar
to that used in the Ohio Revised Code, and in accord with the best accepted practice in instituting
a codification. Each section is self-identifying as to code, chapter and section number. For
example, 305.06 indicates that the code number is 3, the chapter number is 305 (or the 5th chapter
within code 3), and the section number is .06. The code and chapter numbers appear left of the
decimal, with the code number preceding the first two digits left of the decimal, and the chapter
number being all digits left of the decimal. The section number appears right of the decimal. As
another example, 113.10 indicates the code number is 1, the chapter number is 113 (or the 13th
chapter within code 1), and the section number is .10.
This numbering system has the advantage of inherent flexibility in allowing for an almost
endless amount of expansion. Codes, titles and chapters initially are odd-numbered, thus reserving
the use of even numbers for future legislation. Sections within chapters are consecutively
numbered, except that penalty provisions are usually assigned the number .99 as used in the
Revised Code. Newly created sections subsequent to the original codification may be indicated
by three digits right of the decimal in the event the law properly belongs between two
consecutively numbered sections. For example, newly created 575.061, 575.062 and 575.063
follow 575.06 and precede 575.07 to be placed in their logical position.
Section histories enable a user to trace the origin of the law contained in the section. The
history indicates the derivation by reference to either its passage date and the ordinance number
originally assigned to it at that time, or to its inclusion in any prior code. Sections without
histories indicate that the section contains new matter which was ordained by the Adopting
Ordinance which enacts the Codified Ordinances.
The Comparative Section Table is included to show the disposition of every ordinance
included in the Codified Ordinances. It indicates whether a given ordinance was consolidated with
another into one section or split into two or more sections. Cross references direct the user to
subject matter reasonably related to material contained within a given chapter.
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GENERAL INDEX
EDITOR'S NOTE: References are to individual code
sections. As additional aids for locating material, users are directed
to:
(a)
The comparative Section Table which indicates in the
Codified Ordinances the disposition of the ordinances
or resolutions integrated therein.
(b)
The table of contents preceding each component
code, and the sectional analysis preceding each
chapter.
(c)
The cross references to related material following
each chapter analysis.
ABANDONMENT
animal
505.04
excavations
521.03
oil or gas well
739.01
refrigerator, airtight container 521.01
wind energy facility
755.11
ACCIDENT
impounding vehicle
303.08
injurious material on street
311.01
off-highway motorcycle
375.07
property other
than street, on 335.13, 335.14
realty, damaging
335.14
report fee
109.01(c)
snowmobile or
all purpose vehicle
375.07
street, on
335.12
unattended vehicle
335.12, 335.13
ADDRESS (see
BUILDING NUMBERING)
ADMINISTRATOR, VILLAGE (see
also PUBLIC SERVANT)
appointments
131.03
bond
131.02
Codified Ordinances, copy of
121.02
ADMINISTRATOR, VILLAGE (Cont.)
compensation payment
159.13
expense
account
159.15
reimbursement
159.14
position established
131.01
ADOPTION BY REFERENCE
BOCA National Fire
Prevention Code
1501.01(b)
Ohio Building Code
1301.01
Residential Building Code
of Ohio
1305.01
ADULT USE
conditional use regulations 1153.04(a)
regulations
1177.07
ADVERTISING
fireworks sale
1519.04(e)
traffic control device, on
313.07
AIDING OR ABETTING
501.10
AIRPLANE
landing strips; permit
521.17
AIR POLLUTION
noxious or offensive odors
521.09
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AIR POLLUTION (Cont.)
vehicle air cleaner required
337.25
AIRTIGHT CONTAINER
abandoned
521.01
ALARM SYSTEMS
false alarm; charges
965.01
fire
1501.17
response to
965.01
ALCOHOL (see INTOXICANTS;
INTOXICATION)
ALLEY
defined
301.03
parking in
351.11
right of way
entering
331.17
junction of alleys
331.16
leaving
331.22, 331.23
speed limit
333.03
turning into
331.11
ALL PURPOSE VEHICLE
accident report
375.07
bicycle path use prohibited
373.11
certificate of title
375.08
definitions
375.01
equipment
375.02
operation
permitted
375.04
prohibited
375.03
operator's license
375.05
registration
375.06
Traffic Code application
375.03
AMBULANCE (see
EMERGENCY VEHICLE)
AMENDMENTS (see also specific
subject involved)
Ohio Fire Code
1501.14
zoning (see ZONING CODE)
AMUSEMENT, PLACE OF
trespass on place of
public amusement
541.10
ANIMAL-DRAWN VEHICLES
freeway, prohibited on
303.06(b)
lights, emblem
337.10
ANIMALS
abandoning
505.04
assistance dog, assaulting
525.15
barking or howling dogs
505.09
bites
505.10
coloring; poultry
sale or display
505.12
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ANIMALS (Cont.)
cruelty
companion animals, to
505.07.1
generally
505.07
dangerous or vicious dogs
505.14
dog registration
505.03
exotic or dangerous escape
505.13
freeway, on
303.06
grazing
505.11(e)
horses; stables; corrals
505.11
hunting
definitions
523.01
licenses
523.02
minors
523.06
owner or authorized agent
permission required
523.02
restricted areas
523.07
time restrictions
523.05
weapon restrictions
523.04
impounding and disposition
505.02
K-9 Police Unit
145.07
killing or injuring
505.05
noxious odors from shelter
521.09
nuisance
505.08, 521.15(b)
parks, horseback riding in
963.02
parks, prohibited areas
963.01
poisoning
505.06
police dog or horse
525.15
running at large
505.01
sidewalk, defacing
521.04
stray dogs
505.04.1
street, on
303.05
APPEALS (see also
specific subject involved)
Zoning Code
1109.06
APPEALS BOARD
members; Codified
Ordinances, copy of
121.02
APPLIANCES (see COOKING
APPLIANCES)
ARREST
acceptance of cash bonds from persons
charged with offenses
145.04
refusal to identify self
525.021
resisting
525.09
ARSON
conditions governing
541.02
determining property value
541.01
posting laws
1501.06
ASSAULT
domestic violence
537.14
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ASSAULT (Cont.)
inciting to violence
509.011
negligent
537.04
physical harm
537.03
temporary protection order
537.15
vehicular assault in
construction zone
537.021
ASSEMBLY
disturbing lawful
509.04
public place, nonsmoking
521.10
sidewalks, unlawful
congregation on
509.08
street, on; permit
311.02
ASSURED CLEAR
DISTANCE
331.09, 333.03
ATTEMPT
501.09
AUTOMATIC TELLER
MACHINE
1153.04(b)
AUXILIARY POLICE UNIT
145.02
BACKFLOW PREVENTION
939.07
BAD CHECK
545.09
BANK MACHINE
automatic teller machine
1153.04(b)
BARNS
pole barn construction
1347.19
BARRICADES AND WARNING LIGHTS
required
521.03
B-B GUNS
549.08
BEER (see INTOXICANTS;
INTOXICATION)
BETTING (see GAMBLING)
BICYCLE (see also MOTORCYCLE)
bell, signal device
373.05
brakes
373.06
defined
301.04
freeway, on
303.06
handle bars
373.02
impounding
373.15
lights
373.06
motorized
301.04(b), 373.10
parent's responsibility
373.13
parking
373.09
parking; locks
373.12
paths exclusively for bicycles
373.11
reckless operation
373.02(d), 373.08
reflector
373.06
riding abreast
373.04
riding privileges suspended
373.14
BICYCLE (Cont.)
right side of street
373.07
seat, use
373.02
Traffic Code, application
373.01
traffic rules, obedience
373.07
vehicle, attaching to
373.03
BINGO
definitions
517.01(r) et seq.
exceptions
517.13
instant bingo
charitable organizations
517.09
conduct
517.07
location
517.10
veteran’s or fraternal
organization
517.14
methods of conducting
517.06
operator prohibitions
517.12
raffles
517.08
records
517.11
BIRDS (see ANIMALS)
BLACKJACK (see WEAPONS)
BLIND PERSON (see also
HANDICAPPED PERSONS)
right of way
371.02
BOARD OF ZONING APPEALS (see
ZONING APPEALS BOARD)
BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS (see
also specific agency involved)
appointment practices
159.10
meetings (see MEETINGS, PUBLIC)
BOCA NATIONAL FIRE PREVENTION
CODE (see also FIRE CODE,
OHIO)
adoption
1501.01(b)
copies
1501.11
BONDS (see also FINANCE)
acceptance of cash
bonds from violators
145.04
Building Inspector
143.03
Cemetery Superintendent
141.02
Clerk-Treasurer
133.03
Mayor
129.01
officer and employee
blanket bond
159.11
Police Chief
145.03
131.02
BOOKMAKING (see GAMBLING)
BOUNDARY
zoning districts
1133.04
BRAKES (see VEHICLE EQUIPMENT)
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BRASS KNUCKLES (see WEAPONS)
BRIDGE
dropping objects onto
highway or waters
541.09
railroad cars,
tracks, engine, etc.
553.06
parking on prohibited
351.03
pedestrian on
371.10
speed on
333.05
BUILDING (see also CONSTRUCTION;
DWELLING)
accessory
multiple-family
dwellings, with
1137.07
single-family
dwellings, with
1137.06
area regulations
1343.01
definitions
1105.02
height regulations
antennas
1177.06(d)
commercial districts
1145.05
exceptions
1177.02
industrial districts
1149.05
Planning Commission,
controlled by
169.04
Recreation Campground
District
1141.06
residential districts
1137.05
schedule
1343.01
signs
1165.05
inspections
changes ordered 1323.02, 1323.03
existing buildings
1323.01
fees
1323.04, 1335.10(c)
nonconforming
1175.02, 1175.03
numbering (see
BUILDING NUMBERING)
Planning Commission to control
design and location
169.04
public (see BUILDING, PUBLIC)
repairs and alterations
1335.07
residence, single family
building completion within
one year
1335.14(d)
landscaping
1137.11
setback
accessory building
1137.06
1145.04
defined
1105.02
1149.04
District
1141.04
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BUILDING (Cont.)
setback (Cont.)
residential
districts
1137.04, 1153.03
unsafe (see BUILDING, UNSAFE)
utility buildings
1347.20
BUILDING AND HOUSING CODE (see
also OHIO BUILDING
CODE)
cease and desist order,
violation of
1331.01
fee for copy
109.01, 121.02
penalty
1331.99
BUILDING DEPARTMENT
direction and administration
143.01
established
143.01
Secretary
143.07
BUILDING INSPECTOR
administration of Department
143.01
appointment
143.02
Assistants appointed
143.02
bond
143.03
121.02
compensatory time
and overtime pay
159.18
conflict of interest
143.04
duties
143.05
expense account
159.15
inspections
changes ordered 1323.02, 1323.03
existing buildings
1323.01
records and reports
143.06
reports
1335.12
BUILDING NUMBERING
assignment of numbers;
notice; compliance
1345.02
digit size and materials
1345.03
display of numbers
1345.03
grid system conformity
1345.01
removal and defacing
of numbers
1345.04
BUILDING OFFICIAL
Ohio Basic Building Code
enforcement
1301.09(a)
BUILDING PERMIT
applications
1335.02
contractor registration
required
1327.05
deviations from plans
1335.05
exceptions
1335.13
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BUILDING PERMIT (Cont.)
fees
park fees
1335.11
plan inspection
1335.14
schedule
1335.10
issuance
1335.06
minor repairs and alterations 1335.07
reports
1335.12
required; effective period
1335.01
requirements
drawings
1335.03
sewerage or tap-in permit 1335.08
survey
1335.04
revocation
1335.09
suspension of work
1335.09
violations
1335.09
BUILDING, PUBLIC
handicapped access
ramps required
1121.10
spitting prohibited
521.12
BUILDING, UNSAFE
abatement notice
1349.02
appeals
1349.05
condemnation, placarding
1349.02
definitions
1349.01
noncompliance; remedy
1349.06
public nuisance determined
1349.02
repairs, plans,
specifications, permits 1349.04
service of notice
1349.03
utilities notified
1349.07
BUMPERS
337.29
BURNS (see WOUNDS AND BURNS)
BUS (see also COMMERCIAL
AND HEAVY VEHICLE)
defined
301.05
school bus
defined
301.35
discharging children
331.38
driving regulations
331.38
stopping for
331.38
stops, parking in
351.10
BUSINESS DISTRICTS (see
COMMERCIAL DISTRICTS)
CAMPER (see RECREATIONAL
VEHICLE)
CANDY
adulterated
537.13
CARRYING CONCEALED
WEAPONS
549.02
CAR SEAT, CHILDREN'S
337.26
CAT (see ANIMALS)
CATTLE (see ANIMALS)
CEMETERY
Building and Lands
Committee
961.01, 961.02
burial charges 109.03(k) et seq., 961.03
containers and decorations,
removal of unauthorized 961.12
lots
curbing prohibited
961.09
prices
961.05
purchase
961.04
Superintendent
consent for sale
961.07
title transfer fee
961.07
management
961.01
monuments and stones
dimensions, grades
961.10
erection; permit
961.11
floating footers; fee
961.10
penalty
961.99
records
961.06
shrub or tree planting
961.08
CEMETERY SUPERINTENDENT (see
bond
141.02
duties; compensation
141.01
position established
141.01
CERTIFICATE OF TITLE
motor vehicle
335.08
off-highway motorcycle, all
purpose vehicle
375.08
CHEATING
517.05
CHECKS
passing bad
545.09
CHILD DAY CARE CENTER
conditional use regulations 1153.04(c)
CHILDREN (see JUVENILE; MINOR)
CHILD RESTRAINT SYSTEM
337.26
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CIGARETTES
illegal distribution to minors
537.16
CIVIL RIGHTS
ethnic intimidation
541.08
interfering with
525.13
CLERK-TREASURER (see
authority to pay
without voucher
133.04
bond
133.03
121.02
Council records
119.01(6)
duties
133.02
expense
account
159.15
reimbursement
159.14
investment policy
133.11
positions combined
133.01
purchasing procedure
133.05
responsibilities
105.07
staff
Clerk-Assistant/Secretary
133.09
Finance Assistant
133.10
CODIFIED ORDINANCES (see also
ORDINANCES AND RESOLUTIONS)
amendment or repeal, effect of 101.04
conflicting provisions
101.06
construction rules
101.03
copy, sale of
109.01, 121.02
copy to officials; return of
121.02
definitions, general
101.02
designation; citation
101.01
headings
101.01
legislative intent
101.07
penalty, general
101.99
revivor
101.04
section references
101.05
severability
101.08
COERCION
537.09
COIN MACHINE
amusement (see MECHANICAL
AMUSEMENT DEVICE)
definition
545.01
slug use
545.11
tampering
545.12
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COMMERCIAL AND HEAVY VEHICLE
air cleaner required
337.25
brakes
337.18, 339.12
chains, spikes or lugs
339.10
explosives, transporting
339.06
height, maximum
339.03
length, maximum
339.03
lights (see VEHICLE LIGHTS)
loads (see VEHICLE LOADS)
local streets, use
339.02
mud flaps
339.05
mud, tracking
339.08
road service vehicle 301.321, 333.031
route information on request
339.04
slower vehicles to
use right lane
331.01
slow-moving,
lights and emblem
337.10
State route, use
339.01, 339.02
towing requirements
339.07
transporting refuse prohibited
723.01
truck defined
301.49
truck routes
339.02
wheel protectors
339.05
width, maximum
339.03
COMMERCIAL DISTRICTS (see
also ZONING DISTRICTS)
accessory uses
1145.06
building setback
1145.04
defined
301.06
fences
1145.06(b)
height maximum
1145.05
landscaping, screening
requirements 1145.07, 1177.05
lot regulations
1145.03, 1153.03
parking setback
1145.04
purpose
1145.01
site plan review
1145.08
speed
333.03
use regulations
1145.02
COMMERCIAL DRIVERS
criminal offenses
341.05
definitions
341.01
employment
341.06
exemptions
341.02
operation
341.03
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COMMERCIAL DRIVERS (Cont.)
prohibitions
341.04
COMPANIES (see ORGANIZATIONS)
COMPENSATION
improper
525.11
COMPLICITY
501.10
COMPOUNDING A CRIME
525.04
COMPUTER CRIMES
501.01, 545.01
CONDITIONAL USE (see
USE REGULATIONS)
CONSPIRACY
501.13
CONSTRUCTION (see also BUILDING)
alternative types
of construction
1347.01
attic and crawl
space illumination
1347.04
attic trap door
1347.05
basements
1347.11
bedroom windows sill height 1347.03
cease and desist
order, violation of
1331.01
ceiling joists
1347.13
contractors (see CONTRACTORS)
environmental regulations
compliance
1177.09
excavations (see EXCAVATIONS)
exterior walls; sheathing
1347.14
fan vents
1347.06
fill material
1347.10(d)
finish grade and
floor data 1347.10(a), 1347.12
flood areas (see FLOODPLAIN
OVERLAY DISTRICT)
floor joists; subfloors
1347.12
foundations
1359.15
garages
detached
1347.18
door from attached
1347.05
handrails on stairways
1347.07
heating vents
1347.09
incinerators
1347.08
insulation
1347.17
interiors
1347.16
materials
alternative
1347.01
nuisance, as
521.15(b)
quality
1347.02
offices and storage trailers
1347.21
Ohio Building
Code compliance
1301.04
Park Revenue Fund,
fees paid into
1335.11
CONSTRUCTION (Cont.)
penalty
1331.99
permit (see BUILDING PERMIT)
plan deposits
109.04
plan inspection fees
1335.14
pole barns
1347.19
roofs
1347.15
sill plate fastened
to foundation
1347.10(e)
slab-type
1347.10(b)
specifications on file
1121.09
standards, minimum
1347.02
steel sheet piling
1359.16
stop work order
1301.06(b)
storm water discharge permit 1375.09
subdivision fees
1339.01
subdivision standards (see
SUBDIVISIONS)
topsoil
1347.10(c)
traffic control procedures
305.06
utilities buildings
1347.20
construction zone
537.021
water quality runoff (see WATER
QUALITY RUNOFF,
POST-CONSTRUCTION)
workmanship
1347.02
CONTRACT
interest, unlawful
525.10
CONTRACTORS (see
also CONSTRUCTION)
certificate of registration
appeals
1327.08
fee; effective period
1327.07
permit issuance
1327.05
required
1327.02
suspension or revocation
1327.06
defined
1327.01
exemptions
1327.03
homeowners, application to
1327.04
subdivision standards (see
SUBDIVISIONS)
CONTROL (see also DRIVING)
physical
333.01
reasonable
331.34, 333.08
COOKING APPLIANCES
compliance required
1525.08
inspections and tests
1525.05
installation of systems; plans and
specifications required 1525.04
installation time requirements 1525.07
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COOKING APPLIANCES (Cont.)
orders to install systems
1525.06
requirements
fire extinguishing systems 1525.02
generally
1525.03
hoods, ventilating facilities 1525.01
CORONER'S VEHICLE
exemptions
303.041
right of way
331.21
CORPORATION (see ORGANIZATIONS)
COUNCIL (see also PUBLIC SERVANT)
chambers; rental rate
119.02
committees
119.01(11) et seq.
confirmation of
appointments
119.01(25)
confirmation of employees
and appointees
159.10
legislation (see ORDINANCES
AND RESOLUTIONS)
meetings
agenda roll call
119.01(30)
Clerk-Treasurer
responsibilities
105.07
minutes
119.01(26)
motions
119.01(19) et seq.
notice of
105.03 et seq.
opening procedure
119.01(3)
order of business
119.01(17)
public
119.01(4)
quorum
119.01(5)
regular
119.01(1)
special
119.01(2)
voting
119.01(7)(18)
members
Codified Ordinances,
copy of
121.02
159.13
expense account
159.15
expense reimbursement
159.14
Planning Commission, on
169.02
vacancies
119.01(25-A)
records
119.01(6)
rules
amendments
119.01(28)
list of
119.01
suspension of
119.01(29)
violation
119.01(24)
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COUNCIL (Cont.)
Traffic Code powers reserved 305.08
vacations
119.01(27)
Zoning Code
amendments
1111.05
powers and duties
1107.05
COUNTERFEIT CONTROLLED
SUBSTANCES
513.13
CREDIT CARD
defined
545.01
misuse
545.10
CRIME (see OFFENSE)
CRIMINAL (see also OFFENSE)
145.04
damaging and endangering
541.03
mischief
541.04
simulation
545.13
tools, possession
545.19
CROSSWALK
defined
301.09
obstructing
331.33
351.03
pedestrian right of way
371.01
CRUELTY
animals
505.07, 505.071
children
537.07
CULPABILITY
criminal liability
501.07
knowingly
501.08(b)
mental states
501.08
negligently
501.08(d)
purposely
501.08(a)
recklessly
501.08(c)
CULVERT (see
DRAINAGE; DRIVEWAY)
CURBS AND GUTTERS
construction
compliance;
1363.01
concrete reinforcement
1363.09
defective work
1363.08
excavation and subgrade
1363.02
expansion joints
1363.05
placing and finishing
1363.04
protection and curing
1363.06
side forms
1363.03
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CURBS AND GUTTERS (Cont.)
construction (Cont.)
smoothness requirements 1363.07
specifications
1363.01
driving over
331.37
351.03
CURFEW
minor
509.09
probationary license
335.031
temporary instruction permit
335.03
DANGEROUS ORDNANCE (see
also WEAPONS)
defined
549.01
exceptions
549.01(k)
failure to secure
549.05
possession
545.19(b)
DEFINITIONS (see also
culpability
501.08
dangerous ordnance
549.01
detention
525.01
drug abuse
513.01
drug paraphernalia
513.12
explosives
549.01
exterior maintenance code
1351.01
gambling
517.01
intoxicants
529.01
law enforcement officer
501.01
liquor control
529.01
material harmful to juveniles
533.01
obscenity
533.01
offense of violence
501.01
physical harm
501.01
property
501.01
public servant
525.01
sexual offenses
533.01
theft and fraud
545.01
Traffic Code
Ch. 301
weapons
549.01
Zoning Code
1105.02
DEFRAUDING
creditors
545.17
DEPARTMENT (see specific
department involved)
DERELICTION OF DUTY
525.12
DESECRATION
541.07
DETENTION
defined
525.01
shoplifters
545.04
DIRT BIKE (see MOTORCYCLE,
OFF-HIGHWAY)
DISCRIMINATION
ethnic intimidation
541.08
DISORDERLY CONDUCT
disturbing others
509.03
inducing panic
509.06
intoxicated persons
509.03
riot (see RIOT)
DISTURBING THE PEACE
muffler noise
337.20
noise disturbance
509.12
noise from vehicles
509.10, 509.11
racing vehicle motor
331.36
squealing tires, peeling
331.36
vehicle exhaust noise
331.36
DOGS (see ANIMALS)
DOMESTIC VIOLENCE
537.14
DRAG RACING
333.07
DRAINAGE
compliance required
521.05
culvert pipe cost per foot
109.03(b)
ditch, obstruction of
521.14
driveway culvert (see DRIVEWAY)
Floodplain Overlay District 1169.08(g)
subdivision fees
1339.01
subdivision improvements
1357.01
tile installation
921.06
DRIVER'S LICENSE (see
also COMMERCIAL DRIVERS)
application falsification
335.04(e)
display
335.06
fictitious, revoked, altered
335.04(a)
lending
335.04(b)
motorcycle, off-highway
375.05
motorcycle operator
335.01(a)
motorized bicycle
373.10
nonresident driver
335.01(b)
possession
more than one
335.02
someone else's
335.04(c)
permitting operation without
335.02
335.031
prohibited acts
335.04
required
335.01
restriction violation
335.07
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DRIVER'S LICENSE (Cont.)
revoked or suspended
driving with
335.07
failure to surrender
335.04(d)
snowmobile or all
purpose vehicle
375.05
suspended, driving under
335.074
taking identity of another
545.22
temporary, licensed
driver required
335.03
DRIVEWAY
construction
grade determination
921.01
material and dimensional
requirements
921.02
penalty
921.99
culverts
cleaning cost collection
921.05
construction; grade
921.01
materials; dimension
921.02
notice to owner to clean
921.04
penalty
921.99
stopped, cleaning of
921.03
drainage cost
109.03(b)
off-street parking
access drives
1161.09
parking in front of
351.03
District
1141.07(b)
right of way
entering
331.17
leaving
331.22, 331.23
turning into
331.11
DRIVING
accident (see ACCIDENT)
allowing another to
drive illegally
335.05
approaching stationary public safety,
emergency, road
service vehicle
333.031
assured clear distance 331.09, 333.03
backing vehicle
331.13
373.11
certificate of title required
335.08
change of course
331.14, 331.34
closed road, on
331.26
construction zone,
537.021
control of vehicle
331.34, 333.08
crosswalk, obstructing
331.33
divided street
331.31
drag racing
333.07
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DRIVING (Cont.)
driver's view, control 331.25, 337.21
drunk or drugged
333.01
earplugs prohibited
331.43
entering or crossing roadway
from other than roadway
duty to yield
331.22
stopping at sidewalk
331.23
exhaust noises
331.36
financial responsibility law
suspension or cancellation,
driving under
335.072
fire hose, over
331.28
following
emergency or safety vehicle 331.27
too closely
331.09
grade crossing
331.39, 331.40
hazardous zones
331.07
Indigent Drivers Alcohol
Treatment Fund
133.07
intersection
obstructing
331.33
right of way
331.16
shortcutting
331.41
turning at
331.10
lanes, within
331.08
left side of street
331.06
one-way street
331.30
operate defined
301.201
OVI suspension, under
335.071
parks, prohibited areas
963.01
passing
left of center
331.05
left side
331.03
no passing zones
331.07
right side
331.02, 331.04
racing motor
331.36
reckless
failure to control
331.34, 333.08
full time and attention
331.34
willful, wanton disregard
333.02
right of way
coroner's vehicle
331.21
funeral procession
331.24
intersections
331.16
public safety vehicle
331.21
turning left
331.17
right side of street
331.01
rotary traffic island, around
331.30
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DRIVING (Cont.)
safety zone, through
331.29
shortcutting
331.41
sidewalk, street lawn, curb; on 331.37
signals for turning
or stopping
331.14, 331.15
speed (see SPEED)
squealing tires
331.36
starting vehicle
331.13
stopping vehicle
333.04
stop signs
emergency or public
safety vehicle
331.20
operation at
331.14, 331.19
street racing
333.07
street under repair
331.26
suspended license
335.074
turning
driveway, alley or building 331.11
intersection, at
331.10
left, right of way
331.17
right on red
313.03(c)(2)
signals
331.14, 331.15
U turns
331.12
unsafe vehicle
337.01
weaving
331.34
willful, wanton disregard
333.02
wrongful entrustment
of a motor vehicle
335.05
yellow line
331.07
yield signs, operation at
331.18
DRUG ABUSE
adulterated food
537.13
attempt
501.09(e)
controlled substance test;
offender to pay
513.14
counterfeit controlled
substances
513.13
definitions
513.01
driving under influence
333.01
drug paraphernalia
513.12
drug samples
513.08
fireworks exhibitor
1519.03(d)
hypodermic, possession and
dispensing
513.04, 513.10
instruments
513.04
intoxicants, harmful
nitrous oxide in vehicle
513.11
possession or use
513.07
DRUG ABUSE (Cont.)
labels, prescription
513.09
marihuana
gift
513.02
illegal cultivation
513.06
possession or use
513.03
permitting
513.05
possession or use
513.03
steroids, anabolic
513.03
Village drug testing policy
159.09
walking on street
under influence
371.09
weapon use while intoxicated
549.03
DRUNK DRIVING
333.01
DUI
333.01
DWELLING (see also BUILDING;
CONSTRUCTION)
address (see BUILDING NUMBERING)
definitions
1105.02
floor area
1343.01
height regulations
1343.01
incinerators prohibited
1347.08
DWELLING CODE, INTERNATIONAL
RESIDENTIAL
adoption
1305.01
conflict
1305.03
copies
1305.02
ELECTRIC PERSONAL ASSISTIVE
MOBILITY DEVICE
371.12
EMBLEM
motor vehicle, illegal use
525.14
EMERGENCY
false alarm
509.07
misconduct at
509.05
misuse of 9-1-1 system
537.12
snow emergencies
351.15
traffic direction
303.02
vehicle removal
from streets during
351.14
EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES
(see FIRE, RESCUE AND
EMERGENCY MEDICAL
SERVICES DEPARTMENT)
EMERGENCY VEHICLE (see also
PUBLIC SAFETY VEHICLE)
approaching when stationary 333.031
defined
301.11
exemptions
303.041
following, parking near
331.27
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EMERGENCY VEHICLE (Cont.)
siren, whistle, bell
337.19
speed exceptions
333.06
stop sign or signal, effect
331.20
EMPLOYEES, MUNICIPAL
blanket bond
159.11
compensation
after-hour call-out pay
159.16
deferred
159.17
expense reimbursement
159.14
extra services, for
159.20
jury duty compensation
159.02
merit increases
159.19
mileage allowance
159.03
corrective behavior authority
159.24
drug testing policy
159.09
employment practices;
confirmation
159.10
full and part-time defined
159.01
funeral leave
159.22
holidays
159.05
hospitalization
159.07
life insurance
159.12
longevity pay
159.21
probationary; acting employee 159.10
sick leave
159.08
transitional work
159.23
vacations
159.06
vehicles
mileage allowance
159.03
use of Village
vehicles
159.04, 159.25
ENGINEER (see also PUBLIC SERVANT)
121.02
ENVIRONMENTAL REGULATIONS
compliance
1177.09
EROSION CONTROL (see STORM
WATER MANAGEMENT AND
SEDIMENT AND EROSION
CONTROL)
ETHNIC INTIMIDATION
541.08
EXCAVATIONS
abandoned, protection
521.03
additional
1359.14
backfilling
1359.18
backfilling and seeding
1359.05
compliance required
1359.01
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EXCAVATIONS (Cont.)
deposit required
109.03(a)
disposal of excavated material 1359.17
embankments and fills
1359.19
foundations
1359.15
grading; permit; fee
1359.24
maintenance
1359.03
noncompliance remedy
919.04
parking near prohibited
351.03
penalty
919.99
permit
deposit
919.02
required
919.01
preparation
1359.04
protection
sheeting and bracing
1359.11
water, against
1359.12
restoration of paved surfaces 1359.23
restrictions
521.16
roadways, pavements
and sidewalks, for
1359.09
rock excavations
1359.10
safety precautions
1359.02
seeding
1359.22
sewers (see SEWERS)
short tunnel construction
1359.20
standards and specifications
919.03
structure excavations
1359.08
surface material
clearing and care of
1359.06
topsoil
placement; grading
1359.21
removal during
construction
1347.10(c)
trench excavations
1359.07
unauthorized
1359.13
water lines (see WATER SUPPLY)
EXPLOSIVES
defined
301.12, 549.01
fireworks (see FIREWORKS)
industrial district hazards
1149.06(b)
transporting
339.06
EXTERIOR MAINTENANCE CODE
appearance
1351.02
definitions
1351.01
enforcement
1351.03
penalty
1351.99
responsibility
1351.05
scope
1351.04
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FALSE INFORMATION
traffic violation
303.11
FALSE REPORTS
fire alarms
509.07
inducing panic
509.06
FALSIFICATION
driver's license application
335.04(e)
license plate registration
335.09(f)
prohibited
525.02
FEES
building plan inspection
1335.14
cemetery
burial
charges 109.03(k) et seq., 961.03
lot prices
961.05
lot title transfer
961.07
construction plan deposits
109.04
contractor certificate
of registration
1327.07
copy of
accident report
109.01(c)
Building and Housing
Code
109.01(a), 121.02(a)
Codified
Ordinances 109.01(a), 121.02(a)
Planning and Zoning
Code
109.01(a), 121.02(a)
public records
109.01(c)
drainage, culvert pipe
109.03(b)
excavation deposit
109.03(a)
false alarm
965.01
fire rescue squad, nonresident
use
109.01(b)
inspection
1323.04
internet gaming/sweepstake
cafes
757.13
license
construction office
or storage trailer
1347.21
juke box
735.04
mechanical amusement
device
109.02(a), 735.04
peddlers
109.02(b), 741.03
Park Revenue Fund, paid into 1335.11
permit
air conditioning
1335.10
building
1335.10
demolition
1335.10
FEES (Cont.)
permit (cont.)
electric
1335.10
excavation deposit
919.02
fences
1335.10
Fire Code
1501.16
fireworks exhibition
1519.02(c)
French Creek Sewer
connection
941.13
grade change
1359.24
heating
1335.10
occupancy
1335.10
plumbing
1335.10
sewer use, interceptor
941.08
signs
1335.15
swimming pools
1335.10
vendors
109.02(c), 753.02
zoning
1335.10
platting deposits
109.04
rental of Council Chambers
109.06
sewer
charges
109.03(g) et seq., 941.01
connection
941.13(b)
French Creek
Sewer connection
941.13
interceptor sewer use
941.08
subdivisions
1339.01
video service provider
759.01
water supply
rates
109.03(c), 939.02
service restoration
109.03(e)
tap-in charges
109.03(f), 939.08
FENCES
barbed wire or electric
521.07
1145.06(b)
1149.07(b)
1137.06(f)
FINANCE
bonds (see BONDS)
funds (see FUNDS)
investment policy
133.11
purchasing
ODOT cooperative
purchasing program
133.06
procedure
133.05
recycled material products 133.055
vouchers, payments without
133.04
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FIRE
arson (see ARSON)
bonfire
1511.04
detection, alarm,
sprinkler systems
1501.17
equipment sale or use;
installers
1501.10
false alarm
509.07
industrial district hazards
1149.06(b)
prevention
cooking appliances 1525.02 et seq.
garage and trap doors
1347.05
setting fires which spread
1501.07
unfriendly fire; alarm duties
1501.08
FIREARM (see WEAPONS)
FIRE CHIEF
certified Emergency Medical
Technician/Paramedic,
as
147.01(c)(4)
121.02
compensatory time and
overtime pay
159.18
Emergency Hazardous
Materials Manager, as
147.18
expense account
147.19, 159.15
Ohio Basic Building Code
enforcement
1301.09(b)
FIRE CODE, OHIO (see also FIRE;
FIRE PREVENTION CODE)
adoption
1501.01
amendments
1501.14
application
1501.03
compliance
1501.05
conflict
1501.12
copies
1501.11
enforcement
1501.04
modifications, variances
1501.15
penalty
1501.99
permits and fees
1501.16
purpose
1501.02
FIRE DEPARTMENT (see FIRE,
RESCUE AND EMERGENCY
MEDICAL SERVICES
DEPARTMENT)
FIRE HOSE
driving over
331.28
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FIRE HYDRANTS
installation
1365.14
351.03
specifications
1365.04
FIREMAN (see FIRE DEPARTMENT)
FIRE PREVENTION CODE (see also
FIRE CODE, OHIO)
enforcement
1501.13
FIRE, RESCUE AND EMERGENCY
MEDICAL SERVICES
DEPARTMENT
after-hours call-out pay
159.16
corrective behavior authority
147.21
deferred compensation
147.17
directing traffic
303.02(a)
drug testing policy
147.20
emergency medical services
use fee
147.22
expenses, reimbursement of
147.15
Fire Chief (see FIRE CHIEF)
funeral leave
147.10
Hazardous Materials Team
compensation
147.06
holidays
147.08
hospitalization
147.13
jury duty compensation
147.11
life insurance
147.14
longevity compensation
147.12
members
147.01
mileage allowance
147.16
overtime pay
147.05
sick leave
147.09
time off as compensation
147.05
transitional work
147.04
vacations
147.07
work week
147.03
FIRE SAFETY INSPECTOR
certified
1501.04
disclosure of true status
1501.09
FIRE STATION
351.03
FIRE TRUCK
331.27
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FIREWORKS (see also EXPLOSIVES)
definitions
1519.01
exceptions
1519.05
exhibition permit; fee; bond
1519.02
exhibitor
licensed
1519.02
unlawful conduct
1519.03
penalty
1519.99
possession; sale; discharge
1519.04
FLAMMABLE LIQUID
defined
301.14
remote pumping systems
1501.18
underground tan permit; fee
1501.16
FLOOD DAMAGE REDUCTION
administration
1353.03
appeals
1353.05
definitions
1353.02
enforcement
1353.06
flood hazard reduction use and
development standards
1353.04
floodplain development
permit
1353.03(c)
general provisions
1353.01
penalty
1353.06(c)
purpose
1353.01(c)
variances
1353.05
violations, notice of
1353.06(b)
FLOODPLAIN OVERLAY DISTRICT (see
accessory structures
1169.08(c)
anchoring
1169.07(a)
boundaries
1169.03
compliance
1169.04
construction
materials and methods 1169.07(b)
nonresidential
1169.08(b)
residential
1169.08(a)
definitions
1169.02
drainage, erosion control
1169.08(g)
enclosures below
flood elevation
1169.08(e)
floodways
1169.09
hazard reduction standards
general
1169.07
specific
1169.08
manufactured homes
1169.08(d)
FLOODPLAIN OVERLAY
DISTRICT (Cont.)
purpose of regulations
1169.01
subdivision proposals
1169.07(d)
utilities
1169.07(c)
variances procedure
1169.06
violations, penalty
1169.10
warning, liability disclaimer 1169.05
water supply, sewers
1169.08(f)
FLYASH
dumping prohibited
521.18
FOOD
adulterated
537.13
FORGERY
identification card
545.20
FOWL (see also ANIMALS)
coloring; sale or display
505.12
running at large
505.01
FRAUD
bad check passing
545.09
credit card
545.10
creditors
545.17
definitions
545.01
insurance
545.07
personating an officer
545.16
securing writings by deception 545.15
FREEWAY (see STREETS)
FUNDS (see also FINANCE)
Enforcement and
Education Fund
133.08
Treatment Fund
133.07
Mayor's Court Computer Fund 185.01
Sewer Fund
941.04
FUNERAL PROCESSION
driving in
331.24
GAMBLING
bingo (see BINGO)
bookmaking
517.02
cheating
517.05
definitions
517.01
device seizure and destruction 517.15
games of chance
conducting
517.02(d)
records
517.11
operating house
517.03
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GAMBLING (Cont.)
prohibited conduct
517.02
public gaming
517.04
raffles
517.08
skill-based amusement device
517.16
GARBAGE AND RUBBISH (see
also SOLID WASTE)
curb lawn recycling
penalty
959.99
property of Village
959.01
flyash dumping prohibited
521.18
nonresident rubbish
521.13
District; containers 1141.07(a)
storage as nuisance
521.15(b)
transporting or dumping
penalty
723.99
prohibited
723.01
GARFIELD CEMETERY (see
CEMETERY)
GAS WELLS (see OIL AND GAS WELLS)
GRADING
changes; permit; fee
1359.24
GUN (see WEAPONS)
GUTTER (see CURBS AND GUTTERS)
HALLOWEEN
adulterated food
537.13
HANDICAPPED PERSONS
access ramps required
1121.10
assistance dog, assaulting
525.15
blind pedestrian
371.02
mobility device
371.12
parking locations
351.04
wheelchair, motorized
defined
301.52
operation of
371.11
HAZARDOUS MATERIALS
environmental
emergencies; cost
147.18
Fire Chief as Emergency Hazardous
Materials Manager
147.18
HIGHWAY (see STREETS)
HITCHHIKING
371.06
HIT-SKIP (see ACCIDENT)
HOME OCCUPATION
regulations
1137.08
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HOMICIDE
failure to report
525.05(c)
negligent
537.01
vehicular
537.02
HORN
337.19
HORSES (see ANIMALS)
HOTEL OR MOTEL
minors engaging
accommodations
529.02
HOTEL/MOTEL LODGING EXCISE
TAX
appeals
195.10
Board of Review
195.11
definitions
195.01
exemptions
195.04
failure to collect
195.09
imposition
195.02
penalties
195.08
records
195.12
refunds
195.13
registration
195.06
reporting
195.07
stated separately
195.05
transient guest to pay
195.03
HOUSING CODE (see BUILDING
AND HOUSING CODE)
HUNTING
523.01 et seq.
HYPODERMIC
possession, dispensing 513.04, 513.10
IDENTIFICATION CARD
forgery
545.20
misrepresentation
529.021
IMMOBILIZATION ORDER
driving under
333.09
IMPERSONATION
law enforcement
officer to defraud
545.16
peace officer
525.03
IMPORTUNING
533.05
IMPOUNDING
animals
505.02
bicycles
373.15
private tow-away zones
303.082
vehicle
private residential or
agricultural property
303.081
release; records; charge
303.083
traffic violation
303.08
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IMPROVEMENTS
design standards
1121.08
INCOME TAX
abatement of interest and penalty 191.26
Administrator authority
191.37
allocation, determination of
business allocation
percentage
191.07
generally
191.05
appeals
191.47
Board (see INCOME TAX
BOARD OF REVIEW)
central collection
agency authority
191.49
collection
after chapter termination
191.48
at source
191.17
enforced
191.36
less than $1.00
191.32
confidentiality
191.43
credits
191.33
declarations
filing
191.19
form of
191.20
income not
collected at source
191.18
payment to accompany
191.21
definitions
generally
191.01
"sales made in Village"
191.06
disbursement of
collected funds
191.34
due, determination of amount
191.39
effective period
191.04
exceptions
191.25
exemptions
191.10
failure to procure
forms not excuse
191.29
imposition
191.03
income
rental income
191.08
sources not taxed
191.10
taxable income
191.03
investigations
191.40
levy; purpose
191.02
limitation of prosecution
191.28
INCOME TAX (Cont.)
operating loss carry-forward
191.09
payments, installment
191.38
penalty
191.99
rate
191.03
receipt of taxes
191.35
records
Administrator to keep
191.35
production of
191.41
refusal to produce
191.42
taxpayer to retain
191.44
refunds
erroneously paid
191.31
less than $1.00
191.32
return
amended
191.15
consolidated
191.14
filing time extension
191.13
form and content
191.12
payment of tax on filing of 191.16
required to be made
191.11
separability
191.50
unpaid
interest on
191.23, 191.26
penalties
191.24, 191.26
recoverable as other debts
191.30
violations
191.27
INCOME TAX BOARD OF REVIEW
members; rules; hearings
191.45
regulations approved;
appeals heard
191.46
INCOME TAX RETURN
annual
191.22
INDECENCY (see OBSCENITY;
SEXUAL OFFENSES)
INDUSTRIAL DISTRICTS (see
accessory uses
1149.07
building setback
1149.04
height maximum
1149.05
landscaping,
screening
1149.08, 1177.05
lot regulations
1149.03, 1153.03
parking setback
1149.04
performance standards
1149.06
purpose
1149.01
site plan review
1149.09
uses regulations
1149.02
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INSURANCE FRAUD
545.07
INTERNET GAMING/SWEEPSTAKES
CAFES
conduct in
757.11
definitions
757.03
equal opportunity
757.14
fees
757.13
licensing
757.04 et seq.
objectives
757.01
penalty
757.99
separability
757.02
INTERSECTION
defined
301.17
obstructing
331.33
parking in
351.03
right of way
331.16, 331.17
shortcutting
331.41
stop signs
313.02, 331.19
turning at
331.10
INTOXICANT, HARMFUL
possessing, using
513.07
INTOXICANTS
consumption
hours
529.08
motor vehicle, in
529.04
definitions
529.01
Treatment Fund
133.07
manufacture permit
529.05
open container
529.07
permit for sale or manufacture 529.05
sale
hours
529.08
intoxicated persons, to
529.03
low-alcohol beverages
529.06
minors, to
529.02, 529.06
permit
529.05
purchase by minors 529.06, 529.021
securing public
accommodations
529.02
INTOXICATION
disorderly conduct
509.03
driving while
intoxicated; testing
333.01
fireworks exhibitor
1519.03(d)
liability
501.07
walking on street
371.09
weapon use
549.03
INVASION OF PRIVACY
voyeurism
533.06
JAYWALKING
371.03
JUKE BOX (see MECHANICAL
AMUSEMENT DEVICE)
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JUNK MOTOR VEHICLE
impounding
303.08
public or private
property
303.09, 303.10
JURISDICTION
501.05
JUVENILE (see also MINOR)
delinquency, contributing to
537.18
material harmful to
deception to obtain
533.12
displaying
533.13
disseminating
533.11
KEYS
parking, removal
303.03, 351.07
KNIFE (see WEAPONS)
LANDSCAPING
1145.07
exterior maintenance
1351.02(a)(2),
(b)(1)
1149.08
nonresidential requirements
1177.05
parking lots
1161.11
1137.09
single-family dwellings
1137.11
LAW ENFORCEMENT (see also
Enforcement and
Education Fund
133.08
LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICER (see
also POLICE OFFICER;
PUBLIC SERVANT)
defined
501.01
dereliction of duty
525.12
failure to aid
525.06
false allegation of misconduct
525.16
hampering at emergency
509.05
ignition key removal
303.03
personating
545.16
refusal to disclose personal
information to in public
place
525.17
refusal to identify self to
525.021
LIABILITY
criminal
organizational
501.11
personal
501.07
LIBRARY
rights; property damage
545.04
LICENSE (see also PERMIT)
construction office or
storage trailer
1347.21
driving (see DRIVER'S LICENSE)
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GENERAL INDEX
LICENSE (Cont.)
fees (see FEES)
internet gaming/sweepstakes
cafes
757.04 et seq.
juke box
735.02
mechanical amusement device 735.02
mobile home
1177.08
peddlers
741.02
LICENSE PLATES
display
335.09
expired or unlawful; out of state 335.10
illegal
impounding vehicle
303.08
use of
335.11
rear, illumination
337.04
unobstructed
335.10
LIGHTS, VEHICLE (see
VEHICLE LIGHTS)
LIMITATION OF PROSECUTION 501.06
LIQUOR (see INTOXICANTS;
INTOXICATION)
LITTERING
ditch or sewer, in
521.14
generally
521.08
motor vehicle, from
331.42
LOGGING (see TIMBER AND LOGGING
OPERATIONS)
LOITERING
solicitation, to engage in
533.091
LOTS
1145.03
conditional uses
1153.03
definitions
1105.02
design standards
1121.07
filling, draining
521.05
1149.03
nonconforming
1175.04, 1175.07
rear lot lines not parallel
with street lines
1177.04
side lot lines not perpendicular
to street lines
1177.03
1137.03
MANHOLE COVER
tampering with
313.08
MANSLAUGHTER, VEHICULAR 537.02
MANUFACTURED HOMES
Floodplain Overlay District 1169.08(d)
mobile home
regulations; license
1177.08
occupying moving
331.35
MANUFACTURING
districts (see INDUSTRIAL DISTRICTS)
flyash dumping prohibited
521.18
MARIHUANA (see DRUG ABUSE)
MAYOR (see also PUBLIC SERVANT)
bond
129.01
121.02
159.13
expense
account
159.15
reimbursement
159.14
member of
Planning
Commission
169.02, 1107.03
Secretary; duties
129.02
special prosecutor, appointment
of
129.03
MAYOR'S COURT
Computer Fund
185.01
MECHANICAL AMUSEMENT DEVICE
(see also COIN MACHINE)
definitions
735.01
license
application
735.03
fee
109.02(a)
fee; effective period
735.04
required; display
735.02
penalty
735.99
prizes and awards prohibited
735.05
MEETING (see also
disturbing lawful
509.04
MEETINGS, PUBLIC
adoption of rules
105.01
Clerk-Treasurer
responsibilities
105.07
definitions
105.02
notice of
news media, to
105.05
regular, organizational
meetings
105.03
special meetings
105.04
specific types of business
105.06
MENACING (see also THREATS)
aggravated
537.05
physical harm
537.06
stalking, by
537.051
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MINI-BIKE (see ALL
PURPOSE VEHICLE)
MINOR (see also JUVENILE)
contributing to delinquency of 537.18
criminal child enticement
537.17
curfew
509.09
335.031
temporary
instruction permit
335.03
distributing to
cigarettes, tobacco
537.16
endangering
537.07
firearm purchase
549.07
fireworks sale to
1519.04(d)
hotel, campsite, etc., engaging 529.02
hunting
523.04
intoxicant sales
529.02, 529.06
unlawful sexual conduct
533.03
MISDEMEANOR (see OFFENSE)
MISSILES
549.09
MOBILE HOME (see also
MANUFACTURED HOMES)
regulations; license
1177.08
MOPED (see MOTORIZED BICYCLE)
MOTORCYCLE (see also BICYCLE)
brakes
337.18
defined
301.19
handle bars
373.02
headlight required
337.03
helmets; safety glasses
373.02
license to operate
335.01(a)
muffler
337.20
off-highway (see MOTORCYCLE,
OFF-HIGHWAY)
rear-view mirror
337.21
riding abreast
373.04
seat, use
373.02
vehicle, attaching to
373.03
MOTORCYCLE, OFF-HIGHWAY
accident reports
375.07
375.08
definitions
375.01
equipment
375.02
licensing requirements, operator 375.05
operation
permitted
375.04
prohibited
375.03
375.03
vehicle registration
375.06
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MOTORIZED BICYCLE
definition
301.04(b)
driver's license
373.10
equipment
373.10
lights
337.02
MOTOR VEHICLE
all purpose (see ALL
PURPOSE VEHICLE)
335.08
criminal forfeiture of
335.05(c)
definitions
301.20, 301.51
driving (see DRIVING)
emblem, illegal use
525.14
entering or leaving
moving vehicle
371.06
equipment (see
VEHICLE EQUIPMENT)
homicide by
537.02
immobilization order
335.05(c)
impounding
agricultural property
303.081
release; records; charges
303.083
traffic violation
303.08
junk (see JUNK MOTOR VEHICLE)
key removal
303.03, 351.07
license plates (see LICENSE PLATES)
liquor consumption;
open container
529.04
littering from
331.42
nuisance, as
521.15(b)
operation (see DRIVING)
recreational (see RECREATIONAL
VEHICLE)
riding on outside
371.06
slow moving (see COMMERCIAL
AND HEAVY VEHICLE)
snowmobile (see SNOWMOBILE)
trespass
545.06
unauthorized use
545.06
unsafe
337.01
vehicular vandalism
541.09
Village vehicles,
use of
159.04, 159.25
weapon handling in
549.04
wrongful entrustment of
335.05
MUFFLER (see VEHICLE EQUIPMENT)
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MUSEUM
desecration
541.07
rights; property damage
545.04
NEGLIGENT HOMICIDE
537.01
NOISE
disorderly conduct
509.03
disturbances
509.12
dogs barking or howling
505.09
industrial district standards 1149.06(f)
vehicles, from
509.10, 509.11
755.08, 755.09
NONCONFORMING (see
USE REGULATIONS)
NUISANCE
animals
505.08
post-construction water quality
runoff
945.03
public, abatement of
521.15
storm water management
1375.20
Zoning Code violations as
1113.03
OBSCENITY
definitions
533.01
materials harmful to
juveniles (see JUVENILE)
presumption of knowledge; actual
notice and defense
533.02
telephone call, obscene
537.10
OBSTRUCTING JUSTICE
525.08
OBSTRUCTING
OFFICIAL BUSINESS 525.07
OBSTRUCTIONS
intersection; crosswalk
331.33
sidewalk
521.04
stopping vehicle
333.04
street
generally
311.01
railroad, by
553.01
watercourse
521.05
OCCUPANCY PERMIT
fee
1335.10
ODORS
noxious or offensive
521.09
OFFENSE (see also CRIMINAL;
145.04
attempt
501.09
classification
501.02
OFFENSE (Cont.)
common law, abrogated
501.03
complicity in commission
501.10
compounding
525.04
construction, rules of
501.04
failure to report
525.05
fraud (see FRAUD)
gambling
517.01
jurisdiction
501.05
liability
501.07
motor vehicle or traffic
offense, predicate
301.251
organizational (see ORGANIZATIONS)
penalty
501.99
prior conviction
501.04(c)
prosecution limitation
501.06
sexual (see SEXUAL OFFENSES)
theft (see THEFT)
violent, defined
501.01
OFFENSES AGAINST PERSONS (see
OFFENSES AGAINST PROPERTY (see
OFFICIALS, MUNICIPAL (see
PUBLIC SERVANT)
OHIO BUILDING CODE (see
also BUILDING)
adoption
1301.01
compliance
1301.04
conflict
1301.08
existing structures
1301.05
penalty
1301.99
purpose
1301.02
scope
1301.03
stop work order
1301.07
violation
1301.06
OHIO FIRE CODE (see also
FIRE CODE, OHIO)
Ohio Basic Building
Code supersedes
1301.08
OIL AND GAS WELLS
leaks
739.03
penalty
739.99
plugging and abandonment
739.01
removal of casing or piping
739.02
ONE-WAY STREET
331.30
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OPEN BURNING (see also FIRE)
bonfires; permit
1511.05
definitions
1511.01
penalty
1511.99
permission and notice
1511.04
relation to other prohibitions 1511.02
restricted areas
1511.03
OPERATOR'S LICENSE (see
DRIVER'S LICENSE)
ORDINANCES AND RESOLUTIONS
Codified (see CODIFIED
ORDINANCES)
introduction
119.01(22)
passage or adoption
119.01(23)
posting places
121.01
voting on
119.01(18)
ORGANIZATIONS
liability
501.11
penalty
501.99(b)
personal accountability
501.12
OUTBUILDINGS
1137.06 et seq.
OVENS (see
COOKING APPLIANCES)
OVI
driving under suspension
335.071
prohibitions
333.01
PARADE
311.02
PARKING
alleys and narrow streets, in
351.11
angle
351.05
bicycle
373.09
bicycles
373.12
brake, setting
351.07
bus stop, in
351.10
double
351.03
emergency, safety
vehicle, near
331.27
handicapped
351.04
impounding vehicle
303.08
key removal
303.03, 351.07
liability for violation
351.02
loading zone
351.09
locations for
handicapped persons
351.04
mobile home
1177.08(e)
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PARKING (Cont.)
off-street (see PARKING,
OFF-STREET)
opening door on traffic side
351.08
owner prima-facie liable
351.02
parallel
351.04
posted private property
351.13
prohibited places
351.03, 351.12
removal of unattended vehicle 351.01
selling, washing or
repairing vehicle
351.06
snow emergency
351.15
stopping engine
351.07
taxicab stand, in
351.10
vehicle removal from streets
during emergency
351.14
PARKING, OFF-STREET (see
also PARKING)
access drives
1161.09
improvement and
maintenance standards 1161.10
planned unit development
1157.07
1161.01
screening,
landscaping 1161.11, 1177.05(c)
spaces
deferred construction of
1161.05
determination of
1161.02
loading and unloading
1161.08
location
1161.06
number required
1161.03
shared, allowance for
1161.04
waiting spaces
1161.07
PARKS
animals, prohibited areas
963.01
conditional use regulations 1153.04(k)
horseback riding
963.02
hunting prohibited
523.05
Park Revenue Fund,
fees paid into
1335.11
penalty
963.99
sex offenders residency
near
533.14
vehicles, prohibited areas
963.01
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PEDDLERS (see also VENDORS)
defined
741.01
license
fees
109.02(b), 741.03
required
741.02
penalty
741.99
time limitations
741.04
PEDESTRIAN
blind person
371.02
bridge or railroad crossing, on 371.10
control signal
313.05
crosswalk, right half
371.04
crosswalk, right of way
371.01
defined
301.22
diagonal crossing
of intersection
371.03
electric personal assistive
mobility device
371.12(b)
freeway, on
303.06
hitchhiking
371.06
intoxicated on street
371.09
jaywalking
371.03
right of way, yielding 371.03, 371.08
sidewalk, right of way
371.07
sidewalk, use required
371.05
soliciting
371.06
street or highway, on
371.05
wheelchair, motorized
371.11
yielding to public
safety vehicles
371.08
PEEPING TOM
533.06
PENALTY (see also
Building and Housing Code
1331.99
Codified Ordinances generally 101.99
general offenses
501.99
income tax
191.99
Ohio Building Code
1301.99
Ohio Fire Code
1501.99
Traffic Code
303.99
Zoning Code
1113.04
PERMIT (see also LICENSE)
airstrip
521.17
bonfire
1511.04
building (see BUILDING PERMIT)
burial
961.04
PERMIT (Cont.)
cemetery headstone erection
961.11
fees (see FEES)
Fire Code requirements
1501.16
fireworks exhibition
1519.02
grade change
1359.24
hunting; written consent of
owner or lessee
523.02
intoxicant sale or manufacture 529.05
parades; street assembly
311.02
sewers
French Creek Sewer
connections
941.13
interceptor sewer use
941.08
tap-in
941.05
signs
1335.15
street excavation
919.01
temporary driver's instruction 335.03
vendors
753.02
755.04
zoning
1109.02
PHYSICAL CONTROL
333.01
PHYSICAL HARM
defined
501.01
domestic violence
537.14
missiles
549.09
temporary protection order
537.15
PINBALL (see MECHANICAL
AMUSEMENT DEVICE)
PLANNING AND ZONING CODE (see
ZONING CODE)
PLANNING COMMISSION
building height, design and
location controlled
169.04
Clerk, Clerk-Treasurer as
133.02
Codified Ordinances,
copy to members
121.02
established
169.01
membership; compensation
169.02
organization; term
1107.03
powers and duties
1107.03
powers and duties generally
169.03
site plan review
1109.03
subdivision design
standards modifications 1121.13
Zoning Code amendments
1111.04
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POISONING
adulterated food
537.13
animals
505.06
POLICE CHIEF
bond
145.03
121.02
overtime pay
159.18
expense account
159.15
residency
145.08
POLICE DEPARTMENT
acceptance of cash bonds
from violators
145.04
159.16
Auxiliary Police Unit
145.02
compensation for
extra services
159.20
composition; duties
145.01
firing range
145.06
hiring and testing practices
145.01
K-9 Police Unit
145.07
Reserve Unit
145.09
retirement, mandatory
145.05
POLICE OFFICER (see also LAW
ENFORCEMENT OFFICER)
false allegation of misconduct
525.16
false information given to
303.11
fleeing
303.01
ignition key removal
303.03
traffic order, compliance with 303.01
POLICE VEHICLE
POLLUTION
1375.11
PRIVATE PROPERTY
posted, parking
351.13
PRIVATE ROAD
right of way
entering
331.17
leaving
331.22, 331.23
turning into
331.11
PROCURING (see PROSTITUTION)
PROPERTY (see also
PROPERTY DESTRUCTION)
defined
501.01
municipal, use of
525.21
stolen (see THEFT)
unauthorized use
545.06, 545.08
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PROPERTY DESTRUCTION
arson
541.01, 541.02
criminal damaging
or endangering
541.03
criminal mischief
541.04
desecration
541.07
library; museum;
archival institution
545.04
railroad vandalism
553.06, 553.07
shrubs, trees, crops
541.06
tampering (see TAMPERING)
traffic signals
313.08
vehicular vandalism
541.09
PROSTITUTION
defined
533.01
loitering to engage
in solicitation
533.091
procuring
533.08
prohibited
533.10
soliciting
533.09
PUBLIC ASSEMBLY
nonsmoking areas
521.10
PUBLIC OFFICIAL (see
PUBLIC SERVANT)
PUBLIC SAFETY DIRECTOR
Traffic Code
powers
305.04, 305.06
records
305.07
traffic control device authority 305.02
PUBLIC SAFETY VEHICLE (see
also EMERGENCY VEHICLE)
defined
301.27
exemptions
303.041
331.27
pedestrian to yield to
371.08
right of way
331.21
siren, whistle, bell
337.19
speed exceptions
333.06
stop sign or signal, effect
331.20
PUBLIC SERVANT (see also specific
official involved)
civil rights interference
525.13
121.02
159.13
contract interest
525.10
defined
525.01
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GENERAL INDEX
PUBLIC SERVANT (Cont.)
expense
accounts
159.15
reimbursement
159.14
impersonation
525.03
improper compensation
525.11
obstructing
525.07
PURCHASING (see FINANCE)
QUARANTINE
animal bites
505.10
RADIO
antennas
1177.06
RAILROAD
abandoned
553.011
climbing on cars
553.02, 553.06(b)
definitions
301.28 et seq.
dropping objects onto
553.06(a)
grade crossing
driving across
331.39
future grade
crossings prohibited
553.05
obstructing
331.33
parking prohibited near
351.03
pedestrian on
371.10
stopping at
331.40
locomotive engineer's duties
553.03
obstructing streets
553.01
speed, maximum
553.04
trespassing on railroad
property
553.06(d)
vandalism
grade crossing or
protective device
553.07
prohibited
553.06
RECEIVING STOLEN
PROPERTY
545.18
RECKLESS DRIVING (see DRIVING)
RECORDS AND REPORTS
accident report;
copy fee
109.01(c), 179.06
accident, snowmobile or
all purpose vehicle
375.07
animal bites
505.10
animal impounding
and disposition
505.02
Building Inspector
143.06
campground operators
1141.07(d)
RECORDS AND REPORTS (Cont.)
cemetery
961.07
Commission (see RECORDS
COMMISSION)
disposal, State
approval required
179.05
failure to report crime or death 525.05
fee for copy of public
record
109.01(c), 179.06
income tax
191.35, 191.41 et seq.
tampering with
545.14
wounds and burns
525.05
RECORDS COMMISSION (see also
RECORDS AND REPORTS)
established; composition
179.01
functions
179.04
meetings
179.03
Secretary
179.02
RECREATIONAL VEHICLE
defined
1141.10
maximum campground
occupancy
1141.08
registration required
1141.08
RECREATION CAMPGROUND
DISTRICTS (see also
ZONING DISTRICTS)
access drives
1141.07(b)
area minimum
1141.03
fire extinguishing
equipment
1141.07(a)
garbage and rubbish
containers
1141.07(a)
height regulations
1141.06
lighting hours
1141.07(e)
log of camper information 1141.07(f)
number of
campgrounds per acre 1141.03
outdoor lighting
1141.07(d)
purpose
1141.01
recreational vehicle
defined
1141.10
maximum occupancy
terms
1141.08
registration
1141.08
sanitary facility requirements 1141.09
setback for principal uses
1141.04
site plan review
1141.11
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GENERAL INDEX
RECREATION CAMPGROUND
DISTRICTS (Cont.)
slope of campsite
1141.05
supplemental regulations
1141.07
swimming pools
1141.07(c)
uses permitted
1141.02
water supply
1141.09
RECYCLED MATERIAL
purchase and use of recycled material
products by Village
133.055
REFRIGERATOR
abandoned
521.01
RENTAL OF MUNICIPAL
BUILDING (Council
Chambers)
109.06
RESIDENTIAL BUILDING CODE
OF OHIO
1305.01
RESIDENTIAL DISTRICTS (see
building setback
1137.04
defined
301.31
fences
1137.06(f)
height regulations
1137.05
home occupation regulations
1137.08
landscaping, screening for multiplefamily dwellings
1137.09
lot regulations
1137.03, 1153.03
purpose
1137.01
speed
333.03
subdivision entrances
1137.12
swimming pools
1137.06(g)
through streets
313.02(b)
uses
accessory uses
multiple-family dwellings 1137.07
single-family dwellings 1137.06
conditional use
regulations
1153.03
permitted
1137.02
water and sewer tap-in
and metering
1137.10
yards, conditional use
1153.03
RESISTING ARREST
525.09
RESTRAINT, UNLAWFUL
537.08
RIGHT TURN ON RED
313.03(c)(2)
RIOT
failure to disperse
509.02
prohibited
509.01
ROAD SERVICE VEHICLE
approaching when
stationary
333.031
defined
301.321
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ROLLER SKATES (see TOY VEHICLES)
SAFETY ZONE
driving through
331.29
parking prohibited
351.03
SALES
altering object to appear
to have value
545.13
criminal simulation of objects
545.13
fireworks
1519.04
intoxicants
529.01 et seq.
low-alcohol beverage
529.06
peddlers (see PEDDLERS)
vehicle, certificate
of title required
335.08
vendors (see VENDORS)
weapons, unlawful transactions 549.06
SCHOOL
definitions
501.01(n) et seq.
disorderly conduct
509.03(e)
replica firearm in
549.10
sex offenders residency near
533.14
SCHOOL BUS (see BUS)
SEAT BELT
requirements
335.031
use required
337.27
SEDIMENT AND EROSION CONTROL
(see STORM WATER MANAGEMENT AND SEDIMENT AND
EROSION CONTROL)
SEMITRAILER (see COMMERCIAL
AND HEAVY VEHICLE)
SERVICE DEPARTMENT
159.16
Clerk-Treasurer duties
133.02
compensation for
extra services
159.20
composition
151.01
inspection of subdivision
utilities
151.04
safety shoe reimbursement
151.06
Secretary
151.03
uniforms
151.02
SEWERS
building permit requirements 1335.08
building sewers
941.03
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SEWERS (Cont.)
charges
connection
941.13(b)
delinquency
939.03
French Creek Sewer
connection
109.03(j), 941.13
interceptor sewer
use 109.03(h)(i), 941.08, 941.12
nonpayment remedy
939.03
payment for usage
939.03
sanitary sewage
facilities deposit
109.04
schedule of
109.03(g)
Sewer Fund
941.04
user charges
941.01
fees
subdivisions
1339.01
Floodplain Overlay District 1169.08(f)
French Creek Sewer
connections; permit
941.13
interceptor sewer use permit
extension to permittee's
property
941.11
fee payment
941.09
issued; fees
941.08, 941.12
use of fees
941.10
manholes and catch basins
compliance required
1371.01
construction
1371.03
materials
1371.02
penalty
941.99
plans and specifications
941.07
regulations adopted
941.02
riser use
941.06
sanitary and storm sewer piping
backfilling
1367.08
compliance required
1367.01
connections
1367.07
embankment
1367.09
excavations
1367.03
lines and grades
1367.04
materials
1367.02
paved street
surface restoration
1367.10
pipe joints
1367.06
SEWERS (Cont.)
sanitary and storm sewer piping (cont.)
pipe laying
1367.05
responsibility
1367.11
testing procedure
1373.01
tests
1367.12
tests required
1373.02
1357.01
tap-ins; permit
941.05
treatment plant requirements
1369.01
zoning district regulations
District
1141.09
tap-in fees and metering separate
for each dwelling
1137.10
SEXUAL OFFENSES
corruption of minor
533.03
definitions
533.01
importuning
533.05
imposition
533.04
indecency in public
533.07
prostitution (see PROSTITUTION)
sex offenders residency near
533.14
unlawful sexual conduct
533.03
voyeurism
533.06
SHOPLIFTERS
detention and arrest
545.04
SHORTCUTTING
331.41
SIDEWALKS
congregation on, unlawful
509.08
construction
compliance
1363.01
concrete reinforcement
1363.09
defective work
1363.08
excavation and subgrade
1363.02
expansion joints
1363.05
placing and finishing
1363.04
protection and curing
1363.06
side forms
1363.03
smoothness requirements 1363.07
specifications
1363.01
defined
301.37
driving over
331.37
mobility device on
371.12
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GENERAL INDEX
SIDEWALKS (Cont.)
handicapped access
ramps required
1121.10
obstructing movement
509.03
obstructions; damage or injury 521.04
351.03
pedestrian right of way
371.07
repair and cleaning
521.06
required use by pedestrian
371.05
snow, dumping on prohibited
521.11
spitting prohibited
521.12
1357.01
vehicle to stop at
331.23
SIGNS (see also ADVERTISING)
approval procedures
1165.11
area, maximum
1165.04
classification
1165.02
computations
1165.03
defined
1105.02
design and construction
1165.08
determining area,
height, frontage
1165.03
height, maximum
1165.05
illumination
1165.08(m)
maintenance
1165.09
nonconforming
1165.12
permit; application; fees
1335.15
prohibited
1165.10
projecting signs
1165.06
1165.01
right-of-way in, prohibited
1165.13
setback, freestanding signs
1165.05
1165.07
traffic (see TRAFFIC
CONTROL DEVICE)
SIREN
prohibited on bicycle
373.05
vehicle
337.19
SKATE BOARDS (see TOY VEHICLES)
SLUG (see COIN MACHINE)
SMOKING (see also TOBACCO)
public assembly prohibitions
521.10
SNOW AND ICE
dumping prohibited
521.11
emergencies; parking
351.15
sidewalk, removal from
521.06
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SNOWMOBILE
accident report
375.07
373.11
definitions
375.01
equipment
375.02
helmets; safety glasses
373.02
operation
permitted
375.04
prohibited
375.03
operator's license
375.05
registration
375.06
375.03
SOLICITING
highway restrictions
371.06
SOLICITOR (see
121.02
159.13
temporary prosecutor
135.01
SOLID WASTE (see also GARBAGE
AND RUBBISH)
deposits on public,
private property
521.08
SPEED
bridge, limitations
333.05
construction zone,
537.021
emergency, public
safety vehicle
333.06
maximum limits
333.03
railroad
553.04
slow, minimum
333.04
street racing
333.07
SPITTING
521.12
STABLES
horses; stables; corrals
505.11
STALKING
menacing
537.051
trespass
541.051
STEALING (see
SHOPLIFTERS; THEFT)
STOP SIGN (see TRAFFIC
CONTROL DEVICE)
STOP WORK ORDER
Ohio Basic Building Code 1301.06(b)
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GENERAL INDEX
STORM WATER MANAGEMENT AND
SEDIMENT AND EROSION
CONTROL
administration responsibility
1375.04
applicability
1375.03
compensatory actions
1375.19
best management practices
1375.11
definitions
1375.02
discharge prohibitions
1375.07
discharges generally
industrial or construction 1375.09
monitoring
1375.10
discharges, illicit
best management practices 1375.11
prohibitions
1375.07
suspension of MS4 access 1375.08
enforcement
after appeal of violation
1375.16
generally
1375.14
illicit connections
1375.07(c)
industrial or construction
permit
1375.09
injunctive relief
1375.18
intent
1375.01
MS4 access suspension
1375.08
penalty
1375.99
pollutant control
1375.11
purpose
1375.01
remedies
1375.21
severability
1375.05
spills, notification of
1375.13
standards
1375.06
violations
abatement costs
1375.17
appeals
1375.15
public nuisance, as
1375.20
watercourse protections
1375.12
STORM WATER MANAGEMENT
SYSTEM
adjustments
943.09
appeals
943.10
billings
943.07
charges
943.03
collection
943.08
definitions
943.02
Management Board
943.11
STORM WATER MANAGEMENT
SYSTEM (Cont.)
purpose
943.01
rate structure
943.05
storm water accounts
943.06
Village Administrator; powers
of
943.04
STREET LAWN
driving over
331.37
351.03
STREET RACING
333.07
STREETS
abandoned junk
motor vehicle on
303.09
animal on
303.05
bicycle riding
373.07
closing for repair, driving on
331.26
defined
301.42
definitions
1105.02
divided, driving procedure
331.31
dropping or throwing
objects onto
541.09
mobility device on
371.12
excavations (see EXCAVATIONS)
expressway entering
and leaving
331.32
freeway
backing vehicle on
331.13
entering and leaving
331.32
prohibited use
303.06
hunting across prohibited
523.05
injurious material, placing on
311.01
load, dropping on
339.08
obstructing movement
509.03
obstruction
311.01
one-way, driving on
331.30
parades; assembly on
311.02
parking prohibitions
351.03, 351.12
paving
asphalt concrete
1361.02
Portland cement concrete 1361.01
testing procedure
1373.01
tests required
1373.02
planned unit development
1157.07
snow, dumping on prohibited
521.11
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STREETS (Cont.)
State highway
maintenance; signs
923.01
subdivision
fees
1339.01
improvements
1357.01
subdivision design standards
blocks
1121.06
classification
1121.02
improvements
1121.08
layout, general
1121.05
paving
1361.01, 1361.02
topography,
relationship to
1121.04
trees
1121.12
through
right of way
331.18, 331.19
stop, yield signs
313.02
toy vehicles
311.03
vehicle removal from
during emergency
351.14
SUBDIVISION DESIGN STANDARDS
acceptability principles
1121.03
blocks
1121.06
construction specifications
1121.09
handicapped access
1121.10
improvements
1121.08
intent
1121.01
lots
1121.07
modifications
1121.13
monuments
1121.11
storm drainage
1121.08
streets
classification
1121.02
improvements
1121.08
layout, general
1121.05
relationship to topography 1121.04
trees
1121.12
utilities
1121.08
water system
1121.08
SUBDIVISIONS
entrances
1137.12
compliance
1177.09
fees, platting
109.04, 1339.01
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SUBDIVISIONS (Cont.)
Floodplain Overlay
District proposals
1169.07(d)
standards and conditions
accident prevention
1357.10
approved drawings
1357.02
clean-up, final inspection 1357.17
contract bond
1357.07
cost of services
1357.15
final acceptance
1357.18
final tests
1357.16
improvements; bond
1357.01
inspection and testing
of materials
1357.03
inspection of work
1357.12
labor
1357.09
liability insurance
1357.08
materials and
workmanship
1357.06
notice of starting work
1357.04
protection of work
1357.13
sanitary convenience
1357.11
supervision
1357.05
utilities, inspection of
151.04
work in bad weather
1357.14
yard lights
1357.19
Zoning Code regulations
major subdivision
1109.08
minor subdivision
1109.09
SUNSCREENING MATERIALS 337.28
SWIMMING POOLS
District
1141.07(c)
1137.06(g)
swim club conditional
use regulations
1153.04(q)
SWITCHBLADE (see WEAPONS)
TAMPERING (see also
PROPERTY DESTRUCTION)
coin machine
545.12
criminal mischief
541.04
library; museum;
archival institution
545.04
records
545.14
traffic control device
313.08
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GENERAL INDEX
TAXATION
hotel (see HOTEL/MOTEL TAX)
income (see INCOME TAX)
TAXICAB
stands, parking in
351.10
TELECOMMUNICATION
HARASSMENT
537.10
TELEPHONE
harassment
537.10, 537.11
misuse of 9-1-1 system
537.12
threats by
537.11
TELEVISION
antennas
1177.06
TEMPORARY
PROTECTION ORDER 537.15
THEATER
spitting prohibited
521.12
THEFT
criminal tools, possession of
545.19
definitions
545.01
felony exceptions
545.03
library; museum;
archival institutions
545.04
petty
545.05
property
defined
501.01(j)
determining value
545.02
receiving stolen
545.18
unauthorized use
545.08
shoplifters
545.04
vehicle
alarm signal
337.19
unauthorized use
545.06
THREATS (see also MENACING)
coercion
539.09
telephone
537.11
THROUGH STREET (see STREETS)
TIMBER AND LOGGING
OPERATIONS
commercial
1177.10
TINTED WINDOWS
337.28
TIRES (see VEHICLE EQUIPMENT)
TOBACCO (see also SMOKING)
illegal distribution to minors
537.16
TOW-AWAY ZONES
private
303.082
TOWING
requirements
339.07
TOY VEHICLES
attaching to vehicles
373.03
streets, on
311.03
TRAFFIC AND
ENGINEERING DIVISION
created
305.01
TRAFFIC CODE
Council, powers reserved to
305.08
definitions
Ch. 301
government vehicles
303.07
misdemeanor classification
303.99(a)
penalties
303.99(b)
Public Safety Director
authority
305.04
powers
305.04, 305.06
records
305.07
road workers,
equipment excepted
303.04
violation
305.09
TRAFFIC CONTROL DEVICE
advertising on
313.07
alteration, removal
313.08
ambiguous
313.09
avoiding
331.41
center line, painted
313.08
conformity with State Manual
305.03
defined
301.46
flashing signal
313.06
hidden
313.07
lane of traffic, direction
313.04
lights, description
313.03
nonworking
313.09
obedience required
313.01
351.03
pedestrian control signal
313.05
portable signal preemption
devices prohibited
313.11
posting required
305.05
Public Safety
Director authority
305.02
purchase, possession, sale
313.10
removal, injury
313.08
signal terms
313.03
State highway
signs and markings
923.01
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TRAFFIC CONTROL DEVICE (Cont.)
stop sign or signal
emergency vehicle
331.20
operation at
331.19
placing
313.02
public safety vehicle
331.20
right of way
331.19
through streets, signs at
313.02
unauthorized
313.07
violations
305.09
yield signs
operation at
331.18
placing
313.02
TRAFFIC SIGNAL (see
TRAFFIC CONTROL DEVICE)
TRAILER (see also
RECREATIONAL VEHICLE)
occupying moving
331.35
TREE LAWN (see STREET LAWN)
TREES AND SHRUBS
cemetery, planting in
961.08
commercial logging
1177.10
destruction
541.06
removal
1177.10
street trees
1121.12
TRESPASS
aggravated
541.051
amusement place, public
541.10
land or premises
541.05
railroad
553.06(d)
vehicle
545.06
voyeurism
533.06
TRUCK (see COMMERCIAL
AND HEAVY VEHICLE)
TYPE OF DISTRICTS
1133.02
USE REGULATIONS
accessory uses
commercial
districts
1145.02, 1145.06
industrial districts 1149.02, 1149.07
multiple-family dwellings 1137.07
1137.06
conditional uses
approval
1109.04
1145.02
general criteria
1153.02
1149.02
1153.01
specific standards
1153.03
1153.04
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USE REGULATIONS (Cont.)
definitions
1105.02
flood hazard reduction
1353.04
nonconforming
buildings or structures
1175.02
defined
1105.02
lots
1175.07
performance standards
1175.06
1175.01
reclassification, due to
1175.05
signs
1165.12
use of building
1175.03
use of land
1175.04
permitted uses
1145.02
1149.02
planned unit development 1157.03
District
1141.02
residential
1137.02
similar use determination
1109.10
755.03
UTILITIES
design standards
1121.08
Floodplain Overlay
District
1169.07(c)
storm water drainage
943.01 et seq.
1357.01
U TURN
regulated
331.12
VANDALISM
criminal mischief
541.04
grade crossing device
553.07
railroad
553.06
vehicular
541.09
VARIANCE
flood damage reduction
1353.05
VEHICLE (see MOTOR VEHICLE)
VEHICLE EQUIPMENT
air cleaner
337.25
all purpose vehicle
375.02
brakes
337.18, 339.12
bumpers
337.29
chains
339.10
child restraint system
337.26
directional signals required
337.30
exceptions
337.01(c)
exhaust noise
331.36
horn, siren
337.19
lights (see VEHICLE LIGHTS)
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VEHICLE EQUIPMENT (Cont.)
loads (see VEHICLE LOADS)
motorcycle, off-highway
375.02
motorized bicycle
373.10
mud flaps
339.05
muffler
331.36, 337.20
motor vehicle
or motorcycle
337.26
snowmobile or all
purpose vehicle
375.02
rear red reflector
337.05
rear-view mirror
337.21
red flag or light on load
337.08
seat belts
337.27
slow-moving vehicle, emblem 337.10
snowmobile
375.02
spikes, lugs
339.10
sunscreening
337.28
theft alarm signal
337.19
tinted windows
337.28
tires
peeling
331.36
studded
339.11
wheel protectors
339.05
windshield regulations
337.22
VEHICLE LIGHTS
auxiliary driving lights
337.11
back-up
337.12
bicycle
373.06
commercial vehicle,
safety lighting
337.06
distance, height measurement
337.02
mobility device on
371.12
fender or cowl
337.12
flashing
337.10(e), 337.16
headlights
focus and aim
337.17
required
337.03
use of beams
337.14
lighted, time
337.02
motorized bicycle
337.02, 373.10
number permitted
337.16
parked or stopped
337.09
slow-moving vehicle
less intensity
337.15
requirements
337.10
snowmobile and all
purpose vehicle
375.02
VEHICLE LIGHTS (Cont.)
spotlight
337.11
stop lights
337.24
tail light
337.04
two displayed
337.13
vehicles in
combination, obscured 337.07
VEHICLE LOADS
extension on left side
337.23
information on request
339.04
leaking or dropping
339.08
obstructing driver's view
331.25
off-street loading and
unloading spaces
1161.08
projecting, red flag or light
337.08
shifting or loose
339.09
truck loading zones
351.09
VEHICULAR HOMICIDE
537.02
VENDING MACHINES (see
also COIN MACHINE)
sale of cigarettes
537.16
VENDORS (see also PEDDLERS)
definitions
753.01
exceptions
753.04
penalty
753.99
permit
application; fee
753.02
fee
109.02(c)
required
753.02
validity
753.03
VENTILATION
cooking appliances
1525.01
heaters and burners
521.02
kitchen, bathroom fan vents
1347.06
VIDEO GAME (see MECHANICAL
AMUSEMENT DEVICE)
VIDEO SERVICE PROVIDERS
fee established
759.01
VILLAGE
municipal property, use of
525.21
vehicles, use of
159.04, 159.25
VIOLENCE, INCITING
509.011
VOYEURISM
533.06
WATER AND STREET
SUPERINTENDENT
overtime pay
159.18
expense account
159.15
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GENERAL INDEX
WATERCOURSE
obstruction
521.14
obstruction removal
521.05
solid waste corrupting
521.08
1375.12
WATERCRAFT (see ALL
PURPOSE VEHICLE)
WATER QUALITY RUNOFF,
POST-CONSTRUCTION
alternative actions
945.09
compliance
945.10
conflicts
945.03
developer’s agreement
945.13
disclaimer of liability
945.02
easements
945.06
intent
945.01
maintenance
945.07
nuisances
945.03
penalties
945.12
plan
application
945.14
generally
945.05
responsibility
945.03
scope
945.04
severability
945.03
standards
945.08
violations
945.11
WATER SUPPLY
backflow prevention device
937.07
charges
delinquency
939.03
delinquent bills
109.03(d)
distribution system deposit 109.04
nonpayment remedy
939.03
payment for usage
939.03
rates
109.03(c), 939.02
tap-in
939.05
tap-in charges
109.03(f)
design standards
1121.08
fire hydrants
1365.04, 1365.14
Floodplain Overlay District 1169.08(f)
line construction
anchorage of bends,
tees, plugs
1365.15
asbestos cement
pipe and fittings
1365.07
cast-iron water
pipe and fittings
1361.01
cleaning right-of-way
1365.19
2012 Replacement
42
WATER SUPPLY (Cont.)
line construction (Cont.)
curb connections
1365.23
disinfecting mains
1365.22
final repairs
1365.24
gate valves, valve boxes
1365.02
general
1365.08
hydrostatic testing
1365.21
laying cast-iron pipe
1365.10
line valves
1365.11
pavement, curbing,
sidewalk repair
1365.20
plugging dead ends
1365.16
sand backfill
1365.05
special backfill 1365.06, 1365.18
special requirements
1365.25
standard backfill
1365.17
testing procedure
1373.01
tests required
1373.02
trench excavations
and preparation
1365.09
valve box installation
1365.12
valve chamber installation 1365.13
valve chambers
1365.03
mains, minimum size of
939.06
penalty
939.99
restoration of service; fee
109.03(e)
service
emergency service to
and from Avon
939.01
termination procedure
939.04
subdivision fees
1339.01
1357.01
zoning district regulations
District
1141.09
tap-in fees and metering separate
for each dwelling
1137.10
WEAPONS (see also
DANGEROUS ORDNANCE)
carrying concealed
549.02
defacing firearm identification
marks; possessing defaced
firearm
549.11
definitions
549.01
discharging
549.08
hunting restrictions
523.03
minor, purchase by
549.07
missiles
549.09
motor vehicle, handling in
549.04
police firing range
145.06
42A
GENERAL INDEX
WEAPONS (Cont.)
replica firearm in school
549.10
transactions unlawful
549.06
use while intoxicated
549.03
WELLS (see OIL AND GAS WELLS)
WHEELCHAIR (see also ELECTRIC
PERSONAL ASSISTIVE
MOBILITY DEVICE)
motorized
defined
301.52
operator's rights
371.11
WIND ENERGY FACILITY
abandonment
755.11
applicability
755.02
complaints
755.13
conditional use permit
755.04
decommissioning
755.12
definitions
755.01
design
755.04
height
755.07
installation
755.05
insurance
755.10
noise
755.08, 755.09
public inquiries
755.13
purpose
755.00
remedies
755.13, 755.14
setbacks
755.06
uses
755.03
WIRELESS COMMUNICATION
TOWERS
conditional use regulations 1153.04(s)
WOUNDS AND BURNS
reporting
525.05
YARDS
definitions
1105.02
front yard on partially
built-up blocks
1177.01
lights in front yard
1357.19
rear; lot lines not parallel
with street lines
1177.04
side; lot lines not perpendicular
to street lines
1177.03
YIELD SIGNS (see TRAFFIC
CONTROL DEVICE)
ZONING ADMINISTRATOR
chapter purpose
1107.01
121.02
enforcement by
1107.05, 1113.01
establishment
1107.02
expense account
159.15
powers and duties
1107.02
ZONING APPEALS BOARD
appeals
1109.06
establishment; organization
1107.04
hearing fee
1335.10
powers and duties
1107.04
terms and vacancies
1107.04
ZONING CODE
administrative procedures
appeals
1109.06
conditional use approval
1109.04
planned unit
development/conservation
development
approval
1109.05
purpose
1109.01
similar use determination 1109.10
site plan review
1109.03
subdivisions, major
1109.08
subdivisions, minor
1109.09
variances
1109.07
zoning permits
1109.02
amendments
authority
1111.01
initiated by
Council
1111.05
Planning Commission 1111.04
initiation
1111.02
Map; initiated by owners 1111.03
conflicting laws
1103.04
construction and
use as approved
1113.02
Council powers and duties
1107.05
definitions
1105.02
districts (see ZONING DISTRICTS)
enforcement
1107.05, 1113.01
compliance
1177.09
fee for copy
109.01, 121.02(a)
interpretation
1103.03
lots (see LOTS)
off-street parking (see
PARKING, OFF-STREET)
penalty
1113.04
platting fees
109.04
purpose
1103.02
scope
1103.05
section references, use of
1105.01
severability
1103.06
short title
1103.01
uses (see USE REGULATIONS)
2012 Replacement
GENERAL INDEX
ZONING CODE (Cont.)
variances
1109.07
violations
1113.03
yards (see YARDS)
ZONING DISTRICTS (see
also ZONING CODE)
boundary interpretation
1133.04
commercial (see
COMMERCIAL DISTRICTS)
establishment
1133.01
floodplain (see FLOODPLAIN
OVERLAY DISTRICT)
industrial (see
INDUSTRIAL DISTRICTS)
recreation (see RECREATION
CAMPGROUND DISTRICTS)
residential (see
RESIDENTIAL DISTRICTS)
ZONING MAP
adoption by reference
1133.03
amendments; initiated
by owners
1111.03
ZONING PERMIT
construction and use
as approved
1113.02
required
1109.02
2012 Replacement
42B
43
COMPARATIVE SECTION TABLE
EDITOR’S NOTE: Source material for the Codified
Ordinances of Sheffield was either ordinances or resolutions
enacted by Council, or new matter ordained by the Adopting
Ordinance. Sections of the Codified Ordinances without any
history indicate that such sections contain new matter ordained by
the Adopting Ordinance. In the following table, the disposition of
all source material in the Sheffield Codified Ordinances is
indicated.
Ord. No.
59
78
114
127
228
234
240
293
305
Res. 319
Res. 320
331
340
341
342
347
352
Date
11-15-38
10-15-40
10-16-45
11-19-46
4-8-57
10-14-57
1-27-58
10-10-60
4-10-61
9-10-90
9-10-90
3-12-62
5-28-62
C.O. Section
549.08(b)
723.01
521.13(a)(b)
169.01 to 169.03
1335.12
523.02
1345.03, 1345.04
151.03
741.01, 741.02
133.07
133.08
1357.01
919.01, 919.03,
919.04
6-25-62 143.01, 143.02,
143.05, 143.06,
1323.01 to
1323.03, 1335.02
to 1335.06,
1335.09, 1347.01,
1347.03 to
1347.05, 1347.07
4-29-62 339.02
8-27-62 523.01
10-22-62 1357.02 to
1357.07, 1357.09
to 1357.18,
1359.01 to
1359.23, 1363.01
to 1363.09,
1365.01 to
1365.03, 1365.05
to 1365.20,
1365.22 to
1365.25,
Ord. No. Date
352 (Cont.)
Res. 357
362
Res. 383
413
419
429
433
437
439
457
459
473
491
505
512
516
519
529
C.O. Section
1367.01 to
1367.12, 1369.01,
1371.01 to
1371.03, 1373.01,
1373.02
9-26-94 133.055
2-11-63 145.04
7-8-96
147.03(b)
5-2-65
145.02
7-17-65 133.01
11-8-65 553.04(a)
12-20-65 739.01 to 739.03
2-14-66 735.01 to 735.03,
735.05, 735.99
2-28-66 133.04
9-12-66 1327.01 to
1327.06, 1327.08
9-12-66 521.14(a)(b),
921.01, 921.03 to
921.05
5-22-67 131.01
5-6-68
191.01, 191.02,
191.04 to 191.07,
191.09, 191.10,
191.12 to 191.15,
191.19, 191.20,
191.25, 191.27,
191.29, 191.44 to
191.48, 191.50
10-28-68 939.01
12-9-68 1359.24(a)
4-14-69 553.05
4-14-69 145.02
8-4-69
509.09(a) to (c)
2012 Replacement
Ord. No.
536
554
557
574
585
600
613
621
633
634
641
660
667
683
703
706
714
717
722
725
730
736
741
762
774
784
785
787
794
797
807
841
845
846
906
924
933
1003
1061
1088
Date
C.O. Section
11-10-69 509.08, 517.10,
521.12, 525.021(a)
5-25-70 133.02(b)
6-8-70
963.01, 963.02
12-14-70 505.11
3-8-71
1349.01 to 1349.07
8-23-71 1525.01 to 1525.08
5-15-72 521.17(a) to (c)
10-9-72 191.08, 191.11,
191.16, 191.17,
191.22 to 191.24,
191.26, 191.33,
191.49
3-19-73 1343.01(c)(e)
3-5-73
753.01, 753.03,
753.04
4-16-73 521.13(d)
12-3-73 191.18, 191.21
2-25-74 143.04
12-9-74 521.16
7-28-75 373.11
10-13-75 133.02(a)
2-9-76
105.01 to 105.07
4-12-76 941.02
6-14-76 1347.13, 1347.18,
1347.20
7-27-76 1335.08
10-11-76 941.05 to 741.07,
941.09 to 941.12,
941.99
11-8-76 1339.01(a)(b),
1357.01
1-10-77 145.05
7-28-77 921.02
1-23-78 521.11
4-10-78 939.05
5-22-78 545.21
5-8-78
133.05
9-10-78 1501.16
11-13-78 1335.01
7-23-79 1343.01(a)(b)
3-24-80 151.02
4-28-80 145.06
6-9-80
521.18
1-10-83 941.03, 941.04
6-27-83 145.07
1-9-84
1343.01(d)
10-26-87 159.04
12-12-88 1335.14
6-26-89 1347.14 to
1347.16, 1347.19,
1347.21
2012 Replacement
Ord. No.
1101
1106
1116
1128
1150
1154
1170
Date
10-9-89
11-27-89
2-12-90
6-25-90
4-22-91
4-22-91
6-24-91
1208
1212
1219
1221
1222
1243
1250
1256
1288
1298
1303
1309
1311
1319
1328
1329
1337
1338
7-13-92
9-14-62
10-12-9
10-26-92
10-26-92
3-22-93
5-24-93
6-14-93
1-10-94
11-8-93
6-13-94
12-20-93
1-10-94
2-28-94
3-23-94
4-11-94
5-9-94
6-13-94
1339
7-11-94
1347
1348
1354
6-27-94
7-25-94
10-24-94
1391
1395
1406
1427
3-13-95
3-27-95
7-10-95
10-9-95
1433
1448
1454
1455
1463
1464
1468
1474
1480
1500
1508
1531
11-13-95
1-22-96
3-25-96
4-8-96
4-22-96
4-22-96
4-22-96
6-24-96
6-24-96
9-23-66
12-23-96
1-27-97
44
C.O. Section
147.04
147.03(a)(c)
939.06
939.02
159.09
351.14, 351.15
1501.13 to
1501.15, 1501.17
1359.24(b)
1359.24(c)
965.01
151.01
159.07
159.10
159.03
523.05
1361.02
523.03
1357.19
159.12
159.13
939.04
145.08
923.01
141.01
961.03, 961.05 to
961.07, 961.10
129.01, 131.02,
133.03, 141.02,
143.03, 145.03,
159.11
145.01
159.14
109.03(c) to
(f)(h)(i)(k) to (n)
147.02
109.01, 179.06
133.10
109.03(a)(b),
921.06
109.03(j), 941.13
135.01
159.05
109.03(g), 941.01
133.09
129.02
145.01
959.01, 959.99
159.17
133.11
159.16
133.06
45
Ord. No.
1534
1539
1542
1543
1545
1548
1552
Date
1-27-97
3-10-97
4-14-97
4-14-97
3-24-97
4-14-97
4-13-98
1555
1567
1570
1571
1572
1573
1588
1595
1618
1619
1634
1635
1637
1687
7-14-97
7-28-97
7-28-97
9-22-97
7-28-97
10-27-97
11-24-97
11-10-97
12-22-97
2-23-98
3-3-98
2-23-98
3-3-98
12-14-98
C.O. Section
159.02
121.01, 121.02
939.03
159.15
185.01
159.18, 159.19
1103.01 to
1103.06, 1105.01,
1105.02, 1107.01
to 1107.05,
1109.01 to
1109.10, 1111.01
to 1111.05,
1113.01 to
1113.04, 1121.01
to 1121.14,
1133.01 to
1133.04, 1137.01
to 1137.10,
1141.01 to
1141.11, 1145.01
to 1145.08,
1149.01 to
1149.09, 1153.01
to 1153.04,
1157.01 to
1157.09, 1161.01
to 1161.11,
1165.01 to
1165.12, 1169.01
to 1169.10,
1175.01 to
1175.07, 1177.01
to 1177.09
119.01
159.20
147.05
197.01
521.15
145.01
1335.10
159.06
1335.11
159.08
147.01
159.01
145.09
301.01 to 301.52,
303.01 to 303.11,
Ord. No. Date
1687 (Cont.)
1699
1705
1715
1716
1717
1724
1728
2-8-99
7-12-99
6-28-99
6-28-99
6-28-99
6-28-99
7-26-99
C.O. Section
303.99, 305.01 to
305.09, 311.01 to
311.03, 311.99,
313.01 to 313.10,
313.99, 331.01 to
331.43, 331.99,
333.01 to 333.09,
333.99, 335.01 to
335.14, 335.99,
337.01 to 337.29,
337.99, 339.01,
339.03 to 339.11,
341.01 to 341.06,
341.99, 351.01 to
351.13, 371.01 to
371.11, 373.01 to
373.10, 373.12 to
373.14, 375.01 to
375.07, 375.99,
501.01 to 501.12,
501.99, 505.01 to
505.10, 505.12 to
505.14, 509.01 to
509.07, 509.09(d),
513.01 to 513.13,
517.01 to 517.09,
521.01 to 521.10,
521.12(b),
521.14(c),
521.17(d),
523.02(c), 523.04,
525.01 to 525.15,
529.01 to 529.08,
533.01 to 533.13,
537.01 to 537.18,
541.01 to 541.08,
545.01 to 545.20,
549.01 to
549.08(a),
549.08(c) to
549.10, 553.01 to
553.03, 553.04(b)
1305.01 to 1305.04
939.03
339.12
939.04
195.01 to 195.13
159.21
109.04, 1335.10
2012 Replacement
Ord. No. Date
Adopting Ordinance
1718
9-27-99
2012 Replacement
C.O. Section
101.01 to 101.08,
101.99, 109.02,
109.04, 131.03,
179.01 to 179.05,
191.03, 191.28,
191.43, 191.99,
723.99, 735.04,
739.99, 741.03,
741.04, 741.99,
753.02, 753.99,
919.02, 919.99,
921.99, 939.99,
941.08, 961.01,
961.02, 961.04,
961.08, 961.09,
961.11, 961.12,
961.99, 963.99,
1301.01 to
1301.09, 1301.99,
1305.01 to
1305.04, 1327.07,
1331.01, 1331.99,
1335.07, 1335.11,
1335.13,
1335.14(a),
1339.01(c),
1345.01, 1345.02,
1347.02, 1347.06,
1347.08, 1347.10
to 1347.12,
1347.17,
1349.09(d),
1357.08, 1361.01,
1363.01(i),
1365.04, 1365.21,
1371.01(d),
1501.01 to
1501.12, 1501.18,
1501.99, 1511.01
to 1511.04,
1519.01 to
1519.05, 1519.99
1105.02, 1145.02,
1153.03, 1153.04
Ord. No.
1740
1744
1746
1747
1753
1754
1757
1764
1768
1769
1776
1780
1781
1782
1783
1784
1785
1786
1787
1807
1810
1821
1822
1823
1831
1834
1835
1852
1859
1864
1868
1876
1885
1896
1899
46
Date
C.O. Section
10-11-99 159.22
12-13-99 1109.03, 1165.07,
1165.11
10-28-99 1501.17
11-8-99 1109.03, 1109.05,
1153.03, Repeals
1157.01
to 1157.09
2-14-00 109.01, 121.02,
179.06
12-13-99 109.04, 1335.15
2-28-00 Repeals 109.01(b),
147.02
4-10-00 121.01
3-27-00 143.07
3-27-00 159.01
7-10-00 109.03, 941.01
10-23-00 351.12
10-23-00 1105.02, 1137.05
to 1137.07
9-25-00 1335.14
10-9-00 1137.11
10-23-00 1137.04
10-23-00 1121.05
9-25-00 1121.05
11-26-01 1335.10
10-23-00 109.03, 941.08
12-11-00 1137.06
3-12-01 1107.04
3-12-01 1107.03
3-12-01 939.05
5-14-01 939.07
4-23-01 1121.08
5-14-01 1361.01
12-10-01 Repeals 1121.14
1-28-02 191.03
3-11-02 2002 Replacement
Pages
6-24-02 191.18
7-22-02 351.04(f)(4)
11-11-02 339.12
12-9-02 151.04
11-25-02 509.10
46A
Ord. No.
1909
Date
3-10-03
1914
4-4-03
1916
5-12-03
1917
1918
1923
1927
1931
1935
1938
1939
1941
5-12-03
4-28-03
6-23-03
7-28-03
7-28-03
9-22-03
10-27-03
11-24-03
11-24-03
1957
3-22-04
1958
3-22-04
1960
1962
3-22-04
4-12-04
1963
4-12-04
1969
1971
1980
1981
1984
1985
4-12-04
5-24-04
8-9-04
9-13-04
10-25-04
10-25-04
C.O. Section
523.01 to 523.07,
523.99
301.51, 371.12,
371.99, 501.01,
501.99, 509.06,
509.07, 513.01,
525.05, 525.08,
529.01, 529.02,
529.021, 529.07,
529.08, 533.01,
533.02, 533.04,
533.05, 537.14,
537.16, 545.22,
1301.01 to
1301.09, 1301.99,
1511.01 to
1511.05
1351.01 to
1351.05, 1351.99
311.02
943.01 to 943.07
943.07
939.05
943.07
121.01
509.11
509.12
2004 Replacement
Pages
505.01, 505.08,
505.14
303.01, 333.01,
501.01, 537.02,
537.15
159.02
1109.05, 1153.03
(a)(1)
1137.01(a),
1137.03, 1137.04,
1137.06(a),
1137.12, 1157.01
to 1157.11
129.03
159.08
145.01, 159.01
1375.01 to 1375.18
1339.01
109.04(a) to (c)
Ord. No.
1986
1989
1990
1999
2014
2015
2016
2021
2027
2039
2040
2042
2031
2053
2054
2056
2064
2065
2070
2073
2074
2077
2080
2082
2084
2098
2104
2114
2119
2124
2128
2133
2136
2139
2145
2152
2153
2160
2161
2165
Date
C.O. Section
10-25-04 1335.10(a)(3)
11-22-04 1149.02, 1153.03
(a)(2)
11-22-04 943.01 to 943.11
1-10-05 509.12(b)(2)
2-28-05 943.11(a)
2-28-05 159.13
2-28-05 1305.01 to 1305.03
3-28-05 191.01
5-23-05 505.04.1
7-25-05 311.02(f)
10-10-05 159.01(b)
10-10-05 159.23
1-23-06 1165.13
2-27-06 351.03(a)
2-27-06 119.01
2-27-06 109.06
3-13-06 151.06
3-13-06 151.05
7-10-06 1349.01 to
1349.03, 1349.04
(d), 1349.06
10-9-06 941.01
9-11-06 191.17(e)
9-25-06 533.14
10-23-06 109.03(k), 961.03
11-27-06 1305.01
12-11-06 1323.04
6-25-07 1177.10
4-28-08 159.01(b)(7)
1-14-08 129.01, 131.02,
133.03, 141.02,
143.03, 145.03,
159.11
4-28-08 943.05(b)(3)
3-24-08 109.03(c),
939.02
4-14-08 1375.01 to
1375.21, 1375.99
5-12-08 119.01
6-9-08
1353.01 to
1353.06
6-23-08 1109.03
6-23-08 141.01
9-8-08
133.05(d)
10-13-08 159.08
12-8-08 147.01 to 147.22
12-8-08 159.01 to 159.24
11-24-08 945.01 to 945.14
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Ord. No.
2172
2174
2186
2194
2196
2219
2222
2229
2235
2237
2240
2248
2249
2250
2266
2271
2272
2281
2286
2287
2291
2296
Date
1-26-09
1-12-09
3-9-09
3-9-09
5-11-09
3-8-10
10-10-09
2-8-10
3-8-10
3-22-10
C.O. Section
191.03
159.06(a)
941.01
759.01
305.06
159.25
159.01(b)
941.01
119.02
961.01 to 961.12,
961.99
3-22-10 159.08(h)
9-27-10 521.15(a)
10-11-10 1351.02, 1351.03
10-11-10 755.01 to 755.14
1-24-11 941.01
4-11-11 1145.02
4-11-11 757.01 to 757.14,
757.99
6-13-11 159.01(b)
7-11-11 109.03(c), 939.02
9-12-11 1339.01
12-12-11 159.05
2-13-12 941.01
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Date
C.O. Section
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EXPLANATION OF TABLES OF SPECIAL ORDINANCES
The Codified Ordinances of Sheffield comprises all ordinances and resolutions of the
Village of a general and permanent nature and new matter ordained by the Adopting Ordinance.
The provisions of such general and permanent ordinances and resolutions are set forth in full in
the Codified Ordinances.
References must be made frequently to many special ordinances and resolutions,
particularly those relating to property, such as easements, vacations, dedications, plat approvals,
purchases, sales, leases, etc. In the following Tables A through I, all such ordinances and
resolutions are listed. These Tables list ordinances and resolutions chronologically by subject and
include both a citation to and a brief description of each ordinance and resolution.
______________________
TABLES OF SPECIAL ORDINANCES OF SHEFFIELD
TABLE A
TABLE B
TABLE C
TABLE D
TABLE E
TABLE F
TABLE G
TABLE H
TABLE I
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Franchises
Easements
Vacating of Streets and Alleys
Dedication and Plat Approval
Acquisition and Disposal of Real Property
Lease of Real Property
Street Grade Levels and Change of Street Name
Annexation and Detachment of Territory
Zoning Map Changes
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TABLE A - FRANCHISES
Ord. No.
1934-21
1937-48
1940-75
1940-76
1945-112
1945-113
1950-158
1951-168
1955-195
1955-197
1955-199
1960-283
1961-328
1964-387
1966-445
1966-456
1970-573
1971-592
1974-684
1975-688
1977-754
817
818
820
834
860
Date
6-5-34
Description
Regulating price of electricity from Ohio Public Service
Co. for 5 yrs.
8-17-37 Fixing electricity rates from Ohio Public Service Co.
8-20-40 With Ohio Public Service Co. for street lighting.
8-7-45
Fixing electricity rates from Ohio Public Service Co.
9-18-45 With Ohio Public Service Co. for street lighting.
8-20-51 With Ohio Fuel Gas Co. for gas service for 10 yrs.
6-20-55 Fixing electricity rates from Ohio Edison Co. Repeals Ord. 1945-112;
amends Ord. 1937-48.
7-6-55
With Ohio Edison Co. for electricity for traffic control and warning
lights.
8-1-56
With Ohio Edison Co. for street lighting
2-22-60 Amends Ord. 1955-195.
12-11-61 Fixing gas rates from Ohio Fuel Gas Co. for 4 yrs.
4-13-64 Fixing electricity rates from Ohio Edison Co. Repeals Ords. 1955-195,
1955-197, 1955-199 and 1960-283.
4-30-66 Fixing gas rates from Columbia Gas of Ohio, Inc., for 4 yrs.
7-25-66 With Ohio Edison Co. for street lighting. Amends Ord. 1964-387.
6-14-71 Fixing electricity rates from Ohio Edison Co. Amends Ord. 1964-387.
12-23-74 Fixing electricity rates from Ohio Edison Co.
2-24-75 Fixing gas rates from Columbia Gas of Ohio, Inc., for 4 yrs. Repeals
Ord. 1970-573.
6-27-77 With Ohio Edison Co. for street lighting.
6-25-79 Fixing electricity rates from Ohio Edison Co. Amends Ord. 1977-754.
7-9-79
lights.
1-14-80 Amends Ord. 818.
12-8-80 Fixing electricity rates from Ohio Edison Co. Amends Ord. 820.
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TABLE A - FRANCHISES (Cont.)
Ord. No.
884
892
895
913
947
Res. 271
Res. 272
Res. 274
Res. 278
Res. 281
1114
1630
1802
Res. 498
Date
2-8-82
Description
lights.
5-10-82 With Space Cable TV for cable television system.
Amends Ord. 892.
6-25-84 Consents to the transfer of control of the CA.T.V. system of Space Cable
of Ohio, Ltd., to Cablevision of Ohio, Ltd. (the "Ohio Group").
9-25-84 Consents to the mortgage and security interest of Ameritrust Co. Nat.
Assn., and a second bank, in the franchise, facilities and personal
property of Space Cable of Ohio, Ltd.
2-4-85
Consents to the pledge of partnership interests of Space Cable of Ohio,
Ltd., to Ameritrust Co. Nat. Assn. and the Toronto-Dominion Bank.
11-24-86 Consents to the transfer of control of the C.A.T.V. system of Space Cable
of Ohio, Ltd., to Cable Systems Corp.
3-9-87
Consents to the mortgage and security interest of Chase Manhattan Bank
and certain other banks in the franchise, facilities and personal property
of Space Cable of Ohio, Ltd.
2-12-90 With Ohio Edison Co., for street lighting.
2-23-98 With Cablevision of the Midwest, Inc. for cable service.
10-23-00 Authorizing a franchise renewal agreement with Cablevision of the
Midwest, Inc.
7-28-08 Authorizing the approval for the spin-off of Time Warner Cable, Inc.
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TABLE B - EASEMENTS
Ord. No.
1936-38
1936-39
1937-48
1951-168
1958-257
1968-489
1970-561
1970-562
1970-563
1971-593
1971-594
1974-533
1977-748
886
1037
1050
1051
1445
1795
1803
2101
2193
Date
5-19-36
Description
Consent to Ohio Fuel Gas Co. to lay lines along east side of East River
Rd.
6-4-36
Consent to Ohio Fuel Gas Co. to lay lines on park property owned by
Village.
8-17-37 To Ohio Public Service Co., right to erect poles, etc., for electrical
service.
8-20-51 To Ohio Fuel Gas Co., right to lay pipes, etc., for gas service.
9-29-58 To N.Y. Central R.R. Co. and N.Y., Chicago and St. Louis R.R. Co.,
right to lay sidetrack across Colorado Ave.
3-11-68 To City of Lorain, right to install water main in right of way of certain
streets
7-20-70 To Ohio Edison Co., a temporary electric line easement.
8-31-70 To Ohio Edison Co., an electric line easement.
5-17-71 To Ohio Edison Co., a temporary electric line easement.
2-11-74 To Penn Central R.R. Co., across French Creek Rd., for construction of
a new track.
5-10-82 To Sheffield Lake cable television franchisee, a limited nonexclusive
easement to Village schools.
6-13-88 Acquisition of permanent easement over property of D.E. Estep and L.
Hanson for sewer purposes.
9-26-88 Acquisition of permanent easement over property of M. and R.E.
Harding for sewer purposes.
9-26-88 Acquisition of permanent easement over property of B.K. and C.A. Racz
for sewer purposes.
1-22-96 To Continental Cablevision of Ohio, Inc., for construction and
maintenance of trunk lines.
10-9-00 Authorizing the purchase of utility easements across 1st Energy Corp.
property in order to provide French Creek Business Park Development
with utilities.
10-23-00 Authorizing purchase of an easement from certain parcel of land currently
owned by Norfolk Southern Railway Co.
7-23-07 Appropriating a fee simple interest and perpetual utility easement in
certain real property necessary for the purpose of constructing the
Transportation Road Improvements across the lands of permanent parcel
nos. 03-00-012-000-179 and 03-00-012-000-016, as described in “Exhibit
A.”
2-23-09 Authorizes granting permanent easements to the Village, Lorain County
and the State of Ohio for purposes of allowing the widening and
improving of State Route 611 where it passes through the Village.
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TABLE C - VACATING OF STREETS AND ALLEYS
Ord. No.
1949-145
1961-327
1962-344
1024
Date
3-7-49
11-17-61
7-9-62
3-28-88
1036
1040
5-9-88
7-25-88
Description
Part of Lorain-Avon Rd., sometimes known as Old Colorado Rd.
Part of right of way of Abbe Rd.
Part of right of way of S.R. 301.
Cul-de-sac at westerly terminus of Berkeley St. (formerly
Deborah Ln.).
Amends Ord. 1024.
Cul-de-sac at westerly terminus of Berkeley Dr. (formerly
Klein St.).
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TABLE D - DEDICATION AND PLAT APPROVAL
Ord. No.
1936-37
1936-40
1936-41
1936-42
1940-71
1948-139
1949-146
1956-214
1957-237
1965-424
1971-597
1973-659
796
812
1025
1045
1066
1067
1168
Res.
410
1890
2038
Date
4-7-36
Description
Dedication of strip of real estate fronting on easterly side
of East River Rd.
6-16-36 Dedication of parcel fronting on southerly side of
Colorado Ave. and easterly side of East River Rd.
10-6-36 Accepting plat of part of East River Rd., Sec. C, and
Ridgeville-Lorain Rd., Sec. D.
10-6-36 Accepting plat of part of East River Rd. at location of
Burrell Bridge.
6-25-40 Dedication for highway purposes of strip of land from
westerly side of Municipally-owned park at intersection
of Colorado and East River Rds.
2-16-48 Accepting plat of Oak Park Allotment.
3-21-49 Dedication of 0.324 acre of land in Lot 60 as Traxler Dr.
11-12-56 Dedication of part of Original Sheffield Twp. Lot 66 as
public street.
12-9-57 Dedication of part of Original Sheffield Twp. Lot 25 for
street purposes.
9-27-65 Accepting plat of Horvath Estates Subdivision No. 1.
8-8-71
Accepting plat of Sheffield Village Park Subdivision.
11-19-73 Authorizes purchase of a building and lot at the
southeast corner of S.R. 254 and Gulf Rd. from the Sun
Oil Co. of Pa.
9-25-78 Dedication of Barkwood Dr. and Pin Oak Circle as public
streets.
3-12-79 Accepting part of Marcus St.
3-28-88 Accepting plat of Brookside Estates Subdivision No. 2.
7-25-88 Accepting Plat of Brookside Estates Subdivision No. 3.
5-1-89
Accepting plat of Maplewood Subdivision.
3-27-89 Accepting plat of Brookside Estates Subdivision No. 4.
6-10-91 Accepting plat of Village Reserve Subdivision.
9-25-00
Accepting plat for a certain parcel of land on the east & west side of E.
River Rd. for recording purposes.
10-28-02 Vacates the final subdivision plat of French Creek Business Park and
replat certain areas of French Creek Business Park.
7-25-05 Accepting improvements made by Gerent Management Group on the
subdivision known as Estates of Sheffield East.
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TABLE E - ACQUISITION AND DISPOSAL OF REAL PROPERTY
Ord. No.
1949-146
1956-214
1957-237
1421
1547
1796
1800
1830
2011
2305
2306
Date
3-21-49
Description
Accepting deed from W.F. and J.M. Rahotina for 0.324
acre in Lot 60.
11-12-56 Accepting deed for part of Original Sheffield Twp. Lot 66.
12-9-57 Accepting deed for part of Original Sheffield Twp. Lot 25.
9-11-95 Authorizing purchase agreement with D.T. Barson, Trustee
of A. Barson, for the purchase of part of Original
Sheffield Twp. Lot 67.
3-31-97 Authorizing purchase agreement for 4812 Detroit Rd.
9-11-00 Authorizing the purchase of a cemetery located within the Village.
6-26-00 Authorizes purchase of 1.233 acres owned by Kokosing Materials, Inc.
to tap into sewer/water lines for service to French Creek Industrial Park.
3-26-01 Amends legal description in Ord. 1800 above.
1-10-05 Authorizes the purchase of real property located on the south end of the
cul-de-sac at Evergreen Parkway from Metokote, Inc.
6-25-12 Accepts donation of Sublot No. 26 in Oak Park Subdivision from Jason
and Janet Kriegmont.
5-14-12 Authorizes the donation of various interests in real estate as part of the
Ohio Department of Transportation proposed improvement for widening
State Route 301 (Abbe Road).
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TABLE F - LEASE OF REAL PROPERTY
Ord. No.
1958-245
2213
Date
1-27-58
9-14-09
2243
6-14-10
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Description
Authorizing Mayor to rent Village Hall.
Authorizes lease agreement with T & M Auto Care L.L.C. for the closed
fire station located at 4706 Detroit Road.
Authorizes approval of lease agreement with Donald Camp (dba Ozone
Window Tinting & Automotive Accessories), for the premises located at
4706 Detroit Road.
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TABLE G - STREET GRADE LEVELS AND CHANGE OF STREET NAME
Ord. No.
1968-492
Date
6-17-68
932
1-4-84
Description
Wright Ave., between Old French Creek and Linda Lane,
to Linda Lane.
Debra St. and Pallela St., to Berkeley St.
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TABLE H - ANNEXATION AND DETACHMENT OF TERRITORY
Ord. No.
Date
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Description
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TABLE I - ZONING MAP CHANGES
Ord. No.
1949-147
Date
4-4-49
1953-180
9-21-53
1955-192
1-17-55
1956-219
12-10-56
1957-229
6-24-57
1958-253
7-14-58
1959-271
7-13-59
1959-280
12-28-59
1960-295
12-12-60
1964-391
1965-426
1965-427
7-13-64
11-8-65
11-8-65
1966-449
6-13-66
1966-450
6-13-66
1966-451
6-13-66
1967-468
3-27-67
1968-507
11-25-68
Description
Intersection of Colorado Ave., Harris Rd. and Abbe Rd.,
from Business District to "A" Residence District.
Portions of Original Sheffield Twp. Lots 25, 62, 63, 64
and 65 and 61, 60, 59 and 58 from "B" Residence to "A"
Residence District. Both sides of Abbe Rd. from "B"
Residence to "A" Residence District. Strip of land 800 ft.
wide on south side of Original Sheffield Twp. Lots 26,
28, 30 and 31, from "C" Residence to "B" Residence
District.
Part of Original Sheffield Twp. Lot 67, from "B"
Residence to Light Industrial District.
Parcel bounded by Village line, Colorado Ave. and Black
River, from "A" Residence to Light Industrial District.
Parcel bounded by Colorado Ave. and Abbe Rd., from "A"
Residence to Business District.
Part of Original Sheffield Twp. Lot 7, from "A" Residence
to Local Business District.
Part of Original Sheffield Twp. Lot 7, from "A" Residence
to Local Business District.
Parcel bounded by Black River, E. 31st St. and East
River Rd., from "B" Residence to Industrial District.
Parcel bounded by French Creek, Black River and East
River Rd., from "B" Residence to Industrial District.
Part of Original Sheffield Twp. Lot 28, from "C"
Residence to "B" Local Business District.
Part of Original Sheffield Twp. Lot 70, from R-3 to I-1.
Part of Original Sheffield Twp. Lot 28, from R-3 to C-1.
Land located west of Lake Breeze Rd. and north of
property fronting on north side of Lorain-Avon Rd., from
R-5 to R-4.
Part of Original Sheffield Twp. Lots 73 and 74, from R-1
and R-3 to C-1.
Parcel bounded by Elyria-Sheffield Lake Rd., consisting
of 6.7145 acres, from R-3 to C-1.
Parcel bounded by Elyria-Sheffield Lake Rd., consisting
of 60.00 acres, from R3 to C-1.
Land in vicinity of I-90 and Route 254, from Commercial
and Residential to an M.S.D.
Parts of Original Sheffield Twp. Lots 5 and 6, from a
Residential District to I-1.
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TABLE I - ZONING MAP CHANGES (Cont.)
Ord. No.
1970-543
1973-651
1974-670
1977-757
1978-765
814
815
816
825
848
859
872
876
946
977
978
1032
1058
1078
1092
1133
Date
6-22-70
Description
Part of Original Sheffield Twp. Lot 7, from R-2 and C-1
to R.C.
10-1-73 Ford Motor Co. rezoning.
2-25-74 Adopting the Official Zoning Map of the Village, dated
Feb. 18, 1974.
9-25-77 Part of Sheffield Twp. Original Lot 12, from M.S.D. to C-1.
1-23-78 Property east of Abbe Rd. to the easterly corporate limits
on Detroit Rd., from R-1 to C-1.
5-1-79
Parts of Original Sheffield Twp. Lots 11 and 73, from
M.S.D. and R-1 to C-1.
6-11-79 Parts of Original Sheffield Twp. Lots 73 and 74, from
M.S.D. and R-1 to C-1.
6-11-79 Part of Original Sheffield Twp. Lots 11 and 12, from
M.S.D. to C-1.
11-12-79 Part of Original Sheffield Twp. Lots 11 and 12, from
M.S.D. to C-1.
6-8-81
Adopting the Official Zoning Map of the Village.
12-8-80 Part of Original Sheffield Twp. Lot 11, from M.S.D. to C 1.
7-27-81 Parts of Original Sheffield Twp. Lot 60 to C-1. Parts of
Lots 59 and 60 to I.P.-1.
7-27-81 Part of Original Sheffield Twp. Lots 59 and 60 to I.P.-1.
3-26-84 Part of Original Sheffield Twp. Lot 12, from R-3 to M-1.
6-9-86
Part of Original Sheffield Twp. Outlot No. 5, from
Residential to Industrial.
7-14-86 Part of Original Sheffield Twp. Lot 2, from Residential
to Commercial.
6-13-88 Four parcels on east side of Abbe Rd., from R-1 to C-1.
1-3-89
Property east of Abbe Rd. and north of Oster Rd., from
Residential to Industrial.
6-26-89 Lot 20 of the Sheffield Village Zoning Map, from R-3 to
I-2.
9-25-89 Parcel bounded by Detroit Rd. and I-90, from M.S.D. to
Commercial.
12-9-91 Land known as the Riegelsberger land, located on the
south side of Route 254, directly west of Mike Bass Ford,
from R1 and R-3 to Commercial.
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TABLE I - ZONING MAP CHANGES (Cont.)
Ord. No.
1144
1159
1173
1262
1271
1407
1422
1441
1526
1550
1551
1583
1709
1748
1808
1851
2043
2177
2210
2297
Date
Description
12-10-90 Land known as the Kaminski Oldsmobile Cadillac, Inc.,
land, located on the north aide of Route 254, directly
west of I-90, from Motorist Service and R-3 to
Commercial.
6-10-91 Part of Lot 73 on the Village Zoning Map, from R-3 and
R-1 to Commercial Only.
8-12-91 An 11.2-acre parcel on the Village Zoning Map, from R-3 to C-1.
10-11-93 A parcel containing 4.2641 acres in the vicinity of Abbe
and Sheffield-French Creek Rds., from I-P to C-1.
8-19-93 The 8.9964-acre Norfolk and Western RR land located
north of Rt. 254, west of I-90, from R-3 to C-1.
7-27-95 Property in the vicinity of Abbe Rd. and Sheffield-French
Creek Rd., from I-P to C-1.
11-13-95 Part of Original Sheffield Twp. Lot 11, on Abbe Rd.,
from Residential to Commercial.
2-12-96 Parcel containing 36.2361 acres, owned by THT Corp. et
al., from C-1 to M-1.
4-14-97 4577 East River Rd., owned by C.J. and L.M. Huether,
from Residential to Commercial.
6-16-97 Parcel containing 55.15 acres, owned by H. Dittmer, et
al., from Residential to Commercial.
4-13-98 Amending certain portions of the Zoning Map.
11-24-97 Premises located at 5329 Abbe Road from R-1 Residential to
Commercial.
4-26-99 7.142 acres along Route 611 from Residential to General Commercial
District.
12-13-99 2.5 acres, part of Original Sheffield Township Lot No. 15, from
Residential (R-2) to Commercial (C-2 Limited Retail/Office) District.
12-11-00 Part of Original Sheffield Township, Lot No. 5 presently zoned I-P
(Industrial Park) to be changed to C-1 (Commercial).
11-26-01 33.1614 acres from C-2 Commercial Limited Retail/Office District to C-4
Commercial Multiple Family/Office District.
9-11-06 Certain parcels of land located on the east side of Abbe Road and north
of Colorado Ave. from Industrial (I-1) to Residential (R-2).
4-13-09 5.9072 acres at 5327 S.R. 254 (Detroit Rd.) from C2 Limited
Retail/Office to C3 General Commercial District.
9-14-09 65 acres in 4 land parcels on NE corner of Root Rd. and S.R. 611 from
I-1 Industrial to C-3 General Commercial District.
4-23-12 Certain land located in the Sheffield East Subdivision from Commercial
and Industrial to Residential.
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CODIFIED ORDINANCES OF SHEFFIELD VILLAGE
PART ONE - ADMINISTRATIVE CODE
TITLE ONE - General Provisions
Chap. 101. Codified Ordinances.
Chap. 105. Public Meetings.
Chap. 109. General Fee Schedule.
TITLE THREE - Legislative
Chap. 119. Council.
Chap. 121. Ordinances and Resolutions.
TITLE FIVE - Administration
Chap. 129. Mayor.
Chap. 131. Village Administrator.
Chap. 133. Clerk-Treasurer.
Chap. 135. Solicitor.
Chap. 137. Engineer.
Chap. 141. Cemetery Superintendent.
Chap. 143. Building Department.
Chap. 145. Police Department.
Chap. 147. Fire, Rescue and Emergency Medical Services
Department.
Chap. 151. Service Department.
Chap. 159. Employees Generally.
TITLE SEVEN - Boards and Commissions
Chap. 169. Planning Commission.
Chap. 179. Records Commission.
TITLE NINE - Judicial
Chap. 185. Mayor’s Court.
TITLE ELEVEN - Taxation
Chap. 191. Earned Income Tax.
Chap. 195. Hotel/Motel Lodging Excise Tax.
Chap. 197. Motor Vehicle License Tax.
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PART ONE - ADMINISTRATIVE CODE
TITLE ONE - General Provisions
Chap. 101. Codified Ordinances.
Chap. 105. Public Meetings.
Chap. 109. General Fee Schedule.
CHAPTER 101
Codified Ordinances
101.01 Designation; citation;
headings.
101.02 General definitions.
101.03 Rules of construction.
101.04 Revivor; effect of
amendment or repeal.
101.05 Construction of section
references.
101.06 Conflicting provisions.
101.07 Determination of
legislative intent.
101.08 Severability.
101.99 General penalty.
CROSS REFERENCES
See sectional histories for similar State law
Statute of limitations on prosecutions - see Ohio R.C.
718.06; GEN. OFF. 501.06
Codification in book form - see Ohio R.C. 731.23
Imprisonment until fine and costs are paid - see Ohio R.C.
1905.30, 2947.14
Citation issuance for minor misdemeanors - see Ohio R.C.
2935.26 et seq.
Ordinances and resolutions - see ADM. Ch. 123
Rules of construction for offenses and penalties - see
GEN. OFF. 501.04
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101.01 DESIGNATION; CITATION; HEADINGS.
(a)
All ordinances of a permanent and general nature of the Municipality as revised,
codified, rearranged, renumbered and consolidated into component codes, titles, chapters and
sections shall be known and designated as the Codified Ordinances of Sheffield Village, Ohio,
1999, for which designation "Codified Ordinances" may be substituted. Code, title, chapter and
section headings do not constitute any part of the law as contained in the Codified Ordinances.
(ORC 1.01)
(b)
All references to codes, titles, chapters and sections are to such components of the
Codified Ordinances unless otherwise specified. Any component code may be referred to and
cited by its name, such as the "Traffic Code". Sections may be referred to and cited by the
designation "Section" followed by the number, such as "Section 101.01".
101.02 GENERAL DEFINITIONS.
As used in the Codified Ordinances, unless another definition is provided or the context
otherwise requires:
(a)
"And" may be read "or", and "or" may be read "and", if the sense requires it.
(ORC 1.02(F))
(b)
"Another" when used to designate the owner of property which is the subject of an
offense, includes not only natural persons but also every other owner of property.
(ORC 1.02(B))
(c)
"Bond" includes an undertaking and "undertaking" includes a bond.
(ORC 1.02(D), (E))
(d)
"Council" means the legislative authority of the Municipality.
(e)
"County" means Lorain County, Ohio.
(f)
"Keeper" or "proprietor" includes all persons, whether acting by themselves or as
a servant, agent or employee.
(g)
"Land" or "real estate" includes rights and easements of an incorporeal nature.
(ORC 701.01(F))
(h)
"Municipality" or “Village” means the Municipality of Sheffield Village, Ohio.
(i)
"Oath" includes affirmation and "swear" includes affirm.
(ORC 1.59(B))
(j)
"Owner", when applied to property, includes any part owner, joint owner or tenant
in common of the whole or part of such property.
(k)
"Person" includes an individual, corporation, business trust, estate, trust,
partnership and association.
(ORC 1.59(C))
(l)
"Premises", as applied to property, includes land and buildings.
(m)
"Property" means real and personal property.
(ORC 1.59(E))
"Personal property" includes all property except real.
"Real property" includes lands, tenements and hereditaments.
(n)
"Public authority" includes boards of education; the Municipal, County, State or
Federal government, its officers or an agency thereof; or any duly authorized
public official.
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(o)
(p)
(q)
(r)
(s)
(t)
(u)
(v)
(w)
101.03
"Public place" includes any street, sidewalk, park, cemetery, school yard, body of
water or watercourse, public conveyance, or any other place for the sale of
merchandise, public accommodation or amusement.
"Registered mail" includes certified mail and "certified mail" includes registered
mail.
(ORC 1.02(G))
"Rule" includes regulation. (ORC 1.59(F))
"Sidewalk" means that portion of the street between the curb line and the adjacent
property line intended for the use of pedestrians.
"This State" or "the State" means the State of Ohio.
(ORC 1.59(G))
"Street" includes alleys, avenues, boulevards, lanes, roads, highways, viaducts and
all other public thoroughfares within the Municipality.
"Tenant" or "occupant", as applied to premises, includes any person holding a
written or oral lease, or who actually occupies the whole or any part of such
premises, alone or with others.
"Whoever" includes all persons, natural and artificial; partners; principals, agents
and employees; and all officials, public or private.
(ORC 1.02(A))
"Written" or "in writing" includes any representation of words, letters, symbols or
figures. This provision does not affect any law relating to signatures.
(ORC 1.59(J))
101.03 RULES OF CONSTRUCTION.
(a)
Common and Technical Usage. Words and phrases shall be read in context and
construed according to the rules of grammar and common usage. Words and phrases that have
acquired a technical or particular meaning, whether by legislative definition or otherwise, shall
be construed accordingly.
(ORC 1.42)
(b)
Singular and Plural; Gender; Tense. As used in the Codified Ordinances, unless
the context otherwise requires:
(1)
The singular includes the plural, and the plural includes the singular.
(2)
Words of one gender include the other genders.
(3)
Words in the present tense include the future.
(ORC 1.43)
(c)
Calendar; Computation of Time.
(1)
Definitions.
A.
"Week" means seven consecutive days.
B.
"Year" means twelve consecutive months.
(ORC 1.44)
(2)
If a number of months is to be computed by counting the months from a
particular day, the period ends on the same numerical day in the concluding
month as the day of the month from which the computation is begun, unless
there are not that many days in the concluding month, in which case the
period ends on the last day of that month.
(ORC 1.45)
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(3)
(4)
(5)
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The time within which an act is required by law to be done shall be
computed by excluding the first and including the last day, except that when
the last day falls on Sunday or a legal holiday, then the act may be done on
the next succeeding day which is not a Sunday or a legal holiday.
When a public office, in which an act required by law is to be performed,
is closed to the public for the entire day which constitutes the last day for
doing such act or before its usual closing time on such day, then such act
may be performed on the next succeeding day which is not a Sunday or a
legal holiday. If any legal holiday falls on Sunday, the next succeeding day
is a legal holiday.
(ORC 1.14)
When legislation is to take effect or become operative from and after a day
named, no part of that day shall be included.
(ORC 1.15)
In all cases where the law shall require any act to be done in a reasonable
time or reasonable notice to be given, such reasonable time or notice shall
mean such time only as may be necessary for the prompt performance of
such duty or compliance with such notice.
(d)
Authority. When the law requires an act to be done which may by law as well be
done by an agent as by the principal, such requirement shall be construed to include all such acts
when done by an authorized agent.
(e)
Joint Authority. All words purporting to give joint authority to three or more
municipal officers or other persons shall be construed as giving such authority to a majority of
such officers or other persons, unless it shall be otherwise expressly declared in the law giving the
authority or inconsistent with State statute or Charter provisions.
(f)
Exceptions. The rules of construction shall not apply to any law which shall contain
any express provision excluding such construction, or when the subject matter or context of such
law may be repugnant thereto.
101.04 REVIVOR; EFFECT OF AMENDMENT OR REPEAL.
(a)
The repeal of a repealing ordinance does not revive the ordinance originally
repealed nor impair the effect of any saving clause therein.
(ORC 1.57)
(b)
An ordinance which is re-enacted or amended is intended to be a continuation of
the prior ordinance and not a new enactment, so far as it is the same as the prior ordinance.
(ORC 1.54)
(c)
The re-enactment, amendment or repeal of an ordinance does not, except as
provided in subsection (d) hereof:
(1)
Affect the prior operation of the ordinance or any prior action taken
thereunder;
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(2)
(3)
(4)
101.06
Affect any validation, cure, right, privilege, obligation or liability
previously acquired, accrued, accorded or incurred thereunder;
Affect any violation thereof or penalty, forfeiture or punishment incurred
in respect thereto, prior to the amendment or repeal;
Affect any investigation, proceeding or remedy in respect of any such
privilege, obligation, liability, penalty, forfeiture or punishment; and the
investigation, proceeding or remedy may be instituted, continued or
enforced, and the penalty, forfeiture or punishment imposed, as if the
ordinance had not been repealed or amended.
(d)
If the penalty, forfeiture or punishment for any offense is reduced by a re-enactment
or amendment of an ordinance, the penalty, forfeiture, or punishment, if not already imposed,
shall be imposed according to the ordinance as amended.
(ORC 1.58)
101.05 CONSTRUCTION OF SECTION REFERENCES.
(a)
A reference to any portion of the Codified Ordinances applies to all re-enactments
or amendments thereof.
(ORC 1.55)
(b)
If a section refers to a series of numbers or letters, the first and the last numbers
or letters are included.
(ORC 1.56)
(c)
Wherever in a penalty section reference is made to a violation of a series of sections
or of subsections of a section, such reference shall be construed to mean a violation of any section
or subsection included in such reference.
References in the Codified Ordinances to action taken or authorized under designated
sections of the Codified Ordinances include, in every case, action taken or authorized under the
applicable legislative provision which is superseded by the Codified Ordinances.
(ORC 1.23)
101.06 CONFLICTING PROVISIONS.
(a)
If there is a conflict between figures and words in expressing a number, the words
govern.
(ORC 1.46)
(b)
If a general provision conflicts with a special or local provision, they shall be
construed, if possible, so that effect is given to both. If the conflict between the provisions is
irreconcilable, the special or local provision prevails as an exception to the general provision,
unless the general provision is the later adoption and the manifest intent is that the general
provision prevail.
(ORC 1.51)
(c)
(1)
If ordinances enacted at different meetings of Council are irreconcilable, the
ordinance latest in date of enactment prevails.
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If amendments to the same ordinance are enacted at different meetings of
Council, one amendment without reference to another, the amendments are
to be harmonized, if possible, so that effect may be given to each. If the
amendments are substantively irreconcilable, the latest in date of enactment
prevails. The fact that a later amendment restates language deleted by an
earlier amendment, or fails to include language inserted by an earlier
amendment, does not of itself make the amendments irreconcilable.
Amendments are irreconcilable only when changes made by each cannot
reasonably be put into simultaneous operation.
(ORC 1.52)
101.07 DETERMINATION OF LEGISLATIVE INTENT.
(a)
In enacting an ordinance, it is presumed that:
(1)
Compliance with the constitutions of the State and of the United States is
intended;
(2)
The entire ordinance is intended to be effective;
(3)
A just and reasonable result is intended;
(4)
A result feasible of execution is intended.
(ORC 1.47)
(b)
An ordinance is presumed to be prospective in its operation unless expressly made
retrospective.
(ORC 1.48)
(c)
If an ordinance is ambiguous, the court, in determining the intention of Council may
consider among other matters:
(1)
The object sought to be attained;
(2)
The circumstances under which the ordinance was enacted;
(3)
The legislative history;
(4)
The common law or former legislative provisions, including laws upon the
same or similar subjects;
(5)
The consequences of a particular construction;
(6)
The administrative construction of the ordinance.
(ORC 1.49)
101.08 SEVERABILITY.
If any provision of a section of the Codified Ordinances or the application thereof to any
person or circumstance is held invalid, the invalidity does not affect the other provisions or
applications of the section or related sections which can be given effect without the invalid
provision or application, and to this end the provisions are severable.
(ORC 1.50)
101.99 GENERAL PENALTY.
Whenever, in the Codified Ordinances or in any ordinance of the Municipality, any act is
prohibited or is made or declared to be unlawful or an offense or a misdemeanor, or whenever the
doing of any act is required or the failure to do any act is declared to be unlawful, where no
specific penalty is otherwise provided, whoever violates any such provision shall be punished by
a fine not exceeding one hundred dollars ($100.00). A separate offense shall be deemed
committed each day during or on which a violation continues or occurs.
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CHAPTER 105
Public Meetings
105.01 Adoption of rules.
105.02 Definitions.
105.03 Notice of regular and
organizational meetings.
105.04 Notice of special meetings.
105.05 Notice to news media of special
meetings.
105.06 Notification of the consideration
of specific types of public
business.
105.07 Responsibilities of ClerkTreasurer.
CROSS REFERENCES
Public meetings - see Ohio R C. 121.22; ADM. 119.01(Rule 4)
Council meetings - see Ohio R.C. 731.44, 731.46; ADM.
119.01(Rule 1 et seq.)
Meeting of Council committees - see ADM. 119.01(Rule 12)
Disturbing a lawful meeting - see GEN. OFF. 509.04
105.01 ADOPTION OF RULES.
The following rules are hereby adopted pursuant to Ohio R.C. 121.22(F) for notification
of the public and news media of the time and place of meetings of Council, boards and other
Municipal bodies. (Ord. 714. Passed 2-9-76.)
105.02 DEFINITIONS.
As used in this chapter:
(a)
"Clerk-Treasurer" means the elected, qualified and acting Clerk-Treasurer of the
Village.
(b)
"Day" means a calendar day.
(c)
"Meeting" means any prearranged discussion of the public business of a Municipal
body by a majority of the members of that body.
(d)
"Municipal body" means any of the following:
(1)
Council (the legislative authority);
(2)
The Planning Commission;
(3)
The Board of Zoning Appeals;
(4)
An Assessment Equalization Board;
(5)
Records Commission;
(6)
Committees of the Whole;
(7)
Committees where a majority of the members of the parent group are
present and taking part in the determination to be made by the committee;
(8)
Any other committee which may be appointed to make a determination on
a public issue, or any other board of the Municipality not specifically
mentioned herein, provided that such committees or boards are comprised
of a majority of the members of the parent body or are decision making
bodies.
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(f)
(g)
(h)
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"Oral notification" means notification given orally, either in person or by
telephone, directly to the person for whom such notification is intended, or by
leaving an oral message for such person at the address, or, if by telephone, at the
telephone number of such person as filed with the Clerk-Treasurer under authority
of this chapter.
"Post" means to place for view in an area accessible to the public during business
hours at the office of the Clerk-Treasurer and at the locations designated in Section
121.01
A notice identifying the locations at which notifications will be posted shall be
published in the legal notice section of the Lorain Journal by the Clerk-Treasurer
within fifteen days after the adoption of this chapter.
"Special meeting" means a meeting which is neither a regular meeting nor an
adjourned meeting of a regular or special meeting, which is called or held to
consider items specifically stated on the original agenda of the regular or adjourned
meeting.
"Written notification" means a notification in writing mailed, telegraphed or
delivered to the address of the person for whom such notification is intended, as
shown on the records filed with the Clerk-Treasurer, or in any other way delivered
to such person. Mailed notices shall be by first class mail deposited in a U.S. Postal
mailbox not later than the second day preceding the day of the meeting to which
such notification refers, provided that at least one regular mail delivery day falls
between the day of mailing and the day of such meeting.
(Ord. 714. Passed 2-9-76.)
105.03 NOTICE OF REGULAR AND ORGANIZATIONAL MEETINGS.
(a)
The Clerk-Treasurer shall post a statement of the time and place of regular meetings
of each Municipal body for each calendar year not later than the second day preceding the date of
the first regular meeting of that Municipal body. If the time or place of the regular meeting is
changed during the year, that fact shall be posted in the same manner as the original posting was.
(b)
The Clerk-Treasurer shall post a statement of the time and place of any
organizational meeting of a Municipal body at least twenty-four hours before the time of such
meeting. (Ord. 714. Passed 2-9-76.)
105.04 NOTICE OF SPECIAL MEETINGS.
(a)
Except in the case of a special meeting referred to in Section 105.05(d), the ClerkTreasurer shall, not later than twenty-four hours before the time of the special meeting of a
Municipal body, post a statement of the time, place and purposes of such special meeting.
(b)
The statement under this section, and the notifications under Section 105.05, shall
state such specific or general purpose then known to the Clerk-Treasurer to be the subject of
consideration at such special meeting, and may state, as an additional general purpose, that any
other business as may arise before such Municipal body may be considered and acted upon.
(Ord. 714. Passed 2-9-76.)
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105.05 NOTICE TO NEWS MEDIA OF SPECIAL MEETINGS.
(a)
Any news medium organization that desires to be given advance notification of
special meetings of a Municipal body shall file with the Clerk-Treasurer a written statement
requesting such notice. Except in the event of an emergency requiring immediate official action
as referred to in subsection (d) hereof, a special meeting shall not be held unless at least twentyfour hours advance notice of the time, place and purposes of the meeting is given to the news
media that have made requests for such advance notification in accordance with this section.
(b)
News media requests for such advance notification of special meetings shall specify
the Municipal body that is the subject of the request, the name of the medium, the name, address
and telephone number of the person to whom notice is to be given, or to whom notices can be
mailed, telegraphed or delivered, and, in the case where telephone messages may be used, the
name of at least two persons to either of whom oral notifications may be given for the medium.
Any such request shall be effective for a period of one year from the date of filing with the ClerkTreasurer or until the Clerk-Treasurer receives written notice from such medium cancelling or
modifying such request, whichever is earlier. A request shall be deemed not properly made unless
it is complete in all respects and unless the information in such request can be conclusively relied
upon by the Village, the Municipal body to which addressed and the Clerk-Treasurer.
(c)
The Clerk-Treasurer shall give either oral or written notification, or both, as the
Clerk-Treasurer determines, to the news media making a request for notification in accordance
with subsection (b) hereof, of the time, place and purposes of the special meeting, this to be done
at least twenty-four hours before the time of the special meeting.
(d)
In the event of an emergency situation which requires immediate official action, a
special meeting may be called without giving the twenty-four hours notification thereof to the
requesting news media, provided, however, that either the person responsible for calling the
meeting or the Clerk-Treasurer, shall immediately give oral notification to the news media which
has on file a request for notification, or written notice if the person so elects, of the time, place
and subject of the meeting, and the nature of the emergency situation which necessitates such
meeting and action. (Ord. 714. Passed 2-9-76.)
105.06 NOTIFICATION OF THE CONSIDERATION OF SPECIFIC TYPES OF
PUBLIC BUSINESS.
Any person, upon written request as provided for herein, may obtain advance notification
of all meetings at which a specific type of public business will be considered by the public body.
A person desiring such advance notification shall file a written request with the Clerk-Treasurer
specifying his or her address, telephone number, place at which he or she may be reached during
and outside of business hours, the specific type of business of which he or she is requesting
advance notification, the Municipal body which is the subject of the request and the number of
calendar months, not to exceed six, for which the request is made. Such request may be cancelled
in writing. Each such request shall be accompanied by stamped addressed envelopes in the number
to cover the regular meetings during the time period covered by the request, and an estimated
number of special meetings. The Clerk-Treasurer shall enter on a record to be kept by him or her
for that purpose the number of envelopes furnished and the number and dates of notifications for
which the envelopes were used. A request shall not be deemed to have been made unless it is in
all respects in conformity with the requirements of this chapter. The contents of the notification
may be a copy of the agenda of the meeting. (Ord. 714. Passed 2-9-76.)
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105.07 RESPONSIBILITIES OF CLERK-TREASURER.
(a)
Any person may visit or telephone the office of the Clerk-Treasurer during that
office's regular office hours to determine, based on information on file at that office at the time,
the time and place of regular meetings, special meetings if any have been called, the subject for
consideration at the meeting, and whether or not any specific type of public business, identified
by such person, is to be considered at such meeting.
(b)
Any notification or information provided herein to be given by the Clerk-Treasurer
may be given by any other person acting on behalf of or under the authority of the ClerkTreasurer.
(c)
A reasonable attempt at notification of the person requesting it shall constitute
compliance with this chapter.
(d)
In order to insure compliance with this chapter, it shall be the duty of the chairman
or secretary or other person calling a meeting of a Municipal body to timely advise the ClerkTreasurer of all those matters which must be included in the notification which he or she must
take. (Ord. 714. Passed 2-9-76.)
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CHAPTER 109
General Fee Schedule
109.01 Fees in the Administration Code.
109.02 Fees in the Business Regulation
Code.
109.03 Fees in the Streets, Utilities and
Public Services Code.
109.04 Fees in the Building Code.
109.05 Fees in the Fire Prevention Code.
109.06 Rental rate for use of the
Municipal Complex Council
Chambers.
109.01 FEES IN THE ADMINISTRATION CODE.
(a) Codified Ordinances and Component Code Booklets.
(1)
The price of Codes is $100.00 each.
(2)
The price for Building and Housing Code booklets and Planning and·
Zoning Code booklets is $20.00 each.
(Ord. 1753. Passed 2-14-00.)
(b) (EDITOR’S NOTE: Former subsection (b) was repealed by Ordinance 1757, passed
February 28, 2000.)
(c) Records. The fee for obtaining copies of all public records shall be five cents (5¢)
per single sided page for requests exceeding six pages. If copies are to be mailed, the requestor
shall provide a self-addressed envelope with proper postage affixed, in addition to the fee for
copies, if any.
(Ord. 1753. Passed 2-14-00.)
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109.02 FEES IN THE BUSINESS REGULATION AND TAXATION CODE.
(a) Display of Mechanical Amusement or Musical Devices. The fee for a license to
display mechanical amusement or musical devices is $50.00 per year.
(b) Peddlers. The fee for a license to peddle in the Village is $75.00 for a license
effective for 12 months; $35.00 for a license effective for 6 months; and $20.00 for a license
effective for 2 weeks.
(c) Vendors. The fee for a permit to vend goods and wares from a roadside stand is
$25.00 per year.
109.03 FEES IN THE STREETS, UTILITIES AND PUBLIC SERVICES CODE.
(a) Street Excavations. The deposit required incident to an application to make an
opening in any street in the Village is $250.00 in cash, or more if, in the Village Administrator's
opinion, more than that sum will be required to close the opening and to restore the street to its
original condition.
(b) Driveway and Culvert Pipe. The cost to a property owner for a 12-inch pipe for
driveway drainage is $12.00 per running foot of tile installed. For larger pipe, the cost will be
added to the $12.00 per running foot cost.
(Ord. 1427. Passed 10-9-95.)
(c)
Water Rates. Effective July 1, 2011, the rates will be per quarter:
Minimum charge for up to 7,000 gallons
Next 8,000 gallons
Next 15,000 gallons
Next 30,000 gallons
Next 40,000 gallons
Over 100,000 gallons
$26.10
3.95 per 1,000 gallons
(Ord. 2286. Passed 7-11-11.)
(d)
Delinquency in Payment of Water Bills. The penalty for failure to pay a water bill
by the fifteenth day of the month in which such bill becomes due is 10% of the actual outstanding
balance.
(e)
Restoration of Water Service. The fee for restoring water service after a cut-off for
delinquency is $5.00 for the first restoration and $15.00 for any subsequent restoration.
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(f)
109.03
Water Tap-In Charges.
(1)
The tap-in charge for connections to service residents of the Village is
hereby established as follows:
1 inch meter and tap
$900.00
3/4 inch meter and tap
850.00
3/4 inch meter only
200.00
All other meters, costs plus 10%
All taps larger than 1 inch at cost plus 10%
3/4 sprinkler meter & pit
500.00
Sewer tap for single family
residence
2,700.00
(2)
The charge for tapping into a Village water line which was constructed and
paid for by the levy of a special assessment on lots and lands determined to
be benefited thereby, for a lot which was not assessable under the
provisions of the statute at that time, or for which only a partial assessment
was paid by the owner or his or her successors in title or predecessors in
title, is hereby established as nine hundred dollars ($900.00) per tap-in.
Such tap-in fee shall be paid into the Water Fund.
(Ord. 1823. Passed 3-12-01.)
(g)
Sewer Charges. The following schedule of sewer user charges is hereby adopted
for the use by residents and others of local sewers and/or the interceptor sewers and disposal plant
of the French Creek Waste Water Treatment Plant Facility:
(1)
Base charge.
$ 1.62 per month
(2)
Volume charge.
A.
Domestic class
3.00 per 1000 gallons of water used
B.
Commercial class
C.
Industrial class
(3)
Strength surcharge.
A.
Biochemical oxygen
40.65 per 100 pounds
B.
Suspended solids
6.00 per 100 pounds
C.
Phosphorus
160.17 per 100 pounds
(4)
Annual industrial waste
Surveillance charge.
$1,200.00
(5)
Administrative charge Village.
0.50 per month
(Ord. 1776. Passed 7-10-00.)
(h)
Use of Interceptor Sewer. Fees for permits to use the interceptor sewer are:
(1)
Three hundred dollars ($300.00) as a readiness to serve fee which is to be
levied by and paid to the Village; and
(2)
One thousand four hundred dollars ($1,400.00) as a fee to be levied by the
City of North Ridgeville and paid to the Village as agent for the City, to be
remitted to the City; and
(3)
Fifty cents ($0.50) per linear foot of sewer pipe inspection by a video
camera as a fee to be levied by the Village and paid into the Village Sewer
Fund. (Ord. 1807. Passed 10-23-00.)
(i)
Use of Interceptor Sewer by Multiple and Individual Users.
(1)
The fee for a tap into the interceptor sewer when such tap will be used by
multiple users is $2,050.
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The fee for all other residences or units using the tap thereafter shall be
$650.00, as provided in paragraphs (h)(2) and (3) hereof.
(Ord. 1354. Passed 10-24-94.)
Connections to the French Creek Sewer.
(1)
Tap-in charge: See subsection (f) hereof.
(2)
Connection charge for property not specially assessed:
Number of acres in the parcel x $738.00, plus
Number of feet of parcel fronting on a street x $19.67.
(3)
Exclusions: An applicant may, in writing, request that the Clerk-Treasurer
exclude from the calculation of the charge imposed on any portion of the
acreage or frontage which cannot be used because of State or Federal
environmental restrictions, or which has existing service from a sanitary
sewer of the Village.
(4)
In the case of any parcel, the frontage of which is more than twenty-five
percent greater than the width of the lot at the midpoint of its depth, the
frontage of the parcel shall be deemed to be one-half of the sum of its
frontage and its width at the midpoint of its depth.
(5)
The changes, as determined pursuant to paragraph (j)(2) hereof, shall be
increased by an amount equal to four percent of the initial charge on
January 1, 1997, and on January 1 of each year thereafter.
(Ord. 1433. Passed 11-13-95.)
(k)
Burials. The charges for opening and closing any and all graves in the Village shall
be the actual cost to the Village, computed in accordance with the Burial Costs Fee Schedule, a copy
of which shall be kept on file with the Village Clerk-Treasurer, and which may be updated and/or
modified from time to time based on (i) applicable changes in Ohio standards for charges in
connection with the use of a backhoe and/or truck or other equipment and (ii) legislative action by
the Village Council that changes the rate of pay for Village employees working as a driver, operator
or laborer in connection with a burial. The Burial Costs Fee Schedule shall be in the following form:
(i) Equipment:
(1)
(2)
Use of Backhoe:
Use of truck:
(ii) Personnel:
Weekdays
(1)
Wages of driver:
(2)
Wages of operator:
(3)
Wages of laborer
Saturday and Sunday
(1)
Wages of driver:
(2)
Wages of operator:
(3)
Wages of laborer
(Ord. 2080. Passed 10-23-06.)
$_____/hour
$_____/hour
$_____/hour
$_____/hour
$_____/hour
$_____/hour
$_____/hour
$_____/hour
(l)
Lots in Garfield Cemetery. Lots in Garfield Cemetery shall be sold according
to the following schedule of prices:
(1)
Village residents: $250.00 each;
(2)
Nonresidents: $300.00 each.
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109.04
(m)
Lot Title Transfers. The fee for changing and transferring the title of a cemetery
lot is $10.00.
(n)
Resale of Cemeterv Lots. The Village shall pay one-half of the purchase price of
a cemetery lot paid by the purchaser thereof upon resale of such lot to the Village, or the
original price of the lot, whichever is lower. (Ord. 1354. Passed 10-24-94.)
109.04 FEES IN THE BUILDING CODE.
PLATS, PLANS AND ASSESSMENTS
(a)
At the time of filing a plat, plan, or application pursuant to the provisions of the
Planning and Zoning Code, the developer-subdivider shall deposit with the Clerk-Treasurer the
amounts specified in Schedule 109.04(a) below. Such funds shall be used to defray the costs
incurred by the Village in reviewing the plat, for engineering services and for other services
and expenditures required by the provisions of these Subdivision Regulations. The fees so
deposited shall be used to pay the Village Engineer for his or her services in reviewing the
plans pursuant to the charges contained in his or her contract with the Village and other costs.
In the event that the amount of the deposit is less than the amount incurred, by the Village,
then the developer-subdivider shall pay to the Clerk-Treasurer the excess of the charge over
the amount deposited, when billed, and in any event before the final plat is approved.
SCHEDULE 109.04(a)
Deposits of Funds for Residential Plat or Plan Review
Document for Review
Amount
(1)
Preliminary plat
$750.00 plus $10.00 per lot
(2)
Final plat/Construction plans (a)
$1,300.00 plus $50.00 per lot
NOTES TO SCHEDULE 109.04(a)
(a)
Includes streets, subdivision grading, storm drainage facilities, water supply facilities, and
sanitary sewage facilities.
(b)
For non-residential developments, the fees specified in Schedule 109.04(b) shall
be deposited with the Clerk-Treasurer. Such funds shall be used to defray the costs incurred
by the Village in reviewing the plans, for engineering services and for other services and
expenditures required by the provisions of these Subdivision Regulations. The fees so
deposited shall be used to pay the Village Engineer for his or her services in reviewing the
plans pursuant to the charges contained in his or her contract with the Village and other costs.
In the event that the amount of the deposit is less than the amount incurred, by the Village,
then the developer shall pay to the Clerk-Treasurer the excess of the charge over the amount
deposited, when billed, and in any event before the final plans are approved.
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SCHEDULE 109.04(b)
Deposits of Funds for Non-Residential Development Plan Review
Document for Review
Base
Amount
(1)
Site plan
$1,000.00
(2)
Construction plans(a)
$1,500.00
NOTES TO SCHEDULE 109.04(b)
(a)
Includes streets, subdivision grading, storm drainage facilities, water supply facilities, and
sanitary sewage facilities.
(c)
SCHEDULE 109.04. Deposits of Funds for Review of Assessment Petitions.
At the time of filing an application for a residential building permit pursuant to the
provisions of the Building and Housing Code, the builder/property owner shall deposit with the
Clerk-Treasurer six hundred dollars ($600.00) for the purpose of defraying the costs incurred
by the Village in reviewing the residential plot plan, for engineering services and for other
services and expenditures required by the provisions of these Building and Housing
Regulations. The fees so deposited shall be used to pay the Village Engineer for his or her
services in reviewing the plan or plans pursuant to the charges contained in his or her contract
with the Village and other costs. In the event that the amount of the deposit is less than the
amount incurred, by the Village, then the builder/property owner shall pay to the ClerkTreasurer the excess of the charge over the amount deposited, when billed, and in any event
before the occupancy permit is issued.
(Ord. 1985. Passed 10-25-04.)
BUILDING
The amount of money to be paid for building permits shall be determined by the
Building Inspector under the terms of this chapter and shall be noted on the application when
approved for the issuance of the permit. The fees shall be paid to the Building Inspector who
shall give a receipt therefor and the permit shall be issued to the applicant. The moneys so
collected shall be paid to the Clerk-Treasurer daily, and the Clerk-Treasurer shall issue to the
Building Inspector the Village receipt for the same, and such moneys shall be credited to the
Building Department Fund. The fees to be paid shall be as follows:
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(a)
Residential.
(1)
New structures.
A.
House/attached
garage
(2)
B.
Electric
C.
Plumbing
D.
Heating
E.
Air conditioning
F.
Occupancy
Alterations and/or additions.
A.
Building
B.
Electric
C.
Plumbing
D.
E.
(3)
Heating (additional)
Air conditioning
(additional)
F.
Mechanical system alt.
(extension of ducting)
Miscellaneous.
A.
Re-inspection each
time (to be paid before
occupancy)
B.
Outbuildings
(garages, pole buildings)
C.
D.
E.
Decks and sheds
Fences
Swimming pools
1.
Above ground
(includes
electrical)
2.
In ground
(includes
electrical)
109.04
$150.00
plus 10.00
per 100 square foot
or fractional part thereof
125.00
plus 1.50 per 100 square foot
100.00
plus 1.50 per 100 square foot
75.00
50.00
25.00
50.00
plus 10.00
per 100 square foot
75.00
plus 1.50 per 100 square foot or
fractional part thereof
75.00
plus 1.50 per 100 square foot or
50.00
50.00
50.00
35.00
100.00
for the first 400 square feet
plus 5.00
per 100 square feet over 400
square feet
25.00
25.00
75.00
150.00
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G.
H.
I.
J.
K.
(b)
18B
Siding/roofing/windows
(each with discretion)
gutters/aluminum/vinyl
trim
Electrical service upgrade
Drives
Demolition
1.
Applied for
2.
Citation
Foundation/waterproof/tile
1.
Wall one or more,
fee per wall
2.
Connection at
foundation
Inspection of property grade
and drainage
$ 25.00
75.00
25.00
50.00
100.00
35.00
50.00
150.00
Commercial/Industrial.
(1)
New, alterations and/or additions.
A.
Application fee (to be applied if permit
issued)
B.
Plans
1.
New/addition/alteration
2.
C.
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3.
Hood
4.
Hood suppression
Building
1.
New
2.
Alteration
3.
Addition
50.00
150.00
plus 5.00
per 100 square feet
150.00
plus 2.00
per 100 square feet
100.00
100.00
300.00
plus 10.00
per 100 square feet
100.00
plus 10.00
per 100 square feet
150.00
plus 10.00
per 100 square feet
18C
D.
Electrical
(new/alteration/addition)
1.
2.
Temporary service
Fire alarm
3.
Security alarm
E.
Plumbing
F.
Heating
Air conditioning
Mechanical system alteration
1.
New
G.
H.
2.
(2)
Alteration/addition
Miscellaneous.
A.
Re-plans
examination
B.
Re-inspection
C.
D.
E.
F.
G.
H.
I.
J.
K.
L.
M.
Greenhouses/farm buildings
Site plans (grading/parking/
drainage/drives/drive pipes)
Furnace/air conditioning/
water tank replacement
Re-roof
Fence
Demolition
1.
Applied for
2.
Citation
Electric service charge
Fireplace
1.
Masonry construction
2.
Manufactured type
Commercial Exhaust
Hood/Fans
Replace hood/fan/duct
Walk-in Refrigeration
Coolers
109.04
$ 150.00
plus 1.50
per 100 square feet
25.00
75.00
plus 1.00 per 100 square
feet or fractional part thereof
75.00
plus 1.00 per 100 square
feet or fractional part thereof
150.00
plus 1.50
per 100 square feet
per unit 75.00
per unit
75.00
75.00
200.00
plus 1.50
per 100 square feet or
100.00
plus 1.50
per 100 square feet or
150.00
75.00
each time
(to be paid before occupancy)
50.00
200.00
per unit
75.00
50.00
35.00
50.00
100.00
75.00
each
175.00
50.00
35.00
each 75.00
each 75.00
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Other.
(1)
There shall be a twenty-five dollar ($25.00) fee paid to the Village for
inspections made with less than twenty-four hours notice.
(2)
There shall be a one-hundred-twenty-five dollar ($125.00) registration fee
for general contractors and a fifty dollar ($50.00) registration fee for
subcontractors.
(d)
Board of Zoning Appeals Hearing Fee. The Board of Zoning Appeals is hereby
authorized to require a one hundred dollar ($100.00) non-refundable application fee for all
scheduled hearings requested by applicants for a hearing before said Board.
(Ord. 1728. Passed 7-26-99.)
PARK
There shall be established the following park fees for all residential, commercial and
industrial zones to generate additional green space and for maintenance of such:
(a)
Residential - for each individual lot, a $100.00 park fee will be paid into the Park
Revenue Fund.
(b)
Residential subdivision - for each residential subdivision development, a $200.00
per lot park fee will be paid into the Park Revenue Fund.
(c)
Commercial - for each commercial development, a $1,000.00 per acre, or part
thereof, fee will be paid into the Park Revenue Fund. (Sites totaling less than one
acre will pay $750.00).
(d)
Industrial - for each industrial development, a $1,000.00 per acre, or part thereof,
fee will be paid into the Park Revenue Fund. (Sites totaling less than one acre will
pay $750.00).
Fees paid into the Park Revenue Fund are to be paid, in full, prior to beginning work on
site. Monies must be receipted-in, on or before receiving any building permits.
(Ord. 1618. Passed 12-22-97.)
PLAN INSPECTION
(a)
Where existing ordinances require it, or where the provisions of the Ohio Basic
Building Code, as adopted in Section 1301.01, are applicable, there shall be charged a fee for the
inspection and processing of plans by the Village Plan Examiner as set forth in Section
1335.10(b)(1)B.
(Adopting Ordinance)
(b)
The fee for preliminary plan evaluations, or for the special evaluation of products
and materials for the purpose of determining conditions of acceptability for compliance with these
Codified Ordinances and the Ohio Basic Building Code, shall be forty dollars ($40.00) per hour.
(c)
The fee for each special inspection of the Village Plan Examiner, other than those
required in subsection (a) hereof, shall be eighty dollars ($80.00 per inspection. Requests for
special inspections shall be in writing and delivered to the Village Plan Examiner, and the fee shall
be paid prior to the inspection.
(Ord. 1061. Passed 12-12-88.)
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REGISTRATION OF CONTRACTORS
(a)
A certificate of registration shall be issued to an applicant upon payment of a one
hundred twenty-five dollar ($125.00) registration fee and proof of passage by the individual of an
examination, to test his or her fitness as a contractor in his or her particular trade, administered
by either the City of Lorain or the City of Elyria, or a comparable city, or upon passage of a test
administered by the Village. Such certificate of registration and fee incident thereto shall be for
a period of one calendar year from January 1 to December 31. It will be necessary on January
1 of each year to obtain a new certificate of registration and to pay a fee of one hundred twentyfive dollars ($125.00) therefor.
(b)
A certificate of registration shall be issued to an applicant for a subcontractor permit
in accordance with the following schedule upon the payment of a fee of fifty dollars ($50.00):
(1)
Drywall contractor
(2)
Plastering contractor
(3)
Concrete
(4)
Masonry
(5)
Excavation and sidewalk
(6)
Insulation
(7)
Siding installation
(8)
Others
(9)
Plumbing
(10) Heating and ventilating
(11) Electrical
Such certificate of registration and the fee incident thereto shall be for a period of one year
from January 1 to December 31. It will be necessary on January 1 of each year to obtain a new
certificate of registration and to pay a fee of fifty dollars ($50.00) therefor.
(c)
The Building Inspector is hereby designated the administrative officer who shall
collect the fee, issue the certificate, conduct the test or receive proof of passage of a test as
aforesaid and enforce the provisions of this chapter.
CONSTRUCTION OFFICE AND STORAGE TRAILERS
(a)
A license shall be issued by the Mayor for a period of sixty days for an on-site
construction office or storage trailer. Applicants for such a license shall pay a fee of ninety dollars
($90.00) for the first sixty days and one dollar ($1.00) per day during the construction period.
(b)
Every such construction office and trailer shall be removed within thirty days after
completion of the building.
(Ord. 1088. Passed 6-26-89.)
SIGNS
(a)
Nonelectric signs or illuminated signs, not including electric signs, twenty-five
dollars ($25.00) per sign plus one dollar ($1.00) per square foot for each side on which a sign is
displayed, with a minimum fee of twenty-five dollars ($25.00).
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(b)
Electric signs, fifty dollars ($50.00) per sign plus five dollars ($5.00) per square
foot for each side on which a sign is displayed, with a minimum fee of fifty dollars ($50.00).
(Ord. 1754. Passed 12-13-99.)
109.05 FEES IN THE FIRE PREVENTION CODE.
Fees for permits required by the Fire Prevention Code are as follows:
(a)
Permits for fire protection and alarm systems
$ 25.00
(b)
Permits required by the Ohio Fire Code
25.00
(c)
Miscellaneous permits required by the Fire
Prevention Code
25.00
(d)
Installation of underground tanks, as follows:
(1)
One tank up to 10,000 gallons capacity:
25.00
(2)
One tank up to 20,000 gallons capacity:
50.00
(3)
Any combination of tanks up to 25,000
gallons capacity:
60.00
(4)
Any combination of tanks up to 50,000
gallons capacity:
75.00
109.06 RENTAL RATE FOR USE OF THE MUNICIPAL COMPLEX
COUNCIL CHAMBERS.
The Village shall charge a fee of fifty dollars ($50.00) for the rental of its Municipal
Complex Council Chambers, which amount shall be remitted to the Village Clerk/Treasurer by
the party renting the premises prior to the date of rental.
(Ord. 2056. Passed 2-27-06.)
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TITLE THREE - Legislative
Chap. 119. Council.
Chap. 121. Ordinances and Resolutions.
CHAPTER 119
Council
119.01 Rules of Council.
119.02 Rental rate for use of the
Municipal Complex Council
Chambers.
CROSS REFERENCES
Composition and term – see Ohio R.C. 731.09
President pro tempore – see Ohio R.C. 731.10 et seq., 733.25
Qualifications – see Ohio R.C. 731.12, 731.44
Powers as to Salaries and Bonds – see Ohio R.C. 731.13, 731.49 et seq.
Notification of Public Meetings – see ADM. Ch. 105
119.01 RULES OF COUNCIL
Rule 1. Regular Meetings. The regular meetings of Council shall be held on the second and fourth
Mondays of each month in the Council Chambers, 4340 Colorado Ave., Sheffield, Ohio at
7:00 p.m.
No member of Council need remain in the Council Chambers for more than fifteen minutes
awaiting a quorum to be present. If there is a quorum present, the regular meeting shall be
conducted and the members shall remain throughout the entire meeting, unless excused by the
other members of Council.
Rule 2. Special Meetings. A special meeting of Council may be called by the Mayor, on his or
her motion, or upon request in writing signed by at least three members of Council, upon at least
twelve hours notice to each member, served personally or left at his or her usual place of
residence.
The person or persons calling the special meeting may give to the
Mayor/Clerk-Treasurer the original call in writing, and the Mayor Clerk-Treasurer shall reproduce
it, and cause it to be served on all members of Council provided for above.
No business shall be transacted at a special meeting of Council, except those items of
business set forth in the official call of the meeting, which call shall state the purpose of the special
meeting.
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Rule 3. Opening Procedure. The Mayor, or President Pro Tempore of Council, shall call the
meeting to order at 7:00 p.m. in the case of a regular meeting or at the time specified in the call
in the case of a special meeting, or at the time to which Council adjourned in the case of an
adjourned meeting. If the Mayor is not present, the President Pro Tempore shall preside at the
Council meeting. If neither the Mayor nor the President Pro Tempore is present at the time for
the meeting to begin, the-Clerk-Treasurer or the Clerk Treasurer's designee shall call the meeting
to order, after which the roll shall be called and a temporary Chairperson appointed by Council
to conduct the meeting until the arrival of either the Mayor or the President Pro Tempore. A
temporary Chairperson shall retain all voting privileges.
Rule 4. Public Meetings. All meetings of Council and its committees shall be public and shall
be conducted in compliance with Ohio R.C. 121.33. Minutes and other records of the proceedings
of Council shall be open to public inspection at all reasonable times.
Rule 5. Quorum. A majority of all members elected to Council shall constitute a quorum to
conduct business, but a lesser number may adjourn from day to day. Any member present who
refuses to vote may be censured according to provisions of law. Any member who will be absent
from a meeting of Council shall inform the Mayor/Clerk-Treasurer's Office of that fact before
3:00 p.m. on the day of the meeting, if known at that time, or as soon thereafter as practicable.
Rule 6. Council Records. The Clerk-Treasurer or designee shall keep the records of Council.
Such person shall prepare and keep the Journal of the proceedings of Council, shall keep a proper
file of all records, documents; ordinances and resolutions, and shall make such records available
for public inspection at all reasonable times. All Council meetings shall be tape recorded, and
such tapes shall be maintained/transcribed until Council formally approves the written minutes,
at which time the tapes may be destroyed/reused.
Rule 7. Voting. Every member present shall vote on all questions upon the call of the roll, unless
excused from voting by consent of a majority of the remaining members of Council present, except
that no member shall vote on any question or measure in which he or she has a financial or other
personal interest or a relative or family member involved. Any member present who refuses to
vote may be censured according to the provisions of law. When the President Pro Tempore
presides at a Council meeting at a time when the Mayor is out of the Village and not performing
his or her duties as Mayor, or when the Mayor is incapacitated or unable to perform his or her
duties while within the Village, then the President Pro Tempore is the Acting Mayor and may vote
only on those matters for which the Mayor would be authorized to vote. When the Mayor is in fact
acting as Mayor, but absent from a meeting, then the President Pro Tempore shall preside at the
meeting. Said person shall retain all voting rights.
Rule 8. Speaking. Each member shall be allowed to speak from his or her seat at the Council
table on all issues before Council, except in the instance of a conflict of interest. He or she shall
not speak for a time longer than ten minutes on any one issue without the permission of the
Presiding Officer, nor shall he or she speak more than one time on any issue until all members of
Council who desire to speak have spoken. No official or department head shall speak longer than
fifteen minutes on any issue without the consent of Council.
Rule 9. Right of the Floor. When a member wishes to address Council, he or she shall request
recognition from the Presiding Officer, and, upon recognition, shall speak to the issue under
debate, avoid reference to personalities and refrain from impugning the motives of any other
member.
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Rule 10. Right of Appeal. Any member may appeal the ruling of the Presiding Officer, and, upon
the motion to appeal being seconded, the member making the motion may briefly state the reason
therefor. The Presiding Officer may briefly explain his or her reason for the ruling, but there shall
be no debate on the appeal or any other discussion. The Presiding Officer shall then put the
question to the body: "Shall the decision of the chair be sustained?" If a majority of the members
vote "yes," then the ruling of the chair shall be sustained and the body shall move on to the next
item in the order of business.
Rule 11. Organization: Committees. During January of each even-numbered year, Council shall
meet in the Council Chambers to organize, to appoint its officers, to appoint other officers or
employees of Council and to review its rules.
All members of Council shall constitute a Committee or Committees which shall determine
which committees shall be created and which shall choose the Chairperson and members of each
committee. Each standing committee shall be composed of at least three members of Council and
shall serve for a period of two years. The first person named shall chair the committee and the
second named shall serve as Vice Chairperson. Council is empowered to act upon these matters
at this meeting or as soon thereafter as possible.
The committees, and the subject matters to be referred to them, are as follows:
(a)
The Building and Lands Committee, to which may be referred all ordinances,
resolutions and other matters relating to the construction, maintenance or
acquisition of any building or land owned by the Village or proposed to be acquired
by it, the lease or sale of buildings not needed for Municipal use, the Cemetery and
improvements in the community, zoning, platting of subdivisions and building
standards;
(b)
The Committee of Finance, Claims and Federal Programs, to which may be
referred all ordinances, resolutions and other matters relating to finances,
indebtedness, appropriations, budgets, the issuance of notes and bonds, payments
of money not provided for by previous legislation, taxation, wages and salaries of
Village officers and employees, matters relating to Federally funded projects, block
grants, comprehensive employment training, urban renewal and all other matters
involving programs of the Federal government, as well as the establishment and
maintenance of systems of purchasing, the investment of funds and any matters
pertaining to insurance;
(c)
The Committee on Parks and Recreation, to which may be referred all ordinances,
resolutions and other matters pertaining to public parks, recreation, playgrounds
and all other matters relating thereto;
(d)
The Committee on Safety, to which may be referred all ordinances, resolutions and
other matters pertaining to the Police and Fire Departments, traffic regulations,
nuisances, fire control measures and other matters pertaining to the inspection of
existing buildings;
(e)
The Committee on Utilities, Streets and Drains, to which may be referred all
ordinances, resolutions and other matters pertaining to cable television, telephones,
gas, electricity, transportation, water, sanitary sewers, sewage disposal, storm
sewers, ditches, watercourses, creeks and the repair, maintenance and improvement
thereof, air, water and noise pollution, the construction, repair, maintenance and
inspection of streets, alleys and sidewalks, street cleaning, street improvements,
grades, assessments and vacation of streets and alleys;
(f)
The Committee of the Whole, to which may be referred any and all matters and
legislation pertaining to the business of Sheffield Village (see Rule 15).
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Rule 12. Committee Meetings. All committees shall meet in public meetings in compliance with
all the laws of the State and the ordinances of the Village. A majority of the members of the
committee shall constitute a quorum necessary for the transaction of business. Each committee
shall hold its meetings at such time and place as is fixed by the Chairperson, but normally all
meetings shall be held at the Municipal Complex, and each committee shall have the right to
require the attendance of such administrative officers at its meetings as are needed to properly
consider and dispose of the matter under consideration. In the event the Chairperson is absent,
the Vice-Chairperson shall preside.
Rule 13. Reports of Department Heads, Officers and Village Administrator. Any matter may be
referred by Council to a department head, officer or the Village Administrator having jurisdiction
over the subject matter. Such matter shall be reported upon to Council within four weeks of its
reference. If no report on the subject is made by such department head, officer or Village
Administrator, the matter shall be brought to the attention of Council by the Mayor/Council
President Pro Tempore or Clerk-Treasurer, and Council may take further action as it deems
appropriate.
Rule 14. Reference to More Than One Committee. A matter may be referred to more than one
committee or Committee of the Whole when, in the opinion of Council, the subject matter relates
to the duties of several committees. Such committees shall consider the subject in joint session,
if possible, with the Chairperson of the committee first named in the reference presiding, and each
member of the joint committee shall have one vote for each committee of which he or she is a
member, of those committees composing the joint committee. A majority of the members of the
several committees shall constitute a quorum. Reports shall be made in the same manner as are
the reports made by standing committees (see Rule 16).
Rule 15. Committee of the Whole. When Council decides to meet as a Committee of the Whole,
the President Pro Tempore shall preside. The rules of Council, insofar as practicable, shall be
observed in the conduct of the meeting, except that no limit shall be placed on the frequency of
speaking. Yes and no votes shall not be taken, and a motion to rise and report progress shall
always be in order and shall be decided without debate (see Rule 11).
Rule 16. Committee Reports. Each committee shall report its action on any matter referred to it
within thirty days of reference. Such report shall be in writing, with the following information
included: The name of the Committee/Council/Administration who attended and the subject
matter of discussion. If it is not possible to report its action on a matter within thirty days, the
Committee shall report this fact to Council and shall report again within thirty days. If a majority
of Council want to vote on a Committee matter, a vote may be taken after such matter has been
in Committee thirty days.
Rule 17. Order of Business. The business of all regular meetings of Council shall be transacted
according to the following order:
(a)
Roll call;
(b)
Pledge of Allegiance to the Flag;
(c)
Approval of the previous Council meeting minutes (regular and special);
(d)
Reports and communications of the Mayor that require Council action;
(Administrative)
(e)
Reports and communications of the Mayor for informational purposes;
(Correspondence)
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(g)
(h)
(i)
(j)
(k)
(l)
119.01
Reports of standing committees;
Reports of special committees;
Legislation:
(1)
Ordinances (May be listed by reading or by numerical order); and
(2)
Resolutions (May be listed by reading or by numerical order);
Miscellaneous business (Council reports and comments);
Reports and comments from department heads;
Audience comments and questions; and
Adjournment by motion.
Rule 18. Voting on Ordinances, Resolutions, Appointments and Other Measures. The vote on the
passage of every ordinance, resolution or other measure, and on the appointment of every officer
or other person, shall be taken by a yes or no vote and entered on the Journal. On other matters,
any member may request (which request must be seconded by another member) that a roll call vote
be taken and that it be entered on the Journal.
Rule 19. Precedence of Motions. When a question is before Council, no motion shall be
considered, except the following:
(a)
To adjourn;
(b)
To fix an hour of adjournment;
(c)
For the previous question;
(d)
To lay on the table;
(e)
To postpone to a day certain;
(f)
To postpone indefinitely;
(g)
To refer to a committee; or
(h)
To amend.
Robert's Rules of Order shall control the business of Council in all other matters not
provided for herein.
Rule 20. Reconsideration. After a vote on any questions, any member who voted with the
prevailing side may move for a reconsideration of the vote at the same or the next succeeding
meeting. A motion to reconsider shall require the same number of votes as is required to adopt
the measure being reconsidered. After a motion to reconsider has been acted upon, no other
motion to reconsider shall be in order without the unanimous consent of Council.
Rule 21. Motions: Withdrawals. After a motion is made and seconded, such motion shall be
restated by the Presiding Officer before any debate is had thereon. A motion may be withdrawn
by the maker, with the consent of the second, before it is amended or voted upon.
Rule 22. Introduction of Ordinances, Resolutions and Other Matters. All ordinances, resolutions
and other measures to be voted upon at the next Council meeting shall be deposited with the
Mayor/Clerk-Treasurer by the committee chairperson by 4:00 p.m. on the Thursday preceding
a Monday night Council meeting, and such material shall be numbered and placed on the agenda
of the meeting and an agenda of the meeting shall be distributed to all members of Council at least
forty-eight hours before the time of the meeting.
Rule 23. Passage or Adoption of Ordinances, Resolutions, Etc. All ordinances, resolutions and
Rules of Council shall require, for their passage or adoption, the concurrence of a majority of the
members of Council, unless a greater number is required by law or these Rules of Council, and
the vote on the matter shall be recorded in the Journal.
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Rule 24. Violations. Any member who in any way violates any of these Rules shall be called to
order by the Presiding Officer.
Rule 25. Confirmation of Appointments. All appointments sent to Council for confirmation shall
be taken up for consideration at the meeting or at the next succeeding regular meeting, unless
Council orders them referred to a committee. Confirmation shall require the votes of four elected
members of Council.
Rule 25-A. Filling Vacancies. To fill a vacancy on Council, the remaining voting members of
Council shall do so by a majority vote of such remaining members.
Rule 26. Minutes of Council Proceedings. The Clerk-Treasurer or designee shall furnish each
member of Council with a copy of the minutes of the proceedings of Council at each meeting as
soon thereafter as practicable.
Rule 27. Vacations. Council shall adjourn for vacation during the month of August of each year,
provided, however, that special meetings may be called during that month.
Rule 28. Amendment to Rules. These Rules of Council may be amended at any meeting of
Council by a majority of all members elected to Council on the report of the committee or
committees to which the subject has previously been referred. All amendments shall be attached
to and made a part of these Rules, with the date of adoption noted thereon.
Rule 29. Suspension of Rules. These Rules, or any part of them, may be temporarily suspended
at any meeting of Council by a vote of a majority of all members elected to Council, except in a
case where a greater number is required by law. The vote shall be entered on the Journal.
Rule 30. Agenda Roll Call. The roll call on the agenda for each Council meeting shall rotate from
meeting to meeting by scrolling upward (special Council meetings included). This means the name
listed on top of the roll call for one meeting would be placed on the bottom for the next meeting.
(Ord. 2133. Passed 5-12-08.)
119.02 RENTAL RATE FOR USE OF THE MUNICIPAL COMPLEX
COUNCIL CHAMBERS.
The Village shall charge a security deposit in the amount of one hundred dollars ($100.00)
and a fee of one hundred dollars ($100.00) for the rental of its Municipal Complex Council
Chambers, which amount shall be remitted to the Village Clerk-Treasurer by the party renting the
premises prior to the date of the rental. (Ord. 2235. Passed 3-8-10.)
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CHAPTER 121
Ordinances and Resolutions
121.01 Posting places.
121.02 Sale of Codified Ordinances and
component code booklets.
CROSS REFERENCES
Newspaper publication - see Ohio R.C. 7.12, 701.04, 731.21 et seq.
Adoption and style - see Ohio R.C. 715.03, 731.17 et seq.; ADM.
119.01(Rules 18, 22, 23)
Authentication - see Ohio R.C. 731.20
Posting- see Ohio R.C. 731.25
Initiative and referendum - see Ohio R.C. 731.28 et seq.
Emergency measures - see Ohio R.C. 731.30
121.01 POSTING PLACES.
(a)
The following places are hereby designated as places for the posting of ordinances,
resolutions, summaries of ordinances and resolutions, reports, statements, orders, proclamations,
or notices required by law to be published and/or passed by Council:
(1)
Sheffield Village Municipal Center, 4340 Colorado Avenue;
(2)
Sheffield Village Hall, 4820 Detroit Road;
(3)
Sheffield Village Service Department, 4480 Colorado Avenue;
(4)
Sheffield-Sheffield Lake School Board Administration Building, Harris
Road;
(5)
Brookside High School, Harris Road.
(Ord. 1935. Passed 9-22-03.)
(b)
All resolutions, ordinances, summaries of resolutions and ordinances, reports,
notices, orders, proclamations or statements, required by law or ordinance to be posted, shall be
posted at the above named places for a period of not less than fifteen days.
(Ord. 1764. Passed 4-10-00.)
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121.02 SALE OF CODIFIED ORDINANCES AND COMPONENT CODE
BOOKLETS.
(a)
The following prices are hereby established for the sale of the Codified Ordinances
of the Village:
(1)
For Codes, one hundred dollars ($100.00) each;
(2)
For the Building and Housing Code and Zoning Code booklets only, twenty
dollars ($20.00) each.
(Ord. 1753. Passed 2-14-00.)
(b)
A copy of the Codified Ordinances shall be distributed to the following Village
officials without charge:
(1)
Council members;
(2)
Mayor;
(3)
Village Administrator;
(4)
Clerk-Treasurer;
(5)
Engineer;
(6)
Solicitor;
(7)
Building Inspector;
(8)
Zoning Administrator;
(9)
Chief of Police;
(10) Fire Chief;
(11) Planning Commission members; and
(12) Board of Appeals members.
(c)
It is the duty of the Clerk-Treasurer to have in his or her possession and for sale
such Codified Ordinances.
(d)
Upon termination of their service with the Village, the above named officers shall
return their copies of the Codified Ordinances to the Clerk-Treasurer, or, in lieu thereof, pay to
the Village the amount specified in subsection (a) hereof.
(Ord. 1359. Passed 10-24-94.)
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TITLE FIVE - Administration
129. Mayor.
131. Village Administrator.
133. Clerk-Treasurer.
135. Solicitor.
137. Engineer.
141. Cemetery Superintendent.
143. Building Department.
145. Police Department.
147. Fire, Rescue and Emergency Medical Services
Department.
Chap. 151. Service Department.
Chap. 159. Employees Generally.
Chap.
Chap.
Chap.
Chap.
Chap.
Chap.
Chap.
Chap.
Chap.
CHAPTER 129
Mayor
129.01 Bond.
129.02 Secretary to the Mayor.
129.03 Appointment of Special
Prosecutor.
CROSS REFERENCES
Removal from office - see Ohio R.C. 3.07 et seq.
Election, term, qualifications and powers - see Ohio R.C. 733.24
To be President of Council - see Ohio R.C. 733.24
Vacancy- see Ohio R.C. 733.25
To appoint and remove auxiliary police - see Ohio R.C. 737.161
To be member of Planning and Zoning Commission - see ADM. 169.02
129.01 BOND.
The Mayor shall give bond in the sum of one hundred thousand dollars ($100,000).
(Ord. 2114. Passed 1-14-08.)
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129.02 SECRETARY TO THE MAYOR.
(a)
There is hereby established the position of Secretary to the Mayor. The Secretary
to the Mayor shall be hired by the Mayor with the consent of Council and shall serve during the
pleasure and under the direction and supervision of the Mayor.
(b)
The duties of the Mayor's Secretary shall be such clerical, typing, data entry, filing
and other related work, including Building Department secretarial needs, assisting the Mayor with
Council correspondence and fulfilling the duties of an administrative assistant in relation to the
responsibilities set forth for the Office of Mayor in the Ohio Revised Code, and other related
work, as may be designated by the Mayor.
(c)
The position established in subsection (a) hereof replaces the position of a shared
Secretary between the Mayor and the Clerk-Treasurer.
(Ord. 1464. Passed 4-22-96.)
129.03 APPOINTMENT OF SPECIAL PROSECUTOR.
(a)
In the event that the Prosecutor for the Village determines that he or she has a
conflict of interest with respect to any given case or legal matter, or, in the event that the
Prosecutor determines that his or her involvement in a given case would create an appearance of
impropriety, the Prosecutor and the Mayor may appoint a Special Prosecutor to handle that
particular case or legal matter.
(b)
The Mayor shall have the authority to negotiate and approve the fee arrangement
with any such Special Prosecutor.
(Ord. 1969. Passed 4-12-04.)
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CHAPTER 131
EDITOR'S NOTE: Compensation and expense allowances
for the Village Administrator are provided for from time to time by
ordinance of Council. Copies of the latest relevant legislation may
be obtained, at cost, from the Clerk-Treasurer.
131.01 Establishment of position; sources
of compensation.
131.02 Bond.
131.03 Appointments.
CROSS REFERENCES
Excepted from usual contract provisions - see Ohio R.C. 731.14
Powers of as to contracts - see Ohio R.C. 731.141 et seq.
Appointment and qualifications - see Ohio R.C. 735.271
Powers and duties - see Ohio R.C. 735.273
Reports of Village Administrator - see ADM. 119.01(Rule 13)
131.01 ESTABLISHMENT OF POSITION; SOURCES OF COMPENSATION.
The position of Village Administrator is hereby established.
(Ord. 473. Passed 5-22-67.)
131.02 BOND.
The bond of the Village Administrator is hereby established at one hundred thousand
dollars ($100,000). (Ord. 2114. Passed 1-14-08.)
131.03 APPOINTMENTS.
The Village Administrator shall appoint officers, employees, agents, clerks and assistants,
provided that such positions are first authorized by Council, but such appointments shall be subject
to approval by the Mayor. Such appointments and the Mayor's approval thereof shall be in writing
and shall be filed with the Clerk-Treasurer.
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CHAPTER 133
Clerk-Treasurer
133.01 Positions of Clerk and Treasurer
combined.
133.02 Duties.
133.03 Bond.
133.04 Authority to pay without voucher.
133.05 Purchasing procedure.
133.055 Purchase and use of recycled
material products.
133.06 ODOT cooperative purchasing
program.
133.07 Indigent Drivers Alcohol
Treatment Fund.
133.08 Enforcement and Education
Fund.
133.09 Clerk-Assistant/Secretary to the
Clerk-Treasurer.
133.10 Finance Assistant.
133.11 Investment Policy.
CROSS REFERENCES
Loss of funds; release of liability - see Ohio R.C. 131.18 et seq.
Uniform bond law - see Ohio R.C. Ch. 133
Uniform Depository Act - see Ohio R.C. Ch. 135
Treasury investment account - see Ohio R.C. 731.56 et seq.
Authority for merger - see Ohio R.C. 733.261
Powers and duties - see Ohio R.C. 733.27, 733.44
Appropriation and expenditure - see Ohio R.C. 5705.41
Posting notice of public meetings - see ADM. 105.07
133.01 POSITIONS OF CLERK AND TREASURER COMBINED.
Pursuant to Ohio R.C. 733.261, the offices of Village Clerk and Village Treasurer are
hereby combined into one office to be known as the Clerk-Treasurer.
(Ord. 419. Passed 7-17-65.)
133.02 DUTIES.
Pursuant to Ohio R C. 733.43, the following duties are prescribed for the Clerk-Treasurer:
(a)
The Clerk-Treasurer shall maintain an office at the Village Hall, Detroit Road, and
may establish hours and publicize them, during which the office is open, provided
that the office hours established must be between 8:00 a.m. and 5:00 p. m. of each
day. (Ord. 706. Passed 10-13-75.)
(b)
The Clerk-Treasurer shall be the Clerk for the Planning Commission and shall keep
all records incident to that office. The Clerk-Treasurer shall also perform the duties
with respect to the Service Department formerly performed by the Clerk of the
Board of Trustees of Public Affairs.
(Ord. 554. Passed 5-25-70.)
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133.03 BOND.
The bond of the Clerk-Treasurer is hereby established at one hundred thousand dollars
($100,000). (Ord. 2114. Passed 1-14-08.)
133.04 AUTHORITY TO PAY WITHOUT VOUCHER.
(a)
The Clerk-Treasurer is hereby authorized and directed to pay his or her own salary
as well as the salaries of the Chief of Police, the Fire Chief, the Superintendent of Cemeteries, the
Mayor, and members of Council, when the various pay periods fall due and without the prior
approval by voucher of the members of the Finance Committee and Council.
(b)
The Clerk-Treasurer is hereby authorized and directed to pay the utility bills due,
electric, gas, telephone and others of a like nature, when the same become due and without the
prior approval by voucher of the members of the Finance Committee and Council.
(c)
Subsections (a) and (b) hereof are subject only to the requirement that all of the
salaries and expenditures referred to above have been regularly approved and provided for by
salary ordinance and appropriation ordinance duly passed by Council. (Ord. 439. Passed 2-28-66.)
133.05 PURCHASING PROCEDURE.
(a)
All purchases made by any person for or on behalf of the Village shall be made only
after first having been approved by the Clerk-Treasurer.
(b)
Any person seeking to make a purchase for or on behalf of the Village shall submit
a request on a purchase order to be made available by the Village setting forth the item to be
purchased, the cost or estimated cost of the item, the section of the appropriation ordinance
authorizing the purchase and the written approval of the department head or officer in charge.
(c)
The Clerk-Treasurer may approve the item by affixing his or her signature to the
purchase order certifying that an appropriation covering such item has been made by Council, and
indicating that funds to be used for payment of the item are on hand or in the process of being
collected, and indicating the fund to which the purchase is to be charged.
(Ord. 787. Passed 5-8-78.)
(d)
The Purchasing Procedure Policy is hereby expanded allowing blanket purchase
orders to be issued for purchases not to exceed the amount of ten thousand dollars ($10,000)
provided that the blanket purchase orders cannot extend beyond the fiscal year-end, and further,
that more than one blanket purchase order may not be outstanding for a particular line item or
appropriation. (Ord. 2152. Passed 9-8-08.)
133.055 PURCHASE AND USE OF RECYCLED MATERIAL PRODUCTS.
(a)
The Village, through its employees and agents, shall purchase and use products
made from recycled materials whenever such purchase is possible and the price is comparable to
other available products on the market.
(b)
The parties responsible for purchasing products for the Village shall obtain price
comparisons for recycled material products and nonrecycled material products and shall purchase
the recycled material products when economically possible.
(Res. 357. Passed 9-26-94.)
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133.06 ODOT COOPERATIVE PURCHASING PROGRAM.
(a)
The Mayor hereby requests authority, in the name of the Village, to participate in
contracts of the Ohio Department of Transportation for the purchase of machinery, materials,
supplies or other articles which the Department has entered into contracts to purchase pursuant to
Ohio R.C. 5513.01(B).
(b)
The Mayor is hereby authorized to agree, in the name of the Village, to be bound
by all terms and conditions prescribed by the Director of Transportation.
(c)
The Mayor is hereby authorized to agree, in the name of the Village, to directly pay
the vendor under each such contract of the Ohio Department of Transportation in which the
Village participates for items it receives pursuant to the contract.
(d)
The Village agrees to hold the Director of Transportation and the Ohio Department
of Transportation harmless for any claim or dispute arising out of participation in a contract
pursuant to Ohio R.C. 5513.01(B).
(Ord. 1531. Passed 1-27-97.)
133.07 INDIGENT DRIVERS ALCOHOL TREATMENT FUND.
There is hereby established an Indigent Drivers Alcohol Treatment Fund pursuant to Ohio
R.C. 4511.191(N). Funds are to be deposited to said Fund according to law, and said funds are
to be used according to law.
(Res. 319. Passed 9-10-90.)
133.08 ENFORCEMENT AND EDUCATION FUND.
There is hereby established an Enforcement and Education Fund pursuant to Ohio R.C.
4511.99(A). Funds are to be deposited to said Fund according to law, and said funds are to be
used according to law. (Res. 320. Passed 9-10-90.)
133.09 CLERK-ASSISTANT/SECRETARY TO THE CLERK-TREASURER.
(a)
There is hereby established the position of Clerk-Assistant/Secretary to the ClerkTreasurer. Such Clerk-Assistant/Secretary shall be hired by the Clerk-Treasurer and Mayor with
the consent of Council and shall serve during the pleasure and under the direction and supervision
of the Clerk-Treasurer and the Mayor.
(b)
The duties of the Clerk-Assistant/Secretary shall be such clerical, typing, data entry
and other related work, including assisting the Mayor and Clerk-Treasurer with Council
correspondence and packets, helping the Clerk-Treasurer with the responsibilities set forth in the
Ohio Revised Code, maintaining the Ordinance Books, tracking requisitions and purchase orders,
attending to the Clerk-Treasurer's secretarial needs, and other related work, as may be designated
by the Mayor and the Clerk-Treasurer. (Ord. 1463. Passed 4-22-96.)
133.10 FINANCE ASSISTANT.
(a)
There is hereby established the part-time position of Finance Assistant for the ClerkTreasurer. Such Finance Assistant shall be hired by the Clerk-Treasurer and the Mayor, with the
consent of Council, and shall serve at the pleasure and under the direction and supervision of the
Mayor and the Clerk-Treasurer.
(b)
The duties of the Finance Assistant shall be such as to assist the Clerk-Treasurer
to produce the necessary reports to preserve and maintain the assets of the Village.
(Ord. 1406. Passed 7-10-95.)
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133.11 INVESTMENT POLICY.
(a)
Purpose. It is the policy of the Village to invest public funds in a manner which
will provide the highest investment return with the maximum security, safety and preservation of
principal while meeting the daily cash flow demands of the Village and conforming to all
applicable statutes governing the investment of public funds by an Ohio municipality. The ClerkTreasurer shall be the investment officer for the Village, charged with the responsibility for the
purchase and sale of investments and the carrying out of this investment policy.
(b)
Scope. This investment policy applies to all financial assets of the Village,
including State and Federal funds held by it. The Clerk-Treasurer shall routinely monitor the
contents of the Village's investment portfolio, the available markets and relative value of
competing investments and will adjust the portfolio accordingly.
(c)
Prudence. Investments shall be made with judgment and care, under circumstances
then prevailing, which persons of prudence, discretion and intelligence exercise in the management
of their own affairs, not for speculation, but for investment, considering the probable safety of
their capital as well as the probable income to be derived.
The standard of prudence to be used by the Clerk-Treasurer shall be the "prudent person"
standard and shall be applied in the context of managing the overall portfolio. Acting in
accordance with this investment policy and exercising due diligence shall relieve the ClerkTreasurer of personal responsibility for an individual security's credit risk or market price
changes, provided that deviations from expectations are reported to Council in a timely fashion
and appropriate action is taken to control adverse developments.
(d)
Objectives. The primary objectives, in priority order, of the Village's investment
activities, shall be:
(1)
Safety. Safety of principal is the foremost objective of the investment
program. Investments of the Village shall be undertaken in a manner that
seeks to ensure the preservation of capital in the overall portfolio. To attain
this objective, diversification is required in order that potential losses on
individual securities do not exceed the income generated from the remainder
of the portfolio.
(2)
Liquidity. The Village's investment portfolio will remain sufficiently liquid
to enable it to meet all operating requirements which might be reasonably
anticipated.
(3)
Return on investment. The Village's investment portfolio shall be designed
with the objective of attaining a market rate of return throughout budgetary
and economic cycles, taking into account this investment policy and the
cash flow characteristics of the portfolio.
(e)
Ethics and Conflicts of Interest. Persons involved in the investment process shall
refrain from personal business activity that could conflict with proper execution of the investment
program, or which could impair their ability to make impartial investment decisions. Employees
and investment consultants shall disclose to the Village any material financial interests in financial
institutions that conduct business within the Village and any large personal financial or investment
positions that could be related to, or affected by, the performance of the Village's portfolio. All
employees and officers of, and investment consultants to, the Village shall subordinate their
personal investment transactions to those of the Village, particularly with regard to the timing of
purchases and sales.
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(f)
Authorized Financial Dealers and Institutions. The Clerk-Treasurer will maintain
a list of financial institutions and approved security brokers/dealers selected by credit worthiness
who or which are authorized to provide investment services and qualify under Ohio R.C.
135.14(M)(1). These may include "primary" dealers or regional dealers who or which qualify
under Securities and Exchange Commission Rule 15c 3-1 and are registered with the Ohio
Department of Commerce to do business in the State.
All financial institutions and brokers/dealers who or which desire to become qualified
suppliers of investment transactions to the Village must provide the Clerk-Treasurer with audited
annual financial statements, proof of good standing with the Comptroller of Currency or State
banking regulators or National Association of Securities Dealers certification, proof of Ohio
registration and biographical and regulatory information on the persons who are the primary
contact with the entity. All financial institutions, brokers/dealers and consultants who or which
desire to conduct investment business with the Village must sign this investment policy, certifying
that they have read it, understand it and agree to abide by its contents.
(g)
Authorized Investments. The Village is empowered by statute to invest in the
following types of securities:
(1)
United States Treasury bills, notes, bonds or any other obligation or
security issued by the United States Treasury or any other obligation
guaranteed as to principal and interest by the United States;
(2)
Bonds, notes, debentures or other obligations or securities issued by any
Federal government agency or instrumentality, including, but not limited
to, the Federal National Mortgage Association, Federal Home Loan Bank,
Federal Farm Credit Bank, Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation,
Government National Mortgage Association and Student Loan Marketing
Association. All such securities shall be direct issuances of Federal
government agencies or instrumentalities.
(3)
Interim deposits in duly authorized depositories of the Village, provided
that such deposits are properly insured or collateralized as required by law;
(4)
Bonds and other obligations of the State of Ohio;
(5)
No-load money market mutual funds consisting exclusively of securities as
described in paragraphs (g)(1) and (2) hereof, and repurchase agreements
secured by such obligations, provided that all such investments under this
paragraph shall be made with a bank or savings and loan association eligible
to be a depository for public funds of Ohio subdivisions, and provided
further that any such fund meets the requirements of Ohio R.C. Chapter
135, including that such fund not include any investment in a "derivative";
(6)
Ohio Subdivision's Fund (STAROhio); and
(7)
Overnight or term (not exceeding thirty days) repurchase agreements
meeting the requirements of Ohio R.C. 135.14(E), with a bank or savings
and loan association eligible to be a depository for public funds of Ohio
subdivisions or a member of the National Association of Securities Dealers.
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(h)
Diversification. The Village will diversify its investments by security, type and
institution. With the exception of direct obligations of the U.S. Treasury and STAROhio, no more
than forty percent of the Village's total investment portfolio will be invested in a single security
type or with a single financial institution.
(i)
Maximum Maturities. To the extent possible, the Village will attempt to match its
investments with anticipated cash flow requirements. No investment shall be made unless the
Clerk-Treasurer, at the time of making the investment, reasonably expects it can be held to its
maturity. Unless matched to a specific obligation or debt of the Village, the Village will not
directly invest in securities as set forth in paragraphs (g)(1) to (5) hereof maturing more than five
years from the date of settlement, provided that such five years shall be two years in the case of
securities which bear interest at a variable rate based on an index and are otherwise eligible for
investment.
(j)
Safekeeping and Custody. All security transactions, including collateral for
repurchase agreements, entered into by the Village shall be conducted on a delivery-versuspayment basis. Securities will be held by a third party custodian designated by the Clerk-Treasurer
and evidenced by safekeeping receipts. Securities shall be pledged at the Federal Reserve Bank
to collateralize all repurchase agreements with financial institutions. Pledge collateral will be
released by the Village only after verification that the principal and interest have been credited to
the Village's account.
(k)
Prohibited Investment Practices. In addition to any other prohibitions in the Ohio
Revised Code, the Village shall not:
(1)
Contract to sell securities that have not yet been acquired on the speculation
that prices will decline;
(2)
Make any investment in "derivatives" as defined in Ohio R.C. 135.14(C);
(3)
Invest in a fund established by another public body for the purpose of
investing public money of other subdivisions unless the fund is either
STAROhio or a fund created solely for the purpose of acquiring,
constructing, owning, leasing or operating municipal utilities as authorized
under Ohio R.C. 715.02 or Section 4 of Article XVIII of the Ohio
Constitution;
(4)
Enter into reverse repurchase agreements;
(5)
Leverage current investments as collateral to purchase other assets; and
(6)
Invest in stripped principal or interest obligations of otherwise eligible
obligations.
(l)
Internal Controls. The Clerk-Treasurer shall develop and maintain procedures for
the operation of the Village's investment program in accordance with this investment policy. These
procedures shall be designed to prevent loss of the Village's funds due to fraud, error,
misrepresentation, unanticipated market changes or imprudent actions.
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(m)
Reporting. The Clerk-Treasurer shall maintain a current inventory of all
investments including:
(1)
A description of each security;
(2)
The cost;
(3)
Par value;
(4)
Dates (beginning, settlement and maturity);
(5)
Rates; and
(6)
The seller.
The Clerk-Treasurer shall also prepare and distribute quarterly (or more frequently, if
requested by Council) a list of all investments and a report on investment activity and returns.
(n)
Education. The Clerk-Treasurer shall participate in any beginning and/or continuing
education training program sponsored by the State Treasurer or the State Auditor in which the
Clerk-Treasurer is required to participate pursuant to Ohio R.C. 117.44, 135.22 and 733.27.
Through participation in those programs, the Clerk-Treasurer will develop and maintain an
enhanced background and working knowledge in investment, case management and ethics.
(o)
Nonbinding Arbitration. The Clerk-Treasurer may enter into a written investment
or deposit agreement that includes a provision under which the parties agree to submit to
nonbinding arbitration (but not binding arbitration) to settle any controversy that may arise out of
that agreement so long as such provision meets the requirements of the Ohio Revised Code and
is specifically approved by Council.
(p)
Investment Policy Adoption. This investment policy shall be adopted by Council
and, upon adoption, filed in the office of the Auditor of State. The policy shall be reviewed on an
annual basis by the Council or a committee designated by it and any modifications made thereto
must be approved by the Council and, upon adoption, filed in the office of the Auditor of State.
(Ord. 1500. Passed 9-23-96.)
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CHAPTER 135
Solicitor
EDITOR'S NOTE: The Village provides by ordinance for the
employment of a Solicitor. The duties and remuneration of the
Solicitor are provided in such ordinances. Copies of the latest
relevant legislation may be obtained, at cost, from the ClerkTreasurer.
135.01 Temporary Prosecutor.
CROSS REFERENCES
Legal counsel - see Ohio R.C. 733.48
Duties as to injunctions - see Ohio R.C. 733.56
135.01 TEMPORARY PROSECUTOR.
(a)
The Solicitor is hereby authorized to appoint a temporary Prosecutor to prosecute
for the limited purposes of conflict of interest, illness or unavailability of the Prosecutor.
(b)
Any said temporary Prosecutor shall be paid at the same rate of pay as the Village
Prosecutor. (Ord. 1448. Passed 1-22-96.)
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CHAPTER 137
Engineer
EDITOR'S NOTE: The Village provides by ordinance for
the employment of an engineer or firm of engineers, designated the
Village Engineer. The duties and remuneration of such person are
provided in such ordinance. Copies of the latest relevant legislation
may be obtained, at cost, from the Clerk-Treasurer.
CROSS REFERENCES
To approve plats; inspection of streets and acceptance - see Ohio R.C.
711.08, 711.191
To devise and form plan of sewerage - see Ohio R.C. 729.31 et seq.
Civil engineer - see Ohio R.C. 733.80
General duties - see Ohio R.C. 735.32
Assistants - see Ohio R.C. 735.33
Engineers and surveyors - see Ohio R.C. Ch. 4733
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CHAPTER 141
Cemetery Superintendent
141.01 Establishment of position; duties;
compensation.
141.02 Bond.
CROSS REFERENCES
Power to fix bonds - see Ohio R.C. 731.13
Burials may be prohibited - see Ohio R.C. 759.05
Management and control of cemeteries - see Ohio R.C.
759.20
Union cemeteries - see Ohio R.C. 759.27 et seq.
Burial permits - see Ohio R.C. 3705.24 et seq.
Burial of indigent persons - see Ohio R.C. 5101.521
Cemeteries - see S.U. & P.S. Ch. 961
141.01 ESTABLISHMENT OF POSITION; DUTIES; COMPENSATION.
(a)
There shall be appointed by the Mayor, with the approval of Council, a Cemetery
Superintendent who shall be the administrative officer in charge of all work done in the Municipal
cemeteries. He or she shall do or cause to be done the following:
(1)
Care for all cemetery grounds;
(2)
Selling plots and maintaining cemetery records;
(3)
Coordinate efforts with the Village Service Department and cause to be
performed all labor within Municipal cemeteries for burials, removals,
building of bases for monuments, headstones and markers, all necessary
trimming and removal of trees, branches, bushes and shrubs and mowing
of the grass;
(4)
Billing for burials within Municipal cemeteries; and
(5)
Maintain an inventory of all tools and equipment.
(b)
The Cemetery Superintendent shall not be paid a salary, but shall be paid for all
work performed at the current hourly pay rate set for the Clerk-Treasurer Assistant for overtime
hours worked in excess of a normal work day or for hours worked on weekends and holidays.
(Ord. 2145. Passed 6-23-08.)
141.02 BOND.
The Cemetery Superintendent shall give bond in the sum of fifty thousand dollars
($50,000).
(Ord. 2114. Passed 1-14-08.)
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Building Department
143.01 Establishment; direction and
administration.
143.02 Appointment of Building
Inspector and assistants.
143.03 Bond of Building Inspector.
143.04 Conflicts of interest of Building
Inspector.
143.05 Duties of Building Inspector.
143.06 Records and reports.
143.07 Secretary to the Building
Department.
CROSS REFERENCES
Power to regulate building erection - see Ohio R.C. 715.26,
715.29, 737.28, 737.37
Compensatory time and overtime pay for Residential Building
Inspector - see ADM. 159.18
Ohio Basic Building Code adopted - see B. & H. Ch. 1301
Inspections - see B. & H. Ch. 1323
Permits and fees - see B. & H. Ch. 1335
Unsafe buildings - see B. & H. Ch. 1349
143.01 ESTABLISHMENT; DIRECTION AND ADMINISTRATION.
There is hereby established a Building Department under the general direction and
administration of a Building Inspector and deputy inspectors hereinafter provided for.
(Ord. 341. Passed 6-25-62.)
143.02 APPOINTMENT OF BUILDING INSPECTOR AND ASSISTANTS.
The Mayor shall appoint a Building Inspector with the approval of Council. Such Building
Inspector shall hold office until his or her successor is appointed and qualified. The Mayor shall
also appoint such assistant or assistants to the Building Inspector as may be deemed necessary,
with the approval of Council. (Ord. 341. Passed 6-25-62.)
143.03 BOND OF BUILDING INSPECTOR.
The Building Inspector shall give bond in the sum of fifty thousand dollars ($50,000).
(Ord. 2114. Passed 1-14-08.)
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143.04 CONFLICTS OF INTEREST OF BUILDING INSPECTOR.
The Building Inspector shall give to the performance of his or her duties such time as is
required. During the term of their employment, neither the Building Inspector nor his or her
assistants shall issue a permit, perform an inspection or give any written or oral approval to any
project in a case where he or she is the contractor, builder or owner, or an agent or employee of
the contractor, builder or owner, or in any other manner is connected with any of the above
named, when the permit or approval is sought for a building or project of that contractor, owner
or builder, nor shall he or she perform an inspection on such project nor perform any other duty
of the Building Inspector in connection with the project. In a case which comes under this
prescription, the Building and Lands Committee, by a majority vote, is authorized to employ a
duly qualified and acting Building Inspector, or assistant Building Inspector, of a municipal
corporation within Lorain County, to act as Village Building Inspector in such a case. The
Building Inspector may be removed by a recommendation of the Mayor and the approval of a
majority of the members of Council. (Ord. 667. Passed 2-25-74.)
143.05 DUTIES OF BUILDING INSPECTOR.
The Building Inspector shall be charged with the examination and inspection of buildings
and structures, with the enforcement of the Building and Housing Code and with all other laws and
ordinances relating to the erection, construction, alteration, repair, addition to, raising or moving
of, change in the nature of use or occupancy and safety of buildings, structures, elevators, heating
apparatus, gas fittings, electric wiring, house drainage and plumbing, boilers, fire escapes,
stairways, exits, fire protection construction and devices. He or she shall decide questions relating
to the strength of buildings and structures and the quality of all structural material. He or she shall
approve or cause to be approved all plans and specifications submitted before a permit for any
construction purpose is issued, and when such plans and specifications comply with the
requirements of the Building Code he or she shall issue the required permit. He or she shall cause
the prosecution of any person violating any of the building regulations of the Village.
(Ord. 341. Passed 6-25-62.)
143.06 RECORDS AND REPORTS.
The Building Inspector shall keep or cause to be kept, in a proper filing system, records
of the location and character of every building operation for which a permit is issued, and shall
keep a record of all inspections and reports made.
The Building Inspector shall submit to the Mayor a monthly report on or before the tenth
day of each month, showing the character, number and fees of all permits issued during the
preceding month.
The Building Inspector shall make an annual report to the Mayor and Council on or before
January 21 of each year, showing the character, number and fees of all permits issued during the
preceding calendar year. (Ord. 341. Passed 6-25-62.)
143.07 SECRETARY TO THE BUILDING DEPARTMENT.
(a)
The Secretary to the Building Department shall be hired by the Mayor with the
consent of Council and shall serve during the pleasure and under the direction and supervision of
the Mayor. The duties of the Secretary shall be such clerical, typing, filing, data entry, reporting
and other related clerical needs for the Building Inspectors, Zoning Administrator and Village
Administrator. Other related work may be designated by the Mayor and/or Clerk-Treasurer.
(b)
Additional duties of this position will be those related to the Utilities/Service
Department and will aid the Secretary to the Water Department in his/her functions as assigned
by the Village Administrator, Clerk-Treasurer, and/or Mayor.
(Ord. 1768. Passed 3-27-00.)
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Police Department
EDITOR'S NOTE: Ordinance 903, passed January 10,
1983, adopted regulations for the Auxiliary Police Unit. Copies of
such ordinance and regulations may be obtained, at coat, from the
Clerk-Treasurer.
145.01 Composition; duties; minimum
hiring and testing practices.
145.02 Auxiliary Police Unit.
145.03 Bond of Chief.
145.04 Acceptance of cash bonds from
persons charged with offenses.
145.05
145.06
145.07
145.08
145.09
Mandatory retirement.
Firing range.
K-9 unit.
Residency of Chief.
Reserve unit.
CROSS REFERENCES
Composition - see Ohio R.C. 715.05, 737.16
Appointment of marshal - see Ohio R.C. 737.15
Powers and duties of marshal - see Ohio R.C. 737.161, 737.19
Probationary period; final appointment - see Ohio R.C. 737.17
Employment provisions - see ADM. Ch. 159
Resisting a police officer - see GEN. OFF. 525.09
Impersonating an officer - see GEN. OFF. 525.03
Refusal to identify self - see GEN. OFF. 525.021
145.01 COMPOSITION; DUTIES; MINIMUM HIRING AND TESTING
PRACTICES.
(a)
There is hereby created the following positions in the Police Department, pursuant
to R.C. 737.15 and 737.16:
(1)
Chief of Police;
(2)
Captain;
(3)
Lieutenant;
(4)
Sergeant; and
(5)
Patrol Officer.
(b)
The duties of such officers shall be as provided in R.C. 737.18 and 737.19 and
further as provided by ordinance.
(c)
The minimum hiring and testing practices for said positions shall be as follows:
(1)
Patrol Officer: Will be required to complete the following:
A.
Possess a State Certificate from Ohio Peace Officers Training
Academy School.
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B.
C.
D.
E.
(2)
(3)
(d)
as follows:
(e)
Local test, arrest.
Interview with Chief of Police, Mayor.
Initially appointed by Mayor and approved by Council.
Six months probation, final recommendation by Mayor, confirmed
by Council.
F.
Doctor’s physical exam if not on file with this department.
G.
Drug screen test if not on file with this department.
H.
Psychological examination.
I.
Truth verification.
Sergeant, Lieutenant, Captain: Will be required to complete the following:
A.
Local test, arrest.
B.
C.
Initially appointed by Mayor and confirmed by Council.
D.
Six months probation, final recommendation by Mayor, confirmed
by Council.
E.
F.
Truth verification.
G.
Drug screen test.
Chief of Police.
A.
Will be required to complete the following:
B.
Interview with Mayor.
C.
Initially appointed by Mayor and confirmed by Council
D.
Local test.
E.
F.
Truth verification.
The minimum hiring and testing practices for the positions of dispatchers shall be
Dispatcher: Will complete the following:
A.
General knowledge test conducted at local level.
B.
C.
Drug screen test.
D.
Initially appointed by Mayor and confirmed by Council.
The Village Police Department shall be comprised of the following departments:
(1)
Commissioned Unit. The Commissioned Unit may consist of up to sixteen
(16) full-time police officers and eight (8) part-time police officers, as
follows:
A.
One (1) Chief of Police; and
B.
Twenty-Four (24) Police Officers, who shall occupy the various
positions set forth in subsection (a) hereof.
(2)
Reserve/Auxiliary Unit. The Reserve/Auxiliary Unit shall consist of
volunteer, commissioned and non-commissioned individuals acting as a
support unit and in a support capacity to the Village of Sheffield Police
Department. The number of individuals comprising the Reserve/Auxiliary
Unit may vary depending upon the needs of the Village of Sheffield Police
Department, as determined by the Chief of Police and the Safety Director.
(3)
Dispatch/Communications Unit. The Dispatch/Communications Unit shall
be comprised as follows:
A.
One (1) Full-time Dispatch Supervisor;
B.
Three (3) Full-time dispatchers; and
C.
Part-time dispatchers, as determined by the Chief of Police.
(Ord. 1980. Passed 8-9-04.)
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145.02 AUXILIARY POLICE UNIT.
(a)
There is hereby established an Auxiliary Police Unit in the Village.
(b)
The Mayor shall be the executive head of the Auxiliary Police Unit and shall make
all appointments and removals of auxiliary police officers.
(c)
The Mayor shall prescribe rules and regulations for the organization, training,
administration, control and conduct of the Auxiliary Police Unit.
(Ord. 413. Passed 5-2-65; Ord. 519. Passed 4-14-69.)
145.03 BOND OF CHIEF.
The Chief of Police shall give bond in the sum of fifty thousand dollars ($50,000).
(Ord. 2114. Passed 1-14-08.)
145.04 ACCEPTANCE OF CASH BONDS FROM PERSONS CHARGED WITH
OFFENSES.
(a)
The Police Department is hereby authorized to accept cash bonds from anyone
charged by them, or any citizen, with the violation of any ordinance, regulation or statute of the
Village, the State or other political subdivision.
(b)
The Mayor shall provide the Police Department with a schedule of the amounts of
bonds to be posted for the various offenses.
(c)
Any member of the Police Department accepting the posting of a bond shall give
the person posting such bond an official receipt in the amount of the bond posted.
(d)
The Police Department, through its Chief, shall account to the Mayor and pay over
to him or her, on the day the Mayor convenes the Mayor's Court, all moneys collected by the
Police Department since the previous meeting of the Mayor's Court.
(Ord. 362. Passed 2-11-63.)
five.
145.05 MANDATORY RETIREMENT.
(a)
All members of the Police Department shall retire upon reaching the age of sixty-
(b)
The date of retirement shall be on the member's sixty-fifth birthday, or at such
other time within three months thereof, as authorized by the Mayor, provided that such
authorization is in writing. (Ord. 741. Passed 1-10-77.)
145.06 FIRING RANGE.
(a)
The Police Department is hereby granted the authority to maintain, use and operate
a firing range in James Day Park in the Village, subject to rules and regulations promulgated by
the Chief of Police and the Mayor.
(b)
Such range shall be used and operated only in accordance with the provisions of the
rules and regulations referred to in subsection (a) hereof, as amended from time to time, and only
when an authorized range officer is present and actively supervising the range and firing.
(Ord. 845. Passed 4-28-80.)
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145.07 K-9 UNIT.
(a)
There is hereby established a K-9 unit as part of the Village Police Department to
operate under regulations established by the Mayor and Chief of Police.
(b)
The Mayor and/or Clerk-Treasurer are hereby authorized to expend funds for the
purchase of food for the two police dogs and for any necessary equipment for the K-9 patrol.
(Ord. 924. Passed 6-27-83.)
145.08 RESIDENCY OF CHIEF.
The residency requirement of the Village Marshall, also designated as the Village Chief
of Police is hereby terminated, as authorized by Ohio R.C. 737.15.
(Ord. 1328. Passed 3-23-94.)
145.09 RESERVE UNIT.
(a)
Creation. There is hereby created a Reserve Unit within the Department of Public
Safety, Division of Police, the members of which shall be appointed by the Mayor with consent
of Council. Each Reserve officer shall serve at the pleasure of the Mayor or until the resignation
of such Reserve officer shall be accepted by the Mayor.
(b)
Membership Selection Committee. A membership selection Committee composed
of the Mayor and the Chief of Police, shall review all applications for membership and determine
the suitability of each applicant. Appointment of not more than 20 applicants shall be by approval
of the Mayor with consent of Council.
(c)
Classification of Members. These members shall be as special police officers of the
Village of Sheffield, shall be responsible to enforce the general laws of the State of Ohio and
Ordinances of the Village of Sheffield, and may be empowered to carry firearms.
(d)
Qualifications of Members. All members of the Reserve Unit shall be citizens of
the United States, residents of the State of Ohio, not under 21 years of age at the time of
appointment, in good health, and of good moral character. Additionally, Commissioned
Reservists shall obtain a certificate from the Executive Director of the Ohio Peace Officers training
Council attesting to his/her satisfactory completion of the prescribed basic course of training within
in 1 year of appointment. All members shall also comply with all other requirements of the rules
and regulations for the Reserve Unit.
(e)
Control of Unit. The Chief of Police shall be the Commanding Officer of the
Reserve Unit and shall be responsible for the assigning, training, stationing and direction of the
work of such Unit. All Reserve unit members shall obey the chain of command of the Police
Department.
(f)
Rules and Regulations. The Mayor shall approve in writing the rules and regulations
for the organization, administration, conduct and control of the reserve Unit, not in conflict with
the provisions of the Ohio Revised Code or any sections of this chapter.
(g)
Uniforms. The rules and regulations shall prescribe the type of uniforms which shall
be worn by the members of the Reserve Unit and the time and place such uniforms shall be worn.
The cost of such uniforms shall be paid by the Village and shall remain the property of the Village.
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(h)
Compensation. The Mayor is authorized to approve payment for members of the
Reserve Unit for emergency duties. Said payment shall be reflected on the pay ordinance.
(i)
Authority to Enter into Contract. The Mayor is hereby authorized to enter into a
contract with the Industrial Commission of the State of Ohio, pursuant to Section 4123.03 of the
Revised Code of Ohio, for the purpose of providing coverage for members of the
Auxiliary/Reserve Unit under the Workmen's Compensation Law of the State of Ohio.
(Ord. 1637. Passed 3-3-98``.)
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CHAPTER 147
Fire, Rescue and Emergency Medical Services Department
147.01
147.02
147.03
147.04
147.05
147.06
147.07
147.08
147.09
147.10
147.11
Composition.
Salary computations.
Work week designations.
Transitional work.
Fire Department employees
ability to choose overtime pay
compensation or compensation
time off.
Lorain County Hazardous
Materials Team participation
compensation.
Vacation.
Holidays.
Sick leave.
Funeral leave.
Jury duty compensation.
147.12
147.13
147.14
147.15
147.16
147.17
147.18
147.19
147.20
147.21
147.22
Longevity compensation.
Hospitalization.
Life insurance.
Reimbursement of expenses.
Mileage allowance.
Deferred compensation.
Fire Chief as Emergency
Hazardous Materials Manager;
environmental emergencies;
costs.
Fire Chief’s expense account.
Drug testing policy.
Corrective behavior authority.
Fee for the use of the Sheffield
Village Fire Department’s
Emergency Medical Services.
CROSS REFERENCES
Composition - see Ohio R.C. 715.05, 737.21 et seq.
Appointment and removal of fire chief and fire-fighters - see Ohio
R.C. 733.35 et seq., 737.22
Regulations and hours - see Ohio R.C. 737.21
Employment provisions - see ADM. Ch. 159
Following or parking near fire apparatus - see TRAF. 331.27
Driving over fire hose - see TRAF. 331.28
Misconduct at an emergency - see GEN. OFF. 509.05
False fire alarm - see GEN. OFF. 509.07
147.01 COMPOSITION.
(a)
There is hereby established a Fire Department in the Village with the following
officers and personnel:
(1)
One (1) Full Time Fire Chief/Paramedic;
(2)
Maximum of fifteen (15) Full Time Firefighters/Paramedics;
(3)
Part-Time Firefighter/Paramedics;
(4)
Part-Time Firefighter/EMT-B/First Responder;
(5)
Part-Time Firefighters.
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(b)
The duties of such officers shall be as provided in Ohio R.C. 737.21 through
737.28, and further as provided by ordinance.
(c)
The minimum hiring and testing practices for said positions shall be as follows:
(1)
Part Time Firefighter/Paramedic.
A.
Shall possess and maintain an Ohio Firefighter II Certification.
(Condition of continued employment.)
B.
Shall possess and maintain an Ohio Emergency Medical
Technician-Paramedic Certification. (Consideration is permitted to
a person who is currently attending Paramedic School.) (Condition
of continued employment.)
C.
Shall possess and maintain an Ohio Driver's License with less than
six (6) points. (Condition of continued employment.)
D.
Shall pass a written local examination.
E.
Shall present from an accredited teaching facility a Firefighter
Agility Test Certificate, with a maximum time of four (4) minutes
and thirty (30) seconds. The certificate must be obtained at the
applicant's expense. The certificate must be valid at the time of
appointment.
F.
Shall have a background check conducted by the Sheffield Village
Police Department.
G.
Shall pass a physical examination designated by the Ohio
Administrative Code, Chapter 4123:1:21-02 Personal protective
clothing and equipment for structural firefighting, (O)(3) requiring
an annual physical.
H.
Interview with the Captains.
I.
Interview with the Mayor and the Fire Chief.
J.
Initially appointed by the Mayor.
K.
Shall successfully serve a probationary period of one (1) year.
L.
Consideration by the Mayor for permanent appointment.
M.
Appointment by the Mayor, confirmed by Council for appointment.
(2)
Full Time Firefighter/Paramedic. The process of selecting a full time
employee of the Fire Department shall consist of a written examination
available to the public who meet the listed criteria.
A.
B.
Technician-Paramedic Certification. (Condition of continued
employment.)
C.
Shall possess and maintain an Ohio Driver's License with less than
D.
Shall take a written local examination.
E.
Shall present from an accredited teaching facility a Firefighter
Agility Test Certificate, with a maximum time of four (4) minutes
and thirty (30) seconds. The certificate must be obtained at the
applicant's expense. The certificate must be valid at the time of
appointment.
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F.
(3)
(4)
(d)
Shall pass a background check conducted by the Sheffield Village
Police Department. (If not conducted when hired as a part time
employee.)
G.
Shall pass a physical examination designated by the Ohio Revised
Code 742.38 Pre-Employment Physical.
H.
I.
Interview with the Mayor and Fire Chief.
J.
K.
L.
M.
Full Time Lieutenants and Captains/Paramedics.
A.
B.
employment.)
C.
Shall possess and maintain an Ohio Drivers License with less than
D.
Shall take a written local examination.
E.
F.
Interview with the Mayor and Fire Chief.
G.
H.
I.
J.
Full Time Fire Chief.
A.
B.
employment.)
C.
Shall possess and maintain an Ohio Drivers License with less than
D.
Interview with the Mayor. The Mayor has the option of requesting
additional testing for the candidate.
E.
F.
G.
H.
Time Limits of Applications and Examination Processes.
(1)
Applications are valid for one (1) year from the date received. (Agility
Certificate must be current at appointment.)
(2)
All testing processes for appointment are valid one (1) year. (Agility
Certificate must be current at appointment.)
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Promotional testing will only occur when an opportunity exists for
promotion. Once said position(s) have been filled, the examination is
invalid for further promotional consideration.
(Ord. 2160. Passed 12-8-08.)
147.02 SALARY COMPUTATIONS.
(a)
Full time employee's hourly rate shall be calculated and converted into a salary that
would be paid in 26 equal biweekly payments annually.
(b)
Full time employee's hourly rate times 24 hours shall be the calculation for paid
holidays. Except 40 hour employees who are awarded time off for the holiday.
(c)
Full time employees who work more than 106 hours in a pay period shall be
compensated at 1 ½ times their hourly rate of pay.
(Ord. 2160. Passed 12-8-08.)
147.03 WORK WEEK DESIGNATIONS.
(a)
Full time Firefighters, Lieutenants, and Captains may be assigned by the Fire Chief
to a work week that may range from 40 to 53 hours per week.
(b)
Full time Firefighters, Lieutenants, and Captains that are assigned to a three shift
system will work twenty-four (24) consecutive hours, followed by forty-eight (48) consecutive
hours off.
(c)
This work week consists of an average of working fifty-six (56) hours per week.
To conform to the United States Fair Labor Act requirement that limits municipal firefighters to
an average of a fifty-three (53) hour work week, each employee working the 24-48 schedules shall
be given three (3) hours of paid time off for each week they work.
(d)
On January 1 of each year employees due accumulated time off for that future one
year shall be awarded the accumulated hours anticipated for that year for use in the full calendar
year. The employee may request paid time off with those accumulated hours in any increment of
time.
(e)
The Fire Chief or his/her designee shall track the accumulated time off within the
Department and must give approval for any use of accumulated time off before it is utilized by an
employee. At no time may an employee's utilization of accumulated time off cause a shift to drop
below its current operational level.
(f)
The three (3) hours of accumulated time off may be banked by an employee to a
maximum of 320 hours. Any accumulation of hours above 320 hour shall be assigned the
employee as paid time off by the Fire Chief or his/her designee.
(g)
An employee who may have accumulated time off (maximum of 320 hours) at the
time of leaving the employ of Sheffield Village shall be entitled to a monetary settlement of those
accumulated hours at the one and one half (1 ½) times the hourly wage figure of that employee
at the time of leaving the Sheffield Village Fire Department.
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(h)
The Fire Chief shall be assigned to a forty hour work week and is exempt from
overtime compensation for hours worked over 40 hours per week. The Fire Chief shall receive
compensatory time at a rate of 1 ½ times per hour worked beyond the forty hour work week.
(i)
Part time employees are assigned random hours as needed to a maximum of 53
hours per week. Part time employees shall be restricted to working no more than 1,500 hours per
year.
(j)
After-Hour Call-Out Defined. As used in this section, "after-hour call-out" means
anytime that an employee of the Village is called to work, other than during his or her normal
work hours, and in fact does such requested work. Such request to work must be made by the
authorized Village department head.
(k)
Full time employees are compensated three (3) hours for an emergency call back
at their over time rate. Part time employees are compensated three (3) hours for a emergency call
back at their straight pay rate, unless they exceed 106 hours in that pay period. Part time
employees who exceed 106 hours in a pay period are compensated at one and one half (1 ½) times
their hourly rate of pay. (Ord. 2160. Passed 12-8-08.)
147.04 TRANSITIONAL WORK.
(a)
In the event that an employee suffers a work injury and, as the result of such injury,
is not able to perform his/her normal job functions, the Village may assign such employee to
perform Transitional Work upon receipt by the Village of a written request by such employee that
details the nature of the injury, the current course of treatment and prognosis for recovery.
Transitional Work is work that:
(1)
An injured employee can perform without the risk of further injury;
(2)
Is necessary;
(3)
Allows the employee to continue working while he/she makes the transition
back to his/her regular work duties and/or normal work schedule.
(b)
Transitional Work is offered at the discretion of the Village. The maximum
aggregate duration of Transitional Work assignments during any given year shall be six months.
(c)
Once an employee has been assigned to perform Transitional Work, such employee
shall not be permitted to return to the performance of his/her regular work duties and/or normal
work schedule until such employee provides the Village with a written note or report from a
qualified physician indicating that the employee is able to perform his/her normal work duties
and/or normal work schedule. (Ord. 2160. Passed 12-8-08.)
147.05
FIRE DEPARTMENT EMPLOYEES ABILITY TO CHOOSE
OVERTIME PAY COMPENSATION OR COMPENSATION TIME OFF.
(a)
An employee may opt to choose compensation time off in lieu of monetary
compensation when overtime is incurred at 1 ½ times the number of hours, the same manner
monetary overtime is calculated, with Department head concurrence.
(b)
The employee will document that choice on their time card.
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The compensation time off will be tracked by the Clerk/Treasurer's Office.
(d)
Compensation time off will be granted by the Fire Chief at the employees request
and be granted if it does not cause operational or additional manpower costs to the Village.
(e)
Compensation time off can be carried over year to year. Unused compensation time
off payments shall be made for the following reasons:
(1)
Upon the death of an employee, the Estate may request and receive pay for
one-fourth the value of accumulated but unused compensation time not to
exceed 30 full day's pay (240 hours). Request must be made within six
months of the death.
(2)
For an employee who retires after 10 years of service with the Village,
may, upon request, receive pay for one-half of the value of accumulated but
unused compensation time off not to exceed 60 full day's pay (480 hours).
(3)
Payments made to an employee shall be made within one year after the
employees last day of regular employment. Such payments shall be made
in one or more installments and shall not be less frequent than quarterly.
Payments for accumulated compensation time shall not bear interest.
(Ord. 2160. Passed 12-8-08.)
147.06 LORAIN COUNTY HAZARDOUS MATERIALS TEAM
PARTICIPATION COMPENSATION.
Any Fire Department employee that is designated by the Fire Chief as a member of the
Lorain County Hazardous Materials Team will be paid three (3) times the Village's normal hourly
rate of the employee when responding to any hazardous materials emergency, recognizing this
as a potential reimbursable incident.
(Ord. 2160. Passed 12-8-08.)
147.07 VACATIONS.
(a)
Full time employees shall have the following paid vacation time:
(1)
Less than one year:
4.41 hours per month
(2)
After one year:
56 hours
(3)
After two years:
120 hours
(4)
After eight years:
168 hours
(5)
After fifteen years:
240 hours
(6)
After twenty years:
288 hours
(b)
Part time employee's years of service shall be calculated at two years of service
equals one year of full time service as the time relates to vacation time.
(c)
Vacation must be utilized within each calendar year that it is earned.
(d)
All paid compensated time off shall be considered hours worked for overtime and
sick time credit.
(e)
The basis of computing the compensation of an employee who works on an hourly
rate of pay, for the period of his or her respective vacation, shall be at the normal straight time
earnings of the particular employee working a full week at the hourly rate fixed for his or her
employment in the particular Village department where employed.
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(f)
Each person having charge of a department of the Village wherein there are other
employees under the supervision of such person shall arrange a schedule of vacation as nearly as
possible to conform the proper functioning of the particular department, as well as to suit the
convenience of the respective employees.
(g)
Vacations may not be accumulated and shall be taken not later than the end of the
subsequent year of service for which the vacation was earned, unless an extension is authorized
by Council.
(h)
An employee whose employment with the Village is terminated, or upon retirement,
shall be paid for vacation time earned the previous year but not yet taken, and for vacation time
earned but not yet taken in the year of termination or retirement. Compensation shall be calculated
by dividing the employee's bi-weekly wage by the number of hours normally worked bi-weekly,
times the unused hours of vacation, provided that the employee has twelve months or more
continuous service.
(i)
Vacation allowance calculated pursuant to subsection (h) hereof shall be paid to the
next of kin or to the executor or administrator of the estate of a deceased employee.
(j)
Any hours worked while on vacation shall be paid at one and one half times the
normal hourly rate of pay in addition to the vacation pay.
(k)
Vacation hours shall be counted as hours worked for overtime purposes, but shall
not be counted for sick leave credits.
(Ord. 2160. Passed 12-8-08.)
147.08 HOLIDAYS.
(a)
The following dates shall be observed as holidays by full time employees of the Fire
Department.
New Year's Day
President's Day
Easter Sunday
Memorial Day
Independence Day
Labor Day
Thanksgiving Day
Friday after Thanksgiving
Christmas Eve
Christmas Day
Employee's Birthday (Full Time Only)
(b)
Employees assigned to 40 hour work weeks shall have holidays off with pay.
(c)
Employees assigned to a work week that involves the 24-48 schedule shall be
compensated with 24 hours of pay for each holiday at the straight time rate of pay.
(d)
Part time employees shall be compensated at one and one half times (1 ½) their
hourly rate for hours worked on a holiday with the exception of the employees birthday.
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(e)
The employee has to work his/her scheduled day before and after the holiday to be
paid for the holiday.
(f)
Any holiday falling on a Saturday shall be celebrated on the prior Friday. Any
holiday falling on a Sunday shall be celebrated on the following Monday.
(Ord. 2160. Passed 12-8-08.)
147.09 SICK LEAVE.
See Section 159.08 of the Administrative Code.
147.10 FUNERAL LEAVE.
(a)
Full-time employees, as defined in Section 159.01, shall be granted a paid three-day
funeral leave for the death of an immediate family member upon meeting certain conditions as set
forth below.
(b)
For purposes of this section, "immediate family member" shall be defined as
spouse, grandparents, grandparents-in-law, parents, parents-in-law, sibling, siblings-in-law,
children and significant others.
(c)
Funeral leave pay shall consist of payment at the full time employee's hourly rate,
and shall count as hours worked for pay purposes and sick time accrual purposes.
(d)
Any holiday falling within the three-day funeral leave shall not replace any of the
funeral leave time and shall be calculated for hours worked purposes.
(e)
Any employee requesting funeral leave shall, upon return to work and prior to
being paid for said funeral leave, provide his/her supervisor with documentation of the death of
said immediate family member, such as a clipping of the newspaper obituary notice or a copy of
the death certificate.
(f)
Any employee requiring extended travel time beyond the allowable funeral leave,
shall be granted the necessary time, upon providing his/her supervisor with proof of travel
arrangements and such extended time shall be without pay.
(g)
Full time employees (24-48) shall be granted two (2) consecutive scheduled days
off totaling forty eight (48) hours paid time off in the case of the death of the listed individuals.
(h)
Paid time off for funeral leave is limited to no more than the day of the burial or
final funeral service and funeral leave compensation is not available beyond that day.
(Ord. 2160. Passed 12-8-08.)
147.11 JURY DUTY COMPENSATION.
Full-time and scheduled part-time employees who are called for jury duty shall be
compensated the difference between the jury fee they receive and the amount the employee would
have earned from the Village on said day or days of jury duty. As used in this section, "scheduled
part-time employees" mean those part-time employees whose hours are scheduled on a regular
basis and verified through the Mayor's Office on a monthly calendar.
(Ord. 2160. Passed 12-8-08.)
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147.12 LONGEVITY COMPENSATION.
(a)
Each qualified full-time employee shall be entitled to a longevity payment for each
year said employee has worked continuously part-time and/or full-time for the Village of Sheffield.
(b)
Full-time and part-time employees are hereby defined as set forth in Section 159.01.
(c)
"Qualified employee" means an employee that is a current, full-time employee for
the Village between the dates of November 1st and November 20th who has worked continuously
part-time and/or full-time for at least six years.
(d)
The longevity payment shall be separate checks to qualified employees between the
dates of November 1st and November 20th, but no later than November 20th of the qualifying
year. (Ord. 2160. Passed 12-8-08.)
147.13 HOSPITALIZATION.
(a)
All full time employees shall be entitled to have hospitalization insurance; the
premiums shall be paid eighty-five percent (85%) by the Village and fifteen percent (15%) by the
employee.
(b)
All part-time employees shall be entitled to purchase personal or immediate family
plan hospitalization insurance through the Village plan at the employee's expense.
(Ord. 2160. Passed 12-8-08.)
147.14 LIFE INSURANCE.
The Village is authorized to obtain, and the Clerk-Treasurer is authorized to pay for, on
behalf of the Village, life insurance coverage for those employees whom the Village is obligated
to provide health insurance coverage for by ordinance. Said life insurance, if purchased, must be
purchased in conjunction with the purchase of said required health insurance benefits.
(Ord. 2160. Passed 12-8-08.)
147.15 REIMBURSEMENT OF EXPENSES.
(a)
Any expenses reimbursed to the Mayor, a member of Council, the President
Pro-Tem of Council, the Clerk-Treasurer or the Village Administrator, and all other Village
officials and employees, shall be supported by receipts in accordance with the provisions of the
Ohio Revised Code.
(b)
All expenses that have been reimbursed prior to the effective date of this section
shall not be deemed improper merely because of a lack of supported receipts.
(Ord. 2160. Passed 12-8-08.)
147.16 MILEAGE ALLOWANCE.
Effective as of January 1, 2004, the Village of Sheffield, Ohio shall establish
reimbursement for mileage expenses incurred on Village business, including seminars, meetings
outside Village limits, and for actual mileage expenses incurred on Village business within the
Village, at the rate per mile published by the IRS and in effect at the time such mileage expense
was incurred. (Ord. 2160. Passed 12-8-08.)
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147.17 DEFERRED COMPENSATION.
(a)
Municipal employees are hereby authorized to participate in the Ohio Public
Employees Deferred Compensation Program
(b)
Municipal employees are hereby authorized to participate in the Equitable Life
Assurance Society Deferred Compensation Program.
(Ord. 2160. Passed 12-8-08.)
147.18 FIRE CHIEF AS EMERGENCY HAZARDOUS MATERIALS
MANAGER; ENVIRONMENTAL EMERGENCIES; COSTS.
(a)
The Fire Chief is hereby designated as the Emergency Hazardous Materials
Manager.
(b)
It shall be the practice and policy of the Village, when an emergency action is
required to protect the public health or safety or the environment, to charge any person responsible
for causing or allowing an unauthorized spill, release or discharge of material into or upon the
environment for the necessary and reasonable additional or extraordinary costs the Village incurs
in investigating, mitigating, minimizing, removing or abating the spill, release or discharge in the
course of an emergency action, provided that the criteria and methods prescribed under 40 C.F.R.,
300, as amended, are used and complied with.
(c)
The Village hereby adopts the cost recovery plan and training procedures adopted
by the County Emergency Management Agency and declares the intention to implement the same.
(Ord. 2160. Passed 12-8-08.)
147.19 FIRE CHIEF'S EXPENSE ACCOUNT.
The Fire Chief is hereby entitled to reimbursement for Village related expenses up to
$600.00 per year. (Ord. 2160. Passed 12-8-08.)
147.20 DRUG TESTING POLICY.
There shall be a Village drug testing policy as follows:
(a)
Pre-employment drug-testing shall be required for all newly hired employees of the
Fire Department.
(b)
There may also be random drug testing required for a Fire Department employee.
(c)
The Mayor shall determine the date of testing and who shall submit to a drug test
for cause, upon recommendation of a department head or upon the Mayor's own
initiative. Before ordering a drug test, the Mayor must have in his or her possession
a written description of all the incidents that make up the cause for the test.
(d)
All positive test results shall result in:
(1)
A suspension from work of a minimum of thirty days or a voluntary
minimum thirty-day leave of absence if the person comes forth and admits
to a drug problem.
(2)
The time off shall be without pay.
(3)
If a person is ordered to take a drug test, the Mayor may suspend such
employee until he or she receives the results. If said employee tests negative
and no illegal drugs are found in said person's system, then said employee
shall be paid his or her normal wages for scheduled time lost from work.
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(4)
(5)
(e)
147.21
A person who has previously tested positive must pass one drug test with
the date picked by the Mayor before he or she may return to work. This test
will be at his or her own expense. The Mayor may order random drug
testing for such person for up to two years after the first negative test result.
Any employee shall have the opportunity to challenge a positive analysis
result by use of a legally competent test or tests.
As used in this chapter the following terms are defined as follows:
(1)
Employees are all nonelected personnel who are subject to Federal and/or
State withholding tax.
(2)
A drug of abuse is as defined in Section 513.01 of the General Offenses
Code.
(3)
A positive test is one which shows that the person has a legally prohibited
substance or drug of abuse in his or her body.
(4)
A negative test is one which shows that no illegal substance or drug of
abuse is present in his or her body.
(5)
Cause includes, but is not limited to the following:
A.
Accidents on the job;
B.
Unauthorized leave;
C.
Excessive sick leave;
D.
Repeated absence of two to four days (including days before and
after days off);
E.
Excessive tardiness, especially after a day or weekend off or when
returning from lunch;
F.
Leaving work early;
G.
Peculiar and increasingly improbable excuses for absences;
H.
Continued absences from work station (more than required);
I.
Difficulty in concentration;
J.
Alternate periods of very high and very low work standards;
K.
Suspected theft;
L.
Coming to or returning to work in an obvious altered state, i.e.
slurred speech, unsteady gait;
M.
Generally lowered job efficiency;
N.
Use of poor judgment;
O.
Making bad decisions;
P.
Complaints received from the public regarding the employee;
Q.
Offering of improbable excuses for poor work performance;
R.
Inattentiveness, which results in mistakes;
S.
Friction in employee relationships;
T.
Overreaction to real or imagined criticism.
(Ord. 2160. Passed 12-8-08.)
147.21 CORRECTIVE BEHAVIOR AUTHORITY.
(a)
The Fire Chief or his/her designee shall have the authority to utilize the following
corrective behavior methods in any order deemed necessary by a given situation:
(1)
Verbal counseling.
(2)
Written reprimand.
(3)
Paid Administrative leave for up to 96 consecutive scheduled work hours.
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(b)
Subsection (a)(3) requires an immediate notification and a written report to the
Mayor/Safety Director for further consideration.
(c)
Nothing in the Corrective Behavior Authority shall prevent the Village of Sheffield
from utilizations of the provisions contained in Ohio Revised Code, Title 7.
(d)
An employee subject to Corrective Behavior Authority provisions shall have the
ability to address concerns with the Mayor and/or Council.
(Ord. 2160. Passed 12-8-08.)
147.22 FEE FOR THE USE OF THE SHEFFIELD VILLAGE FIRE
DEPARTMENT'S EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES.
Ordinance No. 1869 authorizes the Village of Sheffield to contract with a billing service
which will bill and collect for the use of the Village of Sheffield's Emergency Medical Services.
(Ord. 2160. Passed 12-8-08.)
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CHAPTER 151
Service Department
151.01
151.02
151.03
151.04
Composition.
Uniforms.
Secretary.
Inspection of subdivision
utilities.
151.05 Commercial drivers license
required.
151.06 Shoe allowance.
CROSS REFERENCES
Street excavations - see S.U. & P.S. Ch. 919
Water - see S.U. & P.S. Ch. 939
Sewers - see S.U. & P.S. Ch. 941
151.01 COMPOSITION.
The full-time employee force of the Service Department shall consist of not more than
one foreman and the number of laborers approved by Council. (Ord. 1221. Passed 10-26-92.)
151.02 UNIFORMS.
All employees of the Service Department shall be furnished with work uniforms. Rental
costs shall be out of the appropriate funds. (Ord. 841. Passed 3-24-80.)
151.03 SECRETARY.
There is hereby established in the Service Department the position of Secretary, who shall
be paid for his or her services from the funds of the Service Department.
(Ord. 293. Passed 10-10-60.)
151.04 INSPECTION OF SUBDIVISION UTILITIES.
(a) Service Department Inspectors shall be compensated for their expertise and time
spent observing and advising for the installation of subdivision utilities (including water lines,
sewer lines, drainage systems) and streets and roads, at the rate of fifty dollars ($50.00) per hour
per person.
(b) The fee for the Service Department Inspectors shall be deposited into the street
construction, water and/or sewer funds in the Service Department.
(Ord. 1896. Passed 12-9-02.)
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151.05 COMMERCIAL DRIVERS LICENSE REQUIRED.
(a)
It shall be a condition of full-time employment by the Village Service Department
that, prior to the commencement of full-time employment, any such employee shall have obtained
a State of Ohio Commercial Driver’s License.
(b)
This section shall not apply to any Service Department employee hired before the
adoption of this section. (Ord. 2065. Passed 3-13-06.)
151.06 SHOE ALLOWANCE.
The Village shall provide full-time Service Department employees with an annual
allowance of one hundred fifty dollars ($150.00) for the purchase of shoes and footwear that is
appropriate for the performance of their duties to be paid prior to January 31.
(Ord. 2064. Passed 3-13-06.)
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CHAPTER 159
Employees Generally
EDITOR'S NOTE: Because of the frequency of change,
provisions relating to regular compensation are not codified. Copies
of the latest relevant legislation may be obtained, at cost, from the
Clerk-Treasurer.
159.01
159.02
159.03
159.04
159.05
159.06
159.07
159.08
159.09
159.10
159.11
159.12
159.13
Full-time and part-time defined.
Jury duty compensation.
Mileage allowance.
Personal use of Village motor
vehicles.
Holidays.
Vacations.
Hospitalization.
Sick leave.
Drug testing policy.
Employment and appointment
practices.
Blanket bond.
Life insurance.
Payment of compensation for
certain officials.
159.14
159.15
159.16
159.17
159.18
159.19
159.20
159.21
159.22
159.23
159.24
159.25
Reimbursement of expenses.
Expense accounts.
After-hour call-out pay.
Deferred compensation.
Compensatory time and overtime
pay for Fire Chief, Police Chief,
Water and Street Superintendent
and Residential Building
Inspector.
Merit increases.
Compensation for extra services.
Longevity compensation.
Funeral leave.
Transitional work.
Corrective behavior authority
Policy on employee use of
Village-owned vehicles.
CROSS REFERENCES
Workers' compensation - see Ohio Const., Art III, Sec. 35;
Ohio R.C. Ch. 4123
Public Employee's Retirement System - see Ohio R.C. Ch. 145
Expenses for attendance at conference or convention - see Ohio R.C.
733.79
Leave for military training - see Ohio R.C. 5923.05
Obstructing officers and employees - see GEN. OFF. 525.07 et seq.
Unlawful interest in contracts - see GEN. OFF. 525.10
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159.01 FULL-TIME AND PART-TIME DEFINED.
(a)
A full-time employee of the Village is anyone who is specifically hired or promoted
as a full-time employee to fill a designated full-time position. (Ord. 2161. Passed 12-8-08.)
(b)
The designated full-time positions are:
(1)
Secretary to the Mayor.
(2)
Secretary/Clerk for the Utilities Department.
(3)
Clerk-Assistant/Secretary to the Clerk-Treasurer.
(4)
One (1) Chief of Police.
(5)
Fifteen (15) Police Officers.
(6)
Four (4) Police Dispatchers.
(7)
Twelve (12) Firefighter/Paramedics.
(8)
Service Department Personnel (not including temporary summer workers).
(9)
Village Administrator.
(10) Secretary for the Building Department/Village Administrator.
(11) Mayor’s Court Clerk.
(12) Mayor.
(13) One (1) Chief of Fire Department.
(Ord. 2222. Passed 10-10-05.)
(14) Officer Worker A/B, Full-Time. (Ord. 2281. Passed 6-13-11.)
(c)
Any employee not specifically designated as a full time employee is to be
considered a part-time employee. (Ord. 2161. Passed 12-8-08.)
159.02 JURY DUTY COMPENSATION.
Full-time and scheduled part-time employees who are called for jury duty shall be
compensated the difference between the jury fee they receive and the amount the employee would
have earned from the Village on said day or days of jury duty.
As used in this section, "scheduled part-time employees" means those part-time employees
whose hours are scheduled on a regular basis and verified through the Mayor's Office on a
monthly calendar. (Ord. 2161. Passed 12-8-08.)
159.03 MILEAGE ALLOWANCE.
Effective as of January 1, 2004, the Village of Sheffield, Ohio shall establish
reimbursement for mileage expenses incurred on Village business, including seminars, meetings
outside Village limits, and for actual mileage expenses incurred on Village business within the
Village, at the rate per mile published by the IRS and in effect at the time such mileage expense
was incurred. (Ord. 2161. Passed 12-8-08.)
159.04 PERSONAL USE OF VILLAGE MOTOR VEHICLES.
(a)
Motor vehicles owned by the Village shall be used by Village employees only in
the performance of their official duties.
(b)
Except as set forth in subsection (c) hereof, Village employees shall not utilize
Village-owned motor vehicles to commute to and from their residences, for transportation to their
place of employment or for any other purpose outside of the actual performance of their duties as
employees of the Village.
(c)
The Mayor may authorize a Village employee to operate a Village-owned motor
vehicle for transportation to and from his or her home, or to and from his or her place of
employment outside the Village to his or her employment for the Village, when such use of the
motor vehicle is beneficial to the performance of his or her duties as an employee of the Village.
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(d)
An employee authorized by the Mayor to utilize a Village-owned vehicle for
transportation to and from his or her employment with the Village shall maintain a log and record
all miles such vehicle is driven outside the actual scope of his or her duties as an employee of the
Village. The employee shall file the log with the Clerk-Treasurer on a monthly basis.
(e)
The Clerk-Treasurer is authorized and directed to maintain records of the use of the
Village owned vehicles by Village employees for personal or commuting use and report the value
of this use as compensation on the employees' W-2 Forms, as required by the Internal Revenue
Code and the regulations of the Internal Revenue Service. (Ord. 2161. Passed 12-8-08.)
159.05 HOLIDAYS.
(a)
All full-time employees of the Village shall be paid for thirteen (13) holidays each
year, as follows:
New Year's Day
Martin Luther King Day
Presidents Day
Good Friday
Memorial Day
Independence Day
Labor Day
Veteran’s Day
Thanksgiving Day
Day after Thanksgiving
Christmas Eve Day
Christmas Day
Floating Holiday
(b)
All holidays can be floating days off and shall be approved by the appropriate
department head. You must notify the department head before the end of pay ending of the
holiday, so payroll can be notified. All floating Holidays shall be used by year’s end. Floating
Holidays are not transferable to the next fiscal year.
(c)
The employee has to work his or her scheduled day before and after the holiday to
be paid for the holiday.
(d)
Holiday pay shall consist of payment for eight (8) hours at said full-time employee's
hourly rate, and shall count as hours worked for pay purposes, but not for sick leave accrual
purposes.
(e)
The IAFF union-represented employees will receive pay as determined by their
Collective Bargaining Agreement dated October 11, 2010, and the new holidays (Martin Luther
King Day and Veterans’ Day) will become a part of their Collective Bargaining Agreement.
(f)
The OBPA union-represented employees will receive pay as determined by their
Collective Bargaining Agreement dated October 11, 2010, and the new holidays (Martin Luther
King Day and Veterans’ Day) will become a part of their Collective Bargaining Agreement.
(g)
All hours actually worked on a holiday shall be paid at one and one-half times the
hourly rate of the employee, in addition to the holiday pay. Part-time employees shall be paid
at one and one-half times their hourly rate of the part-time employee for holidays worked.
(h)
Any holiday falling on a Saturday shall be celebrated on the prior Friday. Any
holiday falling on a Sunday shall be celebrated on the following Monday.
(Ord. 2291. Passed 12-12-11.)
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159.06 VACATIONS.
(a)
All regular full-time employees of the Village who have been in the continuous
employment of the Village for twelve months or more, preceding January 1, whether employed
on a monthly salary basis or at a hourly rate of pay, shall be allowed an annual vacation with pay
of one (1) normal work week (40 hours). All regular full-time employees who have been
employed for less than twelve months preceding January 1 will receive three and a third (3.3)
hours vacation pay for each month of employment during the previous year up to a maximum of
one (1) week (40 hours). Part-time employees’ years of service shall be calculated based upon the
following formula: for every two (2) years of part-time service, (1) year of full-time service credit
shall be granted as it relates to vacation time.
(Ord. 2161. Passed 12-8-08; Ord. 2174. Passed 1-12-09.)
(b)
All full-time employees who have been in the employment of the Village for two
(2) years or more of continuous service shall be granted two (2) weeks of vacation with pay. After
three (3) years of continuous service in the employment of the Village, service time shall be
calculated on the year your employment started, not on the actual month. After eight (8) years of
continuous service, they shall be granted three (3) weeks of vacation with pay. After fifteen (15)
years of continuous service, they shall be granted four (4) weeks of vacation with pay. After
twenty (20) years of continuous service, they shall be granted five (5) weeks of vacation with pay.
All earned vacation shall become effective on January 1 after the completion of such year of
service.
(c)
The basis of computing the compensation of an employee who works on an hourly
rate of pay, for the period of his or her respective vacation, shall be at the normal straight time
earnings of the particular employee working a full week at the hourly rate fixed for his or her
employment in the particular Village department where employed.
(d)
Each person having charge of a department of the Village wherein there are other
employees under the supervision of such person, shall arrange a schedule of vacations as nearly
as possible to conform the proper functioning of the particular department, as well as to suit the
convenience of the respective employees.
(e)
Vacations may not be accumulated and shall be taken not later than the end of the
subsequent year of service for which the vacation was earned, unless an extension is authorized
by Council.
(f)
An employee whose employment with the Village is terminated, or upon retirement,
shall be paid for vacation time earned the previous year but not yet taken, and for vacation time
earned but not yet taken in the year of retirement. Compensation shall be calculated by dividing
the employee's bi-weekly wage by the number of hours normally worked bi-weekly, times the
unused hours of vacation, provided that the employee has twelve months or more continuous
service.
(g)
Vacation allowance calculated pursuant to subsection (f) hereof shall be paid to the
estate or to the executor or administrator of the estate of a deceased employee.
(h)
Any hours worked while on vacation shall be paid at one and one half times the
normal hourly rate of pay in addition to the vacation pay.
(i)
Vacation hours shall be counted as hours worked for overtime purposes, but shall
not be counted for sick leave credits. (Ord. 2161. Passed 12-8-08.)
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159.07 HOSPITALIZATION.
(a)
All full-time employees shall be entitled to have the premiums for their personal or
immediate family plan hospitalization insurance paid by the Village. The premiums shall be paid
eighty-five percent (85%) by the Village and fifteen percent (15%) by the employee.
(b)
All part-time employees shall be entitled to purchase personal or immediate family
plan hospitalization insurance through the Village plan at the employee's expense.
(Ord. 2161. Passed 12-8-08.)
159.08 SICK LEAVE.
(a)
Each full time employee shall be entitled for each completed eighty (80) hours of
service to sick leave of three and one tenth (3.1) hours with pay.
(b)
For full-time employees only, unused sick leave accrued on or after January 1st
1997, shall be cumulative without limit. Except as otherwise set forth in this section, unused sick
leave for full-time employees shall be used, paid, and/or credited in accordance with subsections
(c) to (g) below. (Ord. 2161. Passed 12-8-08.)
(c)
Accumulation.
(1)
A full-time employee (except an elected official) shall accumulate sick leave
without limit at the rate of 3.1 hours each 80 hours worked.
(2)
A part-time employee shall not accumulate sick leave.
(d)
Usage.
(1)
Sick leave shall be charged at a minimum of one hour, exact time for
anything over an hour, and eight hours for one work day.
(2)
An employee shall be charged for sick leave only for days upon which he
or she would otherwise have been scheduled to work.
(3)
Sick leave may be granted for the following reasons:
A.
Illness, pregnancy and/or childbirth, injury of the employee or a
member of the employee's immediate family which requires the
employee's presence;
B.
Death of a member of the employee's immediate family (see Section
159.22 for provisions regarding funeral leave);
C.
Medical, dental or optical examination or treatment of an employee
or a member of the employee's immediate family, which requires
the employee's presence and which cannot be scheduled during
nonworking hours; or
D.
Contagious disease of an immediate family member which requires
the care and attendance of the employee, or if, through exposure to
the contagious disease, the presence of the employee at work would
jeopardize the health of others.
(4)
Sick leave benefits shall become available for use by employees after one
year of service.
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(e)
Employer's Rights.
(1)
The Village may require the employee to furnish a standard written
statement on a form provided by the Village to justify the use of sick leave.
(2)
The Village may require the employee to present a certificate stating the
nature of the illness from a licensed physician, dentist or chiropractor, for
any illness of more than three days duration.
(3)
In addition to the other provisions of this subsection, when an employee
misses work because of an injury or disability, whether job related or not,
the employee may be required to provide the employer with a physician's
statement that the employee is not physically fit to perform the duties of the
employee's job.
(4)
When sick leave is requested to care for a member of the employee's
immediate family, the employer may require a physician's statement to the
effect that the presence of the employee is necessary to care for the ill
person.
(f)
Payment.
(1)
Payment of sick leave shall be at the employee's base rate.
(2)
Unused sick leave payments shall be made for the following reasons:
A.
Upon the death of an employee, the Estate may request and receive
pay for one-fourth the value of accumulated but unused sick leave
not to exceed 30 full days pay (240 hours). Request must be made
within six months of the death.
B.
For an employee who retires after 10 years of service with the
Village, may, upon request, receive pay for one-half of the value of
accumulated but unused sick leave not to exceed 60 full days pay
(480 hours).
(3)
Payments made to an employee shall be made within one year after the
employee's last day of regular employment. Such payments shall be made
in one or more installments and shall not be less frequent than quarterly.
Payments for accumulated sick time shall not bear interest.
(4)
An employee who transfers in from another public agency within the State
shall not be credited with the earned but the unused balance of the
employee's accumulated sick leave.
(5)
An employee who transfers employment to another public agency or is
re-employed by another public agency within thirty days after termination
with the Village shall transfer the unused balance of the employee's
accumulated sick leave credits to the public agency to which the employee
transfers.
(g)
Sick Leave Sell-Back.
(1)
Any full-time employee, not on probation, who has accumulated and not
used earned sick leave shall be eligible to sell back to the Village at a rate
of pay equal to 50% of said unused sick leave not to exceed 30 days
payment (240 hours). Any employee, who is not on probation, who is
eligible to sell back sick leave under this section shall notify the Village
Clerk-Treasurer, by December 1 of each calendar year as to how much
accumulated and unused sick leave, if any, the employee desires to sell
back. The compensation for any such sick leave sold back to the Village
shall be paid to the employee by January 30 of the following year.
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(h)
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Any employee who subscribes to the sick leave sell-back plan as provided
in division (g)(1) of this section shall have their accumulated days of unused
sick leave for which they would be entitled to be paid under division (f) of
this section reduced for each day of sick leave they sell back to the Village
under division (g)(1) of this section.
(Ord. 2153. Passed 10-13-08.)
Sick Leave Donation Policy.
(1)
Purpose: The intent of the sick leave donation policy is to allow employees
to voluntarily provide assistance to their co-workers who are in critical need
of leave due to an extended illness or injury of the employees or a member
of the employee’s immediate family.
(2)
Definitions: For the purpose of this policy the following shall apply:
A.
Donee: The employee in need of and approved to receive donated
sick leave.
B.
Donor: The employee volunteering to donate sick leave.
C.
Immediate family: Father, mother, spouse, child, stepchild,
grandchild, a legal guardian or any other person who stands in place
of a parent (loco parentis).
D.
Serious health condition: An illness, injury, impairment, or
physical/mental condition that involves a period of incapacity or
treatment that requires absence from employment and involves care
by a health care provider. Serious health condition also includes
continuing treatment of chronic or long-term incurable conditions
and prenatal care.
E.
Spouse: A legally recognized husband or wife.
F.
Policy: Employees may donate accrued sick leave to a fellow
employee who is otherwise eligible to accrue and use sick leave.
The intent of the leave donation policy is to allow employees to
voluntarily provide assistance to their co-workers who are in critical
need of leave due to an extended serious health condition of the
employee or a member of the employee’s immediate family. This
policy is established pursuant to Ohio R.C. 124.391.
(3)
Hours donated: Any units donated shall be donated at a rate of pay equal to
that of the donor for each day of sick leave to be donated.
(4)
Receiving leave: An employee may receive donated units up to the number
of units the employee is normally scheduled to work each pay period. To
receive donated units the member or a member of the employee’s
immediate family has a serious health condition and the employee:
A.
Has no accrued paid leave; and
B.
Has completed his or her new hire probationary period; and
C.
Has exhausted any paid leave, Workers’ Compensation, or benefits
program for which the employee is eligible; and
D.
Has applied for Family and Medical Leave;1 and
E.
Has not been disciplined for the improper use of sick leave during
the past three (3) year period; and
F.
Has provided acceptable written verification that a serious health
condition exists; and
G.
Agrees to accept the leave under the terms of this policy and
completes an “Application to Receive Donated Leave” form.
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Donating leave: Employees may donate leave if the donating employee:
A.
Voluntarily elects to donate sick leave and does so with the
understanding that donated leave will not be returned; and
B.
Retains a sick leave balance of at least 144 hours; and
C.
Completes an “Application to Donate Leave” form.
Administration: The sick leave donation program shall be administered on
a pay period to pay period basis. The Employer shall review the
Application to Receive Donated Sick Leave and the Application to Donate
Sick Leave to assure compliance with subsections (h)(4) and (5) of this
policy. Donations of sick leave will be recorded in the order of their
submission, and will not be considered actually donated nor be deducted
from the donor’s balance or credited to the donee’s balance until the pay
period such leave is actually used. Unused donation applications shall be
returned to the donor. Employees using donated leave shall be considered
in active pay status and shall accrue leave and be entitled to any benefits to
which they would otherwise be entitled. Vacation and sick leave accrued
by an employee while using donated sick leave shall be used, if necessary,
in the following pay period before additional donated sick leave may be
received. The Employer shall maintain records that are necessary for the
administration of this program. The Employer reserves the right to
discontinue the program at any time.
Certification. Employees who wish to donate sick leave units shall certify:
A.
The name of the employee for whom the donated leave is intended;
and
B.
The number of days to be donated; and
C.
That the employee will have a minimum sick leave balance after
donation of at least 144 hours; and
D.
That the sick leave is donated voluntarily and the employee
understands that it will not be returned.
Confidentiality: The Employer shall ensure that no employees are forced to
donate leave. The Employer shall respect an employee’s right to privacy;
however, the Employer may, with the permission of the employee who is
in need of leave or a member of the employee’s immediate family, inform
employees of their co-worker’s critical need for leave donations from the
employees. The donation of sick leave shall occur on a strictly confidential
and voluntary basis.
Applications: An employee wishing to donate or receive donated sick leave
should request the appropriate application from his immediate supervisor.
(Ord. 2240. Passed 3-22-10.)
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Leave taken under this program will be included in and subject to
the twelve (12) week entitlement under the Family and Medical
Leave Act.
159.09 DRUG TESTING POLICY.
There shall be a Village drug testing policy as follows:
(a)
Pre-employment drug-testing shall be required for all newly hired employees of the
Police, Fire and Service Departments and dispatchers.
(b)
There may also be drug testing required with cause for all nonelected employees.
Elected officials are governed by the Ohio Revised Code.
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(c)
(d)
(e)
(f)
159.09
The Mayor shall determine the date of testing and who shall submit to a drug test
for cause, upon recommendation of a department head or upon the Mayor's own
initiative. Before ordering a drug test, the Mayor must have in his or her possession
a written description of all the incidents that make up the cause for the test.
The Village will have random drug testing for all Village Employees.
All positive test results shall result in:
(1)
A suspension from work of a minimum of thirty days or a voluntary
minimum thirty-day leave of absence if the person comes forth and admits
to a drug problem.
(2)
The time off shall be without pay.
(3)
If a person is ordered to take a drug test, the Mayor may suspend such
employee until he or she receives the results. If said employee tests negative
and no illegal drugs are found in said person's system, then said employee
shall be paid his or her normal wages for scheduled time lost from work.
(4)
A person who has previously tested positive must pass one drug test with
the date picked by the Mayor before he or she may return to work. This test
will be at his or her own expense. The Mayor may order random drug
testing for such person for up to two years after the first negative test result.
(5)
Any employee shall have the opportunity to challenge a positive analysis
result by use of a legally competent test or tests.
As used in this chapter the following terms are defined as follows:
(1)
Employees are all nonelected personnel who are subject to Federal and/or
State withholding tax.
(2)
A drug of abuse is as defined in Section 513.01 of the General Offenses
Code.
(3)
A positive test is one which shows that the person has a legally prohibited
substance or drug of abuse in his or her body.
(4)
A negative test is one which shows that no illegal substance or drug of
abuse is present in his or her body.
(5)
Cause includes, but is not limited to the following:
A.
Accidents on the job;
B.
Unauthorized leave;
C.
Excessive sick leave,
D.
Repeated absence of two to four days (including days before and
after days off);
E.
Excessive tardiness, especially after a day or weekend off or when
returning from lunch;
F.
Leaving work early;
G.
Peculiar and increasingly improbable excuses for absences;
H.
Continued absences from work station (more than required);
I.
Difficulty in concentration;
J.
Alternate periods of very high and very low work standards;
K.
Suspected theft;
L.
Coming to or returning to work in an obvious altered state, i.e.
slurred speech, unsteady gait;
M.
Generally lowered job efficiency;
N.
Use of poor judgment;
O.
Making bad decisions;
P.
Complaints received from the public regarding the employee;
Q.
Offering of improbable excuses for poor work performance;
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Inattentiveness, which results in mistakes;
Friction in employee relationships; and
Overreaction to real or imagined criticism.
(Ord. 2161. Passed 12-8-08.)
159.10 EMPLOYMENT AND APPOINTMENT PRACTICES.
(a)
All persons appointed to boards or commissions constituting a governing body of
the Village shall be subject to confirmation by a majority of the members of Council present,
unless a different procedure is mandated by State law.
(b)
All persons employed, on any basis, by any officer, department head or other
person in the Village shall be subject to confirmation by a majority of the members of Council
present, unless a different procedure is mandated by State law.
(c)
Any appointment or employment provided for in this section be it temporary,
provisional or permanent, shall be presented to Council for consideration of confirmation. In the
case of temporary or provisional employment, confirmation shall be made before employment is
begun; in the case of permanent employment, confirmation shall be made within sixty days of the
completion of the probationary period.
(d)
No person shall be paid from Village funds for a period of more than sixty days
after the completion of the probationary period, and before permanent appointment or employment
by the Mayor with the confirmation of Council.
(e)
All persons appointed or employed on an acting basis will be limited to serving
three months, at which time the person shall either be removed from the position or presented to
Council for confirmation on a temporary basis.
(Ord. 2161. Passed 12-8-08.)
159.11 BLANKET BOND.
There shall be a blanket bond policy in the amount of fifty thousand dollars ($50,000)
required for all Village officers and employees not otherwise specifically provided for.
(Ord. 2161. Passed 12-8-08.)
159.12 LIFE INSURANCE.
The Village is authorized to obtain, and the Clerk-Treasurer is authorized to pay for, on
behalf of the Village, life insurance coverage for those employees whom the Village is obligated
to provide health insurance coverage for by ordinance. Said life insurance, if purchased, must be
purchased in conjunction with the purchase of said required health insurance benefits.
(Ord. 2161. Passed 12-8-08.)
159.13 PAYMENT OF COMPENSATION FOR CERTAIN OFFICIALS.
The Clerk-Treasurer is authorized to pay the Mayor, Council Members, the Village
Administrator, the Solicitor, all other elected and appointed office holders who normally receive
a salary, and any employees of the Village on a bi-weekly basis. The Village shall hereby have
twenty-six (26) pay-periods annually.
(Ord. 2161. Passed 12-8-08.)
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159.14 REIMBURSEMENT OF EXPENSES.
(a)
Any expenses reimbursed to the Mayor, a member of Council, the President
Pro-Tem of Council, the Clerk-Treasurer or the Village Administrator, and all other Village
officials and employees, shall be supported by receipts in accordance with the provisions of the
Ohio Revised Code.
(b)
All expenses that have been reimbursed prior to the effective date of this section
shall not be deemed improper merely because of a lack of supported receipts.
(Ord. 2161. Passed 12-8-08.)
159.15 EXPENSE ACCOUNTS.
The following Village officials are hereby entitled to reimbursement for Village related
expenses up to the following amounts per year:
Mayor - $1,200
Clerk-Treasurer - $800.00
Council members - $150.00
Village Administrator - $600.00
Police Chief- $600.00
Fire Chief- $600.00
Residential Building Inspector - $300.00
Commercial Building Inspector - $300.00
Zoning Administrator - $600.00
(Ord. 2161. Passed 12-8-08.)
159.16 AFTER-HOUR CALL-OUT PAY.
(a)
Service Department Personnel. The minimum number of hours of work for which
Service Department employees shall be paid for an after-hour call-out is three hours, or the actual
number of hours worked, whichever is greater.
(b)
Police Department and Fire Department Personnel. The minimum number of hours
of work for which Police Department and Fire Department employees shall be paid for an
after-hour call-out is three hours, or the actual number of hours worked, whichever is greater.
(c)
After-Hour Call-Out Defined. As used in this section, "after-hour call-out" means
any time that an employee of the Village is called to work, other than during his or her normal
work hours, and in fact does such requested work. Such request to work must be made by the
authorized Village department head.
(Ord. 2161. Passed 12-8-08.)
159.17 DEFERRED COMPENSATION.
(a)
Municipal employees are hereby authorized to participate in the Ohio Public
Employees Deferred Compensation Program.
(b)
Municipal employees are hereby authorized to participate in the Equitable Life
Assurance Society Deferred Compensation Program.
(Ord. 2161. Passed 12-8-08.)
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159.18 COMPENSATORY TIME AND OVERTIME PAY FOR FIRE CHIEF,
POLICE CHIEF, WATER AND STREET SUPERINTENDENT
AND RESIDENTIAL BUILDING INSPECTOR. Overtime Pay For
Full-Time Police Department Employees.
(a)
The Fire Chief, the Police Chief, the Water and Street Superintendent and the
Residential Building Inspector shall be given compensatory time or overtime pay for any
authorized extra hours worked. Such extra hours shall be authorized and approved by the
supervisor of each officer referred to herein.
(b)
All full-time employees shall be paid one and one-half times their hourly rate for
hours worked over 80 hours in a pay period. The use of vacation time during the pay period in
which the overtime is accrued shall be considered hours worked and will be included for over-time
calculation. (Ord. 2161. Passed 12-8-08.)
159.19 MERIT INCREASES.
A fifty cent ($.50) maximum amount over the base rate of pay is hereby established for the
purpose of merit increases for hourly workers. Merit increases are to be given only with the
recommendation of the department head and with the approval of the Mayor. Evaluations, reviews
and job descriptions must be completed for a whole department before an increase will be
considered. (Ord. 2161. Passed 12-8-08.)
159.20 COMPENSATION FOR EXTRA SERVICES.
The Village shall, from time to time, by ordinance, establish a rate of compensation to be
paid for any extra services provided by Police Department patrol officers or patrol vehicles, Fire
Department Employees or Fire Department Equipment, or by Service Department employees or
equipment. All such extra services shall be performed only at the direction of the Mayor or with
the approval of the Mayor. (Ord. 2161. Passed 12-8-08.)
159.21 LONGEVITY COMPENSATION.
(a)
Each qualified full-time employee shall be entitled to a longevity payment for each
year said employee has worked continuously part-time and/or full-time for the Village of Sheffield.
(b)
Full-time and part-time employees are hereby defined as set forth in Section 159.01.
(c)
“Qualified employee” means an employee that is a current, full-time employee for
the Village between the dates of November 1st and November 20th who has worked continuously
part-time and/or full-time for at least six years.
(d)
The longevity payment will be paid at a rate of seventy-five dollars ($75.00) for
each year of continuous employment and calculated from the year of employment, not the actual
date or month of hire. (5th year = $0.00; 6th year = $450.00; 7th year = $525.00; see
Attachment A to Ordinance 2161 referenced herein and made a part hereof.)
(e)
The longevity payments shall be separate checks to qualified employees between
the dates of November 1st and November 20th no later than November 20th of the qualifying year.
(Ord. 2161. Passed 12-8-08.)
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159.22 FUNERAL LEAVE.
(a)
Full-time employees, as defined in Section 159.01, shall be granted a paid three-day
funeral leave for the death of an immediate family member upon meeting certain conditions as set
forth below.
(b)
For purposes of this section, “immediate family member” shall be defined as
spouse, grandparents, grandparents-in-law, parents, parents-in-law, sibling, siblings-in-law,
children and significant others.
(c)
Funeral leave pay shall consist of payment for eight hours at said full-time
employee’s hourly rate, and shall count as hours worked for pay purposes and sick leave accrual
purposes.
(d)
Any holiday falling within the three-day funeral leave shall not replace any of the
funeral leave time and shall be calculated for hours worked purposes, according to Section 159.05.
(e)
Any employee requesting funeral leave shall, upon return to work and prior to
being paid for said funeral leave, provide his/her supervisor with documentation of the death of
said immediate family member, such as a clipping of the newspaper obituary notice or a copy of
the death certificate.
(f)
Any employee requiring extended travel time beyond the three-day funeral leave,
shall be granted the necessary time, upon providing his/her supervisor with proof of travel
arrangements and such extended time shall be without pay.
(Ord. 2161. Passed 12-8-08.)
159.23 TRANSITIONAL WORK.
(a)
In the event that an employee suffers a work injury and, as the result of such injury,
is not able to perform his/her normal job functions, the Village may assign such employee to
perform Transitional Work, upon receipt by the Village of a written request by such employee that
details the nature of the injury, the current course of treatment and prognosis for recovery.
(b)
Transitional Work is work that:
(1)
An injured employee can perform without the risk of injury.
(2)
Is necessary; and
(3)
Allows the employee to continue working while he/she makes the transition
back to his/her regular work duties and/or normal work schedule.
(c)
Transitional Work is offered at the discretion of the Village. The maximum
aggregate duration of Transitional Work assignments during any given year shall be six months.
(d)
Once an employee has been assigned to perform Transitional Work, such employee
shall not be permitted to return to the performance of his/her regular work duties and/or normal
work schedule until such employee provides the Village with a written note or report from a
qualified physician indicating that the employee is able to perform his/her normal work duties
and/or normal work schedule. (Ord. 2161. Passed 12-8-08.)
159.24 CORRECTIVE BEHAVIOR AUTHORITY.
(a)
The Police Chief or his/her designee shall have the authority to utilize the following
corrective behavior methods in any order deemed necessary by a given violation from verbal
counseling/discipline in include discharge.
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Verbal counseling.
Written reprimand.
Discipline or time-off including discharge (must be by Mayor approval).
Paid Administrative leave for up to 96 consecutive scheduled work hours.
(b)
Subsection (a)(3) hereof requires an immediate notification and a written report to
the Mayor/Safety Director for further consideration/action.
(c)
Nothing in the Corrective Behavior Authority shall prevent the Village of Sheffield
from utilizations of the provision contained in Ohio Revised Code, Title 7.
(d)
An employee subject to Corrective Behavior Authority provisions shall have the
ability to address concerns in writing to the Mayor for review.
(Ord. 2161. Passed 12-8-08.)
159.25 POLICY ON EMPLOYEE USE OF VILLAGE-OWNED VEHICLES.
This written policy supersedes any and all prior policies of Sheffield Village with respect
to Employee use of Village-owned vehicles (hereafter referred to as "Village-Owned Vehicles.").
(a)
De Minimis Use. "De minimis" as used throughout this policy shall mean
"occasional, infrequent or not routine”. "De minimis" shall not mean more than once a month.
This policy applies as follows:
Vehicles owned or leased by Sheffield Village and dedicated to the service and use of
Sheffield Village.
(1)
Assigned vehicles to designated employees.
A.
The Village, as an Employer, provides vehicles assigned to certain
Employees of Sheffield Village for business use as a condition of
their employment;
B.
Said Employer provides Village-Owned Vehicles to be used by its
Police Department and Fire Department since certain Employees are
on-call 24-hours-a-day, seven days a week related to the law
enforcement or investigations of criminal activity and/or acts of
arson pursuant to the laws of the State of Ohio. Said Employees are
required to commute to and from work in the Village-Owned
Vehicle and, therefore, said Employees are required to commute in
the vehicle for non-compensatory business reasons.
C.
Personal use other than commuting or de minimis personal use is
prohibited. De minimis personal use, such as stopping for lunch
between business trips during the normal course of conducting
business, is an extension of business use and is not considered
personal use.
D.
Employees who are furnished a Village-Owned Vehicle pursuant to
this policy cannot be a control employee, as described under Treas.
Reg. §§1.61.21(f)(5) and (6).
E.
Personal use of Village-Owned Vehicles is taxable and included in
the Employee's gross income on Form W-2.
F.
Commuting does not qualify as de minimis personal use.
G.
Every Employee who may be provided a Village-Owned Vehicle
shall sign a written acknowledgment with respect to the delivery and
understanding of this written policy.
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(b)
(c)
General purpose use vehicles.
A.
Employees, other than those designated as law and fire enforcement
and/or investigatory Employees as provided in subsection (a)(1)
hereof may use Village-Owned Vehicles upon approval of the
Mayor or designee of the Mayor for general purposes.
B.
General purposes shall include only uses necessary and beneficial to
the business of Sheffield Village.
C.
Employees provided a vehicle for general purposes may not use the
vehicle for personal use, except de minimis use.
D.
Commuting, except on a de minimis basis, is taxable to the
Employee in the same manner as provided in subsection (a)(1)
hereof.
Explanation of Policy.
(1)
There are at least three different valuation methods under Internal Revenue
Service Regulations and the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 for computing
taxable Employee personal use of Village-Owned Vehicles.
(2)
The three special valuation rules include:
A.
The automobile lease valuation rule,
B.
The vehicle cents-per-mile rule, and
C.
The commuting valuation rule.
Treas. Reg. §1.61-21(c)(3)(ii) maintains that, in order to qualify for
use of the special valuation rules, one of the following four (4)
conditions must be satisfied:
1.
The employer treats the value of the benefit as wages for
reporting purposes on a timely basis, which is the time for
filing returns for the taxable year, including extensions, in
which the benefit is provided;
2.
The employee includes the value of the benefit in income on
a timely basis;
3.
The employee is not a control employee as described in
Treas. Reg. §§1.61-21(f)(5) and (6), such as a
highly-compensated employee (compensation greater than
one hundred thousand dollars ($100,000) in the case of a
government employer; or
4.
The employer demonstrates a good faith effort to treat the
benefit correctly for reporting purposes.
Treas. Reg. §1.61-2l(e)(2) defines a vehicle as any motorized
wheeled vehicle, including an automobile, that is manufactured
primarily for use on public streets, roads, and highways. Treas.
Reg. §1.61-21(d)(1)(ii) defines an automobile as any four-wheeled
vehicle manufactured primarily for use on public streets, roads, and
highways.
Sheffield Village has elected to use the commuting valuation method.
Commuting Valuation Rule. Under Treas. Reg. §1.61-2l(f), personal use for
commuting can be valued at one dollar and fifty cents ($1.50) each way three
dollars ($3.00 a day), provided the following criteria are met:
(1)
The vehicle is owned or leased by the employer;
(2)
The vehicle is provided to the employee for business use;
(3)
The employer requires the employee to commute in the vehicle for valid
non-compensatory business reasons;
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The employer has a written policy prohibiting a person's use other than
commuting or de minimis personal use;
(5)
The employee does not use the vehicle for personal use; and
(6)
The employee required to use the vehicle for commuting is not a control
employee, as described under Treas. Reg. §§1.61 -21(£)(5) and (6), such
as a highly compensated employee (compensation greater than one hundred
thousand dollars ($100,000)) in the case of a government employer.
Qualified Non-Personal Use Vehicles.
(1)
Temporary (Temp.) Treas. Reg. §1.274-5T(k)(ii) defines a qualified
non-personal use vehicle as any vehicle that, by reason of its nature
(design), is not likely to be used more than a de minimis amount for
personal use. The recordkeeping and substantiation requirements of IRC
§274(d) do not apply to qualified, non-personal use vehicles. Examples of
such vehicles include clearly marked police and fire vehicles, certain
unmarked vehicles used by law enforcement officers, tractors and other
special purpose farm vehicles, qualified specialized utility repair trucks,
flatbed trucks, dump trucks, and school buses.
(2)
Temp. Treas. Reg. §1.274-5T(k)(iii) maintains that a police or fire vehicle
is a vehicle that:
A.
Is owned or leased by a governmental unit or instrumentality
thereof,
B.
Is required to be used for commuting by a police officer or fire
fighter who is on call at all times,
C.
Is prohibited to be used for personal reasons (other than
commuting), and
D.
Is clearly marked, if it is apparent that the vehicle is a police or fire
vehicle, by means of painted insignia or words.
(Ord. 2219. Passed 3-8-10.)
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TITLE SEVEN - Boards and Commissions
Chap. 169. Planning Commission.
Chap. 179. Records Commission.
CHAPTER 169
Planning Commission
169.01 Establishment.
169.02 Membership; compensation.
169.03 Powers and duties generally.
169.04 Height, design and location of
buildings.
CROSS REFERENCES
Plat approval required - see Ohio R.C. 711.09
Planning Commission shall be Platting Commission - see Ohio R.C.
713.03
Planning Commission to control buildings - see Ohio R.C. 713.04
Amendments of Zoning Code - see P. & Z. Ch. 1111
169.01 ESTABLISHMENT.
There is hereby established a Planning Commission in the Village in accordance with the
provisions of Ohio R.C. 713.01 et seq.
(Ord. 127. Passed 11-19-46.)
169.02 MEMBERSHIP; COMPENSATION.
The Planning Commission shall consist of five members, as follows: the Mayor, one
member of Council to be selected by Council for the remainder of his or her term as a member
of Council, and three citizens of the Village who shall be appointed by the Mayor for terms of six
years each, except that the term of one of the members first appointed shall be for four years and
one for two years. All of such members shall serve without compensation. The members of
Council, at the first meeting of Council in January following their election, shall choose one of
their number to serve as a member of the Planning Commission aa provided for herein.
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169.03 POWERS AND DUTIES GENERALLY.
The Planning Commission shall have and exercise all of the powers and authority and shall
perform all of the duties of similar commissions, under and in accordance with the provisions of
Ohio R.C. 713.01 et seq. and other relevant provisions of the Ohio Revised Code.
(Ord. 127. Passed 11-19-46.)
169.04 HEIGHT, DESIGN AND LOCATION OF BUILDINGS.
Council hereby authorizes the Planning Commission to control the height, design and
location of buildings in accordance with the provisions of Ohio R.C. 713.07 through 713.09 and
other relevant provisions of the Ohio Revised Code.
(Ord. 127. Passed 11-19-46.)
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CHAPTER 179
Records Commission
179.01
179.02
179.03
179.04
Establishment; composition.
Secretary.
Meetings.
Functions.
179.05 State approval required for
disposal; notice to Ohio
Historical Society.
179.06 Fees for records.
CROSS REFERENCES
Prohibition against destruction or damage of records - see Ohio R.C. 149.351
Municipal records commissions - see Ohio R.C. 149.39
Only necessary records to be made - see Ohio R.C. 149.40
Tampering with records - see GEN. OFF. 545.14
179.01 ESTABLISHMENT; COMPOSITION.
There is hereby established in and for the Village a Records Commission. Such
Commission shall consist of:
(a)
The Mayor or his or her appointed representative as Chairperson;
(b)
The Clerk-Treasurer;
(c)
The Solicitor; and
(d)
A citizen appointed by the Mayor, who shall serve for three years.
179.02 SECRETARY.
The Records Commission shall appoint a Secretary, who may or may not be a member of
the Commission and who shall serve at the pleasure of the Commission.
179.03 MEETINGS.
The Records Commission shall meet at least once every six months and upon the call of
the Chairperson.
179.04 FUNCTIONS.
The functions of the Records Commission shall be to provide rules for retention and
disposal of records of the Village and to review applications for one-time records disposal and
schedules of records retention and disposition submitted by Municipal offices. Records may be
disposed of by the Commission pursuant to the procedure outlined in Section 179.05. The
Commission may at any time review any schedule it has previously approved and for good cause
shown may revise that schedule.
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179.05 STATE APPROVAL REQUIRED FOR DISPOSAL; NOTICE TO OHIO
HISTORICAL SOCIETY.
When Municipal records have been approved for disposal, a list of such records shall be
sent to the State Auditor. If he or she disapproves of the action taken by the Records Commission,
in whole or in part, he or she shall so inform the Commission within a period of sixty days and
these records shall not be destroyed. Further, the Ohio Historical Society shall be given notice of
records to be disposed of and shall have sixty days to select for its custody such public records as
it considers to be of continuing historical value.
179.06 FEES FOR RECORDS.
The fee for obtaining copies of all public records shall be five cents (5¢) per single sided
page for requests exceeding six pages. If copies are to be mailed, the requestor shall provide a
self-addressed envelope with proper postage affixed, in addition to the fee for copies, if any.
(Ord. 1753. Passed 2-14-00.)
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TITLE NINE - Judiciary
Chap. 185. Mayor's Court.
CHAPTER 185
Mayor's Court
EDITOR'S NOTE: Ohio R.C. 1905.01 provides that the
Mayor of Sheffield has jurisdiction to hear and determine any
prosecution for the violation of a Sheffield ordinance, and has
jurisdiction in all criminal causes involving moving traffic violations
occurring on State highways located within the corporate limits of
Sheffield, subject to the limitations of Ohio R.C. 2937.08 and
2938.04. In keeping his or her docket and file, the Mayor shall be
governed by the laws pertaining to county courts.
Ohio R.C. 2937.08 provides that if the court in which a
defendant is charged with an offense is not a court of record (the
Mayor's Court), and the charge is such that a right to a jury trial
exists, such matter shall not be tried before the Mayor unless the
accused, by writing subscribed by him or her, waives a jury and
consents to be tried by the magistrate. If the defendant, in such
event, does not waive his or her right to a jury trial, then the
magistrate shall require the accused to enter into a recognizance to
appear before a court of record in Lorain County (the Avon Lake
Municipal Court) and the magistrate shall thereupon certify all
papers filed, together with a transcript of proceedings and accrued
costs to date, and such recognizance, if given, to the court of
record. However, Rule 23(A) of the Ohio Rules of Criminal
Procedure provides that in petty offense cases, where there is a right
to jury trial, the defendant shall be tried by the court unless he or
she demands a jury trial. The jurisdiction of a Mayor's Court, in
such cases, is further limited by Rule 9 of the Ohio Traffic Rules,
which provides that if a jury demand is not made pursuant to
Criminal Rule 23, and the defendant waives his or her right to jury
trial in writing, a mayor may try the case only if (1) his or her
compensation as a judge is not directly dependent upon criminal
case convictions, or (2) he or she is not the chief executive and
administrative officer of the municipality and as such responsible for
the financial condition of the municipality. Guilty and no contest
pleas may be taken by any mayor.
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Ohio R.C. 1901.24 and 2938.04 provide that the right to
trial by jury shall be claimed by making demand in writing therefor
and filing the same with the clerk of the court of record not less than
three days prior to the date set for trial or on or before the day
following receipt of notice of the date set for trial, whichever is
later. However, Rule 23(A) of the Ohio Rules of Criminal
Procedure, which presumptively supersedes Ohio R.C. 2938.04,
provides that right to trial by jury shall be claimed by making
demand in writing therefor and filing the same with the clerk of
court not less than ten days prior to the date set for trial, or on or
before the third day following receipt of notice of the date set for
trial, whichever is later. Failure to claim a jury trial as provided
herein is a complete waiver of the right thereto. Ohio R.C. 2938.04
provides, further, that a jury trial may not be had in courts not of
record, but failure to waive a jury in writing where the right to a
jury trial may be asserted shall require the magistrate to certify such
case to a court of record as provided in Ohio R.C. 2937.08.
Ohio R.C. 2945.17 provides that an accused has a right to
be tried by a jury at any trial in any court for the violation of any
Ohio statute or of any Sheffield ordinance, except in cases in which
the penalty involved does not exceed a fine of one hundred dollars
($100.00).
The Supreme Court of Ohio, on December 4, 1967,
promulgated "Rules of Practice and Procedure in Traffic Cases For
All Courts Inferior to Common Pleas," the adoption of which
became mandatory prior to March 2, 1969. Amended Rules,
referred to as the Ohio Traffic Rules, became effective on January
1, 1975.
Effective October 20, 1987, Mayors of Mayor's Courts were
authorized to suspend or revoke the operator's or commercial
driver's license or permit or nonresident operating privilege of any
person who is convicted of or pleads guilty to a violation of Ohio
R.C. 4511.19 or Section 333.01 of the Traffic Code (DUI), in
accordance with Ohio R.C. 4507.16(B).
185.01 Mayor's Court Computer Fund.
CROSS REFERENCES
Mayor's Court jurisdiction - see Ohio R.C. 1905.01 et seq.
Mayor's powers and duties - see Ohio R.C. 1905.20 et seq.
Contempt of court - see Ohio R.C. 1905.28, 1907.171 et seq., 2935.11
Peace and search warrant - see Ohio R.C. Ch. 2933
Detection and arrest - see Ohio R.C. Ch. 2935
Preliminary "examination; bail - see Ohio R.C. Ch. 2937
Trial - see Ohio R.C. Ch. 2938
Notification to Director of liquor law convictions - see Ohio R.C.
4301.991
Record of traffic violations - see Ohio R.C. 4513.37
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185.01
185.01 MAYOR'S COURT COMPUTER FUND.
(a)
There is hereby established a Mayor's Court Computer Fund, into which shall be
deposited cash or proceeds from cases heard in the Village Mayor's Court.
Proceeds received hereunder are hereby designated by Council to be used only for payment
for the court computer and for any updates or maintenance required therefor.
(b)
The Clerk-Treasurer and the Solicitor shall obtain written approval from the Auditor
of the State prior to implementation of the Mayor's Court Computer Fund and collection of money
therefor. (Ord. 1533. Passed 1-27-97.)
(c)
Council hereby designates that five dollars ($5.00) of each of the mayor's Court
court costs assessed and collected shall be deposited and used in accordance with subsection (a)
hereof. (Ord. 1545. Passed 3-24-97.)
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TITLE ELEVEN - Taxation
Chap. 191. Earned Income Tax.
Chap. 195. Hotel/Motel Lodging Excise Tax.
Chap. 197. Motor Vehicle License Tax.
CHAPTER 191
Earned Income Tax
191.01 Definitions.
191.02 Levy of tax; purpose.
191.03 Imposition of tax; rate and
income taxable.
191.04 Effective period of tax.
191.05 Determination of allocation of
tax.
191.06 Sales made in the village defined.
191.07 Determination of business
allocation percentage.
191.08 Rental income.
191.09 Operating loss carry-forward.
191.10 Exemptions; sources of income
not taxed.
191.11 When return required to be
made.
191.12 Form and content of return.
191.13 Extension of time for filing
returns.
191.14 Consolidated returns.
191.15 Amended returns.
191.16 Payment of tax on filing of
reports.
191.17 Collection at source.
191.18 Declarations of income not
collected at source.
191.19 Filing of declaration.
191.20 Form of declarations.
191.21 Payment to accompany
declarations.
191.22 Annual returns.
191.23 Interest on unpaid tax.
191.24 Penalties on unpaid tax.
191.25 Exceptions.
191.26 Abatement of interest and
penalty.
191.27 Violations.
191.28 Limitation on prosecutions.
191.29 Failure to procure forms not
excuse.
191.30 Unpaid taxes recoverable as other
debts.
191.31 Refunds of taxes erroneously
paid.
191.32 Amounts of less than one dollar.
191.33 Tax credit.
191.34 Disbursement of funds collected.
191.35 Receipt of taxes; records and
reports.
191.36 Enforced collection.
191.37 General authority of
Administrator; rules and
regulations.
191.38 Installment payments.
191.39 Determination of amount of tax
due.
191.40 Investigations.
191.41 Production of records.
191.42 Refusal to produce records.
191.43 Confidential nature of
information obtained.
191.44 Taxpayer required to retain
records.
191.45 Board of Review.
191.46 Duty of Board to approve
regulations and to hear appeals.
191.47 Right of appeal.
191.48 Collection of tax after termination
of chapter.
191.49 Authority of central collection
agency.
191.50 Separability.
191.99 Penalty.
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CROSS REFERENCES
Municipal income taxes - see Ohio R.C. Ch. 718
191.01 DEFINITIONS.
(a)
"Administrator" means the individual or tax collecting authority, or both, as
provided for in Section 191.49, designated to administer and enforce the provisions
of this chapter.
(b)
"Association" means any partnership, limited partnership or any other form of
unincorporated enterprise owned by two or more persons.
(c)
"Board of Review" means the Board created by and constituted as provided in
Section 191.45.
(d)
"Business" means any enterprise, activity, profession or undertaking of any nature
conducted for profit or ordinarily conducted for profit, whether by an individual,
partnership, association, corporation or any other entity, excluding, however, all
nonprofit corporations which are exempt from the payment of Federal income tax.
(e)
"Corporation" means a corporation or joint-stock association organized under the
laws of the United States, the State of Ohio or any other state, territory or foreign
country or dependency.
(f)
"Employee" means one who works for wages, salary, commission or other type of
compensation in the service of an employer.
(g)
"Employer" means an individual, partnership, association, corporation, government
body, unit or agency, or any other entity, whether or not organized for profit, who
or that employs one or more persons on a salary, wage, commission or other basis
of compensation.
(h)
"Fiscal year" means an accounting period of twelve months or less ending on any
day other than December 31.
(i)
“Gross Gambling Winnings” means the gross proceeds, receipts, payments or
winnings from gambling or from any game of chance conducted or administered
in, but not limited to, the State of Ohio, any other state, or any United States
territory, whether conducted by a state agency, a private entity, or by individual
persons.
(j)
“Gross Lottery Winnings” means the gross proceeds, receipts, payments, or
winnings from a lottery commissioned, conducted, or administered by, but not
limited to, the State of Ohio, any other state, United States territory, governmentbenefit multi-state lottery association, or other similar agency.
(k)
"Gross receipts" means the total income from any source whatever.
(l)
"Net profits" means a net gain from the operation of a business, profession,
enterprise or other activity after provision for all ordinary and necessary expenses,
either paid or accrued, in accordance with the accounting system used by the
taxpayer for Federal income tax purposes, without deduction of taxes imposed by
this chapter, Federal, State and other taxes based on income, and, in the case of an
association, without deduction of salaries paid to partners and other owners.
(m)
"Nonresident" means an individual domiciled outside of the Village of Sheffield.
(n)
"Nonresident unincorporated business entity" means an unincorporated business
entity not having an office or place of business within the Village of Sheffield.
(o)
“Other compensation” means, for purposes of this chapter, but is in no way limited
to, Gross Lottery/Gambling Winnings, as such term is defined herein.
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(p)
(q)
(r)
(s)
(t)
(u)
(v)
(w)
191.03
"Person" means every natural person, partnership, fiduciary, association or
corporation. Whenever used in any clause prescribing and imposing a penalty, the
term "person", as applied to any unincorporated entity, means the partners or
members thereof, and as applied to corporations, the officers thereof.
"Place of business" means any bona fide office (other than a mere statutory office),
factory, warehouse or other space which is occupied and used by the taxpayer in
carrying on any business activity individually or through one or more of his or her
regular employees regularly in attendance.
"Resident" means an individual domiciled in the Village of Sheffield.
"Resident unincorporated business entity" means an unincorporated business entity
having an office or place of business within the Village of Sheffield.
"Taxable income" means wages, salaries and other compensation paid by an
employer or employers before any deduction and/or the net profits from the
operation of a business, profession or other enterprise or activity adjusted in
accordance with the provisions of this chapter, and Gross Lottery/Gambling
Winnings.
"Taxable year" means the calendar year, or the fiscal year upon the basis of which
the net profits are to be computed under this chapter, and, in the case of a return
for a fractional part of a year, the period for which such return is required to be
made.
"Taxpayer" means a person, whether an individual, partnership, association or any
corporation or other entity, required hereunder to file a return or pay a tax.
The singular shall include the plural, and the masculine shall include the feminine
and the neuter.
(Ord. 2021. Passed 3-28-05.)
191.02 LEVY OF TAX; PURPOSE.
There is hereby levied a tax on all salaries, wages, commissions and other compensation,
and on net profits, as hereinafter provided, for the purpose of providing funds to finance the
general Municipal functions of the Village.
(Ord. 491. Passed 5-6-68.)
191.03 IMPOSITION OF TAX; RATE AND INCOME TAXABLE.
An annual tax for the purposes specified in Section 191.02 shall be imposed on and after
July 1, 1968, at the rate of one one-half percent per annum upon the following:
(a)
On all salaries, wages, commissions and other compensation earned on and after
July 1, 1968, by residents of the Village.
(b)
On all salaries, wages, commissions and other compensation earned on and after
July 1, 1968, by nonresidents of the Village for work done or services performed
or rendered within the Village.
(c)
On the portion attributable to the Village on the net profits earned on and after July
1, 1968, of all resident unincorporated business entities or professions or other
activities, derived from sales made, work done, services performed or rendered and
business or other activities conducted in the Village.
(d)
On the portion of the distributive share of the net profits earned on and after July
1, 1968, of a resident partner or owners of a resident unincorporated business
entity not attributable to the Village and not levied against such unincorporated
business entity by the Village.
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On the portion attributable to the Village of the net profits earned on or after July
1, 1968, of all nonresident unincorporated business entities, professions or other
activities, derived from sales made, work done, services performed or rendered and
business and other activities conducted in the Village, whether or not such
unincorporated business entity has an office or place of business in the Village.
On the portion of the distributive share of the net profits earned on or after July 1,
1968, of a resident partner or owner of a nonresident unincorporated business
entity not attributable to the Village and not levied against such unincorporated
business entity by the Village.
On the portion attributable to the Village of the net profits earned on and after July
1, 1968, of all corporations derived from sales made, work done, services
performed or rendered and business or other activities conducted in the Village,
whether or not such corporations have an office or place of business in the Village.
On May 5, 2009 electors approved an ordinance providing for an increase 0.50%
levy on income for five years to be paid into the General Account for the use of
providing sufficient funds for the necessary operations of the Village and for the
operations of the Police, Fire and Service Departments for the purposes of wages
and manpower. (Ord. 2172. Passed 1-26-09.)
191.04 EFFECTIVE PERIOD OF TAX.
The tax shall be levied, collected and paid with respect to the salaries, wages, commissions
and other compensation, and with respect to the net profits of businesses, professions or other
activities earned on and after July 1, 1968. (Ord. 491. Passed 5-6-68.)
191.05 DETERMINATION OF ALLOCATION OF TAX.
(a)
In the taxation of income which is subject to Village income taxes, if the books and
records of a taxpayer conducting a business or profession both within and without the boundaries
of the Village shall disclose with reasonable accuracy what portion of its net profit is attributable
to that part of the business or profession conducted within the boundaries of the Village, then only
such portion shall be considered as having a taxable situs in the Village for the purposes of
Municipal income taxation. The portion of the entire net profits of a taxpayer to be allocated as
having been derived from within the Village of Sheffield, in the absence of actual records thereof,
shall be determined as follows:
(b)
Multiply the entire net profits by a business allocation percentage to be determined
by a three-factor formula of property, payroll and sales, each of which shall be given equal
weight, as follows:
(1)
The average net book value of the real and tangible personal property
owned or used by the taxpayer in the business or profession in the Village
during the taxable period to the average net book value of all the real and
tangible personal property owned or used by the taxpayer in the business
or profession during the same period, wherever situated. As used in the
preceding paragraph, "real property" includes property rented or leased by
the taxpayer and the value of such property shall be determined by
multiplying the annual rental thereon by eight.
(2)
Wages, salaries and other compensation paid during the taxable period to
persons employed in the business or profession for services performed in
the Village to wages, salaries and other compensation paid during the same
period to persons employed in the business or profession, wherever their
services are performed.
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191.08
Gross receipts of the business or profession from sales made and services
performed during the taxable period in the Village to gross receipts of the
business or profession during the same period from sales and services,
wherever made or performed.
(c)
In the event that the foregoing allocation formula does not produce an equitable
result, another basis may, under uniform regulations, be substituted so as to produce such result.
(Ord. 491. Passed 5-6-68.)
191.06 SALES MADE IN THE VILLAGE DEFINED.
As used in Section 191.05(c) "sales made in the Village" means:
(a)
All sales of tangible personal property which is delivered within the Village
regardless of where title passes if shipped or delivered from a stock of goods within
the Village.
(b)
All sales of tangible personal property which is delivered within the Village
regardless of where title passes, even though transported from a point outside the
Village, if the taxpayer is regularly engaged through its own employees in the
solicitation or promotion of sales within the Village and the sales result from such
solicitation or promotion.
(c)
All sales of tangible personal property which is shipped from a place within the
Village to purchasers outside of the Village regardless of where title passes if the
taxpayer is not, through its own employees, regularly engaged in the solicitation
or promotion of sales at the place where delivery is made.
(Ord. 491. Passed 5-6-68.)
191.07 DETERMINATION OF BUSINESS ALLOCATION PERCENTAGE.
Add together the percentages determined in accordance with Section 191.05(a) through (c)
or such of the aforesaid percentages as are applicable to the particular taxpayer and divide the total
so obtained by the number of percentages used in deriving such total in order to obtain the
business allocation percentage referred to in Section 191.05.
A factor is applicable even though it may be allocable entirely in or outside the Village.
(Ord. 491. Passed 5-6-68.)
191.08 RENTAL INCOME.
Rental income received by a taxpayer shall be included in the computation of net profits
from business activities under Section 191.03 only if and to the extent that the rental, ownership,
management or operations of the real estate from which such rentals are derived, whether so
rented, managed or operated by a taxpayer individually or through agents or other representatives,
constitutes a business activity of the taxpayer in whole or part.
Where the gross monthly rental of any and all real properties, regardless of number and
value, aggregates in excess of two hundred fifty dollars ($250.00) per month, it shall be primafacie evidence that the rental, ownership, management or taxpayer and the new income of such
rental property is subject to tax. However, in the case of commercial property the owner shall be
considered engaged in a business activity when the rental is based on a fixed or fluctuating
percentage of gross or net sales, receipts or profits of the lessee, whether or not such rental
exceeds two hundred fifty dollars ($250.00) per month. Further, in the case of farm property, the
owner shall be considered engaged in a business activity when he or she shares in net receipts
derived from the farm, whether or not the gross income exceeds such two hundred fifty dollars
($250.00) per month. Further, the person who operates a licensed rooming house shall be
considered in business, whether or not the gross income exceeds two hundred fifty dollars
($250.00) per month.
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It shall be mandatory for every property owner subject to this section to personally, or
through a management agent, submit a list to the Administrator of names and addresses of all
persons, firms, corporations or other entities occupying, leasing, renting or otherwise using the
premises within this Municipality in such a manner as to produce benefit and whether or not such
benefit results in a profit or loss. The required list shall be prepared as of December 31 of each
year and submitted on or before January 31 of the following year and at such other times as may
be prescribed by the Administrator. (Ord. 621. Passed 10-9-72.)
191.09 OPERATING LOSS CARRY-FORWARD.
(a)
The portion of a net operating loss sustained in any taxable year subsequent to July
1, 1968, allocable to the Village may be applied against the portion of the profit of succeeding tax
years allocable to the Village, until exhausted but in no event for more than five taxable years
immediately following the year in which the loss occurred. No portion of a net operating loss shall
be carried back against net profits of any prior year.
(b)
The portion of net operating loss sustained shall be allocated to the Village in the
same manner as provided herein for allocating net profits to the Village.
(c)
The Administrator shall provide by rules and regulations the manner in which such
net operating loss carry-forward shall be determined. (Ord. 491. Passed 5-6-68.)
191.10 EXEMPTIONS; SOURCES OF INCOME NOT TAXED.
The tax provided for herein shall not be levied on the following:
(a)
Pay or allowance of active members of the Armed Forces of the United States or
the income of religious, fraternal, charitable, scientific, literary or educational
institutions to the extent that such income is derived from tax exempt real estate,
tax exempt tangible or intangible property or tax exempt activities.
(b)
Poor relief, unemployment insurance benefits, old age pensions or similar
payments, including disability benefits received from local, State or Federal
governments or charitable, religious or educational organizations.
(c)
Proceeds of insurance paid by reason of the death of the insured; pensions,
disability benefits, annuities or gratuities not in the nature of compensation for
services rendered from whatever source derived.
(d)
Receipts from seasonal or casual entertainment, amusements, sports events and
health and welfare activities, when any such are conducted by bona fide charitable,
religious or educational organizations and associations.
(e)
Alimony received.
(f)
Personal earnings of any natural person under eighteen years of age.
(g)
Compensation for personal injuries or for damages to property by way of insurance
or otherwise.
(h)
Interest, dividends and other revenue from intangible property.
(i)
Gains from involuntary conversion, cancellation of indebtedness, interest on
Federal obligations, items of income already taxed by the State which the Village
is specifically prohibited from taxing, and income of a decedent's estate during the
period of administration (except such income from the operation of a business).
(j)
Salaries, wages, commissions and other compensation and net profits, the taxation
of which is prohibited by the United States Constitution or any act of Congress
limiting the power of the states or their political subdivisions to impose net income
taxes on income derived from interstate commerce.
(k)
Salaries, wages, commissions and other compensation and net profits, the taxation
of which is prohibited by the Constitution of the State of Ohio or any act of the
Ohio General Assembly limiting the power of the Village to impose net income
taxes. (Ord. 491. Passed 5-6-68.)
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191.11 WHEN RETURN REQUIRED TO BE MADE.
Each taxpayer shall, whether or not a tax is due thereon, make and file a return on or
before April 30 of the year following the effective date of this section (Ordinance 621, passed
October 9, 1972) and on or before April 30 of each year thereafter. When the return is made for
a fiscal year or other period different from the calendar year, the return shall be filed within four
months from the end of such fiscal year or period.
(Ord. 621. Passed 10-9-72.)
191.12 FORM AND CONTENT OF RETURN.
The return shall be filed with the Administrator on a form or forms furnished by or
obtainable upon request from such Administrator, setting forth:
(a)
The aggregate amounts of salaries, wages, compensation earned and gross income
from business, profession or other activity, less allowable expenses incurred in the
acquisition of such gross income earned during the preceding year and subject to
such tax;
(b)
The amount of the tax imposed by this chapter on such earnings and profits; and
(c)
Such other pertinent statements, information returns or other information as the
Administrator may require. (Ord. 491. Passed 5-6-68.)
191.13 EXTENSION OF TIME FOR FILING RETURNS.
The Administrator may extend the time for filing of the annual return, upon the request of
the taxpayer, for a period of not more than six months, or one month beyond any extension
requested of or granted by the Internal Revenue Service for the filing of the Federal Income Tax
Return. The Administrator may require a tentative return, accompanied by payment of the amount
of tax shown to be due thereon by the date the return is normally due. No penalty or interest shall
be assessed in those cases in which the return is filed and the final tax paid within the period as
extended. (Ord. 491. Passed 5-6-68.)
191.14 CONSOLIDATED RETURNS.
(a)
Filing of consolidated returns may be permitted or required in accordance with rules
and regulations prescribed by the Administrator.
(b)
In the case of a corporation that carried on transactions with its stockholders or with
other corporations related by stock ownership, interlocking directorates or some other method, or
in case any person operates a division, branch, factory, office, laboratory or activity within the
Village constituting a portion only of its total business, the Administrator shall require such
additional information as he or she may deem necessary to ascertain whether net profits are
properly allocated to the Village. If the Administrator finds that net profits are not properly
allocated to the Village by reason of actions with stockholders or with other corporations related
by stock ownership, interlocking directorates or transactions with such division, branch, factory,
office, laboratory or activity, or by some other method, he or she shall make such allocation as
he or she deems appropriate to produce a fair and proper allocation of net profits to the Village.
(Ord. 491. Passed 5-6-68.)
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191.15 AMENDED RETURNS.
(a)
Where necessary, an amended return must be filed in order to report additional
income and pay any additional tax due or claim a refund to tax overpaid, subject to the
requirements, limitations, or both, contained in Sections 191.30 through 191.33. Such amended
return shall be on a form obtainable on request from the Administrator. A taxpayer may not
change the method of accounting or apportionment of net profits after the due date for filing the
original return.
(b)
Within three months from the final determination of any Federal tax liability
affecting the taxpayer's Village tax liability, such taxpayer shall make and file an amended Village
return, showing income subject to the Village tax based upon such final determination of Federal
tax liability, and pay any additional tax shown due thereon or make claim for refund of any
overpayment. (Ord. 491. Passed 5-6-68.)
191.16 PAYMENT OF TAX ON FILING OF RETURN.
(a)
The taxpayer making a return shall, at the time of filing thereof, pay to the
Administrator the amount of taxes shown as due thereon, except:
(1)
Where any portion of the tax so due is deducted at the source pursuant to
the provisions of Section 191.17; or
(2)
Where any portion of such tax is paid by the taxpayer pursuant to the
provisions of Sections 191.18 and 191.21; or
(3)
Where an income tax has been paid on the same income to another
municipality. In such case, credit for the amount so deducted or paid or
credit to the extent provided for in Section 191.33 shall be deducted from
the amount shown to be due and only the balance, if any, shall be due and
payable at the time of filing such return.
(b)
A taxpayer who has overpaid the amount of tax to which the Village is entitled
under the provisions of this chapter may have such overpayment applied against any subsequent
liability hereunder or, at his or her election, indicated on the return, such overpayment, or part
thereof, shall be refunded, provided that no additional taxes or refunds of less than one dollar
($1.00) shall be collected or refunded. (Ord. 621. Passed 10-9-72.)
191.17 COLLECTION AT SOURCE.
(a)
In accordance with rules and regulations prescribed by the Administrator, each
employer within or doing business within the Village shall deduct, at the time of the payment of
salary, wages, commission or other compensation, the tax of one and one-half percent (unless a
different tax rate is imposed in Section 191.03) per year of the gross salaries, wages, commissions
or other compensation due by such employer to an employee, and shall, on or before the last day
of each month, make a return and pay to the Administrator the amount of taxes so deducted during
the previous month. However, if the amount of the tax so deducted by an employer in any one
month is less than one hundred dollars ($100.00), the employer may defer the filing of a return
and payment of the amount deducted until the last day of the month following the end of the
calendar quarter in which such month occurred.
(b)
Such returns shall be on a form prescribed by or acceptable to the Administrator
and shall be subject to the rules and regulations prescribed therefor by the Administrator. Such
employer shall be liable for the payment of the tax required to be deducted and withheld whether
or not such taxes have, in fact, been withheld.
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(c)
Such employer in collecting such tax shall be deemed to hold the same until
payment is made by such employer to the Village as a Trustee for the benefit of the Village, and
any such tax collected by such employer from his or her employees shall, until the same is paid
to the Village, be deemed a trust fund in the hands of such employer.
(d)
No person shall be required to withhold the tax on wages or other compensation
paid domestic servants employed by him or her exclusively in or about such person's residence,
even though such residence is in the Village, but such employee shall be subject to all of the
requirements of this chapter. (Ord. 621. Passed 10-9-72.)
(e)
The officer or employee having control or supervision of or charged with the
responsibility of filing the return and making the payment shall be personally liable for failure to
file the return or pay the tax due as required herein. The dissolution, bankruptcy or reorganization
of any such employer does not discharge an officer’s or employee’s liability for a prior failure of
such business to file a return or pay taxes due. (Ord. 2074. Passed 9-11-06.)
191.18 DECLARATIONS OF INCOME NOT COLLECTED AT SOURCE.
Except as provided in this section, every person shall file a declaration setting forth taxable
income, including distributive shares of net profits of unincorporated business entities, estimated
to be earned during the current tax year, together with the estimated tax due thereon, less the
amount withheld within the Village, and less the tax credit allowed in Section 191.33, unless the
entire taxable income is subject to withholding within the Village, pursuant to Section 191.17. If
the estimated tax for the current year, less the tax to be withheld, and less such tax credit, amounts
to not more than one hundred dollars ($100.00), no declaration of payment of estimated tax is
required.
(Ord. 1868. Passed 6-24-02.)
191.19 FILING OF DECLARATION.
(a)
The declaration required by Section 191.18 shall be filed on or before April 30 of
each year during the effective period set forth in Section 191.04 or within four months of the date
the taxpayer becomes subject to tax for the first time.
(b)
Those taxpayers reporting on a fiscal year basis shall file a declaration within four
months after the beginning of each fiscal year or period. (Ord. 491. Passed 5-6-68.)
191.20 FORM OF DECLARATIONS.
(a) The declaration required by Section 191.18 shall be filed upon a form furnished by, or
obtainable from, the Administrator. However, credit shall be taken for Village tax to be withheld
from any portion of such income. In accordance with the provisions of Section 191.33, credit may
be taken for tax to be paid or to be withheld and remitted to another taxing municipality.
(b)
The original declaration, or any subsequent amendment thereof, may be increased
or decreased on or before any subsequent quarterly payment date as provided for herein.
(Ord. 491. Passed 5-6-68.)
191.21 PAYMENT TO ACCOMPANY DECLARATIONS.
Declarations of estimated tax to be paid to the Village shall be accompanied by a payment
of at least one-fourth of the estimated annual tax, and at least a similar amount shall be paid on or
before the last day of the seventh and tenth months after the beginning of the taxable year and on
or before the last day of the first month of the succeeding year following the taxable year.
However, in case an amended declaration has been filed, the unpaid balance shown due thereon
shall be paid in equal installments on or before the remaining payment dates.
(Ord. 660. Passed 12-3-73.)
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191.22 ANNUAL RETURNS.
On or before the last day of the fourth month of the year following that for which such
declaration or amended declaration was filed, an annual return shall be filed and any balance
which may be due the Village shall be paid therewith in accordance with the provisions of Section
191.16. However, any taxpayer may file, on or before the last day of the first month of the year
following that for which such declaration or amended declaration was filed, an annual return and
pay any balance due at such time in lieu of filing an amended declaration and in lieu of paying the
final quarterly installment based upon a declaration or amended declaration of estimated tax.
(Ord. 621. Passed 10-9-72.)
191.23 INTEREST ON UNPAID TAX.
All taxes imposed and all moneys withheld or required to be withheld by employers, and
all installments of estimated taxes required to be paid under the provisions of this chapter and
remaining unpaid after they become due, shall bear interest at the rate of six percent per year.
(Ord; 621. Passed 10-9-72.)
191.24 PENALTIES ON UNPAID TAX.
In addition to interest as provided in Section 191.23, penalties based on the unpaid tax or
installments of estimated tax are hereby imposed as follows:
(a)
For failure to pay taxes or estimated taxes due, other than taxes withheld, ten
percent per year, but not less than five dollars ($5.00);
(b)
For failure to remit taxes withheld from employees, ten percent per month or
fraction thereof. The accumulated penalty shall not exceed fifty percent upon any
unpaid amount and shall be not less than five dollars ($5.00).
(Ord. 621. Passed 10-9-72.)
191.25 EXCEPTIONS.
A penalty shall not be assessed on an additional tax assessment made by the Administrator
when a return has been filed in good faith and the tax paid thereon within the time prescribed by
the Administrator. In the absence of fraud, neither penalty nor interest shall be assessed on any
additional tax assessment resulting from a Federal audit, providing an amended return is filed and
the additional tax is paid within three months after a final determination of the Federal tax liability.
(Ord. 491. Passed 5-6-68.)
191.26 ABATEMENT OF INTEREST AND PENALTY.
Either the Administrator or the Board of Review may abate penalty or interest, or both,
for good cause shown. (Ord. 621. Passed 10-9-72.)
191.27 VIOLATIONS.
No person shall:
(a)
Fail, neglect or refuse to make any return or declaration required by this chapter;
(b)
Make any incomplete, false or fraudulent return;
(c)
Fail, neglect or refuse to pay the tax, penalties or interest imposed by this chapter;
(d)
Fail, neglect or refuse to withhold the tax from his or her employees or remit such
withholding to the Administrator;
(e)
Refuse to permit the Administrator or any duly authorized agent or employee to
examine his or her books, records, papers and Federal Income Tax Returns relating
to the income or net profits of a taxpayer;
(f)
Fail to appear before the Administrator and to produce his or her books, records,
papers or Federal Income Tax Returns relating to the income or net profits of a
taxpayer upon order or subpoenas of the Administrator;
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(h)
(i)
(j)
(k)
191.32
Refuse to disclose to the Administrator any information with respect to the income
or net profits of a taxpayer;
Fail to comply with the provisions of this chapter or any order or subpoena of the
Administrator authorized hereby;
Give to an employer false information as to his or her true name, correct social
security number and residence address or fail to promptly notify an employer of
any change in residence address and date thereof;
Fail to use ordinary diligence in maintaining proper records of employees'
residence addresses, total wages paid and Village tax withheld, or to knowingly
give the Administrator false information; or
Attempt to do anything whatever, to avoid the payment of the whole or any part of
the tax, penalties or interest imposed by this chapter.
(Ord. 491. Passed 5-6-68.)
191.28 LIMITATION ON PROSECUTIONS.
All prosecutions under this chapter must be commenced within the periods provided for
in Ohio R.C. 718.06.
191.29 FAILURE TO PROCURE FORMS NOT EXCUSE.
The failure of any employer or person to receive or procure a return, declaration or other
required form shall not excuse him or her from making any information return, return or
declaration, from filing such form or from paying the tax.
(Ord. 491. Passed 5-6-68.)
191.30 UNPAID TAXES RECOVERABLE AS OTHER DEBTS.
All taxes imposed by this chapter shall be collectible, together with any interest and
penalties thereon, by suit, as other debts of like amount are recoverable. Except in the case of
fraud, of omission of a substantial portion of income subject to this tax or of failure to file a
return, an additional assessment shall not be made after three years from the time the return was
due or filed, whichever is later. However, in those cases in which a Commissioner of Internal
Revenue and the taxpayer have executed a waiver of the Federal statute of limitations, the period
within which an additional assessment may be made by the Administrator shall be one year from
the time of the final determination of the Federal tax liability.
(Ord. 491. Passed 5-6-68.)
191.31 REFUNDS OF TAXES ERRONEOUSLY PAID.
Taxes erroneously paid shall not be refunded unless a claim for refund is made within three
years from the date which such payment was made or the return was due, or within three months
after the final determination of the Federal tax liability, whichever is later.
(Ord. 491. Passed 5-6-68.)
191.32 AMOUNTS OF LESS THAN ONE DOLLAR.
Amounts of less than one dollar ($1.00) shall not be collected or refunded.
(Ord. 491. Passed 5-6-68.)
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191.33 TAX CREDIT.
(a)
When the taxable income of a resident of the Village is subject to a municipal
income tax in another municipality on the same income taxable under this chapter, such resident
shall be allowed a credit of the amount of income tax paid on such taxable income to such other
municipality, but not in excess of 100 percent of the amount obtained by multiplying the lower of
the tax rates of such other municipality or of the Village by the taxable income earned in or
attributable to the municipality of employment or business activity. For the purpose of this section,
taxable income includes the distributive share of net profits of a resident partner or owner of an
unincorporated business entity.
(b)
A claim for credit or refund under this section shall be made in such manner as the
Administrator may by regulation provide. In the event such Village resident fails, neglects or
refuses to file such return or form as is prescribed by the Administrator, he or she shall not be
entitled to such credit and shall be considered in violation of this chapter for failure to file a return
and make payment of taxes due hereunder.
(Ord. 621. Passed 10-9-72.)
191.34 DISBURSEMENT OF FUNDS COLLECTED.
The funds collected under the provisions of this chapter shall be disbursed in the following
manner:
(a)
First, such part thereof as shall be necessary to defray all expenses of collecting the
tax and of administering and enforcing the provisions of this chapter shall be paid.
(b)
The balance remaining after payment of the expenses referred to in subsection (a)
hereof shall be deposited into the General Fund at least fifty percent of which shall
be used for capital improvements. Any funds not immediately needed shall be
invested in interest-bearing investments as permitted by law.
(Ord. 491. Passed 5-6-68.)
191.35 RECEIPT OF TAXES; RECORDS AND REPORTS.
It shall be the duty of the Administrator to receive the tax imposed by this chapter in the
manner prescribed herein from the taxpayers, to keep an accurate record thereof and to report all
moneys so received.
(Ord. 491. Passed 5-6-68.)
191.36 ENFORCED COLLECTION.
It shall be the duty of the Administrator to enforce payment of all taxes owing to the
Village, to keep accurate records for a minimum of five years showing the amount due from each
taxpayer required to file a declaration and make any return, or both, including taxes withheld, and
to show the dates and amounts of payments thereof.
(Ord. 491. Passed 5-6-68.)
191.37 GENERAL AUTHORITY OF ADMINISTRATOR; RULES AND
REGULATIONS.
The Administrator is hereby charged with the enforcement of the provisions of this chapter
and is hereby empowered, subject to the approval of the Board of Review, to adopt, promulgate
and enforce rules and regulations relating to any matter or thing pertaining to the collection of
taxes and the administration and enforcement of the provisions of this chapter, including provisions
for the re-examination and correction of returns. (Ord. 491. Passed 5-6-68.)
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191.38 INSTALLMENT PAYMENTS.
The Administrator is authorized to arrange for the payment of unpaid taxes, interest and
penalties on a schedule of installment payments, when the taxpayer has proved to the
Administrator that, due to certain hardship conditions, he or she is unable to pay the full amount
of the tax due. Such authorization shall not be granted until proper returns are filed by the taxpayer
for all amounts owed by him or her under this chapter. Failure to make any deferred payment
when due shall cause the total unpaid amount, including penalty and interest, to become payable
on demand and the provisions of Sections 191.27 and 191.30 shall apply.
(Ord. 491. Passed 5-6-68.)
191.39 DETERMINATION OF AMOUNT OF TAX DUE.
In any case where a taxpayer has failed to file a return or has filed a return which does not
show the proper amount of tax due, the Administrator may determine the amount of tax appearing
to be due the Village from the taxpayer and shall send to such taxpayer a written statement
showing the amount of tax so determined, together with interest and penalties thereon, if any.
(Ord. 491. Passed 5-6-68.)
191.40 INVESTIGATIONS.
The Administrator, or any authorized employee, is hereby authorized to examine the
books, papers, records and Federal Income Tax Returns of any taxpayer or person subject to, or
whom the Administrator believes is subject to, the provisions of this chapter, for the purpose of
verifying the accuracy of any return made, or, if no return was made, to ascertain the tax due
under this chapter. Every such employer, supposed employer, taxpayer or supposed taxpayer is
hereby directed and required to furnish upon written request by the Administrator, or his or her
duly authorized agent or employee, the means, facilities and opportunity for making such
examinations and investigations as are hereby authorized.
(Ord. 491. Passed 5-6-68.)
191.41 PRODUCTION OF RECORDS.
The Administrator is hereby authorized to order any person presumed to have knowledge
of the facts to appear before him or her and may examine such person, under oath, concerning any
income which was or should have been returned for taxation or any transaction tending to affect
such income, and for this purpose may compel the production of books, papers, records and
Federal Income Tax Returns and the attendance of all persons before him or her, whether as
parties or witnesses, whenever he or she believes such persons have knowledge of such income
or information pertinent to such inquiry.
(Ord. 491. Passed 5-6-68.)
191.42 REFUSAL TO PRODUCE RECORDS.
The refusal to produce books, papers, records and Federal Income Tax Returns, or the
refusal to submit to an examination, by any employer or person subject or presumed to be subject
to the tax or by any officer, agent or employee of a person subject to the tax or required to
withhold tax, or the failure of any person to comply with the provisions of this chapter or with an
order or subpoena of the Administrator authorized hereby, shall be deemed a violation of this
chapter, punishable as provided in Section 191.99.
(Ord. 491. Passed 5-6-68.)
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191.43 CONFIDENTIAL NATURE OF INFORMATION OBTAINED.
Any information gained as the result of any returns, investigations, hearings or verifications
required or authorized by this chapter shall be confidential, except for official purposes, or except
in accordance with proper judicial order. No person shall divulge such information in violation
of this section.
In addition to the penalty provided in Section 191.99, any employee of the Village or of
the Regional Income Tax Agency (R.I.T.A.) who violates the provisions of this section relative
to the disclosure of confidential information shall be guilty of an offense punishable by immediate
dismissal.
191.44 TAXPAYER REQUIRED TO RETAIN RECORDS.
Every taxpayer shall retain all records necessary to compute his or her tax liability for a
period of five years from the date his or her return is filed or the withholding taxes are paid.
(Ord. 491. Passed 5-6-68.)
191.45 BOARD OF REVIEW.
A Board of Review, consisting of two members to be appointed by the Mayor with the
approval of Council and a member of Council to be elected by that body, is hereby established.
Each member of the Board shall serve for a period of three years. The Board shall select, each
year for a one-year term, one of its members to serve as Chairperson and one to serve as
Secretary. A majority of the members of the Board shall constitute a quorum. The Board shall
adopt its own procedural rules and shall keep a record of its transactions. Any hearing by the
Board may be conducted privately and the provisions of Section 191.43 with reference to the
confidential character of information required to be disclosed by this chapter, shall apply to such
matters as may be heard before the Board on appeal. (Ord. 491. Passed 5-6-68.)
191.46 DUTY OF BOARD TO APPROVE REGULATIONS AND TO HEAR
APPEALS.
All rules and regulations and amendments or changes thereto, which are adopted by the
Administrator under the authority conferred by this chapter, must be approved by the Board of
Review before the same become effective. The Board shall hear and pass on appeals from any
ruling or decision of the Administrator, and, at the request of the taxpayer or Administrator, is
empowered to substitute alternative methods of allocation.
(Ord. 491. Passed 5-6-68.)
191.47 RIGHT OF APPEAL.
Any person dissatisfied with any ruling or decision of the Administrator which is made
under the authority conferred by this chapter may appeal therefrom to the Board of Review within
thirty days from the announcement of such ruling or decision by the Administrator, and the Board
shall, on hearing, have jurisdiction to affirm, reverse or modify any such ruling or decision, or
any part thereof. (Ord. 491. Passed 5-6-68.)
191.48 COLLECTION OF TAX AFTER TERMINATION OF CHAPTER.
(a)
This chapter shall continue effective insofar as the levy of taxes is concerned until
repealed, and insofar as the collection of taxes levied hereunder and actions and proceedings for
collecting any tax so levied or enforcing any provisions of this chapter are concerned, it shall
continue effective until all of such taxes levied in the aforesaid period are fully paid and until any
and all suits and prosecutions for the collection of such taxes or for the punishment of violations
of this chapter have been fully terminated, subject to the limitations contained in Sections 191.27
through 191.32.
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(b)
Annual returns due for all or any part of the last effective year of this chapter shall
be due on the date provided in Sections 191.11 and 191.17 as though the same were continuing.
(Ord. 491. Passed 5-6-68.)
191.49 AUTHORITY OF CENTRAL COLLECTION AGENCY.
The Village has entered into an agreement for the establishment of a Regional Council of
Governments. Such Council has organized a municipal tax collection agency known as the
Regional Income Tax Agency, which is authorized to administer and enforce the provisions of this
chapter as the agent of the Village, and the duties and authority of the Administrator hereunder
may be performed by the Board of Trustees of such Agency through the Administrator of such
Agency. However, the Administrator of such Agency shall have no authority to abate penalties
or interest provided for in Section 191.24.
(Ord. 621. Passed 10-9-72.)
191.50 SEPARABILITY.
If any sentence, clause, section or part of this chapter, or any tax against any individual
or any of the several groups specified herein, is found to be unconstitutional, illegal or invalid,
such unconstitutionality, illegality or invalidity shall affect only such clause, sentence, section or
part of this chapter and shall not affect or impair any of the remaining provisions, sentences,
clauses, sections or other parts of this chapter. It is hereby declared to be the intention of Council
that this chapter would have been adopted had such unconstitutional, illegal or invalid sentence,
clause, section or part thereof not been included herein.
(Ord. 491. Passed 5-6-68.)
191.99 PENALTY.
(a)
Whoever violates any of the provisions of this chapter, for which no penalty is
otherwise provided, is guilty of a misdemeanor of the third degree and shall be fined not more than
five hundred dollars ($500.00) or imprisoned not more than sixty days, or both, for each offense.
(b)
Whoever violates any of the provisions of Section 191.43 is guilty of a
misdemeanor of the first degree and shall be fined not more than one thousand dollars ($1,000)
or imprisoned not more than six months, or both, for each offense. Each disclosure shall constitute
a separate offense.
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CHAPTER 195
Hotel/Motel Lodging Excise Tax
195.01
195.02
195.03
195.04
195.05
Definitions.
Imposition of tax.
Transient guest to pay tax.
Exemptions from excise tax.
Tax to be separately stated and
charged.
195.06 Registration.
195.07 Reporting and remitting.
195.08 Penalties and interest.
195.09 Failure to collect and report tax;
determination of ClerkTreasurer.
195.10 Appeal.
195.11 Board of Review.
195.12 Records.
195.13 Refunds.
195.01 DEFINITIONS.
Except where the context otherwise requires, the definitions given in this section govern
the construction and are the meaning of the words defined.
(a)
"Person" means any individual, firm, partnership, joint venture, association, social
club, fraternal organization, joint stock company, corporation, estate, trust,
business trust, receiver, trustee, syndicate, the State and its political subdivisions,
or any other group or combination acting as a unit.
(b)
"Clerk-Treasurer" means the Clerk-Treasurer of the Village of Sheffield or his/her
appointed designee.
(c)
"Hotel" and "Motel" and Motor Inn" means every establishment kept, used,
maintained, advertised or held out to the public to be a place where sleeping
accommodations are offered for a consideration to guests, in which five or more
rooms are used for the accommodations of such guests, whether such rooms are in
one or several structures.
(d)
"Transient guests" means a natural person who physically occupies a room or
rooms for sleeping accommodations for less than thirty consecutive days.
(e)
"Vendor" means the person who is the proprietor of the hotel, motel or motor inn,
whether in the capacity of owner, lessee, mortgagee in possession, licensee or any
other capacity. Where the vendor performs its functions through a managing agent
of any type or character, other than an employee, the managing agent shall also be
deemed a vendor for the purposes of this chapter and shall have the same duties and
liabilities as its principal. Compliance with the provisions of this chapter by either
the principal or the managing agent shall, however, be considered to be compliance
by both.
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"Excise tax" means the tax levied by the Village on transactions by which lodging
by a hotel, motel or motor inn is or is to be furnished to transient guests.
"Rent” means the consideration received for occupancy valued in money, whether
received in money or otherwise, including all receipts, cash, credits and property
or services of any kind or nature, and also any amount for which the occupant is
liable for the occupancy without any deduction therefrom whatsoever.
(Ord. 1717. Passed 6-28-99.)
195.02 IMPOSITION OF TAX.
For the purpose of providing revenue with which to meet the needs of the Village for the
use of the General Revenue Fund of the Village, an excise tax is hereby levied on transactions by
which lodging by a hotel, motel or motor inn is or is to be furnished to transient guests. The tax
is three percent (3%) of the amount paid or to be paid by the transient guest for the lodging. The
tax applies and is collectible at the time the lodging is furnished, regardless of the time when the
amount paid for lodging is paid.
For the proper administration of this chapter and to prevent evasion of the tax, it is
presumed that all lodging furnished by hotels, motels and motor inns in the Village is to be to
transient guests and is subject to the tax until the contrary is established.
(Ord. 1717. Passed 6-28-99.)
195.03 TRANSIENT GUEST TO PAY TAX.
The tax imposed by this chapter shall be paid by the transient guest to the vendor, and each
vendor shall collect from the transient guest the full and exact amount of the tax payable on each
taxable lodging.
(Ord. 1717. Passed 6-28-99.)
195.04 EXEMPTIONS FROM EXCISE TAX.
(a)
No tax shall be imposed under this chapter:
(1)
Upon rents not within the taxing power of the Village under the
Constitution or laws of Ohio or the United States;
(2)
Upon rents paid by the State of Ohio or any of its political subdivisions.
(b)
No exemption claimed under subsections (a)(1) or (2) above shall be granted except
upon a claim therefor made at the time rent is collected, and under penalty of perjury, upon a form
prescribed by the Clerk-Treasurer.
(Ord. 1717. Passed 6-28-99.)
195.05 TAX TO BE SEPARATELY STATED AND CHARGED.
(a)
The tax to be collected shall be stated and charged separately from the rent and
shown separately on any record thereof, at the time when the occupancy is arranged or contracted
and charged for, and upon every evidence of occupancy, or any bill or statement or charge made
for an occupancy issued or delivered by the operator, and the tax shall be paid by the transient
guest to the vendor as trustee for and on account of the Village and the vendor shall be liable for
the collection thereof and for the tax.
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(b)
No vendor of a hotel, motel or motor inn shall advertise or state in any manner,
whether directly or indirectly, that the tax or any part thereof will be assumed or absorbed by the
vendor, or that it will not be added to the rent, or that, if added, any part will be refunded except
in the manner hereinafter provided.
(Ord. 1717. Passed 6-28-99.)
195.06 REGISTRATION.
Within thirty (30) days after the effective date of this chapter or within thirty days after
commencing business, whichever is later, each vendor of any hotel, motel or motor inn renting
lodging to transient guests shall register the hotel with the Clerk-Treasurer and obtain from him
or her a transient occupancy registration certificate, to be at all times posted in a conspicuous place
on the premises. The certificate shall, among other things, state the following:
(a)
The name of the vendor;
(b)
The address of the hotel;
(c)
The date upon which the certificate was issued;
(d)
"This Transient Occupancy Registration Certificate signifies that the person named
on the face hereof has fulfilled the requirements of the Village of Sheffield
Hotel/Motel Excise Tax Code of Regulations by registering with the ClerkTreasurer for the purpose collecting from transient guests the Transient Occupancy
Tax and remitting said tax to the Clerk-Treasurer. This certificate does not
constitute a permit."
(Ord. 1717. Passed 6-28-99.)
195.07 REPORTING AND REMITTING.
Each vendor shall on or before the tenth (10th) day of the month following the close of
each month, make a return to the Clerk-Treasurer on forms provided by him or her, of the total
rents charged and received and the amount of tax collected for the transient occupancies. All
claims for exemption from tax filed by occupants with the operator during the reporting period
shall be filed with the report.
At the time the return is filed, the full amount of the tax collected shall be remitted to the
Clerk-Treasurer. The Clerk-Treasurer may establish shorter reporting periods for any certificate
holder if he or she deems it necessary in order to insure collection of the tax and he or she may
require further information in the return if such information is pertinent to the collection of the tax.
Returns and payments are due immediately upon cessation of business for any reason.
All taxes collected by vendors pursuant to this regulation shall be held in trust for the
account of the Village of Sheffield until payment thereof is made to the Clerk-Treasurer. All
returns and payments submitted to each vendor shall be treated as confidential by the ClerkTreasurer and shall not be released by him or her except upon order of a court of competent
jurisdiction or to an officer or agent of the United States, the State of Ohio, the County of Lorain
or in order to comply with the requirements of Ohio R.C. Section 149.43. A statement of account
shall be furnished annually, to all operators effective December 31st of the current year.
(Ord. 1717. Passed 6-28-99.)
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195.08 PENALTIES AND INTEREST.
(a)
Delinquency. Any vendor who fails to remit any tax imposed by this chapter within
the time required shall pay a penalty equal to ten percent (10%) of the amount of the tax, in
addition to the tax.
(b)
Continued Delinquency. Any vendor who fails to pay any delinquent remittance
on or before a period of thirty (30) days following the date on which the remittance first became
delinquent shall pay a second delinquency penalty equal to ten percent (10%) of the amount of the
tax and previous penalty in addition to the tax and the ten percent (10%) first imposed. An
additional penalty equal to ten percent (10%) of the total tax and penalty of the previous thirty-day
period shall be added for each successive thirty-day period that the account remains delinquent.
(c)
Fraud. If the Clerk-Treasurer determines that the nonpayment of any remittance
due under this chapter is due to fraud, a penalty equal to twenty-five percent (25%) of the amount
of the tax shall be added thereto in addition to the penalties stated in subsection (a) hereof.
(d)
Interest. In addition to the previous penalties imposed, any vendor who fails to
remit any tax imposed by this chapter shall pay interest at the rate of one percent (1%) per month,
or fraction thereof, on the amount of the tax exclusive of penalties, from the date on which the
remittance first became delinquent until paid.
(e)
Penalties During Pendency of Hearing or Appeal. No penalty provided under the
terms of this chapter shall be imposed during the pendency of any hearing provided for in Section
195.09, nor during the pendency of any appeal to the Board of Review provided for in Section
195.10 hereof.
(f)
Abatement of Interest and Penalty. In cases where a return has been filed in good
faith, and an assessment has been paid within the time prescribed by the Clerk-Treasurer, the
Clerk-Treasurer may abate any charge of penalty or interest or both.
(Ord. 1717. Passed 6-28-99.)
195.09 FAILURE TO COLLECT AND REPORT TAX; DETERMINATION OF
CLERK-TREASURER.
If any vendor fails or refuses to collect the tax and to make, within the time provided in
this chapter, any report and remittance of the tax, or any portion thereof required by this chapter,
the Clerk-Treasurer shall proceed in such manner as he or she may deem best to obtain facts and
information on which to base his or her estimate of the tax due. As soon as the Clerk-Treasurer
procures such facts and information upon which to base the assessment of any tax imposed by this
chapter and payable by any vendor who has failed or refused to collect the same and to make a
report and remittance, he or she shall proceed to determine and assess against the vendor the tax,
interest and penalties provided for by this chapter.
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195.11
In case such determination is made, the Clerk-Treasurer shall give notice of the amount
so assessed by serving it personally, or by depositing it in the U.S. mail, postage prepaid,
addressed to the vendor so assessed at the vendor's last known place of address. The vendor may
within ten (10) days after the service or mailing of the notice make application in writing to the
Clerk-Treasurer for a hearing on the amount assessed.
If an application by the vendor for a hearing is not made within the time prescribed, the
tax, interest and penalties, if any, determined by the Clerk-Treasurer, shall become final and
conclusive, and immediately be due and payable.
If an application by the vendor is made, the Clerk-Treasurer shall give not less than five
(5) days' written notice in the manner prescribed herein to the vendor to show cause at a time and
place fixed in the notice why the amount specified therein should not be fixed for the tax, interest
and penalties. At the hearing the vendor may appear and offer evidence why the specified tax,
interest and penalties should not be so fixed.
After the hearing, the Clerk-Treasurer shall determine the proper tax to be remitted, and shall give
written notice to the vendor in the manner prescribed herein of the determination and the amount
of the tax, interest and penalties. The amount determined to be due shall be payable after fifteen
(15) days unless an appeal is taken as proved in Section 195.10 hereof.
(Ord. 1717. Passed 6-28-99.)
195.10 APPEAL.
Any vendor aggrieved by the decision of the Clerk-Treasurer with respect to the amount
of the tax, interest and penalties, may appeal to the Board of Review by filing a notice of appeal
with the Clerk-Treasurer within fifteen (15) days of the serving or mailing of the determination
of the tax due. The Board shall fix a time and place for hearing the appeal and shall give notice
in writing to the vendor at his or her last known place of address. The findings of the Board shall
be served upon the vendor in the manner prescribed above for service of the notice of hearing.
Any amount found to be due shall be immediately due and payable upon the service of the Board
findings.
(Ord. 1717. Passed 6-28-99.)
195.11 BOARD OF REVIEW
(a)
A Board of Review, consisting of the Mayor and the Village Solicitor, is hereby
created. The Board shall adopt its own procedural rules and shall keep a record of its transactions.
Any hearings by the Board may be conducted privately and the provisions of Section 195.07
hereof with reference to the confidential character of-information required to be disclosed by this
chapter shall apply to such matters as may be heard before the Board on appeal.
(b)
The Board shall hear and pass on appeals from any ruling or decision of the ClerkTreasurer, and at the request of the vendor or the Clerk-Treasurer, is empowered to substitute
alternate methods of allocation. The Board shall have jurisdiction to affirm, reverse or modify any
such ruling or decision, or any part thereof.
(Ord. 1717. Passed 6-28-99.)
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195.12 RECORDS.
Every vendor liable for the collection and payment to the Village of Sheffield of any tax
imposed by this chapter shall keep and preserve, for a period of three (3) years, all records as may
be necessary to determine the amount of tax that he or she may have been liable for the collection
of and payment to the Village, which record the Clerk-Treasurer shall have the right to inspect at
all reasonable times.
(Ord. 1717. Passed 6-28-99.)
195.13 REFUNDS.
(a)
Whenever the amount of any tax, interest or penalty has been overpaid or paid more
than once or has been erroneously or illegally collected or received by the Village of Sheffield
under this regulation, it may be refunded as provided in subparagraph (b) and (c) of this section
provided a claim in writing therefore, stating under penalty of perjury the specific grounds upon
which the claim is founded, is filed with the Clerk-Treasurer within three years of the date of
payment. The claim shall be on forms furnished by the Clerk-Treasurer.
(b)
A vendor may claim a refund or take a credit against taxes collected and remitted
the amount overpaid, paid more than once or erroneously or illegally collected or received when
it is established in a manner prescribed by the Clerk-Treasurer that the person from whom the tax
has been collected was not a transient guest, provided, however that neither a refund nor a credit
shall be allowed unless the amount of the tax so collected has either been refunded to the transient
guest or credited to rent subsequently payable by the transient guest to the vendor.
(c)
A transient guest may obtain a refund of taxes overpaid or paid more than once or
erroneously or illegally collected or received by the Village by filing a claim in the manner
provided in subparagraph (a) of this section, but only when the tax was paid by the transient guest
directly to the Clerk-Treasurer, or when the transient guest having paid the tax to the vendor,
establishes to the satisfaction of the Clerk-Treasurer that the transient guest has been unable to
obtain a refund from the vendor who collected the tax.
(d)
No refund shall be paid under the provisions of this section unless the claimant
establishes his or her right thereto by written records showing entitlement thereto.
(Ord. 1717. Passed 6-28-99.)
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CHAPTER 197
Motor Vehicle License Tax
197.01 Levy of tax.
CROSS REFERENCES
Authority to levy - see Ohio R.C. 4504.06 et seq.
197.01 LEVY OF TAX.
(a)
As used in this section, “motor vehicle” means any and all vehicles included within
the definition of motor vehicle in Ohio R.C. 4501.01 and 4505.01.
(b)
There is hereby levied an annual license tax upon the operation of motor vehicles
on the public roads or highways pursuant to Ohio R.C. 4504.171, for the purposes of paying the
costs and expenses of enforcing and administering the tax provided for in this section; and to
provide additional revenue for the purposes set forth in Ohio R.C. 4504.06; and to supplement
revenue already available for such purposes.
(c)
Such tax shall be at the rate of five dollars ($5.00) per motor vehicle on each and
every motor vehicle that is registered in the district of registration, as defined in Ohio R.C.
4503.10, which is in the Village of Sheffield, Ohio.
(d)
The tax imposed by this section shall apply to and be in effect for the registration
year commencing the 1st day of January, 1999 and shall continue in effect and application during
each registration year thereafter.
(e)
The tax imposed by this section shall be paid to the Registrar of Motor Vehicles of
the State of Ohio or to a Deputy Registrar at the time application for registration of a motor
vehicle is made as provided in Ohio R.C. 4503.10 and all monies derived from the tax
hereinbefore levied shall be used by the Village for the purposes specified in this section.
(Ord. 1571. Passed 9-22-97.)
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PART THREE - TRAFFIC CODE
TITLE ONE - Administration
Chap. 301. Definitions.
Chap. 303. Enforcement, Impounding and Penalty.
Chap. 305. Traffic Control.
TITLE THREE - Streets and Traffic Control Devices
Chap. 311. Street Obstructions and Special Uses.
Chap. 313. Traffic Control Devices.
TITLE FIVE - Vehicles
Chap. 331. Operation Generally.
Chap. 333. OVI; Willful Misconduct; Speed.
Chap. 335. Licensing; Accidents.
Chap. 337. Safety and Equipment.
Chap. 339. Commercial and Heavy Vehicles.
Chap. 341. Commercial Drivers.
TITLE SEVEN - Parking
Chap. 351. Parking Generally.
TITLE NINE - Pedestrians, Bicycles and Motorcycles
Chap. 371. Pedestrians.
Chap. 373. Bicycles and Motorcycles.
Chap. 375. Snowmobiles, Off-Highway Motorcycles and
All Purpose Vehicles.
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PART THREE - TRAFFIC CODE
TITLE ONE - Administration
Chap. 301. Definitions.
Chap. 303. Enforcement, Impounding and Penalty.
Chap. 305. Traffic Control.
CHAPTER 301
Definitions
301.01
301.02
301.03
301.04
301.05
301.06
301.07
301.08
301.09
301.10
301.11
301.12
301.13
301.14
301.15
301.16
301.17
301.18
301.19
301.20
301.201
301.21
301.22
301.23
301.24
301.25
301.251
Meaning of words and phrases.
Agricultural tractor.
Alley.
Bicycle; motorized bicycle.
Bus.
Business district.
Commercial tractor.
Controlled-access highway.
Crosswalk.
Driver or operator.
Emergency vehicle.
Explosives.
Expressway.
Flammable liquid.
Freeway.
Gross weight.
Intersection.
Laned street or highway.
Motorcycle.
Motor vehicle.
Operate.
Park or parking.
Pedestrian.
Person.
Pole trailer.
Police officer.
Predicate motor vehicle or
traffic offense.
301.26 Private road or driveway.
301.27 Public safety vehicle.
301.28
301.29
301.30
301.31
301.32
301.321
301.33
301.34
301.35
301.36
301.37
301.38
301.39
301.40
301.41
301.42
301.43
301.44
301.45
301.46
301.47
301.48
301.49
301.50
301.51
301.52
Railroad.
Railroad sign or signal.
Railroad train.
Residence district.
Right of way.
Road service vehicle.
Roadway.
Safety zone.
School bus.
Semitrailer.
Sidewalk.
State route.
Stop (when required).
Stopping or standing.
Stop intersection.
Street or highway;
arterial street.
Through street or highway.
Thruway.
Traffic.
Traffic control devices.
Traffic control signal.
Trailer.
Truck.
Urban district.
Vehicle.
Wheelchair, motorized.
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CROSS REFERENCES
Funeral procession defined - see TRAF. 331.24
Street racing defined - see TRAF. 333.07
Studded tire defined - see TRAF. 339.11
Blind person defined - see TRAF. 371.02
Snowmobile, off-highway motorcycle and all purpose vehicle
defined - see TRAF. 375.01
School zones defined - see TRAF. 333.03(b)
301.01 MEANING OF WORDS AND PHRASES.
The following words and phrases when used in this Traffic Code, except as otherwise
provided, shall have the meanings respectively ascribed to them in this chapter.
301.02 AGRICULTURAL TRACTOR.
"Agricultural tractor" means every self-propelling vehicle designed or used for drawing
other vehicles or wheeled machinery but having no provision for carrying loads independently of
such other vehicles, and used principally for agricultural purposes. (ORC 4511.01(J))
301.03 ALLEY.
"Alley" means a street or highway intended to provide access to the rear or side of lots or
buildings in urban districts and not intended for the purpose of through vehicular traffic, and
includes any street or highway that has been declared an "alley" by Council. (ORC 4511.01(XX))
301.04 BICYCLE; MOTORIZED BICYCLE.
(a)
"Bicycle" means every device, other than a tricycle designed solely for use as a play
vehicle by a child, propelled solely by human power, upon which any person may ride having two
tandem wheels or one wheel in the front and two wheels in the rear or two wheels in the front and
one wheel in the rear, any of which is more than fourteen inches in diameter.
(ORC 4511.01(G))
(b)
"Motorized bicycle" means any vehicle having either two tandem wheels or one
wheel in the front and two wheels in the rear, that is capable of being pedaled and is equipped with
a helper motor of not more than fifty cubic centimeters piston displacement which produces no
more than one brake horsepower and is capable of propelling the vehicle at a speed of no greater
than twenty miles per hour on a level surface. (ORC 4511.01(H))
301.05 BUS.
"Bus" means every motor vehicle designed for carrying more than nine passengers and
used for the transportation of persons other than in a ridesharing arrangement as defined in Ohio
R.C. 4511.01, and every motor vehicle, automobile for hire or funeral car, other than a taxicab
or motor vehicle used in a ridesharing arrangement, designed and used for the transportation of
persons for compensation.
(ORC 4511.01(L))
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301.11
301.06 BUSINESS DISTRICT.
"Business district" means the territory fronting upon a street or highway, including the
street or highway, between successive intersections where fifty percent or more of the frontage
between such successive intersections is occupied by buildings in use for business, or where fifty
percent or more of the frontage for a distance of 300 feet or more is occupied by buildings in use
for business, and the character of such territory is indicated by official traffic control devices.
(ORC 4511.01(NN))
301.07 COMMERCIAL TRACTOR.
"Commercial tractor" means every motor vehicle having motive power designed or used
for drawing other vehicles and not so constructed as to carry any load thereon, or designed or used
for drawing other vehicles while carrying a portion of such other vehicles, or the load thereon,
or both. (ORC 4511.01(I))
301.08 CONTROLLED-ACCESS HIGHWAY.
"Controlled-access highway" means every street or highway in respect to which owners
or occupants of abutting lands and other persons have no legal right or access to or from the same
except at such points only and in such manner as may be determined by the public authority having
jurisdiction over such street or highway. (ORC 4511.01(CC))
301.09 CROSSWALK.
"Crosswalk" means:
(a)
That part of a roadway at intersections ordinarily included within the real or
projected prolongation of property lines and curb lines or, in the absence of
curbs, the edges of the traversable roadway;
(b)
Any portion of a roadway at an intersection or elsewhere, distinctly indicated for
pedestrian crossing by lines or other markings on the surface;
(c)
Notwithstanding subsections (a) and (b) hereof, there shall not be a crosswalk
where authorized signs have been placed indicating no crossing.
(ORC 4511.01(LL))
301.10 DRIVER OR OPERATOR.
"Driver" or "operator" means every person who drives or is in actual physical control of
a vehicle. (ORC 4511.01(Y))
301.11 EMERGENCY VEHICLE.
"Emergency vehicle" means emergency vehicles of municipal, township or county
departments or public utility corporations when identified as such as required by law, the Ohio
Director of Public Safety or local authorities, and motor vehicles when commandeered by a police
officer. (ORC 4511.01(D))
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301.12 EXPLOSIVES.
"Explosives" means any chemical compound or mechanical mixture that is intended for the
purpose of producing an explosion that contains any oxidizing and combustible units or other
ingredients in such proportions, quantities or packing that an ignition by fire, by friction, by
concussion, by percussion or by a detonator of any part of the compound or mixture may cause
such a sudden generation of highly heated gases that the resultant gaseous pressures are capable
of producing destructive effects on contiguous objects, or of destroying life or limb.
Manufactured articles shall not be held to be explosives when the individual units contain
explosives in such limited quantities, of such nature or in such packing, that it is impossible to
procure a simultaneous or a destructive explosion of such units, to the injury of life, limb or
property by fire, by friction, by concussion, by percussion or by a detonator, such as fixed
ammunition for small arms, firecrackers or safety fuse matches. (ORC 4511.01(T))
301.13 EXPRESSWAY.
"Expressway" means a divided arterial highway for through traffic with full or partial
control of access with an excess of fifty percent of all crossroads separated in grade.
(ORC 4511.01(ZZ))
301.14 FLAMMABLE LIQUID.
"Flammable liquid" means any liquid that has a flash point of seventy degrees Fahrenheit,
or less, as determined by a tagliabue or equivalent closed cup test device.
(ORC 4511.01(U))
301.15 FREEWAY.
"Freeway" means a divided multi-lane highway for through traffic with all crossroads
separated in grade and with full control of access.
(ORC 4511.01(YY))
301.16 GROSS WEIGHT.
"Gross weight" means the weight of a vehicle plus the weight of any load thereon.
(ORC 4511.01(V))
301.17 INTERSECTION.
"Intersection" means:
(a)
The area embraced within the prolongation or connection of the lateral curb lines,
or, if none, then the lateral boundary lines of the roadways of two highways
which join one another at, or approximately at, right angles, or the area within
which vehicles traveling upon different highways joining at any other angle may
come in conflict.
(b)
Where a highway includes two roadways thirty feet or more apart, then every
crossing of each roadway of such divided highway by an intersecting highway
shall be regarded as a separate intersection. If an intersecting highway also
includes two roadways thirty feet or more apart, then every crossing of two
roadways of such highways shall be regarded as a separate intersection.
(c)
The junction of an alley with a street or highway, or with another alley, shall not
constitute an intersection.
(ORC 4511.01(KK))
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301.18 LANED STREET OR HIGHWAY.
"Laned street or highway" means a street or highway the roadway of which is divided into
two or more clearly marked lanes for vehicular traffic.
(ORC 4511.01(GG))
301.19 MOTORCYCLE.
"Motorcycle" means every motor vehicle, other than a tractor, having a seat or saddle for
the use of the operator and designed to travel on not more than three wheels in contact with the
ground, including but not limited to, motor vehicles known as "motor-driven cycle," "motor
scooter" or "motorcycle" without regard to weight or brake horsepower.
(ORC 4511.01(C))
301.20 MOTOR VEHICLE.
"Motor vehicle" means every vehicle propelled or drawn by power other than muscular
power, except motorized bicycles, road rollers, traction engines, power shovels, power cranes and
other equipment used in construction work and not designed for or employed in general highway
transportation, hole-digging machinery, well-drilling machinery, ditch-digging machinery, farm
machinery, and trailers designed and used exclusively to transport a boat between a place of
storage and a marina, or in and around a marina, when drawn or towed on a street or highway for
a distance of no more than ten miles and at a speed of twenty-five miles per hour or less.
(ORC 4511.01(B))
301.201 OPERATE.
“Operate” means to cause or have caused movement of a vehicle.
(ORC 4511.01(HHH))
301.21 PARK OR PARKING.
"Park or parking" means the standing of a vehicle, whether occupied or not, otherwise than
temporarily for the purpose of and while actually engaged in loading or unloading merchandise
or passengers.
301.22 PEDESTRIAN.
"Pedestrian" means any natural person afoot. (ORC 4511.01(X))
301.23 PERSON.
"Person" means every natural person, firm, copartnership, association or corporation.
(ORC 4511.01(W))
301.24 POLE TRAILER.
"Pole trailer" means every trailer or semitrailer attached to the towing vehicle by means
of a reach, pole or by being boomed or otherwise secured to the towing vehicle, and ordinarily
used for transporting long or irregular shaped loads such as poles, pipes or structural members
capable, generally, of sustaining themselves as beams between the supporting connection.
(ORC 4511.01(O))
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301.25 POLICE OFFICER.
"Police officer" means every officer authorized to direct or regulate traffic, or to make
arrests for violations of traffic regulations.
(ORC 4511.01(Z))
301.251 PREDICATE MOTOR VEHICLE OR TRAFFIC OFFENSE.
“Predicate motor vehicle or traffic offense” means any of the following:
(a)
A violation of Ohio R.C. 4511.03, 4511.051, 4511.12, 4511.132, 4511.16,
4511.20, 4511.201, 4511.21, 4511.211, 4511.213, 4511.22, 4511.23, 4511.25,
4511.26, 4511.27, 4511.28, 4511.29, 4511.30, 4511.31, 4511.32, 4511.33,
4511.34, 4511.35, 4511.36, 4511.37, 4511.38, 4511.39, 4511.40, 4511.41,
4511.42, 4511.43, 4511.431, 4511.432, 4511.44, 4511.441, 4511.451, 4511.452,
4511.46, 4511.47, 4511.48, 4511.481, 4511.49, 4511.50, 4511.511, 4511.53,
4511.54, 4511.55, 4511.56, 4511.57, 4511.58, 4511.59, 4511.60, 4511.61,
4511.64, 4511.66, 4511.661, 4511.68, 4511.70, 4511.701, 4511.71, 4511.711,
4511.712, 4511.713, 4511.72, 4511.73, 4511.763, 4511.771, 4511.78 or 4511.84;
(b)
A violation of division (A)(2) of Ohio R.C. 4511.17, divisions (A) to (D) of Ohio
R.C. 4511.51, or division (A) of Ohio R.C. 4511.74;
(c)
A violation of any provision of Ohio R.C. 4511.01 to 4511.76 for which no
penalty otherwise is provided in the section that contains the provision violated;
(d)
A violation of a municipal ordinance that is substantially similar to any section or
provision set forth or described in subsection (a) to (c) of this section.
(ORC 4511.01(III))
301.26 PRIVATE ROAD OR DRIVEWAY.
"Private road or driveway" means every way or place in private ownership used for
vehicular travel by the owner and those having express or implied permission from the owner but
not by other persons. (ORC 4511.01(DD))
301.27 PUBLIC SAFETY VEHICLE.
"Public safety vehicle" means any of the following:
(a)
Ambulances, including private ambulance companies under contract to a municipal
corporation, township or county and private ambulances and transport vehicles
bearing license plates issued under Ohio R.C. 4503.49;
(b)
Motor vehicles used by public law enforcement officers or other persons sworn to
enforce the criminal and traffic laws of the State or the Municipality;
(c)
Any motor vehicle when properly identified as required by the Ohio Director of
Public Safety, when used in response to fire emergency calls or to provide
emergency medical service to ill or injured persons, and when operated by a duly
qualified person who is a member of a volunteer rescue service or a volunteer fire
department, and who is on duty pursuant to the rules or directives of that service.
The Ohio Fire Marshal shall be designated by the Ohio Director of Public Safety
as the certifying agency for all public safety vehicles described in this subsection
(c);
(d)
Vehicles used by fire departments, including motor vehicles when used by
volunteer fire fighters responding to emergency calls in the fire department service
when identified as required by the Ohio Director of Public Safety.
Any vehicle used to transport or provide emergency medical service to an ill or
injured person, when certified as a public safety vehicle, shall be considered a
public safety vehicle when transporting an ill or injured person to a hospital
regardless of whether such vehicle has already passed a hospital.
(ORC 4511.01(E))
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(e)
301.34
Vehicles used by the Commercial Motor Vehicle Safety Enforcement Unit for the
enforcement of orders and rules of the Public Utilities Commission as specified in
Ohio R.C. 5503.34.
301.28 RAILROAD.
"Railroad" means a carrier of persons or property operating upon rails placed principally
on a private right of way. (ORC 4511.01(P))
301.29 RAILROAD SIGN OR SIGNAL.
"Railroad sign or signal" means any sign, signal or device erected by authority of a public
body or official or by a railroad and intended to give notice of the presence of railroad tracks or
the approach of a railroad train.
(ORC 4511.01(SS))
301.30 RAILROAD TRAIN.
"Railroad train" means a steam engine, or an electric or other motor, with or without cars
coupled thereto, operated by a railroad. (ORC 4511.01(Q))
301.31 RESIDENCE DISTRICT.
"Residence district" means the territory, not comprising a business district, fronting on a
street or highway, including the street or highway, where, for a distance of 300 feet or more, the
frontage is improved with residences or residences and buildings in use for business.
(ORC 4511.01(OO))
301.32 RIGHT OF WAY.
"Right of way" means either of the following, as the context requires:
(a)
The right of a vehicle or pedestrian to proceed uninterruptedly in a lawful manner
in the direction in which it or the individual is moving in preference to another
vehicle or pedestrian approaching from a different direction into its or the
individual’s path;
(b)
A general term denoting land, property or the interest therein, usually in the
configuration of a strip, acquired for or devoted to transportation purposes.
When used in this context, right of way includes the roadway, shoulders or berm,
ditch, and slopes extending to the right-of-way limits under the control of the
State or local authority.
(ORC 4511.01(UU))
301.321 ROAD SERVICE VEHICLE.
“Road service vehicle” means wreckers, utility repair vehicles, and state, county, and
municipal service vehicles equipped with visual signals by means of flashing, rotating, or
oscillating lights. (ORC 4511.01(JJJ))
301.33 ROADWAY.
"Roadway" means that portion of a street or highway improved, designed or ordinarily
used for vehicular travel, except the berm or shoulder. If a street or highway includes two or
more separate roadways, the term "roadway" means any such roadway separately but not all such
roadways collectively. (ORC 4511.01(EE))
301.34 SAFETY ZONE.
"Safety zone" means the area or space officially set apart within a roadway for the
exclusive use of pedestrians and protected or marked or indicated by adequate signs as to be
plainly visible at all times. (ORC 4511.01(MM))
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301.35 SCHOOL BUS.
"School bus" means every bus designed for carrying more than nine passengers that is
owned by a public, private or governmental agency or institution of learning and operated for the
transportation of children to or from a school session or a school function, or owned by a private
person and operated for compensation for the transportation of children to or from a school session
or a school function; provided "school bus" does not include a bus operated by a municipally
owned transportation system, a mass transit company operating exclusively within the territorial
limits of the Municipality, or within such limits and the territorial limits of municipal corporations
immediately contiguous to the Municipality, nor a common passenger carrier certified by the
Public Utilities Commission unless such bus is devoted exclusively to the transportation of children
to and from a school session or a school function, and "school bus" does not include a van or bus
used by a licensed child day-care center or type A family day-care home to transport children from
the child day-care center or type A family day-care home to a school if the van or bus does not
have more than fifteen children in the van or bus at any time. "Child day-care center" and "type
A family day-care home" have the same meanings as in Ohio R.C. 5104.01.
(ORC 4511.01(F), (FFF))
301.36 SEMITRAILER.
"Semitrailer" means every vehicle designed or used for carrying persons or property with
another and separate motor vehicle so that in operation a part of its own weight or that of its load,
or both, rests upon and is carried by another vehicle. (ORC 4511.01(N))
301.37 SIDEWALK.
"Sidewalk" means that portion of a street between the curb lines, or the lateral lines of a
roadway, and the adjacent property lines, intended for the use of pedestrians. (ORC 4511.01(FF))
301.38 STATE ROUTE.
"State route" means every highway that is designated with an official State route number
and so marked. (ORC 4511.01(JJ))
301.39 STOP (WHEN REQUIRED).
"Stop" when required means a complete cessation of movement.
301.40 STOPPING OR STANDING.
(a)
"Stop or stopping" when prohibited means any halting of a vehicle, even
momentarily, whether occupied or not, except when necessary to avoid conflict with other traffic
or in compliance with the directions of a police officer or traffic control device.
(b)
"Stand or standing" means the halting of a vehicle, whether occupied or not,
otherwise then temporarily for the purpose of and while actually engaged in receiving or
discharging passengers.
301.41 STOP INTERSECTION.
"Stop intersection" means any intersection at one or more entrances of which stop signs
are erected. (ORC 4511.01(BBB))
301.42 STREET OR HIGHWAY; ARTERIAL STREET.
(a)
"Street" or "highway" are synonymous and mean the entire width between the
boundary lines of every way open to the use of the public as a thoroughfare for purposes of
vehicular travel. (ORC 4511.01(BB))
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301.49
(b)
"Arterial street" means any United States or State numbered route, controlled
access highway or other major radial or circumferential street or highway designated by local
authorities within their respective jurisdictions as part of a major arterial system of streets or
highways. (ORC 4511.01(CCC))
301.43 THROUGH STREET OR HIGHWAY.
"Through street or highway" means every street or highway as provided in Section 313.02.
(ORC 4511.01(HH))
301.44 THRUWAY.
"Thruway" means a through street or highway whose entire roadway is reserved for
through traffic and on which roadway parking is prohibited.
(ORC 4511.01(AAA))
301.45 TRAFFIC.
"Traffic" means pedestrians, ridden or herded animals, vehicles and other devices, either
singly or together, while using any street or highway for purposes of travel. (ORC 4511.01(TT))
301.46 TRAFFIC CONTROL DEVICES.
"Traffic control devices" means all flaggers, signs, signals, markings and devices placed
or erected by authority of a public body or official having jurisdiction, for the purpose of
regulating, warning or guiding traffic, including signs denoting names of streets and highways.
(ORC 4511.01(QQ))
301.47 TRAFFIC CONTROL SIGNAL.
"Traffic control signal" means any device, whether manually, electrically or mechanically
operated, by which traffic is alternately directed to stop, to proceed, to change direction or not to
change direction.
(ORC 4511.01(RR))
301.48 TRAILER.
"Trailer" means every vehicle designed or used for carrying persons or property wholly
on its own structure and for being drawn by a motor vehicle, including any such vehicle when
formed by or operated as a combination of a semitrailer and a vehicle of the dolly type, such as
that commonly known as a trailer dolly, a vehicle used to transport agricultural produce or
agricultural production materials between a local place of storage or supply and the farm when
drawn or towed on a street or highway at a speed greater than twenty-five miles per hour and a
vehicle designed and used exclusively to transport a boat between a place of storage and a marina,
or in and around a marina, when drawn or towed on a street or highway for a distance of more
than ten miles or at a speed of more than twenty-five miles per hour.
(ORC 4511.01(M))
301.49 TRUCK.
"Truck" means every motor vehicle, except trailers and semitrailers, designed and used
to carry property. (ORC 4511.01(K))
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301.50 URBAN DISTRICT.
"Urban district" means the territory contiguous to and including any street or highway
which is built up with structures devoted to business, industry or dwelling houses situated at
intervals of less than 100 feet for distance of a quarter of a mile or more, and the character of such
territory is indicated by official traffic control devices. (ORC 4511.01(PP))
301.51 VEHICLE.
"Vehicle" means every device, including a motorized bicycle, in, upon or by which any
person or property may be transported or drawn upon a street or highway, except that “vehicle”
does not include any motorized wheelchair, electric personal assistive mobility device, or any
device, other than a bicycle, that is moved by human power. (ORC 4511.01(A))
301.52 WHEELCHAIR, MOTORIZED.
"Motorized wheelchair" means any self-propelled vehicle designed for, and used by, a
handicapped person and that is incapable of a speed in excess of eight miles per hour.
(ORC 4511.01(EEE))
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CHAPTER 303
Enforcement, Impounding and Penalty
303.01 Compliance with lawful order
of police officer; fleeing.
303.02 Traffic direction in emergencies; obedience to school
guard.
303.03 Officer may remove ignition
key.
303.04 Road workers, motor vehicles
and equipment excepted.
303.041 Emergency, public safety and
coroner’s vehicles exempt.
303.05 Application to persons riding,
driving animals upon roadway.
303.06 Freeway use prohibited by
pedestrians, bicycles and
animals.
303.07 Application to drivers of
government vehicles.
303.08 Impounding of vehicles;
redemption.
303.081 Impounding vehicles on
agricultural property.
303.082 Private tow-away zones.
303.083 Release of vehicle;
records; charges.
303.09 Leaving junk and other
vehicles on private or
public property without
permission or notification.
303.10 Leaving junk vehicles on
private property with permission of owner.
303.11 Providing false information
to police officer.
303.99 General Traffic Code
penalties.
CROSS REFERENCES
Disposition of unclaimed vehicles - see Ohio R.C. 737.32, 4513.62
et seq.
Citations for minor misdemeanors - see Ohio R.C. 2935.26 et seq.
Power of trial court of record to suspend or revoke license for
certain violations - see Ohio R.C. 4507.16, 4507.34
State point system suspension - see Ohio R.C. 4507.40
Uniform application of Ohio Traffic Law - see Ohio R.C. 4511.06
Marking motor vehicles used by traffic officers - see Ohio R.C. 4549.13
Distinctive uniform required for traffic officers - see Ohio R.C. 4549.15
Exceptions for emergency or public safety vehicles - see TRAF.
331.20, 333.06
303.01 COMPLIANCE WITH LAWFUL ORDER OF POLICE OFFICER;
FLEEING.
(a)
No person shall fail to comply with any lawful order or direction of any police
officer invested with authority to direct, control or regulate traffic.
(b)
No person shall operate a motor vehicle so as willfully to elude or flee a police
officer after receiving a visible or audible signal from a police officer to bring the person’s motor
vehicle to a stop.
(EDITOR'S NOTE: Refer to Ohio R.C. 2921.331 for filing charges under subsection (b)
hereof since the jury or judge as trier of fact may determine the violation to be a felony.)
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(c)
Whoever violates this section is guilty of failure to comply with an order or signal
of a police officer. A violation of subsection (a) is a misdemeanor of the first degree. Except as
hereinafter provided, a violation of subsection (b) is a misdemeanor of the first degree. A
violation of subsection (b) is a felony if the jury or judge as trier of fact finds any one of the
following by proof beyond a reasonable doubt:
(1)
In committing the offense, the offender was fleeing immediately after the
commission of a felony;
(2)
The operation of the motor vehicle by the offender was a proximate cause
of serious physical harm to persons or property;
(3)
The operation of the motor vehicle by the offender caused a substantial risk
of serious physical harm to persons or property.
(d)
In addition to any other sanction imposed for a violation of this section, the court
shall impose a class two suspension from the range specified in division (A)(2) of Ohio R.C.
4510.02. If the offender previously has been found guilty of an offense under this section, the
court shall impose a class one suspension as described in division (A)(1) of that section. The court
shall not grant limited driving privileges to the offender. No judge shall suspend the first three
years of suspension under a class two suspension of an offender’s license, permit, or privilege
required by this subsection on any portion of the suspension under a class one suspension of an
offender’s license, permit, or privilege required by this subsection.
(ORC 2921.331)
303.02 TRAFFIC DIRECTION IN EMERGENCIES; OBEDIENCE TO SCHOOL
GUARD.
(a)
Police officers shall direct or regulate traffic in accordance with the provisions of
this Traffic Code, provided that, in the event of fire or other emergency or to expedite traffic or
safeguard pedestrians, they are authorized to direct traffic as conditions may require
notwithstanding the provisions of this Traffic Code. Firemen, when at the scene of a fire, may
direct or assist the police in directing traffic thereat or in the immediate vicinity. The direction
of traffic may be by word or audible signal, by gesture or visible signal or by any combination
thereof. No person shall fail to comply with any lawful order or direction of any police officer
or fireman issued pursuant to this section.
(b)
No person shall fail to comply with any lawful order or direction of any school
crossing guard invested with authority to direct, control or regulate traffic in the vicinity of the
school to which such guard may be assigned.
(c)
Whoever violates this section is guilty of a minor misdemeanor on a first offense;
on a second offense within one year after the first offense, the person is guilty of a misdemeanor
of the fourth degree; on each subsequent offense within one year after the first offense, the person
is guilty of a misdemeanor of the third degree.
303.03 OFFICER MAY REMOVE IGNITION KEY.
A law enforcement officer may remove the ignition key left in the ignition switch of an
unlocked and unattended motor vehicle parked on a street or highway, or any public or private
property used by the public for purposes of vehicular travel or parking. The officer removing
such key shall place notification upon the vehicle detailing his name and badge number, the place
where such key may be reclaimed and the procedure for reclaiming such key. The key shall be
returned to the owner of the motor vehicle upon presentation of proof of ownership.
(ORC 4549.05)
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303.04 ROAD WORKERS, MOTOR VEHICLES AND EQUIPMENT EXCEPTED.
(a)
The provisions of this Traffic Code do not apply to persons, teams, motor vehicles,
and other equipment while actually engaged in work upon the surface of a highway within an area
designated by traffic control devices, but apply to such persons and vehicles when traveling to or
from such work.
(b)
The driver of a highway maintenance vehicle owned by this state or any political
subdivision of this state, while the driver is engaged in the performance of official duties upon a
street or highway, provided the highway maintenance vehicle is equipped with flashing lights and
such other markings as are required by law, and such lights are in operation when the driver and
vehicle are so engaged, shall be exempt from criminal prosecution for violations of Sections
331.01 to 331.04, 331.06 to 331.08, 331.31, 333.04, 337.01 and Ohio R.C. 4511.66 and 5577.01
to 5577.09.
(c)
(1)
(2)
This section does not exempt a driver of as highway maintenance vehicle
from civil liability arising from a violation of Sections 331.01 to 331.04,
331.06 to 331.08, 331.31, 333.04, 337.01 or Ohio R.C. 4511.66 or
5577.01 to 5577.09.
This section does not exempt the driver of a vehicle that is engaged in the
transport of highway maintenance equipment from criminal liability for a
violation of Ohio R.C. 5577.01 to 5577.09.
(d)
As used in this section, “highway maintenance vehicle” means a vehicle used in
snow and ice removal or road surface maintenance, including a snow plow, traffic line striper,
road sweeper, mowing machine, asphalt distributing vehicle, or other such vehicle designed for
use in specific highway maintenance activities. (ORC 4511.04)
(e)
Except as otherwise provided in this subsection, whoever violates this section is
guilty of a minor misdemeanor. If, within one year of the offense, the offender previously has
been convicted of or pleaded guilty to one predicate motor vehicle or traffic offense, whoever
violates this section is guilty of a misdemeanor of the fourth degree. If, within one year of the
offense, the offender previously has been convicted of two or more predicate motor vehicle or
traffic offenses, whoever violates this section is guilty of a misdemeanor of the third degree.
(ORC 4511.99)
303.041 EMERGENCY, PUBLIC SAFETY AND CORONER’S VEHICLES
EXEMPT.
(a)
Ohio R.C. 4511.12, 4511.13, 4511.131, 4511.132, 4511.14, 4511.15, 4511.202,
4511.21, 4511.211, 4511.22, 4511.23, 4511.25, 4511.26, 4511.27, 4511.28, 4511.29, 4511.30,
4511.31, 4511.32, 4511.33, 4511.34, 4511.35, 4511.36, 4511.37, 4511.38, 4511.39, 4511.40,
4511.41, 4511.42, 4511.43, 4511.431, 4511.432, 4511.44, 4511.441, 4511.57, 4511.58,
4511.59, 4511.60, 4511.61, 4511.62, 4511.66, 4511.68, 4511.681 and 4511.69 and all sections
of this Traffic Code or other municipal ordinances that are substantially equivalent to the sections
listed above, do not apply to the driver of an emergency vehicle or public safety vehicle if the
emergency vehicle or public safety vehicle is responding to an emergency call, is equipped with
and displaying at least one flashing, rotating or oscillating light visible under normal atmospheric
conditions from a distance of 500 feet to the front of the vehicle and if the driver of the vehicle
is giving an audible signal by siren, exhaust whistle or bell. This section does not relieve the
driver of an emergency vehicle or public safety vehicle from the duty to drive with due regard for
the safety of all persons and property upon the highway. (ORC 4511.041)
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(b)
Ohio R.C. 4511.25, 4511.26, 4511.27, 4511.28, 4511.29, 4511.30, 4511.31,
4511.32, 4511.33, 4511.35, 4511.36, 4511.37, 4511.38 and 4511.66, and all sections of this
Traffic Code or other municipal ordinances that are substantially equivalent to the sections listed
above, do not apply to a coroner, deputy coroner, or coroner’s investigator operating a motor
vehicle in accordance with Ohio R.C. 4513.171. This section does not relieve a coroner, deputy
coroner, or coroner’s investigator operating a motor vehicle from the duty to drive with due regard
for the safety of all persons and property upon the highway. (ORC 4511.042)
303.05 APPLICATION TO PERSONS RIDING, DRIVING ANIMALS UPON
ROADWAY.
Every person riding, driving or leading an animal upon a roadway shall be subject to the
provisions of this Traffic Code applicable to the driver of a vehicle, except those provisions of
such sections which by their nature are inapplicable. (ORC 4511.05)
303.06 FREEWAY USE PROHIBITED BY PEDESTRIANS, BICYCLES AND
ANIMALS.
(a)
No person, unless otherwise directed by a police officer, shall:
(1)
As a pedestrian, occupy any space within the limits of the right-of-way of
a freeway, except: in a rest area; on a facility that is separated from the
roadway and shoulders of the freeway and is designed and appropriately
marked for pedestrian use; in the performance of public works or official
duties; as a result of an emergency caused by an accident or breakdown
of a motor vehicle; or to obtain assistance;
(2)
Occupy any space within the limits of the right of way of a freeway, with:
an animal-drawn vehicle; a ridden or led animal; herded animals; a
pushcart; a bicycle, except on a facility that is separated from the roadway
and shoulders of the freeway and is designed and appropriately marked for
bicycle use; a bicycle with motor attached; a motor driven cycle with a
motor which produces not to exceed five brake horsepower; an
agricultural tractor; farm machinery; except in the performance of public
works or official duties.
(b)
(ORC 4511.051)
303.07 APPLICATION TO DRIVERS OF GOVERNMENT VEHICLES.
The provisions of this Traffic Code applicable to the drivers of vehicles shall apply to the
drivers of all vehicles owned or operated by the United States, any state or any political
subdivision thereof, including this Municipality, except as may be otherwise provided by law and
subject to such specific exceptions as are set forth with reference to authorized emergency and
public safety vehicles.
303.08 IMPOUNDING OF VEHICLES; REDEMPTION.
(a)
Police officers are authorized to provide for the removal of a vehicle under the
following circumstances:
(1)
When any vehicle is left unattended upon any street, bridge or causeway
and is so illegally parked so as to constitute a hazard or obstruction to the
normal movement of traffic, or so as to unreasonably interfere with street
cleaning or snow removal operations.
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(2)
(3)
(4)
(5)
(6)
(7)
(8)
(9)
(10)
303.08
When any vehicle or "abandoned junk motor vehicle" as defined in Ohio
R.C. 4513.63 is left on private property for more than forty-eight
consecutive hours without the permission of the person having the right to
the possession of the property, or on a public street or other property open
to the public for purposes of vehicular travel or parking, or upon or within
the right of way of any road or highway, for forty-eight consecutive hours
or longer, without notification to the Police Chief of the reasons for leaving
such vehicle in such place. Prior to disposal of an "abandoned junk motor
vehicle" as defined in Ohio R.C. 4513.63, it shall be photographed by a
law enforcement officer.
When any vehicle has been stolen or operated without the consent of the
owner and is located upon either public or private property.
When any vehicle displays illegal license plates or fails to display the
current lawfully required plates and is located upon any public street or
other property open to the public for purposes of vehicular travel or
parking.
When any vehicle has been used in or connected with the commission of a
felony and is located upon either public or private property.
When any vehicle has been damaged or wrecked so as to be inoperable or
violates equipment provisions of this Traffic Code whereby its continued
operation would constitute a condition hazardous to life, limb or property,
and is located upon any public street or other property open to the public
for purposes of vehicular travel or parking.
When any vehicle is left unattended either on public or private property due
to the removal of an ill, injured or arrested operator, or due to the
abandonment thereof by the operator during or immediately after pursuit by
a law enforcement officer.
When any vehicle has been operated by any person who has failed to stop
in case of an accident or collision and is located either on public or private
property.
When any vehicle has been operated by any person who is driving without
a lawful license or while his license has been suspended or revoked and is
located upon a public street or other property open to the public for
purposes of vehicular travel or parking.
When any vehicle is found for which two or more citation tags for
violations of this Traffic Code have been issued and the owner or operator
thereof has failed to respond to such citation tags as lawfully required, and
is located upon a public street or other property open to the public for
purposes of vehicular travel or parking.
(b)
Any vehicle removed under authority of subsection (a)(2) hereof shall be ordered
into storage and/or disposed of as provided under Ohio R.C. 4513.60 et seq. Any other vehicle
removed under authority of this section shall be ordered into storage and the Municipal police shall
forthwith notify the registered vehicle owner of the fact of such removal and impounding, reasons
therefor and the place of storage. Any person desiring to redeem an impounded vehicle shall
appear at the police offices to furnish satisfactory evidence of identity and ownership or right to
possession. Prior to issuance of a release form, the claimant, owner or operator shall either pay
the amount due for any fines for violations on account of which such vehicle was impounded or,
as the court may require, post a bond in an amount set by the court, to appear to answer to such
violations. The pound operator shall release such vehicle upon the receipt of the release form and
payment of all towage and storage charges.
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(c)
No owner or operator shall remove an impounded vehicle from the place of
storage without complying with the above procedure. Possession of a vehicle which has been
impounded and unlawfully taken from the place of storage, by the owner or operator, shall
constitute prima-facie evidence that it was so removed by the owner or operator.
(d)
303.081 IMPOUNDING VEHICLES ON PRIVATE RESIDENTIAL OR
AGRICULTURAL PROPERTY.
(a)
The Chief of Police upon complaint of any person adversely affected may order
into storage any motor vehicle, other than an abandoned junk motor vehicle as defined in Ohio
R.C. 4513.63, that has been left on private residential or private agricultural property for at least
four hours without the permission of the person having the right to the possession of the property.
The Chief of Police, upon complaint of the owner of a repair garage or place of storage, may
order into storage any motor vehicle, other than an abandoned junk motor vehicle, that has been
left at the garage or place of storage for a longer period than that agreed upon. The place of
storage shall be designated by the Chief of Police. When ordering a motor vehicle into storage
pursuant to subsection (a) hereof, the Chief of Police, whenever possible, shall arrange for the
removal of the motor vehicle by a private tow truck operator or towing company. Subject to
Section 303.083(a), the owner of a motor vehicle that has been removed pursuant to subsection
(a) hereof may recover the vehicle only in accordance with Section 303.083(c).
(b)
This section does not apply to any private residential or private agricultural
property that is established as a private tow-away zone in accordance with Section 303.082.
(c)
As used in this section "private residential property" means private property on
which is located one or more structures that are used as a home, residence or sleeping place by
one or more persons, if no more than three separate households are maintained in the structure or
structures. "Private residential property" does not include any private property on which is located
one or more structures that are used as a home, residence or sleeping place by two or more
persons, if more than three separate households are maintained in the structure or structures.
(d)
Any person who registers a complaint that is the basis of a Police Chief's order
for the removal and storage of a motor vehicle under this section shall provide the identity of the
law enforcement agency with which the complaint was registered to any person who identifies
himself as the owner or operator of the motor vehicle and requests information pertaining to its
location. (ORC 4513.60)
303.082 PRIVATE TOW-AWAY ZONES.
(a)
The owner of private property may establish a private tow-away zone only if all of
the following conditions are satisfied:
(1)
The owner posts on the owner’s property a sign, that is at least eighteen
inches by twenty-four inches in size, that is visible from all entrances to
the property and that contains at least all of the following information:
A.
A notice that the property is a private tow-away zone and that
vehicles not authorized to park on the property will be towed
away;
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B.
(2)
The telephone number of the person from whom a towed-away
vehicle can be recovered, and the address of the place to which the
vehicle will be taken and the place from which it may be
recovered;
C.
A statement that the vehicle may be recovered at any time during
the day or night upon the submission of proof of ownership and
the payment of a towing charge, in an amount not to exceed ninety
dollars ($90.00) and a storage charge, in an amount not to exceed
twelve dollars ($12.00) per twenty-four hour period; except that
the charge for towing shall not exceed one hundred fifty dollars
($150.00), and the storage charge shall not exceed twenty dollars
($20.00) per twenty-four-hour period, if the vehicle has a
manufacturer’s gross vehicle weight rating in excess of 10,000
pounds and is a truck, bus or a combination of a commercial
tractor and trailer or semitrailer.
The place to which the towed vehicle is taken and from which it may be
recovered is conveniently located, is well lighted and is on or within a
reasonable distance of a regularly scheduled route of one or more modes
of public transportation, if any public transportation is available in the
Municipality.
(b)
If a vehicle is parked on private property that is established as a private tow-away
zone in accordance with subsection (a) hereof without the consent of the owner of the property or
in violation of any posted parking condition or regulation, the owner or the owner’s agent may
remove, or cause the removal of the vehicle. The owner and the operator of the vehicle shall be
deemed to have consented to the removal and storage of the vehicle and to the payment of the
towing and storage charges specified in subsection (a) hereof, and the owner may recover a vehicle
that has been so removed only in accordance with Section 303.083.
(c)
If an owner of private property that is established as a private tow-away zone in
accordance with subsection (a) hereof or the authorized agent of such an owner removes or causes
the removal of a vehicle from that property under authority of subsection (b) hereof, the owner
or agent promptly shall notify the police offices of the removal, the vehicle's license number,
make, model and color, the location from which it was removed, the date and time of its removal,
the telephone number of the person from whom it may be recovered, and the address of the place
to which it has been taken and from which it may be recovered.
(d)
No owner of private property shall remove, or shall cause the removal and storage
of, any vehicle pursuant to this section by a tow truck or tow truck operator in violation of any
other municipal ordinance regulating such truck or operator.
(e)
This section does not affect or limit the operation of Section 303.081 or Ohio R.C.
4513.61 to 4513.65 as they relate to property other than private property that is established as a
private tow-away zone under this section.
(f)
No person shall remove or cause the removal of any vehicle from private property
that is established as a private tow-away zone under this section other than in accordance with
subsection (b) hereof.
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(g)
Whoever violates subsection (d) or (f) of this section is guilty of a minor
misdemeanor.
(ORC 4513.60)
303.083 RELEASE OF VEHICLE; RECORDS; CHARGES.
(a)
Release Prior to Removal. If the owner or operator of a motor vehicle that has been
ordered into storage pursuant to Section 303.081 or of a vehicle that is being removed under
authority of Section 303.082 arrives after the motor vehicle or vehicle has been prepared for
removal but prior to its actual removal from the property, the owner or operator shall be given the
opportunity to pay a fee of not more than one-half of the charge for the removal of motor vehicles
under Section 303.081 or of vehicles under Section 303.082 whichever is applicable, that normally
is assessed by the person who has prepared the motor vehicle or vehicle for removal, in order to
obtain release of the motor vehicle or vehicle. Upon payment of that fee, the motor vehicle or
vehicle shall be released to the owner or operator, and upon its release, the owner or operator
immediately shall move it so that:
(1)
If the motor vehicle was ordered into storage pursuant to Section 303.081,
it is not on the private residential or private agricultural property without
the permission of the person having the right to possession of the
property, or is not at the garage or place of storage without the permission
of the owner, whichever is applicable;
(2)
If the vehicle was being removed under authority of Section 303.082, it
is not parked on the private property established as a private tow-away
zone without the consent of the owner or in violation of any posted
parking condition or regulation.
(b)
Records. The Chief of Police shall maintain a record of motor vehicles that the
Chief orders into storage pursuant to Section 303.081 and of vehicles removed from private
property in the Chief’s jurisdiction that is established as a private tow-away zone of which the
Chief has received notice under Section 303.082. The record shall include an entry for each such
motor vehicle or vehicle that identifies the motor vehicle's or vehicle's license number, make,
model and color, the location from which it was removed, the date and time of its removal, the
telephone number of the person from whom it may be recovered, and the address of the place to
which it has been taken and from which it may be recovered. Any information in the record that
pertains to a particular motor vehicle or vehicle shall be provided to any person who, either in
person or pursuant to a telephone call, identifies self as the owner or operator of the motor vehicle
or vehicle and requests information pertaining to its location.
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(c)
Removal and Storage Charges. The owner of a motor vehicle that is ordered into
storage pursuant to Section 303.081 or of a vehicle that is removed under authority of Section
303.082 may reclaim it upon payment of any expenses or charges incurred in its removal, in an
amount not to exceed ninety dollars ($90.00), and storage, in an amount not to exceed twelve
dollars ($12.00) per twenty-four hour period; except that the charge for towing shall not exceed
one hundred fifty dollars ($150.00), and the storage charge shall not exceed twenty dollars
($20.00) per twenty-four-hour period, if the vehicle has a manufacturer’s gross vehicle weight
rating in excess of 10,000 pounds and is a truck, bus or a combination of a commercial tractor and
trailer or semitrailer. Presentation of proof of ownership, which may be evidenced by a certificate
of title to the motor vehicle or vehicle also shall be required for reclamation of the vehicle. If a
motor vehicle that is ordered into storage pursuant to Section 303.081 remains unclaimed by the
owner for thirty days, the procedures established by Ohio R.C. 4513.61 and 4513.62 shall apply.
(ORC 4513.60)
303.09 LEAVING JUNK AND OTHER VEHICLES ON PRIVATE OR PUBLIC
PROPERTY WITHOUT PERMISSION OR NOTIFICATION.
(a)
No person shall willfully leave any vehicle or an "abandoned junk motor vehicle"
as defined in Ohio R.C. 4513.63 on private property for more than seventy-two consecutive hours
without the permission of the person having the right to the possession of the property or on a
public street or other property open to the public for purposes of vehicular travel or parking, or
upon or within the right of way of any road or highway, for forty-eight consecutive hours or
longer, without notification to the Police Chief of the reasons for leaving the vehicle in such place.
For purposes of this section, the fact that a vehicle has been so left without permission or
notification is prima-facie evidence of abandonment. Nothing contained in this section shall
invalidate the provisions of other ordinances regulating or prohibiting the abandonment of motor
vehicles on streets, highways, public property or private property within the Municipality.
(b)
Whoever violates this section is guilty of a minor misdemeanor and shall also be
assessed any costs incurred by the Municipality in disposing of an abandoned junk motor vehicle
that is the basis of the violation, less any money accruing to the Municipality from this disposal
of the vehicle. (ORC 4513.64)
303.10 LEAVING JUNK VEHICLES ON PRIVATE PROPERTY WITH
PERMISSION OF OWNER.
(a)
For the purposes of this section, "junk motor vehicle" means any motor vehicle
meeting the requirements of Ohio R.C. 4513.63(B) to (E) that is left uncovered in the open on
private property for more than seventy-two hours with the permission of the person having the
right to the possession of the property, except if the person is operating a junk yard or scrap metal
processing facility licensed under authority of Ohio R.C. 4737.05 to 4737.12; or regulated under
authority of the Municipality; or if the property on which the motor vehicle is left is not subject
to licensure or regulation by any governmental authority, unless the person having the right to the
possession of the property can establish that the motor vehicle is part of a bona fide commercial
operation, or if the motor vehicle is a collector's vehicle.
Persons may store or keep by unrestricted method any collector's vehicle as defined in
Ohio R.C. 4501.01(F) on private property with the permission of the person having the right to
the possession of the property; except that such person having such permission shall conceal, by
means of buildings, fences, vegetation, terrain or other suitable obstruction, any unlicensed
collector's vehicle stored in the open.
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Council, the Chief of Police or the Municipal Zoning Authority, may send notice by
certified mail with return receipt requested, to the person having the right to the possession of the
property on which a junk motor vehicle is left, that within ten days of receipt of the notice, the
junk motor vehicle either shall be covered by being housed in a garage or other suitable structure
or shall be removed from the property.
No person shall willfully leave a junk motor vehicle uncovered in the open for more than
ten days after receipt of a notice as provided in this section. The fact that a junk motor vehicle
is so left is prima-facie evidence of willful failure to comply with the notice. Each subsequent
period of thirty days that a junk motor vehicle continues to be so left constitutes a separate offense.
(b)
Whoever violates this section is guilty of a minor misdemeanor.
(ORC 4513.65)
303.11 PROVIDING FALSE INFORMATION TO POLICE OFFICER.
(a)
No person shall knowingly present, display or orally communicate a false name,
social security number or date of birth to a law enforcement officer who is in the process of
issuing to the person a traffic ticket or complaint.
(b)
Whoever violates this section is guilty of a misdemeanor of the first degree.
(ORC 4513.361)
303.99 GENERAL TRAFFIC CODE PENALTIES.
(a)
General Misdemeanor Classifications. Whoever violates any provision of this
Traffic Code for which violation no penalty is otherwise provided, is guilty of a minor
misdemeanor on a first offense; on a second offense within one year after the first offense, the
person is guilty of a misdemeanor of the fourth degree; on each subsequent offense within one year
after the first offense, the person is guilty of a misdemeanor of the third degree.
(ORC 4513.99)
(b)
Penalties. Whoever is convicted of or pleads guilty to a violation of this Traffic
Code shall be imprisoned for a definite term or fined, or both, which term of imprisonment and
fine shall be fixed by the court as provided in this section.
Classification of
Misdemeanor
First degree
Second degree
Third degree
Fourth degree
Minor
(ORC 2929.24; 2929.28)
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of Imprisonment
180 days
90 days
60 days
30 days
No imprisonment
Maximum
Fine
$1,000.00
750.00
500.00
250.00
150.00
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CHAPTER 305
Traffic Control
305.01 Authority to regulate local
traffic.
305.02 Conformity with State
manual.
305.03 Permit required for traffic
signal on State route.
305.04 Violations subject to
misdemeanor
classification.
305.05 Owner may establish nonliability for local traffic
offenses by proof of lease
of vehicle.
305.06 Traffic control procedures
in construction areas.
CROSS REFERENCES
See sectional history for similar State law
Power to designate highway as included in a freeway, expressway or
thruway - see Ohio R.C. 4511.011
Uniform system of traffic control devices - see Ohio R.C. 4511.09,
4511.11(D)
Placing and maintaining local traffic control devices - see Ohio
R.C. 4511.10, 4511.11
Alteration of prima-facie speed limits - see Ohio R.C. 4511.21,
4511.22(A), 4511.23
Power to erect stop signs at grade crossings - see Ohio R.C. 4511.61
Designation of through streets and erection of stop or yield signs see Ohio R.C. 4511.65; TRAF. 313.02
Traffic control devices defined - see TRAF. 301.46
305.01 AUTHORITY TO REGULATE LOCAL TRAFFIC.
The provisions of the State Traffic Code as contained in Ohio R.C. Chapters 4511 and
4513 do not prevent the Municipality from enacting local traffic regulations covering the following
activities with respect to the streets and highways under local jurisdiction and within the reasonable
exercise of the police power by the Municipality:
(a)
Regulating the stopping, standing or parking of vehicles;
(b)
Regulating traffic by means of police officers or traffic control devices;
(c)
Regulating or prohibiting processions or assemblages on streets or highways;
(d)
Designating particular streets as one-way streets and requiring that all vehicles on
the one-way streets be moved in one specific direction;
(e)
Regulating the speed of vehicles in public parks;
(f)
Designating any street or highway as a through street or highway and requiring
that all vehicles stop before entering or crossing a through street or highway, or
designating any intersection as a stop intersection and requiring all vehicles to
stop at one or more entrances to the intersection;
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(g)
Regulating or prohibiting vehicles from passing to the left of
safety zones;
(h)
Regulating the operation of bicycles and requiring the registration and licensing
of bicycles, including the requirements of a registration fee.
(i)
Regulating the use of certain streets by vehicles.
No ordinance or regulation enacted under subsections (d), (e), (f), (g) or (i) of this section
shall be effective until signs giving notice of the local traffic regulations are posted upon or at the
entrance to the street or highway or part of the street or highway affected, as may be most
appropriate.
Every ordinance, resolution or regulation enacted under subsection (a) hereof shall be
enforced in compliance with Section 305.05.
(ORC 4511.07)
305.02 CONFORMITY WITH STATE MANUAL.
All traffic control devices placed pursuant to the provisions of this Traffic Code shall
conform to the Ohio Manual of Uniform Traffic Control Devices for Streets and Highways, as set
forth in Ohio R.C. 4511.09.
305.03 PERMIT REQUIRED FOR TRAFFIC SIGNAL ON STATE ROUTE.
No traffic control signal shall be placed or maintained upon an extension of the State
highway system within the Village without first obtaining the permission of the Ohio Director of
Transportation. The Director may revoke the permission and may require to be removed any
traffic control signal that has been erected without his permission on an extension of a State
highway within the Village, or that, if erected under a permit granted by the Director, does not
conform to the State manual and specifications as required by Section 305.02, or that is not
operated in accordance with the terms of the permit. (ORC 4511.11(C))
305.04 VIOLATIONS SUBJECT TO MISDEMEANOR CLASSIFICATION.
Except as otherwise provided, any person violating the rules and regulations promulgated
in connection with this chapter is guilty of a misdemeanor which shall be classified as provided
in Section 303.99.
305.05 OWNER MAY ESTABLISH NONLIABILITY FOR LOCAL TRAFFIC
OFFENSES BY PROOF OF LEASE OF VEHICLE.
(a)
The owner of a vehicle shall be entitled to establish nonliability for prosecution for
violation of an ordinance, resolution or regulation enacted under Section 305.01(a) by proving the
vehicle was in the care, custody or control of a person other than the owner at the time of the
violation pursuant to a written lease agreement providing that except for such agreement, no other
business relationship with respect to the vehicle in question exists between the operator and owner.
(b) Proof that the vehicle was in the care, custody or control of a person other than the
owner shall be established by sending a copy of such written lease agreement to the prosecuting
authority within thirty days from the date of receipt by the owner of the notice of violation. The
furnishing of a copy of a written lease agreement shall be prima-facie evidence that a vehicle was
in the care, custody or control of a person other than the owner.
(ORC 4511.071)
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305.06 TRAFFIC CONTROL PROCEDURES IN CONSTRUCTION AREAS.
(a)
If the ordinary and usual flow of motor vehicle traffic within the Village on Abbe
Road, Lake Breeze Road, Harris Road, French Creek Road, East River Road, Detroit Road and
Colorado Avenue is substantially impeded as the direct and proximate result of construction or
utility work being performed by a private general contractor, traffic control on such roads at such
times shall be performed by a uniformed, off-duty police officer pursuant to an individual personal
service contract between such officer and the general contractor involved.
(b)
Wherever open competitive bidding is required by applicable law for a public
project, the traffic control terms as provided in subsection (a) hereof shall be included in the bid
instructions and specifications to be publicly advertised for such public project.
(c)
If, after reasonable steps are taken by the general contractor involved to obtain such
services, no uniformed off-duty police officers are available for the times required during which
such construction or utility work is being performed, then the traffic control services may be
utilized in order to protect and maintain the public safety in the traffic impeded area.
(Ord. 2196. Passed 5-11-09.)
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TITLE THREE - Streets and Traffic Control Devices
Chap. 311. Street Obstructions and Special Uses.
Chap. 313. Traffic Control Devices.
CHAPTER 311
Street Obstructions and Special Uses
311.01 Placing injurious material
or obstruction in street.
311.02 Parades and assemblages.
311.03 Toy vehicles on streets.
CROSS REFERENCES
See sectional history for similar State law
Power to regulate processions or assemblages - see Ohio R.C.
4511.07(C)
Dropping, sifting and leaking loads - see TRAF. 339.08
311.01 PLACING INJURIOUS MATERIAL OR OBSTRUCTION IN
STREET.
(a)
No person shall place or knowingly drop upon any part of a street, highway or alley
any tacks, bottles, wire, glass, nails or other articles which may damage or injure any person,
vehicle or animal traveling along or upon such street, except such substances that may be placed
upon the roadway by proper authority for the repair or construction thereof.
(b)
Any person who drops or permits to be dropped or thrown upon any street any
noxious, destructive or injurious material shall immediately remove the same.
(c)
Any person authorized to remove a wrecked or damaged vehicle from a street shall
remove any glass or other injurious substance dropped upon the street from such vehicle.
(d)
No person shall place any obstruction in or upon a street without proper authority.
(e)
No person, with intent to cause physical harm to a person or vehicle, shall place
or knowingly drop upon any part of a highway, lane, road, street or alley any tacks, bottles, wire,
glass, nails or other articles which may damage or injure any person, vehicle or animal traveling
along or upon such highway, except such substances that may be placed upon the roadway by
proper authority for the repair or construction thereof.
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Except as otherwise provided in this subsection, whoever violates any
provision of subsections (a) to (d) of this section is guilty of a minor
misdemeanor. If, within one year of the offense, the offender previously
has been convicted of or pleaded guilty to one predicate motor vehicle or
traffic offense, whoever violates any provision of subsections (a) to (d) of
this section is guilty of a misdemeanor of the fourth degree. If, within one
year of the offense, the offender previously has been convicted of two or
more predicate motor vehicle or traffic offenses, whoever violates any
provision of subsections (a) to (d) of this section is guilty of a misdemeanor
of the third degree.
Whoever violates subsection (e) of this section is guilty of a misdemeanor
of the first degree. (ORC 4511.74)
311.02 PARADES AND ASSEMBLAGES.
(a)
Definitions. As used in this section:
(1)
“Parade” means any march, demonstration, procession or motorcade
consisting of persons, animals or vehicles or a combination thereof upon the
streets, parks or other public grounds within the Village of Sheffield with
an intent of attracting public attention that interferes with the normal flow
or regulation of traffic upon the streets, parks or other public grounds.
(2)
“Parade or public assembly permit” means the permit as required by this
section.
(3)
“Person” means any person, firm, partnership, association, corporation,
company or organization of any kind.
(4)
“Public assembly” means any meeting, demonstration, picket line, rally or
gathering of more than twenty-five persons for a common purpose as a
result of prior planning that interferes with the normal flow or regulation
of pedestrian or vehicular traffic or occupies any public area in a place open
to the general public.
(5)
“Sidewalk” means any area or way set aside or open to the general public
for purposes of pedestrian traffic, whether or not it is paved.
(6)
“Street” means any place or way set aside or open to the general public for
purposes of vehicular traffic, including any berm or shoulder parkway,
right-of-way, or median strip thereof.
(b)
Permit Required. No person shall engage in or conduct any parade or public
assembly unless a permit is issued by the Mayor.
(c)
Exceptions. This section shall not apply to the following:
(1)
Funeral processions;
(2)
Students going to and from school classes or participating in educational
activities, provided that such conduct is under the immediate direction and
supervision of the proper school authorities;
(3)
A governmental agency acting within the scope of its functions; and
(4)
Spontaneous events occasioned by news or affairs coming into public
knowledge within three days of such public assembly, provided that the
organized thereof gives written notice to the Mayor at least twenty-four
hours prior to such parade or public assembly.
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(d)
311.02
Application.
(1)
A person seeking a parade or public assembly permit shall file an
application with the Mayor on forms provided by the Mayor and the
application shall be signed by the applicant under oath.
(2)
For single, non-recurring parades or public assemblies, an application for
a permit shall be filed with the Mayor at least ten and not more than one
hundred eighty days before the parade or public assembly is proposed to
commence. The Mayor may waive the minimum ten day filing period and
accept an application filed within a shorter period if, after due consideration
of the date, time, place and nature of the parade or public assembly, the
anticipated number of participants, and the municipal services required in
connection with the event, the Mayor determines that the waiver will not
present a hazard to public safety.
(3)
For parades or public assemblies held on a regular or recurring basis at the
same location, an application for a permit covering all such parades or
assemblies during that calendar year may be filed with the Mayor at least
sixty and not more than one hundred eighty days before the date and time
at which the first such parade or public assembly is proposed to commence.
The Mayor may waive the minimum sixty day period after due
consideration of the factors specified in subsection (d)(2) above.
(4)
The application for a parade or public assembly permit shall set forth the
following information:
A.
The name, address and telephone number of the person seeking to
conduct such parade or public assembly;
B.
The names, addresses and telephone numbers of the headquarters of
the organization for which the parade or public assembly is to be
conducted, if any, and the authorized and responsible heads of the
organization;
C.
The requested date of the parade or public assembly;
D.
The route to be traveled, including the starting point and the
termination point;
E.
The approximate number of persons who, and animals and vehicles
which will constitute such parade or public assembly and the type
of animals and description of the vehicles;
F.
The hours when such parade or public assembly will start and
terminate;
G.
A statement as to whether the parade or public assembly will occupy
all or only a portion of the width of the streets proposed to be
traversed;
H.
The location by street of any assembly areas for such parade or
public assembly;
I.
The time at which units of the parade or public assembly will begin
to assemble at any such area;
J.
The intervals of space to be maintained between units of such parade
or public assembly;
K.
If the parade or public assembly is designed to be held by, or on
behalf of, any person other than the applicant, the applicant for such
permit shall file a letter from that person with the Mayor authorizing
the applicant to apply for the permit on his/her behalf;
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The type of public assembly, including a description of activities
planned during the event;
A description of any recording equipment, sound amplification
equipment, banners, signs, or other attention-getting devices to be
used in connection with the parade or public assembly;
The approximate number of participants (spectators are by definition
not participants);
The approximate number of spectators;
A designation of any public facilities or equipment to be utilized;
and
Any additional information that the Mayor finds reasonably
necessary to a fair determination as to whether a permit should
issue.
(e)
Fees.
(1)
A non-refundable fee of twenty-five dollars ($25.00) to cover administrative
costs of processing the permit shall be paid to the Village of Sheffield by
the applicant when the application is filed.
(2)
If the application is for the use of any municipal property or if any
municipal services shall be required for the parade or public assembly, the
applicant shall pay, prior to the issuance of a permit, the charges for those
services in accordance with a schedule of service costs approved by the
Sheffield Village Council.
(f)
Emergency Services.
(1)
The Chief of Police shall determine whether and to what extent additional
police protection is reasonably necessary for the parade or public assembly
for traffic control and public safety. The Chief of Police shall base this
decision on the size, location, duration, time and date of the event, the
expected sale or service of alcoholic beverages, the number of streets and
intersections blocked and the need to detour or preempt citizen travel and
use of the streets and sidewalks. The speech content of the event shall not
be a factor in determining the amount of police protection necessary. If
possible, without disruption of ordinary police services or compromise of
public safety, regularly scheduled on-duty personnel will police the event,
If additional police protection for the public assembly is deemed necessary
by the Chief of Police, he/she shall so inform the applicant for the permit.
The applicant shall then have the duty to secure the police protection
deemed necessary by the Chief of Police at the sole expense of the
applicant.
(2)
The Fire Chief shall determine whether and to what extent ambulance
service and/or paramedic/fire protection is reasonably necessary for the
parade or public assembly for the health and safety of attendees at the
parade or public assembly. The Fire Chief shall base this decision on the
size, location, duration, time and date of the event, the expected sale or
service of alcoholic beverages, and the expected number of attendees of the
parade or public assembly. The speech content of the event shall not be a
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(g)
311.02
factor in determining the amount of ambulance service and/or
paramedic/fire protection necessary. If possible, without disruption of
ordinary fire department services or compromise of public safety, regularly
scheduled on-duty personnel will staff the event. If ambulance services
and/or paramedic/fire protection for the public assembly is deemed
necessary by the Fire Chief, he/she shall so inform the applicant for the
permit. The applicant shall then have the duty to secure the ambulance
services and/or paramedic/fire protection deemed necessary by the Fire
Chief at the sole expense of the applicant.
Persons engaging in parades or public assemblies conducted for the sole
purpose of public issue speech protected under the First Amendment are not
required to pay for any police protection provided by the Village of
Sheffield. (Ord. 2039. Passed 7-25-05.)
Standards for Issuance.
(1)
The Mayor shall issue a permit as provided for herein when, from a
consideration of the application and from such other information as may
otherwise be obtained, the Mayor finds that:
A.
The conduct of the parade or public assembly will not substantially
interrupt the safe and orderly movement of other pedestrian or
vehicular traffic contiguous to its route or location;
B.
The conduct of the parade or public assembly will not require the
diversion of so great a number of police officers to properly police
the line of movement and the areas contiguous thereto as to prevent
normal police protection of the Village of Sheffield;
C.
The concentration of persons, animals, and vehicles at public
assembly points of the parade or public assembly will not unduly
interfere with proper fire and police protection of, or ambulance
service to, areas contiguous to such public assembly areas;
D.
The conduct of the parade or public assembly is not reasonably
likely to cause injury to persons or property;
E.
The parade or public assembly is scheduled to move from its point
of origin to its point of termination expeditiously and without
unreasonably delays en route;
F.
Adequate sanitation and other required health facilities are or will
be made available in or adjacent to any public assembly areas;
G.
There are sufficient parking places near the site of the parade or
public assembly to accommodate the number of vehicles reasonably
expected;
H.
The applicant has secure police protection, if any, required under
subsection (d);
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I.
(2)
Such parade or public assembly is not for the primary purpose of
advertising any product, goods, or event that is primarily for private
profit, and the parade itself is not primarily for profit. The
prohibition against advertising any product, goods or event shall not
apply to signs identifying organizations or sponsors furnishing or
sponsoring exhibits or structures used in the parade or public
assembly;
J.
No parade or public assembly permit application for the same time
and location is already granted or has been received and will be
granted;
K.
No parade or public assembly permit application for the same time
but location is already granted or has been received and will be
granted, and the police resources required for that prior parade or
public assembly are so great that in combination with the subsequent
proposed application, the resulting deployment of police services
would have an immediate and adverse effect upon the welfare and
safety of persons and property; and
L.
No event is scheduled elsewhere in the Village of Sheffield where
the police resources required for that event are so great that the
deployment of police services for the proposed parade or public
assembly would have an immediate and adverse effect upon the
welfare and safety of persons and property.
No permit shall be granted that allows for the extension or placement of any
structure, whether permanent or temporary, on a street, sidewalk, or rightof-way unless advance approval for the erection or placement of the
structure is obtained from the Mayor.
(h)
Non-Discrimination. The Mayor shall uniformly consider each application upon
its merits and shall not discriminate in granting or denying permits under this chapter based upon
political, religious, ethnic, race, disability or sexual orientation or gender related grounds.
(i)
Notice of Denial of Application. The Mayor shall act promptly upon a timely filed
application for a parade or public assembly permit but in no event shall grant or deny a permit less
than forty-eight hours prior to the event. If the Mayor disapproves the application, he/she shall
notify the applicant either by personal delivery or certified mail at least forty-eight hours prior to
the event of his/her action and state the reasons for denial.
(j)
Alternative Permit.
(1)
The Mayor, in denying an application for a parade or public assembly
permit, may authorize the conduct of the parade or public assembly at a
date, time, location or route different from that named by the applicant. An
applicant desiring to accept an alternate permit shall, within five days after
notice of the action of the Mayor, file a written notice of acceptance with
the Mayor.
(2)
An alternate parade or public assembly permit shall conform to the
requirements of, and shall have the effect of, a parade or public assembly
permit issued under this section.
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311.02
Appeal Procedure.
(1)
Any applicant shall have the right to appeal the denial of a parade or public
assembly permit to Council. The denied applicant shall make the appeal
within five days after receipt of the denial by filing a written notice with the
Mayor and a copy of the notice with the Clerk of Council. Council shall
act upon the appeal at the next scheduled meeting following receipt of the
notice of appeal.
(2)
In the event that Council rejects an applicant’s appeal, the applicant may file
an immediate request for review with a court of competent jurisdiction.
(l)
Notice to Other Officials. Immediately upon the issuance of a parade or public
assembly permit, the Mayor shall send a copy thereof to the Police Chief, the Solicitor, the Fire
Chief, and the Director of the Department of Public Service.
(m)
Contents of Permit. Each parade or public assembly permit shall state the following
information:
(1)
Starting and approximate ending time;
(2)
Minimum speed of parade units;
(3)
Maximum speed of parade units;
(4)
Maximum interval of space to be maintained between parade units;
(5)
The portion of the streets that may be occupied by the parade or public
assembly;
(6)
The maximum length of the parade in miles or fractions thereof; and
(7)
Such other information as the Mayor shall find necessary to the
enforcement of this section.
(n)
Duties of Permittee.
(1)
A permittee hereunder shall comply with all permit directions and
conditions and with all applicable laws and ordinances.
(2)
The parade or public assembly chairperson or other person heading such
activity shall carry the parade or public assembly permit upon his/her
person during the conduct of the parade or public assembly.
(o)
Prohibitions. The following prohibitions shall apply to all parades and public
assemblies. No person shall:
(1)
Stage, present or conduct any parade or public assembly without first
having obtained a permit as herein provided;
(2)
Participate in a parade or public assembly for which the person knows a
permit has not been granted;
(3)
Being in charge of, or responsible for the conduct of a duly licensed parade
or public assembly knowingly fail to comply with any condition of the
permit;
(4)
Engage in any parade or public assembly activity that would constitute a
substantial hazard to the public safety or that would materially interfere with
or endanger the public peace or rights of residents to the quiet and peaceful
enjoyment of their property;
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While participating in any parade or public assembly carry or possess any
length of metal, lumber, wood, or similar material for the purposes of
displaying a sign, poster, plaque, or notice, unless such object is one-fourth
inch or less in thickness and two inches or less in width, or if not generally
rectangular in shape, such object shall not exceed three-fourths inch in its
thickest dimension;
Carry any sign, poster, plaque, or notice, whether or not mounted on a
length of material as specified in subsection (o)(5) hereof, unless such sign,
poster, plaque, or notice is constructed or made of a cloth, paper, or
cardboard material;
While participating in a parade or public assembly utilize sound
amplification equipment at decibel levels that exceed those limits imposed
by any Sheffield Village ordinance; and
Ride, drive, or cause to be ridden or driven any animal or any animaldrawn vehicle upon any public street, unless specifically authorized by the
permit.
Public Conduct During Parades or Public Assemblies.
(1)
No person shall unreasonably hamper, obstruct or impede, or interfere with
any parade or public assembly or with any person, vehicle or animal
participating or used in a parade or public assembly.
(2)
No driver of a vehicle shall drive between the vehicles or persons
comprising a parade or public assembly when such vehicles or persons are
in motion and are conspicuously designated as a parade or public assembly.
(3)
The Mayor shall have the authority, when reasonably necessary, to prohibit
or restrict the parking of vehicles along a street constituting a part of the
route of a parade or public assembly. The Chief of Police shall post signs
to the effect and it shall be unlawful for any person to park or leave
unattended any vehicle in violation thereof. No person shall be liable for
parking on a street unposted in violation of this section.
(q)
Revocation of Permit. The Mayor shall have the authority to revoke a parade or
public assembly permit instantly upon violation of the condition or standards for issuance as set
forth in this section or when a public emergency arises where the police resources required for that
emergency are so great that deployment of police services for the parade or public assembly would
have an immediate and adverse effect upon the welfare and safety of persons or property.
(Ord. 1917. Passed 5-12-03.)
(r)
Penalty. Whoever violates any provision of this section is guilty of a minor
misdemeanor on a first offense; on a second offense within one year after the first offense, the
person is guilty of a misdemeanor of the fourth degree; on each subsequent offense within one year
after the first offense, the person is guilty of a misdemeanor of the third degree.
311.03 TOY VEHICLES ON STREETS.
(a)
No person on roller skates or riding in or by means of any sled, toy vehicle,
skateboard or similar device shall go upon any roadway except while crossing a street on a
crosswalk and except on streets set aside as play streets.
(b)
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CHAPTER 313
Traffic Control Devices
313.01 Obedience to traffic control
devices.
313.02 Through streets; stop and
yield right-of-way signs.
313.03 Traffic control signal terms
and lights.
313.04 Lane-use control signals over
individual lanes.
313.05 Pedestrian control signals.
313.06 Flashing traffic signals.
313.07 Unauthorized signs and
signals, hiding from view,
advertising.
313.08 Alteration, injury, removal
of traffic control devices.
313.09 Driver's duties upon
approaching ambiguous or
non-working traffic signal.
313.10 Unlawful purchase,
possession or sale.
313.11 Portable signal preemption
devices prohibited.
CROSS REFERENCES
Designation of through streets or stop intersections - see
Ohio R.C. 4511.07(F), 4511.65
Uniform system of traffic control devices - see Ohio R.C. 4511.09,
4511.11(D)
Placing and maintaining local traffic control devices - see Ohio
R.C. 4511.10, 4511.11
Traffic control devices defined - TRAF. 301.46
313.01 OBEDIENCE TO TRAFFIC CONTROL DEVICES.
(a)
No pedestrian or driver of a vehicle shall disobey the instructions of any traffic
control device placed in accordance with the provisions of this Traffic Code, unless at the time
otherwise directed by a police officer.
No provisions of this Traffic Code for which signs are required shall be enforced against
an alleged violator if at the time and place of the alleged violation an official sign is not in proper
position and sufficiently legible to be seen by an ordinarily observant person. Whenever a
particular section of this Traffic Code does not state that signs are required, that section shall be
effective even though no signs are erected or in place.
(b)
(ORC 4511.12)
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313.02 THROUGH STREETS; STOP AND YIELD RIGHT-OF-WAY SIGNS.
(a)
All State routes are hereby designated as through streets or highways, provided that
stop signs, yield signs or traffic control signals shall be erected at all intersections with such
through streets or highways, except as otherwise provided in this section. Where two or more
State routes that are through streets or highways intersect and no traffic control signal is in
operation, stop signs or yield signs shall be erected at one or more entrances thereto by the Ohio
Department of Transportation, except as otherwise provided in this section.
Whenever the Ohio Director of Transportation determines on the basis of an engineering
and traffic investigation that stop signs are necessary to stop traffic on a through highway for safe
and efficient operation, nothing in this section shall be construed to prevent such installations.
When circumstances warrant, the Director also may omit stop signs on roadways intersecting
through highways under his jurisdiction. Before the Director either installs or removes a stop sign
under this paragraph, he shall give notice, in writing, of that proposed action to the Municipality
at least thirty days before installing or removing the stop sign.
(b)
Other streets or highways or portions thereof, are hereby designated through streets
or highways, if they are within the Municipality, if they have a continuous length of more than one
mile between the limits of such street or highway or portion thereof, and if they have "stop" or
"yield" signs or traffic control signals at the entrances of the majority of intersecting streets or
highways. For purposes of this section, the limits of such street or highway or portion thereof,
shall be a municipal corporation line, the physical terminus of the street or highway or any point
on such street or highway at which vehicular traffic thereon is required by regulatory signs to stop
or yield to traffic on the intersecting street, provided that in residence districts the Municipality
may by ordinance designate such street or highway, or portion thereof, not to be a through
highway and thereafter the affected residence district shall be indicated by official traffic control
devices. Where two or more streets or highways designated under this subsection (b) intersect and
no traffic control signal is in operation, stop signs or yield signs shall be erected at one or more
entrances thereto by the Ohio Department of Transportation or by Council or the authorized local
authority, except as otherwise provided in this section.
(c)
Stop signs need not be erected at intersections so constructed as to permit traffic to
safely enter a through street or highway without coming to a stop. Signs shall be erected at such
intersections indicating that the operator of a vehicle shall yield the right of way to or merge with
all traffic proceeding on the through street or highway.
(d)
Council or the authorized local authority may designate additional through streets
or highways and shall erect stop signs, yield signs or traffic control signals at all streets and
highways intersecting such through streets or highways, or may designate any intersection as a
stop or yield intersection and shall erect like signs at one or more entrances to such intersection.
(ORC 4511.65)
313.03 TRAFFIC CONTROL SIGNAL TERMS AND LIGHTS.
Whenever traffic is controlled by traffic control signals exhibiting different colored lights,
or colored lighted arrows, successively one at a time or in combination, only the colors green, red
and yellow shall be used except for special pedestrian signals carrying words or symbols. The
lights shall indicate and apply to drivers of vehicles and to pedestrians as follows:
(a)
Green Indication:
(1)
Vehicular traffic facing a circular green signal may proceed straight
through or turn right or left unless a sign at such place prohibits either
such turn. But vehicular traffic, including vehicles turning right or left,
shall yield the right of way to other vehicles and pedestrians lawfully
within the intersection or an adjacent crosswalk at the time such signal is
exhibited.
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(2)
(b)
(c)
Vehicular traffic facing a green arrow signal, shown alone or in
combination with another indication, may cautiously enter the intersection
only to make the movement indicated by such arrow, or such other
movement as is permitted by other indications shown at the same time.
Such vehicular traffic shall yield the right of way to pedestrians lawfully
within an adjacent crosswalk and to other traffic lawfully using the
intersection.
(3)
Unless otherwise directed by a pedestrian-control signal as provided in
Section 313.05, pedestrians facing any green signal, except when the sole
green signal is a turn arrow, may proceed across the roadway within any
marked or unmarked crosswalk.
Steady Yellow Indication:
(1)
Vehicular traffic facing a steady circular yellow or yellow arrow signal is
thereby warned that the related green movement is being terminated or
that a red indication will be exhibited immediately thereafter when
vehicular traffic shall not enter the intersection.
(2)
Pedestrians facing a steady circular yellow or yellow arrow signal, unless
otherwise directed by a pedestrian-control signal as provided in Section
313.05, are thereby advised that there is insufficient time to cross the
roadway before a red indication is shown and no pedestrian shall then start
to cross the roadway.
Steady Red Indication:
(1)
Vehicular traffic facing a steady red signal alone shall stop at a clearly
marked stop line, but if none, before entering the crosswalk on the near
side of the intersection, or if none, then before entering the intersection
and shall remain standing until an indication to proceed is shown except
as provided in subsections (c)(2) and (3) hereof.
(2)
Unless a sign is in place prohibiting a right turn as provided in subsection
(c)(5) hereof, vehicular traffic facing a steady red signal may cautiously
enter the intersection to make a right turn after stopping as required by
subsection (c)(1) hereof. Such vehicular traffic shall yield the right of
way to pedestrians lawfully within an adjacent crosswalk and to other
traffic lawfully using the intersection.
(3)
Unless a sign is in place prohibiting a left turn as provided in subsection
(c)(5) hereof, vehicular traffic facing a steady red signal on a one-way
street that intersects another one-way street on which traffic moves to the
left may cautiously enter the intersection to make a left turn into the
one-way street after stopping as required by subsection (c)(1) hereof, and
yielding the right of way to pedestrians lawfully within an adjacent
crosswalk and to other traffic lawfully using the intersection.
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(4)
(d)
(e)
Unless otherwise directed by a pedestrian-control signal as provided in
Section 313.05, pedestrians facing a steady red signal alone shall not enter
the roadway.
(5)
Council may by ordinance, or the authorized local authority may by rule,
prohibit a right or a left turn against a steady red signal at any
intersection, which shall be effective when signs giving notice thereof are
posted at the intersection.
Signals; Locations Other Than Intersections: In the event an official traffic
control signal is erected and maintained at a place other than an intersection, the
provisions of this section shall be applicable except as to those provisions which
by their nature can have no application. Any stop required shall be made at a
sign or marking on the pavement indicating where the stop shall be made, but in
the absence of any such sign or marking the stop shall be made at the signal.
(ORC 4511.13)
guilty of a minor misdemeanor. If, within one year of the offense, the offender
previously has been convicted of or pleaded guilty to one predicate motor vehicle
or traffic offense, whoever violates this section is guilty of a misdemeanor of the
fourth degree. If, within one year of the offense, the offender previously has
been convicted of two or more predicate motor vehicle or traffic offenses,
whoever violates this section is guilty of a misdemeanor of the third degree.
(ORC 4511.99)
313.04 LANE-USE CONTROL SIGNALS OVER INDIVIDUAL LANES.
(a)
When lane-use control signals are placed over individual lanes of a street or
highway, such signals shall indicate and apply to drivers of vehicles as follows:
(1)
A Steady Downward Green Arrow: Vehicular traffic may travel in any
lane over which a green arrow signal is shown.
(2)
A Steady Yellow "X": Vehicular traffic is warned to vacate in a safe
manner any lane over which such signal is shown to avoid occupying that
lane when a steady red "X" signal is shown.
(3)
A Flashing Yellow "X": Vehicular traffic may use with proper caution
any lane over which such signal is shown for only the purpose of making
a left turn.
(4)
A Steady Red "X": Vehicular traffic shall not enter or travel in any lane
over which such signal is shown. (ORC 4511.131)
(b)
(ORC 4511.99)
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313.05 PEDESTRIAN CONTROL SIGNALS.
(a)
Whenever special pedestrian signals exhibiting the words "walk" or "don't walk,"
or the symbol of a walking person or an upraised palm are in place, such signals shall indicate the
following instructions:
(1)
"Walk" or the symbol of a walking person: Pedestrians facing such signal
may proceed across the roadway in the direction of the signal and shall be
given the right of way by the operators of all vehicles.
(2)
"Don't walk" or the symbol of an upraised palm: No pedestrian shall start
to cross the roadway in the direction of the signal.
(3)
Nothing in this section shall be construed to invalidate the continued use
of pedestrian control signals utilizing the word "wait" if those signals were
installed prior to March 28, 1985.
(ORC 4511.14)
(b)
(ORC 4511.99)
313.06 FLASHING TRAFFIC SIGNALS.
(a)
Whenever an illuminated flashing red or yellow traffic signal is used in a traffic
signal or with a traffic sign it shall require obedience as follows:
(1)
Flashing Red Stop Signal: Operators of vehicles shall stop at a clearly
marked stop line, but if none, before entering the crosswalk on the near
side of the intersection, or if none, then at the point nearest the
intersecting roadway where the driver has a view of approaching traffic
on the intersecting roadway before entering it, and the right to proceed
shall be subject to the rules applicable after making a stop at a stop sign.
(2)
Flashing Yellow Caution Signal: Operators of vehicles may proceed
through the intersection or past such signal only with caution.
This section shall not apply at railroad grade crossings. Conduct of drivers of vehicles
approaching railroad grade crossings shall be governed by Ohio R.C. 4511.61 and 4511.62.
(ORC 4511.15)
(b)
(ORC 4511.99)
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313.07 UNAUTHORIZED SIGNS AND SIGNALS, HIDING FROM VIEW,
ADVERTISING.
(a)
No person shall place, maintain or display upon or in view of any street any
unauthorized sign, signal, marking or device which purports to be, is an imitation of or resembles
a traffic control device or railroad sign or signal, or which attempts to direct the movement of
traffic, or hides from view or interferes with the effectiveness of any traffic control device or any
railroad sign or signal, and no person shall place or maintain, nor shall any public authority permit
upon any street any traffic sign or signal bearing thereon any commercial advertising. This section
does not prohibit either the erection upon private property adjacent to streets of signs giving useful
directional information and of a type that cannot be mistaken for traffic control devices, or the
erection upon private property of traffic control devices by the owner of real property in
accordance with Ohio R.C. 4511.211 and 4511.432.
Every such prohibited sign, signal, marking or device is a public nuisance, and the Police
Chief is authorized to remove it or cause it to be removed.
(b)
(ORC 4511.16)
313.08 ALTERATION, INJURY, REMOVAL OF TRAFFIC CONTROL
DEVICES.
(a)
No person without lawful authority, shall do any of the following:
(1)
Knowingly move, deface, damage, destroy or otherwise improperly
tamper with any traffic control device, any railroad sign or signal, or any
inscription, shield or insignia on the device, sign or signal, or any part of
the device, sign or signal;
(2)
Knowingly drive upon or over any freshly applied pavement marking
material on the surface of a roadway while the marking material is in an
undried condition and is marked by flags, markers, signs or other devices
intended to protect it;
(3)
Knowingly move, damage, destroy or otherwise improperly tamper with
a manhole cover.
(b)
(1)
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Except as otherwise provided in this subsection, whoever violates
subsection (a)(1) or (3) of this section is guilty of a misdemeanor of the
third degree. If a violation of subsection (a)(1) or (3) of this section
creates a risk of physical harm to any person, the offender is guilty of a
misdemeanor of the first degree. If a violation of subsection (a)(1) or (3)
of this section causes serious physical harm to property that is owned,
leased, or controlled by a state or local authority, the offender is guilty of
a felony and shall be prosecuted under appropriate state law.
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(2)
313.10
subsection (a)(2) of this section is guilty of a minor misdemeanor. If,
within one year of the offense, the offender previously has been convicted
of or pleaded guilty to one predicate motor vehicle or traffic offense,
whoever violates subsection (a)(2) of this section is guilty of a
misdemeanor of the fourth degree. If, within one year of the offense, the
offender previously has been convicted of two or more predicate motor
vehicle or traffic offenses, whoever violates subsection (a)(2) of this
section is guilty of a misdemeanor of the third degree.
(ORC 4511.17)
313.09 DRIVER'S DUTIES UPON APPROACHING AMBIGUOUS OR
NON-WORKING TRAFFIC SIGNAL.
(a)
The driver of a vehicle who approaches an intersection where traffic is controlled
by traffic control signals shall do all of the following, if the signal facing the driver either exhibits
no colored lights or colored lighted arrows or exhibits a combination of such lights or arrows that
fails to clearly indicate the assignment of right of way:
(1)
Stop at a clearly marked stop line, but if none, stop before entering the
crosswalk on the near side of the intersection, or, if none, stop before
entering the intersection;
(2)
Yield the right of way to all vehicles in the intersection or approaching on
an intersecting road, if the vehicles will constitute an immediate hazard
during the time the driver is moving across or within the intersection or
junction of roadways.
(3)
Exercise ordinary care while proceeding through the intersection.
(b)
(ORC 4511.132)
313.10 UNLAWFUL PURCHASE, POSSESSION OR SALE.
(a)
As used in this section, "traffic control device" means any sign, traffic control
signal or other device conforming to and placed or erected in accordance with the manual adopted
under Ohio R.C. 4511.09 by authority of a public body or official having jurisdiction, for the
purpose of regulating, warning or guiding traffic, including signs denoting the names of streets
and highways, but does not mean any pavement marking.
(b)
No individual shall buy or otherwise possess or sell, a traffic control device, except
when one of the following applies:
(1)
In the course of the individual’s employment by the State or a local
authority for the express or implied purpose of manufacturing, providing,
erecting, moving or removing such a traffic control device;
(2)
In the course of the individual’s employment by any manufacturer of
traffic control devices other than a State or local authority;
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(4)
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For the purpose of demonstrating the design and function of a traffic
control device to State or local officials;
When the traffic control device has been purchased from the State or a
local authority at a sale of property that is no longer needed or is unfit for
use;
The traffic control device has been properly purchased from a
manufacturer for use on private property and the person possessing the
device has a sales receipt for the device or other acknowledgment of sale
issued by the manufacturer.
(c)
This section does not preclude, and shall not be construed as precluding,
prosecution for theft in violation of Ohio R.C. 2913.02 or a municipal ordinance relating to theft,
or for receiving stolen property in violation of Ohio R.C. 2913.51 or a municipal ordinance
relating to receiving stolen property.
(d)
Whoever violates this section is guilty of a misdemeanor of the third degree.
(ORC 4511.18)
313.11 PORTABLE SIGNAL PREEMPTION DEVICES PROHIBITED.
(a)
(1)
No person shall possess a portable signal preemption device.
(2)
No person shall use a portable signal preemption device to affect the
operation of a traffic control signal.
(b)
Subsection (a)(1) of this section does not apply to any of the following persons and
subsection (a)(2) of this section does not apply to any of the following persons when responding
to an emergency call:
(1)
A peace officer, as defined in Ohio R.C. 109.71(A)(11), (12), (14) or (19);
(2)
A State highway patrol trooper;
(3)
A person while occupying a public safety vehicle as defined in Ohio R.C.
4511.01(E)(1), (3) or (4).
(c)
Whoever violates subsection (a)(1) of this section is guilty of a misdemeanor of the
fourth degree. Whoever violates subsection (a)(2) of this section is guilty of a misdemeanor of
the first degree.
(d)
As used in this section, “portable signal preemption device” means a device that,
if activated by a person, is capable of changing a traffic control signal to green out of sequence.
(ORC 4513.031)
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Chap.
331.
333.
335.
337.
339.
341.
TITLE FIVE - Vehicles
Operation Generally.
OVI; Willful Misconduct; Speed.
Licensing; Accidents.
Safety and Equipment.
Commercial and Heavy Vehicles.
Commercial Drivers.
CHAPTER 331
Operation Generally
331.01 Driving upon right side of
roadway; exceptions.
331.02 Passing to right when proceeding in opposite
directions.
331.03 Overtaking, passing to left;
driver's duties.
331.04 Overtaking and passing upon
right.
331.05 Overtaking, passing to left
of center.
331.06 Additional restrictions on
driving upon left side of
roadway.
331.07 Hazardous or no passing zones.
331.08 Driving in marked lanes or
continuous lines of traffic.
331.09 Following too closely.
331.10 Turning at intersections.
331.11 Turning into private driveway, alley or building.
331.12 "U" turns restricted.
331.13 Starting and backing vehicles.
331.14 Signals before changing
course, turning or stopping.
331.15 Hand and arm signals.
331.16 Right of way at
intersections.
331.17 Right of way when turning
left.
331.18 Operation of vehicle at
yield signs.
331.19 Operation of vehicle at stop
signs.
331.20 Emergency or public safety
vehicles at stop signals or
signs.
331.21 Right of way of public safety
or coroner’s vehicle.
331.22 Driving onto roadway
from place other than
roadway: duty to yield.
331.23 Driving onto roadway from
place other than roadway:
stopping at sidewalk.
331.24 Right of way of funeral
procession.
331.25 Driver's view and control
to be unobstructed by load
or persons.
331.26 Driving upon street posted
as closed for repair.
331.27 Following and parking near
emergency or safety
vehicles.
331.28 Driving over fire hose.
331.29 Driving through safety
zone.
331.30 One-way streets and rotary
traffic islands.
331.31 Driving upon divided roadways.
331.32 Entering and exiting
controlled-access
highway.
331.33 Obstructing intersection,
crosswalk or grade
crossing.
331.34 Failure to control;
weaving; full time and
attention.
331.35 Occupying a moving trailer or
manufactured or mobile home.
331.36 Squealing tires, "peeling",
cracking exhaust noises.
331.37 Driving upon sidewalks,
street lawns or curbs.
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331.38 Stopping for school bus;
discharging children.
331.39 Driving across grade
crossing.
331.40 Stopping at grade crossing.
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331.41 Shortcutting; avoiding
traffic control devices.
331.42 Littering from motor
vehicle.
331.43 Wearing earplugs or
earphones prohibited.
CROSS REFERENCES
Obedience to traffic control devices - see TRAF. 313.01
Operation of bicycles and motorcycles - see TRAF. 373.01
et seq.
School bus operation - see OAC Ch. 4501-3
331.01 DRIVING UPON RIGHT SIDE OF ROADWAY; EXCEPTIONS.
(a)
Upon all roadways of sufficient width, a vehicle shall be driven upon the right half
of the roadway, except as follows:
(1)
When overtaking and passing another vehicle proceeding in the same
direction, or when making a left turn under the rules governing such
movements;
(2)
When an obstruction exists making it necessary to drive to the left of the
center of the highway; provided, any person so doing shall yield the right
of way to all vehicles traveling in the proper direction upon the
unobstructed portion of the highway within such distance as to constitute
an immediate hazard;
(3)
When driving upon a roadway divided into three or more marked lanes for
traffic under the rules applicable thereon;
(4)
When driving upon a roadway designated and posted with signs for
one-way traffic;
(5)
When otherwise directed by a police officer or traffic control device.
(b)
(1)
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Upon all roadways any vehicle proceeding at less than the prevailing and
lawful speed of traffic at the time and place and under the conditions then
existing shall be driven in the right-hand lane then available for traffic, and
far enough to the right to allow passing by faster vehicles if such passing is
safe and reasonable, except under any of the following circumstances:
A.
When overtaking and passing another vehicle proceeding in the
same direction;
B.
When preparing for a left turn;
C.
When the driver must necessarily drive in a lane other than the
right-hand lane to continue on the driver’s intended route.
Nothing in subsection (b)(1) of this section requires a driver of a slower
vehicle to compromise the driver’s safety to allow overtaking by a faster
vehicle.
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(c)
Upon any roadway having four or more lanes for moving traffic and providing for
two-way movement of traffic, no vehicle shall be driven to the left of the center line of the
roadway, except when authorized by official traffic control devices designating certain lanes to the
left of the center of the roadway for use by traffic not otherwise permitted to use the lanes, or
except as permitted under subsection (a) (2) hereof.
This subsection shall not be construed as prohibiting the crossing of the center line in
making a left turn into or from an alley, private road or driveway.
(d)
(ORC 4511.25)
331.02 PASSING TO RIGHT WHEN PROCEEDING IN OPPOSITE
DIRECTIONS.
(a)
Operators of vehicles proceeding in opposite directions shall pass each other to the
right, and upon roadways having width for not more than one line of traffic in each direction, each
operator shall give to the other one-half of the main traveled portion of the roadway or as nearly
one-half as is reasonably possible.
(b)
(ORC 4511.26)
331.03 OVERTAKING, PASSING TO LEFT; DRIVER'S DUTIES.
(a)
The following rules govern the overtaking and passing of vehicles proceeding in
the same direction:
(1)
The operator of a vehicle overtaking another vehicle proceeding in the
same direction shall, except as provided in subsection (a)(3) hereof, signal
to the vehicle to be overtaken, shall pass to the left thereof at a safe
distance, and shall not again drive to the right side of the roadway until
safely clear of the overtaken vehicle.
(2)
Except when overtaking and passing on the right is permitted, the operator
of an overtaken vehicle shall give way to the right in favor of the
overtaking vehicle at the latter's audible signal, and the operator shall not
increase the speed of the operator’s vehicle until completely passed by the
overtaking vehicle.
(3)
The operator of a vehicle overtaking and passing another vehicle
proceeding in the same direction on a divided street or highway as defined
in Section 331.31, a limited access highway as defined in Ohio R.C.
5511.02 or a highway with four or more traffic lanes, is not required to
signal audibly to the vehicle being overtaken and passed.
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(b)
(ORC 4511.27)
331.04 OVERTAKING AND PASSING UPON RIGHT.
(a)
The driver of a vehicle may overtake and pass upon the right of another vehicle
only under the following conditions:
(1)
When the vehicle overtaken is making or about to make a left turn;
(2)
Upon a roadway with unobstructed pavement of sufficient width for two
or more lines of vehicles moving lawfully in the direction being traveled
by the overtaking vehicle.
(b)
The driver of a vehicle may overtake and pass another vehicle only under conditions
permitting such movement in safety. The movement shall not be made by driving off the roadway.
(c)
(ORC 4511.28)
331.05 OVERTAKING, PASSING TO LEFT OF CENTER.
(a)
No vehicle shall be driven to the left of the center of the roadway in overtaking and
passing traffic proceeding in the same direction, unless such left side is clearly visible and is free
of oncoming traffic for a sufficient distance ahead to permit such overtaking and passing to be
completely made, without interfering with the safe operation of any traffic approaching from the
opposite direction or any traffic overtaken. In every event the overtaking vehicle must return to
an authorized lane of travel as soon as practicable and in the event the passing movement involves
the use of a lane authorized for traffic approaching from the opposite direction before coming
within 200 feet of any approaching vehicle.
(b)
(ORC 4511.29)
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331.06 ADDITIONAL RESTRICTIONS ON DRIVING UPON LEFT SIDE
OF ROADWAY.
(a)
No vehicle shall be driven upon the left side of the roadway under the following
conditions:
(1)
When approaching the crest of a grade or upon a curve in the highway,
where the operator's view is obstructed within such a distance as to create
a hazard in the event traffic might approach from the opposite direction;
(2)
When the view is obstructed upon approaching within 100 feet of any
bridge, viaduct or tunnel;
(3)
When approaching within 100 feet of or traversing any intersection or
railroad grade crossing.
(b)
This section does not apply to vehicles upon a one-way roadway, upon a roadway
where traffic is lawfully directed to be driven to the left side or under the conditions described in
Section 331.01(a)(2).
(c)
(ORC 4511.30)
331.07 HAZARDOUS OR NO PASSING ZONES.
(a)
Hazardous zones, commonly called "no passing zones," shall consist of an auxiliary
yellow line marked on the roadway pavement and placed parallel to the normal center line or
marked lane line. When the auxiliary yellow line appears on the left side in the driver's lane of
travel and to the right of the normal center line or marked lane line, no driver shall drive across
the auxiliary yellow line to overtake and pass another vehicle proceeding in the same direction.
When auxiliary yellow lines appear on both sides of the normal center line or marked lane line,
drivers proceeding in either direction shall not drive across such auxiliary yellow lines to overtake
and pass another vehicle proceeding in the same direction. No driver shall, at any other time,
drive across the yellow auxiliary line when it appears in the driver's lane of travel, except to make
a lawfully permitted left-hand turn under the rules governing such movement. No passing signs
may also be erected facing traffic to indicate the beginning and end of each no passing zone.
When appropriate signs or markings indicating hazardous or no passing zones are in place
and clearly visible, every operator of a vehicle shall obey the directions of the signs or markings,
notwithstanding the distance set out in Section 331.06.
(b)
Subsection (a) of this section does not apply when all of the following apply:
(1)
The slower vehicle is proceeding at less than half the speed of the speed
limit applicable to that location.
(2)
The faster vehicle is capable of overtaking and passing the slower vehicle
without exceeding the speed limit.
(3)
There is sufficient clear sight distance to the left of the center or center line
of the roadway to meet the overtaking and passing provisions of Section
331.05, considering the speed of the slower vehicle.
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(c)
(ORC 4511.31)
331.08 DRIVING IN MARKED LANES OR CONTINUOUS LINES OFTRAFFIC.
(a)
Whenever any roadway has been divided into two or more clearly marked lanes for
traffic or wherever traffic is lawfully moving in two or more substantially continuous lines in the
same direction, the following rules apply:
(1)
A vehicle shall be driven, as nearly as is practicable, entirely within a
single lane or line of traffic and shall not be moved from such lane or line
until the driver has first ascertained that such movement can be made with
safety.
(2)
Upon a roadway which is divided into three lanes and provides for
two-way movement of traffic, a vehicle shall not be driven in the center
lane except when overtaking and passing another vehicle where the
roadway is clearly visible and such center lane is clear of traffic within a
safe distance, or when preparing for a left turn, or where such center lane
is at the time allocated exclusively to traffic moving in the direction the
vehicle is proceeding and is posted with signs to give notice of such
allocation.
(3)
Official signs may be erected directing specified traffic to use a designated
lane or designating those lanes to be used by traffic moving in a particular
direction regardless of the center of the roadway, or restricting the use of
a particular lane to only buses during certain hours or during all hours,
and drivers of vehicles shall obey the directions of such signs.
(4)
Official traffic control devices may be installed prohibiting the changing
of lanes on sections of roadway and drivers of vehicles shall obey the
directions of every such device.
(b)
(ORC 4511.33)
331.09 FOLLOWING TOO CLOSELY.
(a)
The operator of a motor vehicle shall not follow another vehicle more closely than
is reasonable and prudent, having due regard for the speed of such vehicle and the traffic upon and
the condition of the highway.
The driver of any truck, or motor vehicle drawing another vehicle, when traveling upon
a roadway outside a business or residence district shall maintain a sufficient space, whenever
conditions permit, between such vehicle and another vehicle ahead so an overtaking motor vehicle
may enter and occupy such space without danger. This paragraph does not prevent overtaking and
passing nor does it apply to any lane specially designated for use by trucks.
Motor vehicles being driven upon any roadway outside of a business or residence district
in a caravan or motorcade, shall maintain a sufficient space between such vehicles so an overtaking
vehicle may enter and occupy such space without danger. This paragraph shall not apply to
funeral processions.
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(b)
(ORC 4511.34)
331.10 TURNING AT INTERSECTIONS.
(a)
The driver of a vehicle intending to turn at an intersection shall be governed by the
following rules:
(1)
Approach for a right turn and a right turn shall be made as close as
practicable to the right-hand curb or edge of the roadway.
(2)
At any intersection where traffic is permitted to move in both directions
on each roadway entering the intersection, an approach for a left turn shall
be made in that portion of the right half of the roadway nearest the center
line thereof and by passing to the right of such center line where it enters
the intersection and after entering the intersection the left turn shall be
made so as to leave the intersection to the right of the center line of the
roadway being entered. Whenever practicable the left turn shall be made
in that portion of the intersection to the left of the center of the
intersection.
(3)
At any intersection where traffic is restricted to one direction on one or
more of the roadways, the driver of a vehicle intending to turn left at any
such intersection shall approach the intersection in the extreme left-hand
lane lawfully available to traffic moving in the direction of travel of such
vehicle, and after entering the intersection the left turn shall be made so
as to leave the intersection, as nearly as practicable, in the left-hand lane
of the roadway being entered lawfully available to the traffic moving in
that lane.
(4)
Markers, buttons or signs may be placed within or adjacent to
intersections and thereby require and direct that a different course from
that specified in this section be traveled by vehicles turning at an
intersection, and when such markers, buttons or signs are so placed, no
operator of a vehicle shall turn such vehicle at an intersection other than
as directed and required by such markers, buttons or signs.
(b)
(ORC 4511.36)
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331.11 TURNING INTO PRIVATE DRIVEWAY, ALLEY OR BUILDING.
(a)
The driver of a vehicle intending to turn into a private road or driveway, alley or
building from a public street or highway shall be governed by the following rules:
(1)
Approach for a right turn and a right turn shall be made as close as
practicable to the right-hand curb or edge of the roadway.
(2)
Upon a roadway where traffic is proceeding in opposite directions,
approach for a left turn and a left turn shall be made from that portion of
the right half of the roadway nearest the center line thereof.
(3)
Upon a roadway where traffic is restricted to one direction, approach for
a left turn and a left turn shall be made as close as practicable to the
left-hand curb or edge of the roadway.
It shall be the duty of the driver of any vehicle entering a private road or driveway, alley
or building to yield the right of way to pedestrians lawfully using the sidewalk or sidewalk area
extending across any alleyway, private road, driveway or building.
(b)
331.12 "U" TURNS RESTRICTED.
(a)
Except as provided in subsection (b) hereof, no vehicle shall be turned so as to
proceed in the opposite direction upon any curve, or upon the approach to or near the crest of a
grade, if the vehicle cannot be seen within 500 feet by the driver of any other vehicle approaching
from either direction.
(b)
The driver of an emergency vehicle or public safety vehicle, when responding to
an emergency call, may turn the vehicle so as to proceed in the opposite direction. This subsection
applies only when the emergency vehicle or public safety vehicle is responding to an emergency
call, is equipped with and displaying at least one flashing, rotating or oscillating light visible under
normal atmospheric conditions from a distance of 500 feet to the front of the vehicle, and when
the driver of the vehicle is giving an audible signal by siren, exhaust whistle or bell. This
subsection does not relieve the driver of an emergency vehicle or public safety vehicle from the
duty to drive with due regard for the safety of all persons and property upon the highway.
(ORC 4511.37)
(c)
Except as provided in subsection (b) hereof, no vehicle shall be turned so as to
proceed in the opposite direction within an intersection, or upon any street in a business district,
or upon a freeway, expressway or controlled-access highway, or where authorized signs are
erected to prohibit such movement, or at any other location unless such movement can be made
with reasonable safety to other users of the street and without interfering with the safe operation
of any traffic that may be affected by such movement.
(d)
(ORC 4511.37)
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331.13 STARTING AND BACKING VEHICLES.
(a)
No person shall start a vehicle which is stopped, standing or parked until such
movement can be made with reasonable safety.
Before backing, operators of vehicles shall give ample warning, and while backing they
shall exercise vigilance not to injure person or property on the street or highway.
No person shall back a motor vehicle on a freeway, except: in a rest area; in the
performance of public works or official duties; as a result of an emergency caused by an accident
or breakdown of a motor vehicle.
(b)
(ORC 4511.38)
331.14 SIGNALS BEFORE CHANGING COURSE, TURNING OR STOPPING.
(a)
No person shall turn a vehicle or move right or left upon a highway unless and until
such person has exercised due care to ascertain that the movement can be made with reasonable
safety nor without giving an appropriate signal in the manner hereinafter provided.
When required, a signal of intention to turn or move right or left shall be given
continuously during not less than the last 100 feet traveled by the vehicle before turning, except
that in the case of a person operating a bicycle, the signal shall be made not less than one time but
is not required to be continuous. A bicycle operator is not required to make a signal if the bicycle
is in a designated turn lane, and a signal shall not be given when the operator’s hands are needed
for the safe operation of the bicycle.
No person shall stop or suddenly decrease the speed of a vehicle without first giving an
appropriate signal in the manner provided herein to the driver of any vehicle immediately to the
rear when there is opportunity to give a signal.
Any stop or turn signal required by this section shall be given either by means of the hand
and arm, or by signal lights that clearly indicate to both approaching and following traffic intention
to turn or move right or left, except that any motor vehicle in use on a highway shall be equipped
with, and the required signal shall be given by, signal lights when the distance from the center of
the top of the steering post to the left outside limit of the body, cab or load of such motor vehicle
exceeds twenty-four inches, or when the distance from the center of the top of the steering post
to the rear limit of the body or load thereof exceeds fourteen feet, whether a single vehicle or a
combination of vehicles.
The signal lights required by this section shall not be flashed on one side only on a disabled
vehicle, flashed as a courtesy or "do pass" signal to operators of other vehicles approaching from
the rear, nor be flashed on one side only of a parked vehicle except as may be necessary for
compliance with this section.
(b)
(ORC 4511.39)
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331.15 HAND AND ARM SIGNALS.
(a)
Except as provided in subsection (b) hereof, all signals required by this Traffic
Code, when given by hand and arm shall be given from the left side of the vehicle in the following
manner, and such signals shall indicate as follows:
(1)
Left turn: Hand and arm extended horizontally;
(2)
Right turn: Hand and arm extended upward;
(3)
Stop or decrease speed: Hand and arm extended downward.
(b)
As an alternative to subsection (a)(2) hereof, a person operating a bicycle may give
a right turn signal by extending the right hand and arm horizontally and to the right side of the
bicycle.
(c)
(ORC 4511.40)
331.16 RIGHT OF WAY AT INTERSECTIONS.
(a)
When two vehicles approach or enter an intersection from different streets or
highways at approximately the same time, the driver of the vehicle on the left shall yield the right
of way to the vehicle on the right.
(b)
The right of way rule declared in subsection (a) hereof, is modified at through
highways and otherwise as stated in this Traffic Code and Ohio R.C. Chapter 4511.
(ORC 4511.41)
(c)
Subject to compliance with any traffic control device, when two vehicles approach
or enter a junction of two or more alleys from different directions at approximately the same time,
the driver of the vehicle on the left shall yield the right of way to the vehicle on the right.
(d)
(ORC 4511.41)
331.17 RIGHT OF WAY WHEN TURNING LEFT.
(a)
The operator of a vehicle intending to turn to the left within an intersection or into
an alley, private road or driveway shall yield the right of way to any vehicle approaching from the
opposite direction, whenever the approaching vehicle is within the intersection or so close to the
intersection, alley, private road or driveway as to constitute an immediate hazard.
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(b)
(ORC 4511.42)
331.18 OPERATION OF VEHICLE AT YIELD SIGNS.
(a)
The driver of a vehicle approaching a yield sign shall slow down to a speed
reasonable for the existing conditions and, if required for safety to stop, shall stop at a clearly
marked stop line, but if none, before entering the crosswalk on the near side of the intersection,
or, if none, then at the point nearest the intersecting roadway where the driver has a view of
approaching traffic on the intersecting roadway before entering it. After slowing or stopping, the
driver shall yield the right of way to any vehicle in the intersection or approaching on another
roadway so closely as to constitute an immediate hazard during the time the driver is moving
across or within the intersection or junction of roadways. Whenever a driver is involved in a
collision with a vehicle in the intersection or junction of roadways, after driving past a yield sign
without stopping, the collision shall be prima-facie evidence of the driver's failure to yield the
right of way.
(b)
(ORC 4511.43(B))
331.19 OPERATION OF VEHICLE AT STOP SIGNS.
(a)
Except when directed to proceed by a law enforcement officer, every driver of a
vehicle approaching a stop sign shall stop at a clearly marked stop line, but if none before entering
the crosswalk on the near side of the intersection, or, if none, then at the point nearest the
intersecting roadway where the driver has a view of approaching traffic on the intersecting
roadway before entering it. After having stopped, the driver shall yield the right of way to any
vehicle in the intersection or approaching on another roadway so closely as to constitute an
immediate hazard during the time the driver is moving across or within the intersection or junction
of roadways.
(b)
(ORC 4511.43(A))
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331.20 EMERGENCY OR PUBLIC SAFETY VEHICLES AT STOP
SIGNALS OR SIGNS.
(a)
The driver of any emergency vehicle or public safety vehicle, when responding to
an emergency call, upon approaching a red or stop signal or any stop sign shall slow down as
necessary for safety to traffic, but may proceed cautiously past such red or stop sign or signal with
due regard for the safety of all persons using the street or highway.
(b)
(ORC 4511.03)
331.21 RIGHT OF WAY OF PUBLIC SAFETY OR CORONER’S VEHICLE.
(a)
Upon the approach of a public safety vehicle or coroner’s vehicle, equipped with
at least one flashing, rotating or oscillating light visible under normal atmospheric conditions from
a distance of 500 feet to the front of the vehicle and the driver is giving an audible signal by siren,
exhaust whistle or bell, no driver of any other vehicle shall fail to yield the right-of-way,
immediately drive if practical to a position parallel to and as close as possible to, the right edge
or curb of the street clear of any intersection, and stop and remain in that position until the public
safety vehicle or coroner’s vehicle has passed, except when otherwise directed by a police officer.
(b)
This section does not relieve the driver of a public safety vehicle or coroner’s
vehicle from the duty to drive with due regard for the safety of all persons and property upon the
street.
(c)
This section applies to a coroner’s vehicle only when the vehicle is operated in
accordance with Ohio R.C. 4513.171. As used in this section, “coroner’s vehicle” means a
vehicle used by a coroner, deputy coroner or coroner’s investigator that is equipped with a
flashing, oscillating or rotating red or blue light and a siren, exhaust whistle, or bell capable of
giving an audible signal.
(d)
Except as otherwise provided in this subsection, whoever violates subsection (a) of
this section is guilty of a misdemeanor of the fourth degree on a first offense. On a second offense
within one year after the first offense, the person is guilty of a misdemeanor of the third degree,
and, on each subsequent offense within one year after the first offense, the person is guilty of a
misdemeanor of the second degree. (ORC 4511.45)
331.22 DRIVING ONTO ROADWAY FROM PLACE OTHER THAN
ROADWAY: DUTY TO YIELD.
(a)
Subject to compliance with any traffic control device, the operator of a vehicle
about to enter or cross a highway from an alley or from any place other than another roadway
shall yield the right of way to all traffic approaching on the roadway to be entered or crossed.
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(b)
(ORC 4511.44)
331.23 DRIVING ONTO ROADWAY FROM PLACE OTHER THAN
ROADWAY: STOPPING AT SIDEWALK.
(a)
Subject to compliance with any traffic control device, the driver of a vehicle
emerging from an alley, building, private road or driveway within a business or residence district
shall stop the vehicle immediately prior to driving onto a sidewalk or onto the sidewalk area
extending across the alley, building entrance, road or driveway, or in the event there is no
sidewalk area, shall stop at the point nearest the street to be entered where the driver has a view
of approaching traffic thereon.
(b)
(ORC 4511.431)
331.24 RIGHT OF WAY OF FUNERAL PROCESSION.
(a)
As used in this section "funeral procession" means two or more vehicles
accompanying the cremated remains or the body of a deceased person in the daytime when each
of the vehicles has its headlights lighted and is displaying a purple and white or an orange and
white pennant attached to each vehicle in such a manner as to be clearly visible to traffic
approaching from any direction.
(b)
Excepting public safety vehicles proceeding in accordance with Section 331.21 or
when directed otherwise by a police officer, pedestrians and the operators of all vehicles shall yield
the right of way to each vehicle that is a part of a funeral procession. Whenever the lead vehicle
in a funeral procession lawfully enters an intersection, the remainder of the vehicles in the
procession may continue to follow the lead vehicle through the intersection notwithstanding any
traffic control devices or right-of-way provisions of this Traffic Code, provided that the operator
of each vehicle exercises due care to avoid colliding with any other vehicle or pedestrian.
(c)
No person shall operate any vehicle as a part of a funeral procession without having
the headlights of the vehicle lighted and without displaying a purple and white or an orange and
white pennant in such a manner as to be clearly visible to traffic approaching from any direction.
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(d)
(ORC 4511.451)
331.25 DRIVER'S VIEW AND CONTROL TO BE UNOBSTRUCTED BY LOAD
OR PERSONS.
(a)
No person shall drive a vehicle when it is so loaded, or when there are in the front
seat such number of persons, as to obstruct the view of the driver to the front or sides of the
vehicle or to interfere with the driver's control over the driving mechanism of the vehicle.
(b)
No passenger in a vehicle shall ride in such position as to interfere with the driver's
view ahead or to the sides, or to interfere with the driver’s control over the driving mechanism
of the vehicle.
(c)
(ORC 4511.70(A),(B),(D))
331.26 DRIVING UPON STREET POSTED AS CLOSED FOR REPAIR.
(a)
No person shall drive upon, along or across a street or highway, or any part of a
street or highway that has been closed in the process of its construction, reconstruction or repair,
and posted with appropriate signs by the authority having jurisdiction to close such street or
highway.
(b)
(ORC 4511.71)
331.27 FOLLOWING AND PARKING NEAR EMERGENCY OR SAFETY
VEHICLES.
(a)
The driver of any vehicle, other than an emergency vehicle or public safety vehicle
on official business, shall not follow any emergency vehicle or public safety vehicle traveling in
response to an alarm closer than 500 feet, or drive into or park such vehicle within the block
where fire apparatus has stopped in answer to a fire alarm, unless directed to do so by a police
officer or a firefighter.
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(b)
(ORC 4511.72)
331.28 DRIVING OVER FIRE HOSE.
(a)
No vehicle shall, without the consent of the Fire Chief or fire official in command,
be driven over any unprotected fire hose that is laid down on any street or private driveway to be
used at any fire or alarm of fire.
(b)
(ORC 4511.73)
331.29 DRIVING THROUGH SAFETY ZONE.
(a)
No vehicle shall at any time be driven through or within a safety zone.
(b)
(ORC 4511.60)
331.30 ONE-WAY STREETS AND ROTARY TRAFFIC ISLANDS.
(a)
Upon a roadway designated and posted with signs for one-way traffic a vehicle shall
be driven only in the direction designated. A vehicle passing around a rotary traffic island shall
be driven only to the right of the rotary traffic island.
(b)
(ORC 4511.32)
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331.31 DRIVING UPON DIVIDED ROADWAYS.
(a)
Whenever any street has been divided into two roadways by an intervening space,
or by a physical barrier, or clearly indicated dividing section so constructed as to impede vehicular
traffic, every vehicle shall be driven only upon the right-hand roadway, and no vehicle shall be
driven over, across or within any such dividing space, barrier or median section, except through
an opening, crossover or intersection established by public authority. This section does not
prohibit the occupancy of such dividing space, barrier or median section for the purpose of an
emergency stop or in compliance with an order of a police officer.
(b)
(ORC 4511.35)
331.32 ENTERING AND EXITING CONTROLLED-ACCESS HIGHWAY.
(a)
No person shall drive a vehicle onto or from any controlled-access highway except
at such entrances and exits as are established by public authority.
(b)
331.33 OBSTRUCTING INTERSECTION, CROSSWALK OR GRADE
CROSSING.
(a)
No driver shall enter an intersection or marked crosswalk or drive onto any railroad
grade crossing unless there is sufficient space on the other side of the intersection, crosswalk or
grade crossing to accommodate the vehicle the driver is operating without obstructing the passage
of other vehicles, pedestrians or railroad trains, notwithstanding any traffic control signal
indication to proceed.
(b)
(ORC 4511.712)
331.34 FAILURE TO CONTROL; WEAVING; FULL TIME AND
ATTENTION.
(a)
No person shall operate a vehicle without exercising reasonable and ordinary
control over such vehicle.
(b)
No person shall operate a vehicle in a weaving or zigzag course unless such
irregular course is necessary for safe operation or in compliance with law.
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(c)
No person shall operate a vehicle without giving his full time and attention to the
operation of such vehicle.
(d)
331.35 OCCUPYING A MOVING TRAILER OR MANUFACTURED
OR MOBILE HOME.
(a)
No person shall occupy any travel trailer or manufactured or mobile home while
it is being used as a conveyance upon a street or highway.
(b)
(ORC 4511.701)
331.36 SQUEALING TIRES, "PEELING," CRACKING EXHAUST NOISES.
(a)
No person shall unnecessarily race the motor of any vehicle and no person shall
operate any motor vehicle, except in an emergency, in such a manner that the vehicle is so rapidly
accelerated or started from a stopped position that the exhaust system emits a loud, cracking or
chattering noise unusual to its normal operation, or whereby the tires of such vehicle squeal or
leave tire marks on the roadway, commonly called "peeling".
(b)
331.37 DRIVING UPON SIDEWALKS, STREET LAWNS OR CURBS.
(a)
No person shall drive any vehicle, other than a bicycle, upon a sidewalk or sidewalk
area except upon a permanent or duly authorized temporary driveway. (ORC 4511.711)
(b)
No person shall drive a vehicle on a street lawn area or the curb of a street, except
upon a permanent or duly authorized temporary driveway or when otherwise lawfully authorized.
(c)
(ORC 4511.711)
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331.38 STOPPING FOR SCHOOL BUS; DISCHARGING CHILDREN.
(a)
The driver of a vehicle upon meeting or overtaking from either direction any school
bus stopped for the purpose of receiving or discharging any school child, person attending
programs offered by community boards of mental health and County boards of developmental
disabilities, or child attending a program offered by a head start agency, shall stop at least ten feet
from the front or rear of the school bus and shall not proceed until such school bus resumes
motion, or until signaled by the school bus driver to proceed.
It is no defense to a charge under this subsection (a) hereof that the school bus involved
failed to display or be equipped with an automatically extended stop warning sign as required by
subsection (b) hereof.
(b)
Every school bus shall be equipped with amber and red visual signals meeting the
requirements of Ohio R.C. 4511.771, and an automatically extended stop warning sign of a type
approved by the State Board of Education, which shall be actuated by the driver of the bus
whenever but only whenever the bus is stopped or stopping on the roadway for the purpose of
receiving or discharging school children, persons attending programs offered by community
boards of mental health and County boards of developmental disabilities, or children attending
programs offered by head start agencies. A school bus driver shall not actuate the visual signals
or the stop warning sign in designated school bus loading areas where the bus is entirely off the
roadway or at school buildings when children or persons attending programs offered by
community boards of mental health and County boards of developmental disabilities are loading
or unloading at curbside or at buildings when children attending programs offered by head start
agencies are boarding or unloading at curbside. The visual signals and stop warning sign shall be
synchronized or otherwise operated as required by rule of the Board.
(c)
Where a highway has been divided into four or more traffic lanes, a driver of a
vehicle need not stop for a school bus approaching from the opposite direction which has stopped
for the purpose of receiving or discharging any school child, persons attending programs offered
by community boards of mental health and County boards of developmental disabilities, or
children attending programs offered by head start agencies. The driver of any vehicle overtaking
the school bus shall comply with subsection (a) hereof.
(d)
School buses operating on divided highways or on highways with four or more
traffic lanes shall receive and discharge all school children, persons attending programs offered
by community boards of mental health and County boards of developmental disabilities, and
children attending programs offered by head start agencies on their residence side of the highway.
(e)
No school bus driver shall start the driver’s bus until after any child, person
attending programs offered by community boards of mental health and County boards of
developmental disabilities, or child attending a program offered by a head start agency who may
have alighted therefrom has reached a place of safety on the child or person’s residence side of the
road.
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(f)
As used in this section:
(1)
“Head start agency” has the same meaning as in Ohio R.C. 3301.32.
(2)
“School bus”, as used in relation to children who attend a program offered
by a head start agency, means a bus that is owned and operated by a head
start agency, is equipped with an automatically extended stop warning sign
of a type approved by the State Board of Education, is painted the color and
displays the markings described in Ohio R.C. 4511.77, and is equipped
with amber and red visual signals meeting the requirements of Ohio R.C.
4511.771, irrespective of whether or not the bus has fifteen or more
children aboard at any time. “School bus” does not include a van owned
and operated by a head start agency, irrespective of its color, lights, or
markings.
(g)
(1)
(2)
Whoever violates subsection (a) of this section may be fined an amount not
to exceed five hundred dollars ($500.00). A person who is issued a citation
for a violation of subsection (a) of this section is not permitted to enter a
written plea of guilty and waive the person’s right to contest the citation in
a trial but instead must appear in person in the proper court to answer the
charge.
In addition to and independent of any other penalty provided by law, the
court or mayor may impose upon an offender who violates this section a
class seven suspension of the offender’s driver’s license, commercial
driver’s license, temporary instruction permit, probationary license, or
nonresident operating privilege from the range specified in division (a)(7)
of Ohio R.C. 4510.02. When a license is suspended under this section, the
court or mayor shall cause the offender to deliver the license to the court,
and the court or clerk of the court immediately shall forward the license to
the Registrar of Motor Vehicles, together with notice of the court’s action.
(ORC 4511.75)
331.39 DRIVING ACROSS GRADE CROSSING.
(a)
(1)
Whenever any person driving a vehicle approaches a railroad grade
crossing, the person shall stop within fifty feet, but not less than fifteen feet
from the nearest rail of the railroad, if any of the following circumstances
exist at the crossing:
A.
A clearly visible electric or mechanical signal device gives warning
of the immediate approach of a train.
B.
A crossing gate is lowered.
C.
A flagperson gives or continues to give a signal of the approach or
passage of a train.
D.
There is insufficient space on the other side of the railroad grade
crossing to accommodate the vehicle the person is operating without
obstructing the passage of other vehicles, pedestrians, or railroad
trains, notwithstanding any traffic control signal indication to
proceed.
E.
An approaching train is emitting an audible signal or is plainly
visible and is in hazardous proximity to the crossing.
F.
There is insufficient undercarriage clearance to safely negotiate the
crossing.
(2)
A person who is driving a vehicle and who approaches a railroad grade
crossing shall not proceed as long as any of the circumstances described in
divisions (a)(1)A. to F. of this section exist at the crossing.
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(b)
No person shall drive any vehicle through, around, or under any crossing gate or
barrier at a railroad crossing while the gate or barrier is closed or is being opened or closed unless
the person is signaled by a law enforcement officer or flagperson that it is permissible to do so.
(c)
Whoever violates this section is guilty of a misdemeanor of the fourth degree.
(ORC 4511.62)
331.40 STOPPING AT GRADE CROSSING.
(a)
(1)
Except as provided in subsection (a)(2) hereof, the operator of any bus, any
school vehicle, or any vehicle transporting material required to be placarded
under 49 CFR Parts 100-185, before crossing at grade any track of a
railroad, shall stop the vehicle, and, while so stopped, shall listen through
an open door or open window and look in both directions along the track
for any approaching train, and for signals indicating the approach of a train,
and shall proceed only upon exercising due care after stopping, looking and
listening as required by this section. Upon proceeding, the operator of such
a vehicle shall cross only in a gear that will ensure there will be no
necessity for changing gears while traversing the crossing and shall not shift
gears while crossing the tracks.
(2)
This section does not apply at grade crossings when the Ohio Public
Utilities Commission has authorized and approved an exempt crossing as
provided in this subsection.
A.
Any local authority may file an application with the Commission
requesting the approval of an exempt crossing. Upon receipt of
such a request, the Commission shall authorize a limited period for
the filing of comments by any party regarding the application and
then shall conduct a public hearing in the community seeking the
exempt crossing designation. The Commission shall provide
appropriate prior public notice of the comment period and the public
hearing. By registered mail, the Commission shall notify each
railroad operating over the crossing of the comment period.
B.
After considering any comments or other information received, the
Commission may approve or reject the application. By order, the
Commission may establish conditions for the exempt crossing
designation, including compliance with division (b) of 49 C.F.R.
Part 392.10, when applicable. An exempt crossing designation
becomes effective only when appropriate signs giving notice of the
exempt designation are erected at the crossing as ordered by the
Commission and any other conditions ordered by the Commission
are satisfied.
C.
By order, the Commission may rescind any exempt crossing
designation made under this section if the Commission finds that a
condition at the exempt crossing has changed to such an extent that
the continuation of the exempt crossing designation compromises
public safety. The Commission may conduct a public hearing to
investigate and determine whether to rescind the exempt crossing
designation. If the Commission rescinds the designation, it shall
order the removal of any exempt crossing signs and may make any
other necessary order.
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(3)
(4)
(b)
(1)
(2)
331.41
A.
“School vehicle” means any vehicle used for the transportation of
pupils to and from a school or school-related function if the vehicle
is owned or operated by, or operated under contract with, a public
or nonpublic school.
B.
“Bus” means any vehicle originally designed by its manufacturer to
transport sixteen or more passengers, including the driver, or
carries sixteen or more passengers, including the driver.
C.
“Exempt crossing” means a highway rail grade crossing authorized
and approved by the Public Utilities Commission under subsection
(a)(2) hereof at which vehicles may cross without making the stop
otherwise required by this section.
Except as otherwise provided in this subsection (a)(4), whoever violates
subsection (a) hereof is guilty of a minor misdemeanor. If the offender
previously has been convicted of or pleaded guilty to one or more violations
of subsection (a) hereof or Ohio R.C. 4511.76, 4511.761, 4511.762,
4511.764, 4511.77 or 4511.79, or a municipal ordinance that is
substantially similar to any of those sections, whoever violates subsection
(a) hereof is guilty of a misdemeanor of the fourth degree. (ORC 4511.63)
When authorized stop signs are erected at railroad grade crossings, the
operator of any vehicle shall stop within fifty but not less than fifteen feet
from the nearest rail of the railroad tracks and shall exercise due care
before proceeding across such grade crossing.
Except as otherwise provided in this subsection, whoever violates this
subsection (b)(1) hereof is guilty of a minor misdemeanor. If, within one
year of the offense, the offender previously has been convicted of or
pleaded guilty to one predicate motor vehicle or traffic offense, whoever
violates this section is guilty of a misdemeanor of the fourth degree. If,
within one year of the offense, the offender previously has been convicted
of two or more predicate motor vehicle or traffic offenses, whoever violates
this section is guilty of a misdemeanor of the third degree.
(ORC 4511.61)
331.41 SHORTCUTTING; AVOIDING TRAFFIC CONTROL DEVICES.
(a)
No person shall operate a vehicle across public or private property marked with
signs "No Through Traffic" or words of similar import for the purpose of passing from one
roadway to another.
(b)
No person shall operate a vehicle across public or private property for the purpose
of avoiding compliance with a traffic control device.
(c)
It shall be prima-facie evidence of a violation of this section for the operator of a
vehicle to cross public or private property as provided herein without using the service of such
property, stopping the engine or both.
(d)
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331.42 LITTERING FROM MOTOR VEHICLE.
(a)
No operator or occupant of a motor vehicle shall, regardless of intent, throw, drop,
discard or deposit litter from any motor vehicle in operation upon any street, road or highway,
except into a litter receptacle in a manner that prevents its being carried away or deposited by the
elements.
(b)
No operator of a motor vehicle in operation upon any street, road or highway shall
allow litter to be thrown, dropped, discarded or deposited from the motor vehicle, except into a
litter receptacle in a manner that prevents its being carried away or deposited by the elements.
(c)
As used in this section, "litter" means garbage, trash, waste, rubbish, ashes, cans,
bottles, wire, paper, cartons, boxes, automobile parts, furniture, glass or anything else of an
unsightly or unsanitary nature.
(d)
(ORC 4511.82)
331.43 WEARING EARPLUGS OR EARPHONES PROHIBITED.
(a)
No person shall operate a motor vehicle while wearing earphones over, or earplugs
in, both ears. As used in this section, "earphones" means any headset, radio, tape player or other
similar device that provides the listener with radio programs, music or other recorded information
through a device attached to the head and that covers all or a portion of both ears. "Earphones"
does not include speakers or other listening devices that are built into protective headgear.
(b)
This section does not apply to:
(1)
Any person wearing a hearing aid;
(2)
Law enforcement personnel while on duty;
(3)
Fire personnel and emergency medical service personnel while on duty;
(4)
Any person engaged in the operation of equipment for use in the
maintenance or repair of any street or highway; or
(5)
Any person engaged in the operation of refuse collection equipment.
(c)
(ORC 4511.84)
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CHAPTER 333
OVI; Willful Misconduct; Speed
333.01 Driving or physical control
while under the influence.
333.02 Operation in willful or
wanton disregard of
safety.
333.03 Maximum speed limits;
assured clear distance ahead.
333.031 Approaching a stationary public
safety, emergency, or road
service vehicle.
333.04 Stopping vehicle; slow speed;
posted minimum speeds.
333.05 Speed limitations over bridges.
333.06 Speed exceptions for
emergency or safety vehicles.
333.07 Street racing prohibited.
333.08 Operation without
reasonable control.
333.09 Operation in violation of
immobilization order.
CROSS REFERENCES
Drug of abuse defined - see Ohio R.C. 3719.011(A)
Alcohol defined - see Ohio R.C. 4301.01(B)(1)
Alteration of prima-facie speed limits - see Ohio R.C.
4511.21, 4511.22(B), 4511.23
Failure to control vehicle - see TRAF. 331.34
Walking on highway while under the influence - see TRAF. 371.09
333.01 DRIVING OR PHYSICAL CONTROL WHILE UNDER THE
INFLUENCE.
(a)
(1)
Operation Generally. No person shall operate any vehicle within this
Municipality, if, at the time of the operation, any of the following apply:
A.
The person is under the influence of alcohol, a drug of abuse, or
a combination of them.
B.
The person has a concentration of eight-hundredths of one per cent
or more but less than seventeen-hundredths of one per cent by
weight per unit volume of alcohol in the person’s whole blood.
C.
The person has a concentration of ninety-six-thousandths of one
per cent or more but less than two hundred four-thousandths of
one per cent by weight per unit volume of alcohol in the person’s
blood serum or plasma.
D.
The person has a concentration of eight-hundredths of one gram
or more but less than seventeen-hundredths of one gram by weight
of alcohol per two hundred ten liters of the person’s breath.
E.
The person has a concentration of eleven-hundredths of one gram
or more but less than two hundred thirty-eight-thousandths of one
gram by weight of alcohol per one hundred milliliters of the
person’s urine.
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G.
H.
I.
J.
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The person has a concentration of seventeen-hundredths of one per
cent or more by weight per unit volume of alcohol in the person’s
whole blood.
The person has a concentration of two hundred four-thousandths
of one per cent or more by weight per unit volume of alcohol in
the person’s blood serum or plasma.
The person has a concentration of seventeen-hundredths of one
gram or more by weight of alcohol per two hundred ten liters of
the person’s breath.
The person has a concentration of two hundred thirty-eightthousandths of one gram or more by weight of alcohol per one
hundred milliliters of the person’s urine.
Except as provided in subsection (m) of this section, the person
has a concentration of any of the following controlled substances
or metabolites of a controlled substance in the person’s whole
blood, blood serum or plasma, or urine that equals or exceeds any
of the following:
1.
The person has a concentration of amphetamine in the
person’s urine of at least five hundred nanograms of
amphetamine per milliliter of the person’s urine or has a
concentration of amphetamine in the person’s whole blood
or blood serum or plasma of at least one hundred
nanograms of amphetamine per milliliter of the person’s
whole blood or blood serum or plasma.
2.
The person has a concentration of cocaine in the person’s
urine of at least one hundred fifty nanograms of cocaine
per milliliter of the person’s urine or has a concentration
of cocaine in the person’s whole blood or blood serum or
plasma of at least fifty nanograms of cocaine per milliliter
of the person’s whole blood or blood serum or plasma.
3.
The person has a concentration of cocaine metabolite in
the person’s urine of at least one hundred fifty nanograms
of cocaine metabolite per milliliter of the person’s urine or
has a concentration of cocaine metabolite in the person’s
whole blood or blood serum or plasma of at least fifty
nanograms of cocaine metabolite per milliliter of the
person’s whole blood or blood serum or plasma.
4.
The person has a concentration of heroin in the person’s
urine of at least two thousand nanograms of heroin per
milliliter of the person’s urine or has a concentration of
heroin in the person’s whole blood or blood serum or
plasma of at least fifty nanograms of heroin per milliliter
of the person’s whole blood or blood serum or plasma.
5.
The person has a concentration of heroin metabolite (6monoacetyl morphine) in the person’s urine of at least ten
nanograms of heroin metabolite (6-monoacetyl morphine)
per milliliter of the person’s urine or has a concentration
of heroin metabolite (6-monoacetyl morphine) in the
person’s whole blood or blood serum or plasma of at least
ten nanograms of heroin metabolite (6-monoacetyl
morphine) per milliliter of the person’s whole blood or
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6.
7.
8.
9.
10.
11.
333.01
The person has a concentration of L.S.D. in the person’s
urine of at least twenty-five nanograms of L.S.D. per
milliliter of the person’s urine or a concentration of L.S.D.
in the person’s whole blood or blood serum or plasma of at
least ten nanograms of L.S.D. per milliliter of the person’s
The person has a concentration of marihuana in the person’s
urine of at least ten nanograms of marihuana per milliliter of
the person’s urine or has a concentration of marihuana in the
person’s whole blood or blood serum or plasma of at least
two nanograms of marihuana per milliliter of the person’s
Either of the following applies:
a.
The person is under the influence of alcohol, a drug
of abuse or a combination of them, and, as measured
by gas chromatography mass spectrometry, the
person has a concentration of marihuana metabolite
in the person’s urine of at least fifteen nanograms of
marihuana metabolite per milliliter of the person’s
urine or has a concentration of marihuana metabolite
in the person’s whole blood or blood serum or
plasma of at least five nanograms of marihuana
metabolite per milliliter of the person’s whole blood
or blood serum or plasma.
b.
As measured by gas chromatography mass
spectrometry, the person has a concentration of
marihuana metabolite in the person’s urine of at least
thirty-five nanograms of marihuana metabolite per
milliliter of the person’s urine or has a concentration
of marihuana metabolite in the person’s whole blood
or blood serum or plasma of at least fifty nanograms
of marihuana metabolite per milliliter of the person’s
The person has a concentration of methamphetamine in the
person’s urine of at least five hundred nanograms of
methamphetamine per milliliter of the person’s urine or has
a concentration of methamphetamine in the person’s whole
blood or blood serum or plasma of at least one hundred
nanograms of methamphetamine per milliliter of the person’s
The person has a concentration of phencyclidine in the
person’s urine of at least twenty-five nanograms of
phencyclidine per milliliter of the person’s urine or has a
concentration of phencyclidine in the person’s whole blood
or blood serum or plasma of at least ten nanograms of
phencyclidine per milliliter of the person’s whole blood or
The State Board of Pharmacy has adopted a rule pursuant to
Ohio R.C. 4729.041 that specifies the amount of salvia
divinorum and the amount of salvinorin A that constitute
concentrations of salvia divinorum and salvinorin A in a
person’s urine, in a person’s whole blood, or in a person’s
blood serum or plasma at or above which the person is
impaired for purposes of operating any vehicle within this
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Municipality, the rule is in effect, and the person has a
concentration of salvia divinorum or salvinorin A of at least
that amount so specified by rule in the person’s urine, in the
person’s whole blood, or in the person’s blood serum or
plasma.
No person who, within twenty years of the conduct described in subsection
(a)(2)A. of this section, previously has been convicted of or pleaded guilty
to a violation of Ohio R.C. 4511.19(A) or (B), or any other equivalent
offense shall do both of the following:
A.
Operate any vehicle within this Municipality while under the
influence of alcohol, a drug of abuse or a combination of them;
B.
Subsequent to being arrested for operating the vehicle as described
in subsection (a)(2)A. of this section, being asked by a law
enforcement officer to submit to a chemical test or tests under Ohio
R.C. 4511.191, and being advised by the officer in accordance with
Ohio R.C. 4511.192 of the consequences of the person’s refusal or
submission to the test or tests, refuse to submit to the test or tests.
(b)
Operation After Under-Age Consumption. No person under twenty-one years of
age shall operate any vehicle within this Municipality, if, at the time of the operation, any of the
following apply:
(1)
The person has a concentration of at least two-hundredths of one per cent
but less than eight-hundredths of one per cent by weight per unit volume of
alcohol in the person’s whole blood.
(2)
The person has a concentration of at least three-hundredths of one per cent
but less than ninety-six-thousandths of one per cent by weight per unit
volume of alcohol in the person’s blood serum or plasma.
(3)
The person has a concentration of at least two-hundredths of one gram but
less than eight-hundredths of one gram by weight of alcohol per two
hundred ten liters of the person’s breath.
(4)
The person has a concentration of at least twenty-eight one-thousandths of
one gram but less than eleven-hundredths of one gram by weight of alcohol
per one hundred milliliters of the person’s urine.
(c)
One Conviction Limitation. In any proceeding arising out of one incident, a person
may be charged with a violation of subsection (a)(1)A. or (a)(2) and a violation of subsection
(b)(1), (2) or (3) of this section, but the person may not be convicted of more than one violation
of these subsections. (ORC 4511.99)
(d)
Physical Control.
(1)
As used in this subsection, “physical control” means being in the driver’s
position of the front seat of a vehicle and having possession of the vehicle’s
ignition key or other ignition device.
(2)
A.
No person shall be in physical control of a vehicle if, at the time of
the physical control, any of the following apply:
1.
The person is under the influence of alcohol, a drug of
abuse, or a combination of them.
2.
The person’s whole blood, blood serum or plasma, breath,
or urine contains at least the concentration of alcohol
specified in subsection (a)(1)B., C., D. or E. hereof.
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333.01
3.
(3)
(e)
Except as provided in subsection (d)(3) of this section, the
person has a concentration of a listed controlled substance or
a listed metabolite of a controlled substance in the person’s
whole blood, blood serum or plasma, or urine that equals or
exceeds the concentration specified in subsection (a)(1)J.
hereof.
B.
No person under twenty-one years of age shall be in physical
control of a vehicle while under the influence of alcohol, a drug of
abuse, or a combination of them or while the person’s whole blood,
blood serum or plasma, breath, or urine contains at least the
concentration of alcohol specified in subsection (b)(1) to (4) hereof.
Subsection (d)(2)A.3. of this section does not apply to a person who is in
physical control of a vehicle while the person has a concentration of a listed
controlled substance or a listed metabolite of a controlled substance in the
person’s whole blood, blood serum or plasma, or urine that equals or
exceeds the amount specified in subsection (a)(1)J. hereof, if both of the
following apply:
A.
The person obtained the controlled substance pursuant to a
prescription issued by a licensed health professional authorized to
prescribe drugs.
B.
The person injected, ingested, or inhaled the controlled substance in
accordance with the health professional’s directions.
Evidence; Tests.
(1)
A.
In any criminal prosecution or juvenile court proceeding for a
violation of (a)(1)A. of this section or for any equivalent offense,
that is vehicle-related the result of any test of any blood or urine
withdrawn and analyzed at any health care provider, as defined in
Ohio R.C. 2317.02, may be admitted with expert testimony to be
considered with any other relevant and competent evidence in
determining the guilt or innocence of the defendant.
B.
violation of subsection (a) or (b) of this section or for an equivalent
offense that is vehicle related, the court may admit evidence on the
concentration of alcohol, drugs of abuse, controlled substances,
metabolites of a controlled substance, or a combination of them in
the defendant’s whole blood, blood serum or plasma, breath, urine
or other bodily substance at the time of the alleged violation as
shown by chemical analysis of the substance withdrawn within three
hours of the time of the alleged violation. The three-hour time limit
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specified in this subsection regarding the admission of evidence does
not extend or affect the two-hour time limit specified in Ohio R.C.
4511.192(A) as the maximum period of time during which a person
may consent to a chemical test or tests as described in that section.
The court may admit evidence on the concentration of alcohol,
drugs of abuse, or a combination of them as described in this section
when a person submits to a blood, breath, urine or other bodily
substance test at the request of a law enforcement officer under Ohio
R.C. 4511.191, or a blood or urine sample is obtained pursuant to
a search warrant. Only a physician, a registered nurse, an
emergency medical technician-intermediate, an emergency medical
technician-paramedic or a qualified technician, chemist, or
phlebotomist shall withdraw a blood sample for the purpose of
determining the alcohol, drug, controlled substance, metabolite of
a controlled substance, or combination content of the whole blood,
blood serum, or blood plasma. This limitation does not apply to the
taking of breath or urine specimens. A person authorized to
withdraw blood under this subsection may refuse to withdraw blood
under this subsection, if in that person’s opinion, the physical
welfare of the person would be endangered by the withdrawing of
blood.
The bodily substance withdrawn under subsection (e)(1)B. hereof
shall be analyzed in accordance with methods approved by the
Director of Health by an individual possessing a valid permit issued
by the Director pursuant to Ohio R.C. 3701.143.
As used in subsection (e)(1)B. of this section, “emergency medical
technician-intermediate” and “emergency medical technicianparamedic” have the same meanings as in Ohio R.C. 4765.01.
In a criminal prosecution or juvenile court proceeding for violation of
subsection (a) of this section or for an equivalent offense that is vehicle
related, if there was at the time the bodily substance was withdrawn a
concentration of less than the applicable concentration of alcohol specified
in subsections (a)(1)B., C., D. and E. of this section, or less than the
applicable concentration of a listed controlled substance or a listed
metabolite of a controlled substance specified for a violation of subsection
(a)(1)J. of this section, that fact may be considered with other competent
evidence in determining the guilt or innocence of the defendant. This
subsection does not limit or affect a criminal prosecution or juvenile court
proceeding for a violation of subsection (b) of this section or for an
equivalent offense that is substantially equivalent to that subsection.
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(3)
(4)
333.01
Upon the request of the person who was tested, the results of the chemical
test shall be made available to the person or the person’s attorney,
immediately upon the completion of the chemical test analysis.
If the chemical test was obtained pursuant to subsection (e)(1)B. hereof, the
person tested may have a physician, a registered nurse, or a qualified
technician, chemist or phlebotomist of the person’s own choosing
administer a chemical test or tests, at the person’s expense, in addition to
any administered at the request of a law enforcement officer. If the person
was under arrest as described in division (A)(5) of Ohio R.C. 4511.191, the
arresting officer shall advise the person at the time of the arrest that the
person may have an independent chemical test taken at the person’s own
expense. If the person was under arrest other than described in division
(A)(5) of Ohio R.C. 4511.191, the form to be read to the person to be
tested, as required under Ohio R.C. 4511.192, shall state that the person
may have an independent test performed at the person’s expense. The
failure or inability to obtain an additional chemical test by a person shall not
preclude the admission of evidence relating to the chemical test or tests
taken at the request of a law enforcement officer.
A.
As used in subsections (e)(4)B. and C. of this section, “national
highway traffic safety administration” means the National Traffic
Highway Safety Administration established as an administration of
the United States Department of Transportation under 96 Stat. 2415
(1983), 49 U.S.C.A. 105.
B.
violation of subsection (a), (b) or (d) of this section, of a municipal
ordinance relating to operating a vehicle while under the influence
of alcohol, a drug of abuse, or alcohol and a drug of abuse, or of a
municipal ordinance relating to operating a vehicle with a prohibited
concentration of alcohol, a controlled substance, or a metabolite of
a controlled substance in the whole blood, blood serum or plasma,
breath or urine, if a law enforcement officer has administered a field
sobriety test to the operator or person in physical control of the
vehicle involved in the violation and if it is shown by clear and
convincing evidence that the officer administered the test in
substantial compliance with the testing standards for any reliable,
credible, and generally accepted field sobriety tests that were in
effect at the time the tests were administered, including, but not
limited to, any testing standards then in effect that were set by the
National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, all of the
following apply:
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1.
C.
(f)
The officer may testify concerning the results of the field
sobriety test so administered.
2.
The prosecution may introduce the results of the field
sobriety test so administered as evidence in any proceedings
in the criminal prosecution or juvenile court proceeding.
3.
If testimony is presented or evidence is introduced under
subsection (e)(4)B.1. or 2. of this section and if the
testimony or evidence is admissible under the Rules of
Evidence, the court shall admit the testimony or evidence
and the trier of fact shall give it whatever weight the trier of
fact considers to be appropriate.
Subsection (e)(4)B. of this section does not limit or preclude a
court, in its determination of whether the arrest of a person was
supported by probable cause or its determination of any other matter
in a criminal prosecution or juvenile court proceeding of a type
described in that subsection, from considering evidence or testimony
that is not otherwise disallowed by subsection (e)(4)B. of this
section. (ORC 4511.19; 4511.194)
Forensic Laboratory Reports.
(1)
Subject to subsection (f)(3) of this section, in any criminal prosecution or
juvenile court proceeding for a violation of subsection (a)(1)B., C., D., E.,
F., G., H., I., or J. or (b)(1), (2), (3) or (4) of this section or for an
equivalent offense that is substantially equivalent to any of those
subsections, a laboratory report from any laboratory personnel issued a
permit by the Department of Health authorizing an analysis as described in
this subsection that contains an analysis of the whole blood, blood serum or
plasma, breath, urine, or other bodily substance tested and that contains all
of the information specified in this subsection shall be admitted as primafacie evidence of the information and statements that the report contains.
The laboratory report shall contain all of the following:
A.
The signature, under oath, of any person who performed the
analysis;
B.
Any findings as to the identity and quantity of alcohol, a drug of
abuse, a controlled substance, a metabolite of a controlled
substance, or a combination of them that was found;
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C.
(2)
(3)
A copy of a notarized statement by the laboratory director or a
designee of the director that contains the name of each certified
analyst or test performer involved with the report, the analyst’s or
test performer’s employment relationship with the laboratory that
issued the report, and a notation that performing an analysis of the
type involved is part of the analyst’s or test performer’s regular
duties;
D.
An outline of the analyst’s or test performer’s education, training,
and experience in performing the type of analysis involved and a
certification that the laboratory satisfies appropriate quality control
standards in general and, in this particular analysis, under rules of
the Department of Health.
Notwithstanding any other provision of law regarding the admission of
evidence, a report of the type described in subsection (f)(1) of this section
is not admissible against the defendant to whom it pertains in any
proceeding, other than a preliminary hearing or a grand jury proceeding,
unless the prosecutor has served a copy of the report on the defendant’s
attorney or, if the defendant has no attorney, on the defendant.
A report of the type described in subsection (f)(1) of this section shall not
be prima-facie evidence of the contents, identity, or amount of any
substance if, within seven days after the defendant to whom the report
pertains or the defendant’s attorney receives a copy of the report, the
defendant or the defendant’s attorney demands the testimony of the person
who signed the report. The judge in the case may extend the seven-day
time limit in the interest of justice.
(g)
Immunity From Liability For Withdrawing Blood. Except as otherwise provided
in this subsection, any physician, registered nurse, emergency medical technician-intermediate,
emergency medical technician-paramedic, or qualified technician, chemist, or phlebotomist who
withdraws blood from a person pursuant to this section or Ohio R.C. 4511.191 or 4511.192, and
any hospital, first-aid station, or clinic at which blood is withdrawn from a person pursuant to this
section or Ohio R.C. 4511.191 or 4511.192, is immune from criminal liability and civil liability
based upon a claim of assault and battery or any other claim that is not a claim of malpractice, for
any act performed in withdrawing blood from the person. The immunity provided in this
subsection also extends to an emergency medical service organization that employs an emergency
medical technician-intermediate or emergency medical technician-paramedic who withdraws blood
under this section. The immunity provided in this subsection is not available to a person who
withdraws blood if the person engaged in willful or wanton misconduct.
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As used in this subsection, “emergency medical technician-intermediate” and “emergency
medical technician-paramedic” have the same meanings as in Ohio R.C. 4765.01.
(h)
General OVI Penalty.
(1)
Whoever violates any provision of subsections (a)(1)A. to I. or (a)(2) of this
section is guilty of operating a vehicle under the influence of alcohol, a
drug of abuse, or a combination of them. Whoever violates subsection
(a)(1)J. of this section is guilty of operating a vehicle while under the
influence of a listed controlled substance or a listed metabolite of a
controlled substance. The court shall sentence the offender for either
offense under Ohio R.C. Chapter 2929, and this Traffic Code, except as
otherwise authorized or required by subsections (h)(1)A. to E. of this
section:
A.
Except as otherwise provided in subsections (h)(1)B., C., D. or E.
of this section, the offender is guilty of a misdemeanor of the first
degree, and the court shall sentence the offender to all of the
following:
1.
If the sentence is being imposed for a violation of
subsections (a)(1)A., B., C., D., E., or J. of this section, a
mandatory jail term of three consecutive days. As used in
this subsection, three consecutive days means seventy-two
consecutive hours. The court may sentence an offender to
both an intervention program and a jail term. The court
may impose a jail term in addition to the three-day
mandatory jail term or intervention program. However, in
no case shall the cumulative jail term imposed for the
offense exceed six months.
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The court may suspend the execution of the three-day jail
term under this subsection if the court, in lieu of that
suspended term, places the offender under a community
control sanction pursuant to Ohio R.C. 2929.25 and requires
the offender to attend, for three consecutive days, a drivers’
intervention program certified under Ohio R.C. 3793.10.
The court also may suspend the execution of any part of the
three-day jail term under this subsection if it places the
offender under a community control sanction pursuant to
Ohio R.C. 2929.25 for part of the three days, requires the
offender to attend for the suspended part of the term a
drivers’ intervention program so certified, and sentences the
offender to a jail term equal to the remainder of the three
consecutive days that the offender does not spend attending
the program. The court may require the offender, as a
condition of community control and in addition to the
required attendance at a drivers’ intervention program, to
attend and satisfactorily complete any treatment or education
programs that comply with the minimum standards adopted
pursuant to Ohio R.C. Chapter 3793 by the Director of
Alcohol and Drug Addiction Services that the operators of
the drivers’ intervention program determine that the offender
should attend and to report periodically to the court on the
offender’s progress in the programs. The court also may
impose on the offender any other conditions of community
control that it considers necessary.
If the sentence is being imposed for a violation of subsection
(a)(1)F., G., H. or I. or (a)(2) of this section, except as
otherwise provided in this subsection, a mandatory jail term
of at least three consecutive days and a requirement that the
offender attend, for three consecutive days, a drivers’
intervention program that is certified pursuant to Ohio R.C.
3793.10. As used in this subsection, three consecutive days
means seventy-two consecutive hours.
If the court
determines that the offender is not conducive to treatment in
a drivers’ intervention program, if the offender refuses to
attend a drivers’ intervention program, or if the jail at which
the offender is to serve the jail term imposed can provide a
drivers’ intervention program, the court shall sentence the
offender to a mandatory jail term of at least six consecutive
days.
The court may require the offender, under a community
control sanction imposed under Ohio R.C. 2929.25, to
attend and satisfactorily complete any treatment or education
programs that comply with the minimum standards adopted
pursuant to Ohio R.C. Chapter 3793 by the Director of
Alcohol and Drug Addiction Services, in addition to the
required attendance at drivers’ intervention program, that the
operators of the drivers’ intervention program determine that
the offender should attend and to report periodically to the
court on the offender’s progress in the programs. The court
also may impose any other conditions of community control
on the offender that it considers necessary.
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In all cases, a fine of not less than three hundred seventyfive dollars ($375.00) and not more than one thousand
seventy-five dollars ($1,075).
4.
In all cases, a class five license suspension of the offender’s
driver’s or commercial driver’s license or permit or
nonresident operating privilege from the range specified in
division (A)(5) of Ohio R.C. 4510.02. The court may grant
limited driving privileges relative to the suspension under
Ohio R.C. 4510.021 and 4510.13.
Except as otherwise provided in subsection (h)(1)E. of this section,
an offender who, within six years of the offense, previously has
been convicted of or pleaded guilty to one violation of subsection (a)
or (b) of this section or one other equivalent offense is guilty of a
misdemeanor of the first degree. The court shall sentence the
offender to all of the following:
1.
(a)(1)A., B., C., D., E., or J. of this section, a mandatory
jail term of ten consecutive days. The court shall impose the
ten-day mandatory jail term under this subsection unless,
subject to subsection (h)(3) of this section, it instead imposes
a sentence under that subsection consisting of both a jail
term and a term of house arrest with electronic monitoring,
with continuous alcohol monitoring, or with both electronic
monitoring and continuous alcohol monitoring. The court
may impose a jail term in addition to the ten-day mandatory
jail term. The cumulative jail term imposed for the offense
shall not exceed six months.
In addition to the jail term or the term of house arrest with
electronic monitoring or continuous alcohol monitoring or
both types of monitoring and jail term, the court shall
require the offender to be assessed by an alcohol and drug
treatment program that is authorized by Ohio R.C. 3793.02,
subject to subsection (k) of this section, and shall order the
offender to follow the treatment recommendations of the
program. The purpose of the assessment is to determine the
degree of the offender’s alcohol usage and to determine
whether or not treatment is warranted. Upon the request of
the court, the program shall submit the results of the
assessment to the court, including all treatment
recommendations and clinical diagnoses related to alcohol
use.
2.
(a)(1)F., G., H. or I. or (a)(2) of this section, except as
otherwise provided in this subsection, a mandatory jail term
of twenty consecutive days. The court shall impose the
twenty-day mandatory jail term under this subsection unless,
subject to subsection (h)(3) of this section, it instead imposes
a sentence under that subsection consisting of both a jail
term and a term of house arrest with electronic monitoring,
with continuous alcohol monitoring, or with both electronic
monitoring and continuous alcohol monitoring. The court
may impose a jail term in addition to the twenty-day
mandatory jail term. The cumulative jail term imposed for
the offense shall not exceed six months.
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In addition to the jail term or the term of house arrest with
electronic monitoring or continuous alcohol monitoring or
both types of monitoring and jail term, the court shall
require the offender to be assessed by an alcohol and drug
treatment program that is authorized by Ohio R.C. 3793.02,
subject to subsection (k) of this section, and shall order the
offender to follow the treatment recommendations of the
program. The purpose of the assessment is to determine the
degree of the offender’s alcohol usage and to determine
whether or not treatment is warranted. Upon the request of
the court, the program shall submit the results of the
assessment to the court, including all treatment
recommendations and clinical diagnoses related to alcohol
use.
3.
In all cases, notwithstanding the fines set forth in Section
303.99, a fine of not less than five hundred twenty-five
dollars ($525.00) and not more than one thousand six
hundred twenty-five dollars ($1,625).
4.
In all cases, a class four license suspension of the offender’s
driver’s license, commercial driver’s license, temporary
instruction permit, probationary license, or nonresident
operating privilege from the range specified in division
(A)(4) of Ohio R.C. 4510.02. The court may grant limited
driving privileges relative to the suspension under Ohio R.C.
4510.021 and 4510.13. (ORC 4511.19)
5.
In all cases, if the vehicle is registered in the offender’s
name, immobilization of the vehicle involved in the offense
for ninety days in accordance with Ohio R.C. 4503.233 and
impoundment of the license plates of that vehicle for ninety
days. (ORC 4511.193)
been convicted of or pleaded guilty to two violations of subsection
(a) or (b) of this section or other equivalent offenses is guilty of a
misdemeanor. The court shall sentence the offender to all of the
following:
1.
(a)(1)A., B., C., D., E., or J. of this section, a mandatory
jail term of thirty consecutive days. The court shall impose
the thirty-day mandatory jail term under this subsection
unless, subject to subsection (h)(3) of this section, it instead
imposes a sentence under that subsection consisting of both
a jail term and a term of house arrest with electronic
monitoring, with continuous alcohol monitoring, or with
both electronic monitoring and continuous alcohol
monitoring. The court may impose a jail term in addition
to the thirty-day mandatory jail term. Notwithstanding the
jail terms set forth in Section 303.99, the additional jail term
shall not exceed one year, and the cumulative jail term
imposed for the offense shall not exceed one year.
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(a)(1)F., G., H. or I. or (a)(2) of this section, a mandatory
jail term of sixty consecutive days. The court shall impose
the sixty-day mandatory jail term under this subsection
unless, subject to subsection (h)(3) of this section, it instead
imposes a sentence under that subsection consisting of both
a jail term and a term of electronically monitored house
arrest with continuous alcohol monitoring, or with both
electronic monitoring and continuous alcohol monitoring.
The court may impose a jail term in addition to the sixty-day
mandatory jail term.
Notwithstanding the terms of
imprisonment set forth in Section 303.99, the additional jail
term shall not exceed one year, and the cumulative jail term
imposed for the offense shall not exceed one year.
3.
In all cases, notwithstanding the fines set forth in Section
303.99, a fine of not less than eight hundred fifty dollars
($850.00) and not more than two thousand seven hundred
fifty dollars ($2,750).
4.
In all cases, a class three license suspension of the offender’s
driver’s license, commercial driver’s license, temporary
instruction permit, probationary license, or nonresident
operating privilege from the range specified in division
(A)(3) of Ohio R.C. 4510.02. The court may grant limited
driving privileges relative to the suspension under Ohio R.C.
4510.021 and 4510.13. (ORC 4511.19)
5.
In all cases, if the vehicle is registered in the offender’s
name, criminal forfeiture of the vehicle involved in the
offense in accordance with Ohio R.C. 4503.234. Subsection
(h)(5) of this section applies regarding any vehicle that is
subject to an order of criminal forfeiture under this
subsection. (ORC 4511.193)
6.
In all cases, the court shall order the offender to participate
in an alcohol and drug addiction program authorized by
Ohio R.C. 3793.02, subject to subsection (k) of this section,
and shall order the offender to follow the treatment
recommendations of the program. The operator of the
program shall determine and assess the degree of the
offender’s alcohol dependency and shall make
recommendations for treatment. Upon the request of the
court, the program shall submit the results of the assessment
to the court, including all treatment recommendations and
clinical diagnoses related to alcohol use.
been convicted of or pleaded guilty to three or four violations of
subsection (a) or (b) of this section or other equivalent offenses or
an offender who, within twenty years of the offense, previously has
been convicted of or pleaded guilty to five or more violations of that
nature is guilty of a felony of the fourth degree and shall be
prosecuted under appropriate state law.
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E.
(2)
(3)
An offender who previously has been convicted of or pleaded guilty
to a violation of Ohio R.C. 4511.19(A) that was a felony, regardless
of when the violation and the conviction or guilty plea occurred, is
guilty of a felony of the third degree and shall be prosecuted under
appropriate state law.
An offender who is convicted of or pleads guilty to a violation of subsection
(a) of this section and who subsequently seeks reinstatement of the driver’s
or occupational driver’s license or permit or nonresident operating privilege
suspended under this section as a result of the conviction or guilty plea shall
pay a reinstatement fee as provided in division (F)(2) of Ohio R.C.
4511.191.
If an offender is sentenced to a jail term under subsection (h)(1)B.1. or 2.
or (h)(1)C.1. or 2. of this section and if, within sixty days of sentencing of
the offender, the court issues a written finding on the record that, due to the
unavailability of space at the jail where the offender is required to serve the
term, the offender will not be able to begin serving that term within the
sixty-day period following the date of sentencing, the court may impose an
alternative sentence under this subsection that includes a term of house
arrest with electronic monitoring, with continuous alcohol monitoring, or
with both electronic monitoring and continuous alcohol monitoring.
As an alternative to a mandatory jail term of ten consecutive days required
by subsection (h)(1)B.1. of this section, the court, under this subsection,
may sentence the offender to five consecutive days in jail and not less than
eighteen consecutive days of house arrest with electronic monitoring, with
continuous alcohol monitoring, or with both electronic monitoring and
continuous alcohol monitoring. The cumulative total of the five consecutive
days in jail and the period of house arrest with electronic monitoring,
continuous alcohol monitoring, or both types of monitoring shall not exceed
six months. The five consecutive days in jail do not have to be served prior
to or consecutively to the period of house arrest.
As an alternative to the mandatory jail term of twenty consecutive days
required by subsection (h)(1)B.2. of this section, the court, under this
subsection, may sentence the offender to ten consecutive days in jail and not
less than thirty-six consecutive days of house arrest with electronic
monitoring, with continuous alcohol monitoring, or with both electronic
monitoring and continuous alcohol monitoring. The cumulative total of the
ten consecutive days in jail and the period of house arrest with electronic
monitoring, continuous alcohol monitoring or both types of monitoring
shall not exceed six months. The ten consecutive days in jail do not have
to be served prior to or consecutively to the period of house arrest.
As an alternative to a mandatory jail term of thirty consecutive days
required by subsection (h)(1)C.1. of this section, the court, under this
subsection, may sentence the offender to fifteen consecutive days in jail and
not less than fifty-five consecutive days of house arrest with electronic
monitoring, with continuous alcohol monitoring, or with both electronic
monitoring and continuous alcohol monitoring. The cumulative total of the
fifteen consecutive days in jail and the period of house arrest with electronic
monitoring, continuous alcohol monitoring or both types of monitoring
shall not exceed one year. The fifteen consecutive days in jail do not have
to be served prior to or consecutively to the period of house arrest.
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As an alternative to the mandatory jail term of sixty consecutive days
required by subsection (h)(1)C.2. of this section, the court, under this
subsection, may sentence the offender to thirty consecutive days in jail and
not less than one hundred ten consecutive days of house arrest with
electronic monitoring, with continuous alcohol monitoring, or with both
electronic monitoring and continuous alcohol monitoring. The cumulative
total of the thirty consecutive days in jail and the period of house arrest with
electronic monitoring, continuous alcohol monitoring, or both types of
monitoring shall not exceed one year. The thirty consecutive days in jail
do not have to be served prior to or consecutively to the period of house
arrest.
If an offender’s driver’s or occupational driver’s license or permit or
nonresident operating privilege is suspended under subsection (h) of this
section and if Ohio R.C. 4510.13 permits the court to grant limited driving
privileges, the court may grant the limited driving privileges in accordance
with that section. If division (A)(7) of that section requires that the court
impose as a condition of the privileges that the offender must display on the
vehicle that is driven subject to the privileges restricted license plates that
are issued under Ohio R.C. 4503.231, except as provided in division (B)
of that section, the court shall impose that condition as one of the conditions
of the limited driving privileges granted to the offender, except as provided
in division (B) of Ohio R.C. 4503.231.
If title to a motor vehicle that is subject to an order of criminal forfeiture
under this section is assigned or transferred and division (B)(2) or (3) of
Ohio R.C. 4503.234 applies, in addition to or independent of any other
penalty established by law, the court may fine the offender the value of the
vehicle as determined by publications of the national auto dealers
association. The proceeds of any fine so imposed shall be distributed in
accordance with division (C)(2) of that section.
In all cases in which an offender is sentenced under subsection (h) of this
section, the offender shall provide the court with proof of financial
responsibility as defined in Ohio R.C. 4509.01. If the offender fails to
provide that proof of financial responsibility, the court, in addition to any
other penalties provided by law, may order restitution pursuant to Ohio
R.C. 2929.18 or 2929.28 in an amount not exceeding five thousand dollars
($5,000) for any economic loss arising from an accident or collision that
was the direct and proximate result of the offender’s operation of the
vehicle before, during or after committing the offense for which the
offender is sentenced under subsection (h) of this section.
As used in subsection (h) of this section, “electronic monitoring”,
“mandatory prison term” and “mandatory term of local incarceration” have
the same meanings as in Ohio R.C. 2929.01.
(i)
Vehicle Operation After Underage Alcohol Consumption Penalty. Whoever
violates subsection (b) of this section is guilty of operating a vehicle after underage alcohol
consumption and shall be punished as follows:
(1)
Except as otherwise provided in subsection (i)(2) of this section, the
offender is guilty of a misdemeanor of the fourth degree. In addition to any
other sanction imposed for the offense, the court shall impose a class six
suspension of the offender’s driver’s license, commercial driver’s license,
temporary instruction permit, probationary license, or nonresident operating
privilege from the range specified in division (A)(6) of Ohio R.C. 4510.02.
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(3)
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If, within one year of the offense, the offender previously has been
convicted of or pleaded guilty to one or more violations of subsection (a)
or (b) of this section or other equivalent offenses, the offender is guilty of
a misdemeanor of the third degree. In addition to any other sanction
imposed for the offense, the court shall impose a class four suspension of
the offender’s driver’s license, commercial driver’s license, temporary
instruction permit, probationary license, or nonresident operating privilege
from the range specified in division (A)(4) of Ohio R.C. 4510.02.
If the offender also is convicted of or also pleads guilty to a specification of
the type described in Ohio R.C. 2941.1416 and if the court imposes a jail
term for the violation of subsection (b) of this section, the court shall
impose upon the offender an additional definite jail term pursuant to
division (E) of Ohio R.C. 2929.24.
The offender shall provide the court with proof of financial responsibility
as defined in Ohio R.C. 4509.01. If the offender fails to provide that proof
of financial responsibility, then, in addition to any other penalties provided
by law, the court may order restitution pursuant to Ohio R.C. 2929.28, in
an amount not exceeding five thousand dollars ($5,000) for any economic
loss arising from an accident or collision that was the direct and proximate
result of the offender’s operation of the vehicle before, during or after
committing the violation of subsection (b) of this section. (ORC 4511.19)
(j)
Physical Control Penalty. Whoever violates subsection (d) hereof is guilty of
having physical control of a vehicle while under the influence, a misdemeanor of the first degree.
In addition to other sanctions imposed, the court may impose on the offender a class seven
suspension of the offender’s driver’s license, commercial driver’s license, temporary instruction
permit, probationary license, or nonresident operating privilege from the range specified in
division (A)(7) of Ohio R.C. 4510.02. (ORC 4511.194)
(k)
Compliance With Ohio R.C. Chapter 3793 Standards.
(1)
No court shall sentence an offender to an alcohol treatment program under
this section unless the treatment program complies with the minimum
standards for alcohol treatment programs adopted under Ohio R.C. Chapter
3793 by the Director of Alcohol and Drug Addiction Services.
(2)
An offender who stays in a driver’s intervention program or in an alcohol
treatment program under an order issued under this section shall pay the
cost of the stay in the program. However, if the court determines that an
offender who stays in an alcohol treatment program under an order issued
under this section is unable to pay the cost of the stay in the program, the
court may order that the cost be paid from the court’s indigent drivers’
alcohol treatment fund.
(l)
Appeal Does Not Stay Operation of License Suspension. If a person whose driver’s
or commercial driver’s license or permit or nonresident operating privilege is suspended under this
section files an appeal regarding any aspect of the person’s trial or sentence, the appeal itself does
not stay the operation of the suspension.
(m)
Subsection (a)(1)J. of this section does not apply to a person who operates a vehicle
while the person has a concentration of a listed controlled substance or a listed metabolite of a
controlled substance in the person’s whole blood, blood serum or plasma, or urine that equals or
exceeds the amount specified in that subsection, if both of the following apply:
(1)
The person obtained the controlled substance pursuant to a prescription
issued by a licensed health professional authorized to prescribe drugs.
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The person injected, ingested, or inhaled the controlled substance in
accordance with the health professional’s directions.
(n)
The prohibited concentrations of a controlled substance or a metabolite of a
controlled substance listed in subsection (a)(1)J. of this section also apply in a prosecution of a
violation of Ohio R.C. 2923.16(D) in the same manner as if the offender is being prosecuted for
a prohibited concentration of alcohol.
(o)
Conflict of Terms. All terms defined in Ohio R.C. 4510.01 apply to this section.
If the meaning of a term defined in Ohio R.C . 4510.01 conflicts with the meaning of the same
term as defined in Ohio R.C. 4501.01 or this Traffic Code, the term as defined in Ohio R.C.
4510.01 applies to this section. (ORC 4511.19)
(p)
Indigent Drivers Alcohol Treatment Fund. Twenty-five dollars ($25.00) of any fine
imposed for a violation of subsection (a) hereof shall be deposited into the municipal or county
indigent drivers alcohol treatment fund pursuant to Ohio R.C. 4511.193. (ORC 4511.193)
(q)
Definitions. As used in this section:
(1)
“Equivalent offense” means any of the following:
A.
A violation of division (A) or (B) of Ohio R.C. 4511.19;
B.
A violation of a municipal OVI ordinance;
C.
A violation of Ohio R.C. 2903.04 in a case in which the offender
was subject to the sanctions described in division (D) of that section;
D.
A violation of division (A)(1) of Ohio R.C. 2903.06 or 2903.08 or
a municipal ordinance that is substantially equivalent to either of
those divisions;
E.
A violation of division (A)(2), (3) or (4) of Ohio R.C. 2903.06,
division (A)(2) of Ohio R.C. 2903.08, or former Ohio R.C.
2903.07, or a municipal ordinance that is substantially equivalent to
any of those divisions or that former section, in a case in which a
judge or jury as the trier of fact found that the offender was under
the influence of alcohol, a drug of abuse, or a combination of them;
F.
A violation of division (A) or (B) of Ohio R.C. 1547.11;
G.
A violation of a municipal ordinance prohibiting a person from
operating or being in physical control of any vessel underway or
from manipulating any water skis, aquaplane or similar device on
the waters of this State while under the influence of alcohol, a drug
of abuse, or a combination of them or prohibiting a person from
operating or being in physical control of any vessel underway or
from manipulating any water skis, aquaplane or similar device on
the waters of this State with a prohibited concentration of alcohol,
a controlled substance, or a metabolite of a controlled substance in
the whole blood, blood serum or plasma, breath or urine;
H.
A violation of an existing or former municipal ordinance, law of
another state, or law of the United States that is substantially
equivalent to division (A) or (B) of Ohio R.C. 4511.19 or division
(A) or (B) or Ohio R.C. 1547.11;
I.
A violation of a former law of this State that was substantially
equivalent to division (A) or (B) of Ohio R.C. 4511.19 or division
(A) or (B) of Ohio R.C. 1547.11;
(2)
“Mandatory jail term” means the mandatory term in jail of three, six, ten,
twenty, thirty, or sixty days that must be imposed under subsection
(h)(1)A., B. or C. upon an offender convicted of a violation of subsection
(a) hereof and in relation to which all of the following apply:
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(3)
(4)
(5)
(6)
Except as specifically authorized under this section, the term must
be served in a jail.
B.
Except as specifically authorized under this section, the term cannot
be suspended, reduced or otherwise modified pursuant to Ohio R.C.
2929.21 to 2929.28, or any other provision of the Ohio Revised
Code.
“Municipal OVI ordinance” and “municipal OVI offense” mean any
municipal ordinance prohibiting a person from operating a vehicle while
under the influence of alcohol, a drug of abuse, or a combination of them
or prohibiting a person from operating a vehicle with a prohibited
concentration of alcohol, a controlled substance, or a metabolite of a
controlled substance in the whole blood, blood serum, or plasma, breath or
urine.
“Community residential sanction”, “continuous alcohol monitoring”, “jail”,
“mandatory prison term”, “mandatory term of local incarceration”,
“sanction” and “prison term” have the same meanings as in Ohio R.C.
2929.01.
“Drug of abuse” has the same meaning as in Ohio R.C. 4506.01.
“Equivalent offense that is vehicle-related” means an equivalent offense that
is any of the following:
A.
A violation described in subsection (q)(1), (2), (3), (4) or (5)
hereof;
B.
A violation of an existing or former municipal ordinance, law of
another state, or law of the United States that is substantially
equivalent to division (A) or (B) of Ohio R.C. 4511.19;
C.
A violation of a former law of this state that was substantially
equivalent to division (A) or (B) of Ohio R.C. 4511.19.
(ORC 4511.181)
333.02 OPERATION IN WILLFUL OR WANTON DISREGARD OF SAFETY.
(a)
No person shall operate a vehicle on any street or highway in willful or wanton
disregard of the safety of persons or property. (ORC 4511.20)
(b)
No person shall operate a vehicle on any public or private property other than
streets or highways, in willful or wanton disregard of the safety of persons or property.
This subsection does not apply to the competitive operation of vehicles on public or private
property when the owner of such property knowingly permits such operation thereon.
(c)
(ORC 4511.201)
(d)
Whenever a person is found guilty under this section of operating a motor vehicle
in violation of this section relating to reckless operation, the trial court of any court of record, in
addition to or independent of all other penalties provided by law, may impose a class five
suspension of the offender’s driver’s or commercial driver’s license or permit or nonresident
operating privilege from the range specified in division (A)(5) of Ohio R.C. 4510.02.
(ORC 4510.15)
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333.03 MAXIMUM SPEED LIMITS; ASSURED CLEAR DISTANCE AHEAD.
(a)
No person shall operate a motor vehicle at a speed greater or less than is reasonable
or proper, having due regard to the traffic, surface and width of the street or highway and any
other conditions, and no person shall drive any motor vehicle in and upon any street or highway
at a greater speed than will permit the person to bring it to a stop within the assured clear distance
ahead.
(b)
It is prima-facie lawful, in the absence of a lower limit declared or established
pursuant to Ohio R.C. 4511.21 by the Ohio Director of Transportation or Council, for the
operator of a motor vehicle to operate the same at a speed not exceeding the following:
(1)
A.
Twenty miles per hour in school zones during school recess and
while children are going to or leaving school during the opening or
closing hours, and when twenty miles per hour school speed limit
signs are erected; except, that on controlled-access highways and
expressways, if the right-of-way line fence has been erected without
pedestrian opening, the speed shall be governed by subsection (b)(4)
hereof and on freeways, if the right-of-way line fence has been
erected without pedestrian opening, the speed shall be governed by
subsection (b)(7) hereof. The end of every school zone may be
marked by a sign indicating the end of the zone. Nothing in this
section or in the manual and specifications for a uniform system of
traffic control devices shall be construed to require school zones to
be indicated by signs equipped with flashing or other lights, or
giving other special notice of the hours in which the school zone
speed limit is in effect.
B.
As used in this section, "school" means any school chartered under
Ohio R.C. 3301.16 and any nonchartered school that during the
preceding year filed with the Department of Education in
compliance with rule 3301-35-08 of the Ohio Administrative Code,
a copy of the school's report for the parents of the school's pupils
certifying that the school meets Ohio minimum standards for
nonchartered, nontax-supported schools and presents evidence of
this filing to the jurisdiction from which it is requesting the
establishment of a school zone.
C.
As used in this section, "school zone" means that portion of a street
or highway passing a school fronting upon the street or highway that
is encompassed by projecting the school property lines to the
fronting street or highway. Upon request from the Municipality for
streets and highways under its jurisdiction, the Ohio Director of
Transportation may extend the traditional school zone boundaries.
The distances in subsections (b)(1)C.1. to 3. hereof shall not exceed
300 feet per approach per direction and are bounded by whichever
of the following distances or combinations thereof the Director
approves as most appropriate:
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1.
(2)
(3)
(4)
(5)
(6)
(7)
(8)
The distance encompassed by projecting the school building
lines normal to the fronting highway and extending a
distance of 300 feet on each approach direction;
2.
The distance encompassed by projecting the school property
lines intersecting the fronting highway and extending a
distance of 300 feet on each approach direction;
3.
The distance encompassed by the special marking of the
pavement for a principal school pupil crosswalk plus a
distance of 300 feet on each approach direction of highway;
Nothing in this section shall be construed to invalidate the Director's
initial action on August 9, 1976, establishing all school zones at the
traditional school zone boundaries defined by projecting school
property lines, except when those boundaries are extended as
provided in subsections (b)(1)A. and C. hereof.
D.
As used in this subsection, "crosswalk" has the meaning given that
term in Section 301.09. The Director may, upon request by
resolution of Council, and upon submission by the Municipality of
such engineering, traffic and other information as the Director
considers necessary, designate a school zone on any portion of a
State route lying within the Municipality that includes a crosswalk
customarily used by children going to or leaving a school during
recess and opening and closing hours, whenever the distance, as
measured in a straight line, from the school property line nearest the
crosswalk to the nearest point of the crosswalk is no more than
1,320 feet. Such a school zone shall include the distance
encompassed by the crosswalk and extending 300 feet on each
approach direction of the State route;
Twenty-five miles per hour in all other portions of the Municipality,
except on State routes outside business districts, through highways outside
business districts and alleys;
Thirty-five miles per hour on all State routes or through highways within
the Municipality outside business districts, except as provided in
subsections (b)(4) and (5) hereof;
Fifty miles per hour on controlled-access highways and expressways
within the Municipality;
Fifty miles per hour on State routes within the Municipality outside urban
districts unless a lower prima-facie speed is established as further provided
in this section;
Fifteen miles per hour on all alleys within the Municipality;
Fifty-five miles per hour at all times on freeways with paved shoulders
inside the Municipality other than freeways as provided in subsection
(b)(10) and (b)(11) hereof.
Fifty-five miles per hour at all times on portions of freeways that are part
of the interstate system and on all portions of freeways that are not part of
the interstate system, but are built to the standards and specifications that
are applicable to freeways that are part of the interstate system for
operators of any motor vehicle weighing in excess of eight thousand
pounds empty weight and any noncommercial bus except as provided in
subsection (b)(11) hereof;
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Fifty-five miles per hour for operators of any motor vehicle weighing
eight thousand pounds or less empty weight and any commercial bus at all
times on all portions of freeways that are part of the interstate system and
that had such a speed limit established prior to October 1, 1995, and
freeways that are not part of the interstate system, but are built to the
standards and specifications that are applicable to freeways that are part
of the interstate system and that had such a speed limit established prior
to October 1, 1995, unless a higher speed limit is established under Ohio
R.C. 4511.21(L);
Sixty-five miles per hour for operators of any motor vehicle weighing eight
thousand pounds or less empty weight and any commercial bus at all times
on all portions of the following:
A.
Freeways that are part of the interstate system and that had such a
speed limit established prior to October 1, 1995, and freeways that
are not part of the interstate system, but are built to the standards
and specifications that are applicable to freeways that are part of the
interstate system and that had such a speed limit established prior to
October 1, 1995;
B.
Freeways that are part of the interstate system and freeways that are
not part of the interstate system but are built to the standards and
specifications that are applicable to freeways that are part of the
interstate system, and that had such a speed limit established under
Ohio R.C. 4511.21(L);
C.
Rural, divided, multi-lane highways that are designated as part of
the national highway system under the “National Highway System
Designation Act of 1995", 109 Stat. 568, 23 U.S.C.A. 103, and
that had such a speed limit established under Ohio R.C.
4511.21(M).
Sixty-five miles per hour at all times on all portions of freeways that are
part of the interstate system and that had such a speed limit on the effective
date of this amendment for operators of any motor vehicle weighing in
excess of eight thousand pounds empty weight and any noncommercial bus.
(c)
It is prima-facie unlawful for any person to exceed any of the speed limitations in
subsection (b)(1)A. to (b)(6) hereof, or any declared or established pursuant to this section by the
Director or local authorities and it is unlawful for any person to exceed any of the speed limitations
in subsection (d) hereof. No person shall be convicted of more than one violation of this section
for the same conduct, although violations of more than one provision of this section may be
charged in the alternative in a single affidavit.
(d)
No person shall operate a motor vehicle upon a street or highway as follows:
(1)
At a speed exceeding fifty-five miles per hour, except upon a freeway as
provided in subsection (b)(10) and (b)(11) hereof;
(2)
At a speed exceeding sixty-five miles per hour upon a freeway as provided
in subsection (b)(10) and (b)(11) hereof;
(3)
If a motor vehicle weighing in excess of 8,000 pounds empty weight or
a noncommercial bus as prescribed in subsection (b)(8) hereof, at a speed
exceeding fifty-five miles per hour upon a freeway as provided in that
subsection.
(4)
At a speed exceeding the posted speed limit upon a freeway for which the
Director has determined and declared a speed limit of not more than sixtyfive miles per hour pursuant to Ohio R.C. 4511.21(L)(2) or (M);
(5)
At a speed exceeding sixty-five miles per hour upon a freeway for which
such a speed limit has been established through the operation of Ohio
R.C. 4511.21(L)(3);
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333.03
At a speed exceeding the posted speed limit upon a freeway for which the
Director has determined and declared a speed limit pursuant to Ohio R.C.
4511.21(I)(2).
(e)
In every charge of violation of this section the affidavit and warrant shall specify
the time, place and speed at which the defendant is alleged to have driven, and in charges made
in reliance upon subsection (c) hereof also the speed which subsections (b)(1)A. to (b)(6) hereof,
or a limit declared or established pursuant to this section declares is prima-facie lawful at the time
and place of such alleged violation, except that in affidavits where a person is alleged to have
driven at a greater speed than will permit the person to bring the vehicle to a stop within the
assured clear distance ahead the affidavit and warrant need not specify the speed at which the
defendant is alleged to have driven.
(f)
When a speed in excess of both a prima-facie limitation and a limitation in
subsection (d)(1), (2), (3), (4), (5), or (6) hereof is alleged, the defendant shall be charged in a
single affidavit, alleging a single act, with a violation indicated of both subsections (b)(1)A. to
(b)(6) hereof, or of a limit declared or established pursuant to this section by the Director or local
authorities, and of the limitation in subsection (d)(1), (2), (3), (4), (5), or (6) hereof. If the court
finds a violation of subsection (b)(1)A. to (b)(6) hereof, or a limit declared or established pursuant
to this section has occurred, it shall enter a judgment of conviction under such subsection and
dismiss the charge under subsection (d)(1), (2), (3), (4), (5), or (6) hereof. If it finds no violation
of subsections (b)(1)A. to (b)(6) hereof or a limit declared or established pursuant to this section,
it shall then consider whether the evidence supports a conviction under subsection (d)(1), (2), (3),
(4), (5), or (6) hereof.
(g)
Points shall be assessed for violation of a limitation under subsection (d) hereof in
accordance with Ohio R.C. 4510.036.
(h)
Whenever, in accordance with Ohio R.C. 4511.21 or this section, the speed
limitations as established herein have been altered, either higher or lower, and the appropriate
signs giving notice have been erected as required, operators of motor vehicles shall be governed
by the speed limitations set forth on such signs. It is prima-facie unlawful for any person to
exceed the speed limits posted upon such signs.
(i)
(1)
"Interstate system" has the same meaning as in 23 U.S.C.A. 101.
(2)
"Commercial bus" means a motor vehicle designed for carrying more than
nine passengers and used for the transportation of persons for
compensation.
(3)
"Noncommercial bus" includes but is not limited to a school bus, or a
motor vehicle operated solely for the transportation of persons associated
with a charitable or nonprofit organization.
(j)
(1)
A violation of any provision of this section is one of the following:
A.
Except as otherwise provided in subsections (j)(1)B., (1)C., (2) and
(3) of this section, a minor misdemeanor;
B.
convicted of or pleaded guilty to two violations of any provision of
this section or of any provision of Ohio R.C. 4511.21 or a
municipal ordinance that is substantially similar to any provision of
this section, a misdemeanor of the fourth degree;
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C.
(2)
(3)
convicted of or pleaded guilty to three or more violations of any
provision of this section or of any provision of Ohio R.C. 4511.21
or a municipal ordinance that is substantially similar to any
provision of this section, a misdemeanor of the third degree.
If the offender has not previously been convicted of or pleaded guilty to a
violation of any provision of Ohio R.C. 4511.21 or of any provision of a
municipal ordinance that is substantially similar to Ohio R.C. 4511.21 and
operated a motor vehicle faster than thirty-five miles an hour in a business
district of a municipal corporation, faster than fifty miles an hour in other
portions of a municipal corporation, or faster than thirty-five miles an hour
in a school zone during recess or while children are going to or leaving
school during the school’s opening or closing hours, a misdemeanor of the
fourth degree.
Notwithstanding subsection (j)(1) of this section, if the offender operated
a motor vehicle in a construction zone where a sign was then posted in
accordance with Ohio R.C. 4511.98, the court, in addition to all other
penalties provided by law, shall impose upon the offender a fine of two
times the usual amount imposed for the violation. No court shall impose
a fine of two times the usual amount imposed for the violation upon an
offender if the offender alleges, in an affidavit filed with the court prior to
the offender’s sentencing, that the offender is indigent and is unable to pay
the fine imposed pursuant to this subsection and if the court determines that
the offender is an indigent person and unable to pay the fine. (ORC
4511.21)
333.031 APPROACHING A STATIONARY PUBLIC SAFETY, EMERGENCY
OR ROAD SERVICE VEHICLE.
(a)
The driver of a motor vehicle, upon approaching a stationary public safety vehicle,
an emergency vehicle, or a road service vehicle that is displaying the appropriate visual signals
by means of flashing, oscillating or rotating lights, as prescribed in Section 337.16, shall do either
of the following:
(1)
If the driver of the motor vehicle is traveling on a street or highway that
consists of at least two lanes that carry traffic in the same direction of
travel as that of the driver’s motor vehicle, the driver shall proceed with
due caution and, if possible with due regard to the road, weather, and
traffic conditions, shall change lanes into a lane that is not adjacent to that
of the stationary public safety vehicle, an emergency vehicle, or a road
service vehicle.
(2)
If the driver is not traveling on a street or highway of a type described in
subsection (a)(1) of this section, or if the driver is traveling on a highway
of that type but it is not possible to change lanes or if to do so would be
unsafe, the driver shall proceed with due caution, reduce the speed of the
motor vehicle, and maintain a safe speed for the road, weather and traffic
conditions.
(b)
This section does not relieve the driver of a public safety vehicle, an emergency
vehicle, or a road service vehicle from the duty to drive with due regard for the safety of all
persons and property upon the highway.
(c)
No person shall fail to drive a motor vehicle in compliance with subsection (a)(1)
or (2) of this section when so required by subsection (a) of this section.
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(d)
(1)
(2)
333.05
Except as otherwise provided in this subsection, whoever violates this
section is guilty of a minor misdemeanor. If, within one year of the
offense, the offender previously has been convicted of or pleaded guilty
to one predicate motor vehicle or traffic offense, whoever violates this
section is guilty of a misdemeanor of the fourth degree. If, within one
more predicate motor vehicle or traffic offenses, whoever violates this
section is guilty of a misdemeanor of the third degree.
Notwithstanding Section 303.99(b), upon a finding that a person operated
a motor vehicle in violation of subsection (c) of this section, the court, in
addition to all other penalties provided by law, shall impose a fine of two
times the usual amount imposed for the violation. (ORC 4511.213)
333.04 STOPPING VEHICLE; SLOW SPEED; POSTED MINIMUM
SPEEDS.
(a)
No person shall stop or operate a vehicle at such an unreasonably slow speed as
to impede or block the normal and reasonable movement of traffic, except when stopping or
reduced speed is necessary for safe operation or to comply with law.
(b)
Whenever, in accordance with Ohio R.C. 4511.22(B), the minimum speed limit
of a controlled-access highway, expressway or freeway has been declared and the appropriate signs
giving notice have been erected as required, operators of motor vehicles shall be governed by the
speed limitations set forth on such signs. No person shall operate a motor vehicle below the speed
limits posted upon such signs except when necessary for safe operation or in compliance with law.
(c)
In a case involving a violation of this section, the trier of fact, in determining
whether the vehicle was being operated at an unreasonably slow speed, shall consider the
capabilities of the vehicle and its operator.
(d)
(ORC 4511.22)
333.05 SPEED LIMITATIONS OVER BRIDGES.
(a)
No person shall operate a vehicle over any bridge or other elevated structure
constituting a part of a street at a speed which is greater then the maximum speed that can be
maintained with safety to such bridge or structure, when such structure is posted with authorized
signs stating such maximum speed. Such signs shall be erected and maintained at a distance of
at least 100 feet before each end of such structure.
(b)
Upon the trial of any person charged with a violation of this section, proof of the
determination of the maximum speed and the existence of such signs shall constitute prima-facie
evidence of the maximum speed which can be maintained with safety to such bridge or structure.
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333.06 SPEED EXCEPTIONS FOR EMERGENCY OR SAFETY
VEHICLES.
The prima-facie speed limitations set forth in Section 333.03 do not apply to emergency
vehicles or public safety vehicles when they are responding to emergency calls and are equipped
with and displaying at least one flashing, rotating or oscillating light visible under normal
atmospheric conditions from a distance of 500 feet to the front of the vehicle and when the drivers
thereof sound audible signals by bell, siren or exhaust whistle. This section does not relieve the
driver of an emergency vehicle or public safety vehicle from the duty to drive with due regard for
the safety of all persons using the street or highway. (ORC 4511.24)
333.07 STREET RACING PROHIBITED.
(a)
As used in this section, “street racing” means the operation of two or more vehicles
from a point side by side at accelerating speeds in a competitive attempt to out-distance each other
or the operation of one or more vehicles over a common selected course, from the same point to
the same point, wherein timing is made of the participating vehicles involving competitive
accelerations or speeds.
Persons rendering assistance in any manner to such competitive use of vehicles shall be
equally charged as the participants. The operation of two or more vehicles side by side either at
speeds in excess of prima-facie lawful speeds established by Section 333.03 or rapidly accelerating
from a common starting point to a speed in excess of such prima-facie lawful speeds shall be
prima-facie evidence of street racing.
(b)
No person shall participate in street racing upon any public road, street or highway
in this Municipality.
(c)
Whoever violates this section is guilty of street racing, a misdemeanor of the first
degree. In addition to any other sanctions, the court shall suspend the offender’s driver’s license,
commercial driver’s license, temporary instruction permit, probationary license or nonresident
operating privilege for not less than thirty days or more than three years. No judge shall suspend
the first thirty days of any suspension of an offender’s license, permit, or privilege imposed under
this subsection. (ORC 4511.251)
333.08 OPERATION WITHOUT REASONABLE CONTROL.
(a)
No person shall operate a motor vehicle, agricultural tractor, or agricultural tractor
that is towing, pulling, or otherwise drawing a unit of farm machinery on any street, highway, or
property open to the public for vehicular traffic without being in reasonable control of the vehicle,
agricultural tractor or unit of farm machinery.
(b)
Whoever violates this section is guilty of operating a motor vehicle or agricultural
tractor without being in control of it, a minor misdemeanor. (ORC 4511.202)
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333.09 OPERATION IN VIOLATION OF IMMOBILIZATION ORDER.
(a)
No person shall operate a motor vehicle or permit the operation of a motor vehicle
upon any public or private property used by the public for vehicular travel or parking knowing or
having reasonable cause to believe that the motor vehicle has been ordered immobilized pursuant
to an immobilization order issued under Ohio R.C. 4503.233.
(b)
A motor vehicle that is operated by a person during a violation of subsection (a)
hereof shall be criminally forfeited in accordance with the procedures contained in Ohio R.C.
4503.234.
(c)
Whoever violates this section is guilty of a misdemeanor of the second degree.
(ORC 4503.236)
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CHAPTER 335
Licensing; Accidents
335.01 Driver’s license or
commercial driver’s license
required.
335.02 Permitting operation without
valid license; one license
permitted.
335.03 Driving with temporary
instruction permit; curfew.
335.031 Driving with probationary
license; curfew.
335.04 Certain acts prohibited.
335.05 Wrongful entrustment of
a motor vehicle.
335.06 Display of license.
335.07 Driving under suspension or
license restriction.
335.071 Driving under OVI suspension.
335.072 Driving under financial
responsibility law suspension
or cancellation; driving under a
nonpayment of judgement
suspension.
335.073 Driving without complying with
license reinstatement
requirements.
335.074 Driving under license forfeiture
or child support suspension.
335.08 Operation or sale without
certificate of title.
335.09 Display of license plates.
335.10 Expired or unlawful license
plates.
335.11 Use of illegal license plates;
transfer of registration.
335.12 Stopping after accident upon
streets; collision with unattended
vehicle.
335.13 Stopping after accident upon
property other than street.
335.14 Vehicle accident resulting in
damage to realty.
CROSS REFERENCES
Deposit of driver's license as bond - see Ohio R.C. 2937.221
Motor vehicle licensing law - see Ohio R.C. Ch. 4503
Driver's license law - see Ohio R.C. Ch. 4507
Power of trial court of record to suspend or revoke license
for certain violations - see Ohio R.C. Ch. 4510
State point system suspension - see Ohio R.C. 4510.03.6
State accident reports - see Ohio R.C. 4509.01(J), 4509.06,
4509.74, 5502.11
Motorized bicycle operator's license - see Ohio R.C. 4511.521
Glass removal from street after accident - see TRAF. 311.01
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335.01 DRIVER'S LICENSE OR COMMERCIAL DRIVER'S LICENSE
REQUIRED.
(a)
(1)
No person, except those expressly exempted under Ohio R.C. 4507.03,
4507.04, and 4507.05, shall operate any motor vehicle upon a public road
or highway or any public or private property used by the public for
purposes of vehicular travel or parking in this Municipality unless the
person has a valid driver's license issued under Ohio R.C. Chapter 4507
or a commercial driver's license issued under Ohio R.C. Chapter 4506.
(2)
No person, except a person expressly exempted under Ohio R.C.
4507.03, 4507.04, and 4507.05, shall operate any motorcycle upon a
public road or highway or any public or private property used by the
public for purposes of vehicular travel or parking in this Municipality
unless the person has a valid license as a motorcycle operator that was
issued upon application by the Registrar of Motor Vehicles under Ohio
R.C. Chapter 4507. The license shall be in the form of an endorsement,
as determined by the Registrar, upon a driver’s or commercial driver’s
license, if the person has a valid license to operate a motor vehicle or
commercial motor vehicle, or in the form of a restricted license as
provided in Ohio R.C. 4507.14, if the person does not have a valid license
to operate a motor vehicle or commercial motor vehicle.
(b)
Upon the request or motion of the prosecuting authority, a noncertified copy of the
law enforcement automated data system report or a noncertified copy of a record of the Registrar
of Motor Vehicles that shows the name, date of birth, and social security number of a person
charged with a violation of subsection (a)(1) or (2) of this section may be admitted into evidence
as prima-facie evidence that the person did not have either a valid driver’s or commercial driver’s
license at the time of the alleged violation of subsection (a)(1) of this section or a valid license as
a motorcycle operator either in the form of an endorsement upon a driver’s or commercial driver’s
license or a restricted license at the time of the alleged violation of subsection (a)(2) of this section.
The person charged with a violation of subsection (a)(1) or (2) of this section may offer evidence
to rebut this prima-facie evidence.
(c)
Whoever violates this section is guilty of operating a motor vehicle or motorcycle
without a valid license and shall be punished as follows:
(1)
If the trier of fact finds that the offender never has held a valid driver’s or
commercial driver’s license issued by this state or any other jurisdiction, or,
in a case involving the operation of a motorcycle by the offender, if the
offender has never held a valid license as a motorcycle operator, either in
the form of an endorsement upon a driver’s or commercial driver’s license
or in the form of a restricted license, except as otherwise provided in this
subsection, the offense is an unclassified misdemeanor. When the offense
is an unclassified misdemeanor, the offender shall be sentenced pursuant to
Ohio R.C. 2929.21 to 2929.28, except that the offender shall not be
sentenced to a jail term; the offender shall not be sentenced to a community
residential sanction pursuant to Ohio R.C. 2929.26; notwithstanding
division (A)(2)(a) of Ohio R.C. 2929.28, the offender may be fined up to
one thousand dollars ($1,000); and, notwithstanding division (A)(3) of Ohio
R.C. 2929.27, the offender may be ordered pursuant to division (C) of that
section to serve a term of community service of up to five hundred hours.
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(2)
335.02
The failure of an offender to complete a term of community service
imposed by the court may be punished as indirect criminal contempt under
division (A) of Ohio R.C. 2705.02 that may be filed in the underlying case.
If the offender previously has been convicted of or pleaded guilty to any
violation of Ohio R.C. 4510.12 or a substantially equivalent municipal
ordinance, the offense is a misdemeanor of the first degree.
If the offender’s driver’s or commercial driver’s license or permit or, in a
case involving the operation of a motorcycle by the offender, the offender’s
driver’s or commercial driver’s license bearing the motorcycle endorsement
or the offender’s restricted license was expired at the time of the offense,
except as otherwise provided in this subsection, the offense is a minor
misdemeanor. If, within three years of the offense, the offender previously
has been convicted of or pleaded guilty to two or more violations of Ohio
R.C. 4510.12 or a substantially equivalent municipal ordinance, the offense
is a misdemeanor of the first degree.
(d)
The court shall not impose a license suspension for a first violation of this section
or if more than three years have passed since the offender’s last violation of Ohio R.C. 4510.12
or a substantially equivalent municipal ordinance.
(e)
If the offender is sentenced under subsection (c)(2) hereof, if within three years of
the offense the offender previously was convicted of or pleaded guilty to one or more violations
of Ohio R.C. 4510.12 or a substantially equivalent municipal ordinance, and if the offender’s
license was expired for more than six months at the time of the offense, the court may impose a
class seven suspension of the offender’s driver’s license, commercial driver’s license, temporary
instruction permit, probationary license, or nonresident operating privilege from the range
specified in division (A)(7) of Ohio R.C. 4510.02.
(ORC 4510.12)
335.02 PERMITTING OPERATION WITHOUT VALID LICENSE; ONE
LICENSE PERMITTED.
(a)
No person shall permit the operation of a motor vehicle upon any public or private
property used by the public for purposes of vehicular travel or parking knowing the operator does
not have a valid driver’s license issued to the operator by the Registrar of Motor Vehicles under
Ohio R.C. Chapter 4507 or a valid commercial driver’s license issued under Ohio R.C. Chapter
4506.
(b)
No person shall receive a driver's license, or a motorcycle operator's endorsement
of a driver's or commercial driver's license, unless and until he surrenders to the Registrar all
valid licenses issued to him by another jurisdiction recognized by the State of Ohio. No person
shall be permitted to have more than one valid license at any time.
(ORC 4507.02)
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subsection (a) hereof is guilty of an unclassified misdemeanor. When the
offense is an unclassified misdemeanor, the offender shall be sentenced
pursuant to Ohio R.C. 2929.21 to 2929.28, except that the offender shall
not be sentenced to a jail term; the offender shall not be sentenced to a
community residential sanction pursuant to Ohio R.C. 2929.26;
notwithstanding division (A)(2)(a) of Ohio R.C. 2929.28, the offender may
be fined up to one thousand dollars ($1,000) and, notwithstanding division
(A)(3) of Ohio R.C. 2929.27, the offender may be ordered pursuant to
division (C) of that section to serve a term of community service of up to
five hundred hours. The failure of an offender to complete a term of
community service imposed by the court may be punished as indirect
criminal contempt under division (A) of Ohio R.C. 2705.02 that may be
filed in the underlying case. If, within three years of the offense, the
offender previously has been convicted of or pleaded guilty to two or more
violations of Ohio R.C. 4507.02 or a substantially equivalent municipal
ordinance, the offense is a misdemeanor of the first degree.
Whoever violates subsection (b) hereof is guilty of a misdemeanor of the
first degree. (ORC 4507.02; 4507.99)
335.03 DRIVING WITH TEMPORARY INSTRUCTION PERMIT; CURFEW.
(a)
No holder of a temporary instruction permit issued under Ohio R.C. 4507.05(A)
shall operate a motor vehicle upon a highway or any public or private property used by the public
for purposes of vehicular travel or parking in violation of the following conditions:
(1)
If the permit is issued to a person who is at least fifteen years six months
of age, but less than sixteen years of age:
A.
The permit and identification card are in the holder’s immediate
possession;
B.
The holder is accompanied by an eligible adult who actually
occupies the seat beside the permit holder and does not have a
prohibited concentration of alcohol in the whole blood, blood serum
or plasma, breath, or urine as provided in Ohio R.C. 4511.19(A);
C.
The total number of occupants of the vehicle does not exceed the
total number of occupant restraining devices originally installed in
the motor vehicle by its manufacturer, and each occupant of the
vehicle is wearing all of the available elements of a properly
adjusted occupant restraining device.
(2)
If the permit is issued to a person who is at least sixteen years of age:
A.
The permit and identification card are in the holder’s immediate
possession;
B.
The holder is accompanied by a licensed operator who is at least
twenty-one years of age and is actually occupying a seat beside the
driver and does not have a prohibited concentration of alcohol in
the whole blood, blood serum or plasma, breath, or urine as
provided in Ohio R.C. 4511.19(A);
C.
The total number of occupants of the vehicle does not exceed the
total number of occupant restraining devices originally installed in
the motor vehicle by its manufacturer, and each occupant of the
vehicle is wearing all of the available elements of a properly
adjusted occupant restraining device.
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(b)
Except as provided in subsection (b) hereof, no holder of a temporary instruction
permit that is issued under Ohio R.C. 4507.05(A) and that is issued on or after July 1, 1998, and
who has not attained the age of eighteen years, shall operate a motor vehicle upon a highway or
any public or private property used by the public for purposes of vehicular travel or parking
between the hours of midnight and six a.m.
The holder of a permit issued under Ohio R.C. 4507.05(A) on or after July 1, 1998, who
has not attained the age of eighteen years, may operate a motor vehicle upon a highway or any
public or private property used by the public for purposes of vehicular travel or parking between
the hours of midnight and six a.m. if, at the time of such operation, the holder is accompanied by
the holder’s parent, guardian, or custodian, and the parent, guardian or custodian holds a current
valid driver’s or commercial driver’s license issued by this State and is actually occupying a seat
beside the permit holder, and does not have a prohibited concentration of alcohol in the whole
blood, blood serum or plasma, breath, or urine as provided in Section 333.01(a).
(c)
(1)
“Eligible adult” means any of the following:
A.
An instructor of a driver education course approved by the
Department of Education or a driver training course approved by
the Department of Public Safety;
B.
Any of the following persons who holds a current valid driver’s or
commercial driver’s license issued by this State:
1.
A parent, guardian or custodian of the permit holder;
2.
A person twenty-one years of age or older who acts in loco
parentis of the permit holder.
(2)
“Occupant restraining device” has the same meaning as in Ohio R.C.
4513.263.
(d)
(ORC 4507.05)
335.031 DRIVING WITH PROBATIONARY LICENSE; CURFEW.
(a)
(1)
A.
No holder of a probationary driver’s license, who has not attained
the age of seventeen years shall operate a motor vehicle upon a
highway or any public or private property used by the public for
purposes of vehicular travel or parking between the hours of
midnight and six a.m. unless the holder is accompanied by the
holder’s parent or guardian.
B.
No holder of a probationary driver’s license who has attained the
age of seventeen years but has not attained the age of eighteen years
shall operate a motor vehicle upon a highway or any public or
private property used by the public for purposes of vehicular travel
or parking between the hours of one a.m. and five a.m. unless the
holder is accompanied by the holder’s parent or guardian.
(2)
A.
Subject to subsection (c)(1)A., subsection (a)(1)A. does not apply
to the holder of a probationary driver’s license who is traveling to
or from work between the hours of midnight and six a.m. and has
in the holder’s immediate possession written documentation from
the holder’s employer.
B.
Subsection (a)(1)B. does not apply to the holder of a probationary
driver’s license who is traveling to or from work between the hours
of one a.m. and five a.m. and has in the holder’s immediate
possession written documentation from the holder’s employer.
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An employer is not liable in damages in a civil action for any injury, death,
or loss to person or property that allegedly arises from, or is related to, the
fact that the employer provided an employee who is the holder of a
probationary driver’s license with the written documentation described in
subsection (a)(2) .
The registrar of motor vehicles shall make available at no cost a form to
serve as the written documentation described in subsection (a)(2), and
employers and holders of probationary driver’s licenses may utilize that
form or may choose to utilize any other written documentation to meet the
requirements of that division.
No holder of a probationary driver’s license who is less than seventeen
years of age shall operate a motor vehicle upon a highway or any public or
private property used by the public for purposes of vehicular travel or
parking with more than one person who is not a family member occupying
the vehicle unless the probationary license holder is accompanied by the
probationary license holder’s parent, guardian, or custodian.
(b)
It is an affirmative defense to a violation of subsection (a)(1)A. or B. hereof if, at
the time of the violation, the holder of the probationary driver’s license was traveling to or from
an official function sponsored by the school the holder attends, or an emergency existed that
required the holder to operate a motor vehicle in violation of subsection (a)(1)A. or B. hereof, or
the holder was an emancipated minor.
(c)
(1)
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A.
Except as otherwise provided in subsection (c)(2) hereof, if a person
is issued a probationary driver’s license prior to attaining the age of
seventeen years and the person pleads guilty to, is convicted of, or
is adjudicated in juvenile court of having committed a moving
violation during the six-month period commencing on the date on
which the person is issued the probationary driver’s license, the
holder must be accompanied by the holder’s parent or guardian
whenever the holder is operating a motor vehicle upon a highway
or any public or private property used by the public for purposes of
vehicular travel or parking during whichever of the following time
periods applies:
1.
If, on the date the holder of the probationary driver’s license
pleads guilty to, is convicted of, or is adjudicated in juvenile
court of having committed the moving violation, the holder
has not attained the age of sixteen years six months, during
the six-month period commencing on that date;
2.
If, on the date the holder pleads guilty to, is convicted of, or
is adjudicated in juvenile court of having committed the
moving violation, the holder has attained the age of sixteen
years six months but not seventeen years, until the person
attains the age of seventeen years.
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B.
(2)
(3)
If the holder of a probationary driver’s license commits a moving
violation during the six-month period after the person is issued the
probationary driver’s license and before the person attains the age
of seventeen years and on the date the person pleads guilty to, is
convicted of, or is adjudicated in juvenile court of having committed
the moving violation, the person has attained the age of seventeen
years, or if the person commits the moving violation during the sixmonth period after the person is issued the probationary driver’s
license and after the person attains the age of seventeen years, the
holder is not subject to the restriction described in subsection
(c)(1)A.1. and 2. hereof unless the court or juvenile court imposes
such a restriction upon the holder.
Any person who is subject to the operating restrictions established under
subsection (c)(1) of this section as a result of a first moving violation may
petition the court for occupational or educational driving privileges without
being accompanied by the holder’s parent or guardian during the period of
time specified in that subsection. The court may grant the person such
driving privileges if the court finds reasonable cause to believe that the
restrictions established in subsection (c)(1) will seriously affect the person’s
ability to continue in employment or educational training or will cause
undue hardship on the license holder or a family member of the license
holder. In granting the driving privileges, the court shall specify the
purposes, times, and places of the privileges and shall issue the person
appropriate forms setting forth the privileges granted. Occupational or
educational driving privileges under this subsection shall not be granted to
the same person more than once. If a person is convicted of, pleads guilty
to, or is adjudicated in juvenile court of having committed a second or
subsequent moving violation, any driving privileges previously granted
under this subsection are terminated upon the subsequent conviction, plea,
or adjudication.
No person shall violate subsection (c)(1)A. hereof.
(d)
No holder of a probationary license shall operate a motor vehicle upon a highway
or any public or private property used by the public for purposes of vehicular travel or parking
unless the total number of occupants of the vehicle does not exceed the total number of occupant
restraining devices originally installed in the motor vehicle by its manufacturer, and each occupant
of the vehicle is wearing all of the available elements of a properly adjusted occupant restraining
device.
(e)
Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, no law enforcement
officer shall cause the operator of a motor vehicle being operated on any street or highway to stop
the motor vehicle for the sole purpose of determining whether each occupant of the motor vehicle
is wearing all of the available elements of a properly adjusted occupant restraining device as
required by subsection (d) hereof, or for the sole purpose of issuing a ticket, citation, or summons
if the requirement in that subsection has been or is being violated, or for causing the arrest of or
commencing a prosecution of a person for a violation of that requirement.
(f)
Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, no law enforcement
officer shall cause the operator of a motor vehicle being operated on any street or highway to stop
the motor vehicle for the sole purpose of determining whether a violation of subsection (a)(1)A.
or B. hereof has been or is being committed or for the sole purpose of issuing a ticket, citation,
or summons for such a violation or for causing the arrest of or commencing a prosecution of a
person for such violation.
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(1)
“Occupant restraining device” has the same meaning as in Ohio R.C.
4513.263.
(2)
“Family member” of a probationary license holder includes any of the
following:
A.
A spouse;
B.
A child or stepchild;
C.
A parent, stepparent, grandparent, or parent-in-law;
D.
An aunt or uncle;
E.
A sibling, whether or the whole or half blood or by adoption, a
brother-in-law or a sister-in-law;
F.
A son or daughter of the probationary license holder’s stepparent if
the stepparent has not adopted the probationary license holder;
G.
An eligible adult, as defined in Ohio R.C. 4507.05.
(3)
“Moving violation” means any violation of any statute or ordinance that
regulates the operation of vehicles, streetcars, or trackless trolleys on the
highways or streets. “Moving violation” does not include a violation of
Ohio R.C. 4513.263 or a substantially equivalent municipal ordinance, or
a violation of any statute or ordinance regulating pedestrians or the parking
of vehicles, vehicle size or load limitations, vehicle fitness requirements, or
vehicle registration.
(h)
(ORC 4507.071)
335.04 CERTAIN ACTS PROHIBITED.
(a)
No person shall do any of the following:
(1)
Display, or cause or permit to be displayed, or possess any identification
card, driver's or commercial driver's license, temporary instruction permit
or commercial driver's license temporary instruction permit knowing the
same to be fictitious, or to have been canceled, suspended or altered;
(2)
Lend to a person not entitled thereto, or knowingly permit a person not
entitled thereto to use any identification card, driver's or commercial
driver's license, temporary instruction permit or commercial driver's
license temporary instruction permit issued to the person so lending or
permitting the use thereof;
(3)
Display or represent as one's own, any identification card, driver's or
commercial driver's license, temporary instruction permit or commercial
driver's license temporary instruction permit not issued to the person so
displaying the same;
(4)
Fail to surrender to the Registrar of Motor Vehicles, upon the Registrar’s
demand, any identification card, driver's or commercial driver's license,
temporary instruction permit or commercial driver's license temporary
instruction permit that has been suspended or canceled;
(5)
In any application for an identification card, driver's or commercial driver's
license, temporary instruction permit or commercial driver's license
temporary instruction permit, or any renewal or duplicate thereof,
knowingly conceal a material fact, or present any physician's statement
required under Ohio R.C. 4507.08 or 4507.081 when knowing the same to
be false or fictitious.
(b)
(ORC 4507.30)
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335.05 WRONGFUL ENTRUSTMENT OF A MOTOR VEHICLE.
(a)
No person shall permit a motor vehicle owned by the person or under the person’s
control to be driven by another if any of the following apply:
(1)
The offender knows or has reasonable cause to believe that the other person
does not have a valid driver’s or commercial driver’s license or permit or
valid nonresident driving privileges.
(2)
The offender knows or has reasonable cause to believe that the other
person’s driver’s or commercial driver’s license or permit or nonresident
operating privileges have been suspended or canceled under Ohio R.C.
Chapter 4510, or any other provision of the Ohio Revised Code or this
Traffic Code.
(3)
person’s act of driving the motor vehicle would violate any prohibition
contained in Ohio R.C. Chapter 4509.
(4)
person’s act of driving would violate Ohio R.C. 4511.19 or any
substantially equivalent municipal ordinance.
(5)
The offender knows or has reasonable cause to believe that the vehicle is
the subject of an immobilization waiver order issued under Ohio R.C.
4503.235 and the other person is prohibited from operating the vehicle
under that order.
(b)
Without limiting or precluding the consideration of any other evidence in
determining whether a violation of subsection (a)(1), (2), (3), (4) or (5) of this section has
occurred, it shall be prima-facie evidence that the offender knows or has reasonable cause to
believe that the operator of the motor vehicle owned by the offender or under the offender’s
control is in a category described in subsection (a)(1), (2), (3), (4) or (5) of this section if any of
the following applies:
(1)
Regarding an operator allegedly in the category described in subsection
(a)(1), (3) or (5) of this section, the offender and the operator of the motor
vehicle reside in the same household and are related by consanguinity or
affinity.
(2)
(a)(2) of this section, the offender and the operator of the motor vehicle
reside in the same household, and the offender knows or has reasonable
cause to believe that the operator has been charged with or convicted of any
violation of law or ordinance, or has committed any other act or omission,
that would or could result in the suspension or cancellation of the operator’s
license, permit or privilege.
(3)
(a)(4) of this section, the offender and the operator of the motor vehicle
occupied the motor vehicle together at the time of the offense.
(c)
Whoever violates this section is guilty of wrongful entrustment of a motor vehicle
and shall be punished as provided in subsections (c) to (h) of this section.
(1)
Except as provided in subsection (c)(2) of this section, whoever violates
subsection (a)(1), (2) or (3) of this section is guilty of an unclassified
misdemeanor. When the offense is an unclassified misdemeanor, the
offender shall be sentenced pursuant to Ohio R.C. 2929.21 to 2929.28,
except that the offender shall not be sentenced to a jail term; the offender
shall not be sentenced to a community residential sanction pursuant to Ohio
R.C. 2929.26; notwithstanding division (A)(2)(a) of Ohio R.C. 2929.28,
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the offender may be fined up to one thousand dollars ($1,000); and,
notwithstanding division (A)(3) of Ohio R.C. 2929.27, the offender may be
ordered pursuant to division (C) of that section to serve a term of
community service of up to five hundred hours. The failure of an offender
to complete a term of community service imposed by the court may be
punished as indirect criminal contempt under division (A) of Ohio R.C.
2705.02.
A.
If, within three years of a violation of subsection (a)(1), (2) or (3)
of this section, the offender previously has pleaded guilty to or been
convicted of two or more violations of division (A)(1), (2) or (3) of
Ohio R.C. 4511.203 or a substantially equivalent municipal
ordinance, the offender is guilty of a misdemeanor of the first
degree.
B.
Whoever violates subsection (a)(4) or (5) of this section is guilty of
a misdemeanor of the first degree.
For any violation of this section, in addition to the penalties imposed under
Section 303.99, the court may impose a class seven suspension of the
offender’s driver’s license, commercial driver’s license, temporary
instruction permit, probationary license or nonresident operating privilege
from the range specified in division (A)(7) of Ohio R.C. 4510.02, and, if
the vehicle involved in the offense is registered in the name of the offender,
the court may order one of the following:
A.
Except as otherwise provided in subsection (c)(3)B. or C. of this
section, the court may order, for thirty days, the immobilization of
the vehicle involved in the offense and the impoundment of that
vehicle’s license plates. If issued, the order shall be issued and
enforced under Ohio R.C. 4503.233.
B.
If the offender previously has been convicted of or pleaded guilty to
one violation of Ohio R.C. 4511.203 or a substantially equivalent
municipal ordinance, the court may order, for sixty days, the
immobilization of the vehicle involved in the offense and the
impoundment of that vehicle’s license plates. If issued, the order
shall be issued and enforced under Ohio R.C. 4503.233.
C.
If the offender previously has been convicted of or pleaded guilty to
two or more violations of Ohio R.C. 4511.203 or a substantially
equivalent municipal ordinance, the court may order the criminal
forfeiture to the state of the vehicle involved in the offense. If
issued, the order shall be issued and enforced under Ohio R.C.
4503.234.
If title to a motor vehicle that is subject to an order for criminal
forfeiture under this subsection is assigned or transferred and
division (B)(2) or (3) of Ohio R.C. 4503.234 applies, in addition to
or independent of any other penalty established by law, the court
may fine the offender the value of the vehicle as determined by
publications of the national automobile dealer’s association. The
proceeds from any fine imposed under this subsection shall be
distributed in accordance with division (C)(2) of Ohio R.C.
4503.234.
(d)
If a court orders the immobilization of a vehicle under subsection (c) of this section,
the court shall not release the vehicle from the immobilization before the termination of the period
of immobilization ordered unless the court is presented with current proof of financial
responsibility with respect to that vehicle.
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(e)
If a court orders the criminal forfeiture of a vehicle under subsection (c) of this
section, upon receipt of the order from the court, neither the Registrar of Motor Vehicles nor any
deputy registrar shall accept any application for the registration or transfer of registration of any
motor vehicle owned or leased by the person named in the order. The period of denial shall be
five years after the date the order is issued, unless, during that five-year period, the court with
jurisdiction of the offense that resulted in the order terminates the forfeiture and notifies the
Registrar of the termination. If the court terminates the forfeiture and notifies the Registrar, the
Registrar shall take all necessary measures to permit the person to register a vehicle owned or
leased by the person or to transfer the registration of the vehicle.
(f)
This section does not apply to motor vehicle rental dealers or motor vehicle leasing
dealers, as defined in Ohio R.C. 4549.65.
(g)
Evidence of a conviction of, plea of guilty to, or adjudication as a delinquent child
for a violation of this section or a substantially similar municipal ordinance shall not be admissible
as evidence in any civil action that involves the offender or delinquent child who is the subject of
the conviction, plea, or adjudication and that arises from the wrongful entrustment of a motor
vehicle.
(h)
For purposes of this section, a vehicle is owned by a person if, at the time of a
violation of this section, the vehicle is registered in the person’s name.
(ORC 4511.203)
335.06 DISPLAY OF LICENSE.
(a)
The operator of a motor vehicle shall display the operator’s driver’s license, or
furnish satisfactory proof that the operator has a driver’s license, upon demand of any peace
officer or of any person damaged or injured in any collision in which the licensee may be
involved. When a demand is properly made and the operator has the operator’s driver’s license
on or about the operator’s person, the operator shall not refuse to display the license. A person’s
failure to furnish satisfactory evidence that the person is licensed under Ohio R.C. Chapter 4507
when the person does not have the person’s license on or about the person’s person shall be primafacie evidence of the person’s not having obtained a driver’s license.
(b)
(1)
(2)
Except as provided in subsection (b)(2) hereof, whoever violates this section
is guilty of an unclassified misdemeanor. When the offense is an
unclassified misdemeanor, the offender shall be sentenced pursuant to Ohio
R.C. 2929.21 to 2929.28, except that the offender shall not be sentenced
to a jail term; the offender shall not be sentenced to a community residential
sanction pursuant to Ohio R.C. 2929.26; notwithstanding division (A)(2)(a)
of Ohio R.C. 2929.28, the offender may be fined up to one thousand
dollars ($1,000); and, notwithstanding division (A)(3) of Ohio R.C.
2929.27, the offender may be ordered pursuant to division (C) of that
If, within three years of the offense, the offender previously has been
convicted of or pleaded guilty to two or more violations of Ohio R.C.
4507.35 or a substantially equivalent municipal ordinance, the offense is a
misdemeanor of the first degree. (ORC 4507.35)
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335.07 DRIVING UNDER SUSPENSION OR LICENSE RESTRICTION.
(a)
Except as provided under subsection (b) hereof, no person whose driver’s or
commercial driver’s license or permit or nonresident operating privilege has been suspended under
any provision of the Ohio Revised Code, other than Ohio R.C. Chapter 4509, or under any
applicable law in any other jurisdiction in which the person’s license or permit was issued shall
operate any motor vehicle upon the public roads and highways or upon any public or private
property used by the public for purposes of vehicular travel or parking within this Municipality
during the period of suspension unless the person is granted limited driving privileges and is
operating the vehicle in accordance with the terms of the limited driving privileges.
(b)
No person shall operate any motor vehicle upon a highway or any public or private
property used by the public for purposes of vehicular travel or parking in this Municipality in
violation of any restriction of the person’s driver’s or commercial driver’s license or permit
imposed under division (D) of Ohio R.C. 4506.10 or under Ohio R.C. 4507.14.
(c)
charged with a violation of subsection (a) or (b) of this section may be admitted into evidence as
prima-facie evidence that the license of the person was under suspension at the time of the alleged
violation of subsection (a) of this section or the person operated a motor vehicle in violation of a
restriction at the time of the alleged violation of subsection (b) of this section. The person charged
with a violation of subsection (a) or (b) of this section may offer evidence to rebut this prima-facie
evidence.
(d)
(1)
(2)
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Whoever violates subsection (a) or (b) hereof, is guilty of a misdemeanor
of the first degree. The court may impose upon the offender a class seven
temporary instruction permit, probationary license, or nonresident operating
privilege from the range specified in division (A)(7) of Ohio R.C. 4510.02.
A.
Except as provided in subsection (d)(2)B. or C. of this section, the
court, in addition to any other penalty that it imposes on the
offender and if the vehicle is registered in the offender’s name and
if, within three years of the offense, the offender previously has
been convicted of or pleaded guilty to one violation of Ohio R.C.
4510.11 or Ohio R.C. 4510.111 or 4510.16, or a substantially
equivalent municipal ordinance, the court, in addition to or
independent of any other sentence that it imposes upon the offender,
may order the immobilization of the vehicle involved in the offense
for thirty days and the impoundment of that vehicle’s license plates
for thirty days in accordance with Ohio R.C. 4503.233.
B.
If the vehicle is registered in the offender’s name and if, within
three years of the offense, the offender previously has been
convicted of or pleaded guilty to two violations of Ohio R.C.
4510.11 or any combination of two violations of Ohio R.C. 4510.11
or Ohio R.C. 4510.111 or 4510.16, or of a substantially similar
municipal ordinance, the court, in addition to any other sentence
that it imposes on the offender may order the immobilization of the
vehicle involved in the offense for sixty days and the impoundment
of that vehicle’s license plates for sixty days in accordance with
Ohio R.C. 4503.233.
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three years of the offense, the offender previously has been
convicted of or pleaded guilty to three or more violations of Ohio
R.C. 4510.11, or any combination of three or more violations of
Ohio R.C. 4501.11 or Ohio R.C. 4510.111 or 4510.16, or of a
substantially similar municipal ordinance, the court, in addition to
any other sentence that it imposes on the offender may order the
criminal forfeiture of the vehicle involved in the offense to the State.
(e)
Any order for immobilization and impoundment under this section shall be issued
and enforced under Ohio R.C. 4503.233 and 4507.02, as applicable. The court shall not release
a vehicle from immobilization ordered under this section unless the court is presented with current
proof of financial responsibility with respect to that vehicle.
(f)
Any order of criminal forfeiture under this section shall be issued and enforced
under Ohio R.C. 4503.234. Upon receipt of the copy of the order from the court, neither the
Ohio Registrar of Motor Vehicles nor a deputy registrar shall accept any application for the
registration or transfer of registration of any motor vehicle owned or leased by the person named
in the declaration of forfeiture. The period of registration denial shall be five years after the date
of the order, unless, during that period, the court having jurisdiction of the offense that lead to the
order terminates the forfeiture and notifies the Registrar of the termination. The Registrar shall
then take necessary measures to permit the person to register a vehicle owned or leased by the
person or to transfer registration of the vehicle.
(g)
The offender shall provide the court with proof of financial responsibility as defined
in Ohio R.C. 4509.01. If the offender fails to provide that proof of financial responsibility, then,
in addition to any other penalties provided by law, the court may order restitution pursuant to Ohio
R.C. 2929.28 in an amount not exceeding five thousand dollars ($5,000) for any economic loss
arising from an accident or collision that was the direct and proximate result of the offender’s
operation of the vehicle before, during, or after committing the offense for which the offender is
sentenced under this section. (ORC 4510.11)
(h)
Any person whose driver's or commercial driver's license or permit or nonresident
operating privileges are suspended as a repeat traffic offender under this section and who, during
the suspension, operates any motor vehicle upon any public roads and highways is guilty of
driving under a twelve-point suspension, a misdemeanor of the first degree. The court shall
sentence the offender to a minimum term of three days in jail. No court shall suspend the first
three days of jail time imposed pursuant to this subsection. (ORC 4510.037)
335.071 DRIVING UNDER OVI SUSPENSION.
(a)
No person whose driver’s or commercial driver’s license or permit or nonresident
operating privilege has been suspended under Ohio R.C. 4511.19, 4511.191, or 4511.196 or
under Ohio R.C. 4510.07 for a conviction of a violation of a municipal OVI ordinance shall
operate any motor vehicle upon the public roads or highways within this Municipality during the
period of the suspension.
(b)
Whoever violates this section is guilty of driving under OVI suspension. The court
shall sentence the offender under Ohio R.C. Chapter 2929, subject to the differences authorized
or required by this section.
(1)
Except as otherwise provided in subsection (b)(2) or (3) of this section,
driving under OVI suspension is a misdemeanor of the first degree. The
court shall sentence the offender to all of the following:
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A.
(2)
(3)
A mandatory jail term of three consecutive days. The three-day
term shall be imposed, unless, subject to subsection (c) of this
section, the court instead imposes a sentence of not less than thirty
consecutive days of house arrest with electronic monitoring. A
period of house arrest with electronic monitoring imposed under this
subsection shall not exceed six months. If the court imposes a
mandatory three-day jail term under this subsection, the court may
impose a jail term in addition to that term, provided that in no case
shall the cumulative jail term imposed for the offense exceed six
months.
B.
A fine of not less than two hundred fifty dollars ($250.00) and not
more than one thousand dollars ($1,000).
C.
A license suspension under subsection (e) of this section.
If, within six years of the offense, the offender previously has been
convicted of or pleaded guilty to one violation of this section or one
equivalent offense, driving under OVI suspension is a misdemeanor of the
first degree. The court shall sentence the offender to all of the following:
A.
A mandatory jail term of ten consecutive days. Notwithstanding the
jail terms provided in Ohio R.C. Chapter 2929, the court may
sentence the offender to a longer jail term of not more than one
year. The ten-day mandatory jail term shall be imposed unless,
subject to subsection (c) of this section, the court instead imposes a
sentence of not less than ninety consecutive days of house arrest
with electronic monitoring. The period of house arrest with
electronic monitoring shall not exceed one year.
B.
Notwithstanding the fines provided for in Ohio R.C. Chapter 2929,
a fine of not less than five hundred dollars ($500.00) and not more
than two thousand five hundred dollars ($2,500).
C.
If, within six years of the offense, the offender previously has been
convicted of or pleaded guilty to two or more violations of this section or
two or more equivalent offenses, driving under OVI suspension is a
misdemeanor of the first degree. The court shall sentence the offender to
all of the following:
A.
A mandatory jail term of thirty consecutive days. Notwithstanding
the jail terms provided in Ohio R.C. Chapter 2929, the court may
sentence the offender to a longer jail term of not more than one
year. The court shall not sentence the offender to a term of house
arrest with electronic monitoring in lieu of the mandatory portion of
the jail term.
B.
Notwithstanding the fines set forth in Ohio R.C. Chapter 2929, a
fine of not less than five hundred dollars ($500.00) and not more
than two thousand five hundred dollars ($2,500).
C.
(c)
No court shall impose an alternative sentence of house arrest with electronic
monitoring under subsection (b)(1) or (2) of this section unless, within sixty days of the date of
sentencing, the court issues a written finding on the record that, due to the unavailability of space
at the jail where the offender is required to serve the jail term imposed, the offender will not be
able to begin serving that term within the sixty-day period following the date of sentencing.
An offender sentenced under this section to a period of house arrest with electronic
monitoring shall be permitted work release during that period.
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(d)
Fifty per cent of any fine imposed by a court under subsection (b)(1), (2) or (3) of
this section shall be deposited into the county indigent drivers alcohol treatment fund or municipal
indigent drivers alcohol treatment fund under the control of that court, as created by the county
or municipal corporation pursuant to division (H) of Ohio R.C. 4511.191.
(e)
In addition to or independent of all other penalties provided by law or ordinance,
the trial judge of any court of record or the mayor of a mayor’s court shall impose on an offender
who is convicted of or pleads guilty to a violation of this section a class seven suspension of the
offender’s driver’s or commercial driver’s license or permit or nonresident operating privilege
from the range specified in division (A)(7) of Ohio R.C. 4510.02.
When permitted as specified in Ohio R.C. 4510.021, if the court grants limited driving
privileges during a suspension imposed under this section, the privileges shall be granted on the
additional condition that the offender must display restricted license plates, issued under Ohio R.C.
4503.231, on the vehicle driven subject to the privileges, except as provided in division (B) of that
section.
A suspension of a commercial driver’s license under this section shall be concurrent with
any period of suspension or disqualification under Ohio R.C. 3123.58 or 4506.16. No person
who is disqualified for life from holding a commercial driver’s license under Ohio R.C. 4506.16
shall be issued a driver’s license under Ohio R.C. Chapter 4507 during the period for which the
commercial driver’s license was suspended under this section, and no person whose commercial
driver’s license is suspended under this section shall be issued a driver’s license under Ohio R.C.
Chapter 4507 during the period of the suspension.
(f)
operation of the vehicle before, during, or after committing the offense that is a misdemeanor of
the first degree under this section for which the offender is sentenced. (ORC 4510.14)
(g)
(1)
If a person is convicted of or pleads guilty to a violation of a municipal
ordinance that is substantially equivalent to Ohio R.C. 4510.14, the court,
in addition to and independent of any sentence that it imposes upon the
offender for the offense, if the vehicle the offender was operating at the
time of the offense is registered in the offender’s name, shall do whichever
of the following is applicable:
A.
If, within six years of the current offense, the offender has not been
convicted of or pleaded guilty to a violation of Ohio R.C. 4510.14
or former division (D)(2) of Ohio R.C. 4507.02, or a municipal
ordinance that is substantially equivalent to that section or former
division, the court shall order the immobilization for thirty days of
the vehicle involved in the offense and the impoundment for thirty
days of the license plates of that vehicle in accordance with Ohio
R.C. 4503.233.
B.
If, within six years of the current offense, the offender has been
convicted of or pleaded guilty to one violation of Ohio R.C.
4510.14 or former division (D)(2) of Ohio R.C. 4507.02, or a
municipal ordinance that is substantially equivalent to that section or
former division, the court shall order the immobilization for sixty
days of the vehicle involved in the offense and the impoundment for
sixty days of the license plates of that vehicle in accordance with
Ohio R.C. 4503.233.
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(2)
(3)
(h)
If, within six years of the current offense, the offender has been
convicted of or pleaded guilty to two or more violations of Ohio
R.C. 4510.14 or former division (D)(2) of Ohio R.C. 4507.02 or
a municipal ordinance that is substantially equivalent to that section
or former division, the court shall order the criminal forfeiture to
the State of the vehicle the offender was operating at the time of the
offense.
An order for immobilization and impoundment of a vehicle under this
section shall be issued and enforced in accordance with Ohio R.C 4503.233
and 4507.02, as applicable. The court shall not release a vehicle from
immobilization ordered under this section unless the court is presented with
current proof of financial responsibility with respect to that vehicle.
An order for criminal forfeiture of a vehicle under this section shall be
issued and enforced under Ohio R.C. 4503.234. Upon receipt of a copy of
the order from the court, neither the Registrar of Motor Vehicles nor a
Deputy Registrar shall accept any application for the registration or transfer
of registration of any motor vehicle owned or leased by the person named
in the declaration of forfeiture. The period of registration denial shall be
five years after the date of the order unless, during that period, the court
having jurisdiction of the offense that led to the order terminates the
forfeiture and notifies the Registrar of the termination. The Registrar then
shall take the necessary measures to permit the person to register a vehicle
owned or leased by the person or to transfer registration of the vehicle.
(ORC 4510.161)
(1)
“Electronic monitoring” has the same meaning as in Ohio R.C. 2929.01.
(2)
“Equivalent offense” means any of the following:
A.
A violation of a municipal ordinance, law of another state, or law
of the United States that is substantially equivalent to subsection (a)
of this section;
B.
A violation of a former law of this State that was substantially
equivalent to subsection (a) of this section.
(3)
“Jail” has the same meaning as in Ohio R.C. 2929.01.
(4)
“Mandatory jail term” means the mandatory term in jail of three, ten, or
thirty consecutive days that must be imposed under subsection (b)(1), (2)
or (3) of this section upon an offender convicted of a violation of subsection
(a) of this section and in relation to which all of the following apply:
A.
Except as specifically authorized under this section, the term must
be served in a jail.
B.
Except as specifically authorized under this section, the term cannot
be suspended, reduced, or otherwise modified pursuant to any
provision of the Ohio Revised Code.
(ORC 4510.14)
335.072 DRIVING UNDER FINANCIAL RESPONSIBILITY LAW
SUSPENSION OR CANCELLATION; DRIVING UNDER A
NONPAYMENT OF JUDGEMENT SUSPENSION.
(a)
No person, whose driver’s or commercial driver’s license or temporary instruction
permit or nonresident’s operating privilege has been suspended or canceled pursuant to Ohio R.C.
Chapter 4509, shall operate any motor vehicle within this Municipality, or knowingly permit any
motor vehicle owned by the person to be operated by another person in the Municipality, during
the period of the suspension or cancellation, except as specifically authorized by Ohio R.C.
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Chapter 4509. No person shall operate a motor vehicle within this Municipality, or knowingly
permit any motor vehicle owned by the person to be operated by another person in the
Municipality, during the period in which the person is required by Ohio R.C. 4509.45 to file and
maintain proof of financial responsibility for a violation of Ohio R.C. 4509.101, unless proof of
financial responsibility is maintained with respect to that vehicle.
(b)
property used by the public for purposes of vehicular travel or parking in this Municipality if the
person’s driver’s or commercial driver’s license or temporary instruction permit or nonresident
operating privilege has been suspended pursuant to Ohio R.C. 4509.37 or 4509.40 for nonpayment
of a judgment.
(c)
of Motor Vehicles that shows the name, date of birth and social security number of a person
prima-facie evidence that the license of the person was under either a financial responsibility law
suspension at the time of the alleged violation of subsection (a) of this section or a nonpayment of
judgment suspension at the time of the alleged violation of subsection (b) of this section. The
person charged with a violation of subsection (a) or (b) of this section may offer evidence to rebut
this prima-facie evidence.
(d)
Whoever violates subsection (a) of this section is guilty of driving under financial
responsibility law suspension or cancellation and shall be punished as provided in subsections (d)
to (i) of this section. Whoever violates subsection (b) of this section is guilty of driving under a
nonpayment of judgment suspension and shall be punished as provided in subsections (d) to (i) of
this section.
(1)
Except as otherwise provided in subsection (d)(2) of this section, the
offense is an unclassified misdemeanor. When the offense is an unclassified
misdemeanor, the offender shall be sentenced pursuant to Ohio R.C.
2929.21 to 2929.28, except that the offender shall not be sentenced to a jail
term; the offender shall not be sentenced to a community residential
sanction pursuant to Ohio R.C. 2929.26; notwithstanding division (A)(2)(a)
of Ohio R.C. 2929.28, the offender may be fined up to one thousand
dollars ($1,000); and, notwithstanding division (A)(3) of Ohio R.C.
2929.27, the offender may be ordered pursuant to division (C) of that
(2)
If, within three years of the offense, the offender previously was convicted
of or pleaded guilty to two or more violations of Ohio R.C. 4510.16, or
any combination of two violations of Ohio R.C. 4510.16 or Ohio R.C.
4510.11 or 4510.111, or a substantially equivalent municipal ordinance, the
offense is a misdemeanor of the first degree.
(e)
in addition to any other penalties provided by law, the court may order restitution pursuant to
pursuant to Ohio R.C. 2929.28 in an amount not exceeding five thousand dollars ($5,000) for any
economic loss arising from an accident or collision that was the direct and proximate result of the
offender’s operation of the vehicle before, during, or after committing the offense for which the
offender is sentenced under this section.
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(f)
The court may impose a class seven suspension of the offender’s driver’s or
commercial driver’s license or permit or nonresident operating privilege from the range of time
specified in division (A)(7) of Ohio R.C. 4510.02.
(ORC 4510.16)
(g)
(1)
(2)
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If a person is convicted of or pleads guilty to a violation of a municipal
ordinance that is substantially equivalent to division (A) of Ohio R.C.
4510.16 or former division (B)(1) of Ohio R.C. 4507.02 or a municipal
ordinance that is substantially equivalent to either of those divisions, the
court, in addition to or independent of any sentence that it imposes upon the
offender for the offense may do whichever of the following is applicable:
A.
three years of the current offense, the offender previously has been
convicted of or pleaded guilty to one violation of Ohio R.C.
4510.161 or Ohio R.C. 4510.11, 4510.111, or 4510.16, or a
substantially equivalent municipal ordinance, the court, in addition
to or independent of any other sentence that it imposes upon the
offender, may order the immobilization of the vehicle involved in
the offense for thirty days and the impoundment of that vehicle’s
license plates for thirty days in accordance with Ohio R.C.
4503.233.
B.
convicted of or pleaded guilty to two violations of Ohio R.C.
4510.161 or any combination of two violations of Ohio R.C.
4510.161 or Ohio R.C. 4510.11, 4510.111, or 4510.16 or a
substantially equivalent municipal ordinance, the court in addition
to or independent of any other sentence that it imposes upon the
offender, may order the immobilization for sixty days of the vehicle
involved in the offense and the impoundment of that vehicle’s
license plates for sixty days in accordance with Ohio R.C.
4503.233.
C.
convicted of or pleaded guilty to three or more violations of Ohio
R.C. 4510.161 or any combination of three or more violations of
Ohio R.C. 4510.161 or Ohio R.C. 4510.11, 4510.111 or 4510.16,
or a substantially equivalent municipal ordinance, the court may
order the criminal forfeiture to the State of the vehicle the offender
was operating at the time of the offense. If title to a motor vehicle
that is subject to an order for criminal forfeiture under this division
is assigned or transferred and division (B)(2) or (3) of Ohio R.C.
4503.234 applies, in addition to or independent of any other penalty
established by law, the court may fine the offender the value of the
motor vehicle as determined by publications of national automobile
dealer’s association. The proceeds from any fine so imposed shall
be distributed in accordance with division (C)(2) of that section.
An order for immobilization and impoundment of a vehicle under this
section shall be issued and enforced in accordance with Ohio R.C.
4503.233 and 4507.02, as applicable. The court shall not release a vehicle
from immobilization ordered under this section unless the court is presented
with current proof of financial responsibility with respect to that vehicle.
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An order for criminal forfeiture of a vehicle under this section shall be
issued and enforced under Ohio R.C. 4503.234. Upon receipt of a copy of
the order from the court, neither the Registrar of Motor Vehicles nor a
Deputy Registrar shall accept any application for the registration or transfer
of registration of any motor vehicle owned or leased by the person named
in the declaration of forfeiture. The period of registration denial shall be
five years after the date of the order unless, during that period the court
having jurisdiction of the offense that led to the order terminates the
forfeiture and notifies the Registrar of the termination. The Registrar then
shall take the necessary measures to permit the person to register a vehicle
owned or leased by the person or to transfer registration of the vehicle.
(ORC 4510.161)
(h)
Any order for immobilization and impoundment under this section shall be issued
and enforced in accordance with Ohio R.C. 4503.233 and 4507.02, as applicable. The court shall
not release a vehicle from immobilization ordered under this section unless the court is presented
with current proof of financial responsibility with respect to that vehicle.
(ORC 4510.16)
(i)
An order for criminal forfeiture under this section shall be issued and enforced
under Ohio R.C. 4503.234. Upon receipt of a copy of the order from the court, neither the
Registrar of Motor Vehicles nor a Deputy Registrar shall accept any application for the registration
or transfer of registration of any motor vehicle owned or leased by the person named in the
declaration of forfeiture. The period of registration denial shall be five years after the date of the
order unless, during that period, the court having jurisdiction of the offense that led to the order
terminates the forfeiture and notifies the Registrar of the termination. The Registrar then shall
take the necessary measures to permit the person to register a vehicle owned or leased by the
(j)
No person who has knowingly failed to maintain proof of financial responsibility
in accordance with Ohio R.C. 4509.101 shall produce any document with the purpose to mislead
a peace officer upon the request of a peace officer for proof of financial responsibility made in
accordance with Ohio R.C. 4509.101. Any person who violates this subsection (j) hereof is guilty
of falsification, a misdemeanor of the first degree. (ORC 4509.102)
335.073 DRIVING WITHOUT COMPLYING WITH LICENSE
REINSTATEMENT REQUIREMENTS.
(a)
No person whose driver’s license, commercial driver’s license, temporary
instruction permit, or nonresident’s operating privilege has been suspended shall operate any motor
vehicle upon a public road or highway or any public or private property after the suspension has
expired unless the person has complied with all license reinstatement requirements imposed by the
court, the Bureau of Motor Vehicles, or another provision of the Ohio Revised Code.
(b)
charged with a violation of subsection (a) of this section may be admitted into evidence as primafacie evidence that the license of the person had not been reinstated by the person at the time of
the alleged violation of subsection (a) hereof. The person charged with a violation of subsection
(a) hereof may offer evidence to rebut this prima-facie evidence.
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(c)
Whoever violates this section is guilty of failure to reinstate a license and shall be
punished as follows:
(1)
Except as provided in subsection (c)(2) of this section, whoever violates
subsection (a) hereof is guilty of an unclassified misdemeanor. When the
offense is an unclassified misdemeanor, the offender shall be sentenced
be fined up to one thousand dollars ($1,000); and, notwithstanding division
filed in the underlying case.
(2)
If, within three years of a violation of subsection (a) of this section, the
offender previously has pleaded guilty to or been convicted of two or more
violations of Ohio R.C. 4510.21(A) or a substantially equivalent municipal
ordinance, the offender is guilty of a misdemeanor of the first degree.
(3)
In all cases, the court may impose upon the offender a class seven
temporary instruction permit, probationary driver’s license, or nonresident
operating privilege from the range specified in division (A)(7) of Ohio R.C.
4510.02. (ORC 4510.21)
335.074 DRIVING UNDER LICENSE FORFEITURE OR CHILD SUPPORT
SUSPENSION.
(a)
property used by the public for purposes of vehicular travel or parking in this Municipality whose
driver’s or commercial driver’s license has been suspended pursuant to Ohio R.C. 4510.22 for
failing to appear in court or to pay a fine, resulting in license forfeiture.
(b)
property used by the public for purposes of vehicular travel or parking in this Municipality whose
driver’s or commercial driver’s license has been suspended pursuant to Ohio R.C. 3123.58 for
being in default in payment of child support.
(c)
prima-facie evidence that the license of the person was under suspension at the time of the alleged
violation of subsection (a) or (b) of this section. The person charged with a violation of subsection
(a) or (b) of this section may offer evidence to rebut this prima-facie evidence.
(d)
Whoever violates subsection (a) or (b) of this section is guilty of driving under
suspension and shall be punished as provided in subsection (d) of this section.
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(2)
(3)
(4)
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Except as otherwise provided in subsection (d)(2) of this section, the
offense is an unclassified misdemeanor. The offender shall be sentenced
be fined up to one thousand dollars ($1,000); and, notwithstanding division
filed in the underlying case.
If, within three years of the offense, the offender previously was convicted
of or pleaded guilty to two or more violations of subsection (A) or (B) of
Ohio R.C. 4510.111, or any combination of two or more violations of
subsection (A) or (B) of Ohio R.C. 4510.111, or Ohio R.C. 4510.11 or
4510.16, or a substantially equivalent municipal ordinance, the offense is
a misdemeanor of the first degree. The offender shall provide the court
with proof of financial responsibility as defined in Ohio R.C. 4509.01. If
the offender fails to provide that proof of financial responsibility, then, in
addition to any penalties provided by law, the court may order restitution
pursuant to Ohio R.C. 2929.28 in an amount not exceeding five thousand
dollars ($5,000) for any economic loss arising from an accident or collision
that was the direct and proximate result of the offender’s operation of the
vehicle before, during or after committing the offense for which the
offender is sentenced under this section.
In all cases, the court may impose a class seven suspension of the offender’s
driver’s or commercial driver’s license or permit or nonresident operating
privilege from the range of time specified in division (A)(7) of Ohio R.C.
4507.02.
A.
In all cases, if the vehicle is registered in the offender’s name and
been convicted of or pleaded guilty to one violation of division (A)
or (B) of Ohio R.C. 4510.111 or Ohio R.C. 4510.11 or 4510.16,
or a substantially similar municipal ordinance, the court, in addition
to any other sentence that it imposes upon the offender, may order
the immobilization of the vehicle involved in the offense for thirty
days and the impoundment of that vehicle’s license plates for thirty
days in accordance with Ohio R.C. 4503.233.
B.
been convicted of or pleaded guilty to two violations of division (A)
or (B) of Ohio R.C. 4510.111, or any combination of two violations
of division (A) or (B) of Ohio R.C. 4510.111 or Ohio R.C. 4510.11
or 4510.16, or a substantially equivalent municipal ordinance, the
court, in addition to any other sentence that it imposes upon the
offender, may order the immobilization of the vehicle involved in
the offense for sixty days and the impoundment of that vehicle’s
license plates for sixty days in accordance with Ohio R.C.
4503.233.
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been convicted of or pleaded guilty to three or more violations of
Ohio R.C. 4510.111 or any combination of three or more violations
of Ohio R.C. 4510.111 or Ohio R.C. 4510.11 or 4510.16 or a
substantially similar municipal ordinance, the court, in addition to
any other sentence that it imposes upon the offender, may order the
criminal forfeiture of the vehicle involved in the offense to the State.
(e)
An order for immobilization and impoundment under this section shall be issued
and enforced under Ohio R.C. 4503.233 and 4507.02, as applicable. The court shall not release
a motor vehicle from immobilization ordered under this section unless the court is presented with
current proof of financial responsibility with respect to that motor vehicle.
(f)
An order for criminal forfeiture under this section shall be issued and enforced
under Ohio R.C. 4503.234. Upon receipt of a copy of the order from the court, neither the
Registrar of Motor Vehicles nor a Deputy Registrar shall accept any application for the registration
or transfer of registration of any motor vehicle owned or leased by the person named in the
declaration of forfeiture. The period of registration denial shall be five years after the date of the
order, unless, during that period, the court having jurisdiction of the offense that led to the order
terminates the forfeiture and notifies the Registrar of the termination. The Registrar then shall
take the necessary measures to permit the person to register a vehicle owned or leased by the
(ORC 4510.111)
335.08 OPERATION OR SALE WITHOUT CERTIFICATE OF TITLE.
(a)
(1)
Operate in this Municipality a motor vehicle for which a certificate of title
is required without having that certificate in accordance with Ohio R.C.
Chapter 4505 or, if a physical certificate of title has not been issued for a
motor vehicle, operate the motor vehicle in this Municipality knowing that
the ownership information relating to the vehicle has not been entered into
the automated title processing system by a clerk of a court of common
pleas;
(2)
Display or display for sale or sell as a dealer or acting on behalf of a dealer,
a motor vehicle without having obtained a manufacturer’s or importer’s
certificate, a certificate of title, or an assignment of a certificate of title for
it as provided in Ohio R.C. Chapter 4505;
(3)
Fail to surrender any certificate of title or any certificate of registration or
license plates upon cancellation of the same by the Registrar of Motor
Vehicles and notice of the cancellation as prescribed in Ohio R.C. Chapter
4505;
(4)
Fail to surrender the certificate of title to a clerk of a court of common
pleas as provided in Ohio R.C. Chapter 4505 in case of the destruction or
dismantling or change of a motor vehicle in such respect that it is not the
motor vehicle described in the certificate of title;
(5)
Violate any rules adopted pursuant to Ohio R.C. Chapter 4505;
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(7)
335.10
Except as otherwise provided in Ohio R.C. Chapter 4505 and Chapter
4517, sell at wholesale a motor vehicle the ownership of which is not
evidenced by an Ohio certificate of title, or the current certificate of title
issued for the motor vehicle, or the manufacturer’s certificate of origin, and
all title assignments that evidence the seller’s ownership of the motor
vehicle, and an odometer disclosure statement that complies with Ohio R.C.
4505.06 and subchapter IV of the “Motor Vehicle Information and Cost
Savings Act”, 86 Stat. 961 (1972), 15 U.S.C. 1981;
Operate in this Municipality a motor vehicle knowing that the certificate of
title to the vehicle or ownership of the vehicle as otherwise reflected in the
automated title processing system has been canceled.
(b)
This section does not apply to persons engaged in the business of warehousing or
transporting motor vehicles for the purpose of salvage disposition.
(c)
Whoever violates this section shall be fined not more than two hundred dollars
($200.00) or imprisoned not more than ninety days, or both.
(ORC 4505.18)
335.09 DISPLAY OF LICENSE PLATES.
(a)
No person who is the owner or operator of a motor vehicle shall fail to properly
display in plain view on the front and rear of the motor vehicle the distinctive number and
registration mark, including any county identification sticker and any validation sticker issued
under Ohio R.C. 4503.19 and 4503.191, furnished by the Ohio Director of Public Safety, except
that a manufacturer of motor vehicles or dealer therein, the holder of an intransit permit, and the
owner or operator of a motorcycle, motorized bicycle, manufactured home, mobile home, trailer
or semitrailer shall display on the rear only. A motor vehicle that is issued two license plates shall
display the validation sticker on the rear license plate. A commercial tractor that does not receive
an apportioned license plate under the international registration plan shall be issued one license
plate and one validation sticker, which license plate and validation sticker shall be displayed on
the front of the commercial tractor. An apportioned vehicle receiving an apportioned license plate
under the international registration plan shall display the license plate only on the front of a
commercial tractor and on the rear of all other vehicles. All license plates shall be securely
fastened so as not to swing, and shall not be covered by any material that obstructs their visibility.
No person to whom a temporary license placard or windshield sticker has been issued for
the use of a motor vehicle under Ohio R.C. 4503.182, and no operator of that motor vehicle, shall
fail to display the temporary license placard in plain view from the rear of the vehicle either in the
rear window or on an external rear surface of the motor vehicle, or fail to display the windshield
sticker in plain view on the rear window of the motor vehicle. No temporary license placard or
windshield sticker shall be covered by any material that obstructs its visibility.
(b)
(ORC 4503.21)
335.10 EXPIRED OR UNLAWFUL LICENSE PLATES.
(a)
No person who is the owner of a motor vehicle which is parked or operated upon
the public streets or highways shall fail to annually file the application for registration or to pay
the tax therefor, as required by Ohio R.C. Chapter 4503. (ORC 4503.11)
(b)
No person shall operate, drive or park upon the public streets or highways a motor
vehicle acquired from a former owner who has registered the motor vehicle, while the motor
vehicle displays the distinctive number or identification mark assigned to it upon its original
registration. (ORC 4549.11)
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(c)
No person who is the owner of a motor vehicle and a resident of Ohio shall operate,
drive or park the motor vehicle upon the public streets or highways, while it displays a distinctive
number or identification mark issued by or under the authority of another state, without complying
with the laws of Ohio relating to the registration and identification of motor vehicles.
(ORC 4549.12)
(d)
No person shall park or operate any vehicle upon any public street or highway upon
which is displayed an expired license plate or an expired validation sticker.
(e)
No person shall park or operate any vehicle upon any public street or highway upon
which are displayed any license plates not legally registered and issued for such vehicle, or upon
which are displayed any license plates that were issued on an application for registration that
contains any false statement by the applicant.
(f)
(1)
(2)
(3)
Whoever violates subsection (a) hereof is guilty of a misdemeanor of the
fourth degree.
Whoever violates subsection (b) hereof is guilty of a minor misdemeanor
on a first offense and a misdemeanor of the fourth degree on each
subsequent offense.
Whoever violates any provision of this section for which no other penalty
is provided is guilty of a minor misdemeanor.
(ORC 4549.11; 4549.12)
335.11 USE OF ILLEGAL LICENSE PLATES; TRANSFER OF
REGISTRATION.
(a)
No person shall operate or drive a motor vehicle upon the streets in this
Municipality if it displays a license plate or a distinctive number or identification mark that meets
any of the following criteria:
(1)
Is fictitious;
(2)
Is a counterfeit or an unlawfully made copy of any distinctive number or
identification mark;
(3)
Belongs to another motor vehicle, provided that this section does not apply
to a motor vehicle that is operated on the streets in this Municipality when
the motor vehicle displays license plates that originally were issued for a
motor vehicle that previously was owned by the same person who owns the
motor vehicle that is operated on the streets in this Municipality, during the
thirty-day period described in subsection (c) hereof.
(b)
Whoever violates subsection (a)(1), (2) or (3) of this section is guilty of operating
a motor vehicle bearing an invalid license plate or identification mark, a misdemeanor of the fourth
degree on a first offense and a misdemeanor of the third degree on each subsequent offense.
(ORC 4549.08)
(c)
Upon the transfer of ownership of a motor vehicle, the registration of the motor
vehicle expires, and the original owner shall immediately remove the license plates from the motor
vehicle. The transfer of the registration and, where applicable, the license plates from the motor
vehicle for which they originally were issued to a succeeding motor vehicle purchased by the same
person in whose name the original registration and license plates were issued shall be done within
a period not to exceed thirty days. During that thirty-day period, the license plates from the motor
vehicle for which they originally were issued may be displayed on the succeeding motor vehicle,
and the succeeding motor vehicle may be operated on the streets of the Municipality.
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(d)
Whoever violates subsection (c) of this section is guilty of a misdemeanor of the
fourth degree. (ORC 4503.12)
335.12 STOPPING AFTER ACCIDENT UPON STREETS; COLLISION WITH
UNATTENDED VEHICLE.
(a)
In case of accident to or collision with persons or property upon any of the public
roads or highways, due to the driving or operation thereon of any motor vehicle, the person
driving or operating the motor vehicle, having knowledge of the accident or collision, immediately
shall stop the driver’s or operator’s motor vehicle at the scene of the accident or collision and shall
remain at the scene of the accident or collision until the driver or operator has given the driver’s
or operator’s name and address and, if the driver or operator is not the owner, the name and
address of the owner of that motor vehicle, together with the registered number of that motor
vehicle, to any person injured in the accident or collision or to the operator, occupant, owner, or
attendant of any motor vehicle damaged in the accident or collision, or to any police officer at the
scene of the accident or collision.
In the event the injured person is unable to comprehend and record the information
required to be given by this section, the other driver involved in the accident or collision forthwith
shall notify the nearest police authority concerning the location of the accident or collision, and
the driver’s name, address and the registered number of the motor vehicle the driver was
operating, and then remain at the scene of the accident or collision until a police officer arrives,
unless removed from the scene by an emergency vehicle operated by a political subdivision or an
ambulance.
If the accident or collision is with an unoccupied or unattended motor vehicle, the operator
who collides with the motor vehicle shall securely attach the information required to be given in
this section, in writing, to a conspicuous place in or on the unoccupied or unattended motor
vehicle.
(b)
Whoever violates subsection (a) of this section is guilty of failure to stop after an
accident, a misdemeanor of the first degree. If the accident or collision results in serious physical
harm or death to a person, failure to stop after an accident is a felony and shall be prosecuted
under appropriate state law.
The court, in addition to any other penalties provided by law, shall impose upon the
offender a class five suspension of the offender’s driver’s license, commercial driver’s license,
temporary instruction permit, probationary license, or nonresident operating privilege from the
range specified in division (A)(5) of Ohio R.C. 4510.02. No judge shall suspend the first six
months of suspension of an offender’s license, permit, or privilege required by this subsection.
The offender shall provide the court with proof of financial responsibility as defined in
Ohio R.C. 4509.01. If the offender fails to provide that proof of financial responsibility, then,
R.C. 2929.18 or 2929.28 in an amount not exceeding five thousand dollars ($5,000) for any
offender’s operation of the motor vehicle before, during or after committing the offense charged
under this section. (ORC 4549.02)
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335.13 STOPPING AFTER ACCIDENT UPON PROPERTY OTHER THAN
STREET.
(a)
In case of accident or collision resulting in injury or damage to persons or property
upon any public or private property other than public roads or highways, due to the driving or
operation thereon of any motor vehicle, the person driving or operating the motor vehicle, having
knowledge of the accident or collision, shall stop, and, upon request of the person injured or
damaged, or any other person, shall give that person the driver’s or operator’s name and address,
and, if the driver or operator is not the owner, the name and address of the owner of that motor
vehicle, together with the registered number of that motor vehicle, and, if available, exhibit the
driver’s or operator’s driver’s or commercial driver’s license.
If the owner or person in charge of the damaged property is not furnished such
information, the driver of the motor vehicle involved in the accident or collision, within twentyfour hours after the accident or collision, shall forward to the police authority in the municipality
in which the accident or collision occurred the same information required to be given to the owner
or person in control of the damaged property and give the date, time, and location of the accident
or collision.
If the accident or collision is with an unoccupied or unattended motor vehicle, the operator
who collides with the motor vehicle shall securely attach the information required to be given in
this section, in writing, to a conspicuous place in or on the unoccupied or unattended motor
vehicle.
(b)
Whoever violates subsection (a) of this section is guilty of failure to stop after a
nonpublic road accident, a misdemeanor of the first degree. If the accident or collision results in
serious physical harm or death to a person, failure to stop after a nonpublic road accident is a
felony and shall be prosecuted under appropriate state law.
The court, in addition to any other penalties provided by law, shall impose upon the
offender a class five suspension of the offender’s driver’s license, commercial driver’s license,
temporary instruction permit, probationary license, or nonresident operating privilege from the
range specified in division (A)(5) of Ohio R.C. 4510.02. No judge shall suspend the first six
months of suspension of an offender’s license, permit, or privilege required by this subsection.
R.C. 2929.18 or 2929.28 in an amount not exceeding five thousand dollars ($5,000) for any
offender’s operation of the motor vehicle before, during or after committing the offense charged
under this section. (ORC 4549.021)
335.14 VEHICLE ACCIDENT RESULTING IN DAMAGE TO REALTY.
(a)
The driver of any vehicle involved in an accident resulting in damage to real
property, or personal property attached to real property, legally upon or adjacent to a public road
or highway immediately shall stop and take reasonable steps to locate and notify the owner or
person in charge of the property of that fact, of the driver’s name and address, and of the
registration number of the vehicle the driver is driving and, upon request and if available, shall
exhibit the driver’s or commercial driver’s license.
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If the owner or person in charge of the property cannot be located after reasonable search,
the driver of the vehicle involved in the accident resulting in damage to the property, within
twenty-four hours after the accident, shall forward to the police authority in the municipality in
which the accident or collision occurred, the same information required to be given to the owner
or person in control of the property and give the location of the accident and a description of the
damage insofar as it is known.
(b)
Whoever violates subsection (a) of this section is guilty of failure to stop after an
accident involving the property of others, a misdemeanor of the first degree.
operation of the motor vehicle before, during or after committing the offense charged under this
section. (ORC 4549.03)
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CHAPTER 337
Safety and Equipment
337.01 Driving unsafe vehicles.
337.02 Lighted lights; measurement
of distances and heights.
337.03 Headlights on motor
vehicles and
motorcycles.
337.04 Tail light; illumination of
rear license plate.
337.05 Rear red reflectors.
337.06 Safety lighting on commercial
vehicles.
337.07 Obscured lights on vehicles
in combination.
337.08 Red light or red flag
on extended loads.
337.09 Lights on parked or stopped
vehicles.
337.10 Lights on slow-moving
vehicles; emblem required.
337.11 Spotlight and auxiliary
lights.
337.12 Cowl, fender and back-up lights.
337.13 Display of lighted lights.
337.14 Use of headlight beams.
337.15 Lights of less intensity on
slow-moving vehicles.
337.16 Number of lights;
limitations on flashing,
oscillating or rotating
lights.
337.17 Focus and aim of
headlights.
337.18 Motor vehicle and
motorcycle brakes.
337.19 Horn, siren and theft alarm
signal.
337.20 Muffler; muffler cutout;
excessive smoke, gas or
noise.
337.21 Rear-view mirror; clear
view to front, both sides
and rear.
337.22 Windshield and windshield
wiper; sign or poster thereon.
337.23 Limited load extension on
left side of passenger
vehicle.
337.24 Motor vehicle stop
lights.
337.25 Air cleaner required.
337.26 Child restraint system
usage.
337.27 Drivers and passengers
required to wear seat
belts.
337.28 Use of sunscreening,
nontransparent and reflectorized materials.
337.29 Bumper heights.
337.30 Directional signals required.
CROSS REFERENCES
Warning devices for commercial vehicles disabled upon freeways see Ohio R.C. 4513.28
Slow moving vehicle emblem - see OAC Ch. 4501.13
Motorized bicycle lights and equipment - see Ohio R.C. 4511.521
Vehicle lighting - see OAC 4501-15
Use of stop and turn signals - see TRAF. 331.14
Wheel protectors for commercial vehicles - see TRAF. 339.05
Vehicles transporting explosives - see TRAF. 339.06
Towing requirements - see TRAF. 339.07
Use of studded tires and chains - see TRAF. 339.11
Bicycle equipment - see TRAF. 373.05 et seq.
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337.01 DRIVING UNSAFE VEHICLES.
(a)
No person shall drive or move, or cause or knowingly permit to be driven or
moved, on any street any vehicle or combination of vehicles which is in such unsafe condition as
to endanger any person or property.
(b)
Nothing contained in this chapter shall be construed to prohibit the use of additional
parts and accessories on any vehicle not inconsistent with the provisions of this chapter.
(c)
The provisions of this chapter with respect to equipment on vehicles do not apply
to implements of husbandry, road machinery, road rollers or agricultural tractors except as made
applicable to such articles of machinery.
(d)
guilty of a minor misdemeanor. If the offender previously has been convicted of a violation of
this section, whoever violates this section is guilty of a misdemeanor of the third degree.
(ORC 4513.02)
337.02 LIGHTED LIGHTS; MEASUREMENT OF DISTANCES AND
HEIGHTS.
(a)
Every vehicle, other than a motorized bicycle, operated upon a street or highway
shall display lighted lights and illuminating devices as required by this chapter during all of the
following times:
(1)
The time from sunset to sunrise;
(2)
At any other time when, due to insufficient natural light or unfavorable
atmospheric conditions, persons, vehicles, and substantial objects on the
street or highway are not discernible at a distance of one thousand feet
ahead;
(3)
At any time when the windshield wipers of the vehicle are in use because
of precipitation on the windshield.
Every motorized bicycle shall display at such times lighted lights meeting the rules adopted
by the Ohio Director of Public Safety under Ohio R.C. 4511.521. No motor vehicle, during any
time specified in this section, shall be operated upon a street or highway using only parking lights
as illumination.
(b)
Whenever in this chapter a requirement is declared as to the distance from which
certain lights and devices shall render objects visible, or within which such lights or devices shall
be visible, such distance shall be measured upon a straight level unlighted street under normal
atmospheric conditions unless a different condition is expressly stated.
(c)
Whenever in this chapter a requirement is declared as to the mounted height of
lights or devices, it shall mean from the center of such light or device to the level ground upon
which the vehicle stands.
(d)
Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, no law enforcement officer
shall cause the operator of a vehicle being operated upon a street or highway to stop the vehicle
solely because the officer observes that a violation of subsection (a)(3) of this section has been or
is being committed or for the sole purpose of issuing a ticket, citation or summons for a violation
of that subsection, or causing the arrest of or commencing a prosecution of a person for a violation
of that subsection.
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337.05
(e)
(ORC 4513.03)
337.03 HEADLIGHTS ON MOTOR VEHICLES AND MOTORCYCLES.
(a)
Every motor vehicle, other than a motorcycle, shall be equipped with at least two
headlights with at least one near each side of the front of the motor vehicle.
(b)
headlights.
Every motorcycle shall be equipped with at least one and not more than two
(c)
(ORC 4513.04)
337.04 TAIL LIGHT; ILLUMINATION OF REAR LICENSE PLATE.
(a)
Every motor vehicle, trailer, semitrailer, pole trailer or vehicle which is being
drawn at the end of a train of vehicles shall be equipped with at least one tail light mounted on the
rear which, when lighted, shall emit a red light visible from a distance of 500 feet to the rear,
provided that in the case of a train of vehicles only the tail light on the rear-most vehicle need be
visible from the distance specified.
(b)
Either a tail light or a separate light shall be so constructed and placed as to
illuminate with a white light the rear registration plate, when such registration plate is required,
and render it legible from a distance of fifty feet to the rear. Any tail light, together with any
separate light for illuminating the rear registration plate, shall be so wired as to be lighted
whenever the headlights or auxiliary driving lights are lighted, except where separate lighting
systems are provided for trailers for the purpose of illuminating such registration plate.
(c)
(ORC 4513.05)
337.05 REAR RED REFLECTORS.
(a)
Every new motor vehicle sold after September 6, 1941, and operated on a street,
other than vehicles of the type mentioned in Section 337.06 or a commercial tractor to which a
trailer or semitrailer is attached, shall carry at the rear, either as a part of the tail lights or
separately, two red reflectors of such size and characteristics and so maintained as to be visible
at night from all distances within 300 feet to fifty feet from such vehicle.
(b)
(ORC 4513.06)
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337.06 SAFETY LIGHTING ON COMMERCIAL VEHICLES.
(a)
Buses, trucks, commercial tractors, trailers, semitrailers and pole trailers, when
operated upon any street, shall be equipped with clearance lights, marker lights, reflectors and stop
lights as required by State regulations. Such equipment shall be lighted at all times mentioned in
Section 337.02 except that clearance lights and side marker lights need not be lighted on a vehicle
operated where there is sufficient light to reveal any person or substantial object on the street at
a distance of 500 feet.
Such equipment shall be in addition to all other lights specifically required by Section
337.02 to Section 337.15, inclusive. Vehicles operated under the jurisdiction of the Ohio Public
Utilities Commission are not subject to this section.
(b)
(ORC 4513.07)
337.07 OBSCURED LIGHTS ON VEHICLES IN COMBINATION.
(a)
Whenever motor and other vehicles are operated in combination during the time that
lights are required, any light, except tail lights, which by reason of its location on a vehicle of the
combination would be obscured by another vehicle of the combination need not be lighted, but this
section does not affect the requirement that lighted clearance lights be displayed on the front of
the foremost vehicle required to have clearance lights or that all lights required on the rear of the
rearmost vehicle of any combination shall be lighted.
(b)
(ORC 4513.08)
337.08 RED LIGHT OR RED FLAG ON EXTENDED LOADS.
(a)
Whenever the load upon any vehicle extends to the rear four feet or more beyond
the bed or body of such vehicle, there shall be displayed at the extreme rear end of the load, at the
times specified in Section 337.02, a red light or lantern plainly visible from a distance of at least
500 feet to the side and rear. The red light or lantern required by this section is in addition to the
red rear light required upon every vehicle. At any other time there shall be displayed at the
extreme rear end of such load a red flag or cloth not less than sixteen inches square.
(b)
(ORC 4513.09)
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337.10
337.09 LIGHTS ON PARKED OR STOPPED VEHICLES.
(a)
Except in case of an emergency, whenever a vehicle is parked or stopped upon a
roadway open to traffic or shoulder adjacent thereto, whether attended or unattended during the
times mentioned in Section 337.02, such vehicle shall be equipped with one or more lights which
shall exhibit a white or amber light on the roadway side visible from a distance of 500 feet to the
front of such vehicle, and a red light visible from a distance of 500 feet to the rear. No lights need
be displayed upon any such vehicle when it is stopped or parked where there is sufficient light to
reveal any person or substantial object within a distance of 500 feet upon such street. Any lighted
headlights upon a parked vehicle shall be depressed or dimmed.
(b)
(ORC 4513.10)
337.10 LIGHTS ON SLOW-MOVING VEHICLES; EMBLEM REQUIRED.
(a)
All vehicles other than bicycles, including animal-drawn vehicles and vehicles
referred to in Section 337.01(c), not specifically required to be equipped with lights or other
lighting devices by Section 337.02 to 337.09, shall at all times specified in Section 337.02, be
equipped with at least one light displaying a white light visible from a distance of not less than
1,000 feet to the front of the vehicle, and also shall be equipped with two lights displaying red
light visible from a distance of not less than 1,000 feet to the rear of the vehicle, or as an
alternative, one light displaying a red light visible from a distance of not less than 1,000 feet to
the rear and two red reflectors visible from all distances of 600 feet to 100 feet to the rear when
illuminated by the lawful lower beams of headlights.
Lights and reflectors required or authorized by this section shall meet standards adopted
by the Ohio Director of Public Safety.
(b)
All boat trailers, farm machinery and other machinery, including all road
construction machinery, upon a street or highway, except when being used in actual construction
and maintenance work in an area guarded by a flagperson, or where flares are used, or when
operating or traveling within the limits of a construction area designated by the Ohio Director of
Transportation, or the Municipal or County Engineer, when such construction area is marked in
accordance with requirements of the Director and the Manual of Uniform Traffic Control Devices,
as set forth in Ohio R.C. 4511.09, which is designed for operation at a speed of twenty-five miles
per hour or less shall be operated at a speed not exceeding twenty-five miles per hour, and shall
display a triangular slow-moving vehicle emblem (SMV). The emblem shall be mounted so as to
be visible from a distance of not less than 500 feet to the rear. The Ohio Director of Public Safety
shall adopt standards and specifications for the design and position of mounting the SMV emblem.
The standards and specifications for SMV emblems referred to in this section shall correlate with
and, so far as possible, conform with those approved by the American Society of Agricultural
Engineers.
A unit of farm machinery that is designed by its manufacturer to operate at a speed greater
than twenty-five miles per hour may be operated on a street or highway at a speed greater than
twenty-five miles per hour provided it is operated in accordance with this section.
As used in this subsection (b), "machinery" does not include any vehicle designed to be
drawn by an animal.
(c)
The use of the SMV emblem shall be restricted to animal-drawn vehicles, and to
the slow-moving vehicles specified in subsection (b) hereof operating or traveling within the limits
of the highway. Its use on slow-moving vehicles being transported upon other types of vehicles
or on any other type of vehicle or stationary object on the highway is prohibited.
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No person shall sell, lease, rent or operate any boat trailer, farm machinery
or other machinery defined as a slow-moving vehicle in subsection (b)
hereof, except those units designed to be completely mounted on a primary
power unit, which is manufactured or assembled on or after April 1, 1966,
unless the vehicle is equipped with a slow-moving vehicle emblem
mounting device as specified in subsection (b) hereof.
No person shall sell, lease, rent, or operate on a street or highway any unit
of farm machinery that is designed by its manufacturer to operate at a speed
greater than twenty-five miles per hour unless the unit displays a slowmoving vehicle emblem as specified in subsection (b) of this section and a
speed identification symbol that meets the specifications contained in the
American Society of Agricultural Engineers Standard ANSI/ASAE S584
JAN2005, agricultural equipment; speed identification symbol (SIS).
(e)
Any boat trailer, farm machinery, or other machinery defined as a slow-moving
vehicle in subsection (b) of this section, in addition to the use of the slow-moving vehicle emblem,
and any unit of farm machinery that is designed by its manufacturer to operate at a speed greater
than twenty-five miles per hour, in addition to the display of a speed identification symbol may
be equipped with a red flashing light that shall be visible from a distance of not less than one
thousand feet to the rear at all times specified in Section 337.02. When a double-faced light is
used, it shall display amber light to the front and red light to the rear.
In addition to the lights described in this subsection, farm machinery and motor vehicles
escorting farm machinery may display a flashing, oscillating or rotating amber light, as permitted
by Section 337.16, and also may display simultaneously flashing turn signals or warning lights,
as permitted by that section.
(f)
Every animal-drawn vehicle upon a street or highway shall at all times be equipped
in one of the following ways:
(1)
With a slow-moving vehicle emblem complying with subsection (b) hereof;
(2)
With alternate reflective material complying with rules adopted under this
subsection (f);
(3)
With both a slow-moving vehicle emblem and alternate reflective material
as specified in this subsection (f).
The Ohio Director of Public Safety, subject to Ohio R.C. Chapter 119, shall adopt rules
establishing standards and specifications for the position of mounting of the alternate reflective
material authorized by this subsection (f). The rules shall permit, as a minimum, the alternate
reflective material to be black, gray or silver in color. The alternate reflective material shall be
mounted on the animal-drawn vehicle so as to be visible at all times specified in Section 337.02,
from a distance of not less than 500 feet to the rear when illuminated by the lawful lower beams
of headlamps.
(g)
Every unit of farm machinery that is designed by its manufacturer to operate at a
speed greater than twenty-five miles per hour shall display a slow-moving vehicle emblem and a
speed identification symbol that meets the specifications contained in the American Society of
Agricultural Engineers Standard ANSI/ASAE S584 JAN2005, agricultural equipment; speed
identification symbol (SIS) when the unit is operated upon a street or highway, irrespective of the
speed at which the unit is operated on the street or highway. The speed identification symbol shall
indicate the maximum speed in miles per hour at which the unit of farm machinery is designed by
its manufacturer to operate. The display of the speed identification symbol shall be in accordance
with the standard prescribed in this subsection.
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337.12
If an agricultural tractor that is designed by its manufacturer to operate at a speed greater
than twenty-five miles per hour is being operated on a street or highway at a speed greater than
twenty-five miles per hour and is towing, pulling or otherwise drawing a unit of farm machinery,
the unit of farm machinery shall display a slow-moving vehicle emblem and a speed identification
symbol that is the same as the speed identification symbol that is displayed on the agricultural
tractor.
(h)
When an agricultural tractor that is designed by its manufacturer to operate at a
speed greater than twenty-five miles per hour is being operated on a street or highway at a speed
greater than twenty-five miles per hour, the operator shall possess some documentation published
or provided by the manufacturer indicating the maximum speed in miles per hour at which the
manufacturer designed the agricultural tractor to operate.
(i)
As used in this section, "boat trailer" means any vehicle designed and used
exclusively to transport a boat between a place of storage and a marina, or in and around a marina,
when drawn or towed on a street or highway for a distance of no more than ten miles and at a
speed of twenty-five miles per hour or less.
(j)
(ORC 4513.11)
337.11 SPOTLIGHT AND AUXILIARY LIGHTS.
(a)
Any motor vehicle may be equipped with not more than one spotlight and every
lighted spotlight shall be so aimed and used upon approaching another vehicle that no part of the
high-intensity portion of the beam will be directed to the left of the prolongation of the extreme
left side of the vehicle, nor more than 100 feet ahead of the vehicle.
(b)
Any motor vehicle may be equipped with not more than three State approved
auxiliary driving lights mounted on the front of the vehicle, which when used shall conform to
State regulations.
(c)
(ORC 4513.12)
337.12 COWL, FENDER AND BACK-UP LIGHTS.
(a)
Any motor vehicle may be equipped with side cowl or fender lights or lights on
each side thereof which shall emit a white or amber light without glare.
(b)
Any motor vehicle may be equipped with back-up lights, either separately or in
combination with another light. No back-up lights shall be continuously lighted when the motor
vehicle is in forward motion.
(c)
(ORC 4513.13)
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337.13 DISPLAY OF LIGHTED LIGHTS.
(a)
At all times mentioned in Section 337.02 at least two State approved lighted lights
shall be displayed conforming to State regulations, one near each side of the front of every motor
vehicle, except when such vehicle is parked subject to the regulations governing lights on parked
vehicles. (ORC 4513.14)
(b)
However, on a motorcycle, there shall be displayed at least one and not more than
two lighted lights as required herein.
(c)
(ORC 4513.14)
337.14 USE OF HEADLIGHT BEAMS.
(a)
Whenever a motor vehicle is being operated on a roadway or shoulder adjacent
thereto during the times specified in Section 337.02, the driver shall use a distribution of light, or
composite beam, directed high enough and of sufficient intensity to reveal persons, vehicles and
substantial objects at a safe distance in advance of the vehicle, except that upon approaching an
oncoming vehicle, the lights or beams shall be so aimed that the glaring rays are not projected into
the eyes of the oncoming driver.
(b)
(ORC 4513.15)
337.15 LIGHTS OF LESS INTENSITY ON SLOW-MOVING VEHICLES.
(a)
Any motor vehicle may be operated under the conditions specified in Section 337.02
when it is equipped with two lighted lights upon the front thereof capable of revealing persons and
substantial objects seventy-five feet ahead in lieu of lights required in Section 337.13, provided
that such vehicle shall not be operated at a speed in excess of twenty miles per hour.
(b)
(ORC 4513.16)
337.16 NUMBER OF LIGHTS; LIMITATIONS ON FLASHING,
OSCILLATING OR ROTATING LIGHTS.
(a)
Whenever a motor vehicle equipped with headlights also is equipped with any
auxiliary lights or spotlight or any other light on the front thereof projecting a beam of an intensity
greater than 300 candle power, not more than a total of five of any such lights on the front of a
vehicle shall be lighted at any one time when the vehicle is upon a highway.
(b)
Any lighted light or illuminating device upon a motor vehicle, other than headlights,
spotlights, signal lights or auxiliary driving lights, that projects a beam of light of an intensity
greater than 300 candle power, shall be so directed that no part of the beam will strike the level
of the roadway on which the vehicle stands at a distance of more than seventy-five feet from the
vehicle.
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(c)
(1)
(2)
337.17
Flashing lights are prohibited on motor vehicles, except as a means for
indicating a right or a left turn, or in the presence of a vehicular traffic
hazard requiring unusual care in approaching, or overtaking or passing.
This prohibition does not apply to emergency vehicles, road service
vehicles servicing or towing a disabled vehicle, traffic line stripers, snow
plows, rural mail delivery vehicles, vehicles transporting preschool children
as provided in Ohio R.C. 4513.182, Ohio Department of Transportation
maintenance vehicles, funeral hearses, funeral escort vehicles and similar
equipment operated by the Department or local authorities, which shall be
equipped with and display, when used on a street or highway for the special
purpose necessitating such lights, a flashing, oscillating or rotating amber
light, but shall not display a flashing, oscillating or rotating light of any
other color, nor to vehicles or machinery permitted by Section 337.10 to
have a flashing red light.
When used on a street or highway, farm machinery and vehicles escorting
farm machinery may be equipped with and display a flashing, oscillating,
or rotating amber light, and the prohibition contained in subsection (c)(1)
hereof does not apply to such machinery or vehicles. Farm machinery also
may display the lights described in Section 337.10.
(d)
Except a person operating a public safety vehicle, as defined in Section 301.27, or
a school bus, no person shall operate, move or park upon or permit to stand within the right of
way of any public street or highway any vehicle or equipment that is equipped with and displaying
a flashing red or a flashing combination red and white light, or an oscillating or rotating red light,
or a combination red and white oscillating or rotating light; and except a public law enforcement
officer, or other person sworn to enforce the criminal and traffic laws of the State or Municipality,
operating a public safety vehicle when on duty, no person shall operate, move or park upon, or
permit to stand within the right of way of any street or highway any vehicle or equipment that is
equipped with, or upon which is mounted, and displaying a flashing blue or a flashing combination
blue and white light, or an oscillating or rotating blue light, or a combination blue and white
oscillating or rotating light.
(e)
This section does not prohibit the use of warning lights required by law or the
simultaneous flashing of turn signals on disabled vehicles or on vehicles being operated in
unfavorable atmospheric conditions in order to enhance their visibility. This section also does not
prohibit the simultaneous flashing of turn signals or warning lights either on farm machinery or
vehicles escorting farm machinery, when used on a street or highway.
(f)
(ORC 4513.17)
337.17 FOCUS AND AIM OF HEADLIGHTS.
(a)
No person shall use any lights mentioned in Section 337.02 to 337.16, inclusive,
upon any motor vehicle, trailer or semitrailer unless the lights are equipped, mounted and adjusted
as to focus and aim in accordance with State regulations.
(b)
(ORC 4513.19)
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337.18 MOTOR VEHICLE AND MOTORCYCLE BRAKES.
(a)
The following requirements govern as to brake equipment on vehicles:
(1)
Every motor vehicle, other than a motorcycle, when operated upon a street
or highway, shall be equipped with brakes adequate to control the
movement of and to stop and hold such motor vehicle, including two
separate means of applying the brakes, each of which means shall be
effective to apply the brakes to at least two wheels. If these two separate
means of applying the brakes are connected in any way, then on such motor
vehicles manufactured or assembled after January 1, 1942, they shall be so
constructed that failure of any one part of the operating mechanism shall not
leave the motor vehicle without brakes on at least two wheels.
(2)
Every motorcycle, when operated upon a street or highway, shall be
equipped with at least one adequate brake, which may be operated by hand
or by foot.
(3)
Every motorized bicycle shall be equipped with brakes meeting the rules
adopted by the Ohio Director of Public Safety under Ohio R.C. 4511.521.
(4)
When operated upon the streets or highways of this Municipality, the
following vehicles shall be equipped with brakes adequate to control the
movement of and to stop and to hold the vehicle designed to be applied by
the driver of the towing motor vehicle from its cab, and also designed and
connected so that, in case of a breakaway of the towed vehicle, the brakes
shall be automatically applied:
A.
Except as otherwise provided in this section, every trailer or
semitrailer, except a pole trailer, with an empty weight of two
thousand pounds or more, manufactured or assembled on or after
January 1, 1942;
B.
Every manufactured home or travel trailer with an empty weight of
two thousand pounds or more, manufactured or assembled on or
after January 1, 2001.
(5)
Every watercraft trailer with a gross weight or manufacturer’s gross vehicle
weight rating of three thousand pounds or more that is manufactured or
assembled on or after January 1, 2008, shall have separate brakes equipped
with hydraulic surge or electrically operated brakes on two wheels.
(6)
In any combination of motor-drawn trailers or semitrailers equipped with
brakes, means shall be provided for applying the rearmost brakes in
approximate synchronism with the brakes on the towing vehicle, and
developing the required braking effort on the rearmost wheels at the fastest
rate; or means shall be provided for applying braking effort first on the
rearmost brakes; or both of the above means, capable of being used
alternatively, may be employed.
(7)
Every vehicle and combination of vehicles, except motorcycles and
motorized bicycles, and except trailers and semitrailers of a gross weight
of less than 2,000 pounds, and pole trailers, shall be equipped with parking
brakes adequate to hold the vehicle on any grade on which it is operated,
under all conditions of loading, on a surface free from snow, ice or loose
material. The parking brakes shall be capable of being applied in
conformance with the foregoing requirements by the driver's muscular
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(9)
337.19
effort or by spring action or by equivalent means. Their operation may be
assisted by the service brakes or other sources of power provided that
failure of the service brake actuation system or other power assisting
mechanism will not prevent the parking brakes from being applied in
conformance with the foregoing requirements. The parking brakes shall be
so designed that when once applied they shall remain applied with the
required effectiveness despite exhaustion of any source of energy or leakage
of any kind.
The same brake drums, brake shoes and lining assemblies, brake shoe
anchors, and mechanical brake shoe actuation mechanism normally
associated with the wheel brake assemblies may be used for both the service
brakes and the parking brakes. If the means of applying the parking brakes
and the service brakes are connected in any way, they shall be so
constructed that failure of any one part shall not leave the vehicle without
operative brakes.
Every motor vehicle or combination of motor-drawn vehicles shall be
capable at all times and under all conditions of loading of being stopped on
a dry, smooth, level road free from loose material, upon application of the
service or foot brake, within the following specified distances, or shall be
capable of being decelerated at a sustained rate corresponding to these
distances:
From a speed of 20 miles per hour
Deceleration in
Stopping distance
feet per second
in feet
per second
Brakes on all wheels
30
14
Brakes not on all four wheels
40
10.7
(10) All brakes shall be maintained in good working order and shall be so
adjusted as to operate as equally as practicable with respect to the wheels
on opposite sides of the vehicle.
(b)
is guilty of a misdemeanor of the third degree. (ORC 4513.20)
337.19 HORN, SIREN AND THEFT ALARM SIGNAL.
(a)
Every motor vehicle when operated upon a street shall be equipped with a horn
which is in good working order and capable of emitting sound audible, under normal conditions,
from a distance of not less than 200 feet.
(b)
No motor vehicle shall be equipped with, nor shall any person use upon a vehicle,
any siren, whistle or bell. Any vehicle may be equipped with a theft alarm signal device which
shall be so arranged that it cannot be used as an ordinary warning signal. Every emergency or
public safety vehicle shall be equipped with a siren, whistle or bell capable of emitting sound
audible under normal conditions from a distance of not less than 500 feet and of a type approved
by the Ohio Director of Public Safety. Such equipment shall not be used except when such vehicle
is operated in response to an emergency call or is in the immediate pursuit of an actual or
suspected violator of the law, in which case the driver of the emergency or public safety vehicle
shall sound such equipment when it is necessary to warn pedestrians and other drivers of the
approach thereof.
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(c)
No person shall use the horn of a motor vehicle except to give warning to other
drivers or pedestrians.
(d)
(ORC 4513.21)
337.20 MUFFLER; MUFFLER CUTOUT; EXCESSIVE SMOKE, GAS
OR NOISE.
(a)
Every motor vehicle and motorcycle with an internal combustion engine shall at all
times be equipped with a muffler which is in good working order and in constant operation to
prevent excessive or unusual noise, and no person shall use a muffler cutout, by-pass or similar
device upon a motor vehicle on a highway. Every motorcycle muffler shall be equipped with
baffle plates.
(b)
No person shall own, operate or have in the person’s possession any motor vehicle
or motorcycle equipped with a device for producing excessive smoke or gas, or so equipped as
to permit oil or any other chemical to flow into or upon the exhaust pipe or muffler of such
vehicle, or equipped in any other way to produce or emit smoke or dangerous or annoying gases
from any portion of such vehicle, other than the ordinary gases emitted by the exhaust of an
internal combustion engine under normal operation.
(c)
(ORC 4513.22)
337.21 REAR-VIEW MIRROR; CLEAR VIEW TO FRONT, BOTH SIDES
AND REAR.
(a)
Every motor vehicle and motorcycle shall be equipped with a mirror so located as
to reflect to the operator a view of the street to the rear of such vehicle or motorcycle. Operators
of vehicles and motorcycles shall have a clear and unobstructed view to the front and to both sides
of their vehicles or motorcycles and shall have a clear view to the rear of their vehicles or
motorcycles by mirror.
(b)
(ORC 4513.23)
337.22 WINDSHIELD AND WINDSHIELD WIPER; SIGN OR
POSTER THEREON.
(a)
No person shall drive any motor vehicle on a street or highway, other than a
motorcycle or motorized bicycle, that is not equipped with a windshield.
(b)
(1)
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No person shall drive any motor vehicle, other than a bus, with any sign,
poster or other nontransparent material upon the front windshield,
sidewings, side or rear windows of such vehicle other than a certificate or
other paper required to be displayed by law, except that there may be in the
lower left-hand or right-hand corner of the windshield a sign, poster or
decal not to exceed four inches in height by six inches in width. No sign,
poster or decal shall be displayed in the front windshield in such a manner
as to conceal the vehicle identification number for the motor vehicle when
in accordance with federal law, that number is located inside the vehicle
passenger compartment and so placed as to be readable through the vehicle
glazing without moving any part of the vehicle.
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(3)
337.24
Subsection (b)(1) of this section does not apply to a person who is driving
a passenger car with an electronic device, including an antenna, electronic
tolling or other transponder, camera, directional navigation device, or other
similar electronic device located in the front windshield if the device meets
both of the following:
A.
It does not restrict the vehicle operator’s sight lines to the road and
highway signs and signals.
B.
It does not conceal the vehicle identification number.
Subsection (b)(1) of this section does not apply to a person who is driving
a commercial car with an electronic device, including an antenna, electronic
tolling or other transponder, camera, directional navigation device, or other
similar electronic device located in the front windshield if the device meets
both of the following:
A.
It does not restrict the vehicle operator’s sight lines to the road and
highway signs and signals.
B.
It is mounted not more than six inches below the upper edge of the
windshield and is outside the area swept by the vehicle’s windshield
wipers.
(c)
The windshield on every motor vehicle shall be equipped with a device for cleaning
rain, snow or other moisture from the windshield. The device shall be maintained in good
working order and so constructed as to be controlled or operated by the operator of the vehicle.
(d)
(ORC 4513.24)
337.23 LIMITED LOAD EXTENSION ON LEFT SIDE OF PASSENGER
VEHICLE.
(a)
No passenger-type vehicle shall be operated on a street with any load carried on
such vehicle which extends more than six inches beyond the line of the fenders on the vehicle's
left side.
(b)
is guilty of a misdemeanor of the third degree. (ORC 4513.30)
337.24 MOTOR VEHICLE STOP LIGHTS.
(a)
Every motor vehicle, trailer, semitrailer, and pole trailer when operated upon a
street or highway shall be equipped with two or more stop lights, except that passenger cars
manufactured or assembled prior to January 1, 1967, motorcycles, and motor-driven cycles shall
be equipped with at least one stop light. Stop lights shall be mounted on the rear of the vehicle,
actuated upon application of the service brake, and may be incorporated with other rear lights.
Such stop lights when actuated shall emit a red light visible from a distance of five hundred feet
to the rear, provided that in the case of a train of vehicles only the stop lights on the rear-most
vehicle need be visible from the distance specified.
Such stop lights when actuated shall give a steady warning light to the rear of a vehicle or
train of vehicles to indicate the intention of the operator to diminish the speed of or stop a vehicle
or train of vehicles.
When stop lights are used as required by this section, they shall be constructed or installed
so as to provide adequate and reliable illumination and shall conform to the appropriate rules and
regulations established under Ohio R.C. 4513.19.
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Historical motor vehicles as defined in Ohio R.C. 4503.181, not originally manufactured
with stop lights, are not subject to this section.
(b)
(ORC 4513.071)
337.25 AIR CLEANER REQUIRED.
(a)
No person shall operate a motor vehicle with an internal combustion engine unless
the carburetion system of the vehicle is protected with an air filter, a flame arresting device, or
any other accepted method of protection that is adequate for this purpose. If the original device
or system is replaced, it shall be replaced with one that is equal to or better than the original
equipment.
(b)
This section does not apply to a person doing automotive repair work on a motor
vehicle that necessitates this device being removed while the work is performed.
(c)
337.26 CHILD RESTRAINT SYSTEM USAGE.
(a)
When any child who is in either or both of the following categories is being
transported in a motor vehicle, other than a taxicab or public safety vehicle as defined in Ohio
R.C. 4511.01, that is required by the United States Department of Transportation to be equipped
with seat belts at the time of manufacture or assembly, the operator of the motor vehicle shall have
the child properly secured in accordance with the manufacturer's instructions in a child restraint
system that meets federal motor safety standards:
(1)
A child who is less than four years of age;
(2)
A child who weighs less than forty pounds.
(b)
When any child who is in either or both of the following categories is being
transported in a motor vehicle, other than a taxicab, that is owned, leased or otherwise under the
control of a nursery school, or day-care center, the operator of the motor vehicle shall have the
child properly secured in accordance with the manufacturer's instructions in a child restraint
system that meets federal motor vehicle safety standards:
(1)
A child who is less than four years of age;
(2)
A child who weighs less than forty pounds.
(c)
When any child who is less than eight years of age and less than four feet nine
inches in height, who is not required by subsection (a) or (b) of this section to be secured in a child
restraint system, is being transported in a motor vehicle, other than a taxicab or public safety
vehicle as defined in Ohio R.C. 4511.01 or a vehicle that is regulated under Ohio R.C. 5104.011,
that is required by the United States Department of Transportation to be equipped with seat belts
at the time of manufacture or assembly, the operator of the motor vehicle shall have the child
properly secured in accordance with the manufacturer’s instructions on a booster seat that meets
federal motor vehicle safety standards.
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(d)
When any child who is at least eight years of age but not older than fifteen years
of age and who is not otherwise required by subsection (a), (b) or (c) hereof to be secured in a
child restraint system or booster seat, is being transported in a motor vehicle, other than a taxicab
or public safety vehicle as defined in Ohio R.C. 4511.01, that is required by the United States
Department of Transportation to be equipped with seat belts at the time of manufacture or
assembly, the operator of the motor vehicle shall have the child properly restrained either in
accordance with the manufacturer’s instructions in a child restraint system that meets federal motor
vehicle safety standards or in an occupant restraining device as defined in Ohio R.C. 4513.263.
(e)
shall cause an operator of a motor vehicle being operated on any street or highway to stop the
motor vehicle for the sole purpose of determining whether a violation of subsection (c) or (d) of
this section has been or is being committed or for the sole purpose of issuing a ticket, citation, or
summons for a violation of subsection (c) or (d) of this section or causing the arrest of or
commencing a prosecution of a person for a violation of subsection (c) or (d) of this section, and
absent another violation of law, a law enforcement officer’s view of the interior or visual
inspection of a motor vehicle being operated on any street or highway may not be used for the
purpose of determining whether a violation of subsection (c) or (d) of this section has been or is
being committed.
(f)
The Ohio Director of Public Safety shall adopt such rules as are necessary to carry
out this section.
(g)
The failure of an operator of a motor vehicle to secure a child in a child restraint
system, a booster seat or an occupant restraining device as required by this section is not
negligence imputable to the child, is not admissible as evidence in any civil action involving the
rights of the child against any other person allegedly liable for injuries to the child, is not to be
used as a basis for a criminal prosecution of the operator of the motor vehicle other than a
prosecution for a violation of this section, and is not admissible as evidence in any criminal action
involving the operator of the motor vehicle other than a prosecution for a violation of this section.
(h)
This section does not apply when an emergency exists that threatens the life of any
person operating or occupying a motor vehicle that is being used to transport a child who
otherwise would be required to be restrained under this section. This section does not apply to
a person operating a motor vehicle who has an affidavit signed by a physician licensed to practice
in this State under Ohio R.C. Chapter 4731 or a chiropractor licensed to practice in this State
under Ohio R.C. Chapter 4734 that states that the child who otherwise would be required to be
restrained under this section has a physical impairment that makes use of a child restraint system,
booster seat or an occupant restraining device impossible or impractical, provided that the person
operating the vehicle has safely and appropriately restrained the child in accordance with any
recommendations of the physician or chiropractor as noted on the affidavit.
(i)
Nothing in this section shall be construed to require any person to carry with the
person the birth certificate of a child to prove the age of the child, but the production of a valid
birth certificate for a child showing that the child was not of an age to which this section applies
is a defense against any ticket, citation or summons issued for violating this section.
(j)
Whoever violates subsection (a), (b), (c) or (d) of this section shall be punished as
follows, provided that the failure of an operator of a motor vehicle to secure more than one child
in a child restraint system, booster seat, or occupant restraining device as required by this section
that occurred at the same time, on the same day, and at the same location is deemed to be a single
violation of this section:
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Except as otherwise provided in subsection (j)(2) of this section, the
offender is guilty of a minor misdemeanor and shall be fined not less than
twenty-five dollars ($25.00) nor more than seventy-five dollars ($75.00).
If the offender previously has been convicted of or pleaded guilty to a
violation of subsection (a), (b), (c) or (d) of this section or of a state law or
municipal ordinance that is substantially similar to any of those subsections,
the offender is guilty of a misdemeanor of the fourth degree.
(ORC 4511.81)
337.27 DRIVERS AND PASSENGERS REQUIRED TO WEAR SEAT BELTS.
(a)
(1)
"Automobile" means any commercial tractor, passenger car, commercial
car or truck that is required to be factory-equipped with an occupant
restraining device for the operator or any passenger by regulations adopted
by the United States Secretary of Transportation pursuant to the "National
Traffic and Motor Vehicle Safety Act of 1966," 80 Stat. 719, 15 U.S.C.A.
1392.
(2)
"Occupant restraining device" means a seat safety belt, shoulder belt,
harness or other safety device for restraining a person who is an operator
of or passenger in an automobile and that satisfies the minimum Federal
vehicle safety standards established by the United States Department of
Transportation.
(3)
"Passenger" means any person in an automobile, other than its operator,
who is occupying a seating position for which an occupant restraining
device is provided.
(4)
"Commercial tractor," "passenger car," and "commercial car" have the
same meanings as provided in Ohio R.C. 4501.01.
(5)
"Vehicle" and "motor vehicle", as used in the definitions of the terms set
forth in subsection (a)(4) hereof, have the same meanings as provided in
Chapter 301.
(6)
“Tort action” means a civil action for damages for injury, death, or loss to
person or property. “Tort action” includes a product liability claim, as
defined in Ohio R.C. 2307.71 and an asbestos claim, as defined in Ohio
R.C. 2307.91, but does not include a civil action for damages for breach
of contract or another agreement between persons.
(b)
No person shall do either of the following:
(1)
Operate an automobile on any street or highway unless that person is
wearing all of the available elements of a properly adjusted occupant
restraining device, or operate a school bus that has an occupant restraining
device installed for use in its operator's seat unless that person is wearing
all of the available elements of the device, as properly adjusted;
(2)
Operate an automobile on any street or highway unless each passenger in
the automobile who is subject to the requirement set forth in subsection
(b)(3) hereof is wearing all of the available elements of a properly adjusted
occupant restraining device;
(3)
Occupy, as a passenger, a seating position on the front seat of an
automobile being operated on any street or highway unless that person is
wearing all of the available elements of a properly adjusted occupant
restraining device;
(4)
Operate a taxicab on any street or highway unless all factory-equipped
occupant restraining devices in the taxicab are maintained in usable form.
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(c)
Subsection (b)(3) hereof does not apply to a person who is required by Section
337.26 to be secured in a child restraint device or booster seat. Subsection (b)(1) hereof does not
apply to a person who is an employee of the United States Postal Service or of a newspaper home
delivery service, during any period in which the person is engaged in the operation of an
automobile to deliver mail or newspapers to addressees. Subsections (b)(1) and (3) hereof do not
apply to a person who has an affidavit signed by a physician licensed to practice in this State under
Ohio R.C. Chapter 4731 or a chiropractor licensed to practice in this State under Ohio R.C.
Chapter 4734 that states that the person has a physical impairment that makes use of an occupant
restraining device impossible or impractical.
(d)
shall cause an operator of an automobile being operated on any street or highway to stop the
automobile for the sole purpose of determining whether a violation of subsection (b) hereof has
been or is being committed or for the sole purpose of issuing a ticket, citation or summons for a
violation of that nature or causing the arrest of or commencing a prosecution of a person for a
violation of that nature, and no law enforcement officer shall view the interior or visually inspect
any automobile being operated on any street or highway for the sole purpose of determining
whether a violation of that nature has been or is being committed.
(e)
All fines collected for violations of subsection (b) hereof shall be forwarded to the
Treasurer of State for deposit as provided in Ohio R.C. 4513.263.
(f)
(1)
(2)
Subject to subsection (f)(2) of this section, the failure of a person to wear
all of the available elements of a properly adjusted occupant restraining
device in violation of subsection (b)(1) or (3) or the failure of a person to
ensure that each minor who is a passenger of an automobile being operated
by that person is wearing all of the available elements of a properly adjusted
occupant restraining device, in violation of subsection (b)(2) of this section,
shall not be considered or used by the trier of fact in a tort action as
evidence of negligence or contributory negligence. But the trier of fact may
determine based on evidence admitted consistent with the Ohio rules of
evidence that the failure contributed to the harm alleged in the tort action
and may diminish a recovery of compensatory damages that represents
noneconomic loss, as defined in Ohio R.C. 2307.011 in a tort action that
could have been recovered but for the plaintiff’s failure to wear all of the
available elements of a properly adjusted occupant restraining device.
Evidence of that failure shall not be used as a basis for a criminal
prosecution of the person other than a prosecution for a violation of this
section; and shall not be admissible as evidence in a criminal action
involving the person other than a prosecution for a violation of this section.
If, at the time of an accident involving a passenger car equipped with
occupant restraining devices, any occupant of the passenger car who
sustained injury or death was not wearing an available occupant restraining
device, was not wearing all of the available elements of such a device, or
was not wearing such a device as properly adjusted, then, consistent with
the Rules of Evidence, the fact that the occupant was not wearing the
available occupant restraining device, was not wearing all of the available
elements of such a device, or was not wearing such a device as properly
adjusted is admissible in evidence in relation to any claim for relief in a tort
action to the extent that the claim for relief satisfies all of the following:
A.
It seeks to recover damages for injury or death to the occupant.
B.
The defendant in question is the manufacturer, designer, distributor
or seller of the passenger car.
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The claim for relief against the defendant in question is that the
injury or death sustained by the occupant was enhanced or
aggravated by some design defect in the passenger car or that the
passenger car was not crashworthy.
Whoever violates subsection (b)(1) of this section shall be fined thirty
dollars ($30.00).
Whoever violates subsection (b)(3) of this section shall be fined twenty
dollars ($20.00).
subsection (b)(4) of this section is guilty of a minor misdemeanor. If the
offender previously has been convicted of or pleaded guilty to a violation
of subsection (b)(4) of this section, whoever violates subsection (b)(4) of
this section is guilty of a misdemeanor of the third degree. (ORC 4513.263)
337.28 USE OF SUNSCREENING, NONTRANSPARENT AND
REFLECTORIZED MATERIALS.
(a)
Requirements.
(1)
No person shall operate, on any highway or other public or private property
open to the public for vehicular travel or parking, lease, or rent any motor
vehicle that is required to be registered in this State with any sunscreening
material, or other product or material which has the effect of making the
windshield or windows nontransparent or would alter the windows’ color,
increase its reflectivity, or reduce its light transmittance, unless the product
or material satisfies one of the following exceptions:
A.
Any manufacturer’s tinting or glazing of motor vehicle windows or
windshields that is otherwise in compliance with or permitted by
“Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard Number 205" (FMVSS
205) in effect at the time of the manufacture of the motor vehicle
until such standard is subsequently repealed or reduced. In
“Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard Number 205" (FMVSS
205) “manufacturer” means any person engaged in the
manufacturing or assembling of motor vehicles or motor vehicle
equipment, including any person importing motor vehicles or motor
vehicle equipment for resale.
B.
Any sunscreening material or other product or material applied to
the windshield when used in conjunction with the safety glazing
materials of such window, has a light transmittance of not less than
seventy per cent plus or minus three per cent and is not red or
yellow in color.
C.
the side windows to the immediate right or left of the driver, so long
as such material, when used in conjunction with the safety glazing
materials of such windows, has a light transmittance of not less than
fifty per cent plus or minus three per cent and is not red or yellow
in color.
D.
a window not otherwise listed in subsections (a)(1)A. to C. or E. of
this section, except that outside left and right rear view mirrors are
required if the sunscreening material is applied to the rear window
and the sunscreening material, when used in conjunction with the
safety glazing material of such window, has a light transmittance of
less than fifty per cent plus or minus three per cent.
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E.
(2)
(3)
(4)
(5)
(6)
Any sunscreening material or other product or material applied
along the top of the windshield and that does not extend downward
beyond the AS-1 line or five inches from the top of the windshield,
whichever is closer to the top, is not regulated by this section.
No person shall install in any motor vehicle any glass or other material that
fails to conform to the specifications of this section.
No used motor vehicle dealer or new motor vehicle dealer, as defined in
Ohio R.C. 4517.01, shall sell any motor vehicle that fails to conform to the
specifications of this section.
No reflectorized materials shall be permitted upon or in any front
windshield, side windows, sidewings or rear window.
No person shall operate on any highway or other public or private property
open to the public for vehicular travel or parking, lease, or rent any motor
vehicle that is required to be registered in this State that is equipped with
privacy drapes, louvers, curtains or blinds unless the drapes, louvers,
curtains or blinds are open and secure during vehicle operation.
All motor vehicles, beginning with the 1990 model year, must be equipped
with labels identifying sunscreening material. All sunscreening material
must indicate the manufacturer’s name and the percentage level of light
transmission of the material permanently installed between the material and
the surface to which the material is applied or affixed. Such label must be
legible and must be placed in the lower left-hand corner of the vehicle
window when viewed from the outside. (OAC 4501-41-03)
(b)
Exemptions. The provisions of this section do not apply to:
(1)
A motor vehicle registered in this State in the name of a person, or the
person's parent, legal guardian or spouse who has an affidavit signed by a
physician licensed to practice in this State under Ohio R.C. Chapter 4731
or an affidavit signed by an optometrist licensed to practice in this State
under Ohio R.C. Chapter 4725 that states that the person has a physical
condition that makes it necessary to equip such motor vehicle with
sunscreening material which would be of a light transmittance and/or
luminous reflectance in violation of this section. Such affidavit shall be in
the possession of the person so afflicted or the driver at all times while in
the motor vehicle;
(2)
The windows to the rear of the driver in chauffeured limousines as defined
herein;
(3)
The windows to the rear of the driver in those vehicles designed and used
to transport corpses which include hearses and other vehicles adapted for
such use; and
(4)
The manufacturer's tinting or glazing of motor vehicle windows or
windshields that is otherwise in compliance with or permitted by "Federal
Motor Vehicle Safety Standard Number 205" (FMVSS 205) in effect at the
time of the manufacture of the motor vehicle as provided in subsection (a)
hereof. (OAC 4501-41-05)
(c)
Definitions. As used in this section, certain terms are defined as follows:
(1)
"Motor vehicle" has the same meaning as specified in Section 301.20.
(2)
"Sunscreening material" means products or materials, including film,
glazing and perforated sunscreening, which, when applied to the windshield
or windows of a motor vehicle, reduce the effects of the sun with respect
to light reflectance or transmittance.
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(4)
(5)
(6)
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"Transmittance" means the ratio of the amount of total light, expressed in
percentages, which is allowed to pass through the product or material,
including glazing, to the amount of total light falling on the product or
material and the glazing.
"Windshield" means the front exterior viewing device of a motor vehicle.
"Window" means any device designed for exterior viewing from a motor
vehicle, except the windshield or any roof-mounted viewing device.
"Manufacturer" unless otherwise specified in this section, means any person
who engages in the manufacturing or assembling of sunscreening products
or materials or any person who fabricates, laminates or tempers a safety
glazing material, incorporating, during the manufacturing process, the
capacity to reflect or reduce the transmission of light.
“Chauffeured limousine” means a motor vehicle that is designed to carry
nine or fewer passengers and is operated for hire on an hourly basis
pursuant to a prearranged contract for the transportation of passengers on
public roads and highways along a route under the control of the person
hiring the vehicle and not over a defined and regular route. “Prearranged
contract” means an arrangement, made in advance of boarding, to provide
transportation from a specific location in a chauffeured limousine at a fixed
rate per hour or trip. “Chauffeured limousine” does not include any
vehicle that is used exclusively in the business of funeral directing.
(OAC 4501-41-02)
(d)
Penalty. Whoever violates this section is guilty of a minor misdemeanor.
(ORC 4513.241)
337.29 BUMPER HEIGHTS.
(a)
Definitions.
(1)
"Passenger car" means any motor vehicle with motive power, designed for
carrying ten persons or less, except a multipurpose passenger vehicle or
motorcycle.
(2)
"Multipurpose passenger vehicle" means a motor vehicle with motive
power, except a motorcycle, designed to carry ten persons or less, that is
constructed either on a truck chassis or with special features for occasional
off-road operation.
(3)
"Truck" means every motor vehicle, except trailers and semitrailers,
designed and used to carry property and having a gross vehicle weight
rating of 10,000 pounds or less.
(4)
"Manufacturer" has the same meaning as in Ohio R.C. 4501.01.
(5)
"Gross vehicle weight rating" means the manufacturer's gross vehicle
weight rating established for the vehicle.
(6)
"Body floor height" means the vertical distance between top of the frame
rail and the bottom of the passenger compartment (cab) floor. In the event
that the vehicle is a truck body, floor height will be measured by the
vertical distance between the passenger compartment (cab) floor and the
floor of the truck bed.
(7)
"Bumper height" means the vertical distance between the ground and the
highest point of the bottom of the bumper, measured when the vehicle is
laden on a level surface with the vehicle tires inflated to the manufacturer's
recommended pressure.
(8)
"Frame" means the main longitudinal structural members of the chassis of
the vehicle or, for vehicles with unitized body construction, the lowest main
longitudinal structural members of the body of the vehicle.
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(9)
337.29
“Wheel track distance” means the distance on the ground between the
center of the tire tread on one side of the vehicle, and the center of the tire
tread on the opposite side. (OAC 4501-43-02)
(b)
Prohibitions; Application.
(1)
No person shall operate upon a street or highway any passenger car,
multipurpose passenger vehicle, or truck registered in this State that does
not conform to the requirements of this section.
(2)
No person shall modify any motor vehicle registered in this State in such
a manner as to cause the vehicle body or chassis to come in contact with the
ground, expose the fuel tank to damage from collision, or cause the wheels
to come in contact with the body under normal operation, and no person
shall disconnect any part of the original suspension system of the vehicle to
defeat the safe operation of that system including the installation of
inverted, altered or modified suspension system component parts which
results in elevation of the height of the vehicle bumper or frame unit which
is not in compliance with this section.
(3)
multipurpose passenger vehicle or truck registered in this State without a
bumper on the front and rear of the vehicle if such vehicle was equipped
with bumpers as standard equipment by the manufacturer.
(4)
multipurpose passenger vehicle or truck registered in this State if the
difference in height between the body floor and the top of the frame exceeds
four inches.
(5)
Nothing contained in this section shall be construed to prohibit either of the
following:
A.
The installation upon a passenger car, multipurpose passenger
vehicle or truck registered in this State of heavy duty equipment,
including shock absorbers and overload springs as long as such
equipment does not cause the vehicle to be in violation of this
section;
B.
The operation on a street or highway of a passenger car,
multipurpose passenger vehicle or truck registered in this State with
normal wear to the suspension system if the normal wear does not
adversely affect the control of the vehicle.
(6)
This section does not apply to any specially designed or modified passenger
car, multipurpose passenger vehicle or truck when operated off a street or
highway in races and similar events.
(7)
A specially designed or modified passenger car, multipurpose passenger
vehicle or truck which does not conform to this section shall not be
operated on a street or highway.
(OAC 4501-43-03)
(c)
Specifications.
(1)
The horizontal bumper shall be at least 4.5 inches in vertical height,
centered on the vehicle's centerline, and extend no less than the width of the
respective wheel track distances. Bumpers shall be horizontal load bearing
bumpers and attached to the vehicle frame to effectively transfer impact
when engaged.
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(2)
Maximum bumper heights shall be determined by the type of vehicle at time
of manufacture. If other than a passenger vehicle, the maximum bumper
height shall be determined by the gross vehicle weight rating (GVWR) at
the time of manufacture. The height shall be measured in terms of the
vertical distance between the ground and the bottom of the bumper.
Maximum bumper heights are as follows:
Passenger Vehicles
All Other Vehicles:
4,500 lbs. and under GVWR
4,501 lbs. to 7,500 lbs. GVWR
(3)
(4)
Front (inches)
22
24
27
28
Rear (inches)
22
26
29
31
If the body and/or truck bed height is altered the difference in height
between the body floor and/or the truck bed floor to the top of the frame
rail shall not exceed four inches.
For any vehicle with bumpers or attaching components which have been
modified or altered from the original manufacturer's design in order to
conform with the maximum bumper requirements of this section, the
bumper height shall be measured from a level surface to the bottom of the
vehicle frame rail at the most forward and rearward points of the frame rail.
Frame rail height if bumper modified or altered:
Passenger Vehicles
All Other Vehicles:
4,500 lbs. and under GVWR
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Front (inches)
22
24
27
28
Rear (inches)
22
26
29
31
The height restriction in this subsection (c) applies to the distance from the
ground to the bottom of the frame rail under any one or more of the
following conditions:
A.
A motor vehicle is not equipped with a front and rear bumper.
B.
The bumper height relative to the frame rails has been altered.
C.
A supplemental bumper has been installed or an addition to the
original or replacement has been made.
(OAC 4501-43-04)
(d)
Whoever violates this section is guilty of a minor misdemeanor. If the offender has
previously been convicted of a violation of this section, the offender is guilty of a misdemeanor
of the third degree. (ORC 4513.021)
337.30 DIRECTIONAL SIGNALS REQUIRED.
(a)
(1)
No person shall operate any motor vehicle manufactured or assembled on
or after January 1, 1954, unless the vehicle is equipped with electrical or
mechanical directional signals.
(2)
No person shall operate any motorcycle or motor-driven cycle
manufactured or assembled on or after January 1, 1968, unless the vehicle
is equipped with electrical or mechanical directional signals.
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(b)
“Directional signals” means an electrical or mechanical signal device capable of
clearly indicating an intention to turn either to the right or to the left and which shall be visible
from both the front and rear.
(c)
All mechanical signal devices shall be self-illuminating devices when in use at the
times mentioned in Section 337.02.
(d)
(ORC 4513.261)
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Commercial and Heavy Vehicles
339.01 Oversize or overweight
vehicle operation on State
routes; State permit.
339.02 Use of local streets.
339.03 Maximum width, height and
length.
339.04 Route and load information.
339.05 Wheel protectors.
339.06 Vehicles transporting
explosives.
339.07 Towing requirements.
339.08 Loads dropping or leaking;
removal required; tracking
mud.
339.09 Shifting load; loose loads.
339.10 Vehicles with spikes, lugs
and chains.
339.11 Use of studded tires and
chains.
339.12 Engine braking.
CROSS REFERENCES
Weighing vehicle; removal of excess load - see Ohio R.C. 4513.33
Arrest notice of driver - see Ohio R.C. 5577.14
Slower moving vehicles to be driven in right-hand lane - see
TRAF. 331.01(b)
339.01 OVERSIZE OR OVERWEIGHT VEHICLE OPERATION ON STATE
ROUTES; STATE PERMIT.
(a)
No person shall operate or move a vehicle or combination of vehicles of a size or
weight of vehicle or load exceeding the maximum specified in Ohio R.C. 5577.01 to 5577.09,
inclusive, or otherwise not in conformity with Ohio R.C. 4513.01 to 4513.37, inclusive, upon any
State route within the Municipality, except pursuant to special written permit issued by the Ohio
Director of Transportation, or upon any local truck route. Every such permit shall be carried in
the vehicle or combination of vehicles to which it refers and shall be open to inspection by any
police officer.
No holder of a permit issued by the Ohio Director of Transportation shall be required to
obtain any local permit or license or pay any local fee or charge for movement on any State route
within the Municipality; however, it shall be unlawful to operate any such vehicle or combination
of vehicles upon any roadway within the Municipality which is not a State route, except as
provided in Section 339.02.
(b)
(ORC 4513.34)
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339.02 USE OF LOCAL STREETS.
(a)
No person, by himself or herself, or his or her agent, shall operate a truck, trailer
or semitrailer exceeding a size specified in subsection (a) hereof, or exceeding a gross weight of
five tons, upon any street in the Village other than a State route. However, this paragraph shall
not be applicable to operation of such vehicles upon East River Road from its intersection with
State Route 254 and its northerly intersection with State Route 611, nor upon 31st Street from the
westerly corporation line to East River Road, nor upon French Creek Road from its westerly
terminus to State Route 301 (Abbe Road), provided that such exceptions shall only apply when
operation upon such public ways is necessary to load or unload property. Further, this paragraph
shall not be applicable when such operation is necessary to go to or from the usual place of storage
of such vehicle upon such streets or to perform any other legitimate purpose other than passage
through the Village. (Ord. 1033. Passed 7-25-88.)
(b)
In the event a delivery or pick up must be made at a place on a Village street or
road which is not a State highway, the operator must proceed on a State highway to the closest
point to the point of delivery on a Village street or road, at which place he or she may enter upon
a Village street or road, and in leaving a point of delivery or pick-up on a Village street or road,
the operator must leave the Village street or road and enter upon the State highway at the point
nearest thereto.
(c)
This section does not apply to Village road maintenance equipment when working
upon a Village street or road.
(d)
In the event a truck is to be driven from a point within the Village to a point outside
the Village, it must enter upon a State highway nearest to the point of origin, and leave the Village
on that State highway, or a connecting State highway, without regard to the route which is closest
to the origin and destination of such truck. If a truck is being driven from a point outside the
Village to a point within the Village, it must enter the Village on a State highway and remain on
such State highway until it reaches a point or road or street nearest its destination.
(Ord. 342. Passed 4-29-62.)
(e)
Whoever violates any provision of this section is guilty of a minor misdemeanor
on a first offense; on a second offense within one year after the first offense, the person is guilty
of a misdemeanor of the fourth degree; on each subsequent offense within one year after the first
offense, the person is guilty of a misdemeanor of the third degree.
339.03 MAXIMUM WIDTH, HEIGHT AND LENGTH.
(a)
No vehicle shall be operated upon the public highways, streets, bridges and culverts
within the Municipality, whose dimensions exceed those specified in this section.
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(b)
No such vehicle shall have a width in excess of:
(1)
104 inches for passenger bus type vehicles operated exclusively within
municipal corporations;
(2)
102 inches, excluding such safety devices as are required by law, for
passenger bus type vehicles operated over freeways, and such other State
roads with minimum pavement widths of twenty-two feet, except those
roads or portions thereof over which operation of 102-inch buses is
prohibited by order of the Ohio Director of Transportation;
(3)
132 inches for traction engines;
(4)
102 inches for recreational vehicles, excluding safety devices and retracted
awnings and other appurtenances of six inches or less in width and except
that the Director may prohibit the operation of 102-inch recreational
vehicles on designated State highways or portions of highways;
(5)
102 inches, including load, for all other vehicles, except that the Director
may prohibit the operation of 102-inch vehicles on such State highways or
portions thereof as the Director designates.
(c)
No such vehicle shall have a length in excess of:
(1)
66 feet for passenger bus type vehicles and articulated passenger bus type
vehicles operated by a regional transit authority pursuant to Ohio R.C.
306.30 to 306.54;
(2)
45 feet for all other passenger bus type vehicles;
(3)
53 feet for any semitrailer when operated in a commercial tractorsemitrailer combination, with or without load, except that the Director may,
by journal entry, prohibit the operation of any such commercial tractorsemitrailer combination on such State routes or portions thereof as the
Director designates;
(4)
28.5 feet for any semitrailer or trailer when operated in a commercial
tractor-semitrailer-trailer or commercial tractor-semitrailer-semitrailer
combination, except that the Director may prohibit the operation of any
such commercial tractor-semitrailer-trailer or commercial tractorsemitrailer-semitrailer combination on such State routes or portions thereof
as the Director designates;
(5)
A.
97 feet for drive-away saddlemount vehicle transporter combinations
and drive-away saddlemount with fullmount vehicle transporter
combinations when operated on any interstate, United States route,
or State route, including reasonable access travel on all other
roadways for a distance not to exceed one road mile from any
interstate, United States route, or State route, not to exceed three
saddlemounted vehicles, but which may include one fullmount;
B.
75 feet for drive-away saddlemount vehicle transporter combinations
and drive-away saddlemount with fullmount vehicle transporter
combinations, when operated on any roadway not designated as an
interstate, United States route, or State route, not to exceed three
saddlemounted vehicles, but which may include one fullmount;
(6)
65 feet for any other combination of vehicles coupled together, with or
without load, except as provided in subsections (c)(3) and (4) and in
subsection (e) hereof;
(7)
45 feet for recreational vehicles.
(8)
40 feet for all other vehicles except trailers and semitrailers, with or without
load.
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(d)
No such vehicle shall have a height in excess of thirteen feet six inches, with or
without load.
(e)
An automobile transporter or boat transporter shall be allowed a length of sixty-five
feet and a stinger-steered automobile transporter or stinger-steered boat transporter shall be
allowed a length of seventy-five feet, except that the load thereon may extend no more than four
feet beyond the rear of such vehicles and may extend no more than three feet beyond the front of
such vehicles, and except further that the Director may prohibit the operation of any stingersteered automobile transporter or stinger-steered boat transporter or a B-train assembly on any
State highway or portion thereof that the Director designates.
(f)
The widths prescribed in subsection (b) shall not include side mirrors, turn signal
lamps, marker lamps, handholds for cab entry and egress, flexible fender extensions, mud flaps,
splash and spray suppressant devices, and load-induced tire bulge.
The width prescribed in subsection (b)(5) shall not include automatic covering devices, tarp
and tarp hardware, and tiedown assemblies, provided these safety devices do not extend more
than three inches from each side of the vehicle.
The lengths prescribed in subsections (c)(2) to (8) hereof shall not include safety devices,
bumpers attached to the front or rear of such bus or combination, B-train assembly used between
the first and second semitrailer of a commercial tractor-semitrailer-semitrailer combination, energy
conservation devices as provided in any regulations adopted by the Secretary of the United States
Department of Transportation, or any noncargo-carrying refrigeration equipment attached to the
front of trailers and semitrailers. In special cases, vehicles whose dimensions exceed those
prescribed by this section may operate in accordance with rules adopted by the Ohio Director of
Transportation.
(g)
This section does not apply to fire engines, fire trucks or other vehicles or apparatus
belonging to any municipal corporation or to the volunteer fire department of any municipal
corporation or used by such department in the discharge of its functions. This section does not
apply to vehicles and pole trailers used in the transportation of wooden and metal poles, nor to the
transportation of pipes or well-drilling equipment, nor to farm machinery and equipment. The
owner or operator of any vehicle, machinery or equipment not specifically enumerated in this
section but the dimensions of which exceed the dimensions provided by this section, when
operating the same on the highways and streets of this State shall comply with the rules of the
Director governing such movement, which the Director may adopt. Ohio R.C. 119.01 to 119.13
apply to any rules the Director adopts under this section, or the amendment or rescission thereof,
and any person adversely affected shall have the same right of appeal as provided in those sections.
This section does not require the State, the Municipality, County, township or any railroad
or other private corporation to provide sufficient vertical clearance to permit the operation of such
vehicle, or to make any changes in or about existing structures now crossing streets, roads and
other public thoroughfares in the Municipality.
(h)
As used in this section, “recreational vehicle” has the same meaning as in Ohio
R.C. 4501.01. (ORC 5577.05)
(i)
on a second offense or subsequent offense, the person is guilty of a misdemeanor of the fourth
degree. (ORC 5577.99)
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339.06
339.04 ROUTE AND LOAD INFORMATION.
Drivers of vehicles described in this chapter shall be required, upon request by a police
officer, to give full and true information as to the route they are following and the name of the
consignor and consignee and place of delivery or removal and the location of any consignment
being hauled or goods being removed, and upon a designation by such police officer of a route to
be followed, shall immediately adopt and pursue such route.
339.05 WHEEL PROTECTORS.
(a)
No person shall drive or operate, or cause to be driven or operated, any commercial
car, trailer or semitrailer, used for the transportation of goods or property, the gross weight of
which, with load, exceeds three tons, upon the streets, bridges and culverts within this
Municipality unless such vehicle is equipped with suitable metal protectors or substantial flexible
flaps on the rearmost wheels of such vehicle or combination of vehicles to prevent, as far as
practicable, the wheels from throwing dirt, water or other materials on the windshields of
following vehicles. Such protectors or flaps shall have a ground clearance of not more than onethird of the distance from the center of the rearmost axle to the center of the flaps under any
conditions of loading of the vehicle, and they shall be at least as wide as the tires they are
protecting. If the vehicle is so designed and constructed that such requirements are accomplished
by means of fenders, body construction or other means of enclosure, then no such protectors or
flaps are required. Rear wheels not covered at the top by fenders, bodies or other parts of the
vehicle shall be covered at the top by protective means extending at least to the center line of the
rearmost axle.
(ORC 5577.11)
(b)
339.06 VEHICLES TRANSPORTING EXPLOSIVES.
(a)
Any person operating any vehicle transporting explosives upon a street or highway
shall at all times comply with the following requirements:
(1)
Such vehicle shall be marked or placarded on each side and on the rear with
the word "EXPLOSIVES" in letters not less than eight inches high, or there
shall be displayed on the rear of such vehicle a red flag not less than
twenty-four inches square marked with the word "DANGER" in white
letters six inches high, or shall be marked or placarded in accordance with
Section 177.823 of the United States Department of Transportation
Regulations.
(2)
Such vehicle shall be equipped with not less than two fire extinguishers,
filled and ready for immediate use, and placed at convenient points on such
vehicle.
(b)
(ORC 4513.29)
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339.07 TOWING REQUIREMENTS.
(a)
When one vehicle is towing another vehicle, the drawbar or other connection shall
be of sufficient strength to pull all weight towed thereby, and such drawbar or other connection
shall not exceed fifteen feet from one vehicle to the other, except the connection between any two
vehicles transporting poles, pipe, machinery or other objects of structural nature which cannot
readily be dismembered.
(b)
When one vehicle is towing another and the connection consists only of a chain,
rope or cable, there shall be displayed upon such connection a white flag or cloth not less than
twelve inches square.
(c)
In addition to such drawbar or other connection, each trailer and each semitrailer
which is not connected to a commercial tractor by means of a fifth wheel shall be coupled with
stay chains or cables to the vehicle by which it is being drawn. The chains or cables shall be of
sufficient size and strength to prevent the towed vehicle's parting from the drawing vehicle in case
the drawbar or other connection should break or become disengaged. In case of a loaded pole
trailer, the connecting pole to the drawing vehicle shall be coupled to the drawing vehicle with stay
chains or cables of sufficient size and strength to prevent the towed vehicle's parting from the
drawing vehicle.
(d)
Every trailer or semitrailer, except pole and cable trailers and pole and cable dollies
operated by a public utility, as defined in Ohio R.C. 5727.01, shall be equipped with a coupling
device which shall be so designed and constructed that the trailer will follow substantially in the
path of the vehicle drawing it, without whipping or swerving from side to side. Vehicles used to
transport agricultural produce or agricultural production materials between a local place of storage
and supply and the farm, when drawn or towed on a street or highway at a speed of twenty-five
miles per hour or less, and vehicles designed and used exclusively to transport a boat between a
place of storage and a marina, or in and around a marina, when drawn or towed on a street or
highway for a distance of no more than ten miles and at a speed of twenty-five miles per hour or
less shall have a drawbar or other connection, including the hitch mounted on the towing vehicle,
which shall be of sufficient strength to pull all the weight towed thereby. Only one such vehicle
used to transport agricultural produce or agricultural production materials as provided in this
section may be towed or drawn at one time, except as follows:
(1)
An agricultural tractor may tow or draw more than one such vehicle;
(2)
A pickup truck or straight truck designed by the manufacturer to carry a
load of not less than one-half ton and not more than two tons may tow or
draw not more than two such vehicles that are being used to transport
agricultural produce from the farm to a local place of storage. No vehicle
being so towed by such a pickup truck or straight truck shall be considered
to be a motor vehicle.
(e)
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339.09
339.08 LOADS DROPPING OR LEAKING; REMOVAL REQUIRED;
TRACKING MUD.
(a)
No vehicle shall be driven or moved on any street, highway or other public place
unless such vehicle is so constructed, loaded or covered as to prevent any of its load from
dropping, sifting, leaking or otherwise escaping therefrom, except that sand or other substances
may be dropped for the purpose of securing traction, or water or other substances may be
sprinkled on a roadway in cleaning or maintaining such roadway.
(b)
Except for a farm vehicle used to transport agricultural produce or agricultural
production materials or a rubbish vehicle in the process of acquiring its load, no vehicle loaded
with garbage, swill, cans, bottles, waste paper, ashes, refuse, trash, rubbish, waste, wire, paper,
cartons, boxes, glass, solid waste or any other material of an unsanitary nature that is susceptible
to blowing or bouncing from a moving vehicle shall be driven or moved on any street, highway
or other public place unless the load is covered with a sufficient cover to prevent the load or any
part of the load from spilling onto the street, highway or other public place.
(ORC 4513.31)
(c)
No person shall operate any vehicle so as to track or drop mud, stones, gravel or
other similar material on any street, highway or other public place.
(d)
It shall be the duty of the driver of a vehicle who unlawfully drops or deposits mud,
stones, gravel or other similar material or permits the load or any portion thereof to be dropped
or deposited upon any street, highway or other public place to immediately remove the same or
cause it to be removed.
(e)
(ORC 4513.31)
339.09 SHIFTING LOAD; LOOSE LOADS.
(a)
In addition to any other lawful requirements of load distribution, no person shall
operate any vehicle upon a street or highway unless such vehicle is so laden as to prevent its
contents from shifting or otherwise unbalancing the vehicle to such an extent as to interfere with
the safe operation of the same.
(b)
No motor vehicle or trailer shall be driven unless the tailboard or tailgate,
tarpaulins, chains (except ground or contact chains), ropes, stakes, poles, and the like, or any part
of the load, are securely fastened to prevent dangling, flapping, swinging or falling from the side,
end or top of the load or body. All projecting cargo shall be properly guarded by a red flag or
cloth or a red light or lantern as required by Section 337.08.
(c)
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339.10 VEHICLES WITH SPIKES, LUGS AND CHAINS.
(a)
No person shall drive over the improved streets of this Municipality a traction
engine or tractor with tires or wheels equipped with ice picks, spuds, spikes, chains or other
projections of any kind extending beyond the cleats, or no person shall tow or in any way pull
another vehicle over the improved streets of this Municipality, which towed or pulled vehicle has
tires or wheels equipped with ice picks, spuds, spikes, chains or other projections of any kind.
"Traction engine" or "tractor," as used in this section, applies to all self-propelling engines
equipped with metal-tired wheels operated or propelled by any form of engine, motor or
mechanical power. (ORC 5589.08)
(b)
(ORC 5589.99)
339.11 USE OF STUDDED TIRES AND CHAINS.
(a)
For purposes of this section, "studded tire" means any tire designed for use on a
vehicle, and equipped with metal studs or studs of wear-resisting material that project beyond the
tread of the traction surface of the tire. "Motor vehicle," "street or highway," "public safety
vehicle" and "school bus" have the same meanings as given those terms in Chapter 301.
(b)
(1)
(2)
Except as provided in subsection (b)(2) hereof, no person shall operate any
motor vehicle, other than a public safety vehicle or bus, that is equipped
with studded tires on any street or highway, except during the period
extending from November 1 of each year through April 15 of the
succeeding year.
A person may operate a motor vehicle that is equipped with retractable
studded tires with the studs retracted at any time of the year, but shall
operate the motor vehicle with the studs extended only as provided in
subsection (b)(1) hereof.
(c)
This section does not apply to the use of tire chains when there is snow or ice on
the streets or highways where such chains are being used, or the immediate vicinity thereof.
(ORC 5589.081)
(d)
(ORC 5589.99)
339.12 ENGINE BRAKING.
(a)
No person shall apply an engine brake when operating a motor vehicle upon a street
or highway within the municipality in such manner as to cause excessive or unusual noise.
(Ord. 1885. Passed 11-11-02.)
(b)
339.99 PENALTY.
(EDITOR'S NOTE: See Section 303.99 for misdemeanor classifications and penalties.)
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Commercial Drivers
341.01 Definitions.
341.02 Exemptions.
341.03 Prerequisites to operation of
a commercial motor vehicle.
341.04 Prohibitions.
341.05 Criminal offenses.
341.06 Employment of drivers of
commercial vehicles.
CROSS REFERENCES
Disqualification - see Ohio R.C. 4506.16
Suspension or revocation of license - see Ohio R.C. 4507.16
Warning devices when disabled on freeways - see Ohio R.C. 4513.28
Arrest notice of driver - see Ohio R.C. 5577.14
Load limits - see TRAF. Ch. 339
341.01 DEFINITIONS.
(a)
"Alcohol concentration" means the concentration of alcohol in a person's blood,
breath or urine. When expressed as a percentage, it means grams of alcohol per
the following:
(1)
One hundred milliliters of whole blood, blood serum, or blood plasma;
(2)
Two hundred ten liters of breath;
(3)
One hundred milliliters of urine.
(b)
"Commercial driver's license" means a license issued in accordance with Ohio
R.C. Chapter 4506 that authorizes an individual to drive a commercial motor
vehicle.
(c)
"Commercial motor vehicle" means any motor vehicle designed or used to
transport persons or property that meets any of the following qualifications:
(1)
Any combination of vehicles with a combined gross vehicle weight rating
of 26,001 pounds or more, provided the gross vehicle weight rating of the
vehicle or vehicles being towed is in excess of 10,000 pounds;
(2)
Any single vehicle with a gross vehicle weight rating of 26,001 pounds or
more, or any such vehicle towing a vehicle having a gross vehicle weight
rating that is not in excess of 10,000 pounds;
(3)
Any single vehicle or combination of vehicles that is not a class A or class
B vehicle, but is designed to transport sixteen or more passengers including
the driver;
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Any school bus with a gross vehicle weight rating of less than 26,001
pounds that is designed to transport fewer than sixteen passengers including
the driver;
(5)
Is transporting hazardous materials for which placarding is required under
subpart F of 49 C.F.R. part 172, as amended;
(6)
Any single vehicle or combination of vehicles that is designed to be
operated and to travel on a public street or highway and is considered by
the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration to be a commercial motor
vehicle, including, but not limited to, a motorized crane, a vehicle whose
function is to pump cement, a rig for drilling wells, and a portable crane.
"Controlled substance" means all of the following:
(1)
Any substance classified as a controlled substance under the "Controlled
Substances Act," 80 Stat. 1242 (1970), 21 U.S.C.A. 802(6), as amended;
(2)
Any substance included in schedules I through V of 21 C.F.R. part 1308,
as amended;
(3)
Any drug of abuse.
"Disqualification" means any of the following:
(1)
The suspension, revocation, or cancellation of a person’s privileges to
operate a commercial motor vehicle;
(2)
Any withdrawal of a person’s privileges to operate a commercial motor
vehicle as the result of a violation of state or local law relating to motor
vehicle traffic control other than parking, vehicle weight, or vehicle defect
violations;
(3)
A determination by the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration that
a person is not qualified to operate a commercial motor vehicle under 49
C.F.R. 391.
"Drive" means to drive, operate or be in physical control of a motor vehicle.
"Driver" means any person who drives, operates or is in physical control of a
commercial motor vehicle or is required to have a commercial driver's license.
"Driver's license" means a license issued by the Ohio Bureau of Motor Vehicles
that authorizes an individual to drive.
"Drug of abuse" means any controlled substance, dangerous drug as defined in
Ohio R.C. 4729.01 or over-the-counter medication that, when taken in quantities
exceeding the recommended dosage, can result in impairment of judgment or
reflexes.
"Employer" means any person, including the Federal Government, any state and
a political subdivision of any state, that owns or leases a commercial motor vehicle
or assigns a person to drive such a motor vehicle.
“Farm truck” means a truck controlled and operated by a farmer for use in the
transportation to or from a farm, for a distance of not more than one hundred fifty
miles, of products of the farm, including livestock and its products, poultry and its
products, floricultural and horticultural products, and in the transportation to the
farm, from a distance of not more than one hundred fifty miles, of supplies for the
farm, including tile, fence, and every other thing or commodity used in
agricultural, floricultural, horticultural, livestock and poultry production, and
livestock, poultry and other animals and things used for breeding, feeding, or other
purposes connected with the operation of the farm, when the truck is operated in
accordance with this subsection and is not used in the operations of a motor
transportation company or private motor carrier.
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(m)
(n)
(o)
(p)
(q)
(r)
(s)
(t)
(u)
(v)
(w)
341.03
"Felony" means any offense under federal or state law that is punishable by death
or specifically classified as a felony under the law of this State, regardless of the
penalty that may be imposed.
"Foreign jurisdiction" means any jurisdiction other than a state.
"Gross vehicle weight rating" means the value specified by the manufacturer as the
maximum loaded weight of a single or a combination vehicle. The gross vehicle
weight rating of a combination vehicle is the gross vehicle weight rating of the
power unit plus the gross vehicle weight rating of each towed unit.
"Hazardous materials" means any material that has been designated as hazardous
under 49 U.S.C. 5103 and is required to be placarded under subpart F of 49
C.F.R. part 172 or any quatity of a material listed as a select agent or toxin in 42
C.F.R. part 73, as amended.
"Motor vehicle" means a vehicle, machine, tractor, trailer, or semitrailer propelled
or drawn by mechanical power used on highways, except that such term does not
include a vehicle, machine, tractor, trailer or semitrailer operated exclusively on
a rail.
“Out-of-service order” means a declaration by an authorized enforcement officer
of a federal, state, local, Canadian or Mexican jurisdiction declaring that a driver,
commercial motor vehicle or commercial motor carrier operation is out of service
as defined in 49 C.F.R. 390.5.
“Public safety vehicle” has the same meaning as in divisions (E)(1) and (3) of Ohio
R.C. 4511.01.
“Recreational vehicle” includes every vehicle that is defined as a recreational
vehicle in Ohio R.C. 4501.01 and is used exclusively for purposes other than
engaging in business for profit.
“School bus” has the same meaning as in Ohio R.C. 4511.01.
"State" means a state of the United States and includes the District of Columbia.
"United States" means the fifty states and the District of Columbia.
"Vehicle" has the same meaning as in Ohio R.C. 4511.01.
(ORC 4506.01)
341.02 EXEMPTIONS.
Section 341.02 has been deleted from the Codified Ordinances. Former Ohio R.C.
4506.02 from which Section 341.02 was derived was repealed by Am. Sub. H.B. No. 68,
effective June 29, 2005. The exemptions are now contained in Section 341.03.
apply:
341.03 PREREQUISITES TO OPERATION OF A COMMERCIAL MOTOR
VEHICLE.
(a)
Except as provided in subsections (b) and (c) of this section, the following shall
(1)
No person shall drive a commercial motor vehicle on a highway in this
Municipality unless the person holds, and has in the person’s possession,
a valid commercial driver’s license with proper endorsements for the motor
vehicle being driven, issued by the Registrar of Motor Vehicles, a valid
examiner’s commercial driving permit issued under Ohio R.C. 4506.13, a
valid restricted commercial driver’s license and waiver for farm-related
service industries issued under Ohio R.C. 4506.24, or a valid commercial
driver’s license temporary instruction permit issued by the Registrar and is
accompanied by an authorized state driver’s license examiner or tester or
a person who has been issued and has in the person’s immediate possession
a current, valid commercial driver’s license with proper endorsements for
the motor vehicle being driven.
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No person who has been a resident of this State for thirty days or longer
shall drive a commercial motor vehicle under the authority of a commercial
driver’s license issued by another jurisdiction.
(b)
Nothing in subsection (a) of this section applies to any qualified person when
engaged in the operation of any of the following:
(1)
A farm truck;
(2)
Fire equipment for a fire department, volunteer or nonvolunteer fire
company, fire district, or joint fire district;
(3)
A public safety vehicle used to provide transportation or emergency medical
service for ill or injured persons;
(4)
A recreational vehicle;
(5)
A commercial motor vehicle within the boundaries of an eligible unit of
local government, if the person is employed by the eligible unit of local
government and is operating the commercial motor vehicle for the purpose
of removing snow or ice from a roadway by plowing, sanding, or salting,
but only if either the employee who holds a commercial driver’s license
issued under Ohio R.C. Chapter 4506 and ordinarily operates a commercial
motor vehicle for these purposes is unable to operate the vehicle, or the
employing eligible unit of local government determines that a snow or ice
emergency exists that requires additional assistance;
(6)
A vehicle operated for military purposes by any member or uniformed
employee of the armed forces of the United States or their reserve
components, including the Ohio national guard. This exception does not
apply to United States reserved technicians.
(7)
A commercial motor vehicle that is operated for nonbusiness purposes.
“Operated for nonbusiness purposes” means that the commercial motor
vehicle is not used in commerce as “commerce” is defined in 49 C.F.R.
383.5, as amended, and is not regulated by the Public Utilities Commission
pursuant to Ohio R.C. Chapter 4919, 4921, or 4923.
(8)
A motor vehicle that is designed primarily for the transportation of goods
and not persons, while that motor vehicle is being used for the occasional
transportation of personal property by individuals not for compensation and
not in the furtherance of a commercial enterprise.
(9)
A police SWAT team vehicle.
(10) A police vehicle used to transport prisoners.
(c)
Nothing contained in subsection (b)(5) of this section shall be construed as
preempting or superseding any law, rule, or regulation of this State concerning the safe operation
of commercial motor vehicles.
(d)
(ORC 4506.03)
341.04 PROHIBITIONS.
(a)
(1)
Drive a commercial motor vehicle while having in the person’s possession
or otherwise under the person’s control more than one valid driver's license
issued by this State, any other state or by a foreign jurisdiction;
(2)
Drive a commercial motor vehicle on a highway in this Municipality in
violation of an out-of-service order, while the person’s driving privilege is
suspended, revoked or canceled, or while the person is subject to
disqualification;
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(3)
341.06
Drive a motor vehicle on a highway in this Municipality under authority of
a commercial driver's license issued by another state or a foreign
jurisdiction, after having been a resident of this State for thirty days or
longer.
(b)
(ORC 4506.04)
341.05 CRIMINAL OFFENSES.
(a)
(1)
Drive a commercial motor vehicle while having a measureable or detectable
amount of alcohol or of a controlled substance in the person’s blood, breath
or urine;
(2)
Drive a commercial motor vehicle while having an alcohol concentration of
four-hundredths of one per cent or more by whole blood or breath;
(3)
Driver a commercial motor vehicle while having an alcohol concentration
of forty-eight-thousandths of one per cent or more by blood serum or blood
plasma;
(4)
Driver a commercial motor vehicle while having an alcohol concentration
of fifty-six-thousandths of one per cent or more by urine;
(5)
Drive a motor vehicle while under the influence of a controlled substance;
(6)
Use a motor vehicle in the commission of a felony;
(7)
Refuse to submit to a test under Ohio R.C. 4506.17;
(8)
Operate a commercial motor vehicle while the person’s commercial driving
privileges are revoked, suspended, canceled, or disqualified;
(9)
Cause a fatality through the negligent operation of a commercial motor
vehicle, including, but not limited to, the offenses of aggravated vehicular
homicide, vehicular homicide, and vehicular manslaughter;
(10) Use a motor vehicle in the commission of a felony involving the
manufacture, distribution, or dispensing of a controlled substance as defined
in Ohio R.C. 3719.01 or the possession with intent to manufacture,
distribute, or dispense a controlled substance;
(11) Drive a commercial motor vehicle in violation of any provision of Ohio
R.C. 4511.61 to 4511.63 or any federal or local law or ordinance
pertaining to railroad-highway grade crossings;
(12) Violate any prohibition described in subsections (a)(2) to (11) of this section
while transporting hazardous materials.
(b)
(ORC 4506.15)
341.06 EMPLOYMENT OF DRIVERS OF COMMERCIAL VEHICLES.
(a)
Each employer shall require every applicant for employment as a driver of a
commercial motor vehicle to provide the information specified in Ohio R.C. 4506.19.
(b)
No employer shall knowingly permit or authorize any driver employed by the
employer to drive a commercial motor vehicle during any period in which any of the following
apply:
(1)
The driver's commercial driver's license is suspended, revoked or canceled
by any state or a foreign jurisdiction;
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(3)
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The driver has lost the privilege to drive, or currently is disqualified from
driving, a commercial motor vehicle in any state or foreign jurisdiction;
The driver is subject to an out-of-service order in any state or a foreign
jurisdiction;
The driver has more than one driver's license.
(c)
No employer shall knowingly permit or authorize a driver to operate a commercial
motor vehicle in violation of Section 341.05.
(d)
Whoever violates subsection (c) of this section may be assessed a fine not to exceed
ten thousand dollars. (ORC 4506.20)
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TITLE SEVEN - Parking
Chap. 351. Parking Generally.
CHAPTER 351
Parking Generally
351.01 Police may remove unattended
vehicle which obstructs
traffic.
351.02 Registered owner primafacie liable for unlawful
parking.
351.03 Prohibited standing or
parking places.
351.04 Parking near curb; handicapped locations on
public and private lots
and garages.
351.05 Manner of angle parking.
351.06 Selling, washing or
repairing vehicle upon
roadway.
351.07 Unattended vehicle: duty
to stop engine, remove
key, set brake and turn
wheels.
351.08 Opening vehicle door on
traffic side.
351.09 Truck loading zones.
351.10 Bus stops and taxicab
stands.
351.11 Parking in alleys and
narrow streets; exceptions.
351.12 Prohibition against parking
on streets or highways.
351.13 Parking on posted private
property.
351.14 Removal of vehicles from streets
during emergencies.
351.15 Snow emergencies.
CROSS REFERENCES
Owner nonliability, lease defense - see Ohio R.C. 4511.071
Police may remove ignition key from unattended vehicle - see
TRAF. 303.03
Parking near stopped fire apparatus - see TRAF. 331.27
Lights on parked or stopped vehicles - see TRAF. 337.09
351.01 POLICE MAY REMOVE UNATTENDED VEHICLE WHICH
OBSTRUCTS TRAFFIC.
Whenever any police officer finds a vehicle unattended upon any street, bridge or
causeway, or in any tunnel, where such vehicle constitutes an obstruction to traffic, such officer
may provide for the removal of such vehicle to the nearest garage or other place of safety.
(ORC 4511.67)
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351.02 REGISTERED OWNER PRIMA-FACIE LIABLE FOR UNLAWFUL
PARKING.
In any hearing on a charge of illegally parking a motor vehicle, testimony that a vehicle
bearing a certain license plate was found unlawfully parked as prohibited by the provisions of this
Traffic Code, and further testimony that the record of the Ohio Registrar of Motor Vehicles shows
that the license plate was issued to the defendant, shall be prima-facie evidence that the vehicle
which was unlawfully parked, was so parked by the defendant. A certified registration copy,
showing such fact, from the Registrar shall be proof of such ownership.
351.03 PROHIBITED STANDING OR PARKING PLACES.
(a)
No person shall stand or park a vehicle, except when necessary to avoid conflict
with other traffic or to comply with the provisions of this Traffic Code, or while obeying the
directions of a police officer or a traffic control device, in any of the following places:
(1)
On a sidewalk, curb or street lawn area, except a bicycle;
(2)
In front of a public or private driveway;
(3)
Within an intersection;
(4)
Within ten feet of a fire hydrant;
(5)
On a crosswalk;
(6)
Within twenty feet of a crosswalk at an intersection;
(7)
Within thirty feet of, and upon the approach to, any flashing beacon, stop
sign or traffic control device;
(8)
Between a safety zone and the adjacent curb or within thirty feet of points
on the curb immediately opposite the end of a safety zone, unless a different
length is indicated by a traffic control device;
(9)
Within fifty feet of the nearest rail of a railroad crossing;
(10) Within twenty feet of a driveway entrance to any fire station and, on the
side of the street opposite the entrance to any fire station, within seventyfive feet of the entrance when it is properly posted with signs;
(11) Alongside or opposite any street excavation or obstruction when such
standing or parking would obstruct traffic;
(12) Alongside any vehicle stopped or parked at the edge or curb of a street;
(13) Upon any bridge or other elevated structure upon a street, or within a street
tunnel;
(14) At any place where signs prohibit stopping, standing or parking, or where
the curbing or street is painted yellow, or at any place in excess of the
maximum time limited by signs;
(15) Within one foot of another parked vehicle;
(16) On the roadway portion of a freeway, expressway or thruway.
(17) On the roadway portion of any cul-de-sac.
(Ord. 2053. Passed 2-27-06.)
(b)
(ORC 4511.68)
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351.04
351.04 PARKING NEAR CURB; HANDICAPPED LOCATIONS ON PUBLIC
AND PRIVATE LOTS AND GARAGES.
(a)
Every vehicle stopped or parked upon a roadway where there is an adjacent curb
shall be stopped or parked with the curb side wheels of the vehicle parallel with and not more than
twelve inches from the curb, unless it is impossible to approach so close to the curb; in such case
the stop shall be as close to the curb as possible and only for the time necessary to discharge and
receive passengers or to load or unload merchandise.
(b)
(1)
(2)
(c)
(1)
(2)
This subsection does not apply to streets or parts thereof where angle
parking is lawfully permitted. However, no angle parking shall be
permitted on a state route unless an unoccupied roadway width of not less
than twenty-five feet is available for free-moving traffic.
A.
No angled parking space that is located on a state route within a
municipal corporation is subject to elimination, irrespective of
whether there is or is not at least twenty-five feet of unoccupied
roadway width available for free-moving traffic at the location of
that angled parking space, unless the municipal corporation
approves of the elimination of the angled parking space.
B.
Replacement, repainting or any other repair performed by or on
behalf of the municipal corporation of the lines that indicate the
angled parking space does not constitute an intent by the municipal
corporation to eliminate the angled parking space.
Except as provided in subsection (c)(2) hereof, no vehicle shall be stopped
or parked on a road or highway with the vehicle facing in a direction other
than the direction of travel on that side of the road or highway.
The operator of a motorcycle may back the motorcycle into an angled
parking space so that when the motorcycle is parked it is facing in a
direction other than the direction of travel on the side of the road or
highway.
(d)
Notwithstanding any provision of this Code or any rule, air compressors, tractors,
trucks and other equipment, while being used in the construction, reconstruction, installation,
repair or removal of facilities near, on, over or under a street, may stop, stand or park where
necessary in order to perform such work, provided a flagperson is on duty, or warning signs or
lights are displayed as may be prescribed by the Ohio Director of Transportation.
(e)
Special parking locations and privileges for persons with disabilities that limit or
impair the ability to walk, also known as handicapped parking spaces or disability parking spaces
shall be provided and designated by the Municipality and all agencies and instrumentalities thereof
at all offices and facilities, where parking is provided, whether owned, rented or leased, and at
all publicly owned parking garages. The locations shall be designated through the posting of an
elevated sign, whether permanently affixed or movable, imprinted with the international symbol
of access and shall be reasonably close to exits, entrances, elevators and ramps. All elevated signs
posted in accordance with this subsection and Ohio R.C. 3781.111 (C) shall be mounted on a fixed
or movable post, and the distance from the ground to the top edge of the sign shall measure five
feet. If a new sign or a replacement sign designating a special parking location is posted on or
after October 14, 1999, there also shall be affixed upon the surface of that sign or affixed next to
the designating sign a notice that states the fine applicable for the offense of parking a motor
vehicle in the special designated parking location if the motor vehicle is not legally entitled to be
parked in that location.
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No person shall stop, stand or park any motor vehicle at special parking
locations provided under subsection (e) hereof, or at special clearly marked
parking locations provided in or on privately owned parking lots, parking
garages, or other parking areas and designated in accordance with
subsection (e) hereof, unless one of the following applies:
A.
The motor vehicle is being operated by or for the transport of a
person with a disability that limits or impairs the ability to walk and
is displaying a valid removable windshield placard or special license
plates;
B.
The motor vehicle is being operated by or for the transport of a
handicapped person and is displaying a parking card or special
handicapped license plates.
Any motor vehicle that is parked in a special marked parking location in
violation of subsection (f)(1) of this section may be towed or otherwise
removed from the parking location by the Police Department. A motor
vehicle that is so towed or removed shall not be released to its owner until
the owner presents proof of ownership of the motor vehicle and pays all
towing and storage fees normally imposed by the Municipality for towing
and storing motor vehicles. If the motor vehicle is a leased vehicle, it shall
not be released to the lessee until the lessee presents proof that that person
is the lessee of the motor vehicle and pays all towing and storage fees
normally imposed by the Municipality for towing and storing motor
vehicles.
If a person is charged with a violation of subsection (f)(1) of this section,
it is an affirmative defense to the charge that the person suffered an injury
not more than seventy-two hours prior to the time the person was issued the
ticket or citation and that, because of the injury, the person meets at least
one of the criteria contained in Ohio R.C. 4503.44(A)(1).
(g)
When a motor vehicle is being operated by or for the transport of a person with a
disability that limits or impairs the ability to walk and is displaying a removable windshield placard
or a temporary removable windshield placard or special license plates, or when a motor vehicle
is being operated by or for the transport of a handicapped person and is displaying a parking card
or special handicapped license plates, the motor vehicle is permitted to park for a period of two
hours in excess of the legal parking period permitted by local authorities, except where local
ordinances or police rules provide otherwise or where the vehicle is parked in such a manner as
to be clearly a traffic hazard.
(h)
(1)
"Handicapped person" means any person who has lost the use of one or
both legs, or one or both arms, who is blind, deaf or so severely
handicapped as to be unable to move without the aid of crutches or a
wheelchair, or whose mobility is restricted by a permanent cardiovascular,
pulmonary or other handicapping condition.
(2)
"Person with a disability that limits or impairs the ability to walk" has the
same meaning as in Ohio R.C. 4503.44.
(3)
"Special license plates" and "removable windshield placard" mean any
license plates or removable windshield placard or temporary removable
windshield placard issued under Ohio R.C. 4503.41 or 4503.44, and also
mean any substantially similar license plates or removable windshield
placard or temporary removable windshield placard issued by a state,
district, country or sovereignty.
(i)
(1)
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A.
Whoever violates subsection (f)(1)A. or B. of this section is guilty
of a misdemeanor and shall be punished as provided in subsection
(i)(2)A. and B. of this section. Except as otherwise provided in
subsection (i)(2)A. of this section, an offender who violates
subsection (f)(1)A. or B. of this section shall be fined not less than
two hundred fifty dollars ($250.00) nor more than five hundred
dollars ($500.00). An offender who violates subsection (f)(1)A. or
B. of this section shall be fined not more than one hundred dollars
($100.00) if the offender, prior to sentencing, proves either of the
following to the satisfaction of the court:
1.
At the time of the violation of subsection (f)(1)A. of this
section, the offender or the person for whose transport the
motor vehicle was being operated had been issued a
removable windshield placard that then was valid or special
license plates that then were valid but the offender or the
person neglected to display the placard or license plates as
described in subsection (f)(1)A. of this section.
2.
At the time of the violation of subsection (f)(1)B. of this
section, the offender or the person for whose transport the
motor vehicle was being operated had been issued a parking
card that then was valid or special handicapped license plates
that then were valid but the offender or the person neglected
to display the card or license plates as described in
subsection (f)(1)B. of this section.
B.
In no case shall an offender who violates subsection (f)(1)A. or B.
of this section be sentenced to any term of imprisonment.
An arrest or conviction for a violation of subsection (f)(1)A. or B. of this section
does not constitute a criminal record and need not be reported by the person so
arrested or convicted in response to any inquiries contained in any application for
employment, license, or other right or privilege, or made in connection with the
person’s appearance as a witness. (ORC 4511.69)
351.05 MANNER OF ANGLE PARKING.
(a)
Upon streets where angle parking is permitted, no person shall stop, stand or park
a vehicle other than at the angle to the curb or edge of the roadway as is indicated by appropriate
signs or markings.
(b)
351.06 SELLING, WASHING OR REPAIRING VEHICLE UPON ROADWAY.
(a)
No person shall stop, stand or park a vehicle upon any roadway for the principal
purpose of:
(1)
Displaying such vehicle for sale;
(2)
Washing, greasing or repairing such vehicle except repairs necessitated by
an emergency.
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(b)
351.07 UNATTENDED VEHICLE: DUTY TO STOP ENGINE, REMOVE KEY,
SET BRAKE AND TURN WHEELS.
(a)
No person driving or in charge of a motor vehicle shall permit it to stand unattended
without first stopping the engine, locking the ignition, removing the key from the ignition,
effectively setting the parking brake, and, when the motor vehicle is standing upon any grade,
turning the front wheels to the curb or side of the highway.
The requirements of this section relating to the stopping of the engine, locking of the
ignition and removing the key from the ignition of a motor vehicle shall not apply to an emergency
vehicle or a public safety vehicle.
(b)
(ORC 4511.661)
351.08 OPENING VEHICLE DOOR ON TRAFFIC SIDE.
(a)
No person shall open the door of a vehicle on the side available to moving traffic
unless and until it is reasonably safe to do so, and can be done without interfering with the
movement of other traffic, nor shall any person leave a door open on the side of a vehicle available
to moving traffic for a period of time longer than necessary to load or unload passengers.
(b)
(ORC 4511.70(C), (D))
351.09 TRUCK LOADING ZONES.
(a)
No person shall stop, stand or park a vehicle for any purpose or length of time other
than for the expeditious unloading and delivery or pickup and loading of materials in any place
marked as a truck loading zone during hours when the provisions applicable to such zones are in
effect. In no case shall the stop for loading and unloading of materials exceed thirty minutes.
(b)
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351.10 BUS STOPS AND TAXICAB STANDS.
(a)
No person shall stop, stand or park a vehicle other than a bus in a bus stop, or other
than a taxicab in a taxicab stand when any such stop or stand has been officially designated and
appropriately posted, except that the driver of a passenger vehicle may temporarily stop therein
for the purpose of and while actually engaged in loading or unloading passengers when such
stopping does not interfere with any bus or taxicab waiting to enter or about to enter such zone,
and then only for a period not to exceed three minutes, if such stopping is not prohibited therein
by posted signs.
(b)
The operator of a bus shall not stop, stand or park such vehicle upon any street at
any place for the purpose of loading or unloading passengers or their baggage other than at a bus
stop so designated and posted as such, except in case of an emergency.
(c)
The operator of a bus shall enter a bus stop on a public street in such a manner that
the bus when stopped to load or unload passengers or baggage shall be in a position with the right
front wheel of such vehicle not further than eighteen inches from the curb and the bus
approximately parallel to the curb so as not to unduly impede the movement of other vehicular
traffic.
(d)
The operator of a taxicab shall not stand or park such vehicle upon any street at any
place other than in a taxicab stand so designated and posted as such. This provision shall not
prevent the operator of a taxicab from temporarily stopping in accordance with other stopping or
parking provisions at any place for the purpose of and while actually engaged in the expeditious
loading or unloading of passengers.
(e)
351.11 PARKING IN ALLEYS AND NARROW STREETS; EXCEPTIONS.
(a)
No person shall stop, stand or park any vehicle upon a street, other than an alley,
in such a manner or under such conditions as to leave available less than ten feet of the width of
the roadway for free movement of vehicular traffic, except that a driver may stop temporarily
during the actual loading or unloading of passengers or when directed to by a police officer or
traffic control signal.
Except as otherwise provided by law, no person shall stop, stand or park a vehicle within
an alley except while actually loading and unloading, and then only for a period not to exceed
thirty minutes.
(b)
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351.12 PROHIBITION AGAINST PARKING ON STREETS OR HIGHWAYS.
(a)
Upon any street or highway outside a business or residence district, no person shall
stop, park or leave standing any vehicle, whether attended or unattended, upon the paved or main
traveled part of the street or highway if it is practicable to stop, park or so leave such vehicle off
the paved or main traveled part of such street or highway. In every event, a clear and
unobstructed portion of the street or highway opposite such standing vehicle shall be left for the
free passage of other vehicles, and a clear view of such stopped vehicle shall be available from a
distance of 200 feet in each direction upon such street or highway. No parking is permitted on
the fire hydrant side of the street at any time. Parking is permitted on the side of the street without
the fire hydrants during the hours of 6 a.m. to 11 p.m. No parking on any street is allowed
between 11 p.m. and 6 a.m. except in an emergency. In any emergency situation the Village
Police Department shall be notified. No vehicle shall be parked on a Village street or State
highway when there is any snow on the street or it is beginning to snow. A resident may seek
permission to temporarily park or leave standing on the street a vehicle in front of their residence
upon notice to the Village Police Department.
This section does not apply to the driver of any vehicle which is disabled while on the
paved or improved or main traveled portion of a street or highway in such manner and to such
extent that it is impossible to avoid stopping and temporarily leaving the disabled vehicle in such
position and the driver notifies the Village Police as soon as possible.
Any vehicle parked in violation of this section shall be towed at the owner’s expense and
said owner may be fined as defined in subsection (b) hereof.
(Ord. 1780. Passed 10-23-00.)
(b)
351.13 PARKING ON POSTED PRIVATE PROPERTY.
(a)
If an owner of private property posts on the property in a conspicuous manner,
prohibition against parking on the property or conditions and regulations under which parking is
permitted, no person shall do either of the following:
(1)
Park a vehicle on the property without the owner's consent;
(2)
Park a vehicle on the property in violation of any condition or regulation
posted by the owner.
(b)
(ORC 4511.681)
351.14 REMOVAL OF VEHICLES FROM STREETS DURING EMERGENCIES.
Whenever, in the opinion of the Mayor, there is an actual or threatened local emergency,
such as riot, fire, flood, excessive snowfall, other acts of God, common disaster or acts of the
enemy, the Mayor may require the removal of motor vehicles parked upon the affected streets of
the Village. The Mayor shall inform the public of the aforementioned conditions through
reasonable and usual methods of communication; actual notification to the owner or operator is
not required. If the owner or operator of the vehicle does not remove the motor vehicle within
a reasonable time, the vehicle may be removed by the Police Department.
(Ord. 1154. Passed 4-22-91.)
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351.15
351.15 SNOW EMERGENCIES.
(a)
Whenever, during any period of twenty-four hours or less, snow falls in the Village
or in a section or sections thereof to any measurable depth, an emergency is declared to exist in
that such a snow storm constitutes a serious public hazard, impairing transportation, the movement
of food, fuel and supplies, medical care, fire, health and police protection, and other vital facilities
of the City. Such emergency shall continue until an announcement by the Village Administrator
that snow plowing operations have been completed, which announcement shall be made in the
same manner as outlined in subsection (b) hereof.
(b)
Whenever such an emergency exists the Mayor or Village Administrator shall
require the cooperation of the local press and radio station to announce the emergency and the time
that emergency parking regulations will become effective, which time shall be no sooner than one
hour after the first announcement, and such announcement by the local radio station or in the
newspaper of general circulation published in the Village shall constitute notice to the general
public of the existence of the emergency. However, the owners and operators of motor vehicles
shall have full responsibility to determine existing weather conditions and to comply with the
emergency parking regulations.
(c)
During the period of the emergency, the Village Administrator may prohibit the
parking of any vehicles upon any and all the streets of the Village. During the emergency, no
person shall park or cause to be parked, or permit to be parked, or permit to remain parked, or
abandon or leave unattended, any vehicle of any kind or description upon such designated streets.
However, vehicles may be parked for a period of not longer than three minutes for actual loading
or unloading of passengers, or thirty minutes for actual loading or unloading of property, provided
that no other ordinance restricting parking as to place or time is violated thereby.
(Ord. 1154. Passed 4-22-91.)
(d)
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TITLE NINE - Pedestrians, Bicycles and Motorcycles
Chap. 371. Pedestrians.
Chap. 373. Bicycles and Motorcycles.
Chap. 375. Snowmobiles, Off-Highway Motorcycles, and
All Purpose Vehicles.
CHAPTER 371
Pedestrians
371.01 Right of way in crosswalk.
371.02 Right of way of blind person.
371.03 Crossing roadway outside
crosswalk; diagonal crossings
at intersections.
371.04 Moving upon right half of
crosswalk.
371.05 Walking along highways.
371.06 Use of highway for
soliciting; riding on outside of vehicles.
371.07 Right of way on sidewalk.
371.08 Yielding to public safety
vehicle.
371.09 Walking on highway while
under the influence.
371.10 On bridges or railroad
crossings.
371.11 Persons operating motorized
wheelchairs.
371.12 Electric personal assistive
mobility devices.
CROSS REFERENCES
Pedestrian defined - see TRAF. 301.22
Pedestrian prohibited on freeways - see TRAF. 303.06
Obedience to traffic control devices - see TRAF.
313.01, 313.03
Pedestrian control signals - see TRAF. 313.05
371.01 RIGHT OF WAY IN CROSSWALK.
(a)
When traffic control signals are not in place, not in operation or are not clearly
assigning the right of way, the driver of a vehicle shall yield the right of way, slowing down or
stopping if need be to so yield or if required by Section 313.09, to a pedestrian crossing the
roadway within a crosswalk when the pedestrian is upon the half of the roadway upon which the
vehicle is traveling, or when the pedestrian is approaching so closely from the opposite half of the
roadway as to be in danger.
(b)
No pedestrian shall suddenly leave a curb or other place of safety and walk or run
into the path of a vehicle which is so close as to constitute an immediate hazard.
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Subsection (a) hereof does not apply under the conditions stated in Section
(d)
Whenever any vehicle is stopped at a marked crosswalk or at any unmarked
crosswalk at an intersection to permit a pedestrian to cross the roadway, the driver of any other
vehicle approaching from the rear shall not overtake and pass the stopped vehicle.
(e)
(ORC 4511.46)
371.02 RIGHT OF WAY OF BLIND PERSON.
(a)
As used in this section "blind person" or "blind pedestrian" means a person having
not more than 20/200 visual acuity in the better eye with correcting lenses or visual acuity greater
than 20/200 but with a limitation in the fields of vision such that the widest diameter of the visual
field subtends an angle no greater then twenty degrees.
The driver of every vehicle shall yield the right of way to every blind pedestrian guided
by a guide dog, or carrying a cane which is predominately white or metallic in color, with or
without a red tip.
(b)
No person, other than a blind person, while on any public highway, street, alley
or other public thoroughfare shall carry a white metallic cane, with or without a red tip.
(c)
(ORC 4511.47)
371.03 CROSSING ROADWAY OUTSIDE CROSSWALK; DIAGONAL
CROSSINGS AT INTERSECTIONS.
(a)
Every pedestrian crossing a roadway at any point other than within a marked
crosswalk or within an unmarked crosswalk at an intersection shall yield the right of way to all
vehicles upon the roadway.
(b)
Any pedestrian crossing a roadway at a point where a pedestrian tunnel or overhead
pedestrian crossing has been provided shall yield the right of way to all traffic upon the roadway.
(c)
Between adjacent intersections at which traffic control signals are in operation,
pedestrians shall not cross at any place except in a marked crosswalk.
(d)
No pedestrian shall cross a roadway intersection diagonally unless authorized by
official traffic control devices; and, when authorized to cross diagonally, pedestrians shall cross
only in accordance with the official traffic control devices pertaining to such crossing movements.
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(e)
This section does not relieve the operator of a vehicle from exercising due care to
avoid colliding with any pedestrian upon any roadway.
(f)
(ORC 4511.48)
371.04 MOVING UPON RIGHT HALF OF CROSSWALK.
(a)
Pedestrians shall move, whenever practicable, upon the right half of crosswalks.
(b)
(ORC 4511.49)
371.05 WALKING ALONG HIGHWAYS.
(a)
Where a sidewalk is provided and its use is practicable, no pedestrian shall walk
along and upon an adjacent roadway.
(b)
Where a sidewalk is not available, any pedestrian walking along and upon a
highway shall walk only on a shoulder, as far as practicable from the edge of the roadway.
(c)
Where neither a sidewalk nor a shoulder is available, any pedestrian walking along
and upon a highway shall walk as near as practicable to an outside edge of the roadway, and, if
on a two-way roadway, shall walk only on the left side of the roadway.
(d)
Except as otherwise provided in Section 313.03 and 371.01, any pedestrian upon
a roadway shall yield the right of way to all vehicles upon the roadway.
(e)
(ORC 4511.50)
371.06 USE OF HIGHWAY FOR SOLICITING; RIDING ON OUTSIDE
OF VEHICLES.
(a)
No person while on a roadway outside a safety zone shall solicit a ride from the
driver of any vehicle.
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(2)
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Except as provided in subsection (b)(2) hereof, no person shall stand on a
highway for the purpose of soliciting employment, business or contributions
from the occupant of any vehicle.
Council, by ordinance, may authorize the issuance of a permit to a
charitable organization to allow a person acting on behalf of the
organization to solicit charitable contributions from the occupant of a
vehicle by standing on a highway, other than a freeway, as provided in
Ohio R.C. 4511.051(A), that is under the jurisdiction of the Municipality.
The permit shall be valid for only one period or time, which shall be
specified in the permit, in any calendar year. Council also may specify the
locations where contributions may be solicited and may impose any other
restrictions on or requirements regarding the manner in which the
solicitations are to be conducted that Council considers advisable.
As used herein, "charitable organization" means an organization that has
received from the Internal Revenue Service a currently valid ruling or
determination letter recognizing the tax-exempt status of the organization
pursuant to Section 501(c)(3) of the "Internal Revenue Code."
(c)
No person shall hang onto, or ride on the outside of any motor vehicle while it is
moving upon a roadway, except mechanics or test engineers making repairs or adjustments, or
workers performing specialized highway or street maintenance or construction under authority of
a public agency.
(d)
No operator shall knowingly permit any person to hang onto, or ride on the outside
of, any motor vehicle while it is moving upon a roadway, except mechanics or test engineers
making repairs or adjustments, or workers performing specialized highway or street maintenance
or construction under authority of a public agency.
(e)
No driver of a truck, trailer or semitrailer shall knowingly permit any person who
has not attained the age of sixteen years to ride in the unenclosed or unroofed cargo storage area
of the driver’s vehicle if the vehicle is traveling faster than twenty-five miles per hour, unless
either of the following applies:
(1)
The cargo storage area of the vehicle is equipped with a properly secured
seat to which is attached a seat safety belt that is in compliance with federal
standards for an occupant restraining device as defined in Ohio R.C.
4513.263(A)(2), the seat and seat safety belt were installed at the time the
vehicle was originally assembled and the person riding in the cargo storage
area is in the seat and is wearing the seat safety belt;
(2)
An emergency exists that threatens the life of the driver or the person being
transported in the cargo storage area of the truck, trailer or semitrailer.
(f)
No driver of a truck, trailer or semitrailer shall permit any person, except for those
workers performing specialized highway or street maintenance or construction under authority of
a public agency to ride in the cargo storage area or on a tailgate of the driver’s vehicle while the
tailgate is unlatched.
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(g)
(1)
(2)
371.09
Except as otherwise provided in this subsection, whoever violates any
provision of subsections (a) to (d) of this section is guilty of a minor
misdemeanor. If, within one year of the offense, the offender previously
has been convicted of or pleaded guilty to one predicate motor vehicle or
traffic offense, whoever violates any provision of subsections (a) to (d) of
this section is guilty of a misdemeanor of the fourth degree. If, within one
more predicate motor vehicle or traffic offenses, whoever violates any
provision of subsections (a) to (d) of this section is guilty of a misdemeanor
of the third degree.
Whoever violates subsection (e) or (f) of this section is guilty of a minor
misdemeanor. (ORC 4511.51)
371.07 RIGHT OF WAY ON SIDEWALK.
(a)
The driver of a vehicle shall yield the right of way to any pedestrian on a sidewalk.
(b)
(ORC 4511.441)
371.08 YIELDING TO PUBLIC SAFETY VEHICLE.
(a)
Upon the immediate approach of a public safety vehicle as stated in Section 331.21,
every pedestrian shall yield the right of way to the public safety vehicle.
(b)
This section shall not relieve the driver of a public safety vehicle from the duty to
exercise due care to avoid colliding with any pedestrian.
(c)
(ORC 4511.452)
371.09 WALKING ON HIGHWAY WHILE UNDER THE INFLUENCE.
(a)
A pedestrian who is under the influence of alcohol, any drug of abuse, or any
combination of them, to a degree that renders the pedestrian a hazard shall not walk or be upon
a highway.
(b)
(ORC 4511.481)
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371.10 ON BRIDGES OR RAILROAD CROSSINGS.
(a)
No pedestrian shall enter or remain upon any bridge or approach thereto beyond
the bridge signal, gate or barrier after a bridge operation signal indication has been given.
(b)
No pedestrian shall pass through, around, over or under any crossing gate or barrier
at a railroad grade crossing or bridge while the gate or barrier is closed or is being opened or
closed.
(c)
(ORC 4511.511)
371.11 PERSONS OPERATING MOTORIZED WHEELCHAIRS.
(a)
Every person operating a motorized wheelchair shall have all of the rights and
duties applicable to a pedestrian that are contained in this Traffic Code, except those provisions
which by their nature can have no application.
(ORC 4511.491)
(b)
(ORC 4511.99)
371.12 ELECTRIC PERSONAL ASSISTIVE MOBILITY DEVICES.
(a)
(1)
Electric personal assistive mobility devices may be operated on the public
streets, highways, sidewalks, and paths and portions of roadways set aside
for the exclusive use of bicycles in accordance with this section.
(2)
Except as otherwise provided in this section, those sections of this Traffic
Code that by their nature are applicable to an electric personal assistive
mobility device apply to the device and the person operating it whenever it
is operated upon any public street, highway, sidewalk, or path or upon any
portion of a roadway set aside for the exclusive use of bicycles.
(b)
following:
No operator of an electric personal assistive mobility device shall do any of the
(1)
(2)
(3)
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Fail to yield the right-of-way to all pedestrians and human-powered vehicles
at all times;
Fail to give an audible signal before overtaking and passing a pedestrian;
Operate the device at night unless the device or its operator is equipped
with or wearing both of the following:
A.
A lamp pointing to the front that emits a white light visible from a
distance of not less than five hundred feet;
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B.
(4)
(5)
(6)
(7)
A red reflector facing the rear that is visible from all distances from
one hundred feet to six hundred feet when directly in front of lawful
lower beams of head lamps on a motor vehicle.
Operate the device on any portion of a street or highway that has an
established speed limit of fifty-five miles per hour or more;
Operate the device upon any path set aside for the exclusive use of
pedestrians or other specialized use when an appropriate sign giving notice
of the specialized use is posted on the path;
If under eighteen years of age, operate the device unless wearing a
protective helmet on the person’s head with the chin strap properly
fastened;
If under sixteen years of age, operate the device unless, during the
operation, the person is under the direct visual and audible supervision of
another person who is eighteen years of age or older and is responsible for
the immediate care of the person under sixteen years of age.
(c)
No person who is under fourteen years of age shall operate an electric personal
assistive mobility device.
(d)
No person shall distribute or sell an electric personal assistive mobility device unless
the device is accompanied by a written statement that is substantially equivalent to the following:
“WARNING: TO REDUCE THE RISK OF SERIOUS INJURY, USE ONLY WHILE
WEARING FULL PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT - HELMET, WRIST GUARDS, ELBOW
PADS, AND KNEE PADS”. (ORC 4511.512)
(e)
“Electric personal assistive mobility device” means a self-balancing two non-tandem
wheeled device that is designed to transport only one person, has an electric propulsion system of
an average of seven hundred fifty watts, and when ridden on a paved level surface by an operator
who weighs one hundred seventy pounds has a maximum speed of less than twenty miles per hour.
(ORC 4501.01)
(f)
Whoever violates subsection (b) or (c) hereof is guilty of a minor misdemeanor and
shall be punished as follows:
(1)
The offender shall be fined ten dollars ($10.00).
(2)
If the offender previously has been convicted of or pleaded guilty to a
violation of division (B) or (C) of Ohio R.C. 4511.512 or a substantially
similar municipal ordinance, the court, in addition to imposing the fine
required under subsection (f)(1) hereof, shall do one of the following:
A.
Order the impoundment for not less than one day but not more than
thirty days of the electric personal assistive mobility device that was
involved in the current violation of that section. The court shall
order the device to be impounded at a safe indoor location
designated by the court and may assess storage fees of not more
than five dollars ($5.00) per day, provided the total storage,
processing, and release fees assessed against the offender or the
device in connection with the device’s impoundment or subsequent
release shall not exceed fifty dollars ($50.00).
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B.
If the court does not issue an impoundment order pursuant to
subsection (f)(2)A. hereof, issue an order prohibiting the offender
from operating any electric personal assistive mobility device on the
public streets, highways, sidewalks, and paths and portions of
roadways set aside for the exclusive use of bicycles for not less than
one day but not more than thirty days.
(g)
Whoever violates subsection (d) hereof is guilty of a minor misdemeanor.
(ORC 4511.512)
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Bicycles and Motorcycles
373.01 Code application to bicycles.
373.02 Riding upon seats; handle
bars; helmets and
glasses.
373.03 Attaching bicycle or sled
to vehicle.
373.04 Riding bicycles and motorcycles abreast.
373.05 Signal device on bicycle.
373.06 Lights and reflector
on bicycle; brakes.
373.07 Riding bicycle on right
side of roadway; obedience
to traffic rules; passing.
373.08 Reckless operation;
control, course and speed.
373.09 Parking of bicycle.
373.10 Motorized bicycle operation,
equipment and license.
373.11 Bicycle paths.
373.12 Parking; locks.
373.13 Parent’s responsibility.
373.14 Suspension of riding privileges;
impounding of bicycles.
CROSS REFERENCES
Motorcycle protective equipment - see OAC Ch. 4501-17
Motorized bicycle equipment - see OAC Ch. 4501-23
Bicycle defined - see TRAF. 301.04
Motorcycle defined - see TRAF. 301.19
Bicycles prohibited on freeways - see TRAF. 303.06
Hand and arm signals - see TRAF. 331.15
Motorcycle operator's license required - see TRAF. 335.01(a)
Motorcycle headlight - see TRAF. 337.03
Motorcycle brakes - see TRAF. 337.18(b)
373.01 CODE APPLICATION TO BICYCLES.
(a)
The provisions of this Traffic Code that are applicable to bicycles apply whenever
a bicycle is operated upon any street or upon any path set aside for the exclusive use of bicycles.
(b)
Except as provided in subsection (d) of this section, a bicycle operator who violates
any section of this Traffic Code described in subsection (a) of this section that is applicable to
bicycles may be issued a ticket, citation or summons by a law enforcement officer for the violation
in the same manner as the operator of a motor vehicle would be cited for the same violation. A
person who commits any such violation while operating a bicycle shall not have any points
assessed against the person’s driver’s license, commercial driver’s license, temporary instruction
permit, or probationary license under Ohio R.C. 4510.036.
(c)
Except as provided in subsection (d) of this section, in the case of a violation of any
section of this Traffic Code described in subsection (a) of this section by a bicycle operator or by
a motor vehicle operator when the trier of fact finds that the violation by the motor vehicle
operator endangered the lives of bicycle riders at the time of the violation, the court,
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notwithstanding any provision of this Traffic Code to the contrary, may require the bicycle
operator or motor vehicle operator to take and successfully complete a bicycling skills course
approved by the court in addition to or in lieu of any penalty otherwise prescribed by the Traffic
Code for that violation.
(d)
Subsections (b) and (c) of this section do not apply to violations of Section 333.01
of this Traffic Code. (ORC 4511.52)
(e)
The provisions of this Traffic Code shall apply to bicycles except those which by
their nature are not applicable.
373.02 RIDING UPON SEATS; HANDLE BARS; HELMETS AND
GLASSES.
(a)
For purposes of this section "snowmobile" has the same meaning as given that term
in Ohio R.C 4519.01.
(b)
No person operating a bicycle shall ride other than upon or astride the permanent
and regular seat attached thereto, or carry any other person upon such bicycle other than upon a
firmly attached and regular seat thereon, and no person shall ride upon a bicycle other than upon
such a firmly attached and regular seat.
(c)
No person operating a motorcycle shall ride other than upon or astride the
permanent and regular seat or saddle attached thereto, or carry any other person upon such
motorcycle other than upon a firmly attached and regular seat or saddle thereon, and no person
shall ride upon a motorcycle other than upon such a firmly attached and regular seat or saddle.
(d)
No person shall ride upon a motorcycle that is equipped with a saddle other than
while sitting astride the saddle, facing forward, with one leg on each side of the motorcycle.
(e)
No person shall ride upon a motorcycle that is equipped with a seat other than while
sitting upon the seat.
(f)
No person operating a bicycle shall carry any package, bundle or article that
prevents the driver from keeping at least one hand upon the handle bars.
(g)
No bicycle or motorcycle shall be used to carry more persons at one time than the
number for which it is designed and equipped, nor shall any motorcycle be operated on a highway
when the handle bars or grips are more than fifteen inches higher than the seat or saddle for the
operator.
(h)
No person shall operate or be a passenger on a snowmobile or motorcycle without
using safety glasses or other protective eye device. No person who is under the age of eighteen
years, or who holds a motorcycle operator's endorsement or license bearing "novice" designation
that is currently in effect as provided in Ohio R.C. 4507.13, shall operate a motorcycle on a
highway, or be a passenger on a motorcycle, unless wearing a protective helmet on the person’s
head, and no other person shall be a passenger on a motorcycle operated by such a person unless
similarly wearing a protective helmet. The helmet, safety glasses or other protective eye device
shall conform with rules adopted by the Ohio Director of Public Safety. The provisions of this
subsection or a violation thereof shall not be used in the trial of any civil action.
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(1)
(2)
373.04
No person shall operate a motorcycle with a valid temporary permit and
temporary instruction permit identification card issued by the Ohio
Registrar of Motor Vehicles pursuant to Ohio R.C. 4507.05 unless the
person, at the time of such operation, is wearing on the person’s head a
protective helmet that conforms with rules adopted by the Director.
No person shall operate a motorcycle with a valid temporary instruction
permit and temporary instruction permit identification card issued by the
Registrar pursuant to Ohio R.C. 4507.05 in any of the following
circumstances:
A.
At any time when lighted lights are required by Section
337.02(a)(1);
B.
While carrying a passenger;
C.
On any limited access highway.
(j)
Nothing in this section shall be construed as prohibiting the carrying of a child in
a seat or trailer that is designed for carrying children and is firmly attached to the bicycle.
(k)
(ORC 4511.53)
373.03 ATTACHING BICYCLE OR SLED TO VEHICLE.
(a)
No person riding upon any motorcycle, bicycle, coaster, roller skates, sled or toy
vehicle shall attach the same or self to any vehicle upon a roadway.
No operator shall knowingly permit any person riding upon any motorcycle, bicycle,
coaster, roller skates, sled or toy vehicle to attach the same or self to any vehicle while it is
moving upon a roadway. This section does not apply to the towing of a disabled vehicle.
(b)
(ORC 4511.54)
373.04 RIDING BICYCLES AND MOTORCYCLES ABREAST.
(a)
Persons riding bicycles or motorcycles upon a roadway shall ride not more than two
abreast in a single lane, except on paths or parts of roadways set aside for the exclusive use of
bicycles or motorcycles.
(b)
(ORC 4511.55(B))
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373.05 SIGNAL DEVICE ON BICYCLE.
(a)
A bicycle may be equipped with a device capable of giving an audible signal, except
that a bicycle shall not be equipped with nor shall any person use upon a bicycle any siren or
whistle.
(b)
(ORC 4511.56)
373.06 LIGHTS AND REFLECTOR ON BICYCLE; BRAKES.
(a)
Every bicycle when in use at the times specified in Section 337.02, shall be
equipped with the following:
(1)
A lamp mounted on the front of either the bicycle or the operator that shall
emit a white light visible from a distance of at least five hundred feet to the
front; and three hundred feet to the sides. A generator-powered lamp that
emits light only when the bicycle is moving may be used to meet this
requirement.
(2)
A red reflector on the rear that shall be visible from all distances from one
hundred feet to six hundred feet to the rear when directly in front of lawful
lower beams of head lamps on a motor vehicle.
(3)
A lamp emitting either flashing or steady red light visible from a distance
of five hundred feet to the rear shall be used in addition to the red reflector;
If the red lamp performs as a reflector in that it is visible as specified in
subsection (a)(2) of this section, the red lamp may serve as the reflector and
a separate reflector is not required.
(b)
Additional lamps and reflectors may be used in addition to those required under
subsection (a) of this section, except that red lamps and red reflectors shall not be used on the front
of the bicycle and white lamps and white reflectors shall not be used on the rear of the bicycle.
(c)
highway.
Every bicycle shall be equipped with an adequate brake when used on a street or
(d)
(ORC 4511.56)
373.07 RIDING BICYCLE ON RIGHT SIDE OF ROADWAY; OBEDIENCE
TO TRAFFIC RULES; PASSING.
(a)
Every person operating a bicycle upon a roadway shall ride as near to the right side
of the roadway as practicable obeying all traffic rules applicable to vehicles and exercising due
care when passing a standing vehicle or one proceeding in the same direction.
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373.10
(b)
This section does not require a person operating a bicycle to ride at the edge of the
roadway when it is unreasonable or unsafe to do so. Conditions that may require riding away
from the edge of the roadway include when necessary to avoid fixed or moving objects, parked
or moving vehicles, surface hazards, or if it otherwise is unsafe or impracticable to do so,
including if the lane is too narrow for the bicycle and an overtaking vehicle to travel safely side
by side within the lane.
(c)
(ORC 4511.55(A))
373.08 RECKLESS OPERATION; CONTROL, COURSE AND SPEED.
(a)
No person shall operate a bicycle:
(1)
Without due regard for the safety and rights of pedestrians and drivers and
occupants of all other vehicles, and so as to endanger the life, limb or
property of any person while in the lawful use of the streets or sidewalks
or any other public or private property;
(2)
Without exercising reasonable and ordinary control over such bicycle;
(3)
In a weaving or zigzag course unless such irregular course is necessary for
safe operation in compliance with law;
(4)
Without both hands upon the handle grips except when necessary to give the
required hand and arm signals, or as provided in Section 373.02(d);
(5)
At a speed greater than is reasonable and prudent under the conditions then
existing.
(b)
373.09 PARKING OF BICYCLE.
(a)
No person shall park a bicycle upon a sidewalk in such a manner so as to unduly
interfere with pedestrian traffic or upon a roadway so as to unduly interfere with vehicular traffic.
(b)
373.10 MOTORIZED BICYCLE OPERATION, EQUIPMENT AND
LICENSE.
(a)
No person shall operate a motorized bicycle upon any street or highway or any
public or private property used by the public for purposes of vehicular travel or parking, unless
all of the following conditions are met:
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The person is fourteen or fifteen years of age and holds a valid probationary
motorized bicycle license issued after the person has passed the test
provided for in Ohio R.C. 4511.521, or the person is sixteen years of age
or older and holds either a valid commercial driver’s license issued under
Ohio R.C. Chapter 4506, or a driver’s license issued under Ohio R.C.
Chapter 4507, or a valid motorized bicycle license issued after the person
has passed the test provided for in Ohio R.C. 4511.521, except that if a
person is sixteen years of age, has a valid probationary motorized bicycle
license and desires a motorized bicycle license, the person is not required
to comply with the testing requirements provided for in Ohio R.C.
4511.521;
The motorized bicycle is equipped in accordance with rules adopted by the
Ohio Director of Public Safety and is in proper working order;
The person, if under eighteen years of age, is wearing a protective helmet
on the person’s head with the chin strap properly fastened, and the
motorized bicycle is equipped with a rear-view mirror;
The person operates the motorized bicycle when practicable within three
feet of the right edge of the roadway obeying all traffic rules applicable to
vehicles; and
The motorized bicycle displays on the rear of such bicycle the current
license plate or validation sticker furnished by the Ohio Director of Public
Safety under Ohio R.C. 4503.191.
(b)
No person operating a motorized bicycle shall carry another person upon the
motorized bicycle.
(c)
Each probationary motorized bicycle license or motorized bicycle license shall be
laminated with a transparent plastic material.
(d)
(ORC 4511.521)
373.11 BICYCLE PATHS.
(a)
It is hereby declared to be the intent of Council to reserve the use of the present
bicycle path and any that might be constructed in the future to bicycles only in order to preserve
the improved portion of the path, and that any other vehicle, motor vehicle, conveyance or animal
ridden by a human being, when it is necessary to get to the other side of the path, shall cross in
the shortest distance possible.
(b)
No person shall operate a vehicle, motor vehicle or other conveyance, other than
a bicycle, as defined in Section 301.04, upon a bicycle path, or permit an animal to be ridden or
led along such path, except that where it is necessary for any of the above to get to the other side
of the path, such crossing shall be made in the shortest possible distance from one side to the
other, usually in the distance of the width of the path.
(Ord. 703. Passed 7-28-75.)
(c)
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373.12 PARKING; LOCKS.
(a)
No person shall park a bicycle upon a sidewalk in such a manner as to interfere with
pedestrian traffic or damage the property of another.
(b)
No person shall park a bicycle upon a roadway in such a manner as to interfere with
vehicular traffic.
(c)
No bicycle shall remain unlocked when parked upon any public way or place.
(d)
373.13 PARENT’S RESPONSIBILITY.
(a)
No parent of any child or guardian of any ward shall authorize or knowingly permit
any such child or ward to violate any of the provisions of this chapter.
(b)
373.14 SUSPENSION OF RIDING PRIVILEGES; IMPOUNDING OF BICYCLES.
In addition to the penalties provided in Section 303.99, a court may prohibit any person
who violates or fails to comply with any of the provisions of this chapter relating to bicycles from
riding a bicycle for a period not to exceed three months. In addition, any person violating or
failing to comply with any of the provisions of this chapter relating to bicycles may be punished
by having his or her bicycle impounded for a period not exceeding thirty days.
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CHAPTER 375
Snowmobiles, Off-Highway Motorcycles and All Purpose Vehicles
375.01 Definitions.
375.02 Equipment.
375.03 Code application; prohibited
operation.
375.04 Permitted operation.
375.05 Licensing requirements of
operator.
375.06 Registration of vehicles.
375.07 Accident reports.
375.08 Certificate of title.
CROSS REFERENCES
Lights, brakes and muffler - see OAC Ch. 4501.29
Power of trial court of record to impound registration
certificate for certain violations - see Ohio R.C 4519.47
Power to regulate; municipal licensing prohibited - see
Ohio R.C. 4519.48
Street or highway defined - see TRAF. 301.42
Required usage of helmets and safety glasses - see
TRAF. 373.02(f)
375.01 DEFINITIONS.
(a)
"Snowmobile" means any self-propelled vehicle designed primarily for use on snow
or ice, and steered by skis, runners or caterpillar treads. (ORC 4519.01(A))
(b)
"All purpose vehicle" means any self-propelled vehicle designed primarily for
cross-country travel on land and water, or on more than one type of terrain, and
steered by wheels or caterpillar treads, or any combination thereof, including
vehicles that operate on a cushion of air, vehicles commonly known as all-terrain
vehicles, all season vehicles, mini-bikes and trail bikes. “All-purpose vehicle”
does not include a utility vehicle as defined in Ohio R.C. 4501.01 or any vehicle
principally used in playing golf, any motor vehicle or aircraft required to be
registered under Ohio R.C. Chapter 4503 or Chapter 4561, and any vehicle
excepted from definition as a motor vehicle by Section 301.20 of this Traffic Code.
(ORC 4519.01(B))
(c)
"Owner" means any person, firm or corporation, other than a lienholder or dealer,
having title to a snowmobile, off-highway motorcycle, or all purpose vehicle, or
other right to the possession thereof. (ORC 4519.01(C))
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"Operator" means any person who operates or is in actual physical control of a
snowmobile, off-highway motorcycle or all purpose vehicle.
"Limited access highway" or "freeway" means a highway especially designed for
through traffic and over which abutting property owners have no easement or right
of access by reason of the fact that their property abuts upon such highway, and
access to which may be allowed only at highway intersections designated by the
Ohio Director of Transportation. (ORC 5511.02)
"Interstate highway" means any part of the interstate system of highways as defined
in subsection (e), 90 Stat. 431 (1976), 23 U.S.C.A. 103, and amendments thereof.
“Off-highway motorcycle” means every motorcycle, as defined in Ohio R.C.
4511.01, that is designed to be operated primarily on lands other than a street or
highway. (ORC 4519.01)
375.02 EQUIPMENT.
(a)
Equipment of snowmobiles, off-highway motorcycles, and all purpose vehicles shall
include, but not necessarily be limited to requirements for the following items:
(1)
At least one headlight having a minimum candlepower of sufficient intensity
to reveal persons and objects at a distance of at least 100 feet ahead under
normal atmospheric conditions during hours of darkness;
(2)
At least one red taillight having a minimum candlepower of sufficient
intensity to be plainly visible from a distance of 500 feet to the rear under
normal atmospheric conditions during hours of darkness;
(3)
Adequate brakes. Every snowmobile, while traveling on packed snow,
shall be capable of carrying a driver who weighs 175 pounds or more, and,
while carrying such driver, be capable of stopping in not more than forty
feet from an initial steady speed of twenty miles per hour, or locking its
traction belt.
(4)
A muffler system capable of precluding the emission of excessive smoke or
exhaust fumes, and of limiting the engine noise of vehicles. On
snowmobiles manufactured after January 1, 1973, such requirement shall
include sound dampening equipment such that noise does not exceed eightytwo decibels on the "A" scale at fifty feet as measured according to SAE
J192 (September 1970).
(b)
No person shall operate any snowmobile, off-highway motorcycle, or all purpose
vehicle in violation of this section, except that equipment specified in subsections (a)(1) and (2)
hereof shall not be required on snowmobiles, off-highway motorcycles, or all purpose vehicles
operated during the daylight hours.
(c)
Except as otherwise provided in this subsection, whoever violates subsection (b) of
this section shall be fined not more than fifty dollars ($50.00). If the offender within the preceding
year previously has committed a violation of subsection (b) of this section, whoever violates
subsection (b) of this section shall be fined not less than fifteen dollars ($15.00) nor more than one
hundred dollars ($100.00), imprisoned not more than three days, or both.
(ORC 4519.20)
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375.04
375.03 CODE APPLICATION; PROHIBITED OPERATION.
(a)
The applicable provisions of this Traffic Code shall be applied to the operation of
snowmobiles, off-highway motorcycles, and all purpose vehicles; except that no snowmobile, offhighway motorcycle, or all purpose vehicle shall be operated as follows:
(1)
On any street or highway except for emergency travel only during such
time and in such manner as the State or local authority having jurisdiction
over such street or highway shall designate, and except as provided in
Section 375.04;
(2)
Upon any property owned or leased by the Municipality except in areas
designated for such purposes;
(3)
On any private property, or in any nursery or planting area, without the
permission of the owner or other person having the right to possession of
the property;
(4)
On any land or waters controlled by the State, except at those locations
where a sign has been posted permitting such operation;
(5)
On tracks or right of way of any operating railroad;
(6)
While transporting any firearm, bow or other implement for hunting, that
is not unloaded and securely encased;
(7)
For the purpose of chasing, pursuing, capturing or killing any animal or
wild fowl;
(8)
During the time from sunset to sunrise, unless displaying lighted lights as
required by Section 375.02.
(b)
Whoever violates this section shall be fined not less than fifty dollars ($50.00) nor
more than five hundred dollars ($500.00), imprisoned not less than three nor more than thirty
days, or both. (ORC 4519.40)
375.04 PERMITTED OPERATION.
Snowmobiles, off-highway motorcycles, and all purpose vehicles may be operated as
follows:
(a)
To make a crossing of a highway, other than a freeway or limited access highway,
whenever the crossing can be made in safety and will not interfere with the
movement of vehicular traffic approaching from any direction on the highway, and
provided that the operator yields the right of way to any approaching traffic that
presents an immediate hazard;
(b)
On highways in the County or Township road systems whenever the local authority
having jurisdiction over such highway so permits;
(c)
Off and alongside a street or highway for limited distances from the point of
unloading from a conveyance to the point at which the snowmobile, off-highway
motorcycle, or all purpose vehicle is intended and authorized to be operated.
(d)
On the berm or shoulder of a highway, other than a highway as designated in Ohio
R.C. 4519.40(A), when the terrain permits such operation to be undertaken safely
and without the necessity of entering any traffic lane;
(e)
On the berm or shoulder of a county or township road, while traveling from one
area of operation of the snowmobile, off-highway motorcycle, or all-purpose
vehicle to another such area. (ORC 4519.41)
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375.05 LICENSING REQUIREMENTS OF OPERATOR.
(a)
No person who does not hold a valid, current motor vehicle driver's or commercial
driver's license, motorcycle operator's endorsement or probationary license issued under Ohio
R.C. Chapter 4506 or 4507, or a valid, current driver’s license issued by another jurisdiction,
shall operate a snowmobile, off-highway motorcycle, or all purpose vehicle on any street or
highway, on any portion of the right of way thereof, or on any public land or waters. This
subsection shall not be construed to permit the holder of such a license to operate a snowmobile,
off-highway motorcycle, or all purpose vehicle in violation of Section 375.03.
(b)
No person who is less than sixteen years of age shall operate a snowmobile, offhighway motorcycle, or all purpose vehicle on any land or waters other than private property or
waters owned by or leased to such person's parent or guardian, unless accompanied by another
person who is eighteen years of age, or older, and who holds a license as provided in subsection
(a) hereof, except that the Ohio Department of Natural Resources may permit such operation on
State controlled land under its jurisdiction when such person is less than sixteen years of age and
is accompanied by a parent or guardian who is a licensed driver eighteen years of age or older.
(c)
Whoever violates this section shall be fined not less than fifty dollars ($50.00) nor
more than five hundred dollars ($500.00), imprisoned not less than three nor more than thirty
days, or both. (ORC 4519.44)
375.06 REGISTRATION OF VEHICLES.
(a)
Except as provided in Ohio R.C 4519.02(B), (C) and (D), no person shall operate
any snowmobile, off-highway motorcycle, or all purpose vehicle unless the snowmobile, offhighway motorcycle, or all purpose vehicle is registered and numbered in accordance with Ohio
R.C. 4519.03 and 4519.04.
(b)
Except as otherwise provided in this subsection, whoever violates subsection (a) of
this section shall be fined not more than twenty-five dollars ($25.00). If the offender previously
has been convicted of or pleaded guilty to a violation of subsection (a) of this section, whoever
violates subsection (a) of this section shall be fined not less than twenty-five dollars ($25.00) nor
more than fifty dollars ($50.00). (ORC 4519.02)
375.07 ACCIDENT REPORTS.
(a)
The operator of a snowmobile, off-highway motorcycle, or all purpose vehicle
involved in any accident resulting in bodily injury to or death of any person or damage to the
property of any person in excess of one hundred dollars ($100.00) shall report the accident within
forty-eight hours to the Chief of Police, and, within thirty days, shall forward a written report of
the accident to the Ohio Registrar of Motor Vehicles on a form prescribed by the Registrar. If the
operator is physically incapable of making the reports and there is another participant in the
accident not so incapacitated, the participant shall make the reports. In the event that there is no
other participant, and the operator is other than the owner, the owner, within the prescribed
periods of time, shall make the reports.
Any law enforcement officer or other person authorized by Ohio R.C. 4519.42 and
4519.43, who investigates or receives information of an accident involving a snowmobile, offhighway motorcycle, or all purpose vehicle shall forward to the Registrar a written report of the
accident within forty-eight hours. (ORC 4519.46)
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375.08
(b)
375.08 CERTIFICATE OF TITLE.
(a)
(1)
Operate in this Municipality an off-highway motorcycle or all-purpose
vehicle without having a certificate of title for the off-highway motorcycle
or all-purpose vehicle, if such a certificate is required by Ohio R.C.
Chapter 4519 to be issued for the off-highway motorcycle or all-purpose
vehicle, or, if a physical certificate of title has not been issued for it,
operate an off-highway motorcycle or all-purpose vehicle knowing that the
ownership information relating to the motorcycle or vehicle has not been
entered into the automated title processing system by a clerk of a court of
common pleas;
(2)
vehicle if a certificate of title to the off-highway motorcycle or all-purpose
vehicle has been issued and then has been canceled;
(3)
Fail to surrender any certificate of title upon cancellation of it by the
Registrar of Motor Vehicles and notice of the cancellation as prescribed in
Ohio R.C. Chapter 4519;
(4)
Fail to surrender the certificate of title to a clerk of the court of common
pleas as provided in Ohio R.C. Chapter 4519, in case of the destruction or
dismantling of, or change in, the off-highway motorcycle or all-purpose
vehicle described in the certificate of title;
(5)
Violate any provision of Ohio R.C. 4519.51 to 4519.70 or any lawful rules
adopted pursuant to those sections;
(6)
vehicle knowing that the certificate of title to or ownership of the
motorcycle or vehicle as otherwise reflected in the automated title
processing system has been canceled.
(b)
Whoever violates this section shall be fined not more than two hundred dollars
($200.00) or imprisoned not more than ninety days, or both.
(ORC 4519.66)
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PART FIVE - GENERAL OFFENSES CODE
Chap. 501. General Provisions and Penalty.
Chap. 505. Animals and Fowl.
Chap. 509. Disorderly Conduct and Peace Disturbance.
Chap. 513. Drug Abuse Control.
Chap. 517. Gambling.
Chap. 521. Health, Safety and Sanitation.
Chap. 523. Hunting.
Chap. 525. Law Enforcement and Public Office.
Chap. 529. Liquor Control.
Chap. 533. Obscenity and Sex Offenses.
Chap. 537. Offenses Against Persons.
Chap. 541. Property Offenses.
Chap. 545. Theft and Fraud.
Chap. 549. Weapons and Explosives.
Chap. 553. Railroads.
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CHAPTER 501
General Provisions and Penalty
501.01 Definitions.
501.02 Classification of offenses.
501.03 Common law offenses
abrogated.
501.04 Rules of construction.
501.05 Criminal law jurisdiction.
501.06 Limitation of criminal
prosecution.
501.07 Requirements for criminal
liability.
501.08
501.09
501.10
501.11
Culpable mental states.
Attempt.
Complicity.
Organizational criminal
liability.
501.12 Personal accountability for
organizational conduct.
501.13 Conspiracy.
501.99 Penalties for misdemeanors.
CROSS REFERENCES
Limitation of prosecution for income tax violations - see Ohio R.C. 718.06
Modification of sentence - see Ohio R.C. 2929.10(C), (D)
Penalty considerations - see Ohio R.C. 2929.22
Citation issuance for minor misdemeanors - see Ohio R.C. 2935.26 et seq.
501.01 DEFINITIONS.
As used in the Codified Ordinances:
(a)
"Force" means any violence, compulsion or constraint physically exerted by any
means upon or against a person or thing.
(b)
"Deadly force" means any force that carries a substantial risk that it will
proximately result in the death of any person.
(c)
"Physical harm to persons" means any injury, illness or other physiological
impairment, regardless of its gravity or duration.
(d)
"Physical harm to property" means any tangible or intangible damage to property
that, in any degree, results in loss to its value or interferes with its use or
enjoyment. "Physical harm to property" does not include wear and tear
occasioned by normal use.
(e)
"Serious physical harm to persons" means any of the following:
(1)
Any mental illness or condition of such gravity as would normally require
hospitalization or prolonged psychiatric treatment;
(2)
Any physical harm that carries a substantial risk of death;
(3)
Any physical harm that involves some permanent incapacity, whether
partial or total, or that involves some temporary, substantial incapacity;
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(f)
(g)
(h)
(i)
(j)
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Any physical harm that involves some permanent disfigurement, or that
involves some temporary, serious disfigurement;
(5)
Any physical harm that involves acute pain of such duration as to result
in substantial suffering, or that involves any degree of prolonged or
intractable pain.
"Serious physical harm to property" means any physical harm to property that
does either of the following:
(1)
Results in substantial loss to the value of the property, or requires a
substantial amount of time, effort or money to repair or replace;
(2)
Temporarily prevents the use or enjoyment of the property, or
substantially interferes with its use and enjoyment for an extended period
of time.
"Risk" means a significant possibility, as contrasted with a remote possibility, that
a certain result may occur or that certain circumstances may exist.
"Substantial risk" means a strong possibility, as contrasted with a remote or
significant possibility, that a certain result may occur or that certain circumstances
may exist.
"Offense of violence" means any of the following:
(1)
A violation of Ohio R.C. 2903.01, 2903.02, 2903.03, 2903.04, 2903.11,
2903.12, 2903.13, 2903.15, 2903.21, 2903.211, 2903.22, 2905.01,
2905.02, 2905.11, 2905.32, 2907.02, 2907.03, 2907.05, 2909.02,
2909.03, 2909.24, 2911.01, 2911.02, 2911.11, 2917.01, 2917.02,
2917.03, 2917.31, 2919.25, 2921.03, 2921.04, 2921.34, 2923.161,
2911.12(A)(1) to (3) or 2919.22(B)(1) to (4), or felonious sexual
penetration in violation of former Ohio R.C. 2907.12;
(2)
A violation of an existing or former municipal ordinance or law of this or
any other state or the United States, substantially equivalent to any section
listed in subsection (i)(1) hereof;
(3)
An offense, other than a traffic offense, under an existing or former
municipal ordinance or law of this or any other state or the United States,
committed, purposely or knowingly, and involving physical harm to
persons or a risk of serious physical harm to persons;
(4)
A conspiracy or attempt to commit, or complicity in committing any
offense under subsection (i)(1), (2) or (3) hereof.
(1)
"Property" means any property, real or personal, tangible or intangible,
and any interest or license in that property. "Property" includes, but is
not limited to, cable television service, computer data, computer software,
financial instruments associated with computers, and other documents
associated with computers, or copies of the documents, whether in
machine or human readable form. "Financial instruments associated with
computers" include, but are not limited to, checks, drafts, warrants,
money orders, notes of indebtedness, certificates of deposit, letters of
credit, bills of credit or debit cards, financial transaction authorization
mechanisms, marketable securities or any computer system representations
of any of them.
(2)
As used in this subsection and subsection (m) hereof, "cable television
service", "computer," "computer software," "computer system,"
"computer network" and "data" have the same meaning as in Section
545.01.
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"Law enforcement officer" means any of the following:
(1)
A sheriff, deputy sheriff, constable, police officer of a township or joint
township police district, marshal, deputy marshal, municipal police
officer, member of a police force employed by a metropolitan housing
authority under Ohio R.C. 3735.31(D) or State highway patrol trooper;
(2)
An officer, agent or employee of the State or any of its agencies,
instrumentalities or political subdivisions, upon whom, by statute, Charter
or ordinance, a duty to conserve the peace or to enforce all or certain laws
is imposed and the authority to arrest violators is conferred, within the
limits of that statutory duty and authority;
(3)
A mayor or manager in the mayor’s or manager’s capacity as chief
conservator of the peace within the mayor’s or manager’s municipal
corporation;
(4)
A member of an auxiliary police force organized by county, township or
municipal law enforcement authorities, within the scope of the member's
appointment or commission;
(5)
A person lawfully called pursuant to Ohio R.C. 311.07 to aid a sheriff in
keeping the peace, for the purposes and during the time when the person
is called;
(6)
A person appointed by a mayor pursuant to Ohio R.C. 737.01 as a special
patrolling officer during riot or emergency, for the purposes and during
the time when the person is appointed;
(7)
A member of the organized militia of this State or the armed forces of the
United States, lawfully called to duty to aid civil authorities in keeping the
peace or protect against domestic violence;
(8)
A prosecuting attorney, assistant prosecuting attorney, secret service
officer or municipal prosecutor.
(9)
A veterans' home police officer appointed under Ohio R.C. 5907.02.
(10) A member of a police force employed by a regional transit authority under
Ohio R.C. 306.35(Y).
(11) A special police officer employed by a port authority under Ohio R.C.
4582.04 or 4582.28.
(12) A special police officer employed by a municipal corporation at a
municipal airport, or other municipal air navigation facility, that has
scheduled operations, as defined in Section 119.3 of Title 14 of the Code
of Federal Regulations, 14 C.F.R. 119.3, as amended, and that is required
to be under a security program and is governed by aviation security rules
of the transportation security administration of the United States
Department of Transportation as provided in Parts 1542 and 1544 of Title
49 of the Code of Federal Regulations, as amended.
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(m)
(n)
(o)
(p)
(q)
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"Privilege" means an immunity, license or right conferred by law, or bestowed
by express or implied grant, or arising out of status, position, office or
relationship, or growing out of necessity.
"Contraband" means any property that is illegal for a person to acquire or possess
under a statute, ordinance, or rule, or that a trier of fact lawfully determines to
be illegal to possess by reason of the property’s involvement in an offense.
“Contraband” includes, but is not limited to, all of the following:
(1)
Any controlled substance, as defined in Ohio R.C. 3719.01, or any
device, or paraphernalia;
(2)
Any unlawful gambling device, or paraphernalia;
(3)
Any dangerous ordnance or obscene material.
“School safety zone” consists of a school, school building, school premises,
school activity, and school bus.
“School”, “school building” and “school premises” have the same meaning as in
Ohio R.C. 2925.01.
“School activity” means any activity held under the auspices of a board of
education of a city, local, exempted village, joint vocational, or cooperative
education school district; a governing authority of a community school established
under Ohio R.C. Chapter 3314; a governing body of an educational service
center; or the governing body of a nonpublic school for which the State Board of
Education prescribes minimum standards under Ohio R.C. 3301.07.
“School bus” has the same meaning as in Ohio R.C. 4511.01.
(ORC 2901.01)
501.02 CLASSIFICATION OF OFFENSES.
As used in the Codified Ordinances:
(a)
Offenses include misdemeanors of the first, second, third and fourth degree,
minor misdemeanors and offenses not specifically classified.
(b)
Regardless of the penalty that may be imposed, any offense specifically classified
as a misdemeanor is a misdemeanor.
(c)
Any offense not specifically classified is a misdemeanor if imprisonment for not
more than one year may be imposed as a penalty.
(d)
Any offense not specifically classified is a minor misdemeanor if the only penalty
that may be imposed is one of the following:
(1)
For an offense committed prior to January 1, 2004, a fine not exceeding
one hundred dollars ($100.00);
(2)
For an offense committed on or after January 1, 2004, a fine not
exceeding one hundred fifty dollars ($150.00), community service under
division (D) of Ohio R.C. 2929.27, or a financial sanction other than a
fine under Ohio R.C. 2929.28.
(ORC 2901.02)
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501.03 COMMON LAW OFFENSES ABROGATED.
(a)
No conduct constitutes a criminal offense against the Municipality unless it is
defined as an offense in the Codified Ordinances or any other Municipal ordinance.
(b)
An offense is defined when one or more sections of the Codified Ordinances state
a positive prohibition or enjoin a specific duty, and provide a penalty for violation of such
prohibition or failure to meet such duty.
(c)
This section does not affect the power of a court to punish for contempt or to
employ any sanction authorized by law to enforce an order, civil judgment or decree.
(ORC 2901.03)
501.04 RULES OF CONSTRUCTION.
(a)
Except as otherwise provided in subsection (c) hereof, sections of the Codified
Ordinances defining offenses or penalties shall be strictly construed against the Municipality and
liberally construed in favor of the accused.
(b)
Rules of criminal procedure and sections of the Ohio Revised Code providing for
criminal procedure shall be construed so as to effect the fair, impartial, speedy and sure
administration of justice.
(c)
Any provision of a section of the Codified Ordinances that refers to a previous
conviction of or plea of guilty to a violation of a section of the Codified Ordinances or Ohio
Revised Code or of a division of a section of the Codified Ordinances or Ohio Revised Code shall
be construed to also refer to a previous conviction of or plea of guilty to a substantially equivalent
offense under an existing or former law of this State, another state, or the United States or under
an existing or former municipal ordinance.
(d)
Any provision of the Codified Ordinances that refers to a section, or to a division
of a section, of the Codified Ordinances that defines or specifies a criminal offense shall be
construed to also refer to an existing or former law of this State, another state, or the United
States, to an existing or former municipal ordinance, or to an existing or former division of any
such existing or former law or ordinance that defines or specifies, or that defined or specified, a
substantially equivalent offense. (ORC 2901.04)
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501.05 CRIMINAL LAW JURISDICTION.
(a)
A person is subject to misdemeanor prosecution and punishment in this Municipality
if any of the following occur:
(1)
The person commits an offense under the laws of this Municipality, any
element of which takes place in this Municipality.
(2)
While in this Municipality, the person attempts to commit, or is guilty of
complicity in the commission of, an offense in another jurisdiction, which
offense is an offense under both the laws of this Municipality or this State
and the other jurisdiction, or, while in this Municipality, the person
conspires to commit an offense in another jurisdiction, which offense is
an offense under both the laws of this Municipality or this State and the
other jurisdiction, and a substantial overt act in furtherance of the
conspiracy is undertaken in this Municipality by the person or another
person involved in the conspiracy, subsequent to the person’s entrance
into the conspiracy. In any case in which a person attempts to commit,
is guilty of complicity in the commission of, or conspires to commit an
offense in another jurisdiction as described in this subsection, the person
is subject to criminal prosecution and punishment in this Municipality for
the attempt, complicity, or conspiracy, and for any resulting offense that
is committed or completed in the other jurisdiction.
(3)
While out of this Municipality, the person conspires or attempts to
commit, or is guilty of complicity in the commission of, an offense in this
Municipality.
(4)
While out of this Municipality, the person omits to perform a legal duty
imposed by the laws of this Municipality, which omission affects a
legitimate interest of the Municipality in protecting, governing or
regulating any person, property, thing, transaction or activity in this
Municipality.
(5)
While out of this Municipality, the person unlawfully takes or retains
property and subsequently brings any of the unlawfully taken or retained
property into this Municipality.
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(7)
501.05
While out of this Municipality, the person unlawfully takes or entices
another and subsequently brings the other person into this Municipality.
The person, by means of a computer, computer system, computer
network, telecommunication, telecommunications device,
telecommunications service, or information service, causes or knowingly
permits any writing, data, image, or other telecommunication to be
disseminated or transmitted into this Municipality in violation of the law
of this Municipality.
(b)
This Municipality includes the land and water within its boundaries and the air
space above such land and water, and real property outside the corporate limits, with respect to
which this Municipality has either exclusive or concurrent legislative jurisdiction. Where the
boundary between this Municipality and another jurisdiction is disputed, the disputed territory is
conclusively presumed to be within this Municipality for purposes of this section.
(c)
When an offense is committed under the laws of this Municipality, and it appears
beyond a reasonable doubt that the offense or any element of the offense took place either in this
Municipality or in another jurisdiction or jurisdictions, but it cannot reasonably be determined in
which it took place, the offense or element is conclusively presumed to have taken place in this
Municipality for purposes of this section.
(d)
When a person is subject to criminal prosecution and punishment in this
Municipality for an offense committed or completed outside of this Municipality, the person is
subject to all specifications for that offense that would be applicable if the offense had been
committed within this Municipality.
(e)
Any act, conduct, or element that is a basis of a person being subject under this
section to criminal prosecution and punishment in this Municipality need not be committed
personally by the person as long as it is committed by another person who is in complicity or
conspiracy with the person.
(f)
This section shall be liberally construed, consistent with constitutional limitations,
to allow this Municipality the broadest possible jurisdiction over offenses and persons committing
offenses in, or affecting, this Municipality.
(g)
For purposes of subsection (a)(2) of this section, an overt act is substantial when
it is of a character that manifests a purpose on the part of the actor that the object of the conspiracy
should be completed.
(h)
As used in this section, “computer”, “computer system”, “computer network”,
“information service”, “telecommunication”, “telecommunications device”, “telecommunications
service”, “data”, and “writing” have the same meaning as in Ohio R.C. 2913.01. (ORC 2901.11)
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501.06 LIMITATION OF CRIMINAL PROSECUTION.
(a)
Except as otherwise provided in this section, a prosecution shall be barred unless
it is commenced within the following periods after an offense is committed:
(1)
For misdemeanor other than a minor misdemeanor, two years;
(2)
For a minor misdemeanor, six months.
(b)
If the period of limitation provided in subsection (a) hereof has expired, prosecution
shall be commenced for an offense of which an element is fraud or breach of a fiduciary duty,
within one year after discovery of the offense either by an aggrieved person, or by his legal
representative who is not himself a party to the offense.
(c)
(1)
(2)
If the period of limitation provided in this section has expired, prosecution
shall be commenced for the following offenses during the following
specified periods of time:
A.
For an offense involving misconduct in office by a public servant at
any time while the accused remains a public servant, or within two
years thereafter;
B.
For an offense by a person who is not a public servant but whose
offense is directly related to the misconduct in office of a public
servant, at any time while that public servant remains a public
servant, or within two years thereafter.
As used in this subsection:
A.
An “offense is directly related to the misconduct in office of a
public servant” includes, but is not limited to, a violation of Ohio
R.C. 101.71, 101.91, 121.61 or 2921.13, division (F) or (H) of
Ohio R.C. 102.03, division (A) of Ohio R.C. 2921.02, division (A)
or (B) of Ohio R.C. 2921.43, or division (F) or (G) of Ohio R.C.
3517.13, that is directly related to an offense involving misconduct
in office of a public servant.
B.
“Public servant” has the same meaning as in Section 525.01.
(d)
An offense is committed when every element of the offense occurs. In the case of
an offense of which an element is a continuing course of conduct, the period of limitation does not
begin to run until such course of conduct or the accused's accountability for it terminates,
whichever occurs first.
(e)
A prosecution is commenced on the date an indictment is returned or an information
filed, or on the date a lawful arrest without a warrant is made, or on the date a warrant, summons,
citation or other process is issued, whichever occurs first. A prosecution is not commenced by
the return of an indictment or the filing of an information unless reasonable diligence is exercised
to issue and execute process on the same. A prosecution is not commenced upon issuance of a
warrant, summons, citation or other process, unless reasonable diligence is exercised to execute
the same.
(f)
The period of limitation shall not run during any time when the corpus delicti
remains undiscovered.
(g)
The period of limitation shall not run during any time when the accused purposely
avoids prosecution. Proof that the accused absented himself from this Municipality or concealed
his identity or whereabouts is prima-facie evidence of his purpose to avoid prosecution.
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(h)
The period of limitation shall not run during any time a prosecution against the
accused based on the same conduct is pending in this State, even though the indictment,
information or process that commenced the prosecution is quashed or the proceedings on the
indictment, information or process are set aside or reversed on appeal.
(i)
The period of limitation for a violation of any provision of this General Offenses
Code that involves a physical or mental wound, injury, disability or condition of a nature that
reasonably indicates abuse or neglect of a child under eighteen years of age or of a mentally
retarded, developmentally disabled, or physically impaired child under twenty-one years of age
shall not begin to run until either of the following occurs:
(1)
The victim of the offense reaches the age of majority.
(2)
A public children services agency, or a municipal or county peace officer
that is not the parent or guardian of the child, in the county in which the
child resides or in which the abuse or neglect is occurring or has occurred
has been notified that abuse or neglect is known, suspected, or believed to
have occurred. (ORC 2901.13)
(j)
This section shall not apply to prosecutions commenced within the period of
limitations set forth in Ohio R.C. 718.12(B) for violations of the Municipal income tax ordinance.
501.07 REQUIREMENTS FOR CRIMINAL LIABILITY.
(a)
Except as provided in subsection (b) hereof, a person is not guilty of an offense
unless both of the following apply:
(1)
The person’s liability is based on conduct that includes either a voluntary
act, or an omission to perform an act or duty that the person is capable of
performing;
(2)
The person has the requisite degree of culpability for each element as to
which a culpable mental state is specified by the section defining the
offense.
(b)
When the section defining an offense does not specify any degree of culpability, and
plainly indicates a purpose to impose strict criminal liability for the conduct described in the
section, then culpability is not required for a person to be guilty of the offense. When the section
neither specifies culpability nor plainly indicates a purpose to impose strict liability, recklessness
is sufficient culpability to commit the offense.
(c)
Voluntary intoxication may not be taken into consideration in determining the
existence of a mental state that is an element of a criminal offense. Voluntary intoxication does
not relieve a person of a duty to act if failure to act constitutes a criminal offense. Evidence that
a person was voluntarily intoxicated may be admissible to show whether or not the person was
physically capable of performing the act with which the person is charged.
(d)
(1)
Possession is a voluntary act if the possessor knowingly procured or
received the thing possessed, or was aware of the possessor’s control of
the thing possessed for a sufficient time to have ended possession.
(2)
Reflexes, convulsions, body movements during unconsciousness or sleep,
and body movements that are not otherwise a product of the actor's
volition, are involuntary acts.
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"Culpability" means purpose, knowledge, recklessness or negligence, as
defined in Section 501.08.
“Intoxication” includes, but is not limited to, intoxication resulting from
the ingestion of alcohol, a drug, or alcohol and a drug.
(ORC 2901.21)
501.08 CULPABLE MENTAL STATES.
(a)
A person acts purposely when it is his specific intention to cause a certain result,
or when the gist of the offense is a prohibition against conduct of a certain nature, regardless of
what the offender intends to accomplish thereby, it is his specific intention to engage in conduct
of that nature.
(b)
A person acts knowingly, regardless of his purpose, when he is aware that his
conduct will probably cause a certain result or will probably be of a certain nature. A person has
knowledge of circumstances when he is aware that such circumstances probably exist.
(c)
A person acts recklessly when, with heedless indifference to the consequences,
he perversely disregards a known risk that his conduct is likely to cause a certain result or is likely
to be of a certain nature. A person is reckless with respect to circumstances when, with heedless
indifference to the consequences, he perversely disregards a known risk that such circumstances
are likely to exist.
(d)
A person acts negligently when, because of a substantial lapse from due care, he
fails to perceive or avoid a risk that his conduct may cause a certain result or may be of a certain
nature. A person is negligent with respect to circumstances when, because of a substantial lapse
from due care, he fails to perceive or avoid a risk that such circumstances may exist.
(e)
When the section defining an offense provides that negligence suffices to establish
an element thereof, then recklessness, knowledge or purpose is also sufficient culpability for such
element. When recklessness suffices to establish an element of an offense, then knowledge or
purpose is also sufficient culpability for such element. When knowledge suffices to establish an
element of an offense, then purpose is also sufficient culpability for such element.
(ORC 2901.22)
501.09 ATTEMPT.
(a)
No person, purposely or knowingly, and when purpose or knowledge is sufficient
culpability for the commission of an offense, shall engage in conduct that, if successful, would
constitute or result in the offense.
(b)
It is no defense to a charge under this section that, in retrospect, commission of
the offense that was the object of the attempt was either factually or legally impossible under the
attendant circumstances, if that offense could have been committed had the attendant circumstances
been as the actor believed them to be.
(c)
No person who is convicted of committing a specific offense or of complicity in
the commission of an offense, shall be convicted of an attempt to commit the same offense in
violation of this section.
(d)
It is an affirmative defense to a charge under this section that the actor abandoned
the actor’s effort to commit the offense or otherwise prevented its commission, under
circumstances manifesting a complete and voluntary renunciation of the actor’s criminal purpose.
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(e)
Whoever violates this section is guilty of an attempt to commit an offense. An
attempt to commit a drug abuse offense for which the penalty is determined by the amount or
number of unit doses of the controlled substance involved in the drug abuse offense is an offense
of the same degree as the drug abuse offense attempted would be if that drug abuse offense had
been committed and had involved an amount or number of unit doses of the controlled substance
that is within the next lower range of controlled substance amounts than was involved in the
attempt. An attempt to commit any other misdemeanor is a misdemeanor of the next lesser degree
than the misdemeanor attempted. In the case of an attempt to commit an offense other than a
violation of Ohio R.C. Chapter 3734 that is not specifically classified, an attempt is a misdemeanor
of the first degree if the offense attempted is a felony under the Ohio Revised Code, and a
misdemeanor of the fourth degree if the offense attempted is a misdemeanor. An attempt to
commit a minor misdemeanor is not an offense under this section.
(f)
As used in this section, “drug abuse offense” has the same meaning as in Ohio
R.C. 2925.01. (ORC 2923.02)
501.10 COMPLICITY.
(a)
No person, acting with the kind of culpability required for the commission of an
offense, shall do any of the following:
(1)
Solicit or procure another to commit the offense;
(2)
Aid or abet another in committing the offense;
(3)
Cause an innocent or irresponsible person to commit the offense.
(b)
It is no defense to a charge under this section that no person with whom the accused
was in complicity has been convicted as a principal offender.
(c)
No person shall be convicted of complicity under this section unless an offense is
actually committed, but a person may be convicted of complicity in an attempt to commit an
offense in violation of Section 501.09.
(d)
If an alleged accomplice of the defendant testifies against the defendant in a case
in which the defendant is charged with complicity in the commission of or an attempt to commit
an offense, an attempt to commit an offense or an offense, the court when it charges the jury, shall
state substantially the following:
"The testimony of an accomplice does not become
inadmissible because of his complicity, moral turpitude
or self-interest, but the admitted or claimed complicity
of a witness may affect his credibility and make his
testimony subject to grave suspicion, and require that
it be weighed with great caution.
"It is for you, as jurors, in the light of all the facts presented to
you from the witness stand, to evaluate such testimony and to
determine its quality and worth or its lack of quality and
worth."
(e)
It is an affirmative defense to a charge under this section that, prior to the
commission of or attempt to commit the offense, the actor terminated his complicity, under
circumstances manifesting a complete and voluntary renunciation of his criminal purpose.
(f)
Whoever violates this section is guilty of complicity in the commission of an
offense, and shall be prosecuted and punished as if he were a principal offender. A charge of
complicity may be stated in terms of this section, or in terms of the principal offense.
(ORC 2923.03)
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501.11 ORGANIZATIONAL CRIMINAL LIABILITY.
(a)
An organization may be convicted of an offense under any of the following
circumstances:
(1)
The offense is a minor misdemeanor committed by an officer, agent or
employee of the organization acting in its behalf and within the scope of
his office or employment, except that if the section defining the offense
designates the officers, agents or employees for whose conduct the
organization is accountable or the circumstances under which it is
accountable, such provisions shall apply.
(2)
A purpose to impose organizational liability plainly appears in the section
defining the offense, and the offense is committed by an officer, agent or
employee of the organization acting in its behalf and within the scope of
his office or employment, except that if the section defining the offense
designates the officers, agents or employees for whose conduct the
organization is accountable or the circumstances under which it is
accountable, such provisions shall apply.
(3)
The offense consists of an omission to discharge a specific duty imposed
by law on the organization.
(4)
If, acting with the kind of culpability otherwise required for the
commission of the offense, its commission was authorized, requested,
commanded, tolerated or performed by the board of directors, trustees,
partners or by a high managerial officer, agent or employee acting in
behalf of the organization and within the scope of his office or
employment.
(b)
When strict liability is imposed for the commission of an offense, a purpose to
impose organizational liability shall be presumed, unless the contrary plainly appears.
(c)
In a prosecution of an organization for an offense other than one for which strict
liability is imposed, it is a defense that the high managerial officer, agent or employee having
supervisory responsibility over the subject matter of the offense exercised due diligence to prevent
its commission. This defense is not available if it plainly appears inconsistent with the purpose
of the section defining the offense.
(d)
As used in this section, "organization" means a corporation for profit or not for
profit, partnership, limited partnership, joint venture, unincorporated association, estate, trust or
other commercial or legal entity. "Organization" does not include an entity organized as or by a
governmental agency for the execution of a governmental program. (ORC 2901.23)
501.12 PERSONAL ACCOUNTABILITY FOR ORGANIZATIONAL
CONDUCT.
(a)
An officer, agent or employee of an organization as defined in Section 501.11 may
be prosecuted for an offense committed by such organization, if he acts with the kind of culpability
required for the commission of the offense, and any of the following apply:
(1)
In the name of the organization or in its behalf, he engages in conduct
constituting the offense, or causes another to engage in such conduct, or
tolerates such conduct when it is of a type for which he has direct
responsibility;
(2)
He has primary responsibility to discharge a duty imposed on the
organization by law, and such duty is not discharged.
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(b)
When a person is convicted of an offense by reason of this section, he is subject to
the same penalty as if he had acted in his own behalf. (ORC 2901.24)
501.13 CONSPIRACY.
(a)
No person, with purpose to commit or to promote or facilitate the commission of
aggravated murder, murder, kidnapping, abduction, compelling prostitution, promoting
prostitution, trafficking in persons, aggravated arson, arson, aggravated robbery, robbery,
aggravated burglary, burglary, engaging in a pattern of corrupt activity, corrupting another with
drugs, a felony drug trafficking, manufacturing, processing or possession offense, theft of drugs,
or illegal processing of drug documents, the commission of a felony offense of unauthorized use
of a vehicle, illegally transmitting multiple commercial electronic mail messages or unauthorized
access of a computer in violation of Ohio R.C. 2923.421 or the commission of a violation of any
provision of Ohio R.C. Chapter 3734, other than Ohio R.C. 3734.18, that relates to hazardous
wastes, shall do either of the following:
(1)
With another person or persons, plan or aid in planning the commission of
any of the specified offenses;
(2)
Agree with another person or persons that one or more of them will engage
in conduct that facilitates the commission of any of the specified offenses.
(b)
No person shall be convicted of conspiracy unless a substantial overt act in
furtherance of the conspiracy is alleged and proved to have been done by the accused or a person
with whom the accused conspired, subsequent to the accused’s entrance into the conspiracy. For
purposes of this section, an overt act is substantial when it is of a character that manifests a
purpose on the part of the actor that the object of the conspiracy should be completed.
(c)
When the offender knows or has reasonable cause to believe that a person with
whom the offender conspires also has conspired or is conspiring with another to commit the same
offense, the offender is guilty of conspiring with that other person, even though the other person’s
identity may be unknown to the offender.
(d)
It is no defense to a charge under this section that, in retrospect, commission of the
offense that was the object of the conspiracy was impossible under the circumstances.
(e)
A conspiracy terminates when the offense or offenses that are its objects are
committed or when it is abandoned by all conspirators. In the absence of abandonment, it is no
defense to a charge under this section that no offense that was the object of the conspiracy was
committed.
(f)
A person who conspires to commit more than one offense is guilty of only one
conspiracy, when the offenses are the object of the same agreement or continuous conspiratorial
relationship.
(g)
When a person is convicted of committing or attempting to commit a specific
offense or of complicity in the commission of or attempt to commit the specific offense, the person
shall not be convicted of conspiracy involving the same offense.
(h)
(1)
(2)
No person shall be convicted of conspiracy upon the testimony of a person
with whom the defendant conspired, unsupported by other evidence.
If a person with whom the defendant allegedly has conspired testifies
against the defendant in a case in which the defendant is charged with
conspiracy and if the testimony is supported by other evidence, the court,
when it charges the jury, shall state substantially the following:
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“The testimony of an accomplice that is supported by other evidence
does not become inadmissible because of the accomplice’s complicity,
moral turpitude, or self-interest, but the admitted or claimed complicity of
a witness may affect the witness’ credibility and make the witness’
testimony subject to grave suspicion, and requires that it be weighed with
great caution.
It is for you, as jurors, in light of all the facts presented to you from
the witness stand, to evaluate such testimony and to determine its quality
and worth or its lack of quality and worth”.
“Conspiracy”, as used in subsection (h)(1) of this section, does not include
any conspiracy that results in an attempt to commit an offense or in the
commission of an offense.
The following are affirmative defenses to a charge of conspiracy:
(1)
After conspiring to commit an offense, the actor thwarted the success of the
conspiracy under circumstances manifesting a complete and voluntary
renunciation of the actor’s criminal purpose.
(2)
After conspiring to commit an offense, the actor abandoned the conspiracy
prior to the commission of or attempt to commit any offense that was the
object of the conspiracy, either by advising all other conspirators of the
actor’s abandonment, or by informing any law enforcement authority of the
existence of the conspiracy and of the actor’s participation in the
conspiracy.
(j)
Whoever violates this section is guilty of conspiracy, which is a misdemeanor of
the first degree, when the most serious offense that is the object of the conspiracy is a felony of
the fifth degree.
(k)
This section does not define a separate conspiracy offense or penalty where
conspiracy is defined as an offense by one or more sections of this Code, other than this section.
In such a case, however:
(1)
With respect to the offense specified as the object of the conspiracy in the
other section or sections, subsection (a) hereof defines the voluntary act or
acts and culpable mental state necessary to constitute the conspiracy;
(2)
Subsections (b) to (i) hereof are incorporated by reference in the conspiracy
offense defined by the other section or sections of this Code.
(l)
(1)
(2)
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In addition to the penalties that otherwise are imposed for conspiracy, a
person who is found guilty of conspiracy to engage in a pattern of corrupt
activity is subject to divisions (B)(2) and (3) of Ohio R.C. 2923.32, division
(A) of Ohio R.C. 2981.04 and division (D) of Ohio R.C. 2981.06.
If a person is convicted of or pleads guilty to conspiracy and if the most
serious offense that is the object of the conspiracy is a felony drug
trafficking, manufacturing, processing or possession offense, in addition to
the penalties or sanctions that may be imposed for the conspiracy under
subsection (j) hereof and Ohio R.C. Chapter 2929, both of the following
apply:
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B.
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501.99
The provisions of divisions (D), (F) and (G) of Ohio R.C. 2925.03,
division (D) of Ohio R.C. 2925.04, division (D) of Ohio R.C.
2925.05, division (D) of Ohio R.C. 2925.06 and division (E) of
Ohio R.C. 2925.11 that pertain to mandatory and additional fines,
driver’s or commercial driver’s license or permit suspensions, and
professionally licensed persons and that would apply under the
appropriate provisions of those divisions to a person who is
convicted of or pleads guilty to the felony drug trafficking,
manufacturing, processing, or possession offense that is the most
serious offense that is the basis of the conspiracy shall apply to the
person who is convicted of or pleads guilty to the conspiracy as if
the person had been convicted or pleaded guilty to the felony drug
trafficking, manufacturing, processing or possession offense that is
the most serious offense that is the basis of the conspiracy.
The court that imposes sentence upon the person who is convicted
of or pleads guilty to the conspiracy shall comply with the
provisions identified as being applicable under subsection (l)(2) of
this section, in addition to any other penalty or sanction that it
imposes for the conspiracy under subsection (j) of this section and
Ohio R.C. Chapter 2929.
(1)
“Felony drug trafficking, manufacturing, processing or possession offense”
means any of the following that is a felony:
A.
A violation of Ohio R.C. 2925.03, 2925.04, 2925.05, or 2925.06;
B.
A violation of Ohio R.C. 2925.11 that is not a minor drug
possession offense.
(2)
“Minor drug possession offense” has the same meaning as in Ohio R.C.
2925.01. (ORC 2923.01)
501.99 PENALTIES FOR MISDEMEANORS.
(a)
Financial Sanctions. In addition to imposing court costs pursuant to Ohio R.C.
2947.23, the court imposing a sentence upon an offender for a misdemeanor committed under the
Codified Ordinances, including a minor misdemeanor, may sentence the offender to any financial
sanction or combination of financial sanctions authorized under this section. If the court in its
discretion imposes one or more financial sanctions, the financial sanctions that may be imposed
pursuant to this section include, but are not limited to, the following:
(1)
Restitution. Unless the misdemeanor offense is a minor misdemeanor or
could be disposed of by the traffic violations bureau serving the court under
Traffic Rule 13, restitution by the offender to the victim of the offender’s
crime or any survivor of the victim, in an amount based on the victim’s
economic loss. The court may not impose restitution as a sanction pursuant
to this section if the offense is a minor misdemeanor or could be disposed
of by the traffic violations bureau serving the court under Traffic Rule 13.
If the court requires restitution, the court shall order that the restitution be
made to the victim in open court or to the adult probation department that
serves the jurisdiction or the clerk of the court on behalf of the victim.
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(3)
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If the court imposes restitution, the court shall determine the amount of
restitution to be paid by the offender. If the court imposes restitution, the
court may base the amount of restitution it orders on an amount
recommended by the victim, the offender, a presentence investigation
report, estimates or receipts indicating the cost of repairing or replacing
property, and other information, provided that the amount the court orders
as restitution shall not exceed the amount of the economic loss suffered by
the victim as a direct and proximate result of the commission of the offense.
If the court decides to impose restitution, the court shall hold an evidentiary
hearing on restitution if the offender, victim or survivor disputes the
amount of restitution. If the court holds an evidentiary hearing, at the
hearing the victim or survivor has the burden to prove by a preponderance
of the evidence the amount of restitution sought from the offender.
All restitution payments shall be credited against any recovery of economic
loss in a civil action brought by the victim or any survivor of the victim
against the offender. No person may introduce evidence of an award of
restitution under this section in a civil action for purposes of imposing
liability against an insurer under Ohio R.C. 3937.18.
If the court imposes restitution, the court may order that the offender pay
a surcharge, of not more than five per cent of the amount of the restitution
otherwise ordered, to the entity responsible for collecting and processing
restitution payments.
The victim or survivor may request that the prosecutor in the case file a
motion, or the offender may file a motion, for modification of the payment
terms of any restitution ordered. If the court grants the motion, it may
modify the payment terms as it determines appropriate.
Fines. A fine in the following amount:
A.
For a misdemeanor of the first degree, not more than one thousand
dollars ($1,000);
B.
For a misdemeanor of the second degree, not more than seven
hundred fifty dollars ($750.00);
C.
For a misdemeanor of the third degree, not more than five hundred
dollars ($500.00);
D.
For a misdemeanor of the fourth degree, not more than two hundred
fifty dollars ($250.00);
E.
For a minor misdemeanor, not more than one hundred fifty dollars
($150.00).
Reimbursement of costs of sanctions.
A.
Reimbursement by the offender of any or all of the costs of
sanctions incurred by the government, including, but not limited to,
the following:
1.
All or part of the costs of implementing any community
control sanction, including a supervision fee under Ohio
R.C. 2951.021;
2.
All or part of the costs of confinement in a jail or other
residential facility, including, but not limited to, a per diem
fee for room and board, the costs of medical and dental
treatment, and the costs of repairing property damaged by
the offender while confined.
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B.
(b)
501.99
The amount of reimbursement ordered under subsection (a)(3)A. of
this section shall not exceed the total amount of reimbursement the
offender is able to pay and shall not exceed the actual cost of the
sanctions. The court may collect any amount of reimbursement the
offender is required to pay under that subsection. If the court does
not order reimbursement under that subsection, confinement costs
may be assessed pursuant to a repayment policy adopted under Ohio
R.C. 2929.37. In addition, the offender may be required to pay the
fees specified in Ohio R.C. 2929.38 in accordance with that section.
(ORC 2929.28)
Jail Terms.
(1)
Except as provided in Ohio R.C. 2929.22 or 2929.23 of the Revised Code,
and unless another term is required or authorized pursuant to law, if the
sentencing court imposing a sentence upon an offender for a misdemeanor
elects or is required to impose a jail term on the offender pursuant to this
General Offenses Code, the court shall impose a definite jail term that shall
be one of the following:
A.
For a misdemeanor of the first degree, not more than one hundred
eighty days;
B.
For a misdemeanor of the second degree, not more than ninety
days;
C.
For a misdemeanor of the third degree, not more than sixty days;
D.
For a misdemeanor of the fourth degree, not more than thirty days.
(2)
A.
A court that sentences an offender to a jail term under this section
may permit the offender to serve the sentence in intermittent
confinement or may authorize a limited release of the offender as
provided in Ohio R.C. 2929.26(B). The court retains jurisdiction
over every offender sentenced to jail to modify the jail sentence
imposed at any time, but the court shall not reduce any mandatory
jail term.
B.
1.
If a prosecutor, as defined in Ohio R.C. 2935.01, has filed
a notice with the court that the prosecutor wants to be
notified about a particular case and if the court is
considering modifying the jail sentence of the offender in
that case, the court shall notify the prosecutor that the court
is considering modifying the jail sentence of the offender in
that case. The prosecutor may request a hearing regarding
the court’s consideration of modifying the jail sentence of
the offender in that case, and, if the prosecutor requests a
hearing, the court shall notify the eligible offender of the
hearing.
2.
If the prosecutor requests a hearing regarding the court’s
consideration of modifying the jail sentence of the offender
in that case, the court shall hold the hearing before
considering whether or not to release the offender from the
offender’s jail sentence.
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(3)
(4)
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If a court sentences an offender to a jail term under this section and the
court assigns the offender to a county jail that has established a county jail
industry program pursuant to Ohio R.C. 5147.30, the court shall specify,
as part of the sentence, whether the offender may be considered for
participation in the program. During the offender’s term in the county jail,
the court retains jurisdiction to modify its specification regarding the
offender’s participation in the county jail industry program.
If a person is sentenced to a jail term pursuant to this section, the court may
impose as part of the sentence pursuant to Ohio R.C. 2929.28 a
reimbursement sanction, and, if the local detention facility in which the
term is to be served is covered by a policy adopted pursuant to Ohio R.C.
307.93, 341.14, 341.19, 341.21, 341.23, 753.02, 753.04, 753.16,
2301.56, or 2947.19 and Ohio R.C. 2929.37, both of the following apply:
A.
The court shall specify both of the following as part of the sentence:
1.
If the person is presented with an itemized bill pursuant to
Ohio R.C. 2929.37 for payment of the costs of confinement,
the person is required to pay the bill in accordance with that
section.
2.
If the person does not dispute the bill described in subsection
(b)(4)A.1. of this section and does not pay the bill by the
times specified in Ohio R.C. 2929.37, the clerk of the court
may issue a certificate of judgment against the person as
described in that section.
B.
The sentence automatically includes any certificate of judgment
issued as described in subsection (b)(4)A.2. of this section.
(ORC 2929.24)
(c)
Organizations. Regardless of the penalties provided in subsections (a) and (b)
hereof, an organization convicted of an offense pursuant to Section 501.11 shall be fined, in
accordance with this section. The court shall fix the fine as follows:
Type of
Misdemeanor
First degree
Second degree
Third degree
Fourth degree
Minor
Misdemeanor not
specifically classified
Minor misdemeanor not
specifically classified
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Fine
$5000.00
4000.00
3000.00
2000.00
1000.00
2000.00
1000.00
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(1)
(2)
(3)
501.99
When an organization is convicted of an offense that is not specifically
classified, and the section defining the offense or penalty plainly indicates
a purpose to impose the penalty provided for violation upon organizations,
then the penalty so provided shall be imposed in lieu of the penalty
provided in this subsection (c).
When an organization is convicted of an offense that is not specifically
classified, and the penalty provided includes a higher fine than the fine
that is provided in this subsection (c), then the penalty imposed shall be
pursuant to the penalty provided for the violation of the section defining
the offense.
This subsection (c) does not prevent the imposition of available civil
sanctions against an organization convicted of an offense pursuant to
Section 501.11, either in addition to or in lieu of a fine imposed pursuant
to this subsection (c).
(ORC 2929.31)
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CHAPTER 505
Animals and Fowl
505.01
Dogs and other animals
running at large.
505.02
Impounding and disposition;
records.
505.03
Annual registration of dogs;
tags required.
505.04
Abandoning animals.
505.04.1 Stray dogs.
505.05
Killing or injuring animals.
505.06
Poisoning animals.
505.07
Cruelty to animals generally.
505.07.1 Cruelty to companion animals.
505.08
Nuisance conditions
prohibited.
505.09
505.10
505.11
505.12
505.13
505.14
505.99
Barking or howling dogs.
Animal bites; reports and
quarantine.
Horses; stables; corrals.
Coloring rabbits or baby
poultry; sale or display
of poultry.
Report of escape of exotic
or dangerous animal.
Dangerous and vicious
dogs.
Penalty.
CROSS REFERENCES
Owner or keeper liable for damages - see Ohio R.C 951.10
Dog registration - see Ohio R.C. 955.01
505.01 DOGS AND OTHER ANIMALS RUNNING AT LARGE.
(a)
No person being the owner or having charge of cattle, horses, swine, sheep, geese,
ducks, goats, turkeys, chickens or other fowl or animals shall permit them to run at large upon
any public place, or upon any unenclosed lands or upon the premises of another.
(ORC 951.02)
(b)
No owner, keeper or harborer of any dog shall permit it to go beyond the premises
of the owner, keeper or harborer at any time, unless the dog is properly in leash. This section
shall not apply to “police dogs” or “hunting dogs” who are engaged in hunting in concert with
their owner, keeper, harborer or some other person.
(c)
No owner, keeper or harborer of any dog shall fail at any time to keep it either
physically confined or restrained upon the premises of the owner, keeper or harborer by a leash,
tether, adequate fence, supervision, or secure enclosure to prevent escape, or under reasonable
control of some person. For purposes of this subsection, any fence, including, but not limited to,
an electronic fence, will not be considered an adequate fence if it does not contain the dog within
the property of such dog’s owner, keeper or harborer. Control that allows the animal to leave the
premises is not reasonable control. (Ord. 1957. Passed 3-22-04.)
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(d)
The running at large of any such animal in or upon any of the places mentioned
in this section is prima-facie evidence that it is running at large in violation of this section.
(ORC 951.02)
(e)
Whoever violates this subsection (a) hereof is guilty of a misdemeanor of the
fourth degree. (ORC 951.99)
(f)
(1)
(2)
Whoever violates subsection (b) or (c) hereof shall be fined not less than
twenty-five dollars ($25.00) nor more than one hundred-fifty dollars
($150.00) for a first offense. For each subsequent offense, such person
shall be fined not less than seventy-five dollars ($75.00) nor more than
two hundred-fifty dollars ($250.00) and may be imprisoned for not more
than thirty (30) days. (Ord. 1957. Passed 3-22-04.)
In addition to the penalties prescribed in subsection (f)(1) hereof, if the
offender is guilty of a violation of subsection (b) or (c) hereof, the court
may order the offender to personally supervise the dog that he owns,
keeps or harbors, to cause that dog to complete dog obedience training,
or to do both. (ORC 955.99)
505.02 IMPOUNDING AND DISPOSITION; RECORDS.
(a)
A police officer or animal warden may impound every animal or dog found in
violation of Section 505.01. If the dog is not wearing a valid registration tag and the owner is not
otherwise reasonably determined, notice shall be posted in the pound or animal shelter both
describing the dog and place where seized and advising the unknown owner that unless the dog
is redeemed within three days, it may thereafter be sold or destroyed according to law. If the dog
is wearing a valid registration tag or the identity of the owner, keeper or harborer is otherwise
reasonably determined, notice shall be given by certified mail to such owner, keeper or harborer
that the dog has been impounded and unless redeemed within fourteen days of the date of notice,
it may thereafter be sold or destroyed according to law. Any dog seized and impounded may be
redeemed by its owner, keeper or harborer at any time prior to the applicable redemption period
upon payment of all lawful costs assessed against the animal and upon providing the dog with a
valid registration tag if it has none.
(b)
A record of all dogs impounded, the disposition of the same, the owner's name and
address where known, and a statement of any costs assessed against the dog shall be kept by any
poundkeeper.
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505.03 ANNUAL REGISTRATION OF DOGS; TAGS REQUIRED.
(a)
Except for guide dogs registered under Ohio R.C. 955.011 and dogs kept by an
institution or organization for teaching and research purposes under Ohio R.C. 955.16, no person
shall own, keep or harbor a dog more than three months of age without annually registering such
dog with the County Auditor. Failure of any dog at any time to wear a valid registration tag shall
be prima-facie evidence of lack of registration and subject such dog to impounding and disposition
as provided by Ohio R.C. 955.16.
(b)
Whoever violates this section is guilty of a minor misdemeanor for a first offense
and a misdemeanor of the fourth degree for each subsequent offense. (ORC 955.99(D)).
505.04 ABANDONING ANIMALS.
(a)
No owner or keeper of a dog, cat or other domestic animal shall abandon such
animal. (ORC 959.01)
(b)
Whoever violates this section is guilty of a misdemeanor of the second degree on
a first offense and a misdemeanor of the first degree on each subsequent offense. (ORC 959.99)
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505.04.1 STRAY DOGS.
(a)
Any stray or lost dog found and captured by Village personnel within the
corporation limits of Sheffield Village that is not immediately claimed by its owner(s) shall be
transported to and kept at the Village-owned kennel (the “Kennel”).
(b)
The duration of the stay of any such stray or lost dog at the Kennel shall not exceed
seven days, except as otherwise set forth herein.
(c)
The Kennel may be operated by the Village or by a third-party designated by the
Village, at the Village’s sole discretion. Each time a stray or lost dog is brought to the Kennel,
the party operating the Kennel shall be responsible for providing documentation to the office of
the Mayor with pertinent information regarding the stray or lost dog so that such information may
be posted on the Village’s website and cable channel.
(d)
Once a stray or lost dog has been kept at the Kennel for seven days, disposition of
such dog shall be made by the Village in one of the following ways:
(1)
The stray or lost dog may be transferred to another kennel or may remain
at the Kennel at the expense of a humane society or other organization or
person that has agreed in writing to pay any expenses incurred in
connection with the care of such stray or lost dog; or
(2)
The Village may transfer such stray or lost dog to the Lorain County Dog
Warden, provided that the Village shall only do so in the event that there
is no organization or person willing to pay for the dog’s care at the Kennel.
(Ord. 2027. Passed 5-23-05.)
505.05 KILLING OR INJURING ANIMALS.
(a)
No person shall maliciously, or willfully, and without the consent of the owner, kill
or injure a farm animal, dog, cat or other domestic animal that is the property of another. This
section does not apply to a licensed veterinarian acting in an official capacity, or to trespassing
animals as set forth in Ohio R.C. 959.04. (ORC 959.02)
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(b)
Except as otherwise provided herein, whoever violates this section is guilty of a
misdemeanor of the second degree. If the value of the animal killed or the injury done amounts
to three hundred dollars ($300.00) or more, such person is guilty of a misdemeanor of the first
degree. (ORC 959.99(B))
505.06 POISONING ANIMALS.
(a)
No person shall maliciously, or willfully and without the consent of the owner,
administer poison, except a licensed veterinarian acting in such capacity, to a farm animal, dog,
cat, poultry or other domestic animal that is the property of another; and no person shall, willfully
and without the consent of the owner, place any poisoned food where it may be easily found and
eaten by any of such animals, either upon his own lands or the lands of another. This section does
not apply to trespassing animals as set forth in Ohio R.C. 959.04.
(ORC 959.03)
(b)
Whoever violates this section is guilty of a misdemeanor of the fourth degree.
(ORC 959.99(C))
505.07 CRUELTY TO ANIMALS GENERALLY.
(a)
No person shall:
(1)
Torture an animal, deprive one of necessary sustenance, unnecessarily or
cruelly beat, needlessly mutilate or kill, or impound or confine an animal
without supplying it during such confinement with a sufficient quantity of
good wholesome food and water;
(2)
Impound or confine an animal without affording it, during such
confinement, access to shelter from wind, rain, snow or excessive direct
sunlight if it can reasonably be expected that the animal would otherwise
become sick or in some other way suffer. This subsection (a)(2) does not
apply to animals impounded or confined prior to slaughter. For the
purpose of this section, "shelter" means a man-made enclosure,
windbreak, sunshade or natural windbreak or sunshade that is developed
from the earth's contour, tree development or vegetation;
(3)
Carry or convey an animal in a cruel or inhuman manner;
(4)
Keep animals other than cattle, poultry or fowl, swine, sheep or goats in
an enclosure without wholesome exercise and change of air, nor feed cows
on food that produces impure or unwholesome milk;
(5)
Detain livestock in railroad cars or compartments longer than twenty-eight
hours after they are so placed without supplying them with necessary
food, water and attention, nor permit such livestock to be so crowded as
to overlie, crush, wound or kill each other.
(b)
Upon the written request of the owner or person in custody of any particular
shipment of livestock, which written request shall be separate and apart from any printed bill of
lading or other railroad form, the length of time in which such livestock may be detained in any
cars or compartments without food, water and attention, may be extended to thirty-six hours
without penalty therefor. This section does not prevent the dehorning of cattle.
(ORC 959.13)
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(c)
Whoever violates this section is guilty of a misdemeanor of the second degree. In
addition, the court may order the offender to forfeit the animal or livestock and may provide for
its disposition including, but not limited to, the sale of the animal or livestock. If an animal or
livestock is forfeited and sold pursuant to this subsection, the proceeds from the sale first shall be
applied to pay the expenses incurred with regard to the care of the animal from the time it was
taken from the custody of the former owner. The balance of the proceeds from the sale, if any,
shall be paid to the former owner of the animal. (ORC 959.99(D))
505.07.1 CRUELTY TO COMPANION ANIMALS.
(a)
(1)
“Companion animal” means any animal that is kept inside a residential
dwelling and any dog or cat regardless of where it is kept. “Companion
animal” does not include livestock or any wild animal.
(2)
“Cruelty”, “torment” and “torture” have the same meanings as in Ohio
R.C. 1717.01.
(3)
“Residential dwelling” means a structure or shelter or the portion of a
structure or shelter that is used by one or more humans for the purpose of
a habitation.
(4)
“Practice of veterinary medicine” has the same meaning as in Ohio R.C.
4741.01.
(5)
“Wild animal” has the same meaning as in Ohio R.C. 1531.01.
(6)
“Federal animal welfare act” means the “Laboratory Animal Act of 1966",
Pub. L. No. 89-544, 80 Stat. 350 (1966), 7 U.S.C.A. 2131 et seq., as
amended by the “Animal Welfare Act of 1970", Pub. L. No. 91-579, 84
Stat. 1560 (1970), the “Animal Welfare Act Amendments of 1976", Pub.
L. No. 94-279, 90 Stat. 417 (1976), and the “Food Security Act of
1985", Pub. L. No. 99-198, 99 Stat. 1354 (1985), and as it may be
subsequently amended.
(b)
No person shall knowingly torture, torment, needlessly mutilate or maim, cruelly
beat, poison, needlessly kill, or commit an act of cruelty against a companion animal.
(c)
No person who confines or who is the custodian or caretaker of a companion animal
shall negligently do any of the following:
(1)
Torture, torment, needlessly mutilate or maim, cruelly beat, poison,
needlessly kill, or commit an act of cruelty against the companion animal;
(2)
Deprive the companion animal of necessary sustenance, confine the
companion animal without supplying it during the confinement with
sufficient quantities of good, wholesome food and water, or impound or
confine the companion animal without affording it, during the impoundment
or confinement, with access to shelter from heat, cold, wind, rain, snow,
or excessive direct sunlight, if it can reasonably be expected that the
companion animal would become sick or suffer in any other way as a result
of or due to the deprivation, confinement, or impoundment in any of those
specified manners.
(d)
Subsections (b) and (c) of this section do not apply to any of the following:
(1)
A companion animal used in scientific research conducted by an institution
in accordance with the federal animal welfare act and related regulations;
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(2)
(3)
(4)
(5)
(e)
(1)
(2)
(3)
(4)
505.08
The lawful practice of veterinary medicine by a person who has been issued
a license, temporary permit, or registration certificate to do so under Ohio
R.C. Chapter 4741;
Dogs being used or intended for use for hunting or field trial purposes,
provided that the dogs are being treated in accordance with usual and
commonly accepted practices for the care of hunting dogs;
The use of common training devices, if the companion animal is being
treated in accordance with usual and commonly accepted practices for the
training of animals;
The administering of medicine to a companion animal that was properly
prescribed by a person who has been issued a license, temporary permit, or
registration certificate under Ohio R.C. Chapter 4741.
(ORC 959.131)
Whoever violates subsection (b) hereof is guilty of a misdemeanor of the
first degree on a first offense. On each subsequent offense such person is
guilty of a felony and shall be prosecuted under appropriate State law.
Whoever violates subsection (c) hereof is guilty of a misdemeanor of the
second degree on a first offense and a misdemeanor of the first degree on
each subsequent offense.
A.
A court may order a person who is convicted of or pleads guilty to
a violation of this section to forfeit to an impounding agency, as
defined in Ohio R.C. 959.132, any or all of the companion animals
in that person’s ownership or care. The court also may prohibit or
place limitations on the person’s ability to own or care for any
companion animals for a specified or indefinite period of time.
B.
A court may order a person who is convicted of or pleads guilty to
a violation of this section to reimburse an impounding agency for
the reasonably necessary costs incurred by the agency for the care
of a companion animal that the agency impounded as a result of the
investigation or prosecution of the violation, provided that the costs
were not otherwise paid under Ohio R.C. 959.132.
If a court has reason to believe that a person who is convicted of or pleads
guilty to a violation of this section suffers from a mental or emotional
disorder that contributed to the violation, the court may impose as a
community control sanction or as a condition of probation a requirement
that the offender undergo psychological evaluation or counseling. The
court shall order the offender to pay the costs of the evaluation or
counseling. (ORC 959.99)
505.08 NUISANCE CONDITIONS PROHIBITED.
(a)
No person shall keep or harbor any animal or fowl in the Municipality so as to
create noxious, or offensive odors or unsanitary conditions which are a menace to the health,
comfort or safety of the public. (A.O.)
(b)
In the event that any domesticated animal leaves droppings or animal feces on any
other person’s property not owned by the owner, keeper or harborer of said animal, then such
owner, keeper or harborer shall be responsible for the removal and disposal of the droppings
and/or animal feces from such other person’s property.
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(c)
Whoever violates subsection (b) or (c) hereof shall be fined not less than twenty-five
dollars ($25.00) nor more than one hundred-fifty dollars ($150.00) for a first offense. For each
subsequent offense, such person shall be fined not less than seventy-five dollars ($75.00) nor more
than two hundred-fifty dollars ($250.00) and may be imprisoned for not more than thirty (30)
days. (Ord. 1957. Passed 3-22-04.)
505.09 BARKING OR HOWLING DOGS.
(a)
No person shall keep or harbor any dog within the Municipality which, by frequent
and habitual barking, howling or yelping, creates unreasonably loud and disturbing noises of such
a character, intensity and duration as to disturb the peace, quiet and good order of the
Municipality. Any person who shall allow any dog habitually to remain, be lodged or fed within
any dwelling, building, yard or enclosure, which he occupies or owns, shall be considered as
harboring such dog.
(b)
505.10 ANIMAL BITES; REPORTS AND QUARANTINE.
(a)
Whenever any person is bitten by a dog or other animal, report of such bite shall
be made to the Health Commissioner within twenty-four hours. Whenever it is reported to the
Health Commissioner that any dog or cat has bitten a person, that dog or cat shall be quarantined
under an order issued by the Health Commissioner. The dog or cat shall be quarantined by its
owner or by a harborer, or shall be quarantined in a pound or kennel. In all cases, such
quarantine shall be under the supervision of the Health Commissioner and shall be at the expense
of the owner or harborer. Quarantine shall continue until the Health Commissioner determines
that the dog or cat is not afflicted with rabies. The quarantine period hereby required shall not be
less than ten days from the date on which the person was bitten. If at any time during the
quarantine, the Health Commissioner requires the dog or cat to be examined for symptoms of
rabies, then the examination shall be by a licensed doctor of veterinary medicine. The veterinarian
shall report to the Health Commissioner the conclusions reached as a result of the examinations.
The examination by a veterinarian shall be at the expense of the owner or harborer. No dog or
cat shall be released from the required quarantine unless and until it has been properly vaccinated
against rabies.
No person shall fail to comply with the requirements of this section or with any order of
the Health Commissioner made pursuant thereto, nor fail to immediately report to the Health
Commissioner any symptoms or behavior suggestive of rabies.
(b)
505.11 HORSES; STABLES; CORRALS.
(a)
Stable Defined. As used in this section, “stable” means any structure, building or
barn used for the keeping, lodging or feeding of livestock, horses, ponies, mules or donkeys.
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(b)
505.13
Land Area Required.
(1)
One animal may be stabled on not less than two acres of land.
(2)
The number of animals permitted on parcels of land is one per two acres of
land, plus one acre for each additional horse.
(c)
Location of Stable. A stable shall be a minimum of 125 feet from any house or
human habitation and a minimum of thirty feet from any property line.
(d)
Sanitary Regulations.
(1)
All stables, yards and land where livestock is kept shall be maintained in a
sanitary condition, and the bedding, manure and waste material
accumulated from the animals or resulting from the keeping thereof shall
be kept in a covered container or pit.
(2)
All stables and yards shall be kept clean and in good repair. Effective
insect control shall be practiced and the emission of offensive odors shall
not be permitted.
(e)
Grazing. No animal shall be permitted to graze or pasture anywhere but within the
confines of an enclosed area or when tied securely in an area where grazing permission has been
granted. (Ord. 574. Passed 12-14-70.)
(f)
Penalty. Whoever violates or fails to comply with this section is guilty of a minor
misdemeanor. A separate offense shall be deemed committed each day during or on which a
violation or noncompliance occurs or continues.
505.12 COLORING RABBITS OR BABY POULTRY; SALE OR
DISPLAY OF POULTRY.
(a)
No person shall dye or otherwise color any rabbit or baby poultry, including, but
not limited to, chicks and ducklings. No person shall sell, offer for sale, expose for sale, raffle
or give away any rabbit or poultry which has been dyed or otherwise colored. No poultry younger
than four weeks of age may be sold, given away or otherwise distributed to any person in lots of
less than six. Stores, shops, vendors and others offering young poultry for sale or other
distribution shall provide and operate brooders or other heating devices that may be necessary to
maintain poultry in good health, and shall keep adequate food and water available to the poultry
at all times. (ORC 925.62)
(b)
505.13 REPORT OF ESCAPE OF EXOTIC OR DANGEROUS ANIMAL.
(a)
The owner or keeper of any member of a species of the animal kingdom that
escapes from his custody or control and that is not indigenous to this State or presents a risk of
serious physical harm to persons or property, or both, shall, within one hour after he discovers
or reasonably should have discovered the escape, report it to:
(1)
A law enforcement officer of the Municipality and the sheriff of the
county where the escape occurred; and
(2)
The Clerk of the Municipal Legislative Authority.
(b)
If the office of the Clerk of the Legislative Authority is closed to the public at the
time a report is required by subsection (a) hereof, then it is sufficient compliance with subsection
(a) hereof if the owner or keeper makes the report within one hour after the office is next open to
the public.
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(c)
(ORC 2927.21)
505.14 DANGEROUS AND VICIOUS DOGS.
(a)
(1)
A.
“Dangerous dog” means a dog that, without provocation, and
subject to subsection (a)(1)B. hereof, has chased or approached in
either a menacing fashion or an apparent attitude of attack, or has
attempted to bite or otherwise endanger any person or
domesticated animal, while that dog is off the premises of its
owner, keeper or harborer and not under the reasonable control of
its owner, keeper, harborer or some other responsible person, or
not physically restrained or confined.
B.
“Dangerous dog” does not include a police dog that has chased or
approached in either a menacing fashion or an apparent attitude of
attack, or has attempted to bite or otherwise endanger any person
while the police dog is being used to assist one or more law
enforcement officers in the performance of their official duties.
(Ord. 1957. Passed 3-22-04.)
(2)
"Menacing fashion" means that a dog would cause any person being chased
or approached to reasonably believe that the dog will cause physical injury
to that person.
(3)
"Police dog" means a dog that has been trained, and may be used, to assist
one or more law enforcement officers in the performance of their official
duties. (ORC 955.11)
(4)
A.
“Vicious dog” means a dog that, without provocation and subject to
subsection (a)(4)(B) hereof, meets any of the following:
1.
Has killed or caused serious injury to any person or
domesticated animal;
2.
Has caused injury, other than killing, or serious injury to
any person or domesticated animal;
B.
“Vicious dog” does not include either of the following:
1.
A police dog that has killed or caused serious injury to any
person or domesticated animal or that has caused injury,
other than killing or serious injury, to any person or
domesticated animal while the police dog is being used to
assist one or more law enforcement officers in the
performance of their official duties;
2.
A dog that has killed or caused serious injury ti any person
or domesticated animal while such person or domesticated
animal was committing or attempting to commit a trespass
or other criminal offense on the property of the owner,
keeper or harborer of the dog.
(Ord. 1957. Passed 3-22-04.)
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Animals and Fowl
505.14
C.
(5)
(6)
(7)
"Pit bull terrier" as used herein includes, but is not limited to, any
American Pit Bull Terrier, any Bull Terrier, any Staffordshire Bull
Terrier or American Staffordshire Terrier breed of dog, or any
mixed breed of dog which contains as an element of its breeding
the breed of American Pit Bull Terrier, Bull Terrier, Staffordshire
Bull Terrier or American Staffordshire Terrier as to be identifiable
as partially of the breed of American Pit Bull Terrier, Bull Terrier,
Staffordshire Bull Terrier or American Staffordshire Terrier.
"Without provocation" means that a dog was not teased, tormented or
abused by a person, or that the dog was not coming to the aid or the
defense of a person who was not engaged in illegal or criminal activity
and who was not using the dog as a means of carrying out such activity.
(ORC 955.11)
The term “domesticated animal” includes tamed mammals including those
commonly kept as pets and as livestock.
“Seriously injures” or “serious injury” shall have essentially the same
meaning as “serious physical harm” under Ohio R.C. Section 2901.01.
(b)
Except when a dangerous or vicious dog is lawfully engaged in hunting and is
accompanied by the owner, keeper, harborer or handler of the dog, no owner, keeper, or harborer
of a dangerous or vicious dog shall fail to do either of the following:
(1)
While that dog is on the premises of the owner, keeper or harborer,
securely confine it at all times in a building, in a locked pen that has a top,
locked fence yard or other locked enclosure that has a top, except that a
dangerous dog may, in the alternative, be tied with a leash or tether so that
the dog is adequately restrained;
(2)
While that dog is off the premises of the owner, keeper or harborer, keep
that dog on a chain-link leash or tether that is not more than six feet in
length and additionally do at least one of the following:
A.
Keep that dog in a locked pen that has a top, locked fenced yard or
other locked enclosure that has a top;
B.
Have the leash or tether controlled by a person who is of suitable
age and discretion or securely attach, tie or affix the leash or tether
to the ground or stationary object or fixture so that the dog is
adequately restrained and station such a person in close enough
proximity to that dog so as to prevent it from causing injury to any
person or domesticated animal;
C.
Muzzle that dog.
(Ord. 1957. Passed 3-22-04.)
(c)
No owner, keeper or harborer of a vicious dog shall fail to obtain liability insurance
with an insurer authorized to write liability insurance in this State providing coverage in each
occurrence, subject to a limit, exclusive of interest and costs, of not less than one hundred
thousand dollars ($100,000) because of damage or bodily injury to or death of a person caused by
the vicious dog. (ORC 955.22)
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(d)
If a violation of subsection (b) hereof involves a dangerous dog, whoever violates
that subsection is guilty of a misdemeanor of the fourth degree on a first offense and of a
misdemeanor of the third degree on each subsequent offense. Additionally, the court may order
the offender to personally supervise the dangerous dog that the offender owns, keeps or harbors,
to cause that dog to complete dog obedience training, or to do both, and the court may order the
offender to obtain liability insurance pursuant to subsection (c) hereof. The court, in the
alternative, may order the dangerous dog to be humanely destroyed by a licensed veterinarian, the
Dog Warden or the humane society.
(e)
If a violation of subsection (b) hereof involves a vicious dog, whoever violates that
subsection is guilty of one of the following:
(1)
A misdemeanor of the first degree on a first offense. Additionally, the
court may order the vicious dog to be humanely destroyed by a licensed
veterinarian, the Dog Warden or the humane society.
(2)
A misdemeanor of the first degree if the dog causes injury other than killing
or serious injury, to any person.
(3)
A felony of the fourth degree on a first or subsequent offense if the dog
kills or seriously injures a person. Prosecution shall be made under Ohio
R.C. 2929.11. Additionally, the court shall order that the vicious dog be
humanely destroyed by a licensed veterinarian, the County Dog Warden or
the County Humane Society.
(4)
A misdemeanor of the first degree on a first offense and a felony of the
fourth degree on each subsequent offense if the dog kills another animal or
causes any physical harm to a person other than serious injury. Prosecution
for misdemeanor shall be under this section and the penalty shall be as
provided in Section 501.99. Prosecution for the felony shall be under Ohio
R.C. 955.22(D) and the penalty shall be provided in Ohio R.C. 2929.11.
Additionally, the court may order the vicious dog to be humanely destroyed
by a licensed veterinarian, the County Dog Warden or the County Humane
Society.
(5)
A misdemeanor of the fourth degree if the dog causes serious injury to
another animal. The penalty shall be as provided in Section 501.99.
(f)
Prior conviction of a dangerous dog shall be prima facie evidence that the animal
is a dangerous dog for subsequent violations. Prior conviction as a vicious dog shall be prima
facie evidence that the animal is a vicious dog for subsequent violations.
(g)
Whoever violates subsection (c) hereof is guilty of a misdemeanor of the first
degree. (Ord. 1957. Passed 3-22-04.)
505.99 PENALTY.
(EDITOR'S NOTE: See Section 501.99 for penalties applicable to any misdemeanor
classification.)
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CHAPTER 509
Disorderly Conduct and Peace Disturbance
509.01
509.011
509.02
509.03
509.04
509.05
509.06
509.07
Riot.
Inciting to violence.
Failure to dispense.
Disorderly conduct; intoxication.
Disturbing a lawful meeting.
Misconduct at an emergency.
Inducing panic.
Making false alarms.
509.08 Unlawful congregation on
sidewalks, public grounds.
509.09 Curfew.
509.10 Noise pollution from vehicle
sound devices.
509.11 Noise pollution from off-road
vehicular noise.
509.12 Noise disturbances.
509.99 Penalty.
CROSS REFERENCES
Use of force to suppress riot - see Ohio R.C. 2917.05
Cordoning off riot areas, prohibiting sales of firearms
and explosives - see Ohio R.C. 3761.16
Emergency suspension of permits and sales by Director of
Liquor Control - see Ohio R.C 4301.251
Criminal trespass - see GEN. OFF. 541.05
509.01 RIOT.
(a)
No person shall participate with four or more others in a course of disorderly
conduct in violation of Section 509.03:
(1)
With purpose to commit or facilitate the commission of a misdemeanor,
other than disorderly conduct;
(2)
With purpose to intimidate a public official or employee into taking or
refraining from official action, or with purpose to hinder, impede or
obstruct a function of government;
(3)
With purpose to hinder, impede or obstruct the orderly process of
administration or instruction at an educational institution, or to interfere
with or disrupt lawful activities carried on at such institution.
(b)
No person shall participate with four or more others with purpose to do an act with
unlawful force or violence, even though such act might otherwise be lawful.
(c)
Whoever violates this section is guilty of riot, a misdemeanor of the first degree.
(ORC 2917.03)
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509.011 INCITING TO VIOLENCE.
(a)
No person shall knowingly engage in conduct designed to urge or incite another to
commit any offense of violence, when either of the following apply:
(1)
The conduct takes place under circumstances that create a clear and present
danger that any offense of violence will be committed;
(2)
The conduct proximately results in the commission of any offense of
violence.
(b)
Whoever violates this section is guilty of inciting to violence. If the offense of
violence that the other person is being urged or incited to commit is a misdemeanor, inciting to
violence is a misdemeanor of the first degree. (ORC 2917.01)
509.02 FAILURE TO DISPERSE.
(a)
Where five or more persons are participating in a course of disorderly conduct in
violation of Section 509.03, and there are other persons in the vicinity whose presence creates the
likelihood of physical harm to persons or property or of serious public inconvenience, annoyance
or alarm, a law enforcement officer or other public official may order the participants and such
other persons to disperse. No person shall knowingly fail to obey such order.
(b)
Nothing in this section requires persons to disperse who are peaceably assembled
for a lawful purpose.
(c)
(1)
(2)
(3)
Whoever violates this section is guilty of failure to disperse.
Except as otherwise provided in subsection (c)(3) hereof, failure to disperse
is a minor misdemeanor.
Failure to disperse is a misdemeanor of the fourth degree if the failure to
obey the order described in subsection (a) hereof, creates the likelihood of
physical harm to persons or is committed at the scene of a fire, accident,
disaster, riot, or emergency of any kind. (ORC 2917.04)
509.03 DISORDERLY CONDUCT; INTOXICATION.
(a)
No person shall recklessly cause inconvenience, annoyance or alarm to another by
doing any of the following:
(1)
Engaging in fighting, in threatening harm to persons or property, or in
violent or turbulent behavior;
(2)
Making unreasonable noise or offensively coarse utterance, gesture or
display, or communicating unwarranted and grossly abusive language to
any person, which by its very utterance or usage inflicts injury or tends
to incite an immediate breach of the peace;
(3)
Insulting, taunting or challenging another, under circumstances in which
such conduct is likely to provoke a violent response;
(4)
Hindering or preventing the movement of persons on a public street, road,
highway or right of way, or to, from, within or upon public or private
property, so as to interfere with the rights of others, and by any act that
serves no lawful and reasonable purpose of the offender;
(5)
Creating a condition that is physically offensive to persons or that presents
a risk of physical harm to persons or property, by any act that serves no
lawful and reasonable purpose of the offender.
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(b)
509.04
No person, while voluntarily intoxicated shall do either of the following:
(1)
In a public place or in the presence of two or more persons, engage in
conduct likely to be offensive or to cause inconvenience, annoyance or
alarm to persons of ordinary sensibilities, which conduct the offender, if
the offender were not intoxicated, should know is likely to have that effect
on others;
(2)
Engage in conduct or create a condition that presents a risk of physical
harm to the offender or another, or to the property of another.
(c)
Violation of any statute or ordinance of which an element is operating a motor
vehicle, locomotive, watercraft, aircraft or other vehicle while under the influence of alcohol or
any drug of abuse, is not a violation of subsection (b) hereof.
(d)
If a person appears to an ordinary observer to be intoxicated, it is probable cause
to believe that person is voluntarily intoxicated for purposes of subsection (b) hereof.
(e)
(1)
(2)
(3)
(f)
Whoever violates this section is guilty of disorderly conduct.
Except as otherwise provided in this subsection (e)(3), disorderly conduct
is a minor misdemeanor.
Disorderly conduct is a misdemeanor of the fourth degree if any of the
following applies:
A.
The offender persists in disorderly conduct after reasonable warning
or request to desist.
B.
The offense is committed in the vicinity of a school or in a school
safety zone.
C.
The offense is committed in the presence of any law enforcement
officer, firefighter, rescuer, medical person, emergency medical
services person, or other authorized person who is engaged in the
person’s duties at the scene of a fire, accident, disaster, riot or
emergency of any kind.
D.
The offense is committed in the presence of any emergency facility
person who is engaged in the person’s duties in an emergency
facility.
(1)
“Emergency medical services person” is the singular of “emergency
medical services personnel” as defined in Ohio R.C. 2133.21.
(2)
“Emergency facility person” is the singular of “emergency facility
personnel” as defined in Ohio R.C. 2909.04.
(3)
“Emergency facility” has the same meaning as in Ohio R.C. 2909.04.
(4)
“Committed in the vicinity of a school” has the same meaning as in Ohio
R.C. 2925.01. (ORC 2917.11)
509.04 DISTURBING A LAWFUL MEETING.
(a)
No person, with purpose to prevent or disrupt a lawful meeting, procession or
gathering, shall do either of the following:
(1)
Do any act which obstructs or interferes with the due conduct of such
meeting, procession or gathering;
(2)
Make any utterance, gesture or display which outrages the sensibilities of
the group.
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(b)
Whoever violates this section is guilty of disturbing a lawful meeting, a
misdemeanor of the fourth degree. (ORC 2917.12)
509.05 MISCONDUCT AT AN EMERGENCY.
(a)
No person shall knowingly do any of the following:
(1)
Hamper the lawful operations of any law enforcement officer, firefighter,
rescuer, medical person, emergency medical services person, or other
authorized person, engaged in the person’s duties at the scene of a fire,
accident, disaster, riot, or emergency of any kind;
(2)
Fail to obey the lawful order of any law enforcement officer engaged in the
law enforcement officer’s duties at the scene of or in connection with a fire,
accident, disaster, riot, or emergency of any kind.
(b)
Nothing in this section shall be construed to limit access or deny information to any
news media representative in the lawful exercise of the news media representative’s duties.
(c)
Whoever violates this section is guilty of misconduct at an emergency. Except as
otherwise provided in this subsection, misconduct at an emergency is a misdemeanor of the fourth
degree. If a violation of this section creates a risk of physical harm to persons or property,
misconduct at an emergency is a misdemeanor of the first degree.
(d)
(1)
“Emergency medical services person” is the singular of “emergency
medical services personnel” as defined in Ohio R.C. 2133.21.
(2)
“Emergency facility person” is the singular of “emergency facility
personnel” as defined in Ohio R.C. 2909.04.
(3)
“Emergency facility” has the same meaning as in Ohio R.C. 2909.04.
509.06 INDUCING PANIC.
(a)
No person shall cause the evacuation of any public place, or otherwise cause serious
public inconvenience or alarm, by doing any of the following:
(1)
Initiating or circulating a report or warning of an alleged or impending
fire, explosion, crime or other catastrophe, knowing that such report or
warning is false;
(2)
Threatening to commit any offense of violence;
(3)
Committing any offense, with reckless disregard of the likelihood that its
commission will cause serious public inconvenience or alarm.
(b)
Division (a) hereof does not apply to any person conducting an authorized fire or
emergency drill.
(c)
Whoever violates this section is guilty of inducing panic, a misdemeanor of the first
degree. If inducing panic results in physical harm to any person, economic harm of one thousand
dollars ($1,000) or more, if the public place involved in a violation of this section is a school or
an institution of higher education, or if the violation pertains to a purported, threatened or actual
use of a weapon of mass destruction, inducing panic is a felony and shall be prosecuted under
appropriate State law.
(d)
Any act that is a violation of this section and any other section of the Codified
Ordinances may be prosecuted under this section, the other section, or both sections.
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(e)
509.06
(1)
“Economic harm” means any of the following:
A.
All direct, incidental, and consequential pecuniary harm suffered by
a victim as a result of criminal conduct. “Economic harm” as
described in this division includes, but is not limited to, all of the
following:
1.
All wages, salaries, or other compensation lost as a result of
the criminal conduct;
2.
The cost of all wages, salaries, or other compensation paid
to employees for time those employees are prevented from
working as a result of the criminal conduct;
3.
The overhead costs incurred for the time that a business is
shut down as a result of the criminal conduct;
4.
The loss of value to tangible or intangible property that was
damaged as a result of the criminal conduct.
B.
All costs incurred by the Municipality as a result of, or in making
any response to, the criminal conduct that constituted the violation
of this section or Section 509.07, including, but not limited to, all
costs so incurred by any law enforcement officers, firefighters,
rescue personnel, or emergency medical services personnel of the
state or the political subdivision.
(2)
“School” means any school operated by a board of education or any school
for which the state board of education prescribes minimum standards under
Ohio R.C. 3301.07, whether or not any instruction, extracurricular
activities, or training provided by the school is being conducted at the time
a violation of this section is committed.
(3)
“Weapon of mass destruction” means any of the following:
A.
Any weapon that is designed or intended to cause death or serious
physical harm through the release, dissemination, or impact of toxic
or poisonous chemicals, or their precursors;
B.
Any weapon involving a disease organism or biological agent;
C.
Any weapon that is designed to release radiation or radioactivity at
a level dangerous to human life;
D.
Any of the following, except to the extent that the item or device in
question is expressly excepted from the definition of “destructive
device” pursuant to 18 U.S.C. 921(a)(4) and regulations issued
under that section:
1.
Any explosive, incendiary, or poison gas bomb, grenade,
rocket having a propellant charge of more than four ounces,
missile having an explosive or incendiary charge of more
than one-quarter ounce, mine, or similar device;
2.
Any combination of parts either designed or intended for use
in converting any item or device into any item or device
described in division (e)(3)D.1. of this section and from
which an item or device described in that division may be
readily assembled.
(4)
“Biological agent” has the same meaning as in Ohio R.C. 2917.33.
(5)
“Emergency medical services personnel” has the same meaning as in Ohio
R.C. 2133.21.
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(6)
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“Institution of higher education” means any of the following:
A.
A state university or college as defined in Ohio R.C. 3345.12(A)(1),
community college, state community college, university branch, or
technical college;
B.
A private, nonprofit college, university or other post-secondary
institution located in this State that possesses a certificate of
authorization issued by the Ohio Board of Regents pursuant to Ohio
R.C. Chapter 1713.
C.
A post-secondary institution with a certificate of registration issued
by the State Board of Career Colleges and Schools under Ohio R.C.
Chapter 3332. (ORC 2917.31)
509.07 MAKING FALSE ALARMS.
(a)
(1)
Initiate or circulate a report or warning of an alleged or impending fire,
explosion, crime or other catastrophe, knowing that the report or warning
is false and likely to cause public inconvenience or alarm;
(2)
Knowingly cause a false alarm of fire or other emergency to be
transmitted to or within any organization, public or private, for dealing
with emergencies involving a risk of physical harm to persons or
property;
(3)
Report to any law enforcement agency an alleged offense or other incident
within its concern, knowing that such offense did not occur.
(b)
This section does not apply to any person conducting an authorized fire or
emergency drill.
(c)
Whoever violates this section is guilty of making false alarms, a misdemeanor of
the first degree. If a violation of this section results in economic harm of one thousand dollars
($1,000) or more, or if a violation of this section pertains to a purported, threatened, or actual use
of a weapon of mass destruction, making false alarms is a felony and shall be prosecuted under
appropriate State law.
(d)
Any act that is a violation of this section and any other section of the Codified
Ordinances may be prosecuted under this section, the other section, or both sections.
(e)
As used in this section, “economic harm” and “weapon of mass destruction” have
the same meanings as in Section 509.06. (ORC 2917.32)
509.08 UNLAWFUL CONGREGATION ON SIDEWALKS, PUBLIC
GROUNDS.
(a)
No person shall congregate with others on a sidewalk or street corner or within a
park or on any public ground, with intent to provoke a breach of the peace, or whereby a breach
of the peace may be occasioned by the serious annoyance to pedestrians or by threatening,
insulting or abusive conduct to them, and refuse to move on when ordered by a police officer.
(Ord. 536. Passed 11-10-69.)
(b)
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509.09 CURFEW.
(a)
No person having the control and custody of or being the parent or guardian of a
minor under the age of fourteen years shall permit such minor to be, nor shall such minor be,
outside the confines of his or her homesite, and congregate, wander, loiter or play upon the streets
and other public places of the Municipality, upon any unsupervised or unenclosed lands or places
of amusement and entertainment, during each and every day of the week, inclusive, between the
hours of 10:00 p.m. and 5:00 a.m. the following day.
(b)
No person having the control and custody of or being the parent or guardian of a
minor between the ages of fourteen and eighteen shall permit such minor to be, nor shall such
minor be, outside the confines of his or her homesite, and congregate, wander, loiter or play upon
the streets and other public places of the Municipality, upon any unsupervised, or unenclosed lands
or places of amusement and entertainment, on Sunday to Thursday, inclusive, between the hours
of 10:00 p.m. and 5:00 a.m. the following day, and on Friday and Saturday, between the hours
of 12:00 midnight and 5:00 a.m. the following day.
(c)
This section shall not apply to minors on an emergency errand or on legitimate
business as directed by the parent, guardian or custodian, nor to minors accompanied by the
parent, guardian or custodian, or some other person over the age of twenty-one who has been
given responsibility for such minor’s control and custody by the person legally responsible for the
discipline of such minor. (Ord. 529. Passed 8-4-69.)
(d)
Whoever, being an adult, violates this section is guilty of a minor misdemeanor.
Minors violating this section shall be dealt with in accordance with Juvenile Court law and
procedure.
509.10 NOISE POLLUTION FROM VEHICLE SOUND DEVICES.
(a)
(1)
“Vehicle” means a vehicle as defined in Ohio Revised Code Section
4501.01(A).
(2)
“Motor vehicle” means a vehicle as defined in Ohio R.C. 4501.01(B).
(3)
“Plainly audible” means any sound produced by a radio, tape player or
other mechanical or electronic sound making device, or instrument from
within the interior or exterior of a motor vehicle, including sound produce
by a portable sound making device, that can be clearly heard outside the
vehicle by a person using his/her normal hearing faculties, at a distance of
100 feet or more from the motor vehicle.
(b)
It is unlawful for any person operating or occupying a motor vehicle within the
Village of Sheffield to operate or amplify the sound produced by a radio, tape player, compact disc
or other sound-making device or instrument from within the motor vehicle so that the sound is
plainly audible at a distance of 100 feet or more from the motor vehicle.
(c)
The provisions of subsection (b) above shall not apply to any law enforcement
motor vehicle equipped with any communication device necessary in the performance of law
enforcement duties or to any emergency vehicle equipped with any communication device
necessary in the performance of any emergency procedures.
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(d)
The provisions of subsection (b) above, shall not apply to the noise made by a horn
or other warning device required or permitted by the laws of the state of Ohio.
(e)
Any law enforcement personnel, who hear a sound that is plainly audible as defined
herein, shall be entitled to measure the sound according to the following standards:
(1)
The primary means of detection shall be by means of the officer’s ordinary
auditory senses, so long as the officer’s hearing is not enhanced by any
mechanical device, such as a microphone or hearing aid.
(2)
The officer must have a direct line of sight and hearing to the motor vehicle
producing the sound so that he can readily identify the offending motor
vehicle and the distance involved.
(3)
The officer need not determine the particular words or phrases being
produced or the name of any song or artist producing the sound. The
detection of a rhythmic bass reverberating type sound is sufficient to
constitute a plainly audible sound.
(4)
The motor vehicle from which the sound is produced must be located
(stopped, standing or moving) within the Village of Sheffield. Parking lots
and driveways are included.
(f)
The penalty for a violation of this section shall be:
(1)
A misdemeanor of the third degree, and upon a first offense shall be fined
not less than three hundred dollars ($300.00).
(2)
Whoever violates this section upon a second offense within five (5) years
shall be fined not less than four hundred dollars ($400.00). In addition,
upon a second and subsequent offense(s), the second device used in the
commission of a violation is hereby declared to be contraband and may be
seized and disposed of in accordance with Ohio R.C. 2933.43.
(3)
Whoever violates this section upon a third and subsequent offense(s) within
five (5) years shall be fined not less than five hundred dollars ($500.00).
(4)
In addition to any other method of enforcement provided for in this section,
this section may be enforced by the issuance of an Ohio uniform traffic
ticket in compliance with the “Ohio Traffic Rules” promulgated by the
Ohio Supreme Court pursuant to Ohio R.C. 2935.17 and 2937.46.
(Ord. 1899. Passed 11-25-02.)
509.11 NOISE POLLUTION FROM OFF-ROAD VEHICULAR NOISE.
(a)
As used in this section, “Off-Road Vehicle” means a vehicle that is intended to be
used on property other than established public roads and includes but is not limited to recreational
vehicles such as mini bikes, dirt bikes, snowmobiles, four wheelers, three wheelers and all terrain
vehicles.
(b)
As used in this section, “Plainly audible” means any sound produced by the use of
an Off-Road Vehicle that is clearly audible by a person using his/her normal hearing faculties at
a distance of fifty feet or more from the property line of the property on which the vehicle is being
used.
(c)
No person shall operate an Off-Road Vehicle within the Village of Sheffield so that
the sound of the Vehicle is plainly audible at a distance of fifty feet or more from the property line
on which the Off-Road Vehicle is being used.
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(d)
The provisions of subsection (c) above shall not apply to any law enforcement offroad vehicle used in the performance of law enforcement duties or for the performance of any
emergency procedures.
(e)
Any law enforcement personnel, who hear a sound that is plainly audible as defined
herein, shall be entitled to measure the sound according to the following standards:
(1)
The primary means of detection shall be by means of the officer’s ordinary
auditory senses, so long as the officer’s hearing is not enhanced by any
mechanical device, such as a microphone or hearing aid.
(2)
The officer must clearly hear from a distance of at least fifty feet outside the
property line of the property from where the off-road vehicle noise is
occurring and after following the source of the sound, he/she can readily
identify the offending off-road vehicle and the distance involved.
(3)
The motor vehicle from which the sound is produced must be located
(stopped, standing or moving) within the Village of Sheffield.
(f)
Pursuant to Ohio R.C. 715.67, the penalty for a violation of this section shall be:
(1)
A misdemeanor of the third degree, and upon a first offense shall be fined
not less than three hundred dollars ($300.00).
(2)
Whoever violates this section upon a second offense within five years shall
be fined not less than four hundred dollars ($400.00).
(3)
Whoever violates this section upon a third and subsequent offense(s) within
five years shall be fined not less than five hundred dollars ($500.00).
(Ord. 1938. Passed 10-27-03.)
509.12 NOISE DISTURBANCES.
(a)
Residentially Zoned Property.
(1)
No person, firm or corporation shall operate, cause to be operated or permit
to be operated any radio, phonograph, television, tape player, loud speaker,
or any other instrument, machine, tool or any other device in such a manner
and of such intensity and duration as to create unreasonable noise or loud
sound which causes inconvenience and annoyance to persons of ordinary
sensibilities between the hours of 10:00 p.m. and 7:00 a.m. Monday
through Friday morning and between the hours of 11:00 p.m. Friday
evening and 7:00 a.m. Saturday morning and 10:00 p.m. Sunday evening
or on a legal holiday. It shall be prima -facie unlawful for a person, firm
or corporation to operate, cause to be operated or permit to be generated
sound by the above described devices or by any other means in violation of
this section.
(2)
Construction. No person, firm or corporation by any means within hearing
distance of residentially zoned property, shall permit offensive noise to be
generated through the use or operation of any tools, power tools, equipment
used in construction, drilling, repair, alteration, or demolition work during
the following hours: between the hours of 10:00 p.m. and 7:00 a.m.
Monday through Friday morning and between the hours of 11:00 p.m.
Friday evening and 7:00 a.m. Saturday morning and between the hours of
11:00 p.m. Saturday evening and 9:00 a.m. Sunday morning and 10:00
p.m. Sunday evening or on a legal holiday. (Ord. 1939. Passed 11-24-03.)
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(b)
Commercial or Industrial Zoned Property.
(1)
Places of public entertainment. No person, firm, or corporation shall
operate, play or permit the operation or playing of any radio, television,
phonograph, drum, musical instrument, sound amplifier or similar device
which produces, reproduces or amplifies sound in any place of public
entertainment that exceed sound levels of 95dBA as read by th slow
response on a sound level meter.
(2)
Construction. No person, firm or corporation by any means within hearing
distance of residentially zoned property, shall permit offensive noise to be
generated through the use or operation of any tools, power tools, equipment
used in construction, drilling, repair, alteration, or demolition work during
the following hours: between the hours of 10:00 p.m. and 7:00 a.m.
Monday through Friday morning and between the hours of 11:00 p.m.
Friday evening and 7:00 a.m. Saturday morning and between the hours of
11:00 p.m. Saturday evening and 9:00 a.m. Sunday morning and 10:00
p.m. Sunday evening or on a legal holiday. (Ord. 1999. Passed 1-10-05.)
(c)
Exceptions. The provisions of this section shall not apply to the following:
(1)
The emission of sound for the purpose of alerting persons to the existence
of an emergency, emergency vehicle or the performance of emergency
work.
(2)
Organized school related programs, activities or events, or parades or other
public programs, activities or events authorized by the Public Safety
Director.
(3)
Noises resulting from any work made necessary to restore property to a safe
condition or work required to protect persons or property from an imminent
exposure to danger.
(4)
Noises resulting from the normal use of churches, schools, athletic fields,
parks and auditoriums.
(5)
Noise created or generated by Village owned or operated vehicles or other
vehicles owned or operated by gas, electric or water, or other utility
company or government agencies.
(6)
Noise or sound resulting from organized parades, festivals, concerts or
carnivals where the persons or organizations conducting the parade,
festivals or carnivals, obtained a permit from the appropriate Village
authority.
(7)
Noise from the operation of any or all snow removal devices or similar
machines or equipment.
(8)
Noise resulting from activities of a temporary duration permitted by law
and for which a license or permit therefore has been granted by the Village.
(d)
Penalty. Whoever violates any of the provisions of this chapter shall be fined not
more than one hundred dollars ($100.00) for a first violation. Each day’s violation constitutes a
separate offense. For a second or subsequent violation such person shall be fined not more than
five hundred dollars ($500.00). (Ord. 1939. Passed 11-24-03.)
509.99 PENALTY.
(EDITOR'S NOTE: See Section 501.99 for penalties applicable to any misdemeanor
classification.)
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513.01 Definitions.
513.02 Gift of marihuana.
513.03 Drug abuse; controlled
substance possession or use.
513.04 Possessing drug abuse
instruments.
513.05 Permitting drug abuse.
513.06 Illegal cultivation of
marihuana.
513.07 Possessing or using harmful
intoxicants.
513.08 Illegally dispensing drug
samples.
513.09 Controlled substance or
prescription labels.
513.10 Hypodermic possession,
display and dispensing.
513.11 Harmful intoxicants; possessing
nitrous oxide in motor vehicle.
513.12 Drug paraphernalia.
513.13 Counterfeit controlled
substances.
513.14 Offender may be required to
pay for controlled substance tests.
513.99 Penalty.
CROSS REFERENCES
Federal prosecution bar to local prosecution - see Ohio R.C.
2925.50, 3719.19
Analysis report and notarized statement as evidence - see
Ohio R.C 2925.51
Criteria for granting probation - see Ohio R.C 3719.70(B)
Attempted drug abuse offenses - see GEN. OFF. 501.09(e)
Adulterating food with drug of abuse - see GEN. OFF. 537.13
Using weapons while under the influence - see GEN. OFF. 549.03.
513.01 DEFINITIONS.
As used in this chapter, certain terms are defined as follows:
(a)
"Administer" means the direct application of a drug, whether by injection,
inhalation, ingestion or any other means to a person or an animal.
(b)
"Controlled substance" means a drug, compound, mixture, preparation or
substance included in Schedule I, II, III, IV, or V.
(c)
"Dispense" means sell, leave with, give away, dispose of or deliver.
(d)
"Distribute" means to deal in, ship, transport or deliver but does not include
administering or dispensing a drug.
(e)
"Hypodermic" means a hypodermic syringe or needle, or other instrument or
device for the injection of medication.
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(g)
(h)
(i)
(j)
(k)
(l)
(m)
(n)
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"Manufacturer" means a person who manufactures a controlled substance as
“manufacture” is defined in Ohio R.C. 3715.01.
Except as provided in subsection (g)(2) hereof:
(1)
“Marihuana” means all parts of a plant of the genus cannabis, whether
growing or not, the seeds of a plant of that type; the resin extracted from
a part of a plant of that type; and every compound, manufacture, salt,
derivative, mixture or preparation of a plant of that type or of its seeds or
resin. “Marihuana” does not include the mature stalks of the plant, fiber
produced from the stalks, oils or cake made from the seeds of the plant,
any other compound, manufacture, salt, derivative, mixture, or
preparation of the mature stalks, except the resin extracted from the
mature stalks, fiber, oil or cake, or the sterilized seed of the plant that is
incapable of germination. (ORC 3719.01)
(2)
“Marihuana” does not include hashish.
(ORC 2925.01)
(Reserved)
"Official written order" means an order written on a form provided for that
purpose by the Director of the United States Drug Enforcement Administration,
under any laws of the United States making provision for the order, if the order
forms are authorized and required by Federal law.
"Pharmacist" means a person licensed under Ohio R.C. Chapter 4729 to engage
in the practice of pharmacy.
"Pharmacy" has the same meaning as in Ohio R.C. 4729.01.
"Poison” means any drug, chemical, or preparation likely to be deleterious or
destructive to adult human life in quantities of four grams or less.
"Licensed health professional authorized to prescribe drugs”, “prescriber” and
“prescription” have the same meanings as in Ohio R.C. 4729.01.
"Sale" includes delivery, barter, exchange, transfer or gift, or offer thereof, and
each transaction of those natures made by any person, whether as principal,
proprietor, agent, servant or employee.
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(o)
(p)
(q)
(r)
(s)
513.01
"Schedule I", "Schedule II", "Schedule III", "Schedule IV" and "Schedule V"
mean controlled substance Schedules I, II, III, IV, and V respectively, established
pursuant to Ohio R.C. 3719.41, as amended pursuant to Ohio R.C. 3719.43 or
3719.44.
"Wholesaler" means a person who, on official written orders other than
prescriptions, supplies controlled substances that the person has not manufactured,
produced or prepared personally and includes a "wholesale distributor of
dangerous drugs" as defined in Ohio R.C. 4729.01.
(ORC 3719.01)
"Drug of abuse" means any controlled substance as defined in subsection (b)
hereof, any harmful intoxicant as defined in subsection (x) hereof and any
dangerous drug as defined in subsection (r) hereof.
(ORC 3719.011)
"Dangerous drug" means any of the following:
(1)
Any drug to which either of the following applies:
A.
Under the “Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act”, 52 Stat.
1040 (1938), 21 U.S.C.A. 301, as amended, the drug is required
to bear a label containing the legend “Caution: Federal law
prohibits dispensing without prescription” or “Caution: Federal
law restricts this drug to use by or on the order of a licensed
veterinarian” or any similar restrictive statement, or the drug may
be dispensed only upon a prescription;
B.
Under Ohio R.C. Chapter 3715 or 3719, the drug may be
dispensed only upon a prescription.
(2)
Any drug that contains a Schedule V narcotic drug and that is exempt
from Ohio R.C. Chapter 3719 or to which that chapter does not apply;
(3)
Any drug intended for administration by injection into the human body
other than through a natural orifice of the human body. (ORC 4729.02)
"Bulk amount" of a controlled substance means any of the following:
(1)
For any compound, mixture, preparation, or substance included in
Schedule I, Schedule II or Schedule III, with the exception of marihuana,
cocaine, L.S.D., heroin, and hashish and except as provided in subsection
(s)(2) or (5) hereof, whichever of the following is applicable:
A.
An amount equal to or exceeding ten grams or twenty-five unit
doses of a compound, mixture, preparation or substance that is or
contains any amount of a Schedule I opiate or opium derivative;
B.
An amount equal to or exceeding ten grams of a compound,
mixture, preparation or substance that is or contains any amount
of raw or gum opium;
C.
An amount equal to or exceeding thirty grams or ten unit doses of
a compound, mixture, preparation or substance that is or contains
any amount of a Schedule I hallucinogen other than
tetrahydrocannabinol, or lysergic acid amide, or a Schedule I
stimulant or depressant;
D.
An amount equal to or exceeding twenty grams or five times the
maximum daily dose in the usual dose range specified in a
standard pharmaceutical reference manual of a compound,
of a Schedule II opiate or opium derivative;
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(t)
(u)
(v)
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An amount equal to or exceeding five grams or ten unit doses of
a compound, mixture, preparation or substance that is or contains
any amount of phencyclidine;
F.
An amount equal to or exceeding 120 grams or thirty times the
maximum daily dose in the usual dose range specified in a
standard pharmaceutical reference manual of a compound,
of a Schedule II stimulant that is in a final dosage form
manufactured by a person authorized by the Federal Food, Drug,
and Cosmetic Act, 52 Stat. 1040 (1938), 21 U.S.C.A. 301, as
amended, and the Federal Drug Abuse Control laws as defined in
Ohio R.C. 3719.01, that is or contains any amount of a Schedule
II depressant substance or a Schedule II hallucinogenic substance;
G.
An amount equal to or exceeding three grams of a compound,
of a Schedule II stimulant, or any of its salts or isomers, that is not
in a final dosage form manufactured by a person authorized by the
Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act and the Federal Drug
Abuse Control laws;
(2)
An amount equal to or exceeding one hundred twenty grams or thirty
times the maximum daily dose in the usual dose range specified in a
standard pharmaceutical reference manual of a compound, mixture,
preparation, or substance that is or contains any amount of a Schedule III
or IV substance other than an anabolic steroid or a Schedule III opiate or
opium derivative;
(3)
An amount equal to or exceeding twenty grams or five times the
maximum daily dose in the usual dose range specified in a standard
pharmaceutical reference manual of a compound, mixture, preparation, or
substance that is or contains any amount of a Schedule III opiate or opium
derivative;
(4)
An amount equal to or exceeding 250 milliliters or 250 grams of a
compound, mixture, preparation or substance that is or contains any
amount of a Schedule V substance.
(5)
An amount equal to or exceeding 200 solid dosage units, sixteen grams or
sixteen milliliters of a compound, mixture, preparation or substance that
is or contains any amount of a Schedule III anabolic steroid.
"Unit dose" means an amount or unit of a compound, mixture or preparation
containing a controlled substance, that is separately identifiable and in a form that
indicates that it is the amount or unit by which the controlled substance is
separately administered to or taken by an individual.
"Cultivate" includes planting, watering, fertilizing or tilling.
"Drug abuse offense" means any of the following:
(1)
A violation of Ohio R.C.. 2925.02, 2925.03, 2925.04 to 2925.06,
2925.11, 2925.12, 2925.13, 2925.22, 2925.23, 2925.24, 2925.31,
2925.32, 2925.36 or 2925.37; or a violation of Ohio R.C. 2913.02(A)
that constitutes theft of drugs;
(2)
A violation of an existing or former law of this or any other state or of the
United States, that is substantially equivalent to any section listed in
subsection (v)(1) hereof;
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(3)
(w)
(x)
(y)
(z)
(aa)
(bb)
An offense under an existing or former law of this or any other state, or
of the United States, of which planting, cultivating, harvesting,
processing, making, manufacturing, producing, shipping, transporting,
delivering, acquiring, possessing, storing, distributing, dispensing,
selling, inducing another to use, administering to another, using or
otherwise dealing with a controlled substance is an element;
(4)
A conspiracy or attempt to commit, or complicity in committing or
attempting to commit any offense under subsection (v)(1), (2) or (3)
hereof.
"Felony drug abuse offense" means any drug abuse offense that would constitute
a felony under the laws of this State, any other state or the United States.
"Harmful intoxicant" does not include beer or intoxicating liquor, but means any
of the following:
(1)
Any compound, mixture, preparation or substance the gas, fumes or vapor
of which when inhaled can induce intoxication, excitement, giddiness,
irrational behavior, depression, stupefaction, paralysis, unconsciousness,
asphyxiation or other harmful physiological effects, and includes, but is
not limited to, any of the following:
A.
Any volatile organic solvent, plastic cement, model cement,
fingernail polish remover, lacquer thinner, cleaning fluid,
gasoline, or other preparation containing a volatile organic solvent;
B.
Any aerosol propellant;
C.
Any fluorocarbon refrigerant;
D.
Any anesthetic gas.
(2)
Gamma Butyrolactone;
(3)
1,4 Butanediol.
"Manufacture" means to plant, cultivate, harvest, process, make, prepare or
otherwise engage in any part of the production of a drug by propagation,
extraction, chemical synthesis or compounding, or any combination of the same,
and includes packaging, repackaging, labeling and other activities incident to
production.
"Possess" or "possession" means having control over a thing or substance but may
not be inferred solely from mere access to the thing or substance through
ownership or occupation of the premises upon which the thing or substance is
found.
"Sample drug" means a drug or pharmaceutical preparation that would be
hazardous to health or safety if used without the supervision of a licensed health
professional authorized to prescribe drugs, or a drug of abuse, and that, at one
time, had been placed in a container plainly marked as a sample by a manufacturer.
"Standard pharmaceutical reference manual" means the current edition, with
cumulative changes if any, of any of the following reference works:
(1)
"The National Formulary";
(2)
"The United States Pharmacopeia", prepared by authority of the United
States Pharmacopeial Convention, Inc.;
(3)
Other standard references that are approved by the State Board of
Pharmacy.
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"Juvenile" means a person under eighteen years of age.
"School" means any school operated by a board of education, any community
school established under Ohio R.C. Chapter 3314, or any nonpublic school for
which the State Board of Education prescribes minimum standards under Ohio
R.C. 3301.07, whether or not any instruction, extracurricular activities or training
provided by the school is being conducted at the time a criminal offense is
committed.
(ee) "School premises" means either of the following:
(1)
The parcel of real property on which any school is situated, whether or
not any instruction, extracurricular activities or training provided by the
school is being conducted on the premises at the time a criminal offense
is committed;
(2)
Any other parcel of real property that is owned or leased by a board of
education of a school, any community school established under Ohio R.C.
Chapter 3314, or the governing body of a nonpublic school for which the
State Board of Education prescribes minimum standards under Ohio R.C.
3301.07 and on which some of the instruction, extracurricular activities
or training of the school is conducted, whether or not any instruction,
extracurricular activities or training provided by the school is being
conducted on the parcel of real property at the time a criminal offense is
committed.
(ff)
"School building" means any building in which any of the instruction,
extracurricular activities or training provided by a school is conducted, whether or
not any instruction, extracurricular activities or training provided by the school is
being conducted in the school building at the time a criminal offense is committed.
(gg) "Counterfeit controlled substance" means:
(1)
Any drug that bears, or whose container or label bears, a trademark, trade
name or other identifying mark used without authorization of the owner of
rights to that trademark, trade name or identifying mark; or
(2)
Any unmarked or unlabeled substance that is represented to be a controlled
substance manufactured, processed, packed or distributed by a person other
than the person that manufactured, processed, packed or distributed it; or
(3)
Any substance that is represented to be a controlled substance but is not a
controlled substance or is a different controlled substance; or
(4)
Any substance other than a controlled substance that a reasonable person
would believe to be a controlled substance because of its similarity in shape,
size and color, or its marking, labeling, packaging, distribution or the price
for which it is sold or offered for sale.
(hh) An offense is “committed in the vicinity of a school” if the offender commits the
offense on school premises, in a school building, or within one thousand feet of
the boundaries of any school premises, regardless of whether the offender knows
the offense is being committed on school premises, in a school building, or within
one thousand feet of the boundaries of any school premises.
(ii)
An offense is “committed in the vicinity of a juvenile” if the offender commits the
offense within one hundred feet of a juvenile or within the view of a juvenile,
regardless of whether the offender knows the age of the juvenile, whether the
offender knows the offense is being committed within one hundred feet of or
within view of the juvenile, or whether the juvenile actually views the commission
of the offense.
(jj)
“Hashish” means the resin or a preparation of the resin contained in marihuana,
whether in solid form or in a liquid concentrate, liquid extract, or liquid distillate
form.
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(kk)
“Public premises” means any hotel, restaurant, tavern, store, arena, hall, or other
place of public accommodation, business, amusement, or resort.
(ll)
“Methamphetamine” means methamphetamine, any salt, isomer, or salt of an
isomer of methamphetamine, or any compound, mixture, preparation, or substance
containing methamphetamine or any salt, isomer or salt of an isomer of
methamphetamine.
(mm) “Lawful prescription” means a prescription that is issued for a legitimate medical
purpose by a licensed health professional authorized to prescribe drugs, that is not
altered or forged, and that was not obtained by means of deception or by the
commission of any theft offense.
(nn) “Deception” and “theft offense” have the same meanings as in Ohio R.C. 2913.01.
(ORC 2925.01)
513.02 GIFT OF MARIHUANA.
(a)
No person shall knowingly give or offer to make a gift of twenty grams or less of
marihuana.
(b)
Whoever violates this section is guilty of trafficking in marihuana. Trafficking in
marihuana is a minor misdemeanor for the first offense and, for any subsequent offense, it is a
misdemeanor of the third degree. If the offense was committed in the vicinity of a school or the
vicinity of a juvenile, trafficking in marihuana is a misdemeanor of the third degree.
(c)
The court may suspend for not less than six months or more than five years the
driver’s or commercial driver’s license or permit of any person who is convicted of or pleads
guilty to any violation of this section. If an offender’s driver’s or commercial driver’s license or
permit is suspended pursuant to this subsection, the offender, at any time after the expiration of
two years from the day on which the offender’s sentence was imposed, may file a motion with the
sentencing court requesting termination of the suspension; upon the filing of such a motion and
the court’s finding of good cause for the termination, the court may terminate the suspension.
(ORC 2925.03)
513.03 DRUG ABUSE; CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE POSSESSION OR USE.
(a)
No person shall knowingly obtain, possess or use a controlled substance.
(b)
This section does not apply to the following:
(1)
Manufacturers, licensed health professionals authorized to prescribe
drugs, pharmacists, owners of pharmacies and other persons whose
conduct was in accordance with Ohio R.C. Chapters 3719, 4715, 4729,
4730, 4731 and 4741.
(2)
If the offense involves an anabolic steroid, any person who is conducting
or participating in a research project involving the use of an anabolic
steroid if the project has been approved by the United States Food and
Drug Administration;
(3)
Any person who sells, offers for sale, prescribes, dispenses or administers
for livestock or other nonhuman species an anabolic steroid that is
expressly intended for administration through implants to livestock or
other nonhuman species and approved for that purpose under the "Federal
Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act", 52 Stat. 1040 (1938), 21 U.S.C.A. 301,
as amended, and is sold, offered for sale, prescribed, dispensed or
administered for that purpose in accordance with that Act;
(4)
Any person who obtained the controlled substance pursuant to a lawful
prescription issued by a licensed health professional authorized to
prescribe drugs.
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Whoever violates subsection (a) hereof is guilty of one of the following:
(1)
If the drug involved in the violation is a compound, mixture, preparation,
or substance included in Schedule III, IV, or V, whoever violates
subsection (a) hereof is guilty of possession of drugs. Possession of drugs
is a misdemeanor if the amount of the drug involved does not exceed the
bulk amount. The penalty for the offense shall be determined as follows:
possession of drugs is a misdemeanor of the first degree or, if the offender
previously has been convicted of a drug abuse offense, a felony and shall
be prosecuted under appropriate State law.
(2)
If the drug involved in the violation is marihuana or a compound, mixture,
preparation, or substance containing marihuana other than hashish,
whoever violates subsection (a) hereof is guilty of possession of
marihuana. Possession of marihuana is a misdemeanor if the amount of
the drug involved does not exceed 200 grams. The penalty for the offense
shall be determined as follows:
A.
Except as otherwise provided in subsection (c)(2)B. hereof,
possession of marihuana is a minor misdemeanor.
B.
If the amount of the drug involved equals or exceeds 100 grams
but is less than 200 grams, possession of marihuana is a
misdemeanor of the fourth degree.
(3)
If the drug involved in the violation is hashish or a compound, mixture,
preparation, or substance containing hashish, whoever violates subsection
(a) hereof is guilty of possession of hashish. Possession of hashish is a
misdemeanor if the amount of the drug involved does not exceed the
maximum amount specified in subsection (c)(3)B. hereof. The penalty for
the offense shall be determined as follows:
A.
Except as otherwise provided in subsection (c)(3)B. hereof,
possession of hashish is a minor misdemeanor.
B.
If the amount of the drug involved equals or exceeds five grams
but is less than ten grams of hashish in a solid form or equals or
exceeds one gram but is less than two grams of hashish in a liquid
concentrate, liquid extract, or liquid distillate form, possession of
hashish is a misdemeanor of the fourth degree.
(4)
If the drug involved is 1-Pentyl-3-(1-naphthoyl)indole, 1-Butyl-3-(1napthoyl)indole, 1-[2-(4-morpholinyl)ethyl]-3-(1-naphthoyl)indole, 5-(1,1dimethylheptyl)-2-[(1R,3S)-3-hydroxycyclohexyl]-phenol, or 5-(1,1dimethyloctyl)-2-[(1R,3S)-3-hydroxycyclohexyl]-phenol or a compound,
mixture, preparation or substance containing 1-Pentyl-3-(1naphthoyl)indole, 1-Butyl-3-(1-naphthoyl)indole, 1-[2-(4morpholinyl)ethyl]-3-(1-naphthoyl)indole, 5-(1-1-dimethylheptyl)-2[(1R,3S)-3-hydroxycyclohexyl]-phenol, or 5-(1,1-dimethyloctyl)-2[(1R,3S)-3-hydroxycyclohexyl]-phenol, whoever violates subsection (a)
of this section is guilty of possession of spice, a minor misdemeanor.
(d)
In addition to any other sanction that is imposed for an offense under this section,
the court that sentences an offender who is convicted of or pleads guilty to a violation of this
section may suspend for not less than six months or more than five years the offender’s driver’s
or commercial driver’s license or permit.
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(e)
Arrest or conviction for a minor misdemeanor violation of this section does not
constitute a criminal record and need not be reported by the person so arrested or convicted in
response to any inquiries about the person’s criminal record, including any inquiries contained in
any application for employment, license, or other right or privilege, or made in connection with
the person’s appearance as a witness.
(ORC 2925.11)
513.04 POSSESSING DRUG ABUSE INSTRUMENTS.
(a)
No person shall knowingly make, obtain, possess or use any instrument, article or
thing the customary and primary purpose of which is for the administration or use of a dangerous
drug, other than marihuana, when the instrument involved is a hypodermic or syringe, whether
or not of crude or extemporized manufacture or assembly, and the instrument, article or thing
involved has been used by the offender to unlawfully administer or use a dangerous drug, other
than marihuana, or to prepare a dangerous drug, other than marihuana, for unlawful administration
or use.
(b)
This section does not apply to manufacturers, licensed health professionals
authorized to prescribe drugs, pharmacists, owners of pharmacies and other persons whose
conduct was in accordance with Ohio R.C. Chapters 3719, 4715, 4729, 4730, 4731 and 4741.
(c)
Whoever violates this section is guilty of possessing drug abuse instruments, a
misdemeanor of the second degree. If the offender previously has been convicted of a drug abuse
offense, violation of this section is a misdemeanor of the first degree.
(d)
In addition to any other sanction imposed upon an offender for a violation of this
section, the court may suspend for not less than six months or more than five years the offender’s
driver’s or commercial driver’s license or permit. (ORC 2925.12)
513.05 PERMITTING DRUG ABUSE.
(a)
No person, who is the owner, operator or person in charge of a locomotive,
watercraft, aircraft or other vehicle as defined in Ohio R.C 4501.01(A), shall knowingly permit
the vehicle to be used for the commission of a felony drug abuse offense.
(b)
No person, who is the owner, lessee or occupant, or who has custody, control or
supervision of premises, or real estate, including vacant land, shall knowingly permit the premises,
or real estate, including vacant land, to be used for the commission of a felony drug abuse offense
by another person.
(c)
Whoever violates this section is guilty of permitting drug abuse, a misdemeanor of
the first degree. If the felony drug abuse offense in question is a violation of Ohio R.C. 2925.02
or 2925.03, permitting drug abuse is a felony and shall be prosecuted under appropriate State law.
(d)
In addition to any other sanction imposed for an offense under this section, the court
that sentences a person who is convicted of or pleads guilty to a violation of this section may
suspend for not less than six months or more than five years the offender’s driver’s or commercial
driver’s license or permit.
(e)
Any premises or real estate that is permitted to be used in violation of subsection
(b) hereof constitutes a nuisance subject to abatement pursuant to Ohio R.C. Chapter 3767.
(ORC 2925.13)
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513.06 ILLEGAL CULTIVATION OF MARIHUANA.
(a)
No person shall knowingly cultivate marihuana.
(b)
This section does not apply to any person listed in Ohio R.C. 2925.03(B)(1) to (3)
to the extent and under the circumstances described in those divisions.
(c)
Whoever commits a violation of subsection (a) hereof is guilty of illegal cultivation
of marihuana. Illegal cultivation of marihuana is a misdemeanor if the amount of marihuana
involved does not exceed 200 grams.
(1)
Except as otherwise provided in subsection (c)(2) hereof, illegal cultivation
of marihuana is a minor misdemeanor, or if the offense was committed in
the vicinity of a school or in the vicinity of a juvenile, a misdemeanor of the
fourth degree.
(2)
If the amount of marihuana involved equals or exceeds 100 grams but is
less than 200 grams, illegal cultivation of marihuana is a misdemeanor of
the fourth degree, or if the offense was committed in the vicinity of a school
or in the vicinity of a juvenile, a misdemeanor of the third degree.
(d)
that sentences an offender who is convicted of or pleads guilty to a violation of this section may
suspend the offender’s driver’s or commercial driver’s license or permit in accordance with
division (G) of Ohio R.C. 2925.03. If an offender’s driver’s or commercial driver’s license or
permit is suspended in accordance with that division, the offender may request termination of, and
the court may terminate, the suspension in accordance with that division.
(e)
Arrest or conviction for a minor misdemeanor violation of this section does not
constitute a criminal record and need not be reported by the person so arrested or convicted in
response to any inquiries about the person’s criminal record, including any inquiries contained in
an application for employment, a license, or any other right or privilege or made in connection
with the person’s appearance as a witness. (ORC 2925.04)
513.07 POSSESSING OR USING HARMFUL INTOXICANTS.
(a)
Except for lawful research, clinical, medical, dental or veterinary purposes, no
person, with purpose to induce intoxication or similar physiological effects, shall obtain, possess
or use a harmful intoxicant.
(b)
Whoever violates this section is guilty of abusing harmful intoxicants, a
misdemeanor of the first degree. If the offender previously has been convicted of a drug abuse
offense, abusing harmful intoxicants is a felony and shall be prosecuted under appropriate State
law.
(c)
In addition to any other sanction imposed upon an offender for a violation of this
section, the court may suspend for not less than six months or more than five years the offender’s
driver’s or commercial driver’s license or permit. (ORC 2925.31)
513.08 ILLEGALLY DISPENSING DRUG SAMPLES.
(a)
No person shall knowingly furnish another a sample drug.
(b)
Subsection (a) hereof does not apply to manufacturers, wholesalers, pharmacists,
owners of pharmacies, licensed health professionals authorized to prescribe drugs, and other
persons whose conduct is in accordance with Ohio R.C. Chapters 3719, 4715, 4729, 4730, 4731,
and 4741.
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Drug Abuse Control
513.10
(c)
Whoever violates this section is guilty of illegal dispensing of drug samples. If the
drug involved in the offense is a dangerous drug or a compound, mixture, preparation, or
substance included in Schedule III, IV, or V, or is marihuana, the penalty for the offense shall be
determined as follows:
(1)
Except as otherwise provided in subsection (c)(2) hereof, illegal dispensing
of drug samples is a misdemeanor of the second degree.
(2)
If the offense was committed in the vicinity of a school or in the vicinity of
a juvenile, illegal dispensing of drug samples is a misdemeanor of the first
degree.
(d)
that sentences an offender who is convicted of or pleads guilty to a violation of this section may
suspend for not less than six months or more than five years the offender’s driver’s or commercial
driver’s license or permit. (ORC 2925.36)
513.09 CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE OR PRESCRIPTION LABELS.
(a)
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