(A) Operation of motor vehicle with tinted windows.
(1) A person may not drive a motor vehicle that has any of the following, that is covered by or treated with a sunscreening material or is tinted to the extent or manufactured in a way that the occupants of the vehicle cannot be easily identified or recognized through that window from outside the vehicle:
(a) Windshield;
(b) Side wing;
(c) Side window that is part of a front door; or
(d) Rear back window.
(2) However, it is a defense if the sunscreening material applied to those windows has a total solar reflectance of visible light of not more than 25% as measured on the nonfilm side and light transmittance of at least 30% in the visible light range.
(B) Exceptions.
(1) Division (A) above does not apply to a manufacturer’s tinting or glazing of motor vehicle windows or windshields that is otherwise in compliance with or permitted by FMVSS205 as promulgated in 49 C.F.R. § 571.205. Proof from the manufacturer, supplier, or installer that the tinting or glazing is in compliance with or permitted by FMVSS205 must be carried in the vehicle.
(2) (a) Division (A) above also does not apply to the driver of a vehicle:
1. That is owned by an individual required for medical reasons to be shielded from the direct rays of the sun; or
2. In which an individual required for medical reasons to be shielded from the direct rays of the sun is a habitual passenger.
(b) The medical reasons must be attested to by a physician or optometrist licensed to practice in the state, and the physician’s or optometrist’s certification of that condition must be carried in the vehicle. The physician’s or optometrist’s certificate must be renewed annually.
(C) Subsequent tinting. A person may not tint or otherwise cover or treat with sunscreening the parts of a motor vehicle described in division (A) above, so that operation of the vehicle after the tinting or sunscreening is performed in violation of division (A) above. However, it is not a violation of division (A) above if this work is performed for a person who submits a physician’s or optometrist’s certification as described in division (B) above to the person who is to perform the work.
(Ord. 2014-4, passed 3-3-2014) Penalty, see § 70.99