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The Council shall annually levy a tax for current operating expenses on the real and personal property in the City. The rate of such tax shall not exceed 9 mills on the dollar of assessed valuations; provided that any levy in excess of 7 mills shall be expended only for improvements having a life of 5 years or more.
(Amended 8-15-83)
On or before the 15th day of September in any year Council may, by resolution adopted by vote of two-thirds of all the members elected thereto, declare that the amount of money that may be raised by taxation under the limitations of this Charter or the general law of the State for the ensuing year, together with all other funds available during the year, will be insufficient to provide an adequate amount for the necessary requirements of the City, and that it is necessary to levy taxes in excess of said limitations (1) for the purpose of meeting the current expenses of the City, its boards, departments, and institutions, and (2) for any specified improvement or improvements having a life of 5 years or more, and may require the submission of the question of levying such additional tax to the electors of the City at the next November election. Such resolution shall specify the additional sum which it is necessary to levy, the purpose thereof and the number of years during which such increased rate may be levied, which shall not exceed 5 years. Such resolution shall take effect upon its adoption and shall be certified within 5 days thereafter to the election authorities who shall place said question upon ballot in the following form:
For the approval of an additional levy of taxes by the City of Ashtabula in the sum of $ to be used for the purpose of , and effective during the tax year.
Against the approval of an additional levy of taxes by the City of Ashtabula in the sum of $ to be used for the purpose of , and effective during the year.
The question covered by such resolution shall be submitted as a separate proposition but may be printed on the same ballot with any other proposition other than the election of officers at the same election. If a majority of those voting thereon vote for the approval of such additional levy, Council shall immediately make such levy, or such part thereof as it finds necessary, pursuant to such approval, and certify the same to the County Auditor to be placed on the tax list and collected as other taxes.
(Amended 5-7-46)
No ordinance for the levy of an income tax shall be effective until the same shall be approved by a majority of the electors. A resolution to submit the question of any levy of an income tax to the electors of the City shall specify the date of holding such election, which shall not be earlier than seventy-five days after the adoption and certification of the resolution. The resolution shall go into immediate effect upon its passage and no publication of the same is necessary other than that provided for in the notice of election. A copy of such resolution, immediately after its passage, shall be certified by the Clerk of Council to the Board of Elections of the County. If a majority of the electors who cast ballots on the income tax levy vote in favor thereof, the same shall thereupon be adopted and be in full force and effect.
(Amended 3-4-08)
(Amended 3-4-08)
TIME
The standard of time throughout the City of Ashtabula shall be Eastern Standard Time, except that the City of Ashtabula shall observe Eastern Daylight Savings Time as its standard of time on and during those dates that Eastern Daylight Savings Time is in general effect throughout the offices and departments of the State of Ohio. All municipal courts, offices, proceedings and activities shall be regulated by this provision.
(Amended 3-4-08)
(Amended 3-4-08)
TRAFFIC
The City, including its various boards, agencies and departments, shall not use any traffic law photo-monitoring device for the enforcement of a qualified traffic law violation, unless a law enforcement officer is present at the location of the device and personally issues the ticket to the alleged violator at the time and location of the violation.
(a) “Law enforcement officer” means any law enforcement officer employed by the City or any other political jurisdiction in Ohio, including the State. The City may from time to time and in its discretion, by ordinance or resolution, designate which City employees are, “law enforcement officers” for purposes of this Section 93
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(b) “Qualified law traffic violation” means a violation of any of the following: (1) any state or local law relating to complying with a traffic control signal or a railroad crossing sign or signal; or (2) any state or local law limiting the speed of a motor vehicle.
(c) “Ticket” means any traffic ticket, citation, summons, or other notice of liability (whether civil or criminal) issued in response to an alleged qualified traffic law violation detected by a traffic law photo-monitoring device.
(d) “Traffic law photo-monitoring device” means an electronic system consisting of a photographic, video, or electronic camera and a means of sensing the presence of a motor vehicle that automatically produces photographs, videotape, or digital images of the vehicle, its license plate or its operator.
(Added 11-8-11)
CODIFIED ORDINANCES OF ASHTABULA