(a) A person operating a motorized bicycle shall not ride other than upon the permanent and regular seat attached thereto and meeting the specifications promulgated by the Ohio Director of Highway Safety.
(b) No motorized bicycle shall be used to carry more persons at one time than the number for which it is designed and equipped.
(c) A person shall ride upon a motorized bicycle only while sitting astride the seat facing forward with one leg on each side of the motorized bicycle.
(d) No person operating a motorized bicycle shall carry any package, bundle or article that prevents the driver from maintaining his or her grip with two hands upon the handle bars.
(e) No motorized bicycle shall be operated with any part of the handle bar more than 15 inches above that portion of the seat occupied by the operator when the seat is fully depressed.
(f) No person under 18 years of age shall operate a motorized bicycle without using safety glasses or other protective eye devices. No person who is under the age of 18 years shall operate a motorized bicycle unless wearing a protective helmet. The helmet, safety glasses or other protective eye device shall conform with regulations prescribed and promulgated by the Director of Highway Safety. The provisions of this subsection or a violation thereof shall not be used in trial in any civil action.
(g) Whoever violates any of the provisions of this section is guilty of a minor misdemeanor.
(h) In addition to or in lieu of the penalty imposed under subsection (g) hereof, the court may prohibit such violator from riding a motorized bicycle for a period not to exceed six months or authorize a motorized bicycle to be impounded for a period not to exceed 30 days.
(Ord. 7-85. Passed 1-28-85.)