(a) Nothing in this chapter applies to any 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, joint fire district or the Ohio Fire Marshal;
(3) A public safety vehicle used to provide transportation or emergency medical service for ill or injured persons;
(4) A recreational vehicle.
(b) As used in this section:
(1) "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 no 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 no 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 chapter and is not used in the operation of a motor transportation company or private motor carrier.
(2) "Public safety vehicle" has the same meaning as in Ohio R.C. 4511.01 (E)(1) and (3).
(3) "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.
(Ord. 58-92. Passed 4-13-92.)