Any placards issued by the registrar of motor vehicles and bearing the distinctive number assigned to a manufacturer, dealer, or distributor pursuant to R.C. § 4503.27 may be displayed on any motor vehicle, other than commercial cars, or on any motorized bicycle owner by the manufacturer, dealer, or distributor, or lawfully in the possession or control of the manufacturer, his agent, or employee, the dealer, his agent, or employee, the distributor, his agent, or employee, and shall be displayed on no other motor vehicle or motorized bicycle. Such placards may be displayed on commercial cars only when such cars are in transit from a manufacturer to a dealer, from a distributor to a dealer or distributor, or from a dealer to a purchaser, or when such cars are being demonstrated for sale or lease, and shall not be displayed when such cars are being used for delivery, hauling, transporting, or other commercial purposes.
(Ord. 1605, passed 12-21-93) Penalty, see § 70.99