(A) No person shall operate, on any highway or other public or private property open to the public for vehicular travel or parking, leased or rent any motor vehicle that is required to be registered in this state with any sun screening material, or other product or material which has the effect of making the windshield or windows nontransparent or would alter the windows' color, increase its reflectivity, or reduce its light transmittance, except as herein specified:
(1) Any motor vehicle with a strip of sun screening applied along the top of the windshield so long as such material, when used in conjunction with the windshield, is transparent and is in compliance with "Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard Number 205," or other applicable federal standards, and does not extend downward beyond the AS-1 line or five inches from the top of the windshield, whichever is closer to the top.
(2) Any motor vehicle with sun screening material applied to the side windows near the driver and passenger in front of the car and/or the rear windows so long as such material, when used in conjunction with the safety glazing materials of such windows, has a light transmittance of not less than 50% plus or minus 3% and is not red or yellow in color.
(B) No person shall install in or on any motor vehicle, any glass or other material that fails to conform to the requirements of this section or of any rule adopted under this section.
(C) No used motor vehicle dealer or new motor vehicle dealer, as define in the Ohio Revised Code, shall sell any motor vehicle that fails to conform to the requirements of this section or of any rule adopted under this section.
(D) No reflectorized materials shall be permitted upon or in any front windshield, side windows, sidewings, or rear sections.
(E) This section does not apply to the manufacturer’s tinting or glazing of motor vehicle windows or windshields that is otherwise in compliance with or permitted by “Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard Number 205.”
(Ord. 1605, passed 12-21-93) Penalty, see § 70.99
Statutory reference:
Light transmission specifications for material used in motor vehicle windows and windshields, exemptions, see OAC Ch 4501-41