(a) No person shall operate a motor vehicle or motorcycle powered by an internal combustion engine upon the streets of the City unless such motor vehicle or motorcycle is equipped with a muffler which is in good working order and in constant operation, to prevent excessive or unusual noise, and no operator of such motor vehicle or motorcycle shall use a muffler cutout, by-pass or similar device on the same while upon the streets of the City.
(b) No person shall own, operate or have in his possession any motor vehicle or motorcycle equipped with a device for producing excessive smoke or gas, or so equipped as to permit oil or any other chemical to flow into or upon the exhaust pipe or muffler of such motor vehicle or motorcycle, or equipped in any way to produce or emit smoke or dangerous or annoying gases from any portion of such vehicle, other than the ordinary gases emitted by the exhaust of an internal combustion engine under normal operation.
(c) No person shall operate a motor vehicle, other than a motorcycle, powered by an internal combustion engine upon the streets of the City unless such motor vehicle is equipped with an exhaust system, sealed to prevent leakage of exhaust gases, composed of at least the following elements:
(1) An exhaust manifold, or similar exhaust collection device, sealed to the engine to receive the exhaust gas from all of the exhaust ports of the engine.
(2) A muffler, which is in good working order and in constant operation, sealed to the above mentioned exhaust manifold or collecting system.
(3) A tail-pipe, sealed to the muffler, of sufficient length to direct the exhaust gas from under the vehicle at a point beyond the passenger area of the vehicle.
(4) However, the operation of any such vehicle with an exhaust system originally installed by the manufacturer, or its equivalent, shall be deemed lawful.
(d) Every motor vehicle and motorcycle with an internal combustion engine shall at all times be equipped with a muffler which is in good working order and in constant operation to prevent excessive or unusual noise, and no person shall use a muffler cutout, by-pass, or similar device upon a motor vehicle on a highway. Every motorcycle muffler shall be equipped with baffle plates.
(e) No person shall own, operate or have in his possession any motor vehicle or motorcycle equipped with a device for producing excessive smoke or gas, or so equipped as to permit oil or any other chemical to flow into or upon the exhaust pipe or muffler of such vehicle, or equipped in any other way to produce or emit smoke or dangerous or annoying gases from any portion of such vehicle, other than the ordinary gases emitted by the exhaust of an internal combustion engine under normal operation.
(Ord. 83-73. Passed 9-24-73.)
(Ord. 83-73. Passed 9-24-73.)
(f) Whoever violates this section is guilty of a minor misdemeanor.
(ORC 4513.22)