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Snowmobiles, off-highway motorcycles, and all-purpose vehicles may be operated as follows:
(a) To make a crossing of a highway, other than a highway as designated in division (A)(1) of RC 4519.40, whenever the crossing can be made in safety and will not interfere with the movement of vehicular traffic approaching from any direction on the highway, and provided that the operator yields the right-of-way to any approaching traffic that presents an immediate hazard;
(b) On highways in the county or township road systems whenever the local authority having jurisdiction over such highways so permits;
(c) Off and alongside a street or highway for limited distances from the point of unloading from a conveyance to the point at which the snowmobile, off-highway motorcycle, or all-purpose vehicle is intended and authorized to be operated;
(d) On the berm or shoulder of a highway, other than a highway as designated in division (A)(1) of RC 4519.40, when the terrain permits such operation to be undertaken safely and without the necessity of entering any traffic lane.
(RC 4519.41; Ord. No. 726-17. Passed 10-16-17, eff. 10-20-17)
(a) No person who does not hold a valid, current motor vehicle driver’s or commercial driver’s license, motorcycle operator’s endorsement, or probationary license, issued under RC Chapters 4506 or 4507, or a valid, current driver’s license issued by another jurisdiction, shall operate a snowmobile, off- highway motorcycle, or all-purpose vehicle on any street or highway in this City, on any portion of the right-of-way thereof, or on any public land or waters. Notwithstanding the license requirements under this division (a), the City may permit operation of a snowmobile, off-highway motorcycle, or all-purpose vehicle on City property designated for recreational use of such vehicles.
(b) No person who is less than sixteen (16) years of age shall operate a snowmobile, off-highway motorcycle, or all-purpose vehicle on any land or waters other than private property or waters owned by or leased to the person’s parent or guardian, unless accompanied by another person who is eighteen (18) years of age, or older, and who holds a license as provided in division (A) of this section, except as follows:
(1) The Ohio Department of Natural Resources may permit such operation on state controlled land under its jurisdiction when such person is less than sixteen (16) years of age and is accompanied by a parent or guardian who is a licensed driver eighteen (18) years of age or older.
(2) The City may permit such operation on City property designated for recreational use of such vehicles, under rules and regulations governing such property, when a person is less than sixteen (16) years of age and is accompanied by a parent or guardian.
(c) Whoever violates this section shall be fined not less than fifty dollars ($50.00) nor more than five hundred dollars ($500.00), imprisoned not less than three (3) nor more than thirty (30) days, or both.
(RC 4519.44; Ord. No. 726-17. Passed 10-16-17, eff. 10-20-17)
(a) Any dealer who rents, leases, or otherwise furnishes a snowmobile, off-highway motorcycle, or all-purpose vehicle for hire shall maintain the vehicle in safe operating condition. No dealer, or agent or employee of a dealer, shall rent, lease, or otherwise furnish a snowmobile, off-highway motorcycle, or all-purpose vehicle for hire to any person who does not hold a license as required by division (a) of Section 449.07. This section shall not apply to any dealer located on City property designated for the recreational use of snowmobiles, off-highway motorcycles, or all-purpose vehicles.
(b) No dealer, or agent or employee of a dealer shall rent, lease or otherwise furnish a snowmobile, off-highway motorcycle, or all-purpose vehicle for hire to any person whom the dealer or an agent or employee of the dealer has reasonable cause to believe is incompetent to operate the vehicle in a safe and lawful manner.
(c) Whoever violates this section shall be fined not less than one hundred dollars ($100.00) nor more than five hundred dollars ($500.00).
(RC 4519.45; Ord. No. 726-17. Passed 10-16-17, eff. 10-20-17)
The operator of a snowmobile, off-highway motorcycle, or all-purpose vehicle involved in any accident resulting in bodily injury to or death of any person, or damage to the property of any person in excess of one hundred dollars ($100.00), shall report the accident within forty-eight (48) hours to the Chief of Police, and shall within thirty (30) days forward a written report of the accident to the Ohio Registrar of Motor Vehicles on a form prescribed by the Registrar. If the operator is physically incapable of making the reports and there is another participant in the accident not so incapacitated, the participant shall make the reports. In the event there is no other participant, and the operator is other than the owner, the owner, within the prescribed periods of time, shall make the reports.
Any law enforcement officer, or other person authorized by RC 4519.42 and RC 4519.43, who investigates or receives information of an accident involving a snowmobile, off-highway motorcycle, or all-purpose vehicle, shall forward to the Registrar a written report of the accident within forty-eight (48) hours.
(RC 4519.46; Ord. No. 726-17. Passed 10-16-17, eff. 10-20-17)
(a) Whenever a person is found guilty of operating a snowmobile, off-highway motorcycle, or all-purpose vehicle in violation of any rule authorized to be adopted under RC 4519.21 or RC 4519.42, the trial judge of any court of record, in addition to or independent of any other penalties provided by law, may impound for not less than sixty (60) days the certificate of registration and license plate, if applicable, of that snowmobile, off-highway motorcycle, or all-purpose vehicle. The court shall send the impounded certificate of registration and license plate, if applicable, to the Registrar of Motor Vehicles, who shall retain the certificate of registration and license plate, if applicable, until the expiration of the period of impoundment.
(b) If a court impounds the certificate of registration and license plate of an all-purpose vehicle pursuant to RC 2911.21, the court shall send the impounded certificate of registration and license plate to the Registrar, who shall retain them until the expiration of the period of impoundment.
(c) Police officers are authorized to provide for the removal of a snowmobile, off-highway motorcycle, mini-truck, or all-purpose vehicle whenever any such vehicle is in violation of the provisions of this Traffic Code under the authority of Section 405.02.
(RC 4519.47; Ord. No. 726-17. Passed 10-16-17, eff. 10-20-17)
Nothing contained in this chapter shall prevent local authorities from regulating the operation of snowmobiles, off-highway motorcycles, and all- purpose vehicles on streets and highways and other public property under their jurisdiction, and within the reasonable exercise of the police power, except that no local authority shall require the registration or licensing of any snowmobile, off-highway motorcycle, or all- purpose vehicle required to be registered or titled under this chapter.
(RC 4519.48; Ord. No. 726-17. Passed 10-16-17, eff. 10-20-17)
(a) No person shall do any of the following:
(1) Operate in this City an off- highway motorcycle or all-purpose vehicle without having a certificate of title for the off-highway motorcycle or all-purpose vehicle, if such a certificate is required by this chapter to be issued for the off- highway motorcycle or all-purpose vehicle, or, if a physical certificate of title has not been issued for it, operate an off-highway motorcycle or all-purpose vehicle knowing that the ownership information relating to the motorcycle or vehicle has not been entered into the automated title processing system by a clerk of a court of common pleas;
(2) Operate in this City an off- highway motorcycle or all-purpose vehicle if a certificate of title to the off-highway motorcycle or all- purpose vehicle has been issued and then has been canceled;
(3) Violate any provision of RC 4519.51 to 4519.70 for which no penalty is otherwise provided or any lawful rules adopted pursuant to those sections;
(4) Operate in this City an off- highway motorcycle or all-purpose vehicle knowing that the certificate of title to or ownership of the motorcycle or vehicle as otherwise reflected in the automated title processing system has been canceled.
(b) Whoever violates this section shall be fined not more than two hundred dollars ($200.00), imprisoned not more than ninety (90) days, or both.
(RC 4519.66; Ord. No. 726-17. Passed 10-16-17, eff. 10-20-17)
(a) No person shall fuel or knowingly permit to be fueled a snowmobile, off-highway motorcycle, or all-purpose vehicle from a gasoline pump at a retail gasoline service station when such vehicle is driven to the service station and is not transported by another vehicle.
(b) For purposes of this section “person” includes any individual, partnerships, corporations, companies, or their agents, assigns, or employees.
(c) Whoever violates this section is guilty of a minor misdemeanor.
(Ord. No. 726-17. Passed 10-16-17, eff. 10-20-17)