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Drivers of vehicles described in this chapter are required, upon request by a police officer, to give full and true information as to the route they are following and the name of the consignor and consignee and place of delivery or removal and the location of any consignment being hauled or goods being removed, and upon a designation by such police officer of a route to be followed, shall immediately adopt and pursue such route.
(a) In addition to any other lawful requirements of load distribution, no person shall operate any vehicle upon a street or highway unless such vehicle is so laden as to prevent its contents from shifting or otherwise unbalancing the vehicle to such an extent as to interfere with the safe operation of the same.
(b) No motor vehicle or trailer shall be driven unless the tailboard or tailgate, tarpaulins, chains (except ground or contact chains), ropes, stakes, poles, and the like, or any part of the load, are securely fastened to prevent dangling, flapping, swinging or falling from the side, end or top of the load or body. All projecting cargo shall be properly guarded by a red flag or cloth or a red light or lantern as required by Ohio R.C. 4513.09, or any substantially equivalent municipal ordinance.
(a) The operator of a chauffeured limousine shall accept passengers only on the basis of prearranged contracts, as defined in Ohio R.C. 4501.01, and shall not cruise in search of patronage unless the limousine is in compliance with any statute or ordinance governing the operation of taxicabs or other similar vehicles for hire.
(b) The operator of a chauffeured limousine may provide transportation to passengers who arrange for the transportation through an intermediary, including a digital dispatching service. Notwithstanding any law to the contrary, when providing transportation arranged through an intermediary, the operator of a chauffeured limousine may establish the fare and method of fare calculation, so long as the method of fare calculation is provided to the passenger upon request.
(c) No person shall advertise or hold himself or herself out as doing business as a limousine service or livery service or other similar designation unless each vehicle used by the person to provide the service is registered in accordance with Ohio R.C. 4503.24 and is in compliance with Ohio R.C. 4509.80.
(d) Whoever violates this section is guilty of a misdemeanor of the first degree.
(ORC 4511.85)
(a) For purposes of this section, the term “Jake brake” shall mean an engine brake of the type originated and/or manufactured by Jacobs Vehicle Systems, or a similar device, which mounts on a motor vehicle engine, changes the action of the exhaust values, and provides retarding power which is proportional to the engine’s revolutions per minute (RPM), so as to slow the motor vehicle. The term “motor vehicle” shall have the same meaning given to such term in § 402.22.
(b) No person, while operating a motor vehicle within the municipality, shall activate a Jake brake on such motor vehicle unless the other braking devices on such motor vehicle have failed or exigent circumstances exist which require the use of such Jake brake.
(Ord. 97-O-1621, passed 8-19-1997)