As used in this Chapter 420, words and phrases are defined as follows:
(a) "Designated party" means the person whom the registered owner of a motor vehicle, upon receipt of a ticket based upon images recorded by a law enforcement officer using an Officer-Operated Handheld Traffic Law Enforcement Device that indicates a traffic law violation occurred, identifies as the person who was operating the vehicle of the registered owner at the time of the violation.
(b) "Hearing officer" means any person appointed by the Mayor or Village Council to conduct administrative hearings on violations images recorded by a law enforcement officer using an Officer-Operated Handheld Traffic Law Enforcement Device, other than a person who is employed by a law enforcement agency as defined in Ohio R.C. 109.573.
(c) “Law enforcement officer” means a Chief, Deputy Chief or police officer who is employed on either a permanent full-time basis or on a part-time basis by the Village Police Department.
(d) "Local authority" means the Village of Cuyahoga Heights.
(e) "Motor vehicle leasing dealer" has the same meaning as in Ohio R.C. 4517.01.
(f) "Motor vehicle renting dealer" has the same meaning as in Ohio R.C. 4549.65.
(g) "Recorded images" means any of the following images recorded by a law enforcement officer using an Officer-Operated Handheld Traffic Law Enforcement Device that show, on at least one image or on a portion of the videotape, the letters and numerals on the front or rear license plate of the vehicle:
(1) Two or more photographs, microphotographs, electronic images, or digital images;
(2) Videotape.
(h) "Registered owner" means all of the following:
(1) Any person or entity identified by the bureau of motor vehicles or any other state motor vehicle registration bureau, department, or office as the owner of a motor vehicle;
(2) The lessee of a motor vehicle under a lease of six months or longer;
(3) The renter of a motor vehicle pursuant to a written rental agreement with a motor vehicle renting dealer.
(i) "System location" means the approach to an intersection or area of roadway toward which an Officer-Operated Handheld Traffic Law Enforcement Device is directed and is in operation.
(j) "Ticket" means any traffic ticket, citation, summons, or other ticket issued in response to an alleged traffic law violation detected by a law enforcement office using an Officer-Operated Handheld Traffic Law Enforcement Device, that represents a civil violation.
(k) Traffic law violation" means either of the following:
(1) A violation of Ohio R.C. 4511.12 based on the failure to comply with Ohio R.C. 4511.13 or a substantially equivalent municipal ordinance that occurs at an intersection due to failure to obey a traffic control signal;
(2) A violation of Ohio R.C. 4511.21 or 4511.211 or a substantially equivalent municipal ordinance due to failure to observe the applicable speed limit.
(l) "Officer-enforced traffic law system violations" means tickets for civil violations issued by a Village police officer using an Officer-Operated Handheld Traffic Law Enforcement Device.
(ml) "Officer-Operated Handheld Traffic Law Enforcement Device" means a portable, handheld electronic device that contains laser speed measurement and photographic imaging components that can determine the speed of a moving vehicle only upon manual activation by a person who senses the presence of a motor vehicle and activates the device. Such devices do not have a means of sensing the presence of a motor vehicle that automatically produces recorded images.
(Ord. 2015-17. Passed 3-11-15; Ord. 2017-70. Passed 9-13-17.)