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   440.08   OCCUPYING TRAVEL TRAILER, FIFTH WHEEL VEHICLE, OR MANUFACTURED OR MOBILE HOME WHILE IN MOTION.
   (a)   Except as provided in division (b) of this section, no person shall occupy any travel trailer, fifth wheel trailer, or manufactured or mobile home while it is being used as a conveyance upon a street or highway.
   (b)   (1)   Division (a) of this section does not apply to a fifth wheel trailer when both of the following apply:
         A.   Any child riding in the fifth wheel trailer is properly secured in the manner provided in R.C. § 4511.81.
         B.   The operator of the vehicle towing the fifth wheel trailer has some means of viable communication with the passengers riding in the trailer.
      (2)   As used in this division, “viable communication” includes a cellular or satellite telephone, a radio, or any other similar electronic wireless communications device.
   (c)   (1)   Except as otherwise provided in this division, whoever violates this section is guilty of a minor misdemeanor. If, within one year of the offense, the offender previously has been convicted of or pleaded guilty to one predicate motor vehicle or traffic offense, whoever violates this section is guilty of a misdemeanor of the fourth degree. If, within one year of the offense, the offender previously has been convicted of two or more predicate motor vehicle or traffic offenses, whoever violates this section is guilty of a misdemeanor of the third degree.
      (2)   The offense established under this section is a strict liability offense and R.C. § 2901.20 does not apply. The designation of this offense as a strict liability offense shall not be construed to imply that any other offense, for which there is no specified degree of culpability, is not a strict liability offense.
(R.C. § 4511.701)
   440.09   ROUTE AND LOAD INFORMATION.
   (a)   The operators of commercial and heavy vehicles are required, upon request of any member of the police division or any other person authorized by the City, to give full and true information as to the route they are following, the names of the consignor and consignee, the place of delivery or removal and the location of any consignment being hauled or goods being removed.
   (b)   Any police officer, having reason to believe that the weight of a vehicle and load is unlawful, is authorized to require the drive to stop and submit to a weighing of the same by means of either portable or stationary scales, and may require that such vehicle be driven to the nearest scales.
   (c)   Whenever such officer, upon weighing a vehicle and load as above provided, determines that the weight is unlawful, such officer may require the driver to stop the vehicle in a suitable place and remain standing until such portion of the load is removed as may be necessary to reduce the gross weight of such vehicle to such weight as is permitted in this chapter.
(Ord. 1341. Passed 10-15-56.)
   440.10   NIGHT PARKING IN RESIDENTIAL DISTRICTS.
   No person shall park a school bus, commercial tractor agricultural tractor, truck of more than one-half ton capacity, bus, trailer, semitrailer, pole trailer or moving van on any street within the residential districts of the City between one hour after sunset and one hour before sunrise.
(Ord. 1341. Passed 10-15-56.)
   440.11   CHAUFFEURED LIMOUSINES.
   (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)
   440.99   PENALTY.
   (EDITOR'S NOTE: See Sections 408.01 and 408.02 for general Traffic Code penalty if no specific penalty is provided.)