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375.07 ACCIDENT REPORTS.
   (a)   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 48 hours to the Chief of Police, and within 30 days shall 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.
   (b)   Any law enforcement officer or other person authorized by Ohio R.C. 4519.42 and 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 48 hours.
(ORC 4519.46)
375.08 OPERATION OF OFF-HIGHWAY MOTORCYCLE OR ALL-PURPOSE VEHICLE WITHOUT CERTIFICATE OF TITLE; FAILURE TO SURRENDER.
   (a)   No person shall do any of the following:
      (1)   Operate in this State 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 Ohio R.C. Chapter 4519 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 related 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 Municipality an off-highway motorcycle or all-purpose vehicle is a certificate of title to the off-highway motorcycle or all-purpose vehicle has been issued and then has been canceled.
      (3)   Fail to surrender any certificate of title upon cancellation of it by the Registrar of Motor Vehicles and notice of the cancellation as prescribed in Ohio R.C. Chapter 4519.
      (4)   Fail to surrender the certificate of title to a Clerk of a Court of Common Pleas as provided in Ohio R.C. Chapter 4519, in case of the destruction or dismantling of, or change in, the off-highway motorcycle or all-purpose vehicle described in the certificate of title.
      (5)   Violate any provision of Ohio R.C. 4519.51 to 4519.70 for which no penalty is otherwise provided or any lawful rules adopted pursuant to those sections.
      (6)   Operate in this State 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), or imprisoned not more than 90 days, or both.
(ORC 4519.66)
375.09 OPERATION LIMITATIONS.
   (a)   No person shall operate a snowmobile, off-highway motorcycle, or all-purpose vehicle in violation of any of the following:
      (1)   Upon any private property within 200 feet of an adjoining residential dwelling;
      (2)   Between 9:00 p.m. and 7:00 a.m. of the following day, on Saturday before 9:00 a.m., or on Sunday before 10:00 a.m.;
      (3)   Notwithstanding (a)(1) or (2) above, in such proximity to any residence or dwelling or place ordinarily used for human habitation so that any stone, dust, mud, grass or vegetation is thrown onto the lot or yard of any residence in excess of the same naturally occurring without operating any such vehicle; and
      (4)   Notwithstanding (a)(1) or (2) above, in such manner that the headlights or other lights of the vehicle cause an unreasonable disturbance to the peace or well-being of any resident.
   (b)   Whoever willfully or knowingly violates any of the provisions of this section is guilty of a misdemeanor of the fourth degree and shall be subject to the penalty provided in Section 303.99. A separate offense shall be deemed committed each day, or part thereof, during or on which a violation occurs or continues. Whoever violates any provision of this section within 36 hours of having been charged with a first offense thereof or within 36 hours of having been warned by a police officer to desist from violating one of the provisions of this section is guilty of a misdemeanor of the third degree and shall be subject to the penalty provided in Section 303.99.
(Ord. 2010-81. Passed 6-7-10.)
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