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(a) For the purpose of locating any stolen vehicles, a member of the Police Department may inspect any vehicle within the City, of a type required to be registered under the State vehicle registration code, on a highway, public parking lot, public garage, new or used car lot, automobile dismantlers lot, vehicle shredding facility, vehicle renting or leasing lot, vehicle equipment rental yard, vehicle salvage pool, or other similar establishment, and may inspect the title or registration of the vehicles in order to establish the rightful ownership or possession of the vehicle.
(b) A member of the Department may also inspect, for the purpose specified in subsection (a) hereof, implements of husbandry, special construction equipment and special mobile equipment, in places described in subsection (a) hereof, or when such a vehicle is incidentally operated or transported upon a street or highway.
(c) Whenever possible, inspections conducted pursuant to subsections (a) and (b) hereof shall be conducted at a time when work or business is operating, and in a manner so as to minimize any interference with, or the delay of, business operations.
(Ord. 68-1982. Passed 4-5-82.)
(a) No person shall resist, hinder, obstruct, or abuse any sheriff, constable, or other official while that official is attempting to arrest offenders under any provision of this Traffic Code. No person shall interfere with any person charged under any provision of this Traffic Code with the enforcement of the law relative to public highways.
(ORC 4513.36)
(b) It is a defense to prosecution under this section that the hindrance, obstruction, resistance, or interference alleged consisted of constitutionally protected speech only.
(a) The provisions of this Traffic Code, except for Section 333.01, do not apply to persons, teams, motor vehicles, and other equipment while actually engaged in work upon the surface of a highway within an area designated by traffic-control devices, but apply to those persons and vehicles when traveling to or from such work.
(b) The driver of a highway maintenance vehicle owned by this State or any political subdivision of this State, while the driver is engaged in the performance of official duties upon a street or highway, provided the highway maintenance vehicle is equipped with flashing lights and such other markings as are required by law and such lights are in operation when the driver and vehicle are so engaged, shall be exempt from criminal prosecution for violations of Ohio R.C. 4511.22, 4511.25, 4511.26, 4511.27, 4511.28, 4511.30, 4511.31, 4511.33, 4511.35, 4511.66, 4513.02, and 5577.01 to 5577.09, and any substantially equivalent municipal ordinance.
(c) (1) This section does not exempt a driver of a highway maintenance vehicle from civil liability arising from a violation of Ohio R.C. 4511.22, 4511.25, 4511.26, 4511.27, 4511.28, 4511.30, 4511.31, 4511.33, 4511.35, 4511.66, or 4513.02 or Ohio R.C. 5577.01 to 5577.09, or any substantially equivalent municipal ordinance.
(2) This section does not exempt the driver of a vehicle that is engaged in the transport of highway maintenance equipment from criminal liability for a violation of Ohio R.C. 5577.01 to 5577.09, or any substantially equivalent municipal ordinance.
(d) As used in this section, “highway maintenance vehicle” means a vehicle used in snow and ice removal or road surface maintenance, including a snow plow, traffic line striper, road sweeper, mowing machine, asphalt distributing vehicle, or other such vehicle designed for use in specific highway maintenance activities.
(ORC 4511.04)
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