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Codified Ordinances of Fairborn, OH
Codified Ordinances of Fairborn, Ohio
CERTIFICATION
ROSTER OF OFFICIALS
GENERAL INDEX
COMPARATIVE SECTION TABLE
CHARTER
PART ONE - ADMINISTRATIVE CODE
PART THREE - TRAFFIC CODE
TITLE ONE - Administration
TITLE THREE - Streets and Traffic Control Signals
TITLE FIVE - Motor Vehicles
CHAPTER 331 Operation of Motor Vehicles
331.01 DRIVING OR PHYSICAL CONTROL WHILE UNDER THE INFLUENCE.
331.02 PHYSICAL CONTROL WHILE UNDER THE INFLUENCE.
331.03 ALCOHOL EVIDENCE; TESTS; IMMUNITY.
331.04 USE OF ILLEGAL LICENSE PLATES; TRANSFER OF REGISTRATION.
331.041 REGISTRATION WITHIN THIRTY DAYS OF RESIDENCY.
331.05 DISPLAY OF LICENSE PLATES OR VALIDATION STICKERS; REGISTRATION.
331.051 EXPIRED VALIDATION STICKERS AND LICENSE PLATES.
331.053 OPERATING WITHOUT DEALER OR MANUFACTURER LICENSE PLATES.
331.06 RESIDENT OPERATING WITH NUMBER ISSUED BY FOREIGN STATE.
331.061 OPERATING WITH NUMBER OF FORMER OWNER.
331.07 STOPPING AFTER ACCIDENT INVOLVING INJURY TO PERSONS OR PROPERTY.
331.08 STOPPING AFTER ACCIDENT INVOLVING DAMAGE TO REALTY.
331.09 OPERATION IN WILLFUL OR WANTON DISREGARD OF SAFETY.
331.10 RECKLESS OPERATION ON STREETS, PUBLIC OR PRIVATE PROPERTY.
331.101 STOPPING AFTER ACCIDENT UPON STREETS; COLLISION WITH UNATTENDED VEHICLE.
331.11 OPERATION WITHOUT REASONABLE CONTROL.
331.12 DRIVING UNDER SUSPENSION OR REVOCATION.
331.121 DRIVER'S LICENSE RESTRICTIONS.
331.13 SPEED LIMITS; ASSURED CLEAR DISTANCE AHEAD.
331.14 STREET RACING PROHIBITED.
331.15 STOPPING VEHICLE; SLOW SPEED; POSTED MINIMUM SPEEDS.
331.16 SPEED REGULATIONS OVER BRIDGES.
331.17 SPEED EXCEPTIONS FOR EMERGENCY AND SAFETY VEHICLES.
331.18 DRIVING UPON RIGHT SIDE OF ROADWAY; EXCEPTIONS.
331.19 VEHICLES TO PASS TO RIGHT WHEN PASSING IN OPPOSITE DIRECTION.
331.20 RULES GOVERNING OVERTAKING AND PASSING OF VEHICLES.
331.21 OVERTAKING VEHICLES; PASSING TO RIGHT; LANES.
331.22 OVERTAKING VEHICLES LEFT OF CENTER.
331.23 DRIVING TO LEFT OF CENTER AT INTERSECTIONS, CURVES.
331.24 RULES FOR DRIVING IN MARKED LANES.
331.25 SPACE BETWEEN MOVING VEHICLES.
331.26 RULES FOR TURNS AT INTERSECTIONS.
331.27 "U" TURNS PROHIBITED.
331.28 RESTRICTIONS UPON TURNING AROUND IN STREET.
331.29 STARTING AND BACKING VEHICLES.
331.30 SIGNALS BEFORE STOPPING, TURNING OR CHANGING COURSE.
331.31 HAND AND ARM SIGNALS.
331.32 RIGHT OF WAY AT INTERSECTIONS.
331.33 RIGHT OF WAY WHEN TURNING LEFT.
331.34 RIGHT OF WAY AT THROUGH STREETS; STOP AND YIELD RIGHT OF WAY.
331.35 STOP AT SIDEWALK AREA.
331.36 DRIVING ONTO ROADWAY FROM PLACE OTHER THAN ROADWAY: DUTY TO YIELD.
331.37 RIGHT OF WAY OF FUNERAL PROCESSION.
331.38 RIGHT OF WAY OF PUBLIC SAFETY OR CORONER’S VEHICLE.
331.381 REPORT OF VEHICLE FAILING TO YIELD RIGHT OF WAY TO PUBLIC SAFETY VEHICLE.
331.39 DRIVING THROUGH SAFETY ZONES.
331.40 DRIVING ACROSS GRADE CROSSING.
331.41 STOPPING AT GRADE CROSSING.
331.42 DUTIES OF SLOW-MOVING VEHICLE AT GRADE CROSSING.
331.43 OBSTRUCTION AND INTERFERENCE AFFECTING VIEW AND CONTROL OF DRIVER.
331.44 DRIVING UPON SIDEWALKS, STREET LAWNS OR CURBS.
331.45 OBSTRUCTING PASSAGE OF OTHER VEHICLES.
331.46 DRIVING UPON STREET WHILE IN PROCESS OF CONSTRUCTION.
331.47 FOLLOWING OR PARKING NEAR EMERGENCY OR SAFETY VEHICLE.
331.48 DRIVING OVER UNPROTECTED FIRE HOSE.
331.49 STOPPING FOR SCHOOL BUS; DISCHARGING CHILDREN.
331.50 APPROACHING A STATIONARY PUBLIC SAFETY, EMERGENCY OR ROAD SERVICE VEHICLE.
331.51 TEXTING WHILE DRIVING PROHIBITED.
331.52 USE OF ELECTRONIC WIRELESS COMMUNICATION DEVICE PROHIBITED WHILE DRIVING.
331.53 VEHICULAR OPERATION ON STREET CLOSED DUE TO RISE IN WATER LEVEL.
331.54 WEARING EARPLUGS OR EARPHONES PROHIBITED.
331.99 PENALTY.
CHAPTER 333 Equipment
CHAPTER 335 Commercial and Heavy Vehicles
CHAPTER 337 Commercial Drivers
TITLE SEVEN - Parking and Parking Meters
TITLE NINE - Pedestrians and Bicycles
PART FIVE - GENERAL OFFENSES CODE
PART SEVEN - BUSINESS REGULATION CODE
PART NINE - STREETS, UTILITIES AND PUBLIC SERVICES CODE
PART ELEVEN - PLANNING AND ZONING CODE
PART THIRTEEN - BUILDING AND HOUSING
PART FIFTEEN - FIRE PREVENTION CODE
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   331.051 EXPIRED VALIDATION STICKERS AND LICENSE PLATES.
   No person shall operate any vehicle upon which are displayed validation stickers for any period of time which has expired, or any license plates issued in another state for which the period of reciprocal agreement with the state of issue has expired.
(Ord. 53-83. Passed 11-21-83.)
   331.053 OPERATING WITHOUT DEALER OR MANUFACTURER LICENSE PLATES.
   (a)   No person shall operate or cause to be operated upon a public road or highway a motor vehicle of a manufacturer or dealer unless the vehicle carries and displays a placard, except as provided in Ohio R.C. 4503.21, issued by the Director of Public Safety that displays the registration number of its manufacturer or dealer.
   (b)   Whoever violates subsection (a) of this section is guilty of illegal operation of a manufacturer’s or dealer’s motor vehicle, a minor misdemeanor.
(ORC 4549.10)
   331.06 RESIDENT OPERATING WITH NUMBER ISSUED BY FOREIGN STATE.
   No person who is the owner of a motor vehicle and a resident of Ohio shall operate or drive such motor vehicle upon the streets of this City, while it displays a distinctive number or identification mark issued by or under the authority of another state, without complying with the laws of Ohio relating to the registration and identification of motor vehicles.
(ORC 4549.12; Ord. 7-83. Passed 3-21-83.)
   331.061 OPERATING WITH NUMBER OF FORMER OWNER.
   (a)   No person shall operate or drive upon the streets or highways a motor vehicle acquired from a former owner who has registered the same while such vehicle displays the distinctive number or identification mark assigned to it upon its original registration.
   (b)   Upon transfer of the ownership of a motor vehicle, the registration of such motor vehicle shall expire and the original owner shall immediately remove such plates from such motor vehicle.
(Ord. 44-91. Passed 8-5-91.)
   331.07 STOPPING AFTER ACCIDENT INVOLVING INJURY TO PERSONS OR PROPERTY.
   (a)   (1)   In the case of a motor vehicle accident or collision resulting in injury or damage to persons or property on any public or private property other than a public road or highway, the operator of the motor vehicle, having knowledge of the accident or collision, shall stop at the scene of the accident or collision. Upon request of any person who is injured or damaged, or any other person, the operator shall give that person the operator’s name and address, and, if the operator is not the owner, the name and address of the owner of that motor vehicle, together with the registered number of that motor vehicle, and, if available, exhibit the operator’s driver’s or commercial driver’s license.
      (2)   If the operator of the motor vehicle involved in the accident or collision does not provide the information specified in subsection (a)(1) of this section, the operator shall give that information, within twenty-four hours after the accident or collision, to the Police Department.
      (3)   If the accident or collision is with an unoccupied or unattended motor vehicle, the operator who collides with the motor vehicle shall securely attach the information required under subsection (a)(1) of this section, in writing, to a conspicuous place in or on the unoccupied or unattended motor vehicle.
   (b)   (1)   Whoever violates subsection (a) of this section is guilty of failure to stop after a nonpublic road accident. Except as otherwise provided in subsection (b)(2) or (3) of this section, failure to stop after a nonpublic road accident is a misdemeanor of the first degree.
      (2)   If the accident or collision results in serious physical harm to a person, failure to stop after a nonpublic road accident is a felony and shall be prosecuted under appropriate State law.
      (3)   If the accident or collision results in the death of a person, failure to stop after a nonpublic road accident is a felony and shall be prosecuted under appropriate State law.
      (4)   In all cases, the court, in addition to any other penalties provided by law, shall impose upon the offender a class five suspension of the offender’s driver’s license, commercial driver’s license, temporary instruction permit, probationary license, or nonresident operating privilege from the range specified in division (A)(5) of Ohio R.C. 4510.02. No judge shall suspend the first six months of suspension of an offender’s license, permit, or privilege required by this subsection.
   The offender shall provide the court with proof of financial responsibility as defined in Ohio R.C. 4509.01. If the offender fails to provide that proof of financial responsibility, then, in addition to any other penalties provided by law, the court may order restitution pursuant to Ohio R.C. 2929.18 or 2929.28 in an amount not exceeding five thousand dollars ($5,000) for any economic loss arising from an accident or collision that was the direct and proximate result of the offender’s operation of the motor vehicle before, during or after committing the offense charged under this section.
(ORC 4549.021)
   331.08 STOPPING AFTER ACCIDENT INVOLVING DAMAGE TO REALTY.
   (a)   The driver of any vehicle involved in an accident resulting in damage to real property, or personal property attached to real property, legally upon or adjacent to a public road or highway immediately shall stop and take reasonable steps to locate and notify the owner or person in charge of the property of that fact, of the driver’s name and address, and of the registration number of the vehicle the driver is driving and, upon request and if available, shall exhibit the driver’s or commercial driver’s license.
   If the owner or person in charge of the property cannot be located after reasonable search, the driver of the vehicle involved in the accident resulting in damage to the property, within twenty-four hours after the accident, shall forward to the police authority in the municipality in which the accident or collision occurred, the same information required to be given to the owner or person in control of the property and give the location of the accident and a description of the damage insofar as it is known.
   (b)   Whoever violates subsection (a) of this section is guilty of failure to stop after an accident involving the property of others, a misdemeanor of the first degree.
   The offender shall provide the court with proof of financial responsibility as defined in Ohio R.C. 4509.01. If the offender fails to provide that proof of financial responsibility, then, in addition to any other penalties provided by law, the court may order restitution pursuant to Ohio R.C. 2929.28 in an amount not exceeding five thousand dollars ($5,000) for any economic loss arising from an accident or collision that was the direct and proximate result of the offender’s operation of the motor vehicle before, during or after committing the offense charged under this section. (ORC 4549.03)
   331.09 OPERATION IN WILLFUL OR WANTON DISREGARD OF SAFETY.
   (a)    No person shall operate a vehicle on any street or highway in willful or wanton disregard of the safety of persons or property.
(ORC 4511.20)
   (b)   No person shall operate a vehicle on any public or private property other than streets or highways, in willful or wanton disregard of the safety of persons or property.
   This subsection does not apply to the competitive operation of vehicles on public or private property when the owner of such property knowingly permits such operation thereon.
(ORC 4511.201; Ord. 42-95. Passed 11-6-95.)
   331.10 RECKLESS OPERATION ON STREETS, PUBLIC OR PRIVATE PROPERTY.
   (a)   No person shall operate a vehicle on any street or highway without due regard for the safety of persons or property.
   (b)   No person shall operate a vehicle on any public or private property other than streets or highways, without due regard for the safety of persons or property.
   This subsection does not apply to the competitive operation of vehicles on public or private property when the owner of such property knowingly permits such operation thereon.
(Ord. 42-95. Passed 11-6-95.)
   331.101 STOPPING AFTER ACCIDENT UPON STREETS; COLLISION WITH UNATTENDED VEHICLE.
   (a)   (1)   In the case of a motor vehicle accident or collision with persons or property on a public road or highway, the operator of the motor vehicle, having knowledge of the accident or collision, immediately shall stop the operator’s motor vehicle at the scene of the accident or collision. The operator shall remain at the scene of the accident or collision until the operator has given the operator’s name and address and, if the operator is not the owner, the name and address of the owner of that motor vehicle, together with the registered number of that motor vehicle, to all of the following:
         A.   Any person injured in the accident or collision;
         B.   The operator, occupant, owner or attendant of any motor vehicle damaged in the accident or collision;
         C.   The police officer at the scene of the accident or collision.
      (2)   In the event an injured person is unable to comprehend and record the information required to be given under subsection (a)(1) of this section, the other operator involved in the accident or collision shall notify the nearest police authority concerning the location of the accident or collision, and the operator’s name, address and the registered number of the motor vehicle the operator was operating. The operator shall remain at the scene of the accident or collision until a police officer arrives, unless removed from the scene by an emergency vehicle operated by a political subdivision or an ambulance.
      (3)   If the accident or collision is with an unoccupied or unattended motor vehicle, the operator who collides with the motor vehicle shall securely attach the information required to be given in this section, in writing, to a conspicuous place in or on the unoccupied or unattended motor vehicle.
   (b)   (1)   Whoever violates subsection (a) of this section is guilty of failure to stop after an accident. Except as otherwise provided in subsection (b)(2) or (3) of this section, failure to stop after an accident is a misdemeanor of the first degree.
      (2)   If the accident or collision results in serious physical harm to a person, failure to stop after an accident is a felony and shall be prosecuted under appropriate State law.
      (3)   If the accident or collision results in the death of a person, failure to stop after an accident is a felony and shall be prosecuted under appropriate State law.
      (4)   In all cases, the court, in addition to any other penalties provided by law, shall impose upon the offender a class five suspension of the offender’s driver’s license, commercial driver’s license, temporary instruction permit, probationary license, or nonresident operating privilege from the range specified in division (A)(5) of Ohio R.C. 4510.02. No judge shall suspend the first six months of suspension of an offender’s license, permit, or privilege required by this subsection.
   The offender shall provide the court with proof of financial responsibility as defined in Ohio R.C. 4509.01. If the offender fails to provide that proof of financial responsibility, then, in addition to any other penalties provided by law, the court may order restitution pursuant to Ohio R.C. 2929.18 or 2929.28 in an amount not exceeding five thousand dollars ($5,000) for any economic loss arising from an accident or collision that was the direct and proximate result of the offender’s operation of the motor vehicle before, during or after committing the offense charged under this section.
(ORC 4549.02)
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