333.19 HORNS; EMERGENCY VEHICLES; REQUIREMENTS AND RESTRICTIONS.

   (a)   Every motor vehicle when operated upon a street shall be equipped with a horn in good working order and capable of emitting sound audible under normal conditions from a distance of not less than 200 feet.

   (b)   No motor vehicle shall be equipped with, nor shall any person use upon a vehicle any siren, whistle or bell. It is permissible but not required that any vehicle be equipped with a theft alarm signal device which shall be so arranged that it cannot be used as an ordinary warning signal. Every emergency vehicle shall be equipped with a siren, whistle or bell capable of emitting sound audible under normal conditions from a distance of not less than 500 feet, and of a type approved by the Ohio Director of Public Safety. Such equipment shall not be used except when such vehicle is operated in response to an emergency call or in the immediate pursuit of an actual or suspected violator of the law, in which events the driver of such vehicle shall sound such equipment when it is necessary to warn pedestrians and other drivers of the approach thereof.

(ORC 4513.21; Ord. 7-83. Passed 3-21-83.)

333.20 MUFFLER; MUFFLER CUTOUT; EXCESSIVE SMOKE, GAS OR NOISE.

   (a)   Every motor vehicle and motorcycle with an internal combustion engine shall at all times be equipped with a muffler which is in good working order and in constant operation to prevent excessive or unusual noise.

   (b)   No person shall use a muffler cutout, by-pass or similar device upon a motor vehicle on a street or highway.

   (c)   Every motorcycle muffler shall be equipped with baffle plates.

   (d)   No person shall own, operate or have in his possession any motor vehicle or motorcycle equipped with a device for producing excessive smoke or gas, or so equipped as to permit oil or any other chemical to flow into or upon the exhaust pipe or muffler of such vehicle, or equipped in any other way to produce or emit smoke or dangerous or annoying gases from any portion of such vehicle other than the ordinary gases emitted by the exhaust of an internal combustion engine under normal operation.

(ORC 4513.22; Ord. 7-83. Passed 3-21-83.)

333.21 BLURRED WINDSHIELD.

   It shall be unlawful to operate or to have upon any street any vehicle in which the operator’s view through the windshield or any window is obstructed due to the glass being dirty, cracked, blurred or otherwise nontransparent.

(Ord. 7-83. Passed 3-21-83.)

333.22 CLEAR AND UNOBSTRUCTED VIEW TO REAR AND BOTH SIDES; REAR-VIEW MIRROR.

   Every motor vehicle and motorcycle shall be equipped with a mirror so located as to reflect to the operator a view of the street or highway to the rear of such vehicle or motorcycle. Operators of vehicles and motorcycles shall have a clear and unobstructed view to the front and to both sides of their vehicles or motorcycles and shall have a clear view to the rear of their vehicles or motorcycles by mirror.

(ORC 4513.23; Ord. 7-83. Passed 3-21-83.)

333.23 WINDSHIELD AND WINDSHIELD WIPER; SIGN OR POSTER THEREON.

   (a)   No person shall drive any motor vehicle on a street or highway, other than a motorcycle or motorized bicycle, that is not equipped with a windshield.

   (b)   (1)   No person shall drive any motor vehicle, other than a bus, with any sign, poster or other nontransparent material upon the front windshield, sidewings, side or rear windows of such vehicle other than a certificate or other paper required to be displayed by law, except that there may be in the lower left-hand or right-hand corner of the windshield a sign, poster or decal not to exceed four inches in height by six inches in width. No sign, poster or decal shall be displayed in the front windshield in such a manner as to conceal the vehicle identification number for the motor vehicle when in accordance with federal law, that number is located inside the vehicle passenger compartment and so placed as to be readable through the vehicle glazing without moving any part of the vehicle.

      (2)   Subsection (b)(1) of this section does not apply to a person who is driving a passenger car with an electronic device, including an antenna, electronic tolling or other transponder, camera, directional navigation device, or other similar electronic device located in the front windshield if the device meets both of the following:

         A.   It does not restrict the vehicle operator’s sight lines to the road and highway signs and signals.

         B.   It does not conceal the vehicle identification number.

      (3)   Subsection (b)(1) of this section does not apply to a person who is driving a commercial car with an electronic device, including an antenna, electronic tolling or other transponder, camera, directional navigation device, or other similar electronic device located in the front windshield if the device meets both of the following:

         A.   It does not restrict the vehicle operator’s sight lines to the road and highway signs and signals.

         B.   It is mounted not more than six inches below the upper edge of the windshield and is outside the area swept by the vehicle’s windshield wipers.

   (c)   The windshield on every motor vehicle shall be equipped with a device for cleaning rain, snow or other moisture from the windshield. The device shall be maintained in good working order and so constructed as to be controlled or operated by the operator of the vehicle.
(ORC 4513.24)

333.24 SOLID TIRES; REQUIREMENTS.

   Every solid tire, as defined in Ohio R.C. 4501.01, on a vehicle shall have rubber or other resilient material on its entire traction surface at least one inch thick above the edge of the flange of the entire periphery.
(ORC 4513.25; Ord. 7-83. Passed 3-21-83.)

333.25 SAFETY GLASS REQUIRED.

   (a)    No person shall sell any new motor vehicle nor shall any new motor vehicle be registered, and no person shall operate any motor vehicle which is registered in this State and which shall have been manufactured or assembled on or after January 1, 1936, unless such vehicle is equipped with safety glass wherever glass is used in the windshield, doors, partitions, rear windows and windows on each side immediately adjacent to the rear window.

   (b)    "Safety glass" means any product composed of glass so manufactured, fabricated or treated as substantially to prevent shattering and flying of the glass when struck or broken, or such other similar product as may be approved by the Registrar of Motor Vehicles.

   (c)    Glass other than safety glass shall not be offered for sale, or sold for use in, or installed in any door, window, partition or windshield which is required by this section to be equipped with safety glass.
(ORC 4513.26; Ord. 7-83. Passed 3-21-83.)