(a) No person shall operate a motorized scooter upon any street or highway, or any public or private property used by the public for purposes of vehicular traffic or parking, unless all of the following conditions are met:
(1) The motorized scooter is equipped in accordance with rules adopted by the Ohio Director of Public Safety, and is in proper working order;
(2) The person, if under eighteen years of age, is wearing a protective helmet on the person’s head, with the chin strap properly fastened; and
(3) The person operates the motorized scooter, when practicable, within three feet of the right edge of the roadway, and obeys all traffic rules applicable to vehicles.
(b) No person operating a motorized scooter shall carry another person on the motorized scooter or operate the motorized scooter at nighttime.
(c) No person shall operate a motorized scooter upon a freeway, thruway or State Highway. (Ord. 2004-16. Passed 4-14-04.)