(a) As used in this section,
MOTOR VEHICLE, STREET AND HIGHWAY have the same meaning as in R.C. § 4511.01.
(b) Unless authorized by these codified ordinances or by state law, no person shall possess an open cartridge of nitrous oxide in either of the following circumstances:
(1) While operating or being a passenger in or on a motor vehicle on a street, highway or other public or private property open to the public for purposes of vehicular traffic or parking.
(2) While being in or on a stationary motor vehicle on a street, highway or other public or private property open to the public for purposes of vehicular traffic or parking.
(c) Whoever violates this section is guilty of possessing nitrous oxide in a motor vehicle, a misdemeanor of the fourth degree.
(d) In addition to any other sanction imposed upon an offender for possessing nitrous oxide in a motor vehicle, the court may suspend for not more than five years the offender’s driver’s or commercial driver’s license or permit.
(R.C. § 2925.33)