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(a) As used in this section:
(1) “Earphones” means any device that covers all or a portion of both ears and that does either of the following:
A. Through either a physical connection to another device or a wireless connection, provides the listener with radio programs, music, or other information;
B. Provides hearing protection.
“Earphones” does not include speakers or other listening devices that are built into protective headgear.
(2) “Earplugs” means any device that can be inserted into one or both ears and that does either of the following:
A. Through either a physical connection to another device or a wireless connection, provides the listener with radio programs, music, or other information;
B. Provides hearing protection.
(b) No person shall operate a motor vehicle while wearing earphones over, or earplugs in, both ears.
(c) This section does not apply to:
(1) Any person wearing a hearing aid;
(2) Law enforcement personnel while on duty;
(3) Fire Department personnel and emergency medical service personnel while on duty;
(4) Any person engaged in the operation of equipment for use in the maintenance or repair of any highway;
(5) Any person engaged in the operation of refuse collection equipment;
(6) Any person wearing earphones or earplugs for hearing protection while operating a motorcycle.
(d) Except as otherwise provided in this division, whoever violates this section is guilty of a minor misdemeanor. If, within one year of the offense, the offender previously has been convicted of or pleaded guilty to one predicate motor vehicle or traffic offense, whoever violates this section is guilty of a misdemeanor of the fourth degree. If, within one year of the offense, the offender previously has been convicted of two or more predicate motor vehicle or traffic offenses, whoever violates this section is guilty of a misdemeanor of the third degree.
(ORC 4511.84)
(a) No operator or occupant of a motor vehicle shall, regardless of intent, throw, drop, discard or deposit litter from any motor vehicle in operation upon any street, road or highway, except into a litter receptacle in a manner that prevents its being carried away or deposited by the elements.
(b) No operator of a motor vehicle in operation upon any street, road or highway shall allow litter to be thrown, dropped, discarded or deposited from the motor vehicle, except into a litter receptacle in a manner that prevents its being carried away or deposited by the elements.
(c) As used in this section, "litter" means garbage, trash, waste, rubbish, ashes, cans, bottles, wire, paper, cartons, boxes, automobile parts, furniture, glass or anything else of an unsightly or unsanitary nature.
(d) Whoever violates this section is guilty of a minor misdemeanor.
(ORC 4511.82)
(a) The Director of Public Safety is hereby directed to designate school crossings upon such streets in the City as are used by school children in going to and from schools. School crossings may be designated at such crossings where in the discretion of the Director of Public Safety, school children cross in such numbers as to constitute a traffic hazard or so as to be exposed to traffic hazards.
(b) The crossings designated by the Director of Public Safety in accordance with subsection (a) hereof as school crossings shall be conspicuously marked and appropriate signs shall be erected and maintained in the vicinity of each crossing. Such signs may be so constructed as to display the word "STOP" when safety stops shall be required and so that the word "STOP" does not appear thereon during such time as safety stops are not required; provided, however, that nothing herein contained shall prohibit the regulation of traffic at school crossings by any other lawful means.
(c) The Director of Public Safety is hereby directed to provide by rule the times during which safety stops shall be required at school crossings and to provide for the display of the word "STOP" upon the signs described in subsection (b) hereof during such times as safety stops shall be required. It is the intention of this section to require safety stops at school crossings during such times as children are going to and coming from school and to permit the free flow of traffic, at reasonable lawful speeds, through and over such crossings during other intervals of time.
(d) During such time as the word "STOP" is displayed on the signs described in subsection (b) hereof, when otherwise lawfully directed to do so, all vehicles before entering or crossing a designated school crossing shall execute a safety stop by coming to a full and complete stop, and shall yield the right of way to any person lawfully crossing such school crossing. The stops herein required shall be made for the purpose of permitting children upon a school crossing to cross the same in safety and to allow children about to cross such crossing to proceed.
(1964 Code Sec. 74.59)
(e) It is prima-facie lawful for the operator of a motor vehicle to operate the same at a speed not exceeding twenty miles per hour upon entering or crossing a designated school crossing zone.
(f) Whoever violates any provision of this section is guilty of a minor misdemeanor on a first offense; on a second offense within one year after the first offense, the person is guilty of a misdemeanor of the fourth degree; on each subsequent offense within one year after the first offense, the person is guilty of a misdemeanor of the third degree.
(a) The center lane of all five-lane streets or roadways providing for vehicle traffic in both directions is hereby reserved as a left turning lane only. Such lane shall not be entered except for making left turns as hereinafter provided except to pass other vehicles, in the event of an emergency or when directed by a police officer. Entry into such lane for left turns shall not be made more than 200 feet from the point of turning except that such 200-foot entryway shall not be intersected by a street intersection from the left side. There shall be no travel or passing of other traffic in such turning lane.
Signs warning vehicle operators of the limitations of this section, shall be erected at appropriate points as determined by the Safety Director.
(b) Whoever violates any provision of this section is guilty of a minor misdemeanor on a first offense; on a second offense within one year after the first offense, the person is guilty of a misdemeanor of the fourth degree; on each subsequent offense within one year after the first offense, the person is guilty of a misdemeanor of the third degree.
(a) No person operating or occupying a motor vehicle on a street, highway, alley, parking lot, or driveway shall operate or permit the operation of any sound amplification system from within the vehicle so that the sound is plainly audible at a distance of fifty or more feet from the vehicle. Such prohibition shall apply when the motor vehicle is stopped, standing, parked or moving on a street, highway, alley, parking lot, or driveway.
(b) “Sound amplification system” means any radio, tape player, compact disc player, loudspeaker or other electronic device used for the amplification of the human voice or music.
(c) “Plainly audible” means any sound produced by a sound amplification system which can be clearly heard at a distance of fifty feet or more. Measurement standards shall be the auditory senses, based upon direct line of sight. Words and phrases need not be discernible and bass reverberations are included.
(d) It is an affirmative defense to a charge under this section that the operator was not otherwise prohibited by law from operating the sound amplification system, and that any of the following apply:
(1) The system was being operated to request medical or vehicular assistance or to warn of a hazardous road condition;
(2) The vehicle was an emergency or public safety vehicle;
(3) The vehicle was owned and operated by a political subdivision or a gas, electric, communications, or refuse company;
(4) The vehicle was used in an authorized public activity, such as a parade, fireworks exhibition, sports event, musical production, or other activity which had the approval of the department of the City authorized to grant such approval.
(e) Whoever violates this section is guilty of a minor misdemeanor.
(Ord. 111-1998. Passed 7-6-98.)
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