317.01 DEFINITIONS.

   (a)   "Registered Owner" means any or all of the following:

      (1)   Any person or entity identified by the Ohio Bureau of Motor Vehicles or any other state motor vehicle registration bureau, department, or office as the owner of a motor vehicle; and/or

      (2)   The lessee of a motor vehicle under a lease of six months or longer; and/or

      (3)   The renter of a motor vehicle pursuant to a written rental agreement with a Motor Vehicle Renting Dealer.

   (b)   "Designated Party" means the person a Registered Owner of a motor vehicle identifies as the person who was operating the vehicle of the Registered Owner at the time of the Traffic Law Violation.

   (c)   "Prosecuting Attorney" means the person appointed by the Village Mayor to prosecute cases in the Lyndhurst Municipal Court.

   (d)   "Law Enforcement Officer" means a police officer who is employed by or is an auxiliary of the Village Police Department.

   (e)   "Local Authority" or "Village" means Mayfield Village, Ohio.

   (f)   "Motor Vehicle Leasing Dealer" has the same meaning as in Ohio Revised Code Section 4517.01(M).

   (g)   "Motor Vehicle Renting Dealer" has the same meaning as in Ohio Revised Code Section 4549.65(A)(2).

   (h)   "Recorded Images" means images recorded by a Law Enforcement Officer using an Officer-Operated Handheld Traffic Law Enforcement Device that show, on at least one image or on a portion of the videotape, the letters and numerals on the front or rear license plate of the vehicle.   

   (i)   "System Location" means the area of roadway toward which an Officer-Operated Handheld Traffic Law Enforcement Device is directed and is being used and in operation.

   (j)   "Ticket" means any traffic ticket, citation, summons, or other ticket issued in response to an alleged Traffic Law Violation detected by a Law Enforcement Officer using an Officer-Operated Handheld Traffic Law Enforcement Device, that represents a civil violation.

   (k)   "Traffic Law Violation" or "Officer-Enforced Traffic Law Violation" means a civil violation of Ohio Revised Code Section 4511.21 or 4511.211 or Village Codified Ordinance Section 317.04 or any other substantially equivalent municipal ordinance due to failure to observe the applicable speed limit, issued by a Law Enforcement Officer using an Officer-Operated Handheld Traffic Law Enforcement Device.

   (l)   "Officer-Operated Handheld Traffic Law Enforcement Device" means a portable, handheld electronic device that contains laser speed measurement and photographic imaging components that can determine the speed of a moving vehicle only upon manual activation by a Law Enforcement Officer who senses the presence of a motor vehicle and activates the device. Such devices do not have a means of automatically sensing the presence of a motor vehicle that then automatically produces Recorded Images.

(Ord. 2021-10. Passed 9-20-21.)