337.28 USE OF SUNSCREENING, NONTRANSPARENT AND REFLECTORIZED MATERIALS.
(a) No person shall operate, on any street or other public or private property open to the public for vehicular travel or parking, nor lease or rent any motor vehicle that is required to be registered in this State with any sunscreening material, or other product or material, which has the effect of making the windshield or windows nontransparent or would alter the windows' color, increase its reflectivity, or reduce its light transmittance, unless in conformance with ORC 4513.241, OAC Chapter 4501-41, or any other rule adopted by the Director of Public Safety in accordance with Chapter 119 of the Ohio Revised Code.
(b) No person shall install in or on any motor vehicle any glass or other material that fails to conform with the requirements of ORC 4513.241, OAC Chapter 4501-41, or any rule adopted under that section.
(c) No used motor vehicle dealer or new motor vehicle dealer, as defined in ORC 4517.01 shall sell any motor vehicle that fails to conform to the requirements of ORC 4513.241, OAC Chapter 4501-41, or any rule adopted under that section.
(d) No reflectorized materials shall be permitted upon or in any front windshield, side windows, sidewings, or rear window.
(e) This section does not apply to the manufacturer’s tinting or glazing of motor vehicle windows or windshields that is otherwise in compliance with or permitted by Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard No. 205.
(f) With regard to any side window behind a driver’s seat or any rear window other than any window or an emergency door, this section does not apply to any school bus used to transport a handicapped child pursuant to a special education program under ORC Chapter 3323, whom it is impossible or impractical to transport by regular school bus in the course of regular route transportation provided by a school district. As used in this division, “handicapped child” and “special education program” have the same meaning as in ORC 3323.01.
(g) This section does not apply to any school bus that is to be sold and operated outside the Municipality.
(Ord. 2004-41. Passed 9-27-04.)