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CITY OF MENTOR-ON-THE-LAKE, OHIO CODIFIED ORDINANCES
DIRECTORY OF OFFICIALS (2024)
ADOPTING ORDINANCE
COMPARATIVE SECTION TABLE
TABLES OF SPECIAL ORDINANCES
CHARTER
PART TWO - ADMINISTRATION
PART FOUR - TRAFFIC CODE
PART SIX - GENERAL OFFENSES CODE
CHAPTER 606 General Provisions, Administration and Enforcement
CHAPTER 612 Alcoholic Beverages
CHAPTER 618 Animals
CHAPTER 624 Drugs
CHAPTER 628 Fair Housing
CHAPTER 630 Gambling
CHAPTER 636 Offenses Relating to Persons
CHAPTER 642 Offenses Relating to Property
CHAPTER 648 Peace Disturbances
CHAPTER 654 Railroads
CHAPTER 660 Safety, Sanitation and Health
CHAPTER 666 Sex Related Offenses
CHAPTER 670 Watercraft
670.01 DEFINITIONS; APPLICABILITY.
670.02 ENFORCEMENT.
670.03 REFUSAL TO COMPLY; OBSTRUCTION OF LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICER.
670.04 WATERCRAFT TO CARRY LIGHTS. (REPEALED)
670.05 FLASHING LIGHTS PROHIBITED; EXCEPTIONS.
670.06 SIREN PROHIBITED; EXCEPTIONS.
670.07 OPERATING REGULATIONS. (REPEALED)
670.075 REGULATIONS FOR OPERATION AND RENTAL OF POWERCRAFT OF MORE THAN 10 HORSEPOWER.
670.08 CHILD OPERATORS PROHIBITED; ADULT SUPERVISION.
670.09 RECKLESS OPERATION; MAINTAINING SUFFICIENT CONTROL; WAKES RESTRICTED.
670.10 MARKING OF BATHING AND VESSEL AREAS.
670.11 MOORING PROHIBITED IN CERTAIN AREAS.
670.12 OPERATING UNDER INFLUENCE OF ALCOHOL OR DRUGS PROHIBITED.
670.125 IMPLIED CONSENT.
670.13 INCAPACITATED OPERATORS PROHIBITED.
670.14 OBSERVER REQUIRED WHEN TOWING SKIER.
670.15 WATER SKIING AFTER DARK PROHIBITED.
670.16 NO MORE THAN TWO SKIERS MAY BE TOWED SIMULTANEOUSLY. (REPEALED)
670.17 PERSONAL FLOTATION DEVICE REQUIRED FOR TOWED PERSON.
670.18 SKI JUMPS PROHIBITED.
670.19 PERMIT FOR SPECIAL WATER EVENTS.
670.20 SALE OF SINGLE-CELLED INFLATABLE VESSELS PROHIBITED.
670.21 SITTING, STANDING, WALKING ON MOVING VESSELS RESTRICTED.
670.22 ENGINE WARM-UP REQUIRED.
670.23 CHILDREN UNDER TEN MUST WEAR APPROPRIATE SIZE PERSONAL FLOTATION DEVICE.
670.24 OPERATION WITHOUT PERSONAL FLOTATION DEVICES PROHIBITED.
670.245 DISTRESS SIGNAL OR FLAG REQUIRED.
670.25 ANCHOR; WHISTLE REQUIRED; EXCEPTION.
670.26 SPECIFICATION FOR FIRE EXTINGUISHERS.
670.27 BACKFIRE FLAME CONTROL DEVICE REQUIRED.
670.28 VENTILATION REQUIREMENT ON POWERCRAFT.
670.29 ABANDONMENT OF JUNK VESSELS OR OUTBOARD MOTORS.
670.30 EXHAUST MUFFLER REQUIRED.
670.31 NUMBERING.
670.315 REGISTRATION.
670.32 FOLLOWING TOO CLOSELY.
670.33 OVERLOADED VEHICLE AND UNSAFE OPERATION.
670.34 UNSAFE CONDITION OF WATERCRAFT.
670.35 SKIN DIVING AREAS.
670.36 WATER SKIING AREAS.
670.37 SPECIAL SPEED LIMITATIONS.
670.38 POLLUTION OF WATERS.
670.39 RENTING OF WATERCRAFT.
670.40 THROWING OBJECTS AT WATERCRAFT PROHIBITED.
670.41 DUTIES OF OPERATOR FOLLOWING COLLISION.
670.42 PERSONAL WATERCRAFT.
670.43 PERMANENTLY DISPLAYED HULL IDENTIFICATION NUMBER.
670.44 FIREARMS OFFENSES; SIGNALING DEVICES.
670.45 TAMPERING WITH NAVIGATION AID OR VESSEL PROHIBITED.
CHAPTER 672 Weapons and Explosives
CHAPTER 678 Weeds and Litter
CHAPTER 680 Property Maintenance Requirements for Snow Removal and Landscaping
CHAPTER 698 Penalties and Sentencing
PART EIGHT - BUSINESS REGULATION AND TAXATION CODE
PART TEN - STREETS, UTILITIES AND PUBLIC SERVICES CODE
PART TWELVE - PLANNING AND ZONING CODE
PART FOURTEEN - BUILDING AND HOUSING CODE
PART SIXTEEN - FIRE PREVENTION CODE
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   670.03   REFUSAL TO COMPLY; OBSTRUCTION OF LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICER.
   (a)   No person shall refuse to comply with any lawful order, signal or direction of any member of the Police Department in connection with the operation of watercraft on the waters of the City.
   (b)   No person shall resist, hinder, obstruct or abuse any law enforcement officer while such officer is attempting to arrest offenders under the provisions of this chapter. No person shall interfere with any person charged under such provisions with the enforcement of the law relative to the waters of the City.
(Ord. 76-O-27. Passed 12-14-76.)
   (c)   Whoever violates any of the provisions of this section is guilty of a minor misdemeanor and shall be subject to the penalty provided in Section 698.02.
   670.04   WATERCRAFT TO CARRY LIGHTS. (REPEALED)
   (EDITOR'S NOTE: Section 670.04 was repealed as part of the 1991 updating and revision of these Codified Ordinances because substantially identical State law (Ohio R.C. 1547.02) was repealed by the General Assembly by Sub. H.B. 522, effective June 13, 1990.)
   670.05   FLASHING LIGHTS PROHIBITED; EXCEPTIONS.
   (a)   No person shall install or use any intermittently flashing light of any type or color on any vessel in use or operation on the waters in this Municipality, except in accordance with Federal law.
   (b)   No person shall operate or permit to be operated any vessel on the waters in this Municipality in violation of this section.
(ORC 1547.03)
    (c)   Whoever violates this section is guilty of a minor misdemeanor.
(ORC 1547.99(C))
   670.06   SIREN PROHIBITED; EXCEPTIONS.
   (a)   No person, except an authorized watercraft representative of the Federal government, the State, or any of its political subdivisions shall use or operate a siren on the waters in this Municipality except for emergency purposes.
   (b)   No person shall operate or permit to be operated any vessel on the waters in this Municipality in violation of this section.
(ORC 1547.04)
    (c)   Whoever violates this section is guilty of a minor misdemeanor.
(ORC 1547.99(C))
    670.07   OPERATING REGULATIONS. (REPEALED)
   (EDITOR'S NOTE: Section 670.07 was repealed as part of the 1991 updating and revision of these Codified Ordinances because substantially identical State law (Ohio R.C. 1547.05) was repealed by the Ohio General Assembly by Sub. H.B. No. 522, effective June 13, 1990.)
   670.075   REGULATIONS FOR OPERATION AND RENTAL OF POWERCRAFT OF MORE THAN 10 HORSEPOWER.
   (a)   (1)   No person born on or after January 1, 1982, shall operate on the waters in this Municipality a powercraft powered by more than 10 horsepower, unless the operator successfully has completed either a safe boater course approved by the National Association of State Boating Law Administrators or a proctored or nonproctored proficiency examination that tests knowledge of information included in the curriculum of such a course, and has received a certificate as evidence of successful completion of the course or examination.
      (2)   Division (a)(1) of this section does not apply to an individual who possesses valid merchant mariner credentials issued by the United States Coast Guard in accordance with 46 C.F.R. 10.109 with at least one endorsement of master or operator as defined in 46 C.F.R. § 10.107. Such an individual, while operating any recreational vessel on the waters in this municipality, shall carry onboard documentation of the merchant mariner credentials and required endorsements and shall present the documentation to a natural resources officer or law enforcement officer upon request.
      (3)   No person shall permit a powercraft to be operated in this Municipality in violation of this division (a)(1) of this section.
(ORC 1547.05)
   (b)   A person born on or after January 1, 1982, who is operating on the waters in this Municipality a powercraft powered by more than 10 horsepower and who is stopped by a law enforcement officer in the enforcement of Ohio R.C. Chapter 1547 or rules shall present to the law enforcement officer, not later than 72 hours after being stopped, a certificate obtained by the person pursuant to division (a) of this section prior to being stopped or proof of holding such a certificate. Failure of the person to present the certificate or proof of holding it within 72 hours constitutes prima facie evidence of a violation of division (a) of this section.
(ORC 1547.051)
   (c)   No rental business shall lease, hire, or rent a powercraft powered by more than 10 horsepower for operation on the waters in this Municipality to a person born on or after January 1, 1982, unless the person meets one of the following requirements:
      (1)   The person signs a statement on the rental agreement or attached to the rental agreement that the person has successfully completed a safe boater course approved by the National Association of State Boating Law Administrators or has successfully completed a proficiency examination as provided in division (a) of this section.
      (2)   The person receives educational materials from the rental business and successfully passes, with a score of 90% or better, an abbreviated examination given by the rental business. The achievement of a passing score on the examination shall be indicated on or attached to the powercraft rental agreement.
   (d)   Any person born on or after January 1, 1982, operating or supervising the operation of a leased, hired, or rented powercraft shall:
      (1)   Meet the requirements for boater education of division (c) of this section.
      (2)   Be named as an operator on the agreement that leases, hires, or rents the powercraft.
   (e)   The Division of Parks and Watercraft shall make available to all watercraft rental businesses in the State boater safety educational materials and an abbreviated examination that shall be used by the watercraft rental business for the purposes of division (c)(2) of this section.
(ORC 1547.052)
   (f)   Whoever violates division (a) or (b) of this section is guilty of a misdemeanor of the fourth degree if the violation is not related to a collision, injury to a person, or damage to property and a misdemeanor of the third degree if the violation is related to a collision, injury to a person, or damage to property.
(ORC 1547.99(K))
   (g)   Whoever violates division (c) or (d) of this section is guilty of a minor misdemeanor.
(ORC 1547.99(C))
   (h)   The sentencing court, in addition to the penalty provided under this section for a violation of this section or a rule adopted under it that involves a powercraft powered by more than 10 horsepower and that, in the opinion of the court, involves a threat to the safety of persons or property, shall order the offender to complete successfully a boating course approved by the National Association of State Boating Law Administrators before the offender is allowed to operate a powercraft powered by more than 10 horsepower on the waters in this State. Violation of a court order entered under this division is punishable as contempt under Ohio R.C. Chapter 2705.
(ORC 1547.99(L))
   670.08   CHILD OPERATORS PROHIBITED; ADULT SUPERVISION.
   (a)   Except as otherwise provided in this division, no person under 16 years of age shall operate a personal watercraft on the waters in this Municipality. A person who is not less than 12 nor more than 15 years of age may operate a personal watercraft if a supervising person 18 years of age or older is aboard the personal watercraft and, in the case of a supervising person born on or after January 1, 1982, if the supervising person holds a certificate obtained under Section 670.075(a) or, in the case of a rented powercraft, meets the requirements of Section 670.075(c) and (d).
   (b)   No person under 12 years of age shall operate any vessel on the waters in this Municipality unless the person is under the direct visual and audible supervision, during the operation, of a person who is 18 years of age or older. This division does not apply to a personal watercraft, which shall be governed by division (a) of this section, or to a powercraft, other than a personal watercraft, powered by more than 10 horsepower, which shall be governed by division (c) of this section.
   (c)   No person under 12 years of age shall operate on the waters in this Municipality a powercraft, other than a personal watercraft, powered by more than 10 horsepower unless the person is under the direct visual and audible supervision, during the operation, of a person 18 years of age or older who is aboard the powercraft and, in the case of such a supervising person born on or after January 1, 1982, who holds a certificate obtained under Section 670.075(a) or, in the case of a rented powercraft, meets the requirements of Section 670.075(c) and (d).
   (d)   No supervising person 18 years of age or older shall permit any person who is under the supervising person's supervision and who is operating a vessel on the waters in this Municipality to violate any section of this chapter, Ohio R.C. Chapter 1547 or a rule.
(ORC 1547.06)
   (e)   Whoever violates this section is guilty of a minor misdemeanor.
(ORC 1547.99(C))
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