(A) For the purpose of this section, the following definition shall apply unless the context clearly indicates or requires a different meaning.
OCCUPANT PROTECTION SYSTEM. A system utilizing a lap belt, a shoulder belt or any combination of belts installed in a motor vehicle which:
(a) Restrains drivers and passengers; and
(b) Conforms to federal motor vehicle safety standards or to the federal motor vehicle safety standards for passenger restraint systems applicable for the motor vehicle’s model year.
(B) Every motor vehicle designated by the manufacturer as 1973 year model or later operated on any highway, road or street in the state, except farm tractors and implements of husbandry designed primarily or exclusively for use in agricultural operations, motorcycles, motor-driven cycles, mopeds and buses, shall be equipped with an occupant protection system of a type which:
(1) Meets the requirements of 49 C.F.R. §§ 571.208, 571.209 and 571.210 as such regulations currently exist or as the regulations existed when the occupant protection system was originally installed by the manufacturer; or
(2) If the occupant protection system has been replaced, meets the requirements of 49 C.F.R. §§ 571.208, 571.209 and 571.210 that applied to the originally installed occupant protection system, or of a more recently issued version of such regulations. The purchaser of any such vehicle may designate the make or brand of or furnish such occupant protection system to be installed.
(Prior Code, § 5-220) (Ord. 669, passed 9-7-2004)