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Codified Ordinances of Olmsted Falls, OH
CODIFIED ORDINANCES OF THE CITY OF OLMSTED FALLS, OHIO
CERTIFICATION
DIRECTORY OF OFFICIALS
ADOPTING ORDINANCE NO. 69-74
PUBLISHER'S NOTE
EDITOR'S NOTE
COMPARATIVE SECTION TABLE
TABLES OF SPECIAL ORDINANCES
CHARTER OF THE CITY OF OLMSTED FALLS
PART TWO - ADMINISTRATION CODE
PART FOUR - TRAFFIC CODE
TITLE TWO - Administration
TITLE FOUR - Public Ways and Traffic Control Devices
TITLE SIX . Vehicles and Operation
CHAPTER 432 Operation Generally
CHAPTER 434 OVI; Willful Misconduct; Speed
CHAPTER 436 Licensing; Accidents
CHAPTER 438 Safety and Equipment
438.01 DRIVING UNSAFE VEHICLES.
438.02 LIGHTED LIGHTS; MEASUREMENT OF DISTANCES AND HEIGHTS.
438.03 HEADLIGHTS ON MOTOR VEHICLES AND MOTORCYCLES.
438.04 TAIL LIGHT; ILLUMINATION OF REAR LICENSE PLATE.
438.05 REAR RED REFLECTORS.
438.06 SAFETY LIGHTING ON COMMERCIAL VEHICLES.
438.07 OBSCURED LIGHTS ON VEHICLES IN COMBINATION.
438.08 RED LIGHT OR RED FLAG ON EXTENDED LOADS.
438.09 LIGHTS ON PARKED OR STOPPED VEHICLES.
438.10 LIGHTS, EMBLEMS, AND REFLECTORS ON SLOW-MOVING VEHICLES, FARM MACHINERY, AGRICULTURAL TRACTORS, AND ANIMAL-DRAWN VEHICLES.
438.11 SPOTLIGHT AND AUXILIARY LIGHTS.
438.12 COWL, FENDER AND BACK-UP LIGHTS.
438.13 TWO LIGHTS DISPLAYED.
438.14 USE OF HEADLIGHT BEAMS.
438.15 LIGHTS OF LESS INTENSITY ON SLOW-MOVING VEHICLES.
438.16 NUMBER OF LIGHTS PERMITTED; RED AND FLASHING LIGHTS.
438.165 LIGHTS AND SOUND-PRODUCING DEVICES ON CORONERS' VEHICLES.
438.17 FOCUS AND AIM OF HEADLIGHTS.
438.18 MOTOR VEHICLE AND MOTORCYCLE BRAKES.
438.19 HORN, SIREN AND THEFT ALARM SIGNAL.
438.20 MUFFLER; MUFFLER CUTOUT; EXCESSIVE SMOKE, GAS OR NOISE.
438.21 REAR-VIEW MIRROR; CLEAR VIEW TO FRONT, BOTH SIDES AND REAR.
438.22 WINDSHIELD AND WINDSHIELD WIPER; SIGN OR POSTER THEREON.
438.225 USE OF SUNSCREENING, NONTRANSPARENT AND REFLECTORIZED MATERIALS.
438.23 LIMITED LOAD EXTENSION ON LEFT SIDE OF PASSENGER VEHICLE.
438.24 MOTOR VEHICLE STOP LIGHTS.
438.25 BUMPER HEIGHTS.
438.26 INSPECTION OF VEHICLES.
438.27 VEHICLES TRANSPORTING PRESCHOOL CHILDREN.
438.275 AIR CLEANER REQUIRED.
438.28 USE OF CHILD RESTRAINTS.
438.285 DRIVERS AND PASSENGERS REQUIRED TO WEAR SEAT BELTS.
438.29 IGNITION INTERLOCK DEVICES.
438.99 PENALTY.
CHAPTER 440 Commercial and Heavy Vehicles
CHAPTER 442 Commercial Drivers
CHAPTER 444 Offenses Relating to Theft and Fraud
TITLE EIGHT - Parking
TITLE TEN - Bicycles, Motorcycles and Snowmobiles
PART SIX - GENERAL OFFENSES CODE
PART EIGHT - BUSINESS REGULATION AND TAXATION CODE
PART TEN - STREETS, UTILITIES AND PUBLIC SERVICES CODE
PART TWELVE - PLANNING AND ZONING CODE
PART FOURTEEN - BUILDING REGULATIONS
PART SIXTEEN - FIRE PREVENTION CODE
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438.165 LIGHTS AND SOUND-PRODUCING DEVICES ON CORONERS' VEHICLES.
   (a)   Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a motor vehicle operated by a coroner, deputy coroner or coroner's investigator may be equipped with a flashing, oscillating or rotating red or blue light and siren, whistle or bell capable of emitting sound audible under normal conditions from a distance of not less than 500 feet. Such a vehicle may display the flashing, oscillating or rotating red or blue light and may give the audible signal of the siren, whistle or bell only when responding to a fatality or a fatal motor vehicle accident on a street or highway and only at those locations where the stoppage of traffic impedes the ability of the coroner, deputy coroner or coroner's investigator to arrive at the site of the fatality.
   (b)   This section does not relieve the coroner, deputy coroner or coroner's investigator operating a motor vehicle from the duty to drive with due regard for the safety of all persons and property upon the highway.
(ORC 4513.171)
438.17 FOCUS AND AIM OF HEADLIGHTS.
   (a)   No person shall use any lights mentioned in Section 438.02 to 438.165, inclusive, upon any motor vehicle, trailer or semitrailer unless the lights are equipped, mounted and adjusted as to focus and aim in accordance with State regulations.
   (b)   The headlights on any motor vehicle shall comply with the headlamp color requirements contained in federal motor vehicle safety standard number 108, 49 C.F.R. 571.108. No person shall operate a motor vehicle in violation of this subsection.
438.18 MOTOR VEHICLE AND MOTORCYCLE BRAKES.
   (a)   The following requirements govern as to brake equipment on vehicles:
      (1)   Every motor vehicle, other than a motorcycle, when operated upon a street or highway, shall be equipped with brakes adequate to control the movement of and to stop and hold such motor vehicle, including two separate means of applying the brakes, each of which means shall be effective to apply the brakes to at least two wheels. If these two separate means of applying the brakes are connected in any way, then on such motor vehicles manufactured or assembled after January 1, 1942, they shall be so constructed that failure of any one part of the operating mechanism shall not leave the motor vehicle without brakes on at least two wheels.
      (2)   Every motorcycle, when operated upon a street or highway, shall be equipped with at least one adequate brake, which may be operated by hand or by foot.
      (3)   Every motorized bicycle shall be equipped with brakes meeting the rules adopted by the Ohio Director of Public Safety under Ohio R.C. 4511.521.
      (4)   When operated upon the streets or highways of this Municipality, the following vehicles shall be equipped with brakes adequate to control the movement of and to stop and to hold the vehicle designed to be applied by the driver of the towing motor vehicle from its cab, and also designed and connected so that, in case of a breakaway of the towed vehicle, the brakes shall be automatically applied:
         A.   Except as otherwise provided in this section, every trailer or semitrailer, except a pole trailer, with an empty weight of two thousand pounds or more, manufactured or assembled on or after January 1, 1942;
         B.   Every manufactured home or travel trailer with an empty weight of two thousand pounds or more, manufactured or assembled on or after January 1, 2001.
      (5)   Every watercraft trailer with a gross weight or manufacturer’s gross vehicle weight rating of three thousand pounds or more that is manufactured or assembled on or after January 1, 2008, shall have separate brakes equipped with hydraulic surge or electrically operated brakes on two wheels.
      (6)   In any combination of motor-drawn trailers or semitrailers equipped with brakes, means shall be provided for applying the rearmost brakes in approximate synchronism with the brakes on the towing vehicle, and developing the required braking effort on the rearmost wheels at the fastest rate; or means shall be provided for applying braking effort first on the rearmost brakes; or both of the above means, capable of being used alternatively, may be employed.
      (7)   Every vehicle and combination of vehicles, except motorcycles and motorized bicycles, and except trailers and semitrailers of a gross weight of less than 2,000 pounds, and pole trailers, shall be equipped with parking brakes adequate to hold the vehicle on any grade on which it is operated, under all conditions of loading, on a surface free from snow, ice or loose material. The parking brakes shall be capable of being applied in conformance with the foregoing requirements by the driver's muscular effort or by spring action or by equivalent means. Their operation may be assisted by the service brakes or other sources of power provided that failure of the service brake actuation system or other power assisting mechanism will not prevent the parking brakes from being applied in conformance with the foregoing requirements. The parking brakes shall be so designed that when once applied they shall remain applied with the required effectiveness despite exhaustion of any source of energy or leakage of any kind.
      (8)   The same brake drums, brake shoes and lining assemblies, brake shoe anchors, and mechanical brake shoe actuation mechanism normally associated with the wheel brake assemblies may be used for both the service brakes and the parking brakes. If the means of applying the parking brakes and the service brakes are connected in any way, they shall be so constructed that failure of any one part shall not leave the vehicle without operative brakes.
      (9)   Every motor vehicle or combination of motor-drawn vehicles shall be capable at all times and under all conditions of loading of being stopped on a dry, smooth, level road free from loose material, upon application of the service or foot brake, within the following specified distances, or shall be capable of being decelerated at a sustained rate corresponding to these distances:
 
 
From a speed of 20 miles per hour
 
Stopping distance
in feet
Deceleration in
feet per second
per second
Brakes on all wheels
30
14
Brakes not on all four wheels
40
10.7
 
      (10)   All brakes shall be maintained in good working order and shall be so adjusted as to operate as equally as practicable with respect to the wheels on opposite sides of the vehicle.
   (b)   Whoever violates 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. (ORC 4513.20)
438.19 HORN, SIREN AND THEFT ALARM SIGNAL.
   (a)   Every motor vehicle when operated upon a street shall be equipped with a horn which is in good working order and capable of emitting sound audible, under normal conditions, from a distance of not less than 200 feet.
   (b)   No motor vehicle shall be equipped with, nor shall any person use upon a vehicle, any siren, whistle or bell. Any vehicle may be equipped with a theft alarm signal device which shall be so arranged that it cannot be used as an ordinary warning signal. Every emergency or public safety vehicle shall be equipped with a siren, whistle or bell capable of emitting sound audible under normal conditions from a distance of not less than 500 feet and of a type approved by the Ohio Director of Public Safety. Such equipment shall not be used except when such vehicle is operated in response to an emergency call or is in the immediate pursuit of an actual or suspected violator of the law, in which case the driver of the emergency or public safety vehicle shall sound such equipment when it is necessary to warn pedestrians and other drivers of the approach thereof. (ORC 4513.21)
   (c)   No person shall use the horn of a motor vehicle except to give warning to other drivers or pedestrians.
438.20 MUFFLER; MUFFLER CUTOUT; EXCESSIVE SMOKE, GAS OR NOISE.
   (a)   Every motor vehicle and motorcycle with an internal combustion engine shall at all times be equipped with a muffler which is in good working order and in constant operation to prevent excessive or unusual noise, and no person shall use a muffler cutout, by-pass or similar device upon a motor vehicle on a highway. Every motorcycle muffler shall be equipped with baffle plates.
   (b)   No person shall own, operate or have in the person’s possession any motor vehicle or motorcycle equipped with a device for producing excessive smoke or gas, or so equipped as to permit oil or any other chemical to flow into or upon the exhaust pipe or muffler of such vehicle, or equipped in any other way to produce or emit smoke or dangerous or annoying gases from any portion of such vehicle, other than the ordinary gases emitted by the exhaust of an internal combustion engine under normal operation.
(ORC 4513.22; Ord. 28-72. Passed 5-23-72.)
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