(a) Notwithstanding any other provision of the traffic code, the City hereby adopts a civil enforcement system for red light camera system and speeding violations as outlined in this chapter. The traffic law photo monitoring system imposes monetary liability on the owner and/or responsible party of a motor vehicle for failure of an operator thereof to comply with traffic control indications in the City in accordance with the provisions of Sections 315.03 and/or 333.03.
(b) The Police Department or its designee shall be responsible for administering the automated traffic control photographic system.
(c) Section 315.03 applies whenever traffic is controlled by traffic control signals exhibiting different colored lights, or colored lighted arrow, successively one at a time or in combination. Only the colors green, red, and yellow shall be used, except for special pedestrian signals carrying a word legend, and said lights shall indicate and apply to drivers of motor vehicles as follows:
(1) Green indication means the same as defined in Section 313.03(a).
(2) Steady yellow indication means the same as defined in Section 313.03(b).
(3) Steady red indication means the same as defined in 313.03(c).
(d) The Police Department shall maintain a list of system locations within the City limits where the automated traffic control photographic systems are installed.
(e) Whenever a police officer witnesses a violation of Part Three-Traffic Code or Ohio R.C. 4511.13, and has issued a citation pursuant to those sections, this chapter does not apply. However, the recorded items may be used as evidence for a violation of Part Three-Traffic or Ohio R.C. 4511.13. Any citation for a violation of Part Three-Traffic Code or Ohio R.C. 4511.13 issued personally by an officer of the Police Department at an automated traffic control photographic system location shall not be issued in the manner described in this chapter. The citation shall be treated in the same manner as Part Three-Traffic Code of these Codified Ordinances.
(f) In the case of speeding, the registered owner and/or responsible party of a vehicle shall be liable for the penalty imposed under this chapter if the vehicle is operated at a speed in excess of the limitations set forth in Section 333.03 of the Codified Ordinances.
(g) This chapter shall not apply to violations involving motor vehicle or pedestrian collisions.
(Ord. 2009-26. Passed 11-23-09. Ord. 2012-19. Passed 5-21-12; Ord. 2015-10. Passed 3-9-15.)