(a) "Designated Party" means the person whom the registered owner of a motor vehicle, upon receipt of a ticket based upon images recorded by a law enforcement officer using an Officer-Operated Traffic Law Enforcement Device that indicates a traffic law violation occurred, identifies as the person who was operating the vehicle of the registered owner at the time of the violation.
(b) "Prosecuting Attorney" means the person appointed by the Village Mayor to litigate cases in the Stow Municipal Court.
(c) "Law Enforcement Officer" means a sheriff, marshal, deputy marshal, police officer of a police department of any municipal corporation, police constable of any township, or police officer of a township or joint police district, who is employed or an auxiliary of the Village of Peninsula Police Department.
(d) "Local Authority" means the Village of Peninsula.
(e) "Motor Vehicle Leasing Dealer" has the same meaning as in Ohio Revised Code Section 4517.01.
(f) "Motor Vehicle Renting Dealer" has the same meaning as in Ohio Revised Code Section 4549.65.
(g) "Recorded Images" means any of the following images recorded by a law enforcement officer using an Officer-Operated Traffic Law Enforcement Device that show, on at least one image or on a portion of the videotape, the letters and numerals on the front or rear license plate of the vehicle:
(1) Two (2) or more photographs, microphotographs, electronic images, or digital images;
(2) Videotape.
(h) "Registered Owner" means any or all of the following:
(1) Any person or entity identified by the Bureau of Motor Vehicles or any other state motor vehicle registration bureau, department, or office bureau, department or office as the owner of a motor vehicle;
(2) The lessee of a motor vehicle under a lease of six (6) months or longer;
(3) The renter of a motor vehicle pursuant to a written rental agreement with a motor vehicle renting dealer.
(i) "System Location" means the approach to an intersection or area of roadway toward which an Officer-Operated Traffic Law Enforcement Device is directed and is in operation.
(j) “Ticket" means any traffic ticket, citation, summons, or other ticket issued in response to an alleged traffic violation detected by a law enforcement officer using an Officer-Operated Traffic Law Enforcement Device that represents a civil violation.
(k) "Traffic Law Violation" means the operation of a vehicle at a speed in excess of those set forth in Section 333.03 of these Codified Ordinances or Ohio Revised Code Section 4511.21 as each may be amended from time to time.
(l) "Officer Enforced Traffic Law System Violations" means tickets for civil violations
issued by a Village police officer using an Officer-Operated Traffic Law Enforcement Device.
(m) "Officer-Operated Traffic Law Enforcement Device" means a portable, electronic device that contains laser speed measurement and photographic imaging components that can determine the speed of a moving vehicle only upon manual activation by a person who senses the presence of a motor vehicle and activates the device. Such devices do not have a means of sensing the presence of a motor vehicle that automatically produces recorded images.
(Ord. 07-2023. Passed 4-11-23.)