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375.06   REGISTRATION OF VEHICLES.
   (a)   (1)   Except as provided in division (b), (c) and (d) of this section, no person shall operate any snowmobile, off-highway motorcycle or all-purpose vehicle within this municipality unless the snowmobile, off-highway motorcycle or all-purpose vehicle is registered and numbered in accordance with R.C. §§ 4519.03 and 4519.04.
      (2)   Except as provided in R.C. § 4511.215 or a substantially equivalent municipal ordinance, no registration is required for a mini-truck that is operated within this state. A mini-truck may be operated only in accordance with R.C. § 4511.215 and R.C. § 4519.401, or any substantially equivalent municipal ordinance.
   (b)   (1)   No registration is required for a snowmobile or off-highway motorcycle that is operated exclusively upon lands owned by the owner of the snowmobile or off-highway motorcycle, or on lands to which the owner of the snowmobile or off-highway motorcycle has a contractual right.
      (2)   No registration is required for an all-purpose vehicle that is used primarily for agricultural purposes when the owner qualifies for the current agricultural use valuation tax credit, unless it is to be used on any public land, trail, or right-of-way.
      (3)   Any all-purpose vehicle exempted from registration under division (b)(2) of this section and operated for agricultural purposes may use public roads and rights-of-way when traveling from one farm field to another, when such use does not violate R.C. § 4519.41.
      (4)   No registration is required for a snowmobile or all-purpose vehicle that is operated on a state highway as authorized by R.C. § 4519.41(F).
   (c)   No registration is required for a snowmobile, off-highway motorcycle or all-purpose vehicle owned and used in this state by a resident of another state whenever that state has in effect a registration law similar to R.C. Chapter 4519 and the snowmobile, off-highway motorcycle or all-purpose vehicle is properly registered under that state’s law. Any snowmobile, off-highway motorcycle or all-purpose vehicle owned and used in this state by a resident of a state not having a registration law similar to R.C. Chapter 4519 shall comply with R.C. § 4519.09.
   (d)   No registration is required for a snowmobile, off-highway motorcycle or all-purpose vehicle owned and used in this municipality by the United States, another state or a political subdivision thereof, but the snowmobile, off-highway motorcycle or all-purpose vehicle shall display the name of the owner thereon.
   (e)   The owner or operator of any all-purpose vehicle operated or used upon the waters in this municipality shall comply with R.C. Chapters 1547 and 1548 relative to the operation of watercraft.
   (f)   Whoever violates division (a) of this section shall be fined not less than $50 nor more than $100.
(ORC 4519.02)
375.07   ACCIDENT REPORTS.
   (a)   The operator of a snowmobile, off-highway motorcycle, or all purpose vehicle involved in any accident resulting in bodily injury to or death of any person or damage to the property of any person in excess of one hundred dollars ($100.00) shall report the accident within forty-eight hours to the Chief of Police, and, within thirty days, shall forward a written report of the accident to the Ohio Registrar of Motor Vehicles on a form prescribed by the Registrar. If the operator is physically incapable of making the reports and there is another participant in the accident not so incapacitated, the participant shall make the reports. In the event that there is no other participant, and the operator is other than the owner, the owner, within the prescribed periods of time, shall make the reports.
   Any law enforcement officer or other person authorized by Ohio R.C. 4519.42 and 4519.43, who investigates or receives information of an accident involving a snowmobile, off- highway motorcycle, or all purpose vehicle shall forward to the Registrar a written report of the accident within forty-eight hours. (ORC 4519.46)
   (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.
375.08   CERTIFICATE OF TITLE.
   (a)   No person shall do any of the following:
      (1)   Operate in this Municipality an off-highway motorcycle or all-purpose vehicle without having a certificate of title for the off-highway motorcycle or all-purpose vehicle, if such a certificate is required by Ohio R.C. Chapter 4519 to be issued for the off-highway motorcycle or all-purpose vehicle, or, if a physical certificate of title has not been issued for it, operate an off-highway motorcycle or all-purpose vehicle knowing that the ownership information relating to the motorcycle or vehicle has not been entered into the automated title processing system by a clerk of a court of common pleas;
      (2)   Operate in this Municipality an off-highway motorcycle or all-purpose vehicle if a certificate of title to the off-highway motorcycle or all-purpose vehicle has been issued and then has been canceled;
      (3)   Fail to surrender any certificate of title upon cancellation of it by the Registrar of Motor Vehicles and notice of the cancellation as prescribed in Ohio R.C. Chapter 4519;
      (4)   Fail to surrender the certificate of title to a clerk of the court of common pleas as provided in Ohio R.C. Chapter 4519, in case of the destruction or dismantling of, or change in, the off-highway motorcycle or all-purpose vehicle described in the certificate of title;
      (5)   Violate any provision of Ohio R.C. 4519.51 to 4519.70 or any lawful rules adopted pursuant to those sections;
      (6)   Operate in this Municipality an off-highway motorcycle or all-purpose vehicle knowing that the certificate of title to or ownership of the motorcycle or vehicle as otherwise reflected in the automated title processing system has been canceled.
   (b)   Whoever violates this section shall be fined not more than two hundred dollars ($200.00) or imprisoned not more than ninety days, or both.
(ORC 4519.66)
375.09   LOW-SPEED, UNDER -SPEED, UTILITY OR MINI-TRUCK VEHICLES.
   (a)   No person shall operate a low-speed, under-speed, utility vehicles and/or mini-trucks on any street, highway, or property open to the public for vehicular traffic unless said operator has complied with all of the following:
      (1)   Operation of the aforesaid vehicles shall be limited to streets and highways within the Village having an established speed limit not greater than thirty-five miles per hour;
      (2)   The vehicle owner who wishes to operate an under-speed or utility vehicle or a mini-truck on the public streets or highways within the Village shall submit the vehicle to an inspection conducted by a local law enforcement agency that complies with inspection requirements established by the department of public safety under Ohio R. C. 4513.02;
      (3)   Only those vehicles that successfully pass the required vehicle inspection, are registered in accordance with Ohio R.C. Chapter 4503 and are titled in accordance with Ohio R.C. Chapter 4505 shall be permitted to operate on public streets or highways within the Village
   (b)   Whoever violates division (a) of this section shall be guilty of a minor misdemeanor upon their first violation; and, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor of the fourth degree upon each subsequent violation.
(Ord. 2019-08. Passed 10-10-19.)