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   305.03 PERMIT REQUIRED FOR TRAFFIC SIGNAL ON STATE ROUTE.
   No traffic control signal shall be placed or maintained upon an extension of the State highway system within the City without first obtaining the permission of the Ohio Director of Transportation. The Director may revoke the permission and may require to be removed any traffic control signal that has been erected without his permission on an extension of a State highway within the City, or that, if erected under a permit granted by the Director, does not conform to the State manual and specifications as required by Section 305.02, or that is not operated in accordance with the terms of the permit.
(ORC 4511.11(C))
   305.04 VIOLATIONS SUBJECT TO MISDEMEANOR CLASSIFICATION.
   Except as otherwise provided, any person violating the rules and regulations promulgated in connection with this chapter is guilty of a misdemeanor which shall be classified as provided in Section 303.99.
   305.05 OWNER MAY ESTABLISH NONLIABILITY FOR LOCAL TRAFFIC OFFENSES BY PROOF OF LEASE OF VEHICLE.
   (a)   The owner of a vehicle shall be entitled to establish nonliability for prosecution for violation of an ordinance, resolution or regulation enacted under Section 305.01(a)(1) by proving the vehicle was in the care, custody or control of a person other than the owner at the time of the violation pursuant to a written lease agreement providing that except for such agreement, no other business relationship with respect to the vehicle in question exists between the operator and owner.
   (b) Proof that the vehicle was in the care, custody or control of a person other than the owner shall be established by sending a copy of such written lease agreement to the prosecuting authority within thirty days from the date of receipt by the owner of the notice of violation. The furnishing of a copy of a written lease agreement shall be prima-facie evidence that a vehicle was in the care, custody or control of a person other than the owner.
(ORC 4511.071)