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CODIFIED ORDINANCES OF THE CITY OF SYLVANIA, OHIO
CERTIFICATION
ROSTER OF OFFICIALS
ADOPTING ORDINANCE NO. 26-79
EDITOR'S NOTE
COMPARATIVE SECTION TABLE
TABLES OF SPECIAL ORDINANCES
CHARTER
PART ONE - ADMINISTRATIVE CODE
PART THREE - TRAFFIC CODE
PART FIVE - GENERAL OFFENSES CODE
PART SEVEN - BUSINESS REGULATION CODE
PART NINE - STREETS, UTILITIES AND PUBLIC SERVICES CODE
PART ELEVEN - PLANNING AND ZONING CODE
PART THIRTEEN - BUILDING CODE
PART FIFTEEN - FIRE PREVENTION CODE
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351.15 STOPPING OR PARKING NEAR HAZARDOUS OR CONGESTED PLACES AND TEMPORARY NO PARKING FOR STREET MAINTENANCE.
   (a)   The Chief of Police is hereby authorized to determine and designate by proper signs places in which the stopping, standing or parking of vehicles would create an especially hazardous condition or would cause unusual delay to traffic, and upon the request of the Director of Public Safety, the Chief of Police is hereby authorized to determine and designate by proper signs, for a period not in excess of forty-eight hours, streets, or parts thereof, in which the stopping, standing or parking of vehicles would interfere with the maintenance of such street or part thereof.
   (b)   When official signs are erected at hazardous or congested places or in streets or parts thereof to facilitate the maintenance thereof on the request of the Director of Public Safety, as authorized herein, no person shall stop, stand or park a vehicle in any such designated place or street. (Ord. 43-74. Passed 7-15-74.)
351.16 PARKING VEHICLES DESIGNED TO CARRY INFLAMMABLE LIQUID.
   No person shall park any vehicle designed to transport inflammable liquid in bulk on the streets, alleys or other public ways in the City within 500 feet of any hospital, school building, church, theater or public auditorium. This section shall not apply to the parking of such vehicle while actually loading or unloading nor while such vehicle is parked for the purpose of making necessary emergency repairs thereto.
351.17 TRAILER OR SEMI-TRAILER WITHOUT MOTOR POWER ATTACHED.
   No person shall park any trailer or semi-trailer upon any street or highway when such trailer or semi-trailer does not have the motor power used in conjunction therewith, attached to the trailer or semi-trailer.
351.18 HEAVY TRUCKS.
   (a)   Except as herein otherwise expressly provided, no owner or operator of a heavy truck shall park or permit the same to be parked on any street or alley, at any time on Sundays and holidays, and between the hours of 9:00 p.m. and 7:00 a.m. on any other day.
   (b)   The provisions of this section shall not apply to a truck, tractor, or trailer which is parked while loading or unloading merchandise; nor to the parking of such truck, tractor or trailer during the time when the driver or operator thereof has stopped to eat, or for other necessary purposes, provided, however, that such parking shall in no event be for a longer period than thirty minutes; nor when such parking is necessitated by an emergency or by an act of God.
351.19 PAYMENT OF FINES; COURT APPEARANCE.
   (a)    Any person charged with a violation of any provision of this chapter for which payment of a fine may be made to the City, as specified in Section 351.20 hereof, shall have the option of paying such fine within the time specified in the notice of arrest, at such place as in the notice specified, upon entering a plea of guilty and upon waiving appearance in Court; or may have the option of depositing required lawful bail and upon a plea of not guilty shall be entitled to a trial as authorized by law.
   (b)    The payment of any fine under the option mentioned in subsection (a) hereof to the City at the place specified in the notice shall be deemed an acknowledgment of conviction of the alleged offense and the City, upon accepting the prescribed fine, shall issue to the violator a receipt acknowledging payment thereof.
(Ord. 53-71. Passed 7-19-71.)
 
351.20 OFFENSES AND FINES FOR WHICH PAYMENT MAY BE MADE TO CITY UNDER CERTAIN CONDITIONS.
   (a)   A fine of twenty dollars ($20.00) for any parking violation of this chapter except a violation of Sections 351.03(q) or 351.04(f) may be paid to the City under the provisions of Section 351.19 if paid within fifteen days of the issuance of the notice of arrest.
 
   (b)   A fine of twenty-five dollars ($25.00) for any parking violation of this chapter except a violation of Sections 351.03(q) or 351.04(f) may be paid to the City under the provisions of Section 351.19 if paid after fifteen days of the issuance of the notice of arrest and within forty- five days thereof.
 
   (c)   A fine of fifty-five dollars ($55.00) for any parking violation of Section 351.03(q) and a fine of two hundred fifty dollars ($250.00) for any parking violation of Section 351.04(f) may be paid to the City under provisions of Section 351.19 if paid within fifteen days of the issuance of the notice of arrest.
 
   (d)   A fine of sixty-five dollars ($65.00) for any parking violation of Section 351.03(q) and a fine of two hundred fifty dollars ($250.00) for any parking violation of Section 351.04(f) may be paid to the City under provisions of Section 351.19 if paid after fifteen days of the issuance of the notice of arrest and within forty-five days thereof. Any subsequent violation within one year of Section 351.04(f) shall result in a fine of five hundred dollars ($500.00).
   (e)   The fines specified for the offenses enumerated in subsections (a), (b), (c) and (d) hereof are hereby declared to be applicable with respect to the above enumerated offenses only when the person charged with such offense appears at the place and within the time specified in the notice of arrest, waives appearance in Court and pleads guilty to such offense. Under all other circumstances the penalties for the above enumerated offenses shall be as provided in Section 303.99.
(Ord. 30-2011. Passed 4-18-11.)
351.21 PARKING ON POSTED PRIVATE PROPERTY.
   If an owner of private property posts on the property in a conspicuous manner, a prohibition against parking on the property or conditions and regulations under which parking is permitted, no person shall do either of the following:
   (a)    Park a vehicle on the property without the owner's consent;
   (b)    Park a vehicle on the property in violation of any condition or regulation posted by the owner. (ORC 4511.681)
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