CHAPTER 351
Parking Generally
351.01    Parking prohibited.
351.02    Registered owner prima-facie liable for unlawful parking.
351.03    Parking inoperative or unlicensed motor vehicles.
351.04    Unattended vehicle: duty to stop engine, remove key, set brake and turn wheels.
351.05    Storage of certain vehicles and trailers in residential areas.
 
CROSS REFERENCES
See sectional histories for similar State law
Owner nonliability, lease defense - see Ohio R.C. 4511.071
Police may remove ignition key from unattended vehicle - see TRAF. 303.03
Parking near stopped fire apparatus - see TRAF. 331.27
Lights on parked or stopped vehicles - see TRAF. 337.09
 
351.01 PARKING PROHIBITED.
    (a)    No person shall stand or park any vehicle, whether attended or unattended, either upon or immediately off the paved portion of any street or highway in the Village or in front of a public or private driveway.
   (b)    This section does not apply to the driver of any vehicle which is disabled while on the paved or improved or main traveled portion of a highway in such a manner and to such extent that it is impossible to avoid stopping and temporarily leaving the disabled vehicle in such manner and to such extent that it is impossible to avoid stopping and temporarily leaving the disabled vehicle in such position.
   (c)    Whenever any police officer finds a vehicle standing upon a highway or street in violation of this section, such officer may move such vehicle, or require the driver or other person in charge of the vehicle to move the same, to a position off the paved or improved or main traveled part of such highway or street.
   (d)    Whoever violates any provision of 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.
351.02 REGISTERED OWNER PRIMA-FACIE LIABLE FOR UNLAWFUL PARKING.
   In any hearing on a charge of illegally parking a motor vehicle, testimony that a vehicle bearing a certain license plate was found unlawfully parked as prohibited by the provisions of this Traffic Code, and further testimony that the record of the Ohio Registrar of Motor Vehicles shows that the license plate was issued to the defendant, shall be prima-facie evidence that the vehicle which was unlawfully parked, was so parked by the defendant. A certified registration copy, showing such fact, from the Registrar shall be proof of such ownership.
351.03 PARKING INOPERATIVE OR UNLICENSED MOTOR VEHICLES.
   (a)    No person shall store or permit to be stored on any lot or premises a motor vehicle which is dismantled, inoperative or unlicensed, for a period of more than fifteen days, unless the same is kept or stored in a completely enclosed, authorized and permitted building or garage on such lot or premises. Any such motor vehicle shall be deemed inoperative when the lack or failure of the engine, transmission or other mechanical part results in such vehicle not being usable for transportation of persons. The Police Department is authorized to serve notice on property owners or persons in possession of any such lot or land upon which an unlicensed or inoperative motor vehicle is stored contrary to the provisions hereof, and such period of fifteen days shall commence to run the next day following service of such notice. Any person, who has been notified being the owner of or in charge, or in possession of any lot or land on which any such vehicle is stored and who fails to remove the same after notice as aforesaid, is guilty of a minor misdemeanor. Each day such violation continues shall constitute a separate offense.
   (b)    Whoever violates any provision of 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.
351.04 UNATTENDED VEHICLE: DUTY TO STOP ENGINE, REMOVE KEY, SET BRAKE AND TURN WHEELS.
   (a)   No person driving or in charge of a motor vehicle shall permit it to stand unattended without first stopping the engine, locking the ignition, removing the key from the ignition, effectively setting the parking brake, and, when the motor vehicle is standing upon any grade, turning the front wheels to the curb or side of the highway.
   The requirements of this section relating to the stopping of the engine, locking of the ignition and removing the key from the ignition of a motor vehicle do not apply to any of the following:
      (1)   A motor vehicle that is parked on residential property;
      (2)   A motor vehicle that is locked, regardless of where it is parked;
      (3)   An emergency vehicle;
      (4)   A public safety vehicle.
   (b)    Whoever violates any provision of 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.
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