(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 Handheld 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 any person appointed by the Willoughby Hills Mayor to prosecute cases in the Willoughby 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 City of Willoughby Hills Police Department.
(d) "Local Authority" means the City of Willoughby Hills.
(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 of the following images recorded by a law enforcement officer using an Officer-Operated Handheld 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 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 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 Handheld Traffic 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 Handheld Traffic Law Enforcement Device, that represents a civil violation.
(k) "Traffic law violation" means a violation of Ohio Revised Code Section 4511.21 or 4511.211 or a substantially equivalent municipal ordinance due to failure to observe the applicable speed limit.
(l) "Officer enforced traffic law system violations" means tickets for civil violations issued by a City police officer using an Officer-Operated Handheld Traffic Law Enforcement Device.
(m) "Officer-Operated Handheld Traffic Law Enforcement Device" means a portable, handheld 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 presented 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. 2022-051. Passed 10-13-22.)