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Woodlawn, OH Code of Ordinances
VILLAGE OF WOODLAWN, OHIO CODE OF ORDINANCES
OFFICIALS
ADOPTING ORDINANCE
CHARTER FOR VILLAGE OF WOODLAWN, OHIO
PART TWO: ADMINISTRATION CODE
PART FOUR: TRAFFIC CODE
TITLE TWO: ADMINISTRATION AND ENFORCEMENT
TITLE FOUR: PUBLIC WAYS AND TRAFFIC CONTROL DEVICES
TITLE SIX: OPERATION AND VEHICLES
CHAPTER 432: OPERATION GENERALLY
CHAPTER 434: O.V.I.; RECKLESS OPERATION; SPEED
CHAPTER 436: LICENSING; ACCIDENTS
CHAPTER 438: SAFETY AND EQUIPMENT
§ 438.01 DRIVING UNSAFE VEHICLES; APPLICATION.
§ 438.02 LIGHTED LIGHTS; MEASUREMENT OF DISTANCES AND HEIGHTS.
§ 438.03 HEADLIGHTS ON MOTOR VEHICLES AND MOTORCYCLES.
§ 438.04 TAIL LIGHT; ILLUMINATION OF REAR LICENSE PLATE.
§ 438.05 REAR RED REFLECTORS.
§ 438.06 SAFETY LIGHTING ON COMMERCIAL VEHICLES.
§ 438.07 OBSCURED LIGHTS ON VEHICLES IN COMBINATION.
§ 438.08 RED LIGHT OR RED FLAG ON EXTENDED LOADS.
§ 438.09 LIGHTS ON PARKED OR STOPPED VEHICLES.
§ 438.10 LIGHTS, EMBLEMS, AND REFLECTORS ON SLOW-MOVING VEHICLES, FARM MACHINERY, AGRICULTURAL TRACTORS, AND ANIMAL-DRAWN VEHICLES.
§ 438.11 SPOTLIGHT AND AUXILIARY LIGHTS.
§ 438.12 COWL, FENDER AND BACK-UP LIGHTS.
§ 438.13 TWO LIGHTS DISPLAYED.
§ 438.14 USE OF HEADLIGHT BEAMS.
§ 438.15 LIGHTS OF LESS INTENSITY ON SLOW-MOVING VEHICLES.
§ 438.16 NUMBER OF LIGHTS PERMITTED; RED AND FLASHING LIGHTS.
§ 438.165 LIGHTS AND SOUND-PRODUCING DEVICES ON CORONERS’ VEHICLES.
§ 438.17 VEHICLES TRANSPORTING PRESCHOOL CHILDREN.
§ 438.18 FOCUS AND AIM OF HEADLIGHTS.
§ 438.19 MOTOR VEHICLE AND MOTORCYCLE BRAKES.
§ 438.20 HORN, SIREN AND THEFT ALARM SIGNAL.
§ 438.21 MUFFLER; MUFFLER CUTOUT; EXCESSIVE SMOKE, GAS OR NOISE.
§ 438.22 REAR-VIEW MIRROR; CLEAR VIEW TO FRONT, BOTH SIDES AND REAR.
§ 438.23 WINDSHIELD REQUIRED; SIGN OR POSTER UPON WINDSHIELD; WINDSHIELD WIPER.
§ 438.235 TINTED GLASS; MATERIALS ON GLASS.
§ 438.24 LIMITED LOAD EXTENSION ON LEFT SIDE OF PASSENGER VEHICLE.
§ 438.25 MOTOR VEHICLE STOP LIGHTS.
§ 438.26 BUMPERS.
§ 438.27 AIR CLEANER REQUIRED.
§ 438.28 USE OF CHILD RESTRAINTS.
§ 438.29 USE OF OCCUPANT RESTRAINING DEVICES.
§ 438.30 IGNITION INTERLOCK DEVICES. (REPEALED)
§ 438.31 NOISE-PRODUCING INSTRUMENTS AND SOUND-AMPLIFYING DEVICES IN MOTOR VEHICLES.
§ 438.32 AIR BAGS.
§ 438.33 USE OF WIRELESS HANDSETS TO TEXT MESSAGE AND ENGAGE IN OTHER FORMS OF COMMUNICATION WHILE DRIVING.
§ 438.99 PENALTY.
CHAPTER 440: COMMERCIAL AND HEAVY VEHICLES
CHAPTER 442: DRIVERS OF COMMERCIAL VEHICLES
CHAPTER 444: OFFENSES RELATING TO THEFT AND FRAUD
TITLE EIGHT: PARKING
TITLE TEN: BICYCLES, MOTORCYCLES AND SNOWMOBILES
PART SIX: GENERAL OFFENSES CODE
PART EIGHT: BUSINESS REGULATION AND TAXATION CODE
PART TEN: UTILITIES AND PUBLIC SERVICES CODE
PART TWELVE: PLANNING AND ZONING CODE
PART FOURTEEN: BUILDING AND HOUSING CODE
PART SIXTEEN: FIRE PREVENTION CODE
TABLE OF SPECIAL ORDINANCES
COMPARATIVE TABLES
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§ 438.03 HEADLIGHTS ON MOTOR VEHICLES AND MOTORCYCLES.
   (a)   (1)   Every motor vehicle, other than a motorcycle, shall be equipped with at least two headlights with at least one near each side of the front of the motor vehicle.
      (2)   Every motorcycle shall be equipped with at least one and not more than two headlights.
   (b)   Whoever violates this section is guilty of a minor misdemeanor.
(ORC 4513.04)
§ 438.04 TAIL LIGHT; ILLUMINATION OF REAR LICENSE PLATE.
   (a)   (1)   Every motor vehicle, trailer, semitrailer, pole trailer or vehicle which is being drawn at the end of a train of vehicles shall be equipped with at least one tail light mounted on the rear which, when lighted, shall emit a red light visible from a distance of 500 feet to the rear, provided that in the case of a train of vehicles only the tail light on the rearmost vehicle need be visible from the distance specified.
      (2)   Either a tail light or a separate light shall be so constructed and placed as to illuminate with a white light the rear registration plate, when such registration plate is required, and render it legible from a distance of 50 feet to the rear. Any tail light, together with any separate light for illuminating the rear registration plate, shall be so wired as to be lighted whenever the headlights or auxiliary driving lights are lighted, except where separate lighting systems are provided for trailers for the purpose of illuminating such registration plate.
   (b)   Whoever violates this section is guilty of a minor misdemeanor.
(ORC 4513.05)
§ 438.05 REAR RED REFLECTORS.
   (a)   (1)   Every new motor vehicle sold after September 6, 1941, and operated on a highway, other than a commercial tractor to which a trailer or semitrailer is attached, shall carry at the rear, either as a part of the tail lamps or separately, two red reflectors meeting the requirements of this section, except that vehicles of the type mentioned in Ohio R.C. 4513.07 or a substantially equivalent municipal ordinance shall be equipped with reflectors as required by the regulations provided for in that section.
      (2)   Every such reflector shall be of such size and characteristics and so maintained as to be visible at night from all distances within 300 feet to 50 feet from such vehicle.
   (b)   Whoever violates this section is guilty of a minor misdemeanor.
(ORC 4513.06)
§ 438.06 SAFETY LIGHTING ON COMMERCIAL VEHICLES.
   (a)   (1)   When the Director of Public Safety prescribes and promulgates regulations relating to clearance lights, marker lights, reflectors and stop lights on buses, trucks, commercial tractors, trailers, semitrailers and pole trailers, when operated upon any highway, these vehicles shall be equipped as required by such regulations, and such equipment shall be lighted at all times mentioned in Ohio R.C. 4513.03 or a substantially equivalent municipal ordinance, except that clearance lights and side marker lights need not be lighted on any such vehicle when it is operated within the Municipality where there is sufficient light to reveal any person or substantial object on the highway at a distance of 500 feet.
      (2)   Such equipment shall be in addition to all other lights specifically required by Ohio R.C. 4513.03 through 4513.16, or any substantially equivalent municipal ordinances.
      (3)   Vehicles operated under the jurisdiction of the Public Utilities Commission are not subject to this section.
   (b)   Whoever violates this section is guilty of a minor misdemeanor.
(ORC 4513.07)
§ 438.07 OBSCURED LIGHTS ON VEHICLES IN COMBINATION.
   Whenever motor and other vehicles are operated in combination during the time that lights are required, any light, except tail lights, which by reason of its location on a vehicle of the combination would be obscured by another vehicle of the combination, need not be lighted, but this section does not affect the requirement that lighted clearance lights be displayed on the front of the foremost vehicle required to have clearance lights or that all lights required on the rear of the rearmost vehicle of any combination shall be lighted.
(ORC 4513.08)
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