(a) Definitions.
(1) "Cruising" means driving a motor vehicle on a street past a traffic control point as designated by the Wooster Police Division, more than three times in any two-hour period, between the hours of 9:00 p.m. and 3:00 a.m. The passing of a designated control point a fourth time under the aforesaid conditions shall constitute unnecessary repetitive driving and therefor a violation of this section.
(2) "Designated area" means that area of the City bounded by Columbus Avenue on the west, Spink Street on the east, South Street on the south, and North Street on the north, and Beall Avenue from Liberty Street to Bowman Street.
(3) "Traffic control point" means a reference point on a street in the designated area selected by a police officer for the purpose of enforcing this section.
(b) Cruising Prohibited. No person shall engage in unnecessary repetitive driving, also known for the purpose of this section as cruising. For purposes of this prohibition, the person having control and/or ownership of a motor vehicle shall be considered the person cruising, without regard as to whether that person was actually driving the motor vehicle each time it passed the traffic control point. "Having control or ownership of a motor vehicle" means either the owner of the vehicle as stated on the vehicle registration, if present in the vehicle at the time of the violation, or if the owner is not present in the vehicle, the person operating the vehicle at the time of the violation of this section.
(c) Exclusions. This section shall not apply to any municipal, emergency, police, fire, ambulance or other governmental vehicle when such vehicle is being operated in an official capacity. In addition, this section shall not apply to any licensed public transportation vehicle, other business vehicles being driven for business or commercial purposes, or to residents of the designated area traveling to a specific destination.
(d) Penalty. Whoever violates any of the provisions of this section shall be fined thirty- five dollars ($35.00).
(Ord. 1994-19. Passed 5-16-94.)