(a) No person shall operate a motorized bicycle upon a highway or any public or private property used by the public for purposes of vehicular travel or parking, unless all of the following conditions are met:
(1) The person is fourteen or fifteen years of age and holds a valid probationary motorized bicycle license, as defined in Ohio R.C. 4507.01, issued after the person has passed the test provided by the Ohio Director of Public Safety pursuant to Ohio R.C. 4511.521, or the person is sixteen years of age or older and holds either a valid commercial driver's license issued under Ohio R.C. Chapter 4506 or a driver's license issued under Ohio R.C. Chapter 4507 or a valid motorized bicycle license issued after the person has passed such test, except that if a person is sixteen years of age, has a valid probationary motorized bicycle license and desires a motorized bicycle license, he or she is not required to comply with the testing requirements provided for in this section.
(2) The motorized bicycle is equipped in accordance with the rules adopted and promulgated by the Ohio Director of Public Safety pursuant to Ohio R.C. 4511.521(B) and is in proper working order.
(3) The person, if he or she is under eighteen years of age, is wearing a protective helmet on his or her head with the chin strap properly fastened and the motorized bicycle is equipped with a rear-view mirror.
(4) The person operates the motorized bicycle, when practicable, within three feet of the right edge of the roadway obeying all traffic rules applicable to vehicles.
(b) No person operating a motorized bicycle shall carry another person upon the motorized bicycle.
(c) No person shall operate a motorized bicycle on a sidewalk, bicycle path or multi-use path, except for those vehicles being used for snow removal or maintenance work thereon.
(d) The protective helmet and rear-view mirror required by paragraph (a)(3) hereof shall, on and after January 1, 1985, conform with rules adopted by the Ohio Director of Public Safety under Ohio R.C. 4511.521(B).
(e) Each probationary motorized bicycle license or motorized bicycle license shall be laminated with a transparent plastic material.
(f) Whoever violates any of the provisions of this section is guilty of a minor misdemeanor and shall be subject to the penalty provided in Section 408.01, in addition to the revocation of probationary motorized bicycle licenses for violations of divisions (a) and (b) of this section, as provided in Ohio R.C. 4507.163.
(Ord. 2004-8. Passed 3-1-04; Ord. 2023-31. Passed 6-20-23.)