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Codified Ordinances of Sheffield Lake, OH
CODIFIED ORDINANCES OF THE CITY OF SHEFFIELD LAKE, OHIO
CERTIFICATION
ROSTER OF OFFICIALS
ADOPTING ORDINANCE NO. 116-84
COMPARATIVE SECTION TABLE
TABLES OF SPECIAL ORDINANCES OF SHEFFIELD LAKE
CHARTER
PART ONE - ADMINISTRATIVE CODE
PART THREE - TRAFFIC CODE
TITLE ONE - Administration
TITLE THREE - Streets and Traffic Control Devices
TITLE FIVE - Vehicles
CHAPTER 331 Operation Generally
CHAPTER 333 OVI; Willful Misconduct; Speed
CHAPTER 335 Licensing; Accidents
CHAPTER 337 Safety and Equipment
337.01 DRIVING UNSAFE VEHICLES.
337.02 LIGHTED LIGHTS; MEASUREMENT OF DISTANCES AND HEIGHTS.
337.03 HEADLIGHTS ON MOTOR VEHICLES AND MOTORCYCLES.
337.04 TAIL LIGHT; ILLUMINATION OF REAR LICENSE PLATE.
337.05 REAR RED REFLECTORS.
337.06 SAFETY LIGHTING ON COMMERCIAL VEHICLES.
337.07 OBSCURED LIGHTS ON VEHICLES IN COMBINATION.
337.08 RED LIGHT OR RED FLAG ON EXTENDED LOADS.
337.09 LIGHTS ON PARKED OR STOPPED VEHICLES.
337.10 LIGHTS, EMBLEMS AND REFLECTORS ON SLOW-MOVING VEHICLES, FARM MACHINERY, AGRICULTURAL TRACTORS, AND ANIMAL-DRAWN VEHICLES.
337.11 SPOTLIGHT AND AUXILIARY LIGHTS.
337.12 COWL, FENDER AND BACK-UP LIGHTS.
337.13 DISPLAY OF LIGHTED LIGHTS.
337.14 USE OF HEADLIGHT BEAMS.
337.15 LIGHTS OF LESS INTENSITY ON SLOW-MOVING VEHICLES.
337.16 NUMBER OF LIGHTS; LIMITATIONS ON FLASHING, OSCILLATING OR ROTATING LIGHTS.
337.17 FOCUS AND AIM OF HEADLIGHTS.
337.18 MOTOR VEHICLE AND MOTORCYCLE BRAKES.
337.19 HORN, SIREN AND THEFT ALARM SIGNAL.
337.20 MUFFLER; MUFFLER CUTOUT; EXCESSIVE SMOKE, GAS OR NOISE.
337.21 REAR-VIEW MIRROR; CLEAR VIEW TO FRONT, BOTH SIDES AND REAR.
337.22 WINDSHIELD AND WINDSHIELD WIPER; SIGN OR POSTER THEREON.
337.23 LIMITED LOAD EXTENSION ON LEFT SIDE OF PASSENGER VEHICLE.
337.24 MOTOR VEHICLE STOP LIGHTS.
337.25 AIR CLEANER REQUIRED.
337.26 CHILD RESTRAINT SYSTEM USAGE.
337.27 VEHICLES TRANSPORTING PRESCHOOL CHILDREN.
337.28 DRIVERS AND PASSENGERS REQUIRED TO WEAR SEAT BELTS.
337.29 USE OF SUNSCREENING, NONTRANSPARENT AND REFLECTORIZED MATERIALS.
337.30 BUMPER HEIGHTS.
337.31 DIRECTIONAL SIGNALS REQUIRED.
337.32 LIGHTS AND SIGN ON TRANSPORTATION FOR PRESCHOOL CHILDREN.
CHAPTER 339 Commercial and Heavy Vehicles
CHAPTER 341 Commercial Drivers
CHAPTER 343 Transportation of Hazardous Wastes
TITLE SEVEN - Parking
TITLE NINE - Pedestrians, Bicycles and Motorcycles
PART FIVE - GENERAL OFFENSES CODE
PART SEVEN - BUSINESS REGULATION CODE
PART NINE - STREETS, UTILITIES AND PUBLIC SERVICES CODE
PART ELEVEN - PLANNING AND ZONING CODE
PART THIRTEEN - BUILDING CODE
PART FIFTEEN - FIRE PREVENTION CODE
OH
Sheffield Lake
Codified Ordinances of Sheffield Lake, OH
337.01 DRIVING UNSAFE VEHICLES.
CHAPTER 337 Safety and Equipment
CHAPTER 337
Safety and Equipment
337.01   Driving unsafe vehicles.
337.02   Lighted lights; measurement of distances and heights.
337.03   Headlights on motor vehicles and motorcycles.
337.04   Tail light; illumination of rear license plate.
337.05   Rear red reflectors.
337.06   Safety lighting on commercial vehicles.
337.07   Obscured lights on vehicles in combination.
337.08   Red light or red flag on extended loads.
337.09   Lights on parked or stopped vehicles.
337.10   Lights , emblems, and reflectors on slow-moving vehicles, farm machinery, agricultural tractors, and animal-drawn vehicles.
337.11   Spotlight and auxiliary lights.
337.12   Cowl, fender and back-up lights.
337.13   Display of lighted lights.
337.14   Use of headlight beams.
337.15   Lights of less intensity on slow-moving vehicles.
337.16   Number of lights; limitations on flashing, oscillating or rotating lights.
337.17   Focus and aim of headlights.
337.18   Motor vehicle and motorcycle brakes.
337.19   Horn, siren and theft alarm signal.
337.20   Muffler; muffler cutout; excessive smoke, gas or noise.
337.21   Rear-view mirror; clear view to front, both sides and rear.
337.22   Windshield and windshield wiper; sign or poster thereon.
337.23   Limited load extension on left side of passenger vehicle.
337.24   Motor vehicle stop lights.
337.25   Air cleaner required.
337.26   Child restraint system usage.
337.27   Vehicles transporting preschool children.
337.28   Drivers and passengers required to wear seat belts.
337.29   Use of sunscreening, nontransparent and reflectorized materials.
337.30   Bumper heights.
337.31   Directional signals required.
337.32   Lights and sign on transportation for preschool children.
 
CROSS REFERENCES
See sectional histories for similar State law
Warning devices for commercial vehicles disabled upon freeways - see Ohio R.C. 4513.28
Slow moving vehicle emblem - see OAC Ch. 4501.13
Motorized bicycle lights and equipment - see Ohio R.C. 4511.521
Vehicle lighting - see OAC 4501-15
Use of stop and turn signals - see TRAF. 331.14
Wheel protectors for commercial vehicles - see TRAF. 339.05
Vehicles transporting explosives - see TRAF. 339.06
Towing requirements - see TRAF. 339.07
Use of studded tires and chains - see TRAF. 339.11
Bicycle equipment - see TRAF. 373.05 et seq.
 
 
337.01 DRIVING UNSAFE VEHICLES.
   (a)   No person shall drive or move, or cause or knowingly permit to be driven or moved, on any street any vehicle or combination of vehicles which is in such unsafe condition as to endanger any person or property.
   (b)   Nothing contained in this chapter shall be construed to prohibit the use of additional parts and accessories on any vehicle not inconsistent with the provisions of this chapter.
   (c)   The provisions of this chapter with respect to equipment on vehicles do not apply to implements of husbandry, road machinery, road rollers or agricultural tractors except as made applicable to such articles of machinery. (ORC 4513.02)
   (d)   Whoever violates this section is guilty of a minor misdemeanor.
(ORC 4513.99)
337.02 LIGHTED LIGHTS; MEASUREMENT OF DISTANCES AND HEIGHTS.
   (a)   Every vehicle, other than a motorized bicycle, operated upon a street or highway shall display lighted lights and illuminating devices as required by this chapter during all of the following times:
      (1)   The time from sunset to sunrise;
      (2)   At any other time when, due to insufficient natural light or unfavorable atmospheric conditions, persons, vehicles, and substantial objects on the street or highway are not discernible at a distance of one thousand feet ahead;
      (3)   At any time when the windshield wipers of the vehicle are in use because of precipitation on the windshield.
   Every motorized bicycle shall display at such times lighted lights meeting the rules adopted by the Ohio Director of Public Safety under Ohio R.C. 4511.521. No motor vehicle, during any time specified in this section, shall be operated upon a street or highway using only parking lights as illumination.
   (b)   Whenever in this chapter a requirement is declared as to the distance from which certain lights and devices shall render objects visible, or within which such lights or devices shall be visible, such distance shall be measured upon a straight level unlighted street under normal atmospheric conditions unless a different condition is expressly stated.
   (c)   Whenever in this chapter a requirement is declared as to the mounted height of lights or devices, it shall mean from the center of such light or device to the level ground upon which the vehicle stands.
   (d)   Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, no law enforcement officer shall cause the operator of a vehicle being operated upon a street or highway to stop the vehicle solely because the officer observes that a violation of subsection (a)(3) of this section has been or is being committed or for the sole purpose of issuing a ticket, citation or summons for a violation of that subsection, or causing the arrest of or commencing a prosecution of a person for a violation of that subsection.
   (e)   Whoever violates this section is guilty of a minor misdemeanor.
(ORC 4513.03)
337.03 HEADLIGHTS ON MOTOR VEHICLES AND MOTORCYCLES.
   (a)   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.
   (b)   Every motorcycle shall be equipped with at least one and not more than two headlights.
   (c)   Whoever violates this section is guilty of a minor misdemeanor.
(ORC 4513.04)
337.04 TAIL LIGHT; ILLUMINATION OF REAR LICENSE PLATE.
   (a)    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 rear-most vehicle need be visible from the distance specified.
   (b)   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 fifty 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.
   (c)   Whoever violates this section is guilty of a minor misdemeanor.
(ORC 4513.05)
337.05 REAR RED REFLECTORS.
   (a)   Every new motor vehicle sold after September 6, 1941, and operated on a street, other than vehicles of the type mentioned in Section 337.06 or a commercial tractor to which a trailer or semitrailer is attached, shall carry at the rear, either as a part of the tail lights or separately, two red reflectors of such size and characteristics and so maintained as to be visible at night from all distances within 300 feet to fifty feet from such vehicle.
   (b)   Whoever violates this section is guilty of a minor misdemeanor.
(ORC 4513.06)
337.06 SAFETY LIGHTING ON COMMERCIAL VEHICLES.
   (a)   Buses, trucks, commercial tractors, trailers, semitrailers and pole trailers, when operated upon any street, shall be equipped with clearance lights, marker lights, reflectors and stop lights as required by State regulations. Such equipment shall be lighted at all times mentioned in Section 337.02 except that clearance lights and side marker lights need not be lighted on a vehicle operated where there is sufficient light to reveal any person or substantial object on the street at a distance of 500 feet.
   Such equipment shall be in addition to all other lights specifically required by Section 337.02 to Section 337.15, inclusive. Vehicles operated under the jurisdiction of the Ohio Public Utilities Commission are not subject to this section.
   (b)   Whoever violates this section is guilty of a minor misdemeanor.
(ORC 4513.07)
337.07 OBSCURED LIGHTS ON VEHICLES IN COMBINATION.
   (a)   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.
   (b)   Whoever violates 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.
(ORC 4513.08)
337.08 RED LIGHT OR RED FLAG ON EXTENDED LOADS.
   (a)   Whenever the load upon any vehicle extends to the rear four feet or more beyond the bed or body of such vehicle, there shall be displayed at the extreme rear end of the load, at the times specified in Section 337.02, a red light or lantern plainly visible from a distance of at least 500 feet to the side and rear. The red light or lantern required by this section is in addition to the red rear light required upon every vehicle. At any other time there shall be displayed at the extreme rear end of such load a red flag or cloth not less than sixteen inches square.
   (b)   Whoever violates this section is guilty of a minor misdemeanor.
(ORC 4513.09)
337.09 LIGHTS ON PARKED OR STOPPED VEHICLES.
   (a)   Except in case of an emergency, whenever a vehicle is parked or stopped upon a roadway open to traffic or shoulder adjacent thereto, whether attended or unattended during the times mentioned in Section 337.02, such vehicle shall be equipped with one or more lights which shall exhibit a white or amber light on the roadway side visible from a distance of 500 feet to the front of such vehicle, and a red light visible from a distance of 500 feet to the rear. No lights need be displayed upon any such vehicle when it is stopped or parked where there is sufficient light to reveal any person or substantial object within a distance of 500 feet upon such street. Any lighted headlights upon a parked vehicle shall be depressed or dimmed.
(ORC 4513.10)
   (b)   Whoever violates this section is guilty of a minor misdemeanor.
(ORC 4513.99)

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• Ordinances of Sheffield Lake, OH
• ORDINANCES OF THE CITY OF SHEFFIELD LAKE, OHIO
• ORDINANCE NO. 116-84
• ORDINANCES OF SHEFFIELD LAKE
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