375.09 ALL-TERRAIN VEHICLES PROHIBITED.

375.09 ALL-TERRAIN VEHICLES PROHIBITED.

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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
TITLE SEVEN - Parking
TITLE NINE - Pedestrians, Bicycles and Motorcycles
CHAPTER 371 Pedestrians
CHAPTER 373 Bicycles
CHAPTER 374 Motorized Bicycles (Mopeds)
CHAPTER 375 Snowmobiles, Off-Highway Motorcycles and All Purpose Vehicles
375.01 DEFINITIONS.
375.02 EQUIPMENT.
375.03 CODE APPLICATION; PROHIBITED OPERATION.
375.04 PERMITTED OPERATION.
375.05 LICENSING REQUIREMENTS OF OPERATOR.
375.06 REGISTRATION OF VEHICLES.
375.07 ACCIDENT REPORTS.
375.08 CERTIFICATE OF TITLE.
375.09 ALL-TERRAIN VEHICLES PROHIBITED.
375.10 SAFETY RULES FOR MOTORCYCLES AND SNOWMOBILES.
375.11 GOLF CARTS PROHIBITED.
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
375.10 SAFETY RULES FOR MOTORCYCLES AND SNOWMOBILES.
CHAPTER 375 Snowmobiles, Off-Highway Motorcycles and All Purpose Vehicles
375.06 REGISTRATION OF VEHICLES.
   (a)    Except as provided in Ohio R.C 4519.02(B), (C) and (D), no person shall operate any snowmobile, off-highway motorcycle, or all purpose vehicle unless the snowmobile, off-highway motorcycle, or all purpose vehicle is registered and numbered in accordance with Ohio R.C. 4519.03 and 4519.04.
   (b)   Except as otherwise provided in this subsection, whoever violates subsection (a) of this section shall be fined not more than twenty-five dollars ($25.00). If the offender previously has been convicted of or pleaded guilty to a violation of subsection (a) of this section, whoever violates subsection (a) of this section shall be fined not less than twenty-five dollars ($25.00) nor more than fifty dollars ($50.00).
(ORC 4519.02; Ord. 31-09. Passed 6-9-09.)
375.07 ACCIDENT REPORTS.
   (a)   The operator of a snowmobile, off-highway motorcycle, or all purpose vehicle involved in any accident resulting in bodily injury to or death of any person or damage to the property of any person in excess of one hundred dollars ($100.00) shall report the accident within forty-eight hours to the Chief of Police, and, within thirty days, shall forward a written report of the accident to the Ohio Registrar of Motor Vehicles on a form prescribed by the Registrar. If the operator is physically incapable of making the reports and there is another participant in the accident not so incapacitated, the participant shall make the reports. In the event that there is no other participant, and the operator is other than the owner, the owner, within the prescribed periods of time, shall make the reports.
   Any law enforcement officer or other person authorized by Ohio R.C. 4519.42 and 4519.43, who investigates or receives information of an accident involving a snowmobile, off-highway motorcycle, or all purpose vehicle shall forward to the Registrar a written report of the accident within forty-eight hours. (ORC 4519.46)
   (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.
(Ord. 31-09. Passed 6-9-09.)
375.08 CERTIFICATE OF TITLE.
   (a)   No person shall do any of the following:
      (1)   Operate in this Municipality an off-highway motorcycle or all-purpose vehicle without having a certificate of title for the off-highway motorcycle or all-purpose vehicle, if such a certificate is required by Ohio R.C. Chapter 4519 to be issued for the off-highway motorcycle or all-purpose vehicle, or, if a physical certificate of title has not been issued for it, operate an off-highway motorcycle or all-purpose vehicle knowing that the ownership information relating to the motorcycle or vehicle has not been entered into the automated title processing system by a clerk of a court of common pleas;
      (2)   Operate in this Municipality an off-highway motorcycle or all-purpose vehicle if a certificate of title to the off-highway motorcycle or all-purpose vehicle has been issued and then has been canceled;
      (3)   Fail to surrender any certificate of title upon cancellation of it by the Registrar of Motor Vehicles and notice of the cancellation as prescribed in Ohio R.C. Chapter 4519;
      (4)   Fail to surrender the certificate of title to a clerk of the court of common pleas as provided in Ohio R.C. Chapter 4519, in case of the destruction or dismantling of, or change in, the off-highway motorcycle or all-purpose vehicle described in the certificate of title;
      (5)   Violate any provision of Ohio R.C. 4519.51 to 4519.70 or any lawful rules adopted pursuant to those sections;
      (6)   Operate in this Municipality an off-highway motorcycle or all-purpose vehicle knowing that the certificate of title to or ownership of the motorcycle or vehicle as otherwise reflected in the automated title processing system has been canceled.
   (b)   Whoever violates this section shall be fined not more than two hundred dollars ($200.00) or imprisoned not more than ninety days, or both.
(Ord. 31-09. Passed 6-9-09.)
375.09 ALL-TERRAIN VEHICLES PROHIBITED.
   No person, firm, corporation or other entity shall operate or cause to be operated an all-terrain vehicle, a mini-bike, a trail bike, a dirt bike or special purpose bicycle within the City unless the operator or the person causing such vehicle to be operated has a license properly issued by the State, or other duly authorized governmental licensing agency, which license specifically authorizes the operator to operate the vehicle within the City.
(Ord. 31-09. Passed 6-9-09.)
375.10 SAFETY RULES FOR MOTORCYCLES AND SNOWMOBILES.
   (a)   No person shall operate or be a passenger on a snowmobile or motorcycle in the City without using safety glasses or other protective eye device. No person who is under the age of eighteen years or who holds a motorcycle operators endorsement or license bearing a "novice" designation that is currently in effect as provided in Ohio R.C. 4507.13 shall operate a motorcycle on a highway or be a passenger on a motorcycle, unless wearing a protective helmet on his head, and no other person shall be a passenger on a motorcycle operated by such a person unless similarly wearing a protective helmet. The helmet, safety glasses or other protective eye device shall conform with regulations prescribed and promulgated by the State of Ohio's Director of Highway Safety. The provisions of this section or a violation of this section shall not be used in the trial of any civil action.
   (b)    Any person who violates any provision of this section shall be guilty of a minor misdemeanor.
(Ord. 31-09. Passed 6-9-09.)
375.11 GOLF CARTS PROHIBITED.
   No person shall operate or be a passenger in a golf cart on any public streets, right of ways, or sidewalks within the City of Sheffield Lake.
(Ord. 31-09. Passed 6-9-09.)
CODIFIED ORDINANCES OF SHEFFIELD LAKE

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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
• ordance with Ohio R
• Ord. 31-09
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