CHAPTER 375 Snowmobiles, Off-Highway Motorcycles and All Purpose Vehicles — Chapter Overview

CHAPTER 375 Snowmobiles, Off-Highway Motorcycles and All Purpose Vehicles
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chapter
Identifier
375
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Chapter 375
Ordinances detected
S, 116-84, 31-09
Dates detected
January 1, 1973
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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
CHAPTER 375 Snowmobiles, Off-Highway Motorcycles and All Purpose Vehicles
CHAPTER 375 Snowmobiles, Off-Highway Motorcycles and All Purpose Vehicles
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.
 
CROSS REFERENCES
See sectional histories for similar State law
Lights, brakes and muffler - see OAC Ch. 4501.29
Power of trial court of record to impound registration certificate for certain violations - see Ohio R.C 4519.47
Power to regulate; municipal licensing prohibited - see Ohio R.C. 4519.48
Street or highway defined - see TRAF. 301.42
Required usage of helmets and safety glasses - see TRAF. 373.02(f)
 
375.01 DEFINITIONS.
   As used in this chapter:
   (a)   "Snowmobile" means any self-propelled vehicle designed primarily for use on snow or ice, and steered by skis, runners or caterpillar treads.
   (b)   "All purpose vehicle" means any self-propelled vehicle designed primarily for cross-country travel on land and water, or on more than one type of terrain, and steered by wheels or caterpillar treads, or any combination thereof, including vehicles that operate on a cushion of air, vehicles commonly known as all-terrain vehicles, all season vehicles, mini-bikes and trail bikes. "All-purpose vehicle" does not include a utility vehicle as defined in Ohio R.C. 4501.01 or any vehicle principally used in playing golf, any motor vehicle or aircraft required to be registered under Ohio R.C. Chapter 4503 or Chapter 4561, and any vehicle excepted from definition as a motor vehicle by Section 301.20 of this Traffic Code.
   (c)   "Owner" means any person, firm or corporation, other than a lien holder or dealer, having title to a snowmobile, off-highway motorcycle, or all purpose vehicle, or other right to the possession thereof.
   (d)   "Operator" means any person who operates or is in actual physical control of a snowmobile, off-highway motorcycle or all purpose vehicle.
   (e)   "Limited access highway" or "freeway" means a highway especially designed for through traffic and over which abutting property owners have no easement or right of access by reason of the fact that their property abuts upon such highway, and access to which may be allowed only at highway intersections designated by the Ohio Director of Transportation. (ORC 5511.02)
   (f)   "Interstate highway" means any part of the interstate system of highways as defined in subsection (e), 90 Stat. 431 (1976), 23 U.S.C.A. 103, and amendments thereof.
   (g)   "Off-highway motorcycle" means every motorcycle, as defined in Ohio R.C. 4511.01, that is designed to be operated primarily on lands other than a street or highway.
   (h)   "Golf Cart" means a motor vehicle that is originally designed and manufactured for operation on a golf course for sporting or recreational purposes.
(Ord. 31-09. Passed 6-9-09.)
375.02 EQUIPMENT.
   (a)   Equipment of snowmobiles, off-highway motorcycles, and all purpose vehicles shall include, but not necessarily be limited to requirements for the following items:
      (1)   At least one headlight having a minimum candlepower of sufficient intensity to reveal persons and objects at a distance of at least 100 feet ahead under normal atmospheric conditions during hours of darkness;
      (2)   At least one red taillight having a minimum candlepower of sufficient intensity to be plainly visible from a distance of 500 feet to the rear under normal atmospheric conditions during hours of darkness;
      (3)   Adequate brakes. Every snowmobile, while traveling on packed snow, shall be capable of carrying a driver who weighs 175 pounds or more, and, while carrying such driver, be capable of stopping in not more than forty feet from an initial steady speed of twenty miles per hour, or locking its traction belt.
      (4)   A muffler system capable of precluding the emission of excessive smoke or exhaust fumes, and of limiting the engine noise of vehicles. On snowmobiles manufactured after January 1, 1973, such requirement shall include sound dampening equipment such that noise does not exceed eighty-two decibels on the "A" scale at fifty feet as measured according to SAE J192 (September 1970).
   (b)    No person shall operate any snowmobile, off-highway motorcycle, or all purpose vehicle in violation of this section, except that equipment specified in subsections (a)(1) and (2) hereof shall not be required on snowmobiles, off-highway motorcycles, or all purpose vehicles operated during the daylight hours.
   (c)    Except as otherwise provided in this subsection, whoever violates subsection (b) of this section shall be fined not more than fifty dollars ($50.00). If the offender within the preceding year previously has committed a violation of subsection (b) of this section, whoever violates subsection (b) of this section shall be fined not less than fifteen dollars ($15.00) nor more than one hundred dollars ($100.00), imprisoned not more than three days, or both.
(Ord. 31-09. Passed 6-9-09.)
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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
ord to impound registration certificate for certain violations - see Ohio R
Ord. 31-09
ording to SAE J192 (September 1970)
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