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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
PART FIVE - GENERAL OFFENSES CODE
CHAPTER 501 General Provisions and Penalty
CHAPTER 505 Animals and Fowl
CHAPTER 509 Disorderly Conduct and Peace Disturbance
CHAPTER 513 Drug Abuse Control
CHAPTER 517 Gambling
CHAPTER 521 Health, Safety and Sanitation
CHAPTER 525 Law Enforcement and Public Office
CHAPTER 529 Liquor Control
CHAPTER 531 Noise Control
CHAPTER 533 Obscenity and Sex Offenses
CHAPTER 537 Offenses Against Persons
537.01 NEGLIGENT HOMICIDE.
537.02 VEHICULAR HOMICIDE AND MANSLAUGHTER.
537.021 VEHICULAR ASSAULT IN A CONSTRUCTION ZONE.
537.03 ASSAULT.
537.04 NEGLIGENT ASSAULT.
537.05 AGGRAVATED MENACING.
537.051 MENACING BY STALKING.
537.06 MENACING.
537.07 ENDANGERING CHILDREN.
537.08 UNLAWFUL RESTRAINT.
537.09 COERCION.
537.10 TELECOMMUNICATION HARASSMENT.
537.11 THREATENING OR HARASSING TELEPHONE CALLS.
537.12 MISUSE OF 9-1-1 SYSTEM.
537.13 ADULTERATING OF OR FURNISHING ADULTERATED FOOD OR CONFECTION.
537.14 DOMESTIC VIOLENCE.
537.15 ANNOYING BUILDING OCCUPANTS.
537.16 MOLESTING OR INSULTING PERSONS.
537.17 TEMPORARY PROTECTION ORDER.
537.18 ILLEGAL DISTRIBUTION OF CIGARETTES, OTHER TOBACCO PRODUCTS, OR ALTERNATE NICOTINE PRODUCTS; TRANSACTION SCANS.
537.19 RESERVED.
537.20 CONTRIBUTING TO UNRULINESS OR DELINQUENCY OF A CHILD.
537.21 HAZING PROHIBITED.
537.22 ILLEGAL USE OF A TRACKING DEVICE OR APPLICATION.
537.99 PENALTY.
CHAPTER 541 Property Offenses
CHAPTER 545 Theft and Fraud
CHAPTER 549 Weapons and Explosives
CHAPTER 553 Railroads
CHAPTER 557 Watercraft
CHAPTER 561 Weeds and Grass
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 537 Offenses Against Persons
CHAPTER 537 Offenses Against Persons
CHAPTER 537
Offenses Against Persons
537.01   Negligent homicide.
537.02   Vehicular homicide and manslaughter.
537.021   Vehicular assault in a construction zone
537.03   Assault.
537.04   Negligent assault.
537.05   Aggravated menacing.
537.051   Menacing by stalking.
537.06   Menacing.
537.07   Endangering children.
537.08   Unlawful restraint.
537.09   Coercion.
537.10   Telecommunication harassment.
537.11   Threatening or harassing telephone calls.
537.12   Misuse of 9-1-1 system.
537.13   Adulterating of or furnishing adulterated food or confection.
537.14   Domestic violence.
537.15   Annoying building occupants.
537.16   Molesting or insulting persons.
537.17   Temporary protection order.
537.18   Illegal distribution of cigarettes, other tobacco products, or alternate nicotine products; transaction scans.
537.19   Reserved.
537.20   Contributing to unruliness or delinquency of a child.
537.21      Hazing prohibited.
537.22      Illegal use of a tracking device or application.
537.99   Penalty.
 
CROSS REFERENCES
See sectional histories for similar State law
Physical harm to person defined - see GEN. OFF. 501.01(c), (e)
Fighting; provoking violent response - see GEN. OFF. 509.03
 
 
537.01 NEGLIGENT HOMICIDE.
   (a)   No person shall negligently cause the death of another or the unlawful termination of another’s pregnancy by means of a deadly weapon or dangerous ordnance as defined in Section 549.01.
   (b)   Whoever violates this section is guilty of negligent homicide, a misdemeanor of the first degree. (ORC 2903.05)
537.02 VEHICULAR HOMICIDE AND MANSLAUGHTER.
   (a)   No person, while operating or participating in the operation of a motor vehicle, motorcycle, utility vehicle, mini-truck, snowmobile, locomotive, watercraft, or aircraft, shall cause the death of another or the unlawful termination of another’s pregnancy in any of the following ways:
      (1)    As the proximate result of committing an OVI offense.
      (2)    In one of the following ways:
         A.   Recklessly;
         B.   As the proximate result of committing, while operating or participating in the operation of a motor vehicle, utility vehicle, mini-truck, or motorcycle in a construction zone, a reckless operation offense, provided that this division applies only if the person whose death is caused or whose pregnancy is unlawfully terminated is in the construction zone at the time of the offender’s commission of the reckless operation offense in the construction zone and does not apply as described in subsection (d) of this section.
      (3)    In one of the following ways:
         A.   Negligently;
         B.   As the proximate result of committing, while operating or participating in the operation of a motor vehicle, utility vehicle, mini-truck, or motorcycle in a construction zone, a speeding offense, provided that this subsection applies only if the person whose death is caused or whose pregnancy is unlawfully terminated is in the construction zone at the time of the offender’s commission of the speeding offense in the construction zone and does not apply as described in subsection (d) of this section.
      (4)   As the proximate result of committing a violation of any provision of any section contained in Title XLV of the Ohio Revised Code that is a minor misdemeanor or of a municipal ordinance that, regardless of the penalty set by ordinance for the violation, is substantially equivalent to any provision of any section contained in Title XLV of the Ohio Revised Code that is a minor misdemeanor.
   (b)   (1)   Whoever violates subsection (a)(3) of this section is guilty of vehicular homicide. Except as otherwise provided in this subsection, vehicular homicide is a misdemeanor of the first degree. Vehicular homicide is a felony and shall be prosecuted under appropriate State law if, at the time of the offense, the offender was driving under a suspension or cancellation imposed under Ohio R.C. Chapter 4510 or any other provision of the Ohio Revised Code or was operating a motor vehicle or motorcycle, did not have a valid driver’s license, commercial driver’s license, temporary instruction permit, probationary license, or nonresident operating privilege, and was not eligible for renewal of the offender’s driver’s license or commercial driver’s license without examination under Ohio R.C. 4507.10 or if the offender previously has been convicted of or pleaded guilty to a violation of this section or any traffic-related homicide, manslaughter or assault offense.
      (2)   Whoever violates subsection (a)(4) of this section is guilty of vehicular manslaughter. Except as otherwise provided in this subsection, vehicular manslaughter is a misdemeanor of the second degree. Vehicular manslaughter is a misdemeanor of the first degree if, at the time of the offense, the offender was driving under a suspension or cancellation imposed under Ohio R.C. Chapter 4510 or any other provision of the Ohio Revised Code or was operating a motor vehicle or motorcycle, did not have a valid driver’s license, commercial driver’s license, temporary instruction permit, probationary license, or nonresident operating privilege, and was not eligible for renewal of the offender’s driver’s license or commercial driver’s license without examination under Ohio R.C. 4507.10 or if the offender previously has been convicted of or pleaded guilty to a violation of this section or any traffic-related homicide, manslaughter, or assault offense.
   (c)   The court shall impose a mandatory jail term of at least fifteen days on an offender who is convicted of or pleads guilty to a violation of subsection (a)(3)B. of this section and may impose upon the offender a longer jail term as authorized pursuant to Section 501.99.
   (d)   Subsection (a)(2)B. and (a)(3)B. do not apply in a particular construction zone unless signs of the type described in Ohio R.C. 2903.081 are erected in that construction zone in accordance with the guidelines and design specifications established by the Director of Transportation under Ohio R.C. 5501.27. The failure to erect signs of the type described in Ohio R.C. 2903.081 in a particular construction zone in accordance with those guidelines and design specifications does not limit or affect the application of subsections (a)(1), (a)(2)A., (a)(3)A., or (a)(4) of this section in that construction zone or the prosecution of any person who violates any of those subsections in that construction zone.
   (e)   As used in this section:
      (1)   “Construction zone” has the same meaning as in Ohio R.C. 5501.27.
      (2)   “Mandatory prison term” and “mandatory jail term” have the same meanings as in Ohio R.C. 2929.01.
      (3)   “Motor vehicle”, “mini-truck” and “utility vehicle” have the same meaning as in Ohio R.C. 4501.01.
      (4)   “OVI offense” means a violation of Ohio R.C. 4511.19(A), a violation of Ohio R.C. 1547.11(A), a violation of Ohio R.C. 4561.15(A)(3), or a substantially equivalent municipal ordinance.
      (5)   “Reckless operation offense” means a violation of Ohio R.C. 4511.20 or a municipal ordinance substantially equivalent to Ohio R.C. 4511.20.
      (6)   “Speeding offense” means a violation of Ohio R.C. 4511.21 or a municipal ordinance pertaining to speed.
      (7)   “Traffic-related homicide, manslaughter or assault offense” means a violation of Ohio R.C. 2903.04 in circumstances in which division (D) of that section applies, a violation of Ohio R.C. 2903.06 or 2903.08, or a violation of Ohio R.C. 2903.06, 2903.07 or 2903.08 as they existed prior to March 23, 2000.
   (f)   For the purposes of this section, when a penalty or suspension is enhanced because of a prior or current violation of a specified law or a prior or current specified offense, the reference to the violation of the specified law or the specified offense includes any violation of any substantially equivalent municipal ordinance, former law of this State, or current or former law of another state or the United States. (ORC 2903.06)
   (g)   The court imposing a sentence upon an offender for any violation of this section also shall impose a suspension of the offender’s driver’s license, commercial driver’s license, temporary instruction permit, probationary license, or nonresident operating privilege from the range specified in division (B) of Ohio R.C. 4510.02 that is equivalent in length to the suspension required for a violation of Ohio R.C. 2903.06 or division (A) or (B) of Ohio R.C. 4511.19 under similar circumstances. (ORC 4510.07)

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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
• orderly Conduct and Peace Disturbance
• ORDER
• order
• ordnance as defined in Section 549
• ordinance that, regardless of the penalty set by ordinance for the violation, is substantially equivalent to any provision of any section contained in Title XLV of the Ohio Revised Code that
• ordance with the guidelines and design specifications established by the Director of Transportation under Ohio R
• ordance with those guidelines and design specifications does not limit or affect the application of subsections (a)(1), (a)(2)A
• ordinance. (5) “Reckless operation offense” means a violation of Ohio R
• ordinance substantially equivalent to Ohio R
• ordinance pertaining to speed
• ordinance, former law of this State, or current or former law of another state or the United States
• Ordinances and/or any other documents that appear on this site may not reflect the most current legislation adopted by the Municipality
• Ordinances should be consulted prior to any action being taken
• Ordinances or other documents posted on this site, please contact the Municipality directly or contact American Legal Publishing toll-free at 800-445-5588

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