14-77 Amend several sections of Traffic code to comply w/ State

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301.11 EMEIlt;ENCY VEIiICI.E, "Emergency wd~icl(," means emergency vehicles of ~nunicipal or county departments ,,r public uti I it3' corporation s when id('nti fled as such ns requi red by law, the Ohio Direc- tor of ilighway Safety ov local authorities~ and motor vehicles when commandeered by a police officer. (ORC 4511.01(I))) Section 3. That Section 301.27 of the Traffic Code of the Codified Ordinances of the City of Lakewood now reading as follows: 301.27 PUBLIC SAFETY VEttICLE. "Public safety vehicle" means ambulances, motor vehicles used by public law enforcement officers or other persons sworn to enforce the criminal and traffic laws of thc State, and the vehicles used by fire departments, including motor vehicles when used by volunteer firemen responding to emergency calls in the fire department service when identified as required by the Ohio Director of Highway Safety. (ORC 4511, 01(r)). shall be and the same is hereby amended to read as follows: 301.27 PUBI,IC,qAI"ETY VEItlUI.,E. "Public safety w,hicl~," mvans any of the fl~llowlng: state, lances; motor vehicles usedby i~bltc law enforcement off'leers or o0mr persons s~'orn 1o enforco tim crlmin:~l and traffic laws of the Slate; any mr)~)r vehl('l, whon prols~rly identified as roqutred I)v th~, ()his I)ircck)r ,~f llighway Safer:V, Whm~ usc, I In rost~mse ~ emergency ~alls or !~ transl~rl ill or Injured i~cr~ns, ~(Iwhenopcrat~,d b.ya I~'son who Is a member ora vol.nteer r(,scue servtce certtfl~! by the Ohto i.~partmcnt of llcalth and who is on duty i~rsuant to th(~ miss or direc- lives of that servtce; :m~! the vehicles usod by fire departments, h~eluding moh)r vehicles when used by volunleer firmnen reSlXmdlng ~ emergency calls In fl~e fire dcp~tment oer~co when lden~fled as re~lred by fl~c Dlrec~r. (OItC 4511.01(E)) Section 4. That paragraph (b) of Section 313.02 of the Traffic Code of the Codified Ordinances now reading as follows: (b) Other streets or highways or portions thereof within the Municipality, with a continuous length of more than one mile between the limits of such street or highway or portion thereof, at thc entrances to which vehicular traffic from the majority of inter- secting streets or highways is controlled by "stop" or "yield" signs or traffic control signals are hereby designated as through streets or highways. For purposes of this section, the limits of such street or highway or portion thereof shall be a municipal corporation line, the physical terminus of the street or highway or any point on such street or highway at wtfich vehicular traffic thereon is required by regulatory signs to stop or yield to traffic on the intersecting street. shall be and the same is hereby amended to read as follows: (b) Other str(,etsor highways sc portions there, of within the Municipality, witha continuous length of more than one mile between thc limits of such street or highway or portion thereof, at thc cntcanccs ~ which vehicular traffic from thc majority of inter- setting streets or highways is controlh~d by "stop" or "yield" signs or traffic control signals arc hcrel~y design:lt~,(I as through streets or highways, l.'-r i)urposr,s of this section, thc limits ofsu('h street or highway or t)ortion th(~r(,ofshall I)e a municipal "~,rly)ra~on line, the physical terminus of thc strcct or highway or any l~)int on such street or highway at which vehicular traffic thereon Is required by regula~ry si~s *o stop or yield to ~'affic on thc intersecting street, provided that In residence districts the Municipality may erect either stq) signs or ~hcr official traffic control devices at a~ Intersecting street and thereaf~r de~ignate by ordinance or rule such street or high- way or po~ion thereof n~ to be a through street or highway.