01-80 Editing & inclusion of ordinances in Code

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-2- Section 2. That Section 301.11 of the Traffic Code of the Codified Ordinances of the City of Lakewood now reading as follows: 301.11 EMERGENCY VEHICLE. "Emergency vehicle" means emergency vehicles of municipal or county departments or public utility corporations ~when identified as such as required by law, the Ohio Director of Highway Safety or local authorities, and motor vehicles when commandeered by a police officer. (ORC 4511.01(D)) shall be and the same is hereby amended to read as follows: 301.11 EMERGENCY VEHICLE. "Emergency vehicle" means emergency vehicles of municipal, township or county departments or public utility corporations when identified as such as required by law, the Ohio Director of Highway Safety or local authorities, and motor vehicles when commandeered by a police officer. (ORC 4511.01(D)) 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 VEHICLE. "Public safety vehicle" means any of the following: ambulances; motor vehicles used by public law enforcement officers or other persons sworn to enforce the criminal and traffic laws of the State; any motor vehicle when properly identified as required by the Ohio Director of Highway Safety, when used in response to emergency calls or to transport ill or injured persons, and when operated.by a person who is a member of a volunteer rescue service certified by the Ohio Department of Health and who is on duty pursuant to the rules of directives of that service; 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 Director. (ORC 4511.01(E)) shall be and the same is hereby amended to read as follows: 301.27 PUBLIC SAFETY VEHICLE. "Public safety Vehicle" means any of the following: (a) Ambulances, including private ambulance companies, under contract to a municipal corporation, township or county; (b) Motor vehicles used by public law enforcement officers or other persons sworn to enforce the criminal and traffic laws of the State or the Municipality; (c) Any motor vehicle when properly identified as required by the Ohio Director of Highway Safety, when used in response to fire emergency calls or to provide emergency medical service to ill or injured persons, and when operated by a fully qualified person who is a member of a volunteer rescue service or a volunteer fire department, and who is on duty pursuant to the rules or directives of that s~rvice. The Ohio Fire Marshal shall be designated by the Ohio Director of Highway Safety as the certifying agency for all public safety vehicles described in this subsection (c); (d) Vehicles used by fire departments, including motor vehicles when used by volunteer firement responding to emergency calls in the fire department service when identified as required by the Ohio Director of Highway Safety. Any vehicle used to transport or provide emergency medical service to an ill or injured person, when certified as a public safety vehicle, shall be considered a public safety vehicle when transporting an ill or injured person to a hospital regardless or whether such vehicle has already passed a hospital. (ORC 4511.01(E))