34-10 Amend Title One, Administration of the Traffic Code

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CHAPTER 303 ENFORCEMENT, IMPOUNDING AND PENALTY 303.01 COMPLIANCE WITH LAWFUL ORDER OF POLICE OFFICER; FLEEING. (RECODIFIED) 303.02 DUTIES OF POLICE AND FIREMEN. (a) It shall be the duty of the Division of Police under the charge of the Mayor, as required by the Charter, to enforce the provisions of this Traffic Code. Officers of the Division of Police are hereby authorized to direct all traffic either in person or by means of visible or audible signal in conformance with the provisions of this Traffic Code, provided that in the event of a fire or other emergency or to expedite traffic or safeguard pedestrians, officers of the Division of Police or Division of Fire may direct traffic, as conditions may require, notwithstanding the provisions of this Traffic Code. (b) Uniformed officers and members of the Fire Department, as shall be designated by the Chief of the Fire Department, may issue citations for violations of Section 351.01(q) in the same manner as exercised by members of the Police Department. (c) No person shall fail to comply with any lawful order or direction of any police officer or fireman issued pursuant to this section. (Ord. 3-81. Passed 1-19-81.) 303.03 OFFICER MAY REMOVE IGNITION KEY. A law enforcement officer may remove the ignition key left in the ignition switch of an unlocked and unattended motor vehicle parked on a street or highway, or any public or private .property used by the public for purposes of vehicular travel or parking. The officer removing such key shall place notification upon the vehicle detailing his name and badge number, the place where such key may be reclaimed and the procedure for reclaiming such key. The key shall be returned to the owner of the motor vehicle upon presentation of proof of ownership. (ORC 4549.05) 303.04 ROAD WORKERS, MOTOR VEHICLES AND EQUIPMENT EXCEPTED. The provisions of this Traffic Code do not apply to persons, teams, motor vehicles and other equipment while actually engaged in work upon the surface of a street or highway within an area designated by traffic control devices, but apply to such persons and vehicles when traveling to or from such work. The drivers of snow plows, traffic line stripers, road sweepers, mowing machines, tar distributing vehicles and other vehicles utilized in snow and ice removal or road surface maintenance, while engaged in work upon a street or highway, provided such vehicles are equipped with flashing .lights and such other markings as are required by law, and such lights are in operation when the vehicles are so engaged shall be exempt from criminal prosecution for violations of Sections 331.01 to 331.04, inclusive, 331.06 20