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PLACED ON FIRST READING & _.
<br />REFERRED TO THE PUBLIC SAFETY
<br />COMMITTEE 10/15/12.
<br />PLACED ON SECOND READING 11/5/12.
<br />ORDINANCE NO. 51-12 BZ'~ Anderson, Bullock, Juris, Madigan,
<br />Nowlin, Powers, Smith.
<br />AN ORDINANCE to take effect immediately provided it receives the affirmative vote of
<br />at least five (5) members of Council, or otherwise to take effect at the earliest period allowed by
<br />law, amending Section 303.041, Emergency, Public Safety and Coroner's Vehicles Exempt, of
<br />the Codified Ordinances of the City of Lakewood for the purpose of complying with changes to
<br />the State of Ohio traffic code.
<br />WHEREAS, Ohio Revised Code Section 4511.15 was repealed on Apri120, 2012; and
<br />WHEREAS, Article 18, Section 3 of the Constitution of the State of Ohio permits nnr
<br />nicipalities to exercise all powers of local self-government and to adopt and enforce within their
<br />limits such as local police, sanitar}= and other regulations as are not in conflict with general laws;
<br />and
<br />WHEREAS, this Council by a vote of at least five (5) of its members determines that this
<br />ordinance is an emergency measure and that it shall take effect at the earliest date possible as set
<br />forth in Article III, Sections 10 and 13 of the Second Amended Charter of the City of Lakewood
<br />and that it is necessar}= for the immediate preservation of the public propert}=, health, and safety
<br />and to provide for the usual daily operation of municipal departments in that the City wishes to
<br />close any window of time between the effective date of the state code change and the effective
<br />date of the local code change; now, therefore,
<br />BE IT ORDAINED BY'I'HE CffY OF LAKEWOOD, STATE OP OHIO:
<br />SECTION 1. Section 303.041, Intersections, Emergency, Public Safety and Coroner's
<br />Vehicles Exempt, currently reading as follows:
<br />303.041 EMERGENCY, PUBLIC SAFETY AND CORONER'S VEHICLES
<br />F_XEMPT.
<br />(a) Ohio R.C. 4511.12, 4511.13, 4511.131, 4511.132, 4511.14, 4511.15,
<br />4511.202, 4511.21, 4511.211, 4511.22, 4511.23, 4511.25, 4511.26, 4511.27,
<br />4511.28, 4511.29, 4511.30, 4511.31, 4511.32, 4511.33, 4511.34, 4511.35,
<br />4511.36, 4511.37, 4511.38, 4511.39, 4511.40, 4511.41, 4511.42, 45] 1.43,
<br />4511.431, 4511.432, 4511.44, 4511.441, 4511.57, 4511.58, 4511.59, 4511.60,
<br />4511.61, 4511.62, 4511.66, 4511.68, 4511.681 and 4511.69 and all sections of
<br />this Traffic Code or other municipal ordinances that are substantially equivalent to
<br />the sections listed above, do not apply to the driver of an emergency vehicle or
<br />public safety vehicle if the emergency vehicle or public safety vehicle is respond-
<br />ing to au emergency call, is equipped with and displaying at least one flashing, ro-
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