53-12 Amend 331.12 U turns restricted

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PLACED ON FIRST READING & REFERRED ~ TO TAE PUBLIC 10/15/12. SECOND READING SAFETY COA7MITTEE 11/5/12. ORDINANCE NO. 53-12 BY; Anderson, Bullock, Juris, Madigan, Nowlin, Powers, Smith. rAN ORDINANCE to take effect immediately provided it receives the affirmative vote of at least live (5) members of Council, or otherwise to take effect at the earliest period allowed by lava, amending Section 331.12, "U" 'Earns Restricted, of the Codified Ordinances of the City of T,akewaod for the purpose of complying with changes to the State of Ohio traffic code. WHEREAS, the following change has recentl}+ been made to the State of Ohio traffic code: and .WHEREAS, Article 18, Section 3 of the Constihrtion of the State of Ohio permits nm- nicipalities to exercise all powers of local sell=government and to adopt and enforce vvithiu their limits such as local police, sanitary and other regulations as are not in ealiliet with general laws; and WIiEREAS, this Council by a vote of at least five (5} of its members determines that this ordinance is an emergency measure and that it shall take effect at the earliest date possible as set Corth in Article lll, Sections 10 aad 13 of the Second Amended Charter of the City of Lakewood and that it is necessary for the inuuecliate preservation of the public property, health, and safety and to provide for the usual Bail}+ operation of nuu~icipal departments in that the City ~~+ishes to close any window of time between the effective date of the state code change and the effective date of the local code change; now, therefore, BE 1'f ORDAINED BY THE CITY Ol^ LAKEWOOD, STATE OF OHIO: SECTION 1. Section 331.12, "U" Turns Restricted, currently reading as follows: SECTION 33 L 12 "i7" TURNS RESTRICTED (a) Except as provided is subsection (b) hereof, no vehicle shall be turned so as to proceed iu the opposite direction upon any curve, or upon the approach to or near the crest of a grade, if the vehicle oaanot be scea within 500 feet by the driver of any other vehicle approaching from either directioD. (b) The driver of an emergency vehicle ar public safety vehicle, when responding to an emergency call, may turn the vehicle so as to pro- ceed in the opposite direction. This subsection applies only when the emergency vehicle or public safety vehicle is responding to an emergency call, is equipped with and displaying at least one flash- ing, rotating or oscillating light visible under normal atmospheric conditions from a distance of 500 feet to the fi•out of the vehicle, and when the driver of the vehicle is giving an audible signal by si- ren, exhaust whistle or bell This subsection does not relieve the driver of an emergency vehicle or public safety vehicle fi•om the