57-12 Amend 335.06, 335.07, 335.071 Traffic Code

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PLACED ON FZRST READING & REFERRED TO THE PUBLIC SAFETY COMMITTEE 10/15/12. SECOND READING 11/5/12. ORDINANCE NO. 57_12 BY: Anderson, Bullock, Juris, Madigan, Nowlin, Powers, Smith. AN ORDINANCE to take effect immediately provided it receives the affirmative vote of at least five (5) members of Council, or otherwise to take effect at the earliest period allowed by law, amending Section 335.06, Display of License, 335.07, Driving Under Suspension or License Restriction, and Section 335.071, Driviug Under OVI Restriction, of the Codified Ordinances of the City of Lakewood to reflect recent changes in the State traffic code. WHEREAS, the following changes have recently been made the State of Ohio traffic code; and WHEREAS, Article 18, Section 3 of the Constitution of the State of Ohio permits mu- nicipalities to exercise all powers of local self-government and to adopt and enforce within their limits such as local police, sanitary and other regulations as are not in conflict with general laws; and WHEREAS, 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 forth in Article III, Sections 10 and 13 of the Second Amended Charter of the City of Lakewood and that it is necessary for the inunediate preservation of the public property, health, and safety and to provide for the usual daily operation of municipal departments in that the City wishes 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 IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY OF LAKEWOOD, STATE OF OHIO: SECTION 1. Section 335.06, Display of License, currently reading as follows: 335.06 DISPLAY OF LICENSE. (a) The operator of a motor vehicle shall display the operator's driver's license, or furnish satisfactory proof that the operator has a driver's license, upon demand of any peace officer or of any person damaged or injured in any collision in which the licensee may be involved. When a demand is prop- erly made and the operator has the operator's driver's license on or about the operator's person, the operator shall not refuse to display the license. A person's failure to furnish satisfactory evidence that the person is licensed under Ohio R.C. Chapter 4507 when the person does not have the person's license on or about the person's person shall be prima-facie evidence of the person's not having obtained a driver's license. (b) Whoever violates this section is guilty of a misdemeanor of the first de- gree. (ORC 4507.35; Ord. 36-10. Passed 7-19-10.) shall be and is hereby amended as follows: