59-12 Enact 335.074 Driving Under License Forfiture...

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PLACED ON 1ST READING & REFERRED TO THE PUBLIC SAFETY CONAIITTEE 10/15/12. SECOND READING 11/5/12. ORDINANCE NO. 59-12 BY: Anderson, Bullock, Juris, Madigan, Nowlin, Powers, Smith. AN ORDINANCE to take effect innnediately provided it receives the affirmative vote of at least (ive (5) members of Council, or otherwise to take effect at the earliest period allowed b}+ law, enacting Section 335.074, Driving Under License Forfeiture or Child Support Suspension, of the Codified Ordinances of the City of Lakewood to create a new offense in the traffic code. WHEREAS, Rev. Code § 4510.111 bas been enacted by the General Assembly to pro- hibitdriving ~~+hile under a license forfeiture or child support suspension; and WHEREAS, the "Traffic Code within Codified Ordinances, which generally mirrors the state traffic code, stands to be augmented with the creation of similar traffic offenses within the City; and WHEREAS, Article 18, Section 3 of the Constitution of the State of Ohio permits nnr 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 ue 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 immediate 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 behveen the effective date of the state code change and the effective date of the local code change; now, therefore, 6E I'f ORDAINED BY THE CITY OF LAKEWOOD, STATE OF OHIO: SECTION I. Section 335.074, Driving Under License Forfeiture or Child Support Sus- pension, sha(1 be hereby enacted as follows: 335.074 DRIVING UNDER LICF_NSE FORFEITURE OR CIIILD SUPPORT Sl1SPENSION. (a) No person shall operate any motor vehicle upon a high~~+ay or any public or private property used by the public fa• purposes of vehicular travel or parking in this Municipality whose driver's or commercial driver's license has been suspended pursuant to Ohio R.C. 4510.22 for failing to appear iri court or to pay a tine, resulting in license forfeiture. (b) No person shall operate any motor vehicle upon a highway or any public or private property used by the public for purposes of vehicular travel or parking in this Municipality whose driver's or commercial driver's license has been suspended pursuant to Ohio R.C. 3123.58 for being in default in