37-17 Amend Traffic Code to Align with ORC

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Read & Referred to the Public SAfety Committee 11/6/17. Second Read'll /20/17. ORDINANCE NO.X1ix 97 -17 BY: Anderson, Bullock, George, Litten O'Leary, O'Malley, Rader AN ORDINANCE to take effect iumrediately provided it receives the affirmative vote of at least five members of Council, or otherwise to take effect at the earliest period allowed by law, aniending various sections within Part Three, Traffic Code, of the Codi- fied Ordinances of the City of Lakewood, to reflect recent changes in the state traffic code. WHEREAS, the following changes have recently been made in the State of Ohio traffic code; and WHEREAS, Article 18, Section 3 of the Constitution of the State of Ohio permits municipalities 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 of its members determines that this ordinance is an emergency measure and that it shall take effect immediately, as set forth in Article II1, 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 it is in the City wishes to close any window of time where the local code and State code are not in harmony; now, therefore BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY OF LAKEWOOD, OHIO: SECTION 1. Section 301.161 Highway Traffic Signal, of the Lakewood Codified Ordinances, currently reading as follows: 301.161 HIGHWAY TRAFFIC SIGNAL. "Highway traffic signal" means a power - operated traffic control device by which traffic is warned or directed to take some specific action, "Highway traffic signal" does not include a power - operated sign, stead- ily illuminated pavement markers, warning light, or steady burning electric lamp. (ORC 4511.01(NR&4)) shall be and hereby is repealed, and new Section 301.161, Maintenance Vehicle, of the Lakewood Codified Ordinances is enacted to read as follows: 301.161 HIGHWAY MAINTENANCE VEHICLE.