37-17 Amend Traffic Code to Align with ORC

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or collision, shall forward to the police authority in the municipali- ty in which the accident or collision occurred the same information required to be given to the owner or person in control of the damaged propeliy and give the date, time, and location of the accident or collision. If the accident or collision is with an unoccupied or unattended motor vehicle, the operator who collides with the motor vehicle shall se- curely attach the information required to be given in this section, in writing, to a conspicuous place in or on the unoccupied or unattend- ed motor vehicle. (b) Whoever violates subsection (a) of this section is guilty of failure to stop after a nonpublic road accident, a misdemeanor of the first degree. If the violation results in serious physical harm or death to a person, failure to stop after a nonpublic road accident is a felony and shall be prosecuted under appropriate state Jaw. The court, in addition to any other penalties provided by law, shall impose upon the offender a class five suspension of the offender's driver's license, commercial driver's license, temporary instruction permit, probationary license, or nonresident operating privilege from the range specified in division (A)(5) of Ohio R.C. 4510.02. No judge shall suspend the first six months of sus- pension of an offender's license, permit, or privilege required by this subsection. The offender shall provide the court with proof of financial responsi- bility as defined in Ohio R.C. 4509.01. If the offender fails to pro- vide that proof of financial responsibility, then, in addition to any other penalties provided by -law, the court may order restitution pur- suant to Ohio R.C. 2929.18 or 2929.28 in an amount not exceeding five thousand dollars ($5,000) for any economic loss arising from an accident or collision that was the direct and proximate result of the offender's operation of the motor vehicle before, during or after committing the offense charged under this section. (ORC 4549.021; Ord. 58 -12. Passed 11- 19- 2012.) shall be and hereby is repealed, and new Section 335.13, Stopping After Accident Upon Property Other Than Streets, of the Lakewood Codified Ordinances is enacted to read as follows: 335.13 STOPPING AFTER ACCIDENT UPON PROPERTY OTHER THAN STREET. (a) (1) In the case of a motor vehicle accident or collision re- sulting in injury or damage to persons or property on any public at pri- vate property other than a public road or highway, the operator of the motor vehicle, having knowledge of the accident or collision, shall stop at the scene of the accident or collision. Upon request of any person who is injured or damaged, or any other person, the operator shall give that person the operator's name and address, and, if the operator is not the owner, the name and address of the owner of that motor vehicle, to- gether with the registered number of that motor vehicle, and, if availa- ble, exhibit the operator's driver's or commercial driver's license. (2) If the operator of the motor vehicle involved in the accident or collision does not provide the information specified in subsection (a)(1)