37-17 Amend Traffic Code to Align with ORC

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of this section, the operator shall give that information, with n tvventy- foun hours after the accident or collision to the Police Department. 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 under subsection (a)(1) of this section, in writing, to a conspicuous place in or on the unoccupied or un- attended motor vehicle. (b) (1) Whoever violates subsection (a) of this section is guilty of failure to stop after a nonpublic road accident. Except as oth- envise provided in subsection (b)(2) or (3) of this section failure to stop after a nonpublic road accident is a misdemeanor of the first degree, 1) If the accident or collision results in serious physical harm to a person, failure to stop after a nonpublic road accident is a felony and shall be prosecuted under appropriate State law. M If the accident or collision results in the death of a person, fail- ure to stop after a non-public road accident is a felony and shall be prose- cuted under appropriate State law. _C4) In all cases, the court, in addition to any other penalties provid- ed by law, shall impose upon the offender a class five suspension of the offender's driver's license, commercial driver's license, temporary in- struction 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 suspension of an offender's license, permit, or privilege required by this subsection. The offender shall provide the court with proof of financial responsibil- ity as defined in Ohio R.C. 4509.01. If the offender fails to provide that proof of financial responsibility, then, in addition to any other penalties provided by law, the court may order restitution pursuant 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) SECTION 9. Section 337,01, Driving Unsafe Vehicles, of the Lakewood Codified Ordinances, currently reading as follows: 337.01 DRIVING UNSAFE VEHICLES. (a) No person shall drive or move, or cause or knowingly permit to be driven or moved, on any street any vehicle or combination of vehicles which is in such unsafe condition as to endanger any person or property. (b) Nothing contained in this chapter shall be construed to prohibit the use of additional parts and accessories on any vehicle not incon- sistent with the provisions of this chapter. (c) The provisions of this chapter with respect to equipment on ve- hicles do not apply to implements of husbandry, road machinery, road rollers or agricultural tractors except as made applicable to such articles of machinery. (d) Except as otherwise provided in this subsection, whoever vio-