37-17 Amend Traffic Code to Align with ORC

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funeral hearses, funeral escort vehicles and similar equipment oper- ated by the Department or local authorities, which shall be equipped with and display, when used on a street or highway for the special purpose necessitating such lights, a flashing, oscillating or rotating amber light, but shall not display a flashing, oscillating or rotating light of any other color, nor to vehicles or machinery pernlitted by Section 337.10 to have a flashing red light. (2) When used on a street or highway, farm machinery and vehicles escorting farm machinely may be equipped with and display a flash- ing, oscillating, or rotating amber light, and the prohibition contained in subsection (c)(1) hereof does not apply to such machinely or ve- hicles. Farm machine ly also may display the lights described in Sec- tion 337.10. (d) Except a person operating a public safety vehicle, as defined in Section 301.27 or a school bus, no person shall operate, move or park upon or permit to stand within the right of way of any public street or highway any vehicle.or equipment that is equipped with and displaying a flashing red or a flashing combination red and white light, or an oscillating or rotating red light, or a combination red and white light or rotating light; and except a public law enforcement of- ficer, or other person sworn to enforce the criminal and traffic laws of the State or Municipality, operating a public safety vehicle when on duty, no person shall operate, move or park upon , or permit to stand within the right of way of any street or highway any vehicle or equipment that is equipped with, or upon which is mounted, and dis- playing a flashing blue or a flashing combination blue and white light,, or an oscillating or rotating blue light, or a combination blue and white oscillating or rotating light. (e) This section does not prohibit the use of warning lights re- quired by law or the simultaneous flashing of turn signals on disa- bled vehicles or on vehicles being operated in unfavorable atmos- pheric conditions in order to enhance their visibility. This section al- so does not prohibit the simultaneous flashing of turn signals or warning lights either on faml machinery or vehicles escorting farm machinely, when used on a street or highway. (f) Whoever violates this section is guilty of a minor inisde- meanor. (ORC4513.17; Ord. 36 -10. Passed 7- 19 -10.) shall be and hereby is repealed, and new Section 337.16, Number of Lights; Limitations on Flashing, Oscillating, or Rotating Lights, of the Lakewood Codified Ordinances is en- acted to read as follows: 337.16 NUMBER OF LIGHTS; LIMITATIONS ON FLASHING, OSCILLATING OR ROTATING LIGHTS. (a) Whenever a motor vehicle equipped with headlights also is equipped with any auxiliary lights or spotlight or any other light on the front thereof projecting a beam of an intensity greater than 300 candle power, not more than a total of five of any such lights on the front of a vehicle shall be lighted at any one time when the vehicle is upon a highway.