15-2022 - Amend 335.01 Driver's or Commercial Driver's License Required

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Placed on 1st reading & referred to Public Safety 3/21/22. 2nd reading 4/4/22 Baker, Bullock, Kepple, Litten, ORDINANCE NO. 15-2022 Rader, S ha cline r AN ORDINANCE to take effect immediately provided it receives the affirmative vote of at least five (5) members of Council, or otherwise to take effect and be in force after the earliest period allowed by law, amending Section 335.01, Driver's or Commercial Driver's License Required, of the Codified Ordinances of the City of Lakewood in order update the penalties for violation of this provision to match those established in the Ohio Revised Code. WI -AREAS, it is desired that the penalty for driving without an operator's license in the City of Lakewood be the same as established under State Law; and WHEREAS, amending this section of the Lakewood Codified Ordinance will eliminate any confusion as to the penalty for violation of this section; and WHEREAS, as set forth in Section 2.12 of the Third Amended Charter of the City of Lakewood, this Council by a vote of at least two thirds of its members determines that this ordinance is an emergency measure and that it shall take effect immediately 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 Lakewood's penalty should be the same as established in the Ohio Revised Code; now, therefore BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY OF LAKEWOOD, STATE OF OHIO: Section 1. That Section 335.01, Driver's or Commercial Driver's License Required, of the Codified Ordinances of the City of Lakewood, currently reading as follows: 335.01 DRIVER'S OR COMMERCIAL DRIVER'S LICENSE REQUIRED. (a) (1) No person, except those expressly exempted under Ohio R.C. 4507.03, 4507.04, and 4507.05, shall operate any motor vehicle upon a public road or highway or any public or private property used by the public for purposes of vehicular travel or parking in this Municipality unless the person has a valid driver's license issued under Ohio R.C. Chapter 4507 or a commercial driver's license issued under Ohio R.C. Chapter 4506. (2)- No person, except a person expressly exempted under Ohio R.C. 4507.03, 4507.04, and 4507.05, shall operate any motorcycle upon a public road or highway or any public or private property used by the public for purposes of vehicular travel or parking in this Municipality unless the person has a valid license as a motorcycle operator that was issued upon application by the Registrar of Motor Vehicles under Ohio R.C. Chapter 4507. The license shall be in the form of an endorsement, as determined by the Registrar, upon a driver's or commercial driver's license, if the person has a valid license to operate a motor vehicle or commercial motor vehicle, or in the form of a restricted license as provided in Ohio R.C. 4507.14, if the person does not have a valid license to operate a motor vehicle or commercial motor vehicle.