60-12 Amend 337.22, 337.225, 337.33 Vehicle Requirements

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PLACED ON 1ST READING & REFERRED TO THE PUBLIC SAFETY COMMITTEE 10/15/12. SECOND READING 11/5/12. ORDINANCE NO. 60-12 BY: Anderson, Bullock, Juris, Madigan, Nowlin, Powers, Smith. 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 at the earliest period allowed by law, amending Section 337.22, Windshield and Windshield Wipers; Sign or Poster Thereon, Sec- tion 337.225, Use of Sunscreening and Nontransparent Reflectorized Materials, and Section 337.33, Bumper Heiglrts, of the Codified Ordinances of the City of Lakewood for the purpose of complying with changes to the State of Ohio traffic code. WHEREAS, the following change has recently been made to the State of Ohio traffic code; and WHEREAS, Article 18, Section 3 of the Constitution of the State of Ohio permits mu- nicipalities 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 (5) of its members determines that this ordinance is an emergency measure and that it shall take effect at the earliest date possible as set forth in Article III, 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 the City wishes to close any window of time between the effective date of the state code change and the effective date of the local code change; now, therefore, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY OF LAKEWOOD, STATE OF OHIO: SECTION 1. Section 337.22 Windshield and Windshield Wiper; Sign or Poster Thereon, currently reading as follows: 337.22 WINDSHIELD AND WINDSHIELD WIPER; SIGN OR POSTER THEREON. (a) No person shall drive any motor vehicle on a street or highway, other than a mo- torcycle or motorized bicycle,thatis not equipped with a windshield. (b) No person shall drive any motor vehicle, other than a bus, with any sign, poster or other nontransparent material upon the front windshield, sidewings, side or rear windows of such vehicle other than a certificate or other paper required to be dis- played bylaw, except that there may be in the lower left-hand or right-hand corner of the windshield a sign, poster or decal not to exceed four inches rn height by six inches in width. No sign, poster or decal shall be displayed in the front wind- shield in such a manner as to conceal the vehicle identification nwnber for the motor vehicle when in accordance with federal law, that number is located inside the vehicle passenger compartment and so placed as to be readable tluough the vehicle glazing without moving any part of the vehicle.