18-16 Amend 331.08 Driving in Marked Lanes

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First reading & referred to the Public Works Committee 2/16/16. SECOND READING 3/7/16. ORDINANCE NO. 18 -16 BY: Anderson, Bullock, Litten, Marx, Nowlin, O'Leary, O'Malley. AN ORDINANCE to take effect immediately provided it receives the affirmative vote of at least five members of Council, or otherwise to take effect at the earliest period allowed by law, amending Section 331.08, Driving in Marked Lanes or Continuous Lines of Traffic, of the Codified Ordinances of the City of Lakewood, and making further pro- vision in order to permit bicyclists to operate bicycles in bus lanes during restricted hours. WHEREAS, Section 331.08 of the Code stands to be updated to regulate the use of bus -only lanes in the City so as to permit bicyclists in those lanes during restricted hours; and WHEREAS, pursuant to the Constitution of the State of Ohio and the Ohio Re- vised Code, municipalities have the power of local self - government; and WHEREAS, pursuant to the Constitution of the State of Ohio and the Ohio Re- vised Code, municipalities have the power to enact laws that are for the health, safety, welfare, comfort and peace of the citizens of the municipality; and WHEREAS, this Council by a vote of at least five of its members determines that this ordinance is an emergency measure and that it shall take effect immediately, 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 it is in the best interest of the City to be able to enforce bus -lane restrictions now that certain lanes in the City are marked for bus -only use during certain hours; now, therefore BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY OF LAKEWOOD, OHIO: Section 1. Section 331.08, Driving in Marked Lanes or Continuous Lines of Traf- fic, of the Lakewood Codified Ordinances, currently reading as follows: 331.08 DRIVING IN MARKED LANES OR CONTINUOUS LINES OF TRAFFIC. (a) Whenever any roadway has been divided into two or more clearly marked lanes for traffic or wherever traffic is lawfully moving in two or more substantially continuous lures in the same direction, the following rules apply: