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CITY OF NORTH OLMSTED ORDINANCE NO. 72-~~.~ ~~ . BY: AN ORDINANCE AMENDING THE TRAFFIC CODE OF THE CITY OF NORTH OLMSTED, OHIO, SECTION 371.02 (CODIFIED ORDINANCES ), ENTITLED, " RIGHT OF WAY OF SLIND PERSON " TO CONFORM TO CHANGES ENACTED BY THE OHIO GENERAL ASSEMBLY, AND DECLARING AN EMERGENCY. WHEREAS, Council has determined that it is in the best interest of the City of North Olmsted that the North Olmsted Traffic Code be reviewed to eliminate any conflicts with provisions of the State Statutes, as enacted by the Ohio General Assembly. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED by the Council of the City of North Olmsted, State of Ohio : Section 1. That Section 371.02, Chapter 371 (Codified Ordinances ~ of the North Olmsted Traffic Code reading as follows ; 371.01 RIGHT OF WAY OF BLIND PERSON The driver of every vehicle shall yield the right of way to every blind pedestrian guided by a guide dog, or carrying in a raised or extended position a white cane or white cane with a red tip. As used in the section "blind person " or b11nd pedestrian " shall mean a person having not more than 20/200 visual acuity in the better eye with correcting lenses or visual acuity greater than 20/200 but with a limitation in the fields of vision such that the widest diameter of the visual field subtends an angle no greater than twenty degrees . No persoh, other than a blind person, while on any public street, highway, alley, or other phblic thoroughfare shall carry in a raised or extended position a white cane or a white cane with a red tip. (ORC 4511.47 ) be and the same is hereby amended to read as follows: 371.02 RIGHT OF WAY OF BLIND PERSON (a) As used in this section "blind person " or "blind pedestrian " means a person having not more than 20/200 visual acuity in the better eye with correcting lenses or visual acuity greater than 20/200 but with a limitation in the fields of vision such that the widest diameter of the visual field subtends an angle no greater than twenty degrees. The driver of every vehirdle shall yield the right of way to every blind pedestrian guided by a guide dog, or carrying a cane which is predominantly white or metallic in color, with or without a red tip. (b) No person, other than a blind person, while on any public high- way, street, alley or other public thoroughfare shall carry a white or metallic cane, with or without a red tip. (ORC 4511.47 )