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t CITY OF NORTH OLMST.ED ORDINANCE NO. 65- ;~0 Page Z 337. 16 NUMBER OF LIGHTS PERMITTED; RED AND FLASHING LIGHTS. (a) Whenever a motor vehicle equipped with headlights is also equipped with any auxiliary lights, or spotlight, or any light on the front thereof pro,~ecting a beam of an intensity greater than three hundred 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 such vehicle is upon a street or highway. (b) Any lighted light or illuminating device upon a motor -~ vehicle, other than headlights, spotlights, signal lights or auxiliary driving lights, which pro,~ect a beam of light of an intensity greater than three hundred candle pc3wer shall be so directed that no part of the beam will strike the level of the roadway on which the vehicle stands at a distance of more than seventy-five feet from the vehicle. (c) No person shall drive or move any vehicle or equipment upon any street or highway with any light or device thereon displaying a red light mounted on the front thereof. This subsection does not apply to emergency vehicles, school buses, traffic line stripers, snow plows, rural mail delivery vehicles, State highway survey vehicles, funeral escort vehicles and si miler equipment operated by the Ohio Department of Highways or local authorities. (d) Flashing lights are prohibited on motor vehicles, except as a means for indicating a right or a left turn, or in the presence of a vehicular traffic hasard requiring unusual care in approaching, or over- taking or passing. This prohibition does not apply to vehicles operating under special permits pursuant to Sections 339.01 and 339. 011, disabled vaht~cles or machinery permitted by Section 337. 10 to have a flashing red light. (ORC 451 ~. 17) Section 2: That this Ordinance is hereby declared to be an emergency measure necessary for the immediate preservation of the Qublic peace, health, safety and welfare by virtue of the fact that Section 337. 16 prior to this ara~endment is in conflict with the provisions of the State Statutes enacted by the 1965 State Legislature, WHEREFORE, this Ordinance shall take effect and be in force immediately upon its passage, otherwise, at the earliest period allowed by law. _ PASSED: r ~ Francis J. C~'Neili, P silent of Council ,ATTEST: T[~ Margaret T. Wcst, Clerk of Council 4PPROV E D: / Y,s•Y~i ~ Yea ph Christman, Mayor f oe%~-~ ~~_~Yes