Ordinances

509.09 Curfew Hours for Minors (Under the Age of 18)

1. Definitions. In this section:
   1. “Curfew hours” means:
      1. 11:00 p.m. on any Sunday, Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday or Thursday until 6:00 a.m. of the following day; and
      2. 12:01 a.m. until 6:00 a.m. on any Saturday or Sunday.
   2. “Emergency” means an unforeseen combination of circumstances or the resulting state that calls for immediate action. The term includes, but is not limited to, a fire, a natural disaster or automobile accident, or any situation requiring immediate action to prevent serious bodily injury or loss of life.
   3. “Establishment” means any privately-owned place of business operated for a profit to which the public is invited, including but not limited to any place of amusement or entertainment.
   4. “Guardian” means:
      1. A person who, under court order, is the guardian of the person of a minor; or
      2. A public or private agency with whom a minor has been placed by a court.
   5. “Minor” means any person under eighteen years of age.
   6. “Operator” means any individual, firm, association, partnership, or corporation operating, managing or conducting any establishment. The term includes the members or partners of an association or partnership and the officers of a corporation.
   7. “Parent” means a person who is:
      1. A natural parent, adoptive parent or step-parent of another person; or
      2. At least eighteen years of age and authorized by a parent or guardian to have the care and custody of a minor.
   8. “Public place” means any place to which the public or a substantial group of the public has access and includes, but is not limited to, streets, highways, and the common areas of schools, hospitals, apartment houses, office buildings, transport facilities and shops.
   9. “Remain” means to:
      1. Linger or stay; or:
      2. Fail to leave premises when requested to do so by a police officer or the owner, operator or other person in control of the premises.
   10. “Serious bodily injury” means bodily injury that creates a substantial risk of death or that causes death, serious permanent disfigurement or protracted loss or impairment of the function of any bodily member or organ.
2. Offense
   1. A minor commits an offense: if he remains in any public place or on the premises of any establishment within the Municipality during curfew hours.
   2. A parent or guardian of a minor commits an offense if he knowingly permits, or by insufficient control allows, the minor to remain in any public place or on the premises of any establishment within the Municipal during curfew hours.
   3. The owner, operator or any employee of an establishment commits an offense if he knowingly allows a minor to remain upon the premises of the establishment during curfew hours.
3. Defenses.
   1. It is a defense to prosecution under subsection (b) hereof that the minor was.
      1. Accompanied by the minor’s parent or guardians:
4. Enforcement. Before taking any enforcement action under this section, a police officer shall ask the apparent offender’s age and reason for being in the public place. The officer shall not issue a citation or make an arrest under this section unless the officer reasonably believes that an offense has occurred and that, based on any response and other circumstances, no defense in subsection (c) hereof is present.
   2. It is a defense to prosecution under subsection (b)(3) hereof that the owner, operator or employee of an establishment promptly notified the Police Department that a minor was present on the premises of the establishment during curfew hours and refused to leave.
      2. On an errand at the direction of the minor’s parent or guardian, without any detour or stop;
      3. In a motor vehicle involved in interstate travel:
      4. Engaged in an employment activity, or going to or returning home from an employment activity, without any detour or stop;
      5. Involved in an emergency;
      6. On the sidewalk abutting the minor’s residence or abutting the residence of a next-door neighbor if the neighbor did not complain to the Police Department about the minor’s presence;
      7. Attending an official school, religious or other recreational activity supervised by adults and sponsored by the Municipality, a civic organization, or another similar entity that takes responsibility for the minor, or going to or returning home from, without any detour or stop, an official school, religious or other recreational activity supervised by adults and sponsored by the Municipality, a civic organization, or another similar entity that takes responsibility for the minor.
      8. Exercising First Amendment rights protected by the United States Constitution, such as the free exercise of religion, freedom of speech, and the right of assembly; or
      9. Married or had been married.
5. Penalty. Whoever violates a provision of this section is guilty of a minor misdemeanor. A person who violates a provision of this section is guilty of a separate offense for each day or part of a day during which the violation is committed, continued or permitted.

(Ord. 1998-42. Passed 9-14-98.)

549.16 Discharging Fireworks Prohibited

“Fireworks” means any composition or device prepared for the purpose of producing a visible or audible effect by combustion, deflagration or detonation except ordinary matches and except as provided in Section 1519.05.

1. No person shall discharge fireworks in the City of Wickliffe unless that person is a licensed exhibitor of fireworks.
2. Whoever violates subsection (a) of this section is guilty of a minor misdemeanor on the first offense and a fourth-degree misdemeanor on each subsequent offense.

373.10 Motorized Bicycle Operation, Equipment & License

1. No person shall operate a motorized bicycle upon any street or highway or any public or private property used by the public for purposes of vehicular travel or parking, unless all of the following conditions are met:
   1. The person is fourteen (14) or fifteen (15) years of age and holds a valid probationary motorized bicycle license issued after the person has passed the test provided for in Ohio R.C. 4511.521, or the person is sixteen (16) years of age or older and holds either a valid commercial driver’s license under Ohio R.C. Chapter 4506, or a driver’s license issued under Ohio R.C. Chapter 4507, or a valid motorized bicycle license issued after the person has passed the test provided for in Ohio R.C. 4511.521, except that if a person is sixteen (16) years of age, has a valid probationary motorized bicycle license and desires a motorized bicycle license, the person is not required to comply with the testing requirements provided for in Ohio R.C. 4511.521;
   2. The motorized bicycle is equipped in accordance with rules adopted by the Ohio Director of Public Safety and is in proper working order;
   3. The person, if under eighteen (18) years of age, is wearing a protective helmet on the person’s head with the chin strap properly fastened, and the motorized bicycle is equipped with a rear-view mirror;
   4. The person operates the motorized bicycle when practicable within three feet of the right edge of the roadway obeying all traffic rules applicable to vehicles; and
   5. The motorized bicycle displays on the rear of such bicycle the current license plate or validation sticker furnished by the Ohio Director of Public Safety under Ohio R.C. 4503.191.
2. No person operating a motorized bicycle shall carry another person upon the motorized bicycle.
3. Each probationary motorized bicycle license or motorized bicycle license shall be laminated with a transparent plastic material.
4. Whoever violates this section is guilty of a minor misdemeanor.

(ORC 4511.521)

509.12 Noise Disturbance Prohibited

1. It shall be unlawful for any person to operate any tools or equipment which create a sound disturbing to a person of normal sensibilities between the hours of 9:30pm and 7:00am and before 8:30am on Sunday.
2. It shall be unlawful for any person to engage in the loading or unloading of equipment or materials, refuse containers or other similar objects or devices or to operate any devices or machinery between the hours of 9:30pm and 7:00am in such manner that the activity creates unreasonable noise or disturbance within one hundred feet of any residential property.
3. This section does not apply to:
   1. Equipment used for the removal of snow.
   2. Any activity which results from an emergency condition.
   3. Any activity engaged in by the City of Wickliffe or any other governmental agency or the lawfully authorized contractors or subcontractors of the city or any other governmental agency.
4. Any violation of the provisions of this section is a minor misdemeanor and each violation constitutes a separate offense.

(Ord. 1997-12. Passed 6-9-97.)

951.01 Use of Parks; Refreshments; Identification Cards

1. Parks in this City are constructed and maintained for the use of the public at large, and shall be open daily to all residents on absolutely equal terms and none shall be given special privileges therein, or be permitted to make use of them for any purpose not practically common to all and in consonance with the proper use of the park.
2. (b) The City reserves the exclusive right and privilege to sell or cause to be sold any food, souvenirs or refreshments, other than those containing alcohol, in any of its parks. Upon appropriate action of Council and only after competitive bidding, the City may award concession contracts for the sale of food, souvenirs or refreshments.
   (Ord. 1956-11. Passed 10-22-56.)
3. Attended recreational facilities within parks in the City shall be available to residents of the City at no charge upon the presentation of identification cards which shall be provided to residents by the Recreation Director upon the presentation of suitable identification for a fee of one dollar ($1.00). Recreational facilities shall be available to nonresidents upon the payment of a user’s fee to be determined by the Director. A schedule of such fees shall be posted at each recreational facility.
   (Ord. 1986-24. Passed 6-9-86.)

951.02 Commercial Vehicles in Parks

Heavily laden vehicles or vehicles carrying or ordinarily used in carrying merchandise, goods, tools, material or rubbish, market wagons, milk wagons, dirt carts, moving vans, drays or trucks, except such as may be used in the park service or such as may be authorized, in writing by the Director of Public Service or his nominee, are prohibited from passing over the driveways in any of the parks. The Director of Public Service or his nominee may grant permission for vehicles carrying passengers only, and vehicles carrying materials to buildings on the parkways and adjacent thereto to use park roadways when no other driveways or roadways are accessible or passable, if found necessary.

Nothing contained in this section shall be held or construed to prohibit the established right of travel or occupancy of any of the public streets or avenues running through or around any of the parks.

(Ord. 1956-11. Passed 10-22-56.)

951.03 Removal or Destruction of Property

No person shall remove, destroy, break, injure, mutilate or deface in any way any structure, monument, statue, vase, fountain, table, bench, wall, fence, railing, vehicle, flower, building or other structure or property in any park or parkway, and no person, other than an employee of the parks, shall bring into any of the parks, or have in his possession while therein, any tree, shrub or plant or any newly plucked branch or leaf of a tree, shrub or plant, except with the written permission of the Director of Public Service.

(Ord. 1956-11. Passed 10-22-56.)

951.04 Peddlers & Solicitors

Solicitors, agents, fakirs, peddlers, mendicants, strolling musicians, organ grinders, exhorters and showmen are prohibited from plying their several vocations within the park limits.

(Ord. 1956-11. Passed 10-22-56.)

951.05 Disorderly Conduct

Sleeping or protracted lounging on the seats of benches, loud, boisterous, threatening or abusive, insulting or indecent language, or disorderly conduct or behavior or any act tending to be a breach of public peace is prohibited.

(Ord. 1956-11. Passed 10-22-56.)

951.06 Permits Subject to Rules & Regulations

All permits issued by the Director of Public Service shall be subject to the park rules and regulations and City ordinances, and persons to whom the permits are issued shall be bound by the rules, regulations and ordinances, as fully as though the same were inserted in the permits, except if the permit provides otherwise.

(Ord. 1956-11. Passed 10-22-56.)

951.07 Parking Windshield Sticker; Nonresident Parking Fee (Repealed)

(EDITOR’S NOTE: Former Section 951.07 was repealed by Ordinance 2009-33.)

951.08 Prohibited Conduct

No person, while on the grounds of any City park shall:

1. Commit any disorderly or immoral act, appear in improper dress, utter loud or indecent language, or conduct himself in a noisy, boisterous, rude, insulting or other manner by either word or act toward any other person.
2. Be allowed to enter or remain in, or be found in an intoxicated condition in a park; take into a park any intoxicating liquor either for sale to others or for his own use or the use of others; sell, give away or dispose of any intoxicating liquor; have any alcoholic beverage in his possession.
3. (Throw stones, sticks, cans or bottles, or play golf or hit golf balls, or throw or hit any other dangerous object.
4. Throw or cause to be thrown any object on any ice skating pond or pond.
5. Write, paint, carve or deface in any manner any tree, bench or structure, or injure any tree, plant, grass, flower or structure.
6. Gamble or play any game of chance.
7. Publicly solicit subscriptions or beg.
8. Wash, clean or polish any automobile or other vehicle.
9. Throw or leave any refuse or garbage in any other place than in the receptacles provided therefor.
10. (EDITOR’S NOTE: Former subsection (j) was repealed by Ordinance 2008-08.)
11. Ride or drive any vehicle at a rate of speed exceeding fifteen miles per hour.
12. Fail or refuse to comply with any lawful order or direction of any public officer.
13. Drive or ride a motorcycle, mini-bike, snowmobile or any other motor-driven vehicle.
14. Tie a horse to a tree.
15. Climb any tree or walk, stand or sit upon any monument, vase, fountain, railing or fence.
16. Sound any whistle.
17. Injure, deface or destroy any notice of the rules and regulations governing the parks which have been posted or permanently fixed by order or permission of the Director of Public Service.

(Ord. 1984-14. Passed 4-9-84.)

951.09 Acts Requiring Director’s Prior Approval

No person or organization while on the grounds of any City park, unless prior permission has been obtained from the Director of Public Service or his designee, shall:

1. Post or display any sign, banner or advertisement, or offer anything for sale.
2. Hold any public meeting or gathering or engage in any marching or driving as a member of a military, political or other organization, or deliver any public speech, or use a speaker’s rostrum or stand.
3. Obstruct in any way any roadway or path, enter or leave City parks except at the established exits and entrances, or park any vehicle after sundown or before sunup, except when using park facilities in accordance with regulations governing the use of such facilities.
4. Discharge any firearms or fireworks, or ignite or burn any sparkler.
5. Hold any picnic at a place not designated for that purpose, or play baseball or any other game at a place not designated for that purpose.
6. Enter any place where a no admittance sign has been posted.
7. Build any fire, except at places provided for that purpose.
8. Carry any shrub, flower, firearm, slingshot, axe, saw, shovel or spade into such park. (Ord. 1964-62. Passed 7-13-64.)
9. (EDITOR’S NOTE: Former subsection (i) was repealed by Ordinance 2008-08.)
10. Hold, conduct or present any musical, theatrical or other entertainment.
11. Be in a parade or procession.
12. Distribute any circular, handbill, card or other written or printed matter.

(Ord. 1956-11. Passed 10-22-56.)

951.10 Closing Hours

All City parks shall be open during such hours as may be determined by the Safety Director and Director of Public Service. Notice of the opening and closing hours shall be conspicuously posted at the entrances of each City park and no person shall remain within the parks while closed unless given specific written permission by the Director of Public Service.

(Ord. 2005-88. Passed 12-12-05.)

951.11 Renaming Certain Parks

1. The present recreational park now known as Twin Lakes Park is hereby renamed and shall be known as Louis R. Orlando Park.
   (Ord. 1978-84. Passed 11-13-78.)
2. The present recreational park now known as Ridgewick Park is hereby renamed and shall be known as Fielding Featherston III Park.
   (Ord. 1978-85. Passed 11-13-78.)
3. The recreational park presently known as Civic Park is hereby renamed and shall be known as Levi Lane Park.(Ord. 2000-47. Passed 11-13-00.)

951.12 Animal Control

1. No person shall bring, have, keep, or leave any animal in the park areas of the City, except dogs, which shall be restrained by a leash in such a manner as to be under a person’s control at all times. Dogs will only be permitted in the park areas designated as a park walkway, path or sidewalk.
2. The owner or person in control of any dog shall dispose of any fecal matter left by his/her dog.
3. No person shall permit any dog to run at large.
   (Ord. 2008-08. Passed 4-14-08.)

951.13 Protection of Animals; Hunting & Fishing

1. No person shall hunt, capture, take, trap or in any other way abuse, molest, injure, pursue or destroy any animal, other than by fishing, without a permit from the Director of Public Service or his/her designee.
2. No person shall move, injure, or destroy any bird nest, egg, or any animal habitation.

951.99 Penalty

Whoever violates any provision of this chapter shall be fined not more than one hundred fifty dollars ($150.00).

(Ord. 2005-88. Passed 12-12-05.)

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351.01 Police May Remove Unattended Vehicle Which Obstructs Traffic

Whenever any police officer finds a vehicle unattended upon any street, bridge or causeway, or in any tunnel, where such vehicle constitutes an obstruction to traffic, such officer may provide for the removal of such vehicle to the nearest garage or other place of safety. (ORC 4511.67)

351.02 Registered Owner Prima-Facie Liable for Unlawful Parking

In any hearing on a charge of illegally parking a motor vehicle, testimony that a vehicle bearing a certain license plate was found unlawfully parked as prohibited by the provisions of this Traffic Code, and further testimony that the record of the Ohio Registrar of Motor Vehicles shows that the license plate was issued to the defendant, shall be prima-facie evidence that the vehicle which was unlawfully parked, was so parked by the defendant. A certified registration copy, showing such fact, from the Registrar shall be proof of such ownership.

351.03 Prohibited Standing or Parking Places

No person shall stand or park a vehicle, except when necessary to avoid conflict with other traffic or to comply with the provisions of this Traffic Code, or while obeying the directions of a police officer or a traffic control device, in any of the following places:

1. On a sidewalk, curb or street lawn area, except a bicycle;
2. In front of or within six feet of a public or private driveway;
3. Within an intersection;
4. On the side of a street on which fire hydrants are placed;
5. On a crosswalk;
6. Within twenty feet of a crosswalk at an intersection;
7. Within thirty feet of, and upon the approach to, any flashing beacon, stop sign or traffic control device;
8. Between a safety zone and the adjacent curb or within thirty feet of points on the curb immediately opposite the end of a safety zone, unless a different length is indicated by a traffic control device;
9. Within fifty feet of the nearest rail of a railroad crossing;
10. Within twenty feet of a driveway entrance to any fire station and, on the side of the street opposite the entrance to any fire station, within seventy-five feet of the entrance when it is properly posted with signs;
11. Alongside or opposite any street excavation or obstruction when such standing or parking would obstruct traffic;
12. Alongside any vehicle stopped or parked at the edge or curb of a street;
13. Upon any bridge or other elevated structure upon a street, or within a street tunnel;
14. At any place where signs prohibit stopping, standing or parking, or where the curbing or street is painted yellow, or at any place in excess of the maximum time limited by signs;
15. Within one foot of another parked vehicle;
16. On the roadway portion of a freeway, expressway or thruway. (ORC 4511. 68)
17. Within fifty feet of any hazardous or congested place, when such standing, stopping or parking would increase such hazard;
18. Within 100 feet of any school building or playground, when such standing, stopping or parking would cause a hazardous condition;
19. City property, unless otherwise specified;
20. At or upon any vacant parcel of land.

(Ord. 1983-29. Passed 4-11-83; Ord. 1991-4. Passed 4-8-91.)

351.04 Parking near Curb; Handicapped Locations on Public & Private Lots & Garages

1. Every vehicle stopped or parked upon a roadway where there is an adjacent curb shall be stopped or parked with the curb side wheels of the vehicle parallel with and not more than twelve inches from the curb, unless it is impossible to approach so close to the curb; in such case the stop shall be as close to the curb as possible and only for the time necessary to discharge and receive passengers or to load or unload merchandise.
2. This subsection does not apply to streets or parts thereof where angle parking is lawfully permitted.  However, no angle parking shall be permitted on a State Route unless an unoccupied roadway width of not less than twenty-five feet is available for free-moving traffic.
3. (1) Except as provided in subsection (c)(2) hereof, no vehicle shall be stopped or parked on a road or highway with the vehicle facing in a direction other than the direction of travel on that side of the road or highway.
   2. The operator of a motorcycle may back the motorcycle into an angled parking space so that when the motorcycle is parked it is facing in a direction other than the direction of travel on the side of the road or highway.
4. Notwithstanding any provision of this Code or any rule, air compressors, tractors, trucks and other equipment, while being used in the construction, reconstruction, installation, repair or removal of facilities near, on, over or under a street, may stop, stand or park where necessary in order to perform such work, provided a flagperson is on duty, or warning signs or lights are displayed as may be prescribed by the Ohio Director of Transportation.
5. Special parking locations and privileges for persons with disabilities that limit or impair the ability to walk, also known as handicapped parking spaces or disability parking spaces shall be provided and designated by the Municipality and all agencies and instrumentalities thereof at all offices and facilities, where parking is provided, whether owned, rented or leased, and at all publicly owned parking garages.  The locations shall be designated through the posting of an elevated sign, whether permanently affixed or movable, imprinted with the international symbol of access and shall be reasonably close to exits, entrances, elevators and ramps.  All elevated signs posted in accordance with this subsection and Ohio R.C. 3781.111 (C) shall be mounted on a fixed or movable post, and the distance from the ground to the top edge of the sign shall measure five feet.  If a new sign or a replacement sign designating a special parking location is posted on or after October 14, 1999, there also shall be affixed upon the surface of that sign or affixed next to the designating sign a notice that states the fine applicable for the offense of parking a motor vehicle in the special designated parking location if the motor vehicle is not legally entitled to be parked in that location.
6. (1) No person shall stop, stand or park any motor vehicle at special parking locations provided under subsection (e) hereof, or at special clearly marked parking locations provided in or on privately owned parking lots, parking garages, or other parking areas and designated in accordance with subsection (e) hereof, unless one of the following applies:
   1. The motor vehicle is being operated by or for the transport of a person with a disability that limits or impairs the ability to walk and is displaying a valid removable windshield placard or special license plates;
   2. The motor vehicle is being operated by or for the transport of a handicapped person and is displaying a parking card or special handicapped license plates.
      2. Any motor vehicle that is parked in a special marked parking location in violation of subsection (f)(1) of this section may be towed or otherwise removed from the parking location by the Police Department.  A motor vehicle that is so towed or removed shall not be released to its owner until the owner presents proof of ownership of the motor vehicle and pays all towing and storage fees normally imposed by the Municipality for towing and storing motor vehicles.  If the motor vehicle is a leased vehicle, it shall not be released to the lessee until the lessee presents proof that that person is the lessee of the motor vehicle and pays all towing and storage fees normally imposed by the Municipality for towing and storing motor vehicles.
      3. If a person is charged with a violation of subsection (f)(1) of this section, it is an affirmative defense to the charge that the person suffered an injury not more than seventy-two hours prior to the time the person was issued the ticket or citation and that, because of the injury, the person meets at least one of the criteria contained in Ohio R.C. 4503.44(A)(1).
7. When a motor vehicle is being operated by or for the transport of a person with a disability that limits or impairs the ability to walk and is displaying a removable windshield placard or a temporary removable windshield placard or special license plates, or when a motor vehicle is being operated by or for the transport of a handicapped person and is displaying a parking card or special handicapped license plates, the motor vehicle shall be permitted to park for a period of two hours in excess of the legal parking period permitted by local authorities, except where local ordinances or police rules provide otherwise or where the vehicle is parked in such a manner as to be clearly a traffic hazard.
8. As used in this section:
   1. “Handicapped person” means any person who has lost the use of one or both legs, or one or both arms, who is blind, deaf or so severely handicapped as to be unable to move without the aid of crutches or a wheelchair, or whose mobility is restricted by a permanent cardiovascular, pulmonary or other handicapping condition.
   2. “Person with a disability that limits or impairs the ability to walk” has the same meaning as in Ohio R.C. 4503.44.
   3. “Special license plates” and “removable windshield placard” mean any license plates or removable windshield placard or temporary removable windshield placard issued under Ohio R.C. 4503.41 or 4503.44, and also mean any substantially similar license plates or removable windshield placard or temporary removable windshield placard issued by a state, district, country or sovereignty.

(ORC 4511.69)

351.05 Manner of Angle Parking

Upon streets where angle parking is permitted, no person shall stop, stand or park a vehicle other than at the angle to the curb or edge of the roadway as is indicated by appropriate signs or markings.

351.06 Selling, Washing or Repairing Vehicle upon Roadway

No person shall stop, stand or park a vehicle upon any roadway for the principal purpose of:

1. Displaying such vehicle for sale;
2. Washing, greasing or repairing such vehicle except repairs necessitated by an emergency.

351.07 Unattended Vehicle: Duty to Stop Engine, Remove Key, Set Brake & Turn Wheels

No person driving or in charge of a motor vehicle shall permit it to stand unattended without first stopping the engine, locking the ignition, removing the key from the ignition, effectively setting the parking brake, and, when the motor vehicle is standing upon any grade, turning the front wheels to the curb or side of the highway.

The requirements of this section relating to the stopping of the engine, locking of the ignition and removing the key from the ignition of a motor vehicle shall not apply to an emergency vehicle or a public safety vehicle.

(ORC 4511.661)

351.08 Opening Vehicle Door on Traffic Side

No person shall open the door of a vehicle on the side available to moving traffic unless and until it is reasonably safe to do so, and can be done without interfering with the movement of other traffic, nor shall any person leave a door open on the side of a vehicle available to moving traffic for a period of time longer than necessary to load or unload passengers.

(ORC 4511.70(C))

351.09 Truck & Passenger Loading Zones

1. No operator of a vehicle shall stop, stand or park a vehicle for a period of time longer than is necessary for the expeditious loading or unloading of passengers in any place marked as a passenger zone.
2. No operator of a vehicle shall stop, stand or park a vehicle for a period of time longer than is necessary for the unloading and delivery or pick up and loading of materials, in any place marked as a loading zone.  In no case shall the stop for loading and for unloading of materials exceed thirty minutes.

351.10 Bus Stops & Taxicab Stands

1. No person shall stop, stand or park a vehicle other than a bus in a bus stop, or other than a taxicab in a taxicab stand when any such stop or stand has been officially designated and appropriately posted, except that the driver of a passenger vehicle may temporarily stop therein for the purpose of and while actually engaged in loading or unloading passengers when such stopping does not interfere with any bus or taxicab waiting to enter or about to enter such zone, and then only for a period not to exceed three minutes, if such stopping is not prohibited therein by posted signs.
2. The operator of a bus shall not stop, stand or park such vehicle upon any street at any place for the purpose of loading or unloading passengers or their baggage other than at a bus stop so designated and posted as such, except in case of an emergency.
3. The operator of a bus shall enter a bus stop on a public street in such a manner that the bus when stopped to load or unload passengers or baggage shall be in a position with the right front wheel of such vehicle not further than eighteen inches from the curb and the bus approximately parallel to the curb so as not to unduly impede the movement of other vehicular traffic.
4. The operator of a taxicab shall not stand or park such vehicle upon any street at any place other than in a taxicab stand so designated and posted as such.  This provision shall not prevent the operator of a taxicab from temporarily stopping in accordance with other stopping or parking provisions at any place for the purpose of and while actually engaged in the expeditious loading or unloading of passengers.

351.11 Parking in Alleys & Narrow Streets; Exceptions

No person shall stop, stand or park any vehicle upon a street, other than an alley, in such a manner or under such conditions as to leave available less than ten feet of the width of the roadway for free movement of vehicular traffic, except that a driver may stop temporarily during the actual loading or unloading of passengers or when directed to by a police officer or traffic control signal.

Except as otherwise provided by law, no person shall stop, stand or park a vehicle within an alley except while actually loading and unloading, and then only for a period not to exceed thirty minutes.

351.12 Prohibition Against Parking on Streets or Highways

Upon any street or highway outside a business or residence district, no person shall stop, park or leave standing any vehicle, whether attended or unattended, upon the paved or main traveled part of the street or highway if it is practicable to stop, park or so leave such vehicle off the paved or main traveled part of such street or highway.  In every event, a clear and unobstructed portion of the street or highway opposite such standing vehicle shall be left for the free passage of other vehicles, and a clear view of such stopped vehicle shall be available from a distance of 200 feet in each direction upon such street or highway.

This section does not apply to the driver of any vehicle which is disabled while on the paved or improved or main traveled portion of a street or highway in such manner and to such extent that it is impossible to avoid stopping and temporarily leaving the disabled vehicle in such position.

(ORC 4511.66)

351.13 No All Night Parking

No person shall park any vehicle on any street or highway in the City between 2:00am and 5:00am.

(Ord. 2003-39. Passed 6-23-03).

351.14 Parking Prohibited on Euclid Avenue

No person shall stand or park a vehicle upon Euclid Avenue any time throughout the day or night.

(Ord. 1968-85. Passed 12-23-68.)

351.15 Demonstration of Vehicles; Advertising

No person shall park or drive any vehicle on any street solely for the purpose of demonstrating the vehicle, or demonstrating any article for sale, or for advertising purposes.

(Ord. 1941-20. Passed 8-27-41).

351.16 Parking in Front Yards

(EDITOR’S NOTE:  Former Section 351.16 was repealed by Ordinance 1996-2, passed April 22, 1996.)

351.17 Abandoned Vehicles

1. No person, being the owner, lessee, agent or tenant having charge of lots or lands within the Municipality, shall park, store or leave or permit to be parked, stored or left upon such lots or lands, any abandoned vehicle.
2. As used in this section, “abandoned vehicle” means any vehicle as defined in Ohio R.C. 4501.01 which is dismantled, inoperative or unlicensed, parked, stored or left on any lots or lands in the Municipality for a period of more than ten days, unless it is kept in a completely enclosed building or garage.
3. When the Chief of Police ascertains that an abandoned vehicle is parked, stored or left upon lots or lands within the Municipality, he shall cause written notice and demand to be served upon the owner, lessee, agent or tenant having charge of such lots or lands that such vehicle shall be removed from such premises within five days after the service of such notice.  If the owner, or other person having charge of the lands is a nonresident whose address is known, the notice shall be sent to his address by registered mail.  If the address of the owner is unknown, it shall be sufficient to publish the notice once in a newspaper of general circulation in Lake County, Ohio.  Any police officer of the Municipality may make service and return of the notice provided for in this section.
4. The five-day period as prescribed in subsection (c) hereof shall be deemed to commence from the day of the service of notice or the date of publication, if any.  If the person notified shall fail to remove such vehicle within the time prescribed by this section, the Municipality shall remove or cause to be removed such vehicle and dispose of the same according to law.  All expenses and costs of removal and/or disposal shall be charged against the owner of such vehicle or the owner of the lots or lands upon which such vehicle is parked, stored or left or both, and shall be in addition to any fine, cost or penalty for which the owner of such vehicle or the owner of such lots or lands may have become liable.
5. Whoever violates any of the provisions of this section is guilty of a minor misdemeanor. Punishment shall be provided in Section 303.99. A separate offense shall be deemed committed for each successive day a violation continues.

(Ord. 1978-97. Passed 1-22-78.)

351.18 Parking on Posted Private Property

If an owner of private property posts on the property in a conspicuous manner, a prohibition against parking on the property or conditions and regulations under which parking is permitted, no person shall do either of the following:

1. Park a vehicle on the property without the owner’s consent;
2. Park a vehicle on the property in violation of any condition or regulation posted by the owner.

(ORC 4511.681; Ord. 1985-44. Passed 5-28-85.)

351.99 Penalty

1. Whoever violates any provision of this chapter, other than Sections 351.04(e), 351.16 and 351.17, upon execution and filing with the Chief of Police a written instrument waiving the formal issuance of an affidavit and warrant, together with the reading of such affidavit and the right to be present personally at the trial thereof and further waiving the right of appeal and error, and authorizing a plea of guilty to be entered in his behalf, and the defendant submitting to the mercy of the Court, and upon depositing with the Chief of Police the sum of ten dollars ($10.00) within forty-eight hours after such citation, or upon depositing with the Chief of Police the sum of fifteen dollars ($15.00) within seventy-two hours after such citation, may be fined the respective amounts by the Court.

(Ord. 2003-39. Passed 6-23-03.)

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353.01 Definition of Snow Emergency

1. Whenever, during any period of twenty-four hours or less, snow falls in the City or in a section thereof, to a depth of two inches or more, a snow emergency is declared to exist in that such a heavy snow storm constitute a serious public hazard impairing transportation, the movement of food and fuel supplies, medical care, fire, health and police protection and other vital facilities of the City. In such emergency, parking is prohibited on all City streets.
   (Ord. 2003-39. Passed 6-23-03.)
2. Whenever conditions exist such that the removal of snow is hampered, the Director of Public Safety may declare an emergency parking ban effective for the entire City, and in such event parking is prohibited on all City streets. The Safety Director will request area radio and television stations to notify the general public of such Citywide parking ban.
3. Any emergency shall continue until an announcement by the Director of Public Safety that snow plowing operations have been completed.
   (Ord. 1982-5. Passed 1-25-82.)