| Sec. 737.051. (A) The legislative authority of a city may | 11 |
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establish, by ordinance, an auxiliary police unit within the | 12 |
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police department of the city, and provide for the regulation of | 13 |
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auxiliary police officers. The director of public safety shall be | 14 |
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the executive head of the auxiliary police unit, shall make all | 15 |
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appointments and removals of auxiliary police officers, subject to | 16 |
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any general rules prescribed by the legislative authority by | 17 |
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ordinance, and shall prescribe rules for the organization, | 18 |
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training, administration, control, and conduct of the auxiliary | 19 |
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police unit. Members of the auxiliary police unit shall not be in | 20 |
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the classified service of the city. | 21 |
| (B)(1) The legislative authority of a city may establish, by | 22 |
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ordinance, a parking enforcement unit within the police department | 23 |
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of the city, and provide for the regulation of parking enforcement | 24 |
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officers. The director of public safety shall be the executive | 25 |
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head of the parking enforcement unit, shall make all appointments | 26 |
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and removals of parking enforcement officers, subject to any | 27 |
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general rules prescribed by the legislative authority by | 28 |
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ordinance, and shall prescribe rules for the organization, | 29 |
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training, administration, control, and conduct of the parking | 30 |
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enforcement unit. The director may appoint parking enforcement | 31 |
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officers who agree to serve for nominal compensation, and persons | 32 |
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with physical disabilities may receive appointments as parking | 33 |
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enforcement officers. | 34 |
| Sec. 737.161. (A) The legislative authority of a village may | 48 |
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establish, by ordinance, an auxiliary police unit within the | 49 |
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police department of the village, and provide for the regulation | 50 |
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of auxiliary police officers. The mayor shall be the executive | 51 |
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head of the auxiliary police unit, shall make all appointments and | 52 |
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removals of auxiliary police officers, subject to any general | 53 |
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rules prescribed by the legislative authority by ordinance, and | 54 |
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shall prescribe rules for the organization, training, | 55 |
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administration, control, and conduct of the auxiliary police unit. | 56 |
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The village marshal shall have exclusive control of the stationing | 57 |
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and transferring of all auxiliary police officers, under such | 58 |
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general rules as the mayor prescribes. | 59 |
| (B)(1) The legislative authority of a village may establish, | 60 |
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by ordinance, a parking enforcement unit within the police | 61 |
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department of the village, and provide for the regulation of | 62 |
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parking enforcement officers. The mayor shall be the executive | 63 |
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head of the parking enforcement unit, shall make all appointments | 64 |
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and removals of parking enforcement officers, subject to any | 65 |
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general rules prescribed by the legislative authority by | 66 |
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ordinance, and shall prescribe rules for the organization, | 67 |
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training, administration, control, and conduct of the parking | 68 |
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enforcement unit. The mayor may appoint parking enforcement | 69 |
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officers who agree to serve for nominal compensation, and persons | 70 |
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with physical disabilities may receive appointments as parking | 71 |
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enforcement officers. | 72 |
| Sec. 3501.29. (A) The board of elections shall provide for | 86 |
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each precinct a polling place and provide adequate facilities at | 87 |
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each polling place for conducting the election. The board shall | 88 |
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provide a sufficient number of screened or curtained voting | 89 |
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compartments to which electors may retire and conveniently mark | 90 |
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their ballots, protected from the observation of others. Each | 91 |
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voting compartment shall be provided at all times with writing | 92 |
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implements, instructions how to vote, and other necessary | 93 |
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conveniences for marking the ballot. The presiding judge shall | 94 |
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ensure that the voting compartments at all times are adequately | 95 |
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lighted and contain the necessary supplies. The board shall | 96 |
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utilize, in so far as practicable, rooms in public schools and | 97 |
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other public buildings for polling places. Upon application of the | 98 |
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board of elections, the authority which has the control of any | 99 |
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building or grounds supported by taxation under the laws of this | 100 |
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state, shall make available the necessary space therein for the | 101 |
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purpose of holding elections and adequate space for the storage of | 102 |
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voting machines, without charge for the use thereof. A reasonable | 103 |
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sum may be paid for necessary janitorial service. When polling | 104 |
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places are established in private buildings, the board may pay a | 105 |
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reasonable rental therefor, and also the cost of liability | 106 |
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insurance covering the premises when used for election purposes, | 107 |
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or the board may purchase a single liability policy covering the | 108 |
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board and the owners of the premises when used for election | 109 |
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purposes. When removable buildings are supplied by the board, they | 110 |
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shall be constructed under the contract let to the lowest and best | 111 |
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bidder, and the board shall observe all ordinances and regulations | 112 |
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then in force as to safety. The board shall remove all such | 113 |
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buildings from streets and other public places within thirty days | 114 |
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after an election, unless another election is to be held within | 115 |
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ninety days. | 116 |
| (C) At any polling place that is exempted from compliance by | 139 |
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the secretary of state, the board of elections shall permit any | 140 |
handicapped elector who is a person with a disability that limits | 141 |
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or impairs the ability to walk who travels to that elector's | 142 |
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polling place, but who is unable to enter the polling place, to | 143 |
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vote, with the assistance of two polling place officials of major | 144 |
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political parties, in the vehicle that conveyed that elector to | 145 |
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the polling place, or to receive and cast that elector's ballot at | 146 |
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the door of the polling place. | 147 |
| (2) Work with organizations that represent or provide | 153 |
services to handicapped, disabled,persons with a disability that | 154 |
limits or impairs the ability to walk or who are elderly citizens | 155 |
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to effect a wide dissemination of information about the | 156 |
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availability of absentee voting, voting in the voter's vehicle or | 157 |
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at the door of the polling place, or other election services to | 158 |
handicapped, disabled,persons with a disability that limits or | 159 |
impairs the ability to walk or who are elderly citizens. | 160 |
| Sec. 3781.111. (A) In addition to the powers conferred by | 173 |
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any other section of the Revised Code, the board of building | 174 |
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standards shall adopt standards and rules to facilitate the | 175 |
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reasonable access and use by all persons with a disability of all | 176 |
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buildings and the facilities of buildings for which plans are | 177 |
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submitted for approval under section 3791.04 of the Revised Code. | 178 |
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No standard or rule shall be applied to any building the plans or | 179 |
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drawings, specifications, and date of which have been approved | 180 |
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prior to the time that the standard or rule takes effect. | 181 |
| (C) All signs posted to designate special parking locations | 194 |
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for persons with a disability and persons with disabilities that | 195 |
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limit or impair the ability to walk in accordance with division | 196 |
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(E) of section 4511.69 of the Revised Code and the standards and | 197 |
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rules adopted pursuant to this section shall be mounted on a fixed | 198 |
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or movable post or otherwise affixed in a vertical position so | 199 |
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that the distance from the ground to the bottom edge of the sign | 200 |
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measures not less than five feet. If a new sign or a replacement | 201 |
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sign designating a special parking location is posted on or after | 202 |
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October 14, 1999, there also shall be affixed upon the surface of | 203 |
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that sign or affixed next to the designating sign a notice that | 204 |
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states the fine applicable for the offense of parking a motor | 205 |
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vehicle in the special designated parking location if the motor | 206 |
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vehicle is not legally entitled to be parked in that location. | 207 |
| (2) "Organization" means any private organization or | 255 |
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corporation, or any governmental board, agency, department, | 256 |
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division, or office, that, as part of its business or program, | 257 |
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transports persons with disabilities that limit or impair the | 258 |
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ability to walk on a regular basis in a motor vehicle that has not | 259 |
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been altered for the purpose of providing it with special | 260 |
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equipment for use by persons with disabilities. This definition | 261 |
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does not apply to division (J) of this section. | 262 |
| (B) Any organization or person with a disability that limits | 279 |
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or impairs the ability to walk may apply to the registrar of motor | 280 |
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vehicles for a removable windshield placard or, if the person owns | 281 |
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or leases a motor vehicle, the person may apply for the | 282 |
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registration of any motor vehicle the person owns or leases. In | 283 |
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addition to one or more sets of license plates or one placard, a | 284 |
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person with a disability that limits or impairs the ability to | 285 |
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walk is entitled to one additional placard, but only if the person | 286 |
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applies separately for the additional placard, states the reasons | 287 |
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why the additional placard is needed, and the registrar, in the | 288 |
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registrar's discretion, determines that good and justifiable cause | 289 |
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exists to approve the request for the additional placard. When a | 290 |
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motor vehicle has been altered for the purpose of providing it | 291 |
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with special equipment for a person with a disability that limits | 292 |
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or impairs the ability to walk, but is owned or leased by someone | 293 |
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other than such a person, the owner or lessee may apply to the | 294 |
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registrar or a deputy registrar for registration under this | 295 |
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section. The application for registration of a motor vehicle owned | 296 |
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or leased by a person with a disability that limits or impairs the | 297 |
|
ability to walk shall be accompanied by a signed statement from | 298 |
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the applicant's health care provider certifying that the applicant | 299 |
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meets at least one of the criteria contained in division (A)(1) of | 300 |
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this section and that the disability is expected to continue for | 301 |
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more than six consecutive months. The application for a removable | 302 |
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windshield placard made by a person with a disability that limits | 303 |
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or impairs the ability to walk shall be accompanied by a | 304 |
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prescription from the applicant's health care provider prescribing | 305 |
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such a placard for the applicant, provided that the applicant | 306 |
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meets at least one of the criteria contained in division (A)(1) of | 307 |
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this section. The health care provider shall state on the | 308 |
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prescription the length of time the health care provider expects | 309 |
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the applicant to have the disability that limits or impairs the | 310 |
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applicant's ability to walk. The application for a removable | 311 |
|
windshield placard made by an organization shall be accompanied by | 312 |
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such documentary evidence of regular transport of persons with | 313 |
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disabilities that limit or impair the ability to walk by the | 314 |
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organization as the registrar may require by rule and shall be | 315 |
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completed in accordance with procedures that the registrar may | 316 |
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require by rule. The application for registration of a motor | 317 |
|
vehicle that has been altered for the purpose of providing it with | 318 |
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special equipment for a person with a disability that limits or | 319 |
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impairs the ability to walk but is owned by someone other than | 320 |
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such a person shall be accompanied by such documentary evidence of | 321 |
|
vehicle alterations as the registrar may require by rule. | 322 |
| (C) When an organization, a person with a disability that | 323 |
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limits or impairs the ability to walk, or a person who does not | 324 |
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have a disability that limits or impairs the ability to walk but | 325 |
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owns a motor vehicle that has been altered for the purpose of | 326 |
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providing it with special equipment for a person with a disability | 327 |
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that limits or impairs the ability to walk first submits an | 328 |
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application for registration of a motor vehicle under this section | 329 |
|
and every fifth year thereafter, the organization or person shall | 330 |
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submit a signed statement from the applicant's health care | 331 |
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provider, a completed application, and any required documentary | 332 |
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evidence of vehicle alterations as provided in division (B) of | 333 |
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this section, and also a power of attorney from the owner of the | 334 |
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motor vehicle if the applicant leases the vehicle. Upon submission | 335 |
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of these items, the registrar or deputy registrar shall issue to | 336 |
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the applicant appropriate vehicle registration and a set of | 337 |
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license plates and validation stickers, or validation stickers | 338 |
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alone when required by section 4503.191 of the Revised Code. In | 339 |
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addition to the letters and numbers ordinarily inscribed thereon, | 340 |
|
the license plates shall be imprinted with the international | 341 |
|
symbol of access. The license plates and validation stickers shall | 342 |
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be issued upon payment of the regular license fee as prescribed | 343 |
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under section 4503.04 of the Revised Code and any motor vehicle | 344 |
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tax levied under Chapter 4504. of the Revised Code, and the | 345 |
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payment of a service fee equal to the amount specified in division | 346 |
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(D) or (G) of section 4503.10 of the Revised Code. | 347 |
| (D)(1) Upon receipt of a completed and signed application for | 348 |
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a removable windshield placard, a prescription as described in | 349 |
|
division (B) of this section, documentary evidence of regular | 350 |
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transport of persons with disabilities that limit or impair the | 351 |
|
ability to walk, if required, and payment of a service fee equal | 352 |
|
to the amount specified in division (D) or (G) of section 4503.10 | 353 |
|
of the Revised Code, the registrar or deputy registrar shall issue | 354 |
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to the applicant a removable windshield placard, which shall bear | 355 |
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the date of expiration on both sides of the placard and shall be | 356 |
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valid until expired, revoked, or surrendered. Every removable | 357 |
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windshield placard expires as described in division (D)(2) of this | 358 |
|
section, but in no case shall a removable windshield placard be | 359 |
|
valid for a period of less than sixty days. Removable windshield | 360 |
|
placards shall be renewable upon application as provided in | 361 |
|
division (B) of this section, and a service fee equal to the | 362 |
|
amount specified in division (D) or (G) of section 4503.10 of the | 363 |
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Revised Code shall be charged for the renewal of a removable | 364 |
|
windshield placard. The registrar shall provide the application | 365 |
|
form and shall determine the information to be included thereon. | 366 |
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The registrar also shall determine the form and size of the | 367 |
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removable windshield placard, the material of which it is to be | 368 |
|
made, and any other information to be included thereon, and shall | 369 |
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adopt rules relating to the issuance, expiration, revocation, | 370 |
|
surrender, and proper display of such placards. Any placard issued | 371 |
|
after October 14, 1999, shall be manufactured in a manner that | 372 |
|
allows the expiration date of the placard to be indicated on it | 373 |
|
through the punching, drilling, boring, or creation by any other | 374 |
|
means of holes in the placard. | 375 |
| (2) At the time a removable windshield placard is issued to a | 376 |
|
person with a disability that limits or impairs the ability to | 377 |
|
walk, the registrar or deputy registrar shall enter into the | 378 |
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records of the bureau of motor vehicles the last date on which the | 379 |
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person will have that disability, as indicated on the accompanying | 380 |
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prescription. Not less than thirty days prior to that date and all | 381 |
|
removable windshield placard renewal dates, the bureau shall send | 382 |
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a renewal notice to that person at the person's last known address | 383 |
|
as shown in the records of the bureau, informing the person that | 384 |
|
the person's removable windshield placard will expire on the | 385 |
|
indicated date not to exceed five years from the date of issuance, | 386 |
|
and that the person is required to renew the placard by submitting | 387 |
|
to the registrar or a deputy registrar another prescription, as | 388 |
|
described in division (B) of this section, and by complying with | 389 |
|
the renewal provisions prescribed in division (D)(1) of this | 390 |
|
section. If such a prescription is not received by the registrar | 391 |
|
or a deputy registrar by that date, the placard issued to that | 392 |
|
person expires and no longer is valid, and this fact shall be | 393 |
|
recorded in the records of the bureau. | 394 |
| (3) At least once every year, on a date determined by the | 395 |
|
registrar, the bureau shall examine the records of the office of | 396 |
|
vital statistics, located within the department of health, that | 397 |
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pertain to deceased persons, and also the bureau's records of all | 398 |
|
persons who have been issued removable windshield placards and | 399 |
|
temporary removable windshield placards. If the records of the | 400 |
|
office of vital statistics indicate that a person to whom a | 401 |
|
removable windshield placard or temporary removable windshield | 402 |
|
placard has been issued is deceased, the bureau shall cancel that | 403 |
|
placard, and note the cancellation in its records. | 404 |
| (E)(1)(a) Any person with a disability that limits or impairs | 413 |
|
the ability to walk may apply to the registrar or a deputy | 414 |
|
registrar for a temporary removable windshield placard. The | 415 |
|
application for a temporary removable windshield placard shall be | 416 |
|
accompanied by a prescription from the applicant's health care | 417 |
|
provider prescribing such a placard for the applicant, provided | 418 |
|
that the applicant meets at least one of the criteria contained in | 419 |
|
division (A)(1) of this section and that the disability is | 420 |
|
expected to continue for six consecutive months or less. The | 421 |
|
health care provider shall state on the prescription the length of | 422 |
|
time the health care provider expects the applicant to have the | 423 |
|
disability that limits or impairs the applicant's ability to walk, | 424 |
|
which cannot exceed six months from the date of the prescription. | 425 |
|
Upon receipt of an application for a temporary removable | 426 |
|
windshield placard, presentation of the prescription from the | 427 |
|
applicant's health care provider, and payment of a service fee | 428 |
|
equal to the amount specified in division (D) or (G) of section | 429 |
|
4503.10 of the Revised Code, the registrar or deputy registrar | 430 |
|
shall issue to the applicant a temporary removable windshield | 431 |
|
placard. | 432 |
| (b) Any active-duty member of the armed forces of the United | 433 |
|
States, including the reserve components of the armed forces and | 434 |
|
the national guard, who has an illness or injury that limits or | 435 |
|
impairs the ability to walk may apply to the registrar or a deputy | 436 |
|
registrar for a temporary removable windshield placard. With the | 437 |
|
application, the person shall present evidence of the person's | 438 |
|
active-duty status and the illness or injury. Evidence of the | 439 |
|
illness or injury may include a current department of defense | 440 |
|
convalescent leave statement, any department of defense document | 441 |
|
indicating that the person currently has an ill or injured | 442 |
|
casualty status or has limited duties, or a prescription from any | 443 |
|
health care provider prescribing the placard for the applicant. | 444 |
|
Upon receipt of the application and the necessary evidence, the | 445 |
|
registrar or deputy registrar shall issue the applicant the | 446 |
|
temporary removable windshield placard without the payment of any | 447 |
|
service fee. | 448 |
| (2) The temporary removable windshield placard shall be of | 449 |
|
the same size and form as the removable windshield placard, shall | 450 |
|
be printed in white on a red-colored background, and shall bear | 451 |
|
the word "temporary" in letters of such size as the registrar | 452 |
|
shall prescribe. A temporary removable windshield placard also | 453 |
|
shall bear the date of expiration on the front and back of the | 454 |
|
placard, and shall be valid until expired, surrendered, or | 455 |
|
revoked, but in no case shall such a placard be valid for a period | 456 |
|
of less than sixty days. The registrar shall provide the | 457 |
|
application form and shall determine the information to be | 458 |
|
included on it, provided that the registrar shall not require a | 459 |
|
health care provider's prescription or certification for a person | 460 |
|
applying under division (E)(1)(b) of this section. The registrar | 461 |
|
also shall determine the material of which the temporary removable | 462 |
|
windshield placard is to be made and any other information to be | 463 |
|
included on the placard and shall adopt rules relating to the | 464 |
|
issuance, expiration, surrender, revocation, and proper display of | 465 |
|
those placards. Any temporary removable windshield placard issued | 466 |
|
after October 14, 1999, shall be manufactured in a manner that | 467 |
|
allows for the expiration date of the placard to be indicated on | 468 |
|
it through the punching, drilling, boring, or creation by any | 469 |
|
other means of holes in the placard. | 470 |
| (F) If an applicant for a removable windshield placard is a | 471 |
|
veteran of the armed forces of the United States whose disability, | 472 |
|
as defined in division (A)(1) of this section, is | 473 |
|
service-connected, the registrar or deputy registrar, upon receipt | 474 |
|
of the application, presentation of a signed statement from the | 475 |
|
applicant's health care provider certifying the applicant's | 476 |
|
disability, and presentation of such documentary evidence from the | 477 |
|
department of veterans affairs that the disability of the | 478 |
|
applicant meets at least one of the criteria identified in | 479 |
|
division (A)(1) of this section and is service-connected as the | 480 |
|
registrar may require by rule, but without the payment of any | 481 |
|
service fee, shall issue the applicant a removable windshield | 482 |
|
placard that is valid until expired, surrendered, or revoked. | 483 |
(G) Upon a conviction of a violation of division (I),or (J), | 484 |
or (K) of this section, the court shall report the conviction, and | 485 |
send the placard or parking card, if available, to the registrar, | 486 |
who thereupon shall revoke the privilege of using the placard or | 487 |
parking card and send notice in writing to the placardholder or | 488 |
cardholder at that holder's last known address as shown in the | 489 |
records of the bureau, and the placardholder or cardholder shall | 490 |
return the placard or card if not previously surrendered to the | 491 |
|
court, to the registrar within ten days following mailing of the | 492 |
|
notice. | 493 |
| (H) Subject to division (F) of section 4511.69 of the Revised | 500 |
|
Code, the operator of a motor vehicle displaying a removable | 501 |
|
windshield placard, temporary removable windshield placard, | 502 |
parking card, or the special license plates authorized by this | 503 |
|
section is entitled to park the motor vehicle in any special | 504 |
|
parking location reserved for persons with disabilities that limit | 505 |
or impair the ability to walk, also known as handicapped | 506 |
| accessible parking spaces or disability parking spaces. | 507 |
(N)(M) In addition to the fees collected under this section, | 561 |
|
the registrar or deputy registrar shall ask each person applying | 562 |
|
for a removable windshield placard or temporary removable | 563 |
|
windshield placard or duplicate removable windshield placard or | 564 |
|
license plate issued under this section, whether the person wishes | 565 |
|
to make a two-dollar voluntary contribution to support | 566 |
|
rehabilitation employment services. The registrar shall transmit | 567 |
|
the contributions received under this division to the treasurer of | 568 |
|
state for deposit into the rehabilitation employment fund, which | 569 |
|
is hereby created in the state treasury. A deputy registrar shall | 570 |
|
transmit the contributions received under this division to the | 571 |
|
registrar in the time and manner prescribed by the registrar. The | 572 |
|
contributions in the fund shall be used by the opportunities for | 573 |
|
Ohioans with disabilities agency to purchase services related to | 574 |
|
vocational evaluation, work adjustment, personal adjustment, job | 575 |
|
placement, job coaching, and community-based assessment from | 576 |
|
accredited community rehabilitation program facilities. | 577 |
(P)(O) All applications for registration of motor vehicles, | 594 |
|
removable windshield placards, and temporary removable windshield | 595 |
|
placards issued under this section, all renewal notices for such | 596 |
|
items, and all other publications issued by the bureau that relate | 597 |
|
to this section shall set forth the criminal penalties that may be | 598 |
|
imposed upon a person who violates any provision relating to | 599 |
|
special license plates issued under this section, the parking of | 600 |
|
vehicles displaying such license plates, and the issuance, | 601 |
|
procurement, use, and display of removable windshield placards and | 602 |
|
temporary removable windshield placards issued under this section. | 603 |
| Sec. 4511.69. (A) Every vehicle stopped or parked upon a | 606 |
|
roadway where there is an adjacent curb shall be stopped or parked | 607 |
|
with the right-hand wheels of the vehicle parallel with and not | 608 |
|
more than twelve inches from the right-hand curb, unless it is | 609 |
|
impossible to approach so close to the curb; in such case the stop | 610 |
|
shall be made as close to the curb as possible and only for the | 611 |
|
time necessary to discharge and receive passengers or to load or | 612 |
|
unload merchandise. Local authorities by ordinance may permit | 613 |
|
angle parking on any roadway under their jurisdiction, except that | 614 |
|
angle parking shall not be permitted on a state route within a | 615 |
|
municipal corporation unless an unoccupied roadway width of not | 616 |
|
less than twenty-five feet is available for free-moving traffic. | 617 |
| (D) Notwithstanding any statute or any rule, resolution, or | 636 |
|
ordinance adopted by any local authority, air compressors, | 637 |
|
tractors, trucks, and other equipment, while being used in the | 638 |
|
construction, reconstruction, installation, repair, or removal of | 639 |
|
facilities near, on, over, or under a street or highway, may stop, | 640 |
|
stand, or park where necessary in order to perform such work, | 641 |
|
provided a flagperson is on duty or warning signs or lights are | 642 |
|
displayed as may be prescribed by the director of transportation. | 643 |
| (E) Special parking locations and privileges for persons with | 644 |
|
disabilities that limit or impair the ability to walk, also known | 645 |
as handicappedaccessible parking spaces or disability parking | 646 |
|
spaces, shall be provided and designated by all political | 647 |
|
subdivisions and by the state and all agencies and | 648 |
|
instrumentalities thereof at all offices and facilities, where | 649 |
|
parking is provided, whether owned, rented, or leased, and at all | 650 |
|
publicly owned parking garages. The locations shall be designated | 651 |
|
through the posting of an elevated sign, whether permanently | 652 |
|
affixed or movable, imprinted with the international symbol of | 653 |
|
access and shall be reasonably close to exits, entrances, | 654 |
|
elevators, and ramps. All elevated signs posted in accordance with | 655 |
|
this division and division (C) of section 3781.111 of the Revised | 656 |
|
Code shall be mounted on a fixed or movable post, and the distance | 657 |
|
from the ground to the bottom edge of the sign shall measure not | 658 |
|
less than five feet. If a new sign or a replacement sign | 659 |
|
designating a special parking location is posted on or after | 660 |
|
October 14, 1999, there also shall be affixed upon the surface of | 661 |
|
that sign or affixed next to the designating sign a notice that | 662 |
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states the fine applicable for the offense of parking a motor | 663 |
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vehicle in the special designated parking location if the motor | 664 |
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vehicle is not legally entitled to be parked in that location. | 665 |
| (2) Any motor vehicle that is parked in a special marked | 688 |
parking location in violation of division (F)(1)(a) or (b) of this | 689 |
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section may be towed or otherwise removed from the parking | 690 |
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location by the law enforcement agency of the political | 691 |
|
subdivision in which the parking location is located. A motor | 692 |
|
vehicle that is so towed or removed shall not be released to its | 693 |
|
owner until the owner presents proof of ownership of the motor | 694 |
|
vehicle and pays all towing and storage fees normally imposed by | 695 |
|
that political subdivision for towing and storing motor vehicles. | 696 |
|
If the motor vehicle is a leased vehicle, it shall not be released | 697 |
|
to the lessee until the lessee presents proof that that person is | 698 |
|
the lessee of the motor vehicle and pays all towing and storage | 699 |
|
fees normally imposed by that political subdivision for towing and | 700 |
|
storing motor vehicles. | 701 |
| (G) When a motor vehicle is being operated by or for the | 709 |
|
transport of a person with a disability that limits or impairs the | 710 |
|
ability to walk and is displaying a removable windshield placard | 711 |
|
or a temporary removable windshield placard or special license | 712 |
plates, or when a motor vehicle is being operated by or for the | 713 |
transport of a handicapped person and is displaying a parking card | 714 |
or special handicapped license plates, the motor vehicle is | 715 |
|
permitted to park for a period of two hours in excess of the legal | 716 |
|
parking period permitted by local authorities, except where local | 717 |
|
ordinances or police rules provide otherwise or where the vehicle | 718 |
|
is parked in such a manner as to be clearly a traffic hazard. | 719 |
(2)(a) Whoever violates division (F)(1)(a) or (b) of this | 734 |
|
section is guilty of a misdemeanor and shall be punished as | 735 |
provided in divisiondivisions (J)(2)(a) and (b) of this section. | 736 |
|
Except as otherwise provided in division (J)(2)(a) of this | 737 |
section, an offender who violates division (F)(1)(a) or (b) of | 738 |
|
this section shall be fined not less than two hundred fifty nor | 739 |
|
more than five hundred dollars. An offender who violates division | 740 |
(F)(1)(a) or (b) of this section shall be fined not more than one | 741 |
|
hundred dollars if the offender, prior to sentencing, proves | 742 |
either of the following to the satisfaction of the court: | 743 |
| The clerk of the court shall pay every fine collected under | 767 |
|
division (J)(2) of this section to the political subdivision in | 768 |
|
which the violation occurred. Except as provided in division | 769 |
|
(J)(2) of this section, the political subdivision shall use the | 770 |
|
fine moneys it receives under division (J)(2) of this section to | 771 |
|
pay the expenses it incurs in complying with the signage and | 772 |
|
notice requirements contained in division (E) of this section. The | 773 |
|
political subdivision may use up to fifty per cent of each fine it | 774 |
|
receives under division (J)(2) of this section to pay the costs of | 775 |
|
educational, advocacy, support, and assistive technology programs | 776 |
|
for persons with disabilities, and for public improvements within | 777 |
|
the political subdivision that benefit or assist persons with | 778 |
|
disabilities, if governmental agencies or nonprofit organizations | 779 |
|
offer the programs. | 780 |
