01-56 Ordinance
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OnD l"NANCE NO. 0 /'-. Z;- C:,
An ordinance to regulate and control the movement of vehioular and Pedistrian
traffic and reiulate the use of streets, roadways ~,d other public ways within the
Village of Dublin, Ohio.
'NiTPIUIA5, a "traffic code" i3 necessary to regulate the uee at vehicles
'. in and upon tho streets, roadways, alleys and other public rights-of-~ay within the
- Village of Dublin to protect the health and welfare of the citizens of said village)
and,
WY-PREAS, changea by the legislature of the State of Ohio have rendered cer-
taj.n portions of previously enacted village ordinances invalid by reason of incon-
sistency with said legislation) and,
\~',}IEREAS, by virtue of tile fore:going and for the further reason of regulat-
ing the flow of traffic upon the streets of the Village of Dublin an emergency exists
'within said Village,
NO\~, THfF..Tij'()TIE, be it ordained b;}' the C01.U1cil of the Villa.ge of Dublin:
Section 1. All ordinances previously enacted by the Village of Dublin inconsistent
with sections 2 through 68 hereinafter Bet fo!~h are hereby repealed.
Section 2. Definitions S5 used herein.
(A) "Vehicle" means every device in" upon, or by which any person or
property may be transported or drawn upon a hlghway, except devices moved by power
collected from overhead electric t.rolley wires, or used exclusively upon stationary
rails or tracks, and except devices other tharl bicycles moved by human power.
,.... (a) ''Motor vehicleu means every vehtcla propelled or drawn by power other
than muscular power or power collected from overhead. electric trolley wires, except
road rollers, traction engines, power shovels, power cranes and other equipment used
in construction work and not designed for or elmployed in general highway transporta-
tion, hole-digging machinery. farm machinery, threshing machinery, hay-baling maChinery,
and agricultural tractors and machinery used jn the production of horticultural,
~ floricultural, agricultural, and vegetable products.
j (C) t'tfotorcycle" means every motor venicle other than a tractor having a
sadella for the use of the operator and designEld to travel on not more than three wheels
in contact with the ground.
(D) "FJnergency vshide" menns fire departmtmt, po1j.ce, and state highway
patrol vehicles, vehicles of salvage corporat:l.oIUl organized under Bections l709.0l
to 1709.07, i.nclusive, of the Revised Code of the State of Ohio, emerg(!>.ncy vehicles of
municipal or county departments or public utility corporations when identified as such
I as required by law, the director of highways, or local authorities, ambulances and
motor vehicles when commandeered by a police officer or marshall, and ambulances and
motor vehicles when used by volunteer firemen responding to emergency calls in the
fire department service when identified as required by the director.
(1) "School bus If means every motor vehicle ,,'hich is operated e:x,clusively
for the transportation of sellool children to or from a school session, or to or from
a. school function, and which is marked on both front and rear with the 'Words !'school
busv in plain lettering not leas than six inches in height.
(F) "Bicycle" ID(!anS a two-whllel vehicle propelled by hu.1'Zl8J1 power. having a
! tandem arrangement of wheels equipped with tires either of which 1s over twenty inches
in diamoter.
(0) UCo~~ercial tractorll means Gvery motor vehicle having motive power de-
signed or used for drawing other vehicles and not ao constructed as to carTY any load
thereon, or designed or used for drawing other vehicles while carr~~ a portion of
such other vehicles, or .the load thereon, or both.
(R) "Agricultural tractor" means every self-propelling vehicle designed or
I ,. used for drawing other vehicles or wheeled machinery but having no provision for carry-
1..'1g loads in(;ependently of such other vehicles, and used principally for agricultural
purposes. (I) "Trucktl means every motor vehicles, except trailers and ser:d-trailers,
designed and used to carry property.
(J) "Bus" means every motor vehicle designed for carrying :more than nine
passengers and used for the transportation of persons, and every motor vehicle, automo-
bile for hire, or funeral car, other than a tax'1cab, desicned and used for the trans-
portation of persons for compensa.tion.
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(1\) "Trailer" m~ans every vehiol$ designed or used tor carrying persons or
property wholly on it. own stru.etl1re and :for being dra1m by a !!Jotor vehicle, including
any such vehicle when fomed by or operated as a combination of a "semitrailer" and s.
ventole of the dolly type, such as that commonly known as a "trailer dolly.n
(L) tlSernitrailerlt mtrans ev(~ry vehicle designed or used. for oarrying pOl'8ons
or property with another and separate motor vehicle .0 that in operation a part of ita
own weight or that of its load, or both, rests upon and is carried by another vehicle.
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(M) .Pole trailer" means every trailer or semitrailer attached to the towing
vehicle by means of a rench, pole, or bT being boomed or otherwise secured to the tow-
ing vehicle, and ordinarilY' used for transporting long or irregular shaped loads such
as poles, pipell, or structural members capable generally, of sustaining themselves as
beoms betweMl the supporting connections.
(N) tlTixplos1.v8sl'1 lleans aI1T ohemiMl compound or meohanical mixture that is
intended for the p~rpose of producing an explosion that contains any oxidi2ing and
combustible units or other ingredients in such proportions, quantities, or packing that
an ignition by tire, by friction, by coneu.lion, by percussion, or by a detonator of
any part of the compo\lnd or mixture may cause such a sudden generation of highly heated
gases that the resultant gaseous pressures are capable of produoing destructive effects
on contiguous objects, or of destrny:l..ng life or limb. Manufactured articles shall not
be held to be explosives ....hen the individual units contai.n explosives in such limited
quantities, of such nature, or in suoh packinfh that it 111 impossible to procure a
simultaneous or a. destrictive explosion of such units, to the injury of life, limb or
property boY fire, by friction, by concussion, rq percussion, or by R detonator, 8uoh
as fixed ammunition for small arms. rirearack'~s, or safety fuse matohes.
(0) "Flamable liquid" means any liquid which has a flash point of seventy
degrees Fahrenheit, or 108s, ao determined by a tagliabue or equivalent closed cap
test device.
(p) !tGross weight" moans the weight ot a vehicle plus the weight of any
load thereon.
(Q) "Person" means every natural person, firm, eo-partnership, association,
or corporation.
(R) :~Pedostrian" means any naturalpereon afoot.
(5) "Driver or operator" m.eans every person who drives or is in actual physical
~~ntrol of a vehicle.
(T) ~Police oftioern means every law enforoement ofticer author1~ed to direct
or regulate traffiC, or to make arrests tor violations of traffic regulations.
(tr) PBtreet or higlmay" !Ueans the entL..-e width between the bo:und.aq lines of
every way open to the use of the public as a thoroughfare for purposes of vehicular
-travel.
(V) If Private road or driveway" means every yay or place in priv~lte ownership
used for vehicular travel by the owner and those 11aving express or implied permission
from the o~ner but not by other persons.
(W) "Roadway. meAns that portion of a highway improved, designed, or ordinar-
ily used tor vehicular travel, except the berm or should sr. If a highway includes two
or more separate Madways the term ~roadway!ll means any such roadway separately but not
all such roadways colleative~.
(X) "-'Sidewalk" menas that portion of a atreet bet1reen the curb lines, or the
lateral lines of a roadway, and the adjacent property lines, intended for the use of
pedestrians.
(1) .tLaned highway" means a highway the roadway of which is divided into two
or more clEarly marked lanes for vehicular traffic.
(z) '~hrough hithway~ means eV9r.1 highway or portion thereof at the entrance
to which vehiohlar traffio from interfl6ction hignwa;ya is required by law to altop before
entering or crossing the same.
(AA) "Intersection" Jn$ans the area embraced within the prolongation or the
lateral boundary lines or two or more highways which join one another.
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(BB) "Crosswalk" meanst
(1) That part of a roadwa.v at an interseotion included within t.he connections
of the latGral lines of the eidewallts on opposite sides of the highwaT measu.rl'ld .from
the curbs" or in the absence of ourbs trom the edge of the traversable roadway}
(2) Any portion of a roadway at an intersection or elsewhere, ditttinctly
indioated for pedestrian crossing by linea or other markings on the surfaoe.
(CO) tlfJUSinoS6 district'" moans the territory fronting upon a street or high-
way, including the street or highway, between successive intersections nthin the
Village where fifty per cent or more of' th9 frontage between such successive inter-
sections is occupied by buildings in use for business.
(nD) UResidence dietrictK mesne the territory, not eomprioing a business
district, fronting on a street or highway, including the street or hi~hway~ where, tor
a di8tanoe of three hundred fP-Ot or more, the frontage is improved with residences
or residenoes and buildings in use for business.
(~~) "Traffic control devices" means all signs, signals, markings and devioes
placed or erected by authority of the Village of Dublin, for t.he purpose of regulating,
warning, or guiding traffic, including signa denoting names of streets and highways.
(n) f#fraf'fio control signal" means any device, whether manually, electrically,
or mechanically operated, bywhich traffic 15 alternately directod to stop, to proceed,
to change dir~ction, or not to change direction.
(ne) "Traffic" menas pe:do8trians.. ridden or herded animals, vehicles, and
other devices, aither 81ng~" or togeth~r, while using any highway for purposes ot
travel.
(Un) llRight of wayff means the right of a vehicle or pedestrian to proceed
uninterruptedly in a l8l'ftul manner !n the direction in which it or he i5 moving in
preferenoe to anotner vehicle or ped~strian approaching from a different direction into
its or hie path.
Corm: l1ance with order of (
Section J. 01106 officor or marshall.
,(;) porson aha 1 fail to comply nt ll.V" swfu order or direction of any
poliee officer or marshall invested 'With authority to direct, cQ!"ltrol, or regulate
traffio.
Sooti()n 4. Emer enc' vehiclGs to 'roceed cautiou6 ast nd or 5to signal.
he driver 0 GlIl7 emergMl,cy vehie e, when responding to an emm-goncy call,
upon a.pproachi04 a red or stop signal or any stop oign shall slow down as necessary
for safety to traffic, but may proceed cautioue~ past such red or stop Sign or
olEnal wi~h duo regard for the 8af~ty of all persons using the otrcet or hig~ay.
S action 5. E.xce-etions.
Sections 2 through 68, inclusive ot this Ordinance do not apply to persons,
teams, motor Tehiales, and othor equipment while actually' engaged in work upon the
Burface of a highway within an area designated by traffic control devices, but apply
to such persona and vehicles when trav~ling to or from such work.
Section 6. Persona riding or driving animals UDon roadw~.
Everl person rld1ng, driving or l.eadiDg an Wl' ' upon a roodwQY is subject
to sections 2 through 68 of this Ordinance, applioable to the driver of a ve:1icle,
except those pronBions of such sections which by their nature are inapplicable.
Section 7. Obe;ringtraJ'i'ic control devices.
No pedestrians, or driver or Q v~,iole shall disobey the instructions of
tm'1 traf.1'ic oontrol device placed in aocordance ,lith sections 2 through. of this
Ordinance, unless at the time otherwise direeted by a police of ricer or marshall.
">'hen both trarrio control signals and stop signs are erected at. intersectiona,
trail! c shall be gDv;jrned by the tn.! fie control signal while it 1s in operation.
No provision of 6uch sections for which signs are requ.ired shall t'fiJ
enforced against an alleged violator if at the time and place of the alleged viola-
tion an official sign it! not ill proper pos:i. tion and 6urticiently leiible to be seon
by an ordinaril7 oboervantporson. ~henever a particular section doeD not state
I that signs a.re required, such sect.ion shall b6 effective even though no signs are
I erected or in place.
Section 8. )
Signal terms and lights.
Whenever traffic 1s contl'olled by traffic control :n.gnals Qx.."libiting tha
words t1go,. "caution," or Ustop, If or exhibiting different colorGd lights succegsively
one at Ii time, or controlled with arrows, the following colors only shall be used
and the t$nDS and lights shall indicate and apply to op~rators of v~hicle8 and
pedestriaws as follow15 r
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(1) G:r~6n alone or IJ go'" signal:
(1) Pedestrians facing the signal may proceed aeross the roadway within an1
marked or unmarked crosawalkJ .
(2) All other traffio facing the lIignal except as provid.oo under sections 2
through 68 of' this ordinB.nce may proceed straight thronch or turn right or left, un-
less a sign at such place prohibita eith$r suoh turn. But 5uch traffio shall yield tho
right of way to vehiclee lawfully within the intersection and to pedestrians la1rl.'ul1y
within a crosswalk at the time suoh signal is exhibited.
(n) Yellow alone or "caution C when shown .following the green or I~go" signal a
(1) No pedestrian facing auch signal shall enter the roa~ay;
(2) All other traf!!.c f'8.0ina the signal is '\Tamed that the red or ftstop"
signal will be exhibited immediately thereafter, and that pedestrians proceeding in
accordance with traffic control signals shall have the right of yay.
(C) Yellow alone or "caution!t whan ,hown following the red or ..top signall
(1) Ped6st.rians facing tho signal may proceed acrO'll> the roadway within any
marked or unmarked orosswa.llq
(2) All other traffic .tacing the signal shall stop and ehall remain standing
until the ireen or !lgon signal is sbown alone.
(D) Red a.lon.g or "stop t' signal I
(1) No pedestrian lacing suoh signal shall enter the roadway;
(2) All other traffic facin;; the signal shall stop hefore entering t.he in-
tersection and shall remain standing until authorized to prooeed by a traffic control
device.
(E~ Traffic control devioe authoridng turn with red or "stop" signal I
(1 No pedE.9tris.n faoing euch signal shall enter the roadwa.y;
(2) All other t.raffic facing sisnal may cautiously enter tll0 intersoction
only to make the movement indicated by the trllffic control device, but shall yield the
right or way to pedestrians lawfully within n aro8swalk and to other traffic larlully us-
ing the intersection.
(F) C'4"een arrolt' alone:
All tr~~~c facing such siena1 may enter the intersection only to make the
movement indioated by .uch arrow, but shall yield the right of 'Way to pedestrians law-
rul~ within a crosswalk and to other traffic lawfully u~ing the il)terseotion.
(0) ADT traffio lawfully upon the roa.d1ray within an intersection at the time
a traffi.o control signal chang8s may oont1nuo cautiously t,hrouch the, intersection with
due regard for the safety and rights of all perf,ona using tho roadway.
Section 9. Flashing traffic signals.
Whenever flashing red or yellow tra.ffic signals are used, they shall require
obedienoe as tollows.
(A) v'lashing red stop rdgnal. Opera.tors of vehicles ahall stop before enter-
ing the intereeotiCtn or at a l1mi t line when marked, And the right to proceed shall be
subject to the rules applicable after making a atop at a stop sign.
(B) Flashing yellow caution sisnal. Operators of v-ehic1es may prooeed through
the intersection or past such nignal only with caution.
Section 10. Prohibi tion against unaut.t),orized 8' ala.
No person s p ace, maintain, or ispay upon or in view of any highwa.y
any unauthorbed sign, signal, marking, or device whien purportli to be or is an 1m! ta-
tion ot or ree~bleo a traffic control de~1c. or Which attempts to diroct the movement
of traffic, or which hides from view f)r interferes with t he effectiveness of any
traffio control device, L~d no person shall place or maintain, nor &hall the Village
of Dublin parmit, upon any highway within the village, an;y traffio sign or signal bear-
ing thereon any commercial advertising. Thi8 section does not prohibit the erection
upon priva.te propert.y adfacant ~., hi~hways of signs Siving usGfu1 direotional ini'orma-
-.;.,- tion and of a type that cannot be ~istaken tor traffic control devices.
Every Buch prohibi tad &si.gn, signal, l1Ul.rking, or devioe ill a publio nuis;onee
and the Village of Dublin may remove the same or cause it to be removed.
Seotion ll. ?rohibitton against alteration, clers.cin~, or removal.
No person shall without 10.,,1''111- authoritl $,ttempt to Or wilfully alter, defa.oe,
injure, knock dOml, or remove any tra1'!'ie control device I an1 inscription, shield, or
insignia theron, or afJY part thereof. 'This prohibition inolude. the driving upon or
over any rresh~ painted center line, lane line, letter, num~8r, or sym~ol on the 8Ur-
face of a roadway while the ?aint 18 in an undried oondition and 1s marked by flags,
markers) signs, or. other devices intended to prot~et it.
~ection 12. Opf/:r~tlon of vehicle while intoxicated.
No person who is under the in1'luence of intoxicating liquor, narcotio drugs,
or opintf$8 shall operate or be in actual physical contt\jl of any vehicle within this
Village.
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Section 13. Reckless ooeration of' vohicles_
No person shall operata a vehicle without due regard for the safetT and rights
of pedestrians and drivcrB a.nd occupants of all other vehioles, so as to endanger the
lifo, limb, or property or any person whllG in the lawful use of the streets or other
public thoroughfares within this v111ago.
Seotion 14. 5 aed Te: lations assured clear distance
110 person B opera e a. motor va ic e in an upon the streets and j.>ublio
thoroughIaree of this village at e. speed greater 01' les8 than 10 reasonable or proper,
having due regard to the traffio, suri'ace, and width of the I!Itreet or highway and 8.4-V
other conditions, and no pernon ahall drive any motor vehicle in and upon any street
or highway at a greater speed than will permit him to bring it to a stop within the
assured clear distance ahead.
It shall be prima facie lawful for the operator of a motor vehicle to
opera:t.e the same at a. apeed not. exceeding the .following s
(A) Twenty miles per hour when passing a school building or the groundS
thereof during Bchool recess and ",hUe children are going to or leaving sohool during
the opening or closing houre, and when appropriate signs giving notice of' the existence
of the school are erected,
(B) Twenty-five miles per hour within the business d1otriot of the Village
of Dublin;
(0) Thirty-five miles per. hour in residential arsa.o within the Village of
Dublin.
It shall 1;e prima facie unlawful for any person to exceed SDY of t.he speed
limitations in any section of this ordinance. In every charge of violation the affidavit
and wa.rrant shall sp9cify the tUG, place, and tho speed at which the defendant is
alleged to have driven" and also the speed which thie 88ction declares shill be prima
facie l<<wtul at the time and place ot such alleged violation.
5Qc:tion 15. 8101'{ speed.
No p6rson shall opGlate a vehicle at such 8. slow speed as to impede or block
the normal and reasonable mav~msnt of traffic, exoept when reduced speed is neaessar.y
for safe oparlltion or to comply with law_
~ Section 16. Emeriencf vehicles eXC6Ced irem speed limitations.
The Prima-!acie speed limi tiQns set forth in Section 14 of this ord.inance
do not apply to emergency vehicles when theT are respondina to emergency calls, and
when t he drivers thereof sound audible signal$ by beU, siren, or exhaust whistle.
This section dOGS not relieve the driver ?f an emergency vehicle from the duty to
drive with due regard for the safety of all persons using tho street or highway_
Section 11. Driv1n upon the r1 ht aide of roa.dwa. .
UpOt\ a. 1 rO&Cllfays of suf ic ent width, Ii vahicle shall be driven upon the
riiht half of the roadway, except as follows 1
(A.) When overtakina and passing another vehicle proceeding in tho suo direc-
tion, or when making 8 left turn under the rules governing ouch move....nentsJ
(B) When the right half of a. roadway i:' olosed to tra1'fic;
(0) ~hen oth~rwis8 directed by a police officer, mnrshall, or traffio control
device.
Section 18. Vehioles traveling in oppoESite directions.
. Operators of vehiclos proceed1ng in opposite directions shall pass each othnr
to the right, and upon roadways having lfidth for not more than one line or traffic in
each direction, each oper$.tor 3hall &1 va to the other one-halt of the m.ain traveled
portion oft-he roadway, or 65 nt)81'ly one-halt as is reasonably possible.
Section 19. Rules ~ov~rn1ng overtaking and Eas&lng of vehicles.
The following rules govern tne overt-akin&; and passing 01: vehicles proceeding
in the same direction:
I (A) 'rhe operator of a vehicle overtaking ¬her vehicle proceeding in the
same direotion shall signal to thG v$hicle to be overtaken, shall pass to the left
thereof at a safe distance, and aliall not again drive to the right side of the roadway
until eafely claar of the overtaken vehicle.
(B) J!,xcept whGn overtaking and passing on the right is permitted, the operator
of an overtttken vehicle ahall giva way to the right in favor of the overtaking vehicle
at the latter-'o audible signal, and he shall not increaflo the speed of aia v$hicle tmtU
completely passed by the overtaking vehicle.
Section 20. Permission to overtake and pass on .the right.
The operator of a vehicle may overtake and pass upon tho right of another
vehicle which is making or about to make e. 18ft turn.
The operator of 8: vehiole may overtako a.nd,"allolf1ng suffioient clearanoe,
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pass another vehicle procaed:tng in thfl sarno direction either upon the left or upon
tho right whenever traffic 10 moving in two Qr more substantially cO'ntinous linea
in the same ci!"ect:!..on, Tl!'ov10ed H110n mover-lent can be madl1 in nntaty. NO' p~6on shall
drive eff' the pavement or upon the shol.lldfJr O'f the ;ro6dw~y in oyertaking Qr pasaing
on t.he riGht..
Section ?1. ~.H!"ivin~ t.o 10-ft of center lin~.
1-10 ve~iele shall be driven t,.> th~ 1. it (If t.h~ c('1']tfi!r or ct!,..ter line of the
roedwa:r in overtaking a.nd ptl88tn$ tr&.r.~i(: orocel)dini in the n~~~ ~'irection, unless
such left sine is clearl;r v~siole 8.."ld ia free oi oncor,:ins. tr&.f~ic for a suff'ici9nt
distar.ce ah~a~ to ~ermit such overta~in& &nd paaaing to be co~pla~ely ~~de, ~~thout
intGrfer.:Lng witn the saie operati."In of any traffio 8vpros.chtng I.'rem. tile ovpodte dir-
ection or any traffic overtaken.
~e:etion ~~!.-'Oy-ohi~ltion :.u:~a1n6t. ch:!.~in~_ t~.l~f.t_~f ee:;;t~.r line.
No vohicle Shall, in ov~rtarrIll& e,nd ;a\jtint t..raf'f....c, or .t\t any oth4Z'rt.::1me,
be 0riven to Ute left of thl!: cenhr or centor 11m. of the roa:.'way un'lQr th'l follOWing
condl.tions:
(A) ~Yhen aDproacbt.n:; the crest of a g:rad$ ,,>r uPo.n a ourve in the hir.;hway,
'\tihers t.ll$ operat.orts Yie:f i3 obstructeod withln Buch a. diGtance as to ct"liate 9. hazard
jn th,~ event tr::.fflc miR:ht ap}..roaoh from the oppo~3ite dire.ctions;
(B) rnen approach in( ~ithin one hundred f~ct of or traverslnb an1 Intersection
unless oolllpliance 'vith thi~ seetio'i is iL'lpos:;ible beO::lllSIl of insufficient roa.dwa,y space.
l'his sectinn does not apply to '~6.aicles l.;ion a. :t"()!l(.....lway 'Where traffio is law-
fully direded to be driven to th~ left 6i1e.
f?ection ?3.. ,:Rultl3 fo1" dri!in1J in 1'l1<!-r~ed.la."1es..:.
l:ilH.mever any roadway has been cIHarly marked for lanee of traffic, or when-
Elver traffic is law! .llly movinh in twO' or more substantially continuous lines in the
same direction, the follo,.n.ng rules apply r
(A) ;., VG~l1.clEt shall Otl driven, an nearly ~.? is practicable, euti.rely within
8. ai..'1g1(j lane oX' line oJ: trai':"lc !.lod. shall not be moved fro!;. ,uch lan>a or line until
. the driver has first ascerlairted, that such mOV~ent can 'be made with safety.
(B) 0fliciul signs may oe ereet~u directing slow-moving traffic to use a
oe.,,;lgn~,tESd 1 llIn €, ,)r e.lloC'.ilting SIJeolfiro lanes to traffic moving in the 8~e direction,
end drivers of ve~licles ehD.ll ot.e,y ,.he .Jiree'tir.ms of such signs.
Section 24. Space between mO"ll~ng vet-deles.
The ape:ratf>r c./ , motor v4iih1clo sha.ll not !ollo~ a."1othGl" ventele t'iore olosely
than is reasonable and, ?rudent, havin~ due regard for t,he 3p~ed of euctl vehi.Glo, and
toM tr~,ffic upon and the condition of the itigh1,'fay.
Section 25. Pulos for turns at intersections.
, . Th.8- dr:{ver ofavehicle int.&.iic.tl.Il3 'to ..:.urn at. an 1nteraect.ion Iilha11 be governed
by tn€- follV1r'in~ rules I
(A) A?~ronch f or a right turn .and a right t.urn shall he mace u close as
pN'C'tiC"able to the rirht-hand uur!;) or edge of the roadway.
(~) At any intersoction wnere 'traffic is ;Je:mir,ti:.d t,Ct /!'.:we 1n hoth directions
on each ro.ad-"'ay ent-erin, the int'rsert~ on, an a()proach for Q left (,urn ehal1 be made
in that portion 01. ttH.i rignt hW.f' of du: roadway nearest the c(.nter lJ.ne t.h.,rcof and
by pagein~ to the right of 8uch center line where it enters the intersection and ~fter
entt~ring the intersection thE; left t.urn enall be made so as to le{w0 the interSEction
to tlle right of fhe ce>nter l:tne of t.he roam.ray bein1 tmtered. Yh~n~ver practicable the
left turn shall be made in that portion of the intersection to 1,he left of the cent$r
of the intersection.
~~on 26~._,!-,urning in ro..dYlay J)rohibited.
No vehicle shall be turned so li5 to proceEd in tl.H! opposite dirvctif.:>n upon
any ourve, or upon the 8Pproacb t("! or near the crest of .!4 r.;rade, if snch vehicle
ca...J.not b. seon 1711;,tlin five hundr0(1 fel'll. by tm: llrJ.v~r of any othor vehlc;le approaching
from oither direction.
~~~on ?7. . CS.re tn be exercised in s.!~inr.: an~~il.o.k~~!",'y'~hicles.
No pEirson shall start a. \0'1'1:110.16 wnich J.S sto;)1-ietl, sbmdlng, or parked. u.>'Jtil
euoh move~ent can be made with reaeoneble safety.
Defore backingl op~;rQtora of v6!liclee:; Shell ....ive i'll'llplc '<1n:rning, and v"hile
backing theY' shall C"!)f@rCiS8 vi9;1.hmce not to injure pl!rscJ'i or 'property on the st.reet
01' h1gWiay.
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Sec~ion 27. Tu.rn aignaJ.s.
No person eh4ll turn a vehicle from a direot course upon a. highway until
such person has exercised due care to ascertain that the movement ean be made with
reasonable safety to oth,r users of the highway, and then only' after giving a. olearly
audible signal by sounding the horn if any pedestrian may be affected by such movement,
or after giving an appropriAte 818na1 in the event any traffic may be affected by
llUc.h movement.
A signal of intention to turn right or loft shall be given in suff ialent
time in ad~ance of the movement indio~ted to give ample warning to other UDers of
th9 highway who would be affected by such laovement.
No per8Cln shall stop or suddenly decrease the upeed of a vehicle without
first giving an appropriate signal to the traffio i1lllI!sdiatoly to the rear.
Any stop or turn signal required by this ueotion shall ba g1.Wfl either by
means of the hand and ll!'fl1, or by a signal light or mechml!cal sigBal device, but
when a vehicle is so constructed or loaded that a hand-and-arm signal would not be
visible both t.o the tront; Md rear of such vehicle then the signals must be giv(Jn by
a light or signal device.
Section 28. Hand and arr.l slgna.le., '
All sign81s roquired by section 27 of this ordinance, when givon by hand
and arm shall be given from the left side or the vehicle in tho following manner, and
suoh signals shall indicate alS follows,
(A) Left turn, hand and arm extended horbontallyJ
(B) Right turn, hand and arm extended upwLlrdJ
(C) Stop or decreae8 speed" hand and arm extended dmrmrard.
Section 29. Right ot w* at intenQctlooa.
. The opera.tor o. 8. vohicle shall yield the right of way at an intersection to
a vehicle approaching from the rilht.
Section 30. Right of ,.,.~ within an intersection when turnin& left.
Tho operator 0 a vehicle within an intorseotion intending to turn to the
lert shall yield the right ot way toO any vehiole approach1..'lg from. the opposite dirl.'iction.
Section 31. Ri ht of "Pay ftt through at.re$t uta signs} eld 5i ns.
T operator of a vehiole, int('~ding to enter a through streElt, shall yield
the right of way to all other vehicles on said through street.
The operator of a vehicle ehall etol'in obedience to a stop sign at an inter-
section an~ shall yield the ri&ht of way to all other vehicles not obliged to stop.
The operator of a vehicle, in obedienoe to a yield sign shall yie14 the right
of 'Wa;/ t.'> ~>) othtir vehicles or pedestrians a.pproaching from a different direction
into ita or his path.
Section 32. Emergency veh1c~ha:ve right or way.
Upon the a.pproftoh of an e41erg~noy vehicle, equipped with at least one .flashing
red lirht visible under 110rmal atm.ospheric conditions from a distance of five hundred
feet to the front of such vehicle and the driver in giving audiblo signal by siren,
exhaust whistle, .or bell, the driver .of wery other vehicle eh&ll yield the right of way,
i.mm8diately drive to a position parallel to, and as oloso as p08siblG to, the edgs or
curb ot the bi,=hway clear of any intorsection, and stop and reaain in suoh positian
until the emergency vehicle has passed, except when otherwise directed by & police
officer or marshall.
This seotioQ d.oes not relieve the driver of an emergency vehicle from the
duty to drive with due regard for the safety .of all persons and property upon the
highway.
Section .33. Funeral l>rooession has right of way.
As used in this section "funeral procession" means two or more vehicles
accompanying a body of a deceased pereon in the daytime when each or such vehicles
has its headlights lighted and is displaying a purple and white pennant attached to
each vehicle in such a manner as to be clo~rly visible to traf!ie appraaching from
any direotian.
Excepting emergency vehicles proceeding in accordance ,,1t11 88ction 32 .of
this ordinance or when directed otherwise b.Y a police officer, pedestrians and the
operators of all vehicles shall yield th~ right of way to each v~hiol. whioh is a
part of a fun,ral procession. Whenever the lead vehicle in a funeral procession
lawfull:r ent!!rs an ir..t,\?'r"ection th$ rCJae.inder of the vehicles in such prooession
may continue to follow such lead vehicle through the intersection notwithstanding
any traffic control dovlcee or right of waT provisions ot this Ordinance, prOVided
the .operator of each vehicle e:lterciseo due garo to a.void oolliding with any other
vehicle or ped~strian upon the roadway.
No person 6hsll operate any vehicle as a part of a funeral procession without
naving the headlight8 of such vehicle lighted Uld lfithout dieplaJ.rfng apurple and white
pennant in such a manner 8.S to be clonrly visible to traffic approaohing from any
direction.
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Section 34. Pedestrian on 'crosswalk has r1 ht of
The operator any vehic e shal yiel of way to a pedestrian
lawfully crossing the roadway wi thin any crosswalk.
Wh,mever an,. vehicle is etopped at a marked crosswalk or at a.ny unmarked
crosswalk at an interseation to permit a pedcfJtrian to eross the roadway, the operator
of any other vehicle approaching from the rear shall not overtake and pass suoh
stopped vehicle. ^'
Section 35. Ri~ht ot 'Way rielded to blind perBon.
As used in this section lfblind personlf or "'blind pooestrian" rtlEilMS a person
having not more than ?O/200 vieau acuity' in the petter eye 'With corrtlcting lenses or
visual acuity greatElr than 20/200 but with a limitation in tho fields of vio1on suoh
that the widest diameter of the visual field eubttmds an angle no greater than twenty
degrees.
The driver of every vehicle shall yield the right ot way to overy blind
pedestrian guidQd bY' lit guide dog, or oarrying :in a raised or eJrtended position a white
cane or white cane with a red tip.
10 person other than .. blind peraon, 'While on anypubllc highway, st:r~et#
alley, 01" other public: thoroughfMe shall carry in a raised or erlttnded position a
white cane or a white can with a red tip.
Section 36. R ht of wa elded b destrian.
. ery pedes-t:.r an cors8ing a roadway wtbin the Village oJ: Dublin at any
point other than within a marked crosswalk or 'Within an unmarked eroaswalk at an
intel"8ection shall yieldtM right of yay to all traffic oporating lawfully upon the
roadway.
Thie section does not reliw$ the operator ot 4\ vehicle from exercising due
cat'e to avoid collidin.s with any pedestrian upon any roadway.
Section 37. Pedestrians.
Pedestrians shall move, whene,,..er pract.icahle, upon the right half' of cross-
walks.
Pedestrians shall not step into or upon a publio street or hiihwa,y without
looking in both directione to see what is approaching.
Section 8.
Where usable nlko or pQ.ths are not provided parallel to the street or high-
way, pedestrians may walk along or upon the traveled portion ot such street or hiih-
way, and, l'1hen praoticable, they shall face the approaChing traffio and shall exeroise
due care to avoid approaching traffic.
No pedestrian shall cross a roadway within the Village of Dublin at a place
other than a orosswalk 6Yoept when croon.lite are an unreasonable distance apart.
Section 39. Prohibition &gain8t ~olioit1ng rideaJ riding on outside of vehicle.
No person while on a roadway shall solicit a ride from the driver of e:nr
vehicle.
No person shall 'hang onto,or ride on the outside of any motor vehiole
whUe it i.a movina upon So roadway, except mechanics or test engineers ma.ldng repairs
or adjuet_nts.
No operator shall knowingly permit any person to hang onto, or ride on th.e
outaide of, any motor vehicle .hil. it is moving upon the roadway, excGpt mechanics or
teet engineers making repairs or adjustrJJents.
Section 40. '81 cj"clee.
Sections 2 through 68 of this Ordinance which are applicable to bicycles
apply whenover a bicycle is operated upon o.ny highway or upon any path set aside
for t.h.e exclusive use of bicycles.,
Section 41. Rules for bic leG andllotOl"C lee.
person operat a b1cyc .. or mQtorcycle shall not ride other than upon
the permanont and regular seat attached th~reto, nor carry any other person upon
such bicycle or motorcyole other than upon a firmly attached and regular seat thereon,
nor shall any person ridll upon a bicycle or motorcycle other than upon suoh a tirml1
, a.ttaC".hed and regular seat.
No bicycle or motorcycle shall 00 used ,to carry- mere persons at' one time
than the number for which it is dG8ignGd and equipped.
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Section 42. Prohibition a ainst attaehin, hie eles and BIeda to vehicles.
No person rid ng upon any b eye e, COllster, roller skit es, s : or toy
vehicle shall attach th(! same or himself to any vehicle upon a roadway.
no operator shill knowingly permit any parson riding upon any bicycle,
coast~r, roll~r skates, sled, or toy vehicle to attach tho same or h~q0lf to
any vehicle while it is moving u.yon a roadl'l'a.y.
rhis s~ction doeo not apply to the towing of a disabled vehiele.
Section h3. Riding bicyclas and motorc,rcles abreast.
~ Persons riding bicycles or :ll.ot.orcycles upon tl roadway shall ride not more
-- than two abreast, except on p.tna or part8 of roadways set aside for the exclusive
use of bicycles or motorcycles.
Section 44. Signal device on bicycle.
No pilrson shall. ride a bicycle 11nless it is equipped with a boll or other
device oapablG of giving an a::.ldiblo signal, except that no hicycle shall be equipp6d
'W1th, nor shall any persons use u.cJon a bicycle, any siren or whistlo.
Section L5. Through streets; 8t~ Si~8.
. Whert't two or more throu.gh h gn.ays or ntr0ats 1nter:sect and no traffic
control signal 1s in cp~rat1on, stop signs may be erected at one or more entrances
when &0 dosignated by the Cou.ncil of the Village or Dublin.
f,v@ry trtop sign shall bear the word "stop" in lotters not less than six
inahes in height and shall be located as nQU as practicable at the property lino
of the street ~t the 0ntranc~ to whioh the stop must he made, or at th~ nearest
line of the crosswalk thereat, or, it none, at the nearest line of the roadw~.
F,very oporator of. a vehicle shall atop at such stop s:5.gn or at a clearly
marked st;:,p l:1ne before entering an int.G1'8ect1on except when directed to proca~
by .a pol1ee offioer or marshall or tra.ffic control eignal.
" Section 46. i'rohibi tion a, ainst parki on str':Jlets.
Upon any str6et outs e 8. business or res:1.dence district no person shall
str,p, park, or leave standing any vehicle, whet!ulr attended or nnattended, upon the
paTed or main traveled part a! the street if' it is practicable to stop, park, or
80 leave such vehiole off the paved or main traveled ptlrt of said street. In every
event a clear and unobstructed portion of the street opposite such etanding vehicle
shall be left tor the tree passage or other vehiol~s, and a clear view of suoh stop-
ped vehicle Bhall be avS),11atle from a distance of two hundred teet in ea.ch direction
upon such street.
This section does not a.pply to the driver e,! any vllhi.:le 'Which is disabled
while on the paved or improved or lillain tra'lluled portion of: a street in such manner
and to such extent that it is impossible to avoid stopping and temporarily leaving
the disabled vehicle in such position.
Section 47. Folice or Marshall may rl'move 1lIe~a1ly parked vehicle.
Whenever anT poliee officer or marshall finds a vehicle 6tanding upon a
street in violation of section 46 of this Ordinance, such officer may move such
vehicle, or require the driver or other person in oharge ot the vohiele to move tho
same, to a position off the paved or improved or main traveled part of such street.
Whenever any police officer or marshall tinds 8. vehicle unattended upon
$ony street where such vehicle constitutes an ob8truction to traffIc, such offieer
tlfly provide for the r~mlovaJ. of such vehicle to the nttarest garage or ,other place ot
sa.fety.
Section 46. Parking ~hibition8.
No person s I sta,nd or pa.rk a vehicle, except When neeeus~ar,. to avoid
con.t"lictwith other traffic or to comply 1rl th soct:i.ona 2 to 68 of this Ordinance,
or while obeying the directions 01 a police offic(.:,r or a traffic control device,
in any of the following places t
(A~ On a sidewalk, except a bicycle;
(B In front of a public or private driveway;
(e) Within an intersection,
(D) Wi thin ten r eet ot 1.1. fire hydrant J
(r) On a crosswalkJ
(ll") Yfithin twenty feet of a crosswalk at An interseotion,
(0) y,''ith1n thirty feet of, L"1d Up011 the approach to, any flashing beaoon,
at.op sign, or traffic nontral device;
(H) Wi thin twenty teet of a driveway entrance to arr:I fire etation and,
on tho side of t.he str!i'(9t opposite the entrllUce to any fire station; within seventy-
five teet of the entrance when it. ill properly p08ted with ligOS}
(I) Alonf',sida or oppo~l" any streGt excavation or obstruction when lmch
stand.ing or p~rking would obstruct t.rafficJ
(J) Alongside any vehicle stopped. or parked at the edge orourb of a street,
0<) At any place where sigmJ prohibit f:ltopp1ngJ
(L) Wi thin one toot of' another parked vehic~e. '
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Section 49. Parking near curb.
~very vehicle stopped or parked upon a roadway where there is an' adjacent
curb ohall be stopped or parkod with t he right-hand wheels of such vehicle parallel
with and not more than twelve inches from the right-hand curb, unless it is im-
posf3ible to appronch. so close to the cl.trb J in such case the stop shall be matia as
closo to the curb as possible and onl,. for the t1Jlle necO$sary to discharge and
receive paasengers or to loed or u..'lload merchandise.
No vehicle shall be stopped or parked on a street or other public thorough-
fare with t he vehicle faoing in a direction other than the direction of travel on
that side of the street or other publio thorou.1{h!are.
Notwithstanding any other section ot ~hi8 Ordinance, air compressors,
tractors, trucks and other equipment whUe being used in the construction, reeon-
struction" installation, repair, or remova.l of facilities near" on, over. or undC'lr
a street or other public thoroughfare, ltl.ay stop, stand, or park where necessary in
order to perform such work, providoo a flagman is on duty or warning signs or lights
are displayed 8.5 mal ba prescrihed bJ~ the Counoil of the Village of Dublin.
SGction SO. Obstruction snd lnterrer~nce afipct~ng view and control ot driver.
-No person 1!lh.8.l1 dr1vo a 'Vehicle when it is so loaded, or when there are
in the front seat such nUl1'1her ofperaons, as to obstruot the view of the driver
to the front or sid03 of the vehicle or to interfere with the driver's control of
the vehicle.
Sacticm st. t>r.onibition ;uraintllt dr1vin u~on olosed stre~t or higlMal.
No pErson s all drive upon, a ong, or across a stre~t or highway, or any
part theNo!, which has Nien closed. :in tho process of its construction, reconstruction,
or repair, and postf"d with appropriate signa by the authorityhavins jurisd:tction to
close such str~ot or highway.
Section 52. 10llowin an emergenc vehicle roh1bited.
be driver 0 any veh cle, other than emergency vehicle on official business,
shall not tollow anT emergency vehicle traveling in response to an alllm closer than
five nundredf4ltst, or drive into or park such vehiole within the block where fire
apparatus has stopped in answer to a fire alam, unless directed to do 80 by a police
officer or fireman.
Section 53. Drivin
No vehicle aha "without the consent of the .fire department official in
command, be driven over any unprotected hose of a lira department, when said hose
is laid clown an any strflet or private drivoway to he used at any fire or alarm of tire.
~action~. Prohibition aga.inst ~bcing injurious material on highway.
No pe~aon shali pinee or knowingly drop upon any part of a highway, lane"
r".Jod, street, or alloy any tack" bottles, wire, glaas, nails, or other articles which
may damage, or injure any p<"rson" vCh1cla, or an;1mal trav('tling along or upon such street
or other public thoroughtare, except such substances that may be placed upon 3uch
roadway by propdr authority for the repair or construction therGof.
Any person who drops or pQt'!:\ita to be dropped or thro'Wn upon any Rtrect or
other publio tht>rou,gh.fal"e any dtt8truotive 0r injurious material shall immediately re-
move the aame.
Any person author1zod to remove a wrecked or d;.un.a.ged vehicle from a. street
or other public thoroughfare shall r9OVO any glus or other inj'],Timla Bubst1Ulce
dropped \lpOn such roadway from lJuch vehicle.
Uo person shall place any- obstructi,ott in or upon a strQet or other public
thoroughfare without proper authority.
- Section 55. He lations concernin school bU8ses.
A The driver of a vehicle within the Villago of Dublin, upon meeting or
overtaking from either direction any school bU8 which hac stopped on any street for
the pu.rposes of reoeiving or discharging any sohool child, shall atop the vehicle
not 1088 than ten fept from ouch Bchool bus and shall not proceed until suoh school
bus resumes m.otion, or until aignalfJd b)" t he driver to proceed.
(~) No school bus dri Vl"'r shall start hie bus until attar any child liiho
may have alighted therefrom has reached a place of safety on his residence side of
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Section 56. 'f'rohibition a~a:tnfJt res:tstin$j a!ricer.
No pe:rson shall re<sist, hinder, obet.ruot, or &buse any marshall, poltce
offioer, or other official w~ilo auch official i8 attr~ptL~g to arrest offanders
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under any section of this Ordinanoe. No porson 5ha11 interfere with any p~rson
charged under such section with the enforc~~~nt ot the sections of this Ordinance.
Section 57. ITohibition a~ainst operat~ of unsafe vehicles.
No p')r5on shall drive or move, or cause or knOTtingly p~rmit to be drive.."l
or moved, on any street or other public thoroughfare any vehicle or combination
'I' of vehicles which is in such unsafe condition as to endanger any person.
Sections 57 to 66 of this 1rdinance, with re5pect to equipment on vehicles,
do not /apply to implement" of husbandry, road machinery, road rollers, or agricul-
tural tractors except an made applicable to such articles of maohinery.
~ection 58. Lighted lights required.
J!vl;i;ry vehicle upon a street or other public thoroughfare open to traffic
within the Village of' Dublin dUl'ing the time from one hour after sunset to one
hour before sunrise, and at ..n~ other time when thore is not su!!ieit,mt natural light
'to render discernible ?6:rsonB~ vehicles, tmd substantial ob;"Ie cte on the highway at
8. distance of five hundred feet ahead, sha.ll display lighted lights and illmunating
devices as required by sections 59 to 65, inclusive, of this Ordlnance, for diffa~
ent ClaDSQ8 of vehicles.
Whenever in sueh sectione n requirement is declered as to the distance
from which certain lamp8 a.nd devices shall render objects visible, or within which
such lamps or devices shall be viSible. such distance shall be measured upon a
straight level unlighted highway under normal atmosph&rio conditions unless a
different condition 1s e1pressly stated.
Whenever in such sections a requiremflnt is deolared as to the mounted
height of lights or deviees, it shall mean trom the center of such light or device
te; the level ground upon which the vehicle stands.
Section 59. Headlights. I
fvery motor vehicle, other than a motorcyclo, shall be equipj.:ed with at
least two h('!l.dllghts wi th at h:ast one near GaCh aide of tho .front of the motor
vehicle.
rvery. motorcycle shall be equipped with at least one and not more than
-, two headlights.
Section 60. Tail lights a.nd illumination of rear lieerul8 ~late.
tvery motor vehlcfe, trailer, semi-trailer, pole trailer 01' vehicle which
is being drawn at the end of a train of vehiclos shall be equipped with at least one
tail light mou."1ted en the ree.:r .,ich, when lighted, shall emit a red light visible
from & distance ot Five Hundred Feet to therea.r, provided that in the case of' a
train of vehicles only tho tail light on the reamost vshicle need be vi8ible from
the distance specified.
Ei thar a tail light or 8. separate light ~hall be so constructed and placed
as to illuminate lTith a white light t.h61 rear rogistration plate, when such registra-
tion plate is required, and rendEr it legible from a distance of fifty feet to the
rear. Any tail light, together with any separate light for illuminating the rear
registration plato, shall be so wired 11..'1 to be 1.16hted tthanever the headlights or
auxiliary driving lights are lighted, except where separa.ta lighting systems are
provided for trailorB for the purpo.se of illum1nating such rl"tgistration plate.
Section 61. Obscured light. on vehiol!s.
Whenever motor and other vehiCYei3 ure operated in oomhirmt:lon during the
time that lights are req!lired~ any light, except tail lights, which by reason of its
location on a vehicle or the combination would be obscured by another vtiliicle of
the comhination nead not be lighted, but this section does not affeet the requirement
that lighted clearance l1.ghtQ be ci.tsplayed on the front of the foremoet vehicle
required to have clearance lights or that all lights required on tbe rear (If the
roamost vehicle of any combination shal.l b6 lightltd.
Section 6?. Red li~t or flAvequ.1red. .
'~l1$neV$r he load upon any vehicle e:xtonds to the rear four f.1>et or more
bG,yond tho bl)d or bod;,.. of snch vehicle, there stall be displayed at the taxtrene
r~ar end of tho load, at t,he tiMs specified in section S8 of this Ordinance, &to
red light or lantern plainly visible from & distanoe of at least five hundred feet
ta the SidGS and rear. The red light or lantern required by th.is section is in
addition to the red rear light required upon ever.y vehicle. A t any other t1.me
thflr8 shall be displayed at the extreJ:18 rear end of such load. n red flag or cloth
not less than sixteen inches 8q\tare.
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Sect.ion 63. HOTn!S, sirens, ~d warning devises.
Every motor vehiole when operated upon a street or other publio t.aorough-
fQr€' shall be equipped m.th R. horn which is 1n good ll'ork1ng order and capable of
omitting sound audible, under normal conditions, from a distance of not leas than
two hundred fe~t.
No mot.or vehicle shall be equipped" with, nOT shall any person use upon
a vehicle, any &~rcn, whistle, or bell. Any vehicle may be equipped 'with G theft
"- ala.rm signal device which shall re so &.Tl"9.nged t.hat it cannot be used aa an ordinary
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1'1arr:1ng 3i;:;na1. Every t'~merg,"lncy vehicle shall be equippert with a siren, whistle,
or boll, a.pable of omitting sound audible u.nder normu conditions from a di5tance
of not leas thttn fivo hundred feot and of a type a.pproved by the village council.
Such equipmont shall not be used e~cept when suoh vehicle is op~r3ted in responoe
to an emergency call or is in t.he immediate pursuit 01: IiUl .nctual or suspected viola.tor
of the law, in which case tho driver of the CJaergpncl vehicle shall sound such equip-
mcntr/hen it is neceftsar~" to warn ped, strians and other driven of the approach thereof.
Section 61.1. :{uftlers.
J..very Iilotor vehicle nth an internal combustion engine shall at all times
be equipped with a muffler which is in g"'o~ work! '1g order and in constant opera.tion,
and no JHI;rso.n 3b4ll use a .mut"i'lt'lr cutout J b:lp355 J or similar devi.cl9 upon a motor
vehicle on a ntroe;t ar otherp11blic thorou[Jhf;are of the Village of Dublin.
Section 65. All lauds s~a 11 be ro fir1 secured.
No va.i.ic e sila 1 bt'l1 1" yen or moved on any at.reet or other puhlio thorough-
fare ur.J.ss!'I such Vil'1iclo is so con5tructed or loaded a:tll to prev"'iant any of' its load
from droppin;;, sifting, leaking, Qr oth~I"'!r1sG escaping therefrom, except th.at !Sand
or other ~ubstanees may he 1ro,?pAd tor the purpose ot securing trll.otion, or water
or other Elubstance may be sprinkled on ci street or other public thoroughfare in
16av~ng or maintaining such 3treet or otnar public thoro~~hfare.
Section 66. Special p~rmits for vehicles.
The Council of the V1llage of Lu.blin may, upon applicat;ion in writing ?..nd
for good cause shown, issue a special permit in writing authorizing the applicant to
operate or m.ove a vehi.c.le or combination of vehicles of a 5i~Q or weight of venicle
or load exceeding the mszimum specified in sections 5517.01 to 5577.09, inclusive,
ot the RtlVised Code of the State of Ohio within the VillAge of n'lblin. Any- such
pemU may be issued for a single or a round trip, or in special instance!!, for a
certain period of tme.
The application for any such permit shall be in such form I1S prescribed
oy the Council ot the '111&g8 of Dublin.
The Counc.il of the Villagl! of Dublin may issue or withhold suoh pemit;
or, if such parmit is issued, may limit or p:rp.scribo oonditions of operation ,for
any 8uch vehiole, &nd require bond or othor security necessary to compensate for
any damuge to a:r:q str~;et or public thoroughfare or any surfaCe! thereof.
Every sl;.ch p&rmit shall be carried in the vehiclo or combination oJ' vehicles
to whioh it refilrs and shall be open to inspection by smy police officnr or authoriz.ed
agent Qf the V1ll~ge of t~blin, No person shall violate any 01' the terms ot such
permit..
Section 67. Penal'ties.
(A) Whor:vt;r viob.tes Section 12 of this OrdinlUlce shall be fined not more
than five hlL."ldred dollar8 ($5'oo~OO) and mprisoned not lens thar. throe 0) da;yn nore
more than six (6) mont.h:a and no court sha.ll suspend the first three (3) days or any
s9nt~nce provided fQr ur~er this section of this Ordinance.
(13) ~bo ever violates Sections 2 through 68 of this Ordinance and tor
- T...hich no ~~malty is othornise provided, oha1l, ;for the first offenoe, be fined not
less than five dollars n5.00) nor more than fifty do1lllrs ('SO.OO}J tor the seoond
offence Tr.ithin one y~ar after ~~e first offense, such perDon shall be fined not less
than ten dollars ($10.00) nor more than one hundrm dollars (&100.00) or imprisoned.
not more than ten (10) daj'lJ, or both; for each 8ubsequent o:tfense within one year
lifter the first offense, such person shall be tined notlest3 than twenty ($20.00)
dollars nor more than two hundred dollars ($20Q.OO) or imprison@d not more than
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Section 68. Valid Operator's License.
Any person who~erates a motor vehicle within the
corporation of the Village of Dublin shall show or give
. satisfactory proof that they have a valid operator's license.
Anyone found guilty of this section shall pay a fine of not
more than Five Hundred Dollars ($500.06) or be impris'ned
for six (6) months or both such fine and imprisonment.
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No person shall authorize or Imowlngly permit a motor
vehicle owned by him or udder his control to be driven by any
person who has no legal right to do so.iiXiIi~~~~~
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o person who s owner of a motor vehicle, house trai~r, ______
trailer, or semitrailert or the manufacturer thereof, the dealer, ,
or- in tI'ansi t comp&ny t erGin, shall fail to display the
distinctive number and ~egistration mark, furnished by the
director of highways for such motor vehicle, house trailer,
l' traiJe r, or semitrailer, on the rear thereof. Such number plates
, sball be securely fastened so as not to sWing.
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Section . Effective Date.
is Ordinance is ecreed to be an emergency measure necessary for the
Imm(;d1..ite protecti<>n of the citi:;ens of the Vl1brre of Dublin in the control and
regul~tion of traffic in and upon the strGets N~d other public thoroughfares of
said Villar;e and shall ~~a.ke ei'.foct at tho earli>'lst date allowed by law.
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