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Ordinance No 3 By
An Ordinance to enact a new Chapter 309 Parking Violations Bureau within the
Codified Ordinances of the City of Lakewood for the purpose of decriminalizing parking
citations pursuant to the authority granted to municipalities in Ohio Revised Code
Chapter 4521
Whereas in an effort to make parking violation collections more
efficient the
City of Lakewood would like to decriminalize parking violations to allow the City to take
part in the Ohio Bureau of Motor Vehicles Drivers with Excessive Tickets Excluded from
RegistrationDETER system of reporting violations and
Whereas participating in the DETER system of reporting a places an
automatic block on an individual s registration of a vehicle in the event that they have
1 unpaid violation for parking in a handicapped parking space or three 3 unpaid
parking violations Now therefore
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY <strong>OF</strong> LAKEWOOD STATE <strong>OF</strong> OHIO
Section 1 That Chapter309 Parking Violations Bureau of the Codified
Ordinances of the City of Lakewood is hereby enacted to read as follows
309 01 Definitions
The following words and phrases when used in this Chapter of the Traffic Code
shall have the meanings respectively ascribed to them by this Section
A
Parking Infraction means aviolation of Chapter 351 of this Code
B Vehicles has the same
meaning as in RC Section 4511 01
C Parking Violations Bureau means the Parking Violations Bureau
established by the City Council ofthe City of Lakewood pursuant to 309 02 of this Code
D Notification of Infraction means the notice mailed to the owner or
operator of a vehicle involved in a Parking Infraction pursuant to Section 309 05 of this
Code
E
Court or Municipal Court means the Lakewood Municipal Court