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| To amend section 4511.68 of the Revised Code to allow | 1 |
| certain motor-driven cycles and motor scooters to | 2 |
| be parked on a sidewalk so long as the vehicles do | 3 |
| not impede the normal flow of pedestrian traffic. | 4 |
| Section 1. That section 4511.68 of the Revised Code be | 5 |
| amended to read as follows: | 6 |
| Sec. 4511.68. (A) No person shall stand or park a trackless | 7 |
| trolley or vehicle, except when necessary to avoid conflict with | 8 |
| other traffic or to comply with sections 4511.01 to 4511.78, | 9 |
| 4511.99, and 4513.01 to 4513.37 of the Revised Code, or while | 10 |
| obeying the directions of a police officer or a traffic control | 11 |
| device, in any of the following places: | 12 |
| (1) On a sidewalk, except | 13 |
| (B) of this section; | 14 |
| (2) In front of a public or private driveway; | 15 |
| (3) Within an intersection; | 16 |
| (4) Within ten feet of a fire hydrant; | 17 |
| (5) On a crosswalk; | 18 |
| (6) Within twenty feet of a crosswalk at an intersection; | 19 |
| (7) Within thirty feet of, and upon the approach to, any | 20 |
| flashing beacon, stop sign, or traffic control device; | 21 |
| (8) Between a safety zone and the adjacent curb or within | 22 |
| thirty feet of points on the curb immediately opposite the ends of | 23 |
| a safety zone, unless a different length is indicated by a traffic | 24 |
| control device; | 25 |
| (9) Within fifty feet of the nearest rail of a railroad | 26 |
| crossing; | 27 |
| (10) Within twenty feet of a driveway entrance to any fire | 28 |
| station and, on the side of the street opposite the entrance to | 29 |
| any fire station, within seventy-five feet of the entrance when it | 30 |
| is properly posted with signs; | 31 |
| (11) Alongside or opposite any street excavation or | 32 |
| obstruction when such standing or parking would obstruct traffic; | 33 |
| (12) Alongside any vehicle stopped or parked at the edge or | 34 |
| curb of a street; | 35 |
| (13) Upon any bridge or elevated structure upon a highway, or | 36 |
| within a highway tunnel; | 37 |
| (14) At any place where signs prohibit stopping; | 38 |
| (15) Within one foot of another parked vehicle; | 39 |
| (16) On the roadway portion of a freeway, expressway, or | 40 |
| thruway. | 41 |
| (B) A person shall be permitted, without charge or | 42 |
| restriction, to stand or park on a sidewalk a motor-driven cycle | 43 |
| or motor scooter that has an engine not larger than one hundred | 44 |
| and fifty cubic centimeters, or a bicycle, provided that the | 45 |
| motor-driven cycle, motor scooter, or bicycle does not impede the | 46 |
| normal flow of pedestrian traffic. This division does not | 47 |
| authorize any person to operate a vehicle in violation of section | 48 |
| 4511.711 of the Revised Code. | 49 |
| (C) Except as otherwise provided in this division, whoever | 50 |
| violates division (A) of this section is guilty of a minor | 51 |
| misdemeanor. If, within one year of the offense, the offender | 52 |
| previously has been convicted of or pleaded guilty to one | 53 |
| predicate motor vehicle or traffic offense, whoever violates this | 54 |
| section is guilty of a misdemeanor of the fourth degree. If, | 55 |
| within one year of the offense, the offender previously has been | 56 |
| convicted of two or more predicate motor vehicle or traffic | 57 |
| offenses, whoever violates this section is guilty of a misdemeanor | 58 |
| of the third degree. | 59 |
| Section 2. That existing section 4511.68 of the Revised Code | 60 |
| is hereby repealed. | 61 |