The Union County journal. [volume] (Marysville, Ohio) 1875-1951, 1947-05-12
ORDINANCE NO. All

ORDINANCE NO. All
AN ORDINANCE PROVIDING
FOR THE ADMINISTRATION
AND ENFORCEMENT OF THE
REGULATIONS G0V MING
TRAFFIC. UPON THE PUBLIC
MARYSVILLE AND REPEATING
ALL ORDINANCES AND PARTS
OF ORDINANCES IN CONFLICT
HEREWITH
He ii ordained BY Council Of the
Village of MarysviIle as Fallows;
ARTICLE
Words and Phrases Defined
Section /. (al Whenever any
words and phrases used herein are
not defined herein but are defined
in the Uniform Traffic Act of the
state of Ohio such definition shall
be deemed to apply to such words
and phrases used herein.
(b) Whenever any words and
phrases used herein are not defined
in the Uniform Traffic Act of the
state of Ohio but are defined in any
traffic ordinance of this Village,
such definition shall be deemed to
apply to such words and phrases
used herein.
ARTICLE III
Administrative Officers
Section 2, IL shall be the duty of
the Police Department to enforce
ttiC olIcCl reg OI lHf -
Village, to make arrests for traffic
violations, to- investigate accidents
and to cooperate with other officers
of the Village in the administration
OF the traffic laws and ordinances
and in developing ways and means
to improve traffic conditions. and
to carry out these duties especially
imposed upon said division by this
ordinance and the traffic ordinances
of this Village.
ARTICLE III
Duties and Procedure
Section 8. PROCEDURE UPON
ARREST. (a) Except when author
lied or directed under state law TO
Immediately take a person arrested
for violation of any of the traffic
laws before a magistrate, any police
officer, upon making an arrest for
violation of the State traffic laws or
traffic ordinances of this Village,
shall take the violator's name, ad-
dress, operators license number and
registration number of the motor
vehicle involved. and issue to him
in writing on form provided by
the Village a notice to answer to
the charge against him within five
days during hours and at a place
specified in the notice. The officer
shall thereupon, and upon giving
by the violator Of his written prom
Use to answer as specified in the
notice, release him from custody.
(b) Whenever any motor vehicle
without driver is found parked or
stopped in violation of any of the
restrictions imposed by ordinance
of this Village or by state law. the
officer finding such vehicle shall
take its registration number and
may take any other information
displayed on the vehicle which may
identify it's user, and shall conspicu-
ously affix to such vehicle a notice
in writing. on a form provided by
the Village for the driver to answer
to the charge against him within
five days during the hours and at
a place specified in the notice.
Section 4. RECORDS OF TRAFFIC
VIOLATIONS. (a) The Police De-
partment shall keep record of all
violations of the traffic ordinances
Of this Village or of the State Uni
form Traffic Act of which any per-
son has been charged, together with
record OF the final disposition OF
all such alleged offenses. Such rec
ord shall be so maintained as to
show all types of violations and the
total OF each. Said record shall ac-
eHmulate until a five-year period
is covered and from that time on
the record shall be maintained COM
pIete for the most recent five-year
period.
(b) All forms for records of -yie-
latfOnS ana nOtlceS OF VlOlatiOns
shall be serially numbered. For
each month and year a written
record shall be kept available to
the public showing the disposal OF
all such forums.
Section 5. POLICE TO INvESTI-
GATE ACCIDENTS AND RECEIVE
ACCIDENT REPORTS. (a) 1t shall
be the duty of the Police Depart
ment ito investigate traffic accidents
and to arrest and obtain prosecu-
tion of those persons guilty of vio-
lations of law or ordinances causing
or contributing to such accidents.
(b) Said division shall maintain a
suitable system of filing traffic
accident reports. Accident reports or
cards referring to them shall be
filed alpha habetically by location.