Geauga record. [volume] (Chardon, Geauga County, Ohio) 1952-1962, 1955-12-29
LEGAL NOTICE
or cause it to be removed.
SECTION IA. PROHIBITION A
GAINST ALTERATION, DE-


GAINST ALTERATION, DE
FACING OR REMOVAL.
No person shall without lawful
authority attempt to or willfully
alter, deface, mjure, knoc
down, or remove any traffic
| control device, any railroad
sign or signal, or any mscrip.
ton, shield, or insignia there.
on, or any part thereof. This
prohibition includes the driv.
ing upon or over any freshly
painted center line, lane line
letter, number, or symbol on
the surface of a roadway while
the paint is in an undried con-
dition and is marked by flags,
markers. signs, or other devices
intended to protect it.
SECTION IS. OPERATION OF
VEHICLE WHILE INTOXICA-
TED.
! No person who is under the
influence of intoxicating liquor
narcotic drugs, or opiateS shall
operate any vehicle within this
Village. Nor shall any person
be in actual physical control
of said vehicle while under the
influence Of Intoxicating liquor
narcotics, drugs, or opiates.
SECTION IS. RECKLESS OP-
GRAFTON OF VEHICLES.
No person shall operate a We
hicle without due regard for the
safety and rights of pedestrians
and drivers and occupants of
all other vehicles SO as to endan-
ger the life, limb and or pro-
perty of any person while in
the lawful use of the streets.
SECTION II. SPEED REGU-
LATIONS: ASSURED CLEAR
DISTANCE AHEAD.
No person shall operate a mo-
tor vehicle in and upon the
streets at a speed greater or
less than Is reasonable or pro-
per, having due regard to the
traffic, surface, and width of the
street and any other conditions
and no person shall drive any
motor vehicle in and upon any
street 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 law
full for the operator of a motor
vehicle to operate the same at
a speed not exceeding the follow
ing:
ca Twenty miles per hour
when passing a school building
or the grounds thereof during
school recess and while child
rem are going to or leaving
school during the opening or
closing hours, and when approp-
riate signs giving notice Of the
existence of the school are e.
rected:
(b) Twenty five miles per
hour in all other portions of the
Village, except on state routes
and through highways outside
business districts.
Cc) Thirty five miles per
hour on state routes or through
, highways within the village out
side business districts.
1t shall be the prima faCie u-
lawful for any perOn to exceed
any of the speed limitations
in sections l to 81, inclusive, and
section 1O5 of this Ordinance. In
every charge of violation OF
this section, the affidavit and
warrant shall specify the time,
the place, and the speed al
which the defendant is alleged
to have driven and also the
speed which this section declares
shall be prima facie lawful al
the time and place of such
alleged violation.
| SECTION 18. SLOW SPEED
No person shall operate a We
hicle at such a slow speed as
to impede or block the normal
and reasonable movement ot
traffic, except when reduced
speed is necessary for safe op-
GRAFTON or to comply with the
law.
SECTION 10. EMERGENCY
VEHICLES EXCEPTED FROM
SPEED LIMITATIONS.
The prima facie speed limi-
tatiOnS set forth in section II
of this Ordinance do not apply
to emergency vehicles W n
they are responding to emer-
gency calls, and when the driv-
erS thereof sound audible sig
nails by bell, siren, or exhaust
whistle. THIS section does not
relieve the driver of an emer-
gency vehicle from the duty to
drive with due regard for the
safety of all persons using the
street.
SECTION 20. DRIVING UPON
THE RIG TT SIDE OF
STREETS.
Upon all roadwayS of suffic-
lent width, a vehicle shall be
driven upon the right half of the
street, except as follows:
(a) When overtaking and
passing another vehicle proceed
ing in the same direction, or
when making a left turn under
the rules governing such move
mentS;
(b) When the right half of a
roadway is closed to traffic;
Co When driving upon a road
way divided into three or more
marked lanes for traffic under
the rules applicable thereon;
t6) When driUinp 1Ir,0o q roaI