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Office of the Mayor
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Repealing Section 313.12 of the Toledo Municipal Code and enacting new Toledo Municipal Code Section 303.98 entitled Civil penalties for traffic law photo-monitoring device violations; and declaring an emergency.
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SUMMARY & BACKGROUND:
This Ordinance seeks to repeal Section 313.12 of the Toledo Municipal Code which is titled Civil penalties for automated red-light system violations and enacting new Toledo Municipal Code Section 303.98 Civil penalties for traffic law photo-monitoring device violations which will provide for the use of hand-held, manually operated and stationary photo-enforcement devices and to provide for the enforcement of this ordinance in the Toledo Municipal Court as required by State of Ohio law.
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NOW, THEREFORE, Be it ordained by the Council of the City of Toledo:
SECTION 1. That Toledo Municipal Code Section 313.12 of the Toledo Municipal Code which states:
313.12. Civil penalties for automated red-light system violations.
(a) Automated red light and speeding system/civil violation - General.
(1) Notwithstanding any other provision of this Traffic Code, the City of Toledo hereby adopts a civil enforcement system for red light and speeding camera system violations as outlined in this Section. Said system imposes monetary liability on the owner of a vehicle for failure of an operator thereof to comply with traffic control indications in the City of Toledo in accordance with the provisions of this Section.
(2) The City of Toledo Division of Transportation, the Toledo Police Department, and the Toledo Department of Law shall be responsible for administering the Automated Red Light and Speeding System. Specifically, the Toledo Division of Transportation and the Toledo Police Department shall be empowered to install and operate red light and speeding camera systems within the city of Toledo. And, the Toledo Division of Transportation and the Toledo Police Depa...
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