Author: Clerk of Council

CITY OF STRUTHERS
Ordinance
								NO.__23-002______

AN ORDINANCE TO APPROVE CURRENT REPLACEMENT PAGES TO THE STRUTHERS CODIFIED ORDINANCES AND DECLARING AN EMERGENCY.

	WHEREAS, the Ohio Constitution requires that Ohio municipal ordinances comply with State law if they are an exercise of the Municipality’s police powers;

	WHEREAS, certain provisions within the Codified Ordinances should be amended to conform with current State law; and

	WHEREAS, various ordinances of a general and permanent nature have been passed by Council which should be included in the Codified Ordinances; and

	WHEREAS, the City has heretofore entered into a contract with the Walter H. Drane Company to prepare and publish such revision which is before Council;

	NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED, by the Council of the City of Struthers, Ohio, 3/4's of all members elected thereto concurring:

	SECTION 1:  That the ordinances of the City of Struthers, Ohio, of a general and permanent nature, as revised, recodified, rearranged and consolidated into component codes, titles, chapters and sections within the 2022 Replacement Pages to the Codified Ordinances, are hereby approved and adopted.

	SECTION 2:  That the following sections and chapters are hereby added, amended or repealed as respectively indicated in order to comply with current State law.
							
Administrative Code

	101.03		Rules of Construction.  (Amended)

Traffic Code

	303.082	Private Tow-Away Zones.  (Amended)
	303.083	Impounding Vehicles on Public Property.  (Added)
	337.10		Lights, Emblems, and Reflectors on Slow-Moving Vehicles, Farm Machinery, Agricultural Tractors, and Animal-Drawn Vehicles.  (Amended)
	337.16		Number of Lights; Limitations on Flashing, Oscillating or Rotating Lights.  (Amended)

General Offenses Code

	513.01		Drug Abuse Control Definitions.  (Amended)
	513.15		Sale of Dextromethorphan.  (Added)
	517.01		Gambling Definitions.  (Amended)
	517.02		Gambling.  (Amended)
	517.06		Methods of Conducting a Bingo Game; Prohibitions.  (Amended)
	517.08		Raffles.  (Amended)
	517.09		Charitable Instant Bingo Organizations.  (Amended)
	517.11		Bingo or Game of Chance Records.  (Amended)
	517.13		Bingo Exceptions.  (Amended)
	517.14		Instant Bingo Conduct by a Veteran’s or Fraternal Organization.  (Amended)
	517.16		Skill-Based Amusement Machines.  (Amended)
	517.17		Electronic Instant Bingo; Prohibited Conduct.  (Added)
	529.01		Liquor Control Definitions.  (Amended)
	529.07		Open Container Prohibited.  (Amended)
	537.19		Hazing Prohibited.  (Added)
	549.02		Carrying Concealed Weapons.  (Amended)
	549.06		Unlawful Transactions in Weapons.  (Amended)
	549.11		Possessing Replica Firearm in School.  (Amended) 
	549.13		Concealed Handgun Licenses; Possession of Revoked or Suspended License; Additional Restrictions; Posting Signs Prohibiting Possession.   (Added)

	CITY OF STRUTHERS
Ordinance
								NO.__23-002______

Fire Prevention Code

	1519.01	Fireworks Definitions.  (Amended)
	1519.04	Possession, Sale or Discharge Prohibited; Exceptions.  (Amended)
	1519.05	Application.  (Amended)
	1519.06	Safety Requirements for Fireworks Showroom Structures.  (Added)
	1519.07	Manufacturing or Wholesale Sale Without a License; Prohibitions.  (Added)
	1519.08	Purchase to Comply with Law; Unauthorized Purchases.  (Added)

	SECTION 3: That the complete text of the sections listed above are set forth in full in the current replacement pages to the Codified Ordinances which are hereby attached to this ordinance as Exhibit A.  The listing above of each new section by reference to its title shall constitute sufficient publication of new matter contained therein.

	SECTION 4: That this ordinance is hereby declared to be an emergency measure necessary for the preservation of the public peace, health and safety of the Municipality and its inhabitants for the reason that there exists an imperative necessity for the earliest publication and distribution of current Replacement Pages to the officials and residents of the Municipality, so as to facilitate administration, daily operation and avoid practical and legal entanglements, including conflict with general State law, and providing it receives the affirmative vote of 3/4's of the members elected to the legislative authority, it shall take effect and be in force immediately upon its passage and approval by the Mayor; otherwise, it shall take effect and be in force from and after the earliest period allowed by law.

PASSED IN COUNCIL THIS _____25^th   ___ DAY OF_________January_____ _____, 2023.

_Megan R. Shorthouse __________			_Michael S. Patrick_________________
CLERK OF COUNCIL				PRESIDENT OF COUNCIL

FILED WITH THE MAYOR THIS ____25^th   _ __DAY OF_________January_______, 2023.

_Megan R. Shorthouse_______________
CLERK OF COUNCIL
		
APPROVED BY THE MAYOR THIS ____25^th   __ DAY OF________January_______, 2023.
																				_Catherine Cercone Miller______ _______	
							MAYOR

PUBLISHED IN THE HOMETOWN JOURNAL

DATE: __02/02/2023-02/09/2023______________

	__Megan R. Shorthouse________________
		CLERK OF COUNCIL

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