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TO AMEND SECTION 333.01, DRIVING OR PHYSICAL CONTROL WHILE UNDER THE INFLUENCE, OF CHAPTER 333, DUI; WILLFUL MISCONDUCT; SPEED, OF THE CODIFIED ORDINANCES OF THE CITY OF GAHANNA; EVIDENCE, AND SECTION 333.99, OF CHAPTER 333, PENALTY, OF CHAPTER 333, DUI; WILLFUL MISCONDUCT; SPEED, OF THE CODIFIED ORDINANCES OF THE CITY OF GAHANNA; AND TO DECLARE AN EMERGENCY.
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Safety Committee of Council 3/27 - pc
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WHEREAS, the State law has changed regarding violators of the DUI laws in the State of Ohio; and
WHEREAS, Safety Committee of Council reviewed this change, and on March 27, recommended, along with the Mayor and Chief of Police, that the State provisions be incorporated in the City of Gahanna Ordinances; and
WHEREAS, The Walter H. Drane Company, codifier for the City of Gahanna has now recommended wording for this legislation, and it is desirable and necessary to move forward to effect this change at the earliest period allowed by law, in order to have continuity in laws and penalties issued for violators, all for the preservation of the public peace,health, safety, and welfare;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF GAHANNA, STATE OF OHIO:
Section 1. That Section 333.01, Driving or Physical Control While Under The Influence; Evidence, of Chapter 333, DUI; Willful Misconduct; Speed, of the Codified Ordinances of the City of Gahanna is hereby amended as follows:
333.01 DRIVING OR PHYSICAL CONTROL WHILE UNDER THE INFLUENCE; EVIDENCE.
(a) Operation Generally. No person shall operate any vehicle within the Municipality, if any of the following apply:
(1) The person is under the influence of alcohol, a drug of abuse, or alcohol and a drug of abuse;
(2) The person has a concentration of ten-hundredths of one per cent or more but less than seventeen-hundredths of one per cent by weight of alcohol in the person's blood;
(3) The person has a concentration of ten-hundredths of one gram or more but less th...
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