Effective: July 13, 1990
Latest Legislation: Senate Bill 174 - 118th General Assembly
(A) The legislative authority of a village may establish, by ordinance, an auxiliary police unit within the police department of the village, and provide for the regulation of auxiliary police officers. The mayor shall be the executive head of the auxiliary police unit, shall make all appointments and removals of auxiliary police officers, subject to any general rules prescribed by the legislative authority by ordinance, and shall prescribe rules for the organization, training, administration, control, and conduct of the auxiliary police unit. The village marshal shall have exclusive control of the stationing and transferring of all auxiliary police officers, under such general rules as the mayor prescribes.
(B)(1) The legislative authority of a village may establish, by ordinance, a parking enforcement unit within the police department of the village, and provide for the regulation of parking enforcement officers. The mayor shall be the executive head of the parking enforcement unit, shall make all appointments and removals of parking enforcement officers, subject to any general rules prescribed by the legislative authority by ordinance, and shall prescribe rules for the organization, training, administration, control, and conduct of the parking enforcement unit. The mayor may appoint parking enforcement officers who agree to serve for nominal compensation, and persons with physical disabilities may receive appointments as parking enforcement officers.
(2) The authority of the parking enforcement officers shall be limited to the enforcement of ordinances governing parking in handicapped parking locations and fire lanes and any other parking ordinances specified in the ordinance creating the parking enforcement unit. Parking enforcement officers shall have no other powers.
(3) The training the parking enforcement officers shall receive shall include instruction in general administrative rules and procedures governing the parking enforcement unit, the role of the judicial system as it relates to parking regulation and enforcement, proper techniques and methods relating to the enforcement of parking ordinances, human interaction skills, and first aid.
Structure Ohio Revised Code
Title 7 | Municipal Corporations
Section 737.01 | Director of Public Safety.
Section 737.02 | General Duties - Records - Contracts.
Section 737.021 | Division of Traffic Engineering and Safety in Department of Public Safety.
Section 737.022 | Authority of Director of Public Safety to Promulgate Certain Traffic Regulations.
Section 737.03 | Management of Certain Institutions - Contracts and Expenditures.
Section 737.04 | Mutual Aid Contracts for Police Protection.
Section 737.041 | Providing Police Service Without Contract.
Section 737.05 | Composition and Control of Police Department.
Section 737.051 | City Auxiliary Police Unit - City Parking Enforcement Unit.
Section 737.052 | Felony Conviction Precludes or Terminates Employment.
Section 737.06 | Chief of Police.
Section 737.07 | Hours of Work for Policemen in Cities - Leave of Absence.
Section 737.08 | Composition and Control of City Fire Department.
Section 737.081 | Criminal Records Check.
Section 737.082 | Employee Status of Volunteer Firefighter.
Section 737.09 | Chief of Fire Department.
Section 737.10 | Additional Patrolmen and Firemen in Emergency Situation.
Section 737.11 | General Duties of Police and Fire Departments.
Section 737.111 | Fines, Rewards and Fees of Police Department Credited to General Fund.
Section 737.112 | Fines, Proceeds and Fees of Fire Department Credited to General Fund.
Section 737.12 | Suspension of Police and Fire Personnel.
Section 737.13 | Classification of Service - Rules and Regulations.
Section 737.14 | Relief for Members of Police or Fire Department.
Section 737.15 | Appointment of Village Marshal.
Section 737.161 | Village Auxiliary Police Unit - Parking Enforcement Unit.
Section 737.162 | Felony Conviction Precludes or Terminates Employment.
Section 737.17 | Probationary Period - Final Appointment.
Section 737.171 | Procedure for Removal of Village Marshal.
Section 737.18 | General Powers of Village Police Officers.
Section 737.19 | Powers and Duties of Village Marshal.
Section 737.20 | Disposition of Fines and Penalties.
Section 737.21 | Municipal Fire Regulations, Department, Companies, and Rescue Units.
Section 737.22 | Appointment of Fire Chief or Fire Prevention Officer and Firefighters.
Section 737.221 | Criminal Records Check.
Section 737.222 | Employee Status of Volunteer Firefighter.
Section 737.23 | Schooling of Officers and Firemen of Fire Department.
Section 737.24 | Legislative Authority May Purchase Engines and Equipment.
Section 737.25 | Buildings for Department.
Section 737.27 | Investigation of Fires.
Section 737.28 | Erection of Houses and Business Structures - Removal.
Section 737.29 | Property Recovered by Police.
Section 737.31 | Disposition to Claimant.
Section 737.32 | Sale or Donation of Unclaimed Property.
Section 737.33 | Expenses of Storage and Sale - Notice.
Section 737.37 | Power of Legislative Authority to Regulate.
Section 737.40 | Voluntary Motor Vehicle Decal Registration Program.