202601706

ORDINANCE (EMERGENCY), submitted by Councilmember Jeffreys, Johnson, Albi, Cramerding and Owens, from Emily Smart Woerner, City Solicitor, MODIFYING the provisions of Title V, “Traffic Code,” of the Cincinnati Municipal Code (“CMC”) by ORDAINING new Chapter 519, “Street Racing, Stunt Driving, and Street Takeover”; MODIFYING the provisions of Chapter 759, “Use of a Motor Vehicle to Facilitate a Prostitution or Drug Related Crime,” of the CMC by ORDAINING new Sections 759-6, “Use of a Motor Vehicle for Street Racing, Stunt Driving, and Street Takeover Prohibited”; 759-6-1, “Impoundment of Motor Vehicles Used to Facilitate Street Racing, Stunt Driving, and Street Takeover”; and 759-6-2, “Answer to Notice; Hearings for Motor Vehicles Impounded for Street Racing, Stunt Driving, and Street Takeover”; and by AMENDING Sections 759-1, “Legislative Findings”; 759-5, “Impoundment of Motor Vehicles Used to Facilitate Officer Evasion, Prostitution or Drug Related Crimes”; 759-7, “Answer to Notice; Hearings”; 759-9, “Posting Bond”; 759-11, “Default”; 759-13, “Appeal”; and 759-15, “Sale of Impounded Vehicles”; MODIFYING the provisions of Chapter 513, “Impoundment of Motor Vehicles,” of the CMC by AMENDING Sections 513-1, “Impoundment of Motor Vehicles,” and 513-11, “Sale of Impounded Vehicles”; and MODIFYING the provisions of Title XV, “Code Compliance and Hearings,” of the CMC by AMENDING Section 1501-11, “Class E Civil Offenses,” all to make participation in street racing, stunt driving, and street takeover a misdemeanor of the first degree; to make the use of a motor vehicle to facilitate the commission of a crime involving street racing, stunt driving, and street takeover a Class E Civil Offense; and to permit police officers to impound vehicles used in the commission of such offenses.

Ordinance Passed Emergency Introduced May 26, 2026

Where it was heard