(A) Before a passenger tramway operator may operate any passenger tramway in the state, the operator shall apply to the division of industrial compliance in the department of commerce, on forms prepared by it, for registration by the division. The application shall contain an inventory of the passenger tramways that the applicant intends to operate and other information as the division may reasonably require and shall be accompanied by the following annual fees:

Terms Used In Ohio Code 4169.03

  • Passenger: means any person who is being transported or conveyed by a passenger tramway. See Ohio Code 4169.01
  • Passenger tramway: includes all of the following:

    (1) Aerial passenger tramway, a device used to transport passengers in several open or enclosed cars attached to and suspended from a moving wire rope or attached to a moving wire rope and supported on a standing wire rope, or similar devices;

    (2) Skimobile, a device in which a passenger car running on steel or wooden tracks is attached to and pulled by a steel cable, or similar devices;

    (3) Chair lift, a device on which passengers are carried on chairs suspended in the air and attached to a moving cable, chain, or link belt supported by trestles or towers with one or more spans, or similar devices. See Ohio Code 4169.01

  • Person: includes an individual, corporation, business trust, estate, trust, partnership, and association. See Ohio Code 1.59
  • state: means the state of Ohio. See Ohio Code 1.59

(1) Each aerial passenger tramway, five hundred dollars;

(2) Each skimobile, two hundred dollars;

(3) Each chair lift, two hundred dollars;

(4) Each J bar, T bar, or platter pull, one hundred dollars;

(5) Each rope tow, fifty dollars;

(6) Each wire rope tow, seventy-five dollars;

(7) Each conveyor, one hundred dollars.

When an operator operates an aerial passenger tramway, a skimobile, or a chair lift during both a winter and summer season, the annual fee shall be one and one-half the above amount for the respective passenger tramway.

(B) Upon payment of the appropriate annual fees in accordance with division (A) of this section and successful completion of the inspection described in section 4169.04 of the Revised Code, the division shall issue a registration certificate to the operator. Each certificate shall remain in force until the thirtieth day of September next ensuing. The division shall renew an operator’s certificate in accordance with the standard renewal procedure in Chapter 4745 of the Revised Code upon payment of the appropriate annual fees.

(C) Money received from the registration fees and from the fines collected pursuant to section 4169.99 of the Revised Code shall be paid into the state treasury to the credit of the industrial compliance operating fund created in section 121.084 of the Revised Code.

(D) No person shall operate a passenger tramway in this state unless the person has been registered by the division.

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