City of Blue Ash v. Price

Deters, Judge.

{¶ 1} In this discretionary appeal, plaintiff-appellant the City of Blue Ash, Ohio, challenges the trial court's decision made in a criminal proceeding brought against defendant-appellee Matthew Price in which the trial court held Blue Ash's toy-vehicle ordinance unconstitutional. The judgment of the trial court finding Price not guilty is not appealed. However, we determine that the trial court erred as a matter of law in declaring Blue Ash's ordinance unconstitutional.

Facts and Procedural History

{¶ 2} In October 2016, Price was riding on a motorized skateboard in a crosswalk…