State v. Driscoll

This appeal centers on whether that part of chapter XVI of the Rochester city ordinance regulating the use of ambulance sirens is valid. The defendant was tried and convicted by the district court of operating an ambulance siren in the city of Rochester in violation of the ordinance. The defendant seasonably excepted to the denial of his motion to dismiss. All questions of law raised by this and other exceptions were reserved and transferred by Cooper, J.

We hold that, to the extent the ordinance in question attempts to regulate and restrict the use of ambulance sirens on emergency vehicles,…