Section
452.01 Prohibition against parking on streets or highways
452.02 Police may remove illegally parked vehicle
452.03 Prohibited standing or parking places
452.04 Manner of parallel and angle parking; privileges for persons with disabilities
452.05 Willfully leaving vehicles on private or public property
452.06 Parking prohibitions on private property; private tow-away zones
452.07 Unattended vehicles; duty to lock ignition, remove key, set brake and the like
452.08 Opening doors on side available to traffic
452.09 Selling, washing or repairing vehicle upon roadway
452.10 Truck loading zones
452.11 Bus stops and taxicab stands
452.12 Parking in alleys and narrow streets; exceptions
452.13 Emergency snow parking bans
452.14 Overnight parking
452.15 Registered owner prima facie liable for unlawful parking
452.16 Waiver
452.99 Penalty
(a) (1) Upon any highway, no person shall stop, park or leave standing any vehicle, whether attended or unattended, upon the paved or main traveled part of the highway if it is practicable to stop, park or so leave the vehicle off the paved or main traveled part of the highway. In every event a clear and unobstructed portion of the highway opposite the standing vehicle shall be left for the free passage of other vehicles, and a clear view of the stopped vehicle shall be available from a distance of 200 feet in each direction upon the highway.
(2) This section does not apply to the driver of any vehicle which is disabled while on the paved or improved or main traveled portion of a highway in such manner and to the extent that it is impossible to avoid stopping and temporarily leaving the disabled vehicle in that position.
(b) Except as otherwise provided in this division, whoever violates this section is guilty of a minor misdemeanor. If, within one year of the offense, the offender previously has been convicted of or pleaded guilty to one predicate motor vehicle or traffic offense, whoever violates this section is guilty of a misdemeanor of the fourth degree. If, within one year of the offense, the offender previously has been convicted of two or more predicate motor vehicle or traffic offenses, whoever violates this section is guilty of a misdemeanor of the third degree.
(R.C. § 4511.66)
(a) Whenever any police officer finds a vehicle standing upon a highway in violation of R.C. § 4511.66 or a substantially equivalent municipal ordinance, the officer may move the vehicle, or require the driver or other person in charge of the vehicle to move the same, to a position off the paved or improved or main traveled part of the highway.
(b) Whenever any police officer finds a vehicle unattended upon any highway, bridge or causeway, or in any tunnel, where the vehicle constitutes an obstruction to traffic, the officer may provide for the removal of the vehicle to the nearest garage or other place of safety.
(R.C. § 4511.67)
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