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Avon, Ohio Code of Ordinances
CODIFIED ORDINANCES OF THE CITY OF AVON, OHIO
DIRECTORY OF OFFICIALS (2025)
PRELIMINARY UNIT
CHARTER
PART TWO - ADMINISTRATION CODE
PART FOUR - TRAFFIC CODE
TITLE TWO - Administration, Enforcement and Penalties
CHAPTER 402 Definitions
402.01 MEANING OF WORDS AND PHRASES.
402.02 AGRICULTURAL TRACTOR; MULTI-WHEEL AGRICULTURAL TRACTOR.
402.03 ALLEY.
402.04 ARTERIAL STREET.
402.045 BEACON.
402.05 BICYCLE.
402.06 BUS.
402.07 BUSINESS DISTRICT.
402.075 CHAUFFEURED LIMOUSINE.
402.077 CHILD CARE CENTER..
402.08 COMMERCIAL TRACTOR.
402.09 CONTROLLED-ACCESS HIGHWAY.
402.10 CROSSWALK.
402.11 DRIVER OR OPERATOR.
402.115 ELECTRIC BICYCLE.
402.12 EMERGENCY VEHICLE.
402.13 EXPLOSIVES.
402.14 EXPRESSWAY.
402.15 FLAMMABLE LIQUID.
402.16 FREEWAY.
402.165 FUNERAL ESCORT VEHICLE.
402.17 GROSS WEIGHT.
402.173 HIGHWAY MAINTENANCE VEHICLE.
402.175 HIGHWAY TRAFFIC SIGNAL.
402.177 HYBRID BEACON.
402.18 INTERSECTION.
402.19 LANED HIGHWAY.
402.195 LOCAL AUTHORITIES.
402.196 LOW-SPEED MICROMOBILITY DEVICE.
402.197 MEDIAN.
402.20 MOTOR VEHICLE.
402.21 MOTORCYCLE.
402.22 MOTORIZED BICYCLE OR MOPED.
402.225 MOTORIZED WHEELCHAIR.
402.226 NATURAL RESOURCES OFFICER.
402.227 OPERATE.
402.23 PARKING.
402.24 PEDESTRIAN.
402.25 PERSON.
402.26 POLE TRAILER.
402.27 POLICE OFFICER.
402.275 PREDICATE MOTOR VEHICLE OR TRAFFIC OFFENSE.
402.277 PRIVATE ROAD OPEN TO PUBLIC TRAVEL.
402.28 PRIVATE ROAD OR DRIVEWAY.
402.29 PUBLIC SAFETY VEHICLE.
402.30 RAILROAD.
402.31 RAILROAD SIGN OR SIGNAL.
402.32 RAILROAD TRAIN.
402.33 RESIDENCE DISTRICT.
402.335 RIDESHARING ARRANGEMENT.
402.34 RIGHT-OF-WAY.
402.345 ROAD SERVICE VEHICLE.
402.35 ROADWAY.
402.355 RURAL MAIL DELIVERY VEHICLE.
402.36 SAFETY ZONE.
402.37 SCHOOL BUS.
402.38 SEMITRAILER.
402.385 SHARED-USE PATH.
402.39 SIDEWALK.
402.395 STATE HIGHWAY.
402.40 STATE ROUTE.
402.41 STOP.
402.42 STOP INTERSECTION.
402.43 STOPPING AND STANDING.
402.44 STREET OR HIGHWAY.
402.45 THROUGH STREET OR HIGHWAY.
402.46 THRUWAY.
402.47 TRAFFIC.
402.48 TRAFFIC CONTROL DEVICE.
402.49 TRAFFIC CONTROL SIGNAL.
402.50 TRAILER.
402.51 TRUCK.
402.515 TYPE A FAMILY CHILD CARE HOME.
402.52 URBAN DISTRICT.
402.53 VEHICLE.
402.54 WASTE COLLECTION VEHICLE.
402.55 WILDLIFE OFFICER.
CHAPTER 404 Enforcement; Impounding
CHAPTER 406 Traffic Control
CHAPTER 408 Penalties
TITLE FOUR - Public Ways and Traffic Control Devices
TITLE SIX - Operation and Vehicles
TITLE EIGHT - Parking
TITLE TEN - Bicycles, Motorcycles and Snowmobiles
PART SIX - GENERAL OFFENSES CODE
PART EIGHT - BUSINESS REGULATION AND TAXATION CODE
PART TEN - STREETS, UTILITIES AND PUBLIC SERVICES CODE
PART TWELVE - PLANNING AND ZONING CODE
PART FOURTEEN - BUILDING AND HOUSING CODE
PART SIXTEEN - FIRE PREVENTION CODE
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402.335 RIDESHARING ARRANGEMENT.
   “Ridesharing arrangement” includes the transportation of persons in a motor vehicle where the transportation is incidental to another purpose of a volunteer driver, and includes ridesharing arrangements known as carpools, vanpools, and buspools.
(ORC 4511.01(DDD))
402.34 RIGHT-OF-WAY.
   “Right-of-way” means either of the following, as the context requires:
   (a)   The right of a vehicle or pedestrian to proceed uninterruptedly in a lawful manner in the direction in which it, he or she is moving, in preference to another vehicle or pedestrian approaching from a different direction into its, his or her path;
   (b)   A general term denoting land, property, or the interest therein, usually in the configuration of a strip, acquired for or devoted to transportation purposes. When used in this context, “right-of-way” includes the roadway, shoulders or berm, ditch, and slopes extending to the right-of-way limits under the control of the State or local authority.
(ORC 4511.01(UU))
402.345 ROAD SERVICE VEHICLE.
   "Road service vehicle" means wreckers, utility repair vehicles and state, county and municipal service vehicles equipped with visual signals by means of flashing, rotating or oscillating lights.
(ORC 4511.01(JJJ))
402.35 ROADWAY.
   “Roadway” means that portion of a highway improved, designed, or ordinarily used for vehicular travel, except the berm or shoulder. If a highway includes two or more separate roadways, the term “roadway” means any roadway separately, but not all the roadways collectively.
(ORC 4511.01(EE))
402.355 RURAL MAIL DELIVERY VEHICLE.
   “Rural mail delivery vehicle” means every vehicle used to deliver United States mail on a rural mail delivery route.
(ORC 4511.01(VV))
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