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§ 313.04 LANE-USE CONTROL SIGNALS OVER INDIVIDUAL LANES.
   The meanings of lane-use control signal indications are as follows.
   (A)   Steady downward green arrow. A road user is permitted to drive in the lane over which the arrow signal indication is located.
   (B)   Steady yellow “X”. A road user is to prepare to vacate the lane over which the signal indication is located because a lane control change is being made to a steady red “X” signal indication.
   (C)   Steady white two-way left-turn arrow. A road user is permitted to use a lane over which the signal indication is located for a left turn, but not for through travel, with the understanding that common use of the lane by oncoming road users for left turns also is permitted.
   (D)   Steady white one-way left-turn arrow. A road user is permitted to use a lane over which the signal indication is located for a left turn, without opposing turns in the same lane, but not for through travel.
   (E)   Steady red “X”. A road user is not permitted to use the lane over which the signal indication is located and that this signal indication shall modify accordingly the meaning of other traffic controls present.
(ORC 4511.131)
§ 313.05 PEDESTRIAN CONTROL SIGNALS.
   Whenever special pedestrian-control signals exhibiting the words “walk” or “don’t walk,” or the symbol of a walking person or an upraised palm are in place, these signals shall indicate the following instructions.
   (A)   A steady walking person signal indication, which symbolizes “walk”, means that a pedestrian facing the signal indication is permitted to start to cross the roadway in the direction of the signal indication, possibly in conflict with turning vehicles. The pedestrian shall yield the right-of-way to vehicles lawfully within the intersection at the time that the walking person signal indication is first shown.
   (B)   A flashing upraised hand signal indication, which symbolizes “don’t walk”, means that a pedestrian shall not start to cross the roadway in the direction of the signal indication, but that any pedestrian who has already started to cross on a steady walking person signal indication shall proceed to the far side of the traveled way of the street or highway, unless otherwise directed by a traffic-control device to proceed only to the median of a divided highway or only to some other island or pedestrian refuge area.
   (C)   A steady upraised hand signal indication means that a pedestrian shall not enter the roadway in the direction of the signal indication.
   (D)   Nothing in this section shall be construed to invalidate the continued use of pedestrian control signals utilizing the word “wait” if those signals were installed prior to 3-28-1985.
   (E)   A flashing walking person signal indication has no meaning and shall not be used.
(ORC 4511.14)
§ 313.06 FLASHING TRAFFIC SIGNALS (REPEALED).
Editor’s note:
   Section 313.06 was repealed as part of the 2013 updating and revision of this code of ordinances because substantially identical state law (Ohio R.C. 4511.15) was repealed by the Ohio General Assembly.
§ 313.07 UNAUTHORIZED SIGNS AND SIGNALS, HIDING FROM VIEW, ADVERTISING.
   (A)   (1)   No person shall place, maintain or display upon or in view of any highway any unauthorized sign, signal, marking or device which purports to be, is an imitation of, or resembles a traffic-control device or railroad sign or signal, or which attempts to direct the movement of traffic, or hides from view or interferes with the effectiveness of any traffic-control device or any railroad sign or signal, and no person shall place or maintain, nor shall any public authority permit, upon any highway any traffic sign or signal bearing thereon any commercial advertising. This section does not prohibit either the erection upon private property adjacent to highways of signs giving useful directional information and of a type that cannot be mistaken for traffic- control devices, or the erection upon private property of traffic-control devices by the owner of real property in accordance with Ohio R.C. 4511.211 and 4511.432.
      (2)   Every prohibited sign, signal, marking or device is a public nuisance, and the authority having jurisdiction over the highway may remove the same or cause it to be removed.
   (B)   Except as otherwise provided in this division (B), 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.
(ORC 4511.16)
§ 313.08 ALTERATION, INJURY, REMOVAL OF TRAFFIC-CONTROL DEVICES.
   (A)   No person, without lawful authority, shall do any of the following:
      (1)   Knowingly move, deface, damage, destroy or otherwise improperly tamper with any traffic- control device, any railroad sign or signal, or any inscription, shield or insignia on the device, sign or signal, or any part of the device, sign or signal;
      (2)   Knowingly drive upon or over any freshly applied pavement marking material on the surface of a roadway while the marking material is in an undried condition, and is marked by flags, markers, signs or other devices intended to protect it; and
      (3)   Knowingly move, damage, destroy or otherwise improperly tamper with a manhole cover.
   (B)   (1)   Except as otherwise provided in this division, whoever violates divisions (A)(1) or (A)(3) above is guilty of a misdemeanor of the third degree. If a violation of divisions (A)(1) or (A)(3) above creates a risk of physical harm to any person, the offender is guilty of a misdemeanor of the first degree. If a violation of divisions (A)(1) or (A)(3) above causes serious physical harm to property that is owned, leased or controlled by a state or local authority, the offender is guilty of a felony to be prosecuted under appropriate state law.
      (2)   Except as otherwise provided in this division, whoever violates division (A)(2) above 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 division (A)(2) above 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 division (A)(2) above is guilty of a misdemeanor of the third degree.
(ORC 4511.17)
§ 313.09 AVOIDING TRAFFIC-CONTROL DEVICES.
   No operator of a vehicle using the streets of the city shall avoid or disregard any traffic-control device by passing through private property adjacent to the place where the traffic-control device is placed or is in operation.
(Ord. 79-1967, passed 4-17-1967)
§ 313.10 UNAUTHORIZED POSSESSION OR SALE OF DEVICES.
   (A)   As used in this section, TRAFFIC-CONTROL DEVICE means any sign, traffic-control signal or other device conforming to and placed or erected in accordance with the manual adopted under Ohio R.C. 4511.09 by authority of a public body or official having jurisdiction, for the purpose of regulating, warning or guiding traffic, including signs denoting the names of streets and highways, but does not mean any pavement marking.
   (B)   No individual shall buy or otherwise possess, or sell, a traffic-control device, except when one of the following applies:
      (1)   In the course of the individual’s employment by the state or a local authority for the express or implied purpose of manufacturing, providing, erecting, moving or removing such a traffic-control device;
      (2)   In the course of the individual’s employment by any manufacturer of traffic-control devices other than a state or local authority;
      (3)   For the purpose of demonstrating the design and function of a traffic-control device to state or local officials;
      (4)   When the traffic-control device has been purchased from the state or a local authority at a sale of property that is no longer needed or is unfit for use; or
      (5)   When the traffic-control device has been properly purchased from a manufacturer for use on private property and the person possessing the device has a sales receipt for the device or other acknowledgment of sale issued by the manufacturer.
   (C)   This section does not preclude, and shall not be construed as precluding, prosecution for theft in violation of Ohio R.C. 2913.02, or a substantially equivalent municipal ordinance, or for receiving stolen property in violation of Ohio R.C. 2913.51, or a substantially equivalent municipal ordinance.
   (D)   Whoever violates this section is guilty of a misdemeanor of the third degree.
(ORC 4511.18)
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