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Codified Ordinances of Beachwood, OH
Codified Ordinances of the City of Beachwood, Ohio
CERTIFICATION
DIRECTORY OF OFFICIALS
COMPARATIVE SECTION TABLE
TABLES OF SPECIAL ORDINANCES OF BEACHWOOD
CHARTER
PART ONE - ADMINISTRATIVE 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.
402.03 ALLEY.
402.04 ARTERIAL STREET.
402.041 BEACON; HYBRID BEACON.
402.05 BICYCLE; MOTORIZED BICYCLE; MOPED; ELECTRIC BICYCLE.
402.06 BUS.
402.07 BUSINESS DISTRICT.
402.075 CHAUFFEURED LIMOUSINE.
402.077 CHILD DAY-CARE CENTER OR TYPE A FAMILY DAY-CARE HOME.
402.08 COMMERCIAL TRACTOR.
402.09 CONTROLLED-ACCESS HIGHWAY.
402.10 CROSSWALK.
402.11 DRIVER OR OPERATOR.
402.12 EMERGENCY VEHICLE.
402.13 EXPLOSIVES.
402.14 EXPRESSWAY.
402.15 FLAMMABLE LIQUID.
402.16 FREEWAY.
402.17 GROSS WEIGHT.
402.171 HIGHWAY TRAFFIC SIGNAL.
402.172 HIGHWAY TRAFFIC SIGNAL.
402.18 INTERSECTION.
402.19 LANED STREET OR HIGHWAY.
402.191 MEDIAN.
402.20 MOTORCYCLE.
402.207 MOTORIZED WHEELCHAIR.
402.21 MOTOR VEHICLE.
402.211 OPERATE.
402.22 PARK (WHEN PROHIBITED).
402.23 PEDESTRIAN.
402.24 PERSON.
402.25 POLE TRAILER.
402.26 POLICE OFFICER.
402.27 PRIVATE ROAD OR DRIVEWAY.
402.28 PUBLIC SAFETY VEHICLE.
402.29 RAILROAD.
402.30 RAILROAD SIGN OR SIGNAL.
402.31 RAILROAD TRAIN.
402.32 RESIDENCE DISTRICT.
402.33 RIGHT OF WAY.
402.335 RIDESHAR1NG ARRANGEMENT.
402.337 ROAD SERVICE VEHICLE.
402.34 ROADWAY.
402.35 SAFETY ZONE.
402.36 SCHOOL BUS.
402.37 SEMITRAILER.
402.371 SHARED-USE PATH.
402.38 SIDEWALK.
402.39 STATE ROUTE.
402.40 STOP (WHEN REQUIRED).
402.41 STOP INTERSECTION.
402.42 STOPPING AND STANDING (WHEN PROHIBITED).
402.43 STREET OR HIGHWAY.
402.44 THROUGH STREET OR HIGHWAY.
402.45 THRUWAY.
402.46 TRAFFIC.
402.47 TRAFFIC CONTROL DEVICES.
402.48 TRAFFIC CONTROL SIGNAL.
402.49 TRAILER.
402.50 TRUCK
402.51 URBAN DISTRICT.
402.52 VEHICLE.
402.53 WASTE COLLECTION VEHICLE.
CHAPTER 404 Enforcement; Impounding
CHAPTER 406 Traffic Control
CHAPTER 408 Penalties
TITLE FOUR- Public Ways and Traffic Control Devices
TITLE SIX - Vehicles and Operation
TITLE EIGHT- Parking
TITLE TEN - Bicycles, Motorcycles and Snowmobiles
PART SIX - GENERAL OFFENSES CODE
PART SEVEN - BUSINESS REGULATION CODE
PART NINE - STREETS AND PUBLIC SERVICES CODE
PART ELEVEN - PLANNING AND ZONING CODE
PART THIRTEEN - BUILDING CODE
PART FIFTEEN - FIRE PREVENTION CODE
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   402.04  ARTERIAL STREET.
   "Arterial street" means any United States or State numbered route, controlled access highway or other major radial or circumferential street or highway designated by Council or other duly designated local authority within the Municipality as part of a major arterial system of streets or highways. (ORC 4511.01(CCC))
   402.041 BEACON; HYBRID BEACON.
   (a)   "Beacon" means a highway traffic signal with one or more signal sections that operate in a flashing mode.  (ORC 4511.01(KKK))
   (b)   "Hybrid beacon" means a type of beacon that is intentionally placed in a dark mode between periods of operation where no indications are displayed and, when in operation, displays both steady and flashing traffic control signal indications.
(ORC 4511.01(LLL))
   402.05  BICYCLE; MOTORIZED BICYCLE; MOPED; ELECTRIC BICYCLE.
   (a)   "Bicycle" means every device, other than a device that is designed solely for use as a play vehicle by a child, that is propelled solely by human power upon which a person may ride, and that has two or more wheels, any of which is more than fourteen inches in diameter.
(ORC 4511.01(G))
   (b)   "Motorized bicycle" or “moped” means any vehicle having either two tandem wheels or one wheel in the front and two wheels in the rear, that may be pedaled, and that is equipped with a helper motor of not more than fifty cubic centimeters piston displacement that produces not more than one brake horsepower and is capable of propelling the vehicle at a speed of no greater than twenty miles per hour on a level surface. 
   “Motorized bicycle” or “moped” does not include an electric bicycle.  (ORC 4511.01(H))
   (c)   “Electric bicycle” means a “class 1 electric bicycle”, a “class 2 electric bicycle”, or a “class 3 electric bicycle” as defined in this section.  (ORC 4511.01(RRR))
      (1)   “Class 1 electric bicycle” means a bicycle that is equipped with fully operable pedals and an electric motor of less than seven hundred fifty watts that provides assistance only when the rider is pedaling and ceases to provide assistance when the bicycle reaches the speed of twenty miles per hour.  (ORC 4511.01(SSS))
      (2)   “Class 2 electric bicycle” means a bicycle that is equipped with fully operable pedals and an electric motor of less than seven hundred fifty watts that may provide assistance regardless of whether the rider is pedaling and is not capable of providing assistance when the bicycle reaches the speed of twenty miles per hour.  (ORC 4511.01(TTT))
      (3)   “Class 3 electric bicycle” means a bicycle that is equipped with fully operable pedals and an electric motor of less than seven hundred fifty watts that provides assistance only when the rider is pedaling and ceases to provide assistance when the bicycle reaches the speed of twenty-eight miles per hour.  (ORC 4511.01(UUU))
   402.06  BUS.
   "Bus" means every motor vehicle designed for carrying more than nine passengers and used for the transportation of persons other than in a ridesharing arrangement, and every motor vehicle, automobile for hire or funeral car, other than a taxicab or motor vehicle used in a ridesharing arrangement, designed and used for the transportation of persons for compensation.
(ORC 4511.01(L))
   402.07  BUSINESS DISTRICT.
   "Business district"  means the territory fronting upon a street or highway, including the street or highway, between successive intersections where fifty percent or more of the frontage between such successive intersections is occupied by buildings in use for business, or where fifty percent or more of the frontage for a distance of 300 feet or more is occupied by buildings in use for business, and the character of such territory is indicated by official traffic control devices.
(ORC 4511.01(NN); 1964 Code Sec. 40.02)
   402.075 CHAUFFEURED LIMOUSINE.
   "Chauffeured limousine" means a motor vehicle that is designed to carry fewer than nine passengers and is operated for hire on an hourly basis pursuant to a prearranged contract for the transportation of passengers on public roads and highways along a route under the control of the person hiring the vehicle and not over a defined and regular route. "Prearranged contract" means an agreement, made in advance of boarding, to provide transportation from a specific location in a chauffeured limousine at a fixed rate per hour or trip. "Chauffeured limousine" does not include any vehicle used exclusively in the business of funeral directing. (ORC 4501.01(MM))
   402.077 CHILD DAY-CARE CENTER OR TYPE A FAMILY DAY-CARE HOME.
   "Child day-care center" and "Type A family day-care home" have the same meanings as provided in Ohio R.C. 5104.01. (ORC 4511.01(FFF))
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