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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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   402.10  CROSSWALK.
   "Crosswalk" means:
   (a)   That part of a roadway at intersections ordinarily included within the real or projected prolongation of property lines and curb lines or, in the absence of curbs, the edges of the traversable roadway;
   (b)   Any portion of a roadway at an intersection or elsewhere, distinctly indicated for pedestrian crossing by lines or other markings on the surface;
   (c)   Notwithstanding subsections (a) and (b) hereof, there shall not be a crosswalk where authorized signs have been placed indicating no crossing.
      (ORC 4511.01(LL); 1964 Code Sec. 40.02)
   402.11  DRIVER OR OPERATOR.
   "Driver" or "operator" means every person who drives or is in actual physical control of a vehicle. (ORC 4511.01(Y); 1964 Code Sec. 40.02)
   402.12  EMERGENCY VEHICLE.
   "Emergency vehicle" means emergency vehicles of municipal, township or county departments or public utility corporations when identified as such as required by law, the Ohio Director of Public Safety or local authorities, and motor vehicles when commandeered by a police officer. (ORC 4511.01(D))
   402.13  EXPLOSIVES.
   "Explosives" means any chemical compound or mechanical mixture that is intended for the purpose of producing an explosion that contains any oxidizing and combustible units or other ingredients in such proportions, quantities or packing that an ignition by fire, by friction, by concussion, by percussion or by a detonator of any part of the compound or mixture may cause such a sudden generation of highly heated gases that the resultant gaseous pressures are capable of producing destructive effects on contiguous objects, or of destroying life or limb.
   Manufactured articles shall not be held to be explosives when the individual units contain explosives in such limited quantities, of such nature or in such packing, that it is impossible to procure a simultaneous or a destructive explosion of such units, to the injury of life, limb or property by fire, by friction, by concussion, by percussion or by a detonator, such as fixed ammunition for small arms, firecrackers or safety fuse matches.
(ORC 4511.01(T); 1964 Code Sec. 40.02)
   402.14  EXPRESSWAY.
   "Expressway" means a divided arterial highway for through traffic with full or partial control of access with an excess of fifty percent of all crossroads separated in grade.
(ORC 4511.01(ZZ), Ord. 1969-54. Passed 7-7-69.)
   402.15  FLAMMABLE LIQUID.
   "Flammable liquid" means any liquid which has a flash point of seventy degrees Fahrenheit, or less, as determined by a tagliabue or equivalent closed cup test device.
(ORC 4511.01(U); 1964 Code Sec. 40.02)
   402.16  FREEWAY.
   "Freeway" means a divided multi-lane highway for through traffic with all crossroads separated in grade and with full control of access.
(ORC 4511.01(YY); Ord. 1969-54. Passed 7-7-69.)
   402.17  GROSS WEIGHT.
   "Gross weight" means the weight of a vehicle plus the weight of any load thereon. (ORC 4511.01(V); 1964 Code Sec. 40.02)
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