CHAPTER 412
Obstruction and Special Uses of Public Ways

412.01   Placing injurious material or obstruction in street.

412.02   Zones of quiet.

412.03   Play streets.

412.04   Toy vehicles on roadway.

412.05   Freeway use prohibited by pedestrians, bicycles and animals.

412.06   Parades, special events and assemblages; permits.

412.99   Penalty.

CROSS REFERENCES

   See section histories for similar State law Power to regulate processions or

      assemblages - see Ohio R. C. 4511.07(C)

   Loads dropping or leaking; tracking mud; removal required - see TRAF. 440.06

     Selling or repairing vehicle upon roadway - see TRAF. 452.08

   Sidewalk obstructions; damage or injury - see GEN. OFF. 660.10

412.01 PLACING INJURIOUS MATERIAL OR OBSTRUCTION IN STREET.

   (a)    No person shall place or knowingly drop upon any part of a street, highway or alley any tacks, bottles, wire, glass, nails or other articles which may damage or injure any person, vehicle or animal traveling along or upon such street, except such substances that may be placed upon the roadway by proper authority for the repair or construction thereof.

   Any person who drops or permits to be dropped or thrown upon any street any noxious, destructive or injurious material shall immediately remove the same.

   Any person authorized to remove a wrecked or damaged vehicle from a street shall remove any glass or other injurious substance dropped upon the street from such vehicle.

   No person shall throw any obstruction in or upon a street without proper authority.

   (b)    No person, with intent to cause physical harm to a person or a vehicle, shall place or knowingly drop upon any part of a highway, lane, road, street or alley any tacks, bottles, wire, glass, nails or other articles which may damage or injure any person, vehicle or animal traveling along or upon such highway, except such substances that may be placed upon the roadway by proper authority for the repair or construction thereof. (ORC 4511.74)

412.02 ZONES OF QUIET.

   Whenever authorized signs are erected indicating a zone of quiet.  No person operating a vehicle within any such zone shall sound the horn or other warning device of such vehicle except in an emergency.

412.03 PLAY STREETS.

   Whenever authorized signs are erected indicating that any street or part thereof is a play street, no person shall drive a vehicle upon any such street or portion thereof except drivers of vehicles having business or whose residences are within such closed area and then such drivers shall exercise the greatest care in driving upon any such street or portion thereof.

412.04 TOY VEHICLES ON ROADWAY.

   No person riding upon any coaster, roller skates, sled, toy vehicle or other similar device shall go upon any roadway except while crossing a street on a crosswalk and when so crossing such person shall be granted all of the rights and shall be subject to all of the duties applicable to pedestrians. This section shall not apply to any street set aside as a play street.

412.05 FREEWAY USE PROHIBITED BY PEDESTRIANS, BICYCLES AND ANIMALS.

   No person, unless otherwise directed by a police officer, shall:

   (a)    As a pedestrian, occupy any space within the limits of the right of way of a freeway, except: in a rest area; on a facility that is separated from the roadway and shoulders of the freeway and is designed and appropriately marked for pedestrian use; in the performance of public works or official duties; as a result of an emergency caused by an accident or breakdown of a motor vehicle; or to obtain assistance;

   (b)   Occupy any space within the limits of the right of way of a freeway, with: an animal-drawn vehicle; a ridden or led animal; herded animals; a pushcart; a bicycle, except on a facility that is separated from the roadway and shoulders of the freeway and is designed and appropriately marked for bicycle use; an electric bicycle; a bicycle with motor attached; a motor-driven cycle with a motor which produces not to exceed five brake horsepower; an agricultural tractor; farm machine; except in the performance of public works or official duties.

   (c)   If the offender commits the offense while distracted and the distracting activity is a contributing factor to the commission of the offense, the offender is subject to the additional fine established under Section 404.991 of the Traffic Code.

      (ORC 4511.051)