CHAPTER 305
Traffic Control

305.01    Authority to regulate local traffic.

305.02   Conformity with State manual.

305.03   Permit required for traffic signal on State route.

305.04   Violations subject to misdemeanor classification.

305.05   Parking restrictions.

305.06   Through streets.

305.07   One-way streets and alleys.

305.08   No right turn on red.

CROSS REFERENCES

      See sectional history for similar State law

      Power to designate highway as included in a freeway, expressway or thruway - see Ohio R.C. 4511.011

      Uniform system of traffic control devices - see Ohio R.C. 4511.09, 4511.11(D)

      Placing and maintaining local traffic control devices - see Ohio R.C. 4511.10, 4511.11

      Alteration of prima-facie speed limits - see Ohio R.C. 4511.21, 4511.22(A), 4511.23

      Power to erect stop signs at grade crossings - see Ohio R.C. 4511.61

      Designation of through streets and erection of stop or yield signs - see Ohio R.C. 4511.65; TRAF. 313.02

      Traffic control devices defined - see TRAF. 301.46 

305.01 AUTHORITY TO REGULATE LOCAL TRAFFIC.

   The provisions of the State Traffic Code as contained in Ohio R.C. Chapters 4511 and 4513 do not prevent the Municipality from enacting local traffic regulations covering the following activities with respect to the streets and highways under local jurisdiction and within the reasonable exercise of the police power by the Municipality:

   (a)    Regulating the stopping, standing or parking of vehicles;

   (b)    Regulating traffic by means of police officers or traffic control devices;

   (c)    Regulating or prohibiting processions or assemblages on streets or highways;

   (d)    Designating particular streets as one-way streets and requiring that all vehicles thereon be moved in one specific direction;

   (e)    Regulating the speed of vehicles in public parks;

   (f)    Designating any street or highway as a through street or highway and requiring that all vehicles stop before entering or crossing the same, or designating any intersection as a stop intersection and requiring all vehicles to stop at one or more entrances to such intersection;

   (g)    Regulating or prohibiting vehicles from passing to the left of safety zones;

   (h)    Regulating the operation of bicycles and requiring the registration and licensing of same, including the requirements of a registration fee;

   (i)    Regulating the use of certain streets by vehicles.

   No ordinance or regulation enacted under subsections (d), (e), (f), (g) or (i) of this section shall be effective until signs giving notice of such local traffic regulations are posted upon or at the entrance to the street or highway or part thereof affected, as may be most appropriate.
(ORC 4511.07)

305.02 CONFORMITY WITH STATE MANUAL.

   All traffic control devices placed pursuant to the provisions of this Traffic Code shall conform to the Ohio Manual of Uniform Traffic Control Devices for Streets and Highways, as set forth in Ohio R.C. 4511.09.