§ 413.02 Through Streets; Stop and Yield Right- of-Way Signs

   (a)   All State routes are hereby designated as through streets or highways, provided that stop signs, yield signs or traffic control signals shall be erected at all intersections with such through streets or highways by the Ohio Department of Transportation as to streets or highways under its jurisdiction and by the City as to streets or highways under its jurisdiction, except as otherwise provided in this section. Where two (2) or more state routes that are through streets or highways intersect and no traffic control signal is in operation, stop signs or yield signs shall be erected at one (1) or more entrances thereto, except as otherwise provided in this section.

   Whenever the Director of the Ohio Department of Transportation determines on the basis of an engineering and traffic investigation that stop signs are necessary to stop traffic on a through highway for safe and efficient operation, nothing in this section shall be construed to prevent such installations. When circumstances warrant, the Director also may omit stop signs on roadways intersecting through highways under his or her jurisdiction. Before the Director either installs or removes a stop sign under this division, he or she shall give notice, in writing, of that proposed action to the City at least thirty (30) days before installing or removing the stop sign.

   (b)   Other streets or highways, or portions thereof, are hereby designated through streets or highways, if they are within the City, if they have a continuous length of more than one (1) mile between the limits of such street or highway or portion thereof, and if they have “stop” or “yield” signs or traffic control signals at the entrances of the majority of intersecting streets or highways. For purposes of this section, the limits of such street or highway or portion thereof, shall be a municipal corporation line, the physical terminus of the street or highway or any point on such street or highway at which vehicular traffic thereon is required by regulatory signs to stop or yield to traffic on the intersecting street, provided that in residence districts the City may by ordinance designate such street or highway, or portion thereof, not to be a through street or highway and thereafter the affected residence district shall be indicated by official traffic control devices. Where two (2) or more through streets or highways designated under this subsection (b) intersect and no traffic control signal is in operation, stop signs or yield signs shall be erected at one (1) or more entrances thereto by the City, except as otherwise provided in this section.

   (c)   Stop signs need not be erected at intersections so constructed as to permit traffic to safely enter a through street or highway without coming to a stop. Signs shall be erected at such intersections indicating that the operator of a vehicle shall yield the right-of- way to or merge with all traffic proceeding on the through street or highway.

   (d)   Council may designate additional through streets or highways whereupon the appropriate executive officers shall erect stop signs, yield signs or traffic control signals at all streets and highways intersecting such through streets or highways, or may designate any intersection as a stop or yield intersection and shall erect like signs at one (1) or more entrances to such intersection.

(RC 4511.65)

   (e)   The following are additional through streets or highways designated by Council:

   Bellaire Rd., from West 130th St. to Puritas Ave.;

   Berea Rd., from Detroit Ave. to Triskett Rd.;

   Carnegie Ave.;

   Columbus Rd.;

   East Blvd.;

   Fairhill Rd.;

   Fulton Rd.;

   Independence Rd.;

   Jennings Rd.;

   Lake Ave., from Detroit Ave. to Clifton Rd., and from West Blvd. to West 117th St.;

   Lee Rd.;

   Liberty Blvd.;

   Nottingham Rd., from East 185th St. to southerly City limits.;

   Scranton Rd.;

   Train Ave., from Scranton Rd. to West 47th St.;

   Triskett Rd., from West 117th St. to Lorain Ave.;

   Turney Rd.;

   West 117th St.;

   West Blvd.

(Ord. No. 91-96. Passed 3-18-96, eff. 3-26-96)

§ 413.03 Traffic Control Signal Terms and Lights

   Highway traffic signal indications for vehicles and pedestrians shall have the following meanings:

   (a)   Steady Green Signal Indication.

      (1)   A.   Vehicular traffic, streetcars, and trackless trolleys facing a circular green signal indication are permitted to proceed straight through or turn right or left or make a u-turn movement except as such movement is modified by a lane-use sign, turn prohibition sign, lane marking, roadway design, separate turn signal indication, or other traffic control device. Such vehicular traffic, including vehicles turning right or left or making a u-turn movement, shall yield the right-of-way to both of the following:

            1.   Pedestrians lawfully within an associated crosswalk;

            2.   Other vehicles lawfully within the intersection.

         B.   In addition, vehicular traffic turning left or making a u-turn movement to the left shall yield the right-of-way to other vehicles approaching from the opposite direction so closely as to constitute an immediate hazard during the time when such turning vehicle is moving across or within the intersection.

      (2)   Vehicular traffic, streetcars, and trackless trolleys facing a green arrow signal indication, displayed alone or in combination with another signal indication, are permitted to cautiously enter the intersection only to make the movement indicated by such arrow, or such other movement as is permitted by other indications displayed at the same time. Such vehicular traffic, including vehicles turning right or left or making a u-turn movement, shall yield the right-of-way to both of the following:

         A.   Pedestrians lawfully within an associated crosswalk;

         B.   Other traffic lawfully using the intersection.

      (3)   A.   Unless otherwise directed by a pedestrian signal indication, as provided in RC 4511.14, pedestrians facing a circular green signal indication are permitted to proceed across the roadway within any marked or unmarked associated crosswalk. The pedestrian shall yield the right-of-way to vehicles lawfully within the intersection or so close as to create an immediate hazard at the time that the green signal indication is first displayed.

         B.   Pedestrians facing a green arrow signal indication, unless otherwise directed by a pedestrian signal indication or other traffic control device, shall not cross the roadway.

   (b)   Steady Yellow Signal Indication.

      (1)   Vehicular traffic, streetcars, and trackless trolleys facing a steady circular yellow signal indication are thereby warned that the related green movement or the related flashing arrow movement is being terminated or that a steady red signal indication will be exhibited immediately thereafter when vehicular traffic, streetcars, and trackless trolleys shall not enter the intersection. The provisions governing vehicular operation under the movement being terminated shall continue to apply while the steady circular yellow signal indication is displayed.

      (2)   Vehicular traffic facing a steady yellow arrow signal indication is thereby warned that the related green arrow movement or the related flashing arrow movement is being terminated. The provisions governing vehicular operation under the movement being terminated shall continue to apply while the steady yellow arrow signal indication is displayed.

      (3)   Pedestrians facing a steady circular yellow or yellow arrow signal indication, unless otherwise directed by a pedestrian signal indication as provided in RC 4511.14 or other traffic control device, shall not start to cross the roadway.

   (c)   Steady Red Signal Indication.

      (1)   A.   Vehicular traffic, streetcars, and trackless trolleys facing a steady circular red signal indication, unless entering the intersection to make another movement permitted by another signal indication, shall stop at a clearly marked stop line; but if there is no stop line, traffic shall stop before entering the crosswalk on the near side of the intersection; or if there is no crosswalk, then before entering the intersection; and shall remain stopped until a signal indication to proceed is displayed except as provided in divisions (c)(1), (c)(2), and (c)(3) of this section.

         B.   Except when a traffic control device is in place prohibiting a turn on red or a steady red arrow signal indication is displayed, vehicular traffic facing a steady circular red signal indication is permitted, after stopping, to enter the intersection to turn right, or to turn left from a one (1) way street into a one (1) way street. The right to proceed with the turn shall be subject to the provisions that are applicable after making a stop at a stop sign.

      (2)   A.   Vehicular traffic, streetcars, and trackless trolleys facing a steady red arrow signal indication shall not enter the intersection to make the movement indicated by the arrow and, unless entering the intersection to make another movement permitted by another signal indication, shall stop at a clearly marked stop line; but if there is no stop line, before entering the crosswalk on the near side of the intersection; or if there is no crosswalk, then before entering the intersection; and shall remain stopped until a signal indication or other traffic control device permitting the movement indicated by such red arrow is displayed.

         B.   When a traffic control device is in place permitting a turn on a steady red arrow signal indication, vehicular traffic facing a steady red arrow indication is permitted, after stopping, to enter the intersection to turn right, or to turn left from a one (1) way street into a one (1) way street. The right to proceed with the turn shall be limited to the direction indicated by the arrow and shall be subject to the provisions that are applicable after making a stop at a stop sign.

      (3)   Unless otherwise directed by a pedestrian signal indication as provided in RC 4511.14 or other traffic control device, pedestrians facing a steady circular red or steady red arrow signal indication shall not enter the roadway.

      (4)   The municipality by ordinance, or the Ohio Director of Transportation on state highways, may prohibit a right or a left turn against a steady red signal at any intersection, which shall be effective when signs giving notice thereof are posted at the intersection.

   (d)   Flashing Green Signal Indication. A flashing green signal indication has no meaning and shall not be used.

   (e)   Flashing Yellow Signal Indication.

      (1)   A.   Vehicular traffic, on an approach to an intersection, facing a flashing circular yellow signal indication, is permitted to cautiously enter the intersection to proceed straight through or turn right or left or make a u-turn movement except as such movement is modified by lane-use signs, turn prohibition signs, lane markings, roadway design, separate turn signal indications, or other traffic control devices. Such vehicular traffic, including vehicles turning right or left or making a u-turn movement, shall yield the right-of-way to both of the following:

            1.   Pedestrians lawfully within an associated crosswalk;

            2.   Other vehicles lawfully within the intersection.

         B.   In addition, vehicular traffic turning left or making a u-turn to the left shall yield the right-of-way to other vehicles approaching from the opposite direction so closely as to constitute an immediate hazard during the time when such turning vehicle is moving across or within the intersection.

      (2)   A.   Vehicular traffic, on an approach to an intersection, facing a flashing yellow arrow signal indication, displayed alone or in combination with another signal indication, is permitted to cautiously enter the intersection only to make the movement indicated by such arrow, or other such movement as is permitted by other signal indications displayed at the same time. Such vehicular traffic, including vehicles turning right or left or making a u-turn, shall yield the right-of-way to both of the following:

            1.   Pedestrians lawfully within an associated crosswalk;

            2.   Other vehicles lawfully within the intersection.

         B.   In addition, vehicular traffic turning left or making a u-turn to the left shall yield the right-of-way to other vehicles approaching from the opposite direction so closely as to constitute an immediate hazard during the time when such turning vehicle is moving across or within the intersection.

      (3)   Pedestrians facing any flashing yellow signal indication at an intersection, unless otherwise directed by a pedestrian signal indication or other traffic control device, are permitted to proceed across the roadway within any marked or unmarked associated crosswalk. Pedestrians shall yield the right- of-way to vehicles lawfully within the intersection at the time that the flashing yellow signal indication is first displayed.

      (4)   When a flashing circular yellow signal indication is displayed as a beacon to supplement another traffic control device, road users are notified that there is a need to pay additional attention to the message contained thereon or that the regulatory or warning requirements of the other traffic control device, which might not be applicable at all times, are currently applicable.

   (f)   Flashing Red Signal Indication.

      (1)   Vehicular traffic, on an approach to an intersection, facing a flashing circular red signal indication, shall stop at a clearly marked stop line; but if there is no stop line, before entering the crosswalk on the near side of the intersection; or if there is no crosswalk, at the point nearest the intersecting roadway where the driver has a view of approaching traffic on the intersecting roadway before entering the intersection. The right to proceed shall be subject to the provisions that are applicable after making a stop at a stop sign.

      (2)   Pedestrians facing any flashing red signal indication at an intersection, unless otherwise directed by a pedestrian signal indication or other traffic control device, are permitted to proceed across the roadway within any marked or unmarked associated crosswalk. Pedestrians shall yield the right- of-way to vehicles lawfully within the intersection at the time that the flashing red signal indication is first displayed.

      (3)   When a flashing circular red signal indication is displayed as a beacon to supplement another traffic control device, road users are notified that there is a need to pay additional attention to the message contained thereon or that the regulatory requirements of the other traffic control device, which might not be applicable at all times, are currently applicable. Use of this signal indication shall be limited to supplementing stop, do not enter, or wrong way signs, and to applications where compliance with the supplemented traffic control device requires a stop at a designated point.

   (g)   In the event an official traffic-control signal is erected and maintained at a place other than an intersection, the provisions of this section shall be applicable except as to those provisions which by their nature can have no application. Any stop required shall be made at a sign or marking on the pavement indicating where the stop shall be made, but in the absence of any such sign or marking the stop shall be made at the signal.

   (h)   This section does not apply at railroad grade crossings. Conduct of drivers of vehicles, streetcars, and trackless trolleys approaching railroad grade crossings shall be governed by RC 4511.61 and 4511.62.

(RC 4511.13; Ord. No. 1278-15. Passed 10-16-17, eff. 10-20-17)

§ 413.031 Use of Automated Cameras to Impose Civil Penalties upon Red Light and Speeding Violators

   (a)   Civil Enforcement System Established. The City of Cleveland hereby adopts a civil enforcement system for red light and speeding offenders photographed by means of an "automated traffic enforcement camera system" as defined in division (p). This civil enforcement system imposes monetary liability on the "owner" of a vehicle as defined in division (p) for failure of an operator to stop at a traffic signal displaying a steady red light indication or for the failure of an operator to comply with a speed limitation.

   (b)   Red Light Offense – Liability Imposed. The owner of a vehicle shall be liable for the penalty imposed under this section if the vehicle crosses a marked stop line or the intersection plane at a system location when the traffic signal for that vehicle's direction is emitting a steady red light.

   (c)   Speeding Offense – Liability Imposed. The owner of a vehicle shall be liable for the penalty imposed under this section if the vehicle is operated at a speed in excess of the limitations set forth in Section 433.03.

   (d)   Liability Does Not Constitute a Conviction. The imposition of liability under this section shall not be deemed a conviction for any purpose and shall not be made part of the operating record of any person on whom the liability is imposed.

   (e)   Other Offenses and Penalties Not Abrogated. Nothing in this section shall be construed as altering or limiting Sections 433.03 or 413.03 of these Codified Ordinances, the criminal penalties imposed by those sections, or the ability of a police officer to enforce those sections against any offender observed by the officer violating either of those sections. Nothing in this section shall be construed to limit the liability of an operator of a vehicle for any violation of division (b) or (c) of this section.

   (f)   Selection of Camera Sites. The selection of the sites where automated cameras are placed and the enforcement of this ordinance shall be made on the basis of sound professional traffic engineering and law enforcement judgments. Automated cameras shall not be placed at any site where the speed restrictions or the timing of the traffic signal fail to conform to sound professional traffic engineering principles.

   (g)   Locations. The following are the locations for the Automated Traffic Enforcement Camera System:

   Locations

   Shaker Boulevard at Shaker Square
   Chester Avenue at Euclid Avenue
   West Boulevard at North Marginal Road
   Shaker Boulevard at East 116th Street
   West Boulevard at I-90 Ramp
   Chester Avenue at East 71st Street
   East 55th Street at Carnegie Avenue
   Woodland Avenue in the 4500 to 4700 block
   Euclid Avenue between Cliffview Road and Torbenson Road
   East 131st Street at Harvard Avenue
   Carnegie Avenue at East 30th Street
   Cedar Avenue at Murray Hill Road
   Grayton Road at I-480 Ramp
   Euclid Avenue at Mayfield Road
   Warren Road at I-90 Ramp
   Prospect Avenue at East 40th Street
   East 116th Street at Union Avenue
   Pearl Road at Biddulph Road
   Carnegie Avenue at East 100th Street
   Carnegie Avenue at Martin Luther King Jr. Drive
   Memphis Avenue at Fulton Road
   Lakeshore Boulevard at East 159th Street
   St. Clair Avenue at London Road
   Clifton Boulevard between West 110th Street and West 104th Street
   Chester Avenue between East 55th Street and East 40th Street
   Woodland Avenue between East 66th Street and East 71st Street
   West Boulevard between I-90 Ramp and Madison Avenue
   Lee Road between Tarkington Avenue and I-480 Ramp
   I-90 and West 41st Street
   I-90 and West 44th Street
   Woodland Avenue at East 55th Street
   Harvard Avenue at Lee Road
   Orange Avenue at East 30th Street
   Chester Avenue at East 105th Street
   St. Clair Avenue at East 152nd Street
   Kinsman Road at East 93rd Street
   Lee Road at Miles Road
   Stokes Boulevard at Cedar Avenue
   West 25th Street at Clark Avenue
   I-490 at East 55th Street
   Pearl Road at Denison Avenue
   Broadview Road at Brookpark Road
   West 65th Street and Clark Avenue
   St. Clair Avenue at East 105th Street
   Woodland Avenue at East 30th Street
   Lorain Avenue at West 65th Street
   Broadview Road at Spring Road
   St. Clair Avenue at East 55th Street
   Puritas Avenue at West 150th Street
   Martin Luther King Jr. Drive at East 105th Street
   East 105th Street and Superior Avenue
   East 156th Street and Waterloo Road
   Neff Road and East 185th Street

   The Director of Public Safety shall cause the general public to be notified by means of a press release issued at least thirty (30) days before any given camera is made fully operational and is used to issue tickets to offenders. Before a given camera issues actual tickets, there shall be a period of at least two (2) weeks, which may run concurrently with the thirty (30) day public-notice period, during which only "warning" notices shall be issued.

   At each site of a red light or fixed speed camera, the Director of Public Works shall cause signs to be posted to apprise ordinarily observant motorists that they are approaching an area where an automated camera is monitoring for red light or speed violators. Mobile speed units shall be plainly marked vehicles.

   (h)   Notices of Liability. Any ticket for an automated red light or speeding system violation under this section shall:

      (1)   Be reviewed by a Cleveland police officer;

      (2)   Be forwarded by first-class mail or personal service to the vehicle's registered owner's address as given on the state's motor vehicle registration, and

      (3)   Clearly state the manner in which the violation may be appealed.

   (i)   Penalties. Any violation of division (b) or division (c) of this section shall be deemed a noncriminal violation for which a civil penalty shall be assessed and for which no points authorized by RC 4507.021 ("Point system for license suspension") shall be assigned to the owner or driver of the vehicle.

   (j)   Ticket Evaluation, Public Service, and Appeals. The program shall include a fair and sound ticket-evaluation process that includes review by the vendor and a police officer, a strong customer-service commitment, and an appeals process that accords due process to the ticket respondent and that conforms to the requirements of the Ohio Revised Code.

   (k)   Appeals. A notice of appeal shall be filed with the Hearing Officer within twenty-one (21) days from the date listed on the ticket. The failure to give notice of appeal or pay the civil penalty within this time period shall constitute a waiver of the right to contest the ticket and shall be considered an admission.

   Appeals shall be heard by the Parking Violations Bureau through an administrative process established by the Clerk of the Cleveland Municipal Court. At hearings, the strict rules of evidence applicable to courts of law shall not apply. The contents of the ticket shall constitute a prima facie evidence of the facts it contains. Liability may be found by the hearing examiner based upon a preponderance of the evidence. If a finding of liability is appealed, the record of the case shall include the order of the Parking Violations Bureau, the ticket, other evidence submitted by the respondent or the City of Cleveland, and a transcript or record of the hearing, in a written or electronic form acceptable to the court to which the case is appealed.

   Liability shall not be found where the evidence shows that the automated camera captured an event that is not an offense, including each of the following events and such others as may be established by rules and regulations issued by the Director of Public Safety under the authority of division (n) of this section:

      (1)   The motorist stops in time to avoid violating a red light indication;

      (2)   The motorist proceeds through a red light indication as part of funeral procession;

      (3)   The motorist is operating a City-owned emergency vehicle with its emergency lights activated and proceeds through a red light indication or exceeds the posted speed limitation;

      (4)   The motorist is directed by a police officer on the scene contrary to the traffic signal indication.

   Liability shall also be excused if a vehicle is observed committing an offense where the vehicle was stolen prior to the offense and the owner has filed a police report.

   The Director of Public Safety, in coordination with the Parking Violations Bureau, shall establish a process by which a vehicle owner who was not the driver at the time of the alleged offense may, by affidavit, name the person who the owner believes was driving the vehicle at the time. Upon receipt of such an affidavit timely submitted to the Parking Violations Bureau, the Bureau shall suspend further action against the owner of the vehicle and instead direct notices and collection efforts to the person identified in the affidavit. If the person named in the affidavit, when notified, denies being the driver or denies liability, then the Parking Violations Bureau shall resume the notice and collection process against the vehicle owner, the same as if no affidavit had been submitted, and if the violation is found to have been committed by a preponderance of evidence, the owner shall be liable for any penalties imposed for the offense.

   A decision in favor of the City of Cleveland may be enforced by means of a civil action or any other means provided by the Ohio Revised Code.

   (l)   Evidence of Operation. It is prima facie evidence that the person registered as the owner of the vehicle with the Ohio Bureau of Motor Vehicles, or with any other state vehicle registration office, or in the case of a leased or rented vehicle, the "lessee" as defined in division (p), was operating the vehicle at the time of the offenses set out in divisions (b) and (c) of this section.

   (m)   Program Oversight. The Director of Public Safety shall oversee the program authorized by this section. The Director of Public Works shall oversee the installation and maintenance of all automated cameras. An encroachment permit shall be authorized in the legislation in which locations are selected.

   (n)   Rules and Regulations. The Director of Public Safety may issue rules and regulations to carry out the provisions of these sections, which shall be effective thirty (30) days after publication in the City Record.

   (o)   Establishment of Penalty. The penalty imposed for a violation of division (b) or (c) of this section shall be follows:

 

413.031(b)    All violations	$100.00
413.031(c)    Up to 24 mph over the speed limit:    25 mph or more over the speed limit:    Any violation of a school or construction zone speed limit:	$100.00 $200.00 $200.00

 

   Late penalties: for both offenses, if the penalty is not paid within twenty (20) days from the date of mailing of the ticket to the offender, an additional twenty dollars ($20.00) shall be imposed, and if not paid within forty (40) days from that date, another forty dollars ($40.00) shall be imposed, for a total additional penalty in such a case of sixty dollars ($60.00).

   (p)   Definitions. As used in this section:

      (1)   "Automated traffic enforcement camera system" means an electronic system consisting of a photographic, video, or electronic camera and a vehicle sensor installed to work alone or in conjunction with an official traffic controller and to automatically produce photographs, video, or digital images of each vehicle violating divisions (b) or (c).

      (2)   "Lessee" includes renter and means:

         A.   the person identified as a vehicle lessee or renter by a motor vehicle leasing dealer or motor vehicle renting dealer pursuant to RC 4511.092 and further identified by the dealer as the person having care, custody or control of the vehicle at the time of a violation of divisions (b) or (c); or

         B.   the person identified as the lessee or as an additional owner of a vehicle in the records of the Ohio Bureau of Motor Vehicles or the records of any other state motor vehicle bureau.

      (3)   "System location" means the approach to an intersection or a street toward which a photographic, video or electronic camera is directed and is in operation. It is the location where the automated camera system is installed to monitor offenses under this section.

      (4)   "Vehicle owner" or "owner" means the person or entity identified by the Ohio Bureau of Motor Vehicles, or registered with any other State vehicle registration office, as the registered owner of a vehicle, or in the case of a leased or rented vehicle, the "lessee".

(Ord. No. 1072-13. Passed 8-14-13, eff. 8-16-13)

§ 413.032 Costs of Collection of Unpaid Tickets for Photo-Enforced Offenses

   In addition to any other fees or charges authorized by these Codified Ordinances in relation to the commission of a violation of division (b) or division (c) of Section 413.031, a person liable for the penalties established by division (o) of Section 413.031 may be assessed a fee under this section in an amount equal to the costs paid by the City to any vendor for the costs of collection of the debt.

(Ord. No. 1029-07. Passed 8-8-07, eff. 8-16-07)

§ 413.04 Lane-Use Control Signals Over Individual Lanes

   The meanings of lane-use control signal indications are as follows:

   (a)   A Steady Downward Green Arrow. A road user is permitted to drive in the lane over which the arrow signal indication is located.

   (b)   A 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)   A Steady White Two (2) 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)   A Steady White One (1) 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)   A 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.

(RC 4511.131; Ord. No. 1278-15. Passed 10-16-17, eff. 10-20-17)

§ 413.05 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 March 28, 1985.

   (e)   A flashing walking person signal indication has no meaning and shall not be used.

(RC 4511.14; Ord. No. 1278-15. Passed 10-16-17, eff. 10-20-17)

§ 413.06 Flashing Traffic Signals – Repealed

(Ord. No. 1278-15. Passed 10-16-17, eff. 10-20-17)