§ 401.01 Meaning of Words and Phrases

   The following words and phrases when used in this Traffic Code, except as otherwise provided, shall have the meanings respectively ascribed to them in this chapter.

(Ord. No. 1684-76. Passed 6-29-76, eff. 7-6-76)

§ 401.02 Agricultural Tractor

   “Agricultural tractor” means every self-propelling vehicle designed or used for drawing other vehicles or wheeled machinery, but having no provision for carrying loads independently of such other vehicles, and used principally for agricultural purposes.

(RC 4511.01(J); Ord. No. 1684-76. Passed 6-29-76, eff. 7-6-76)

§ 401.03 Alley

   “Alley” means a street or highway intended to provide access to the rear or side of lots or buildings in urban districts and not intended for the purpose of through vehicular traffic, and includes any street or highway that is less than thirty (30) feet wide between property lines, or that has been declared an “alley” by the legislative authority of the municipal corporation in which the street or highway is located.

(RC 4511.01(XX); Ord. No. 188-16. Passed 10-16-17, eff. 10-20-17)

§ 401.031 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 local authorities within their respective jurisdictions as part of a major arterial system of streets or highways.

(RC 4511.01(CCC); Ord. No. 188-16. Passed 10-16-17, eff. 10-20-17)

§ 401.04 Automatically Operated Gate

   “Automatically operated gate” means any mechanical device placed or erected within a Municipal parking facility, as defined in section 401.27, for the regulation of parking, so designed that a gate across the exit or entrance of such parking facility automatically raises to allow a single vehicle to be moved through the exit or entrance upon the deposit in such gate of coins or parking tokens, or upon the insertion in such gate of a parking key or parking card, as indicated on the automatically operated gate.

(Ord. No. 188-16. Passed 10-16-17, eff. 10-20-17)

§ 401.041 Beacon

   “Beacon” means a highway traffic signal with one (1) or more signal sections that operate in a flashing mode.

(RC 4511.01(KKK); Ord. No. 188-16. Passed 10-16-17, eff. 10-20-17)

§ 401.05 Bicycle

   “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 (2) or more wheels, any of which is more than fourteen (14) inches in diameter.

(RC 4511.01(G); Ord. No. 188-16. Passed 10-16-17, eff. 10-20-17)

§ 401.06 Bus

   “Bus” means every motor vehicle designed for carrying more than nine (9) passengers and used for the transportation of persons other than in a ridesharing arrangement, as defined in section 401.481, 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.

(RC 4511.01(L); Ord. No. 188-16. Passed 10-16-17, eff. 10-20-17)