TITLE FOUR: PUBLIC WAYS AND TRAFFIC CONTROL DEVICES
Section
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 Skateboards.
412.07 Parades and assemblages.
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, washing or repairing vehicle upon roadway - see TRAF. 452.09
Parking in alleys or narrow streets; exceptions - see TRAF. 452.12
Sidewalk obstructions; damage or injury - see GEN. OFF. 660.10
(a) (1) No person 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 the highway, except such substances that may be placed upon the roadway by proper authority for the repair or construction thereof.
(2) Any person who drops or permits to be dropped or thrown upon any highway any destructive or injurious material shall immediately remove the same.
(3) Any person authorized to remove a wrecked or damaged vehicle from a highway shall remove any glass or other injurious substance dropped upon the highway from such vehicle.
(4) No person shall place any obstruction in or upon a highway 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.
(c) (1) Except as otherwise provided in this division, whoever violates division (a) of this section is guilty of a minor misdemeanor. If, within one year of the offense, the offender previously has been convicted of or pleaded guilty to one predicate motor vehicle or traffic offense, whoever violates division (a) of this section is guilty of a misdemeanor of the fourth degree. If, within one year of the offense, the offender previously has been convicted of two or more predicate motor vehicle or traffic offenses, whoever violates division (a) is guilty of a misdemeanor of the third degree.
(2) Whoever violates division (b) of this section is guilty of a misdemeanor of the first degree.
(ORC 4511.74)
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.
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.
(a) No person, unless otherwise directed by a police officer, shall:
(1) 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.
(2) 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 machinery; except in the performance of public works or official duties.
(b) Except as otherwise provided in this division, whoever violates this section is guilty of a minor misdemeanor. If, within on year of the offense, the offender previously has been convicted of or pleaded guilty to one predicate motor vehicle or traffic offense, whoever violates this section is guilty of a misdemeanor of the fourth degree. If, within one year of the offense, the offender previously has been convicted of two or more predicate motor vehicle or traffic offenses, whoever violates this section is guilty of a misdemeanor of the third degree.
(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 § 408.02(b).
(ORC 4511.051)
(a) As used in this section, “skateboard” shall include, without limitation, any vehicle or device consisting basically of a board or platform mounted on wheels or rollers, whether powered by gravity, muscle power or mechanical or motorized means, which is not equipped with a positive mechanical means of steering such vehicle or device.
(b) No person shall ride or operate a skateboard on any roadway.
(c) No person shall ride a skateboard upon a sidewalk within a commercially zoned district, upon a sidewalk within a shopping center or upon a sidewalk where signs are erected prohibiting such operation.
(d) No person shall operate a skateboard at a speed greater than is reasonable and prudent under the conditions then existing. For the purposes of this section, any speed above fifteen miles per hour shall be prima-facie unreasonable and imprudent.
(e) Whoever violates this section is guilty of a minor misdemeanor and shall be subject to the penalty provided in § 408.01.
(Ord. 91-O-1267, passed 12-17-1991)
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