CHAPTER 402
Definitions
402.01   Meaning of words and phrases.
402.02   Agricultural tractor; multi- wheel agricultural tractor.
402.03   Alley.
402.04   Arterial street.
402.045   Beacon.
402.05   Bicycle.
402.06   Bus.
402.07   Business district.
402.075   Chauffeured limousine.
402.077   Child care center.
402.08   Commercial tractor.
402.09   Controlled-access highway.
402.10   Crosswalk.
402.11   Driver or operator.
402.115   Electric bicycle.
402.12   Emergency vehicle.
402.13   Explosives.
402.14   Expressway.
402.15   Flammable liquid.
402.16   Freeway.
402.165   Funeral escort vehicle.
402.17   Gross weight.
402.173   Highway maintenance vehicle.
402.175   Highway traffic signal.
402.177   Hybrid beacon.
402.18   Intersection.
402.19   Laned street or highway.
402.195   Median.
402.20   Motorcycle.
402.205   Motorized bicycle or moped.
402.207   Motorized wheelchair.
402.21   Motor vehicle.
402.215   Operate.
402.22   Parking.
402.23   Pedestrian.
402.24   Person.
402.25   Pole trailer.
402.26   Police officer.
402.265   Predicate motor vehicle or traffic offense.
402.267   Private road open to public travel.
402.27   Private road or driveway.
402.28   Public safety vehicle.
402.29   Railroad.
402.30   Railroad sign or signal.
402.31   Railroad train.
402.32   Residence district.
402.325   Ridesharing arrangement.
402.33   Right-of-way.
402.335   Road service vehicle.
402.34   Roadway.
402.345   Rural mail delivery vehicle.
402.35   Safety zone.
402.36   School bus.
402.37   Semitrailer.
402.375   Shared-use path.
402.38   Sidewalk.
402.39   State route.
402.40   Stop.
402.41   Stop intersection.
402.42   Stopping and standing.
402.43   Street or highway.
402.44   Through street or highway.
402.45   Thruway.
402.46   Traffic.
402.47   Traffic control device.
402.48   Traffic control signal.
402.49   Trailer.
402.50   Truck.
402.505   Type A family child care home.
402.51   Urban district.
402.52   Vehicle.
402.53   Waste collection vehicle.
   CROSS REFERENCES
   See section histories for similar State law
   Blind person defined - see TRAF. 416.02
   Funeral procession defined - see TRAF. 432.21
   Street racing defined - see TRAF. 434.07
   Commercial car defined - see TRAF. 442.01
   Snowmobile and all-purpose vehicle defined - see TRAF. 476.01
   402.01   MEANING OF WORDS AND PHRASES.
   (a)   Except as otherwise provided, the definitions set forth in Ohio R.C. 4501.01 shall apply to this Traffic Code and the penal laws of the Municipality.
   (b)   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. 1786. Passed 1-14-74.)
   402.02   AGRICULTURAL TRACTOR; MULTI-WHEEL AGRICULTURAL TRACTOR.
   (a)   “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.
(ORC 4511.01(J); Ord. 1786. Passed 1-14-74.)
   (b)   “Multi-wheel agricultural tractor” means a type of agricultural tractor that has two or more wheels or tires on each side of one axle at the rear of the tractor, is designed or used for drawing other vehicles or wheeled machinery, has no provision for carrying loads independently of the drawn vehicles or machinery, and is used principally for agricultural purposes.
(ORC 4511.01(GGG))
   402.03   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 any street or highway that has been declared an “alley” by the Council.
(ORC 4511.01(XX))
   402.04   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.
(ORC 4511.01(CCC))
   402.045   BEACON.
   “Beacon” means a highway traffic signal with one or more signal sections that operate in a flashing mode.
(ORC 4511.01(KKK))
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