402.29 RAILROAD.

   “Railroad” means a carrier of persons or property operating upon rails placed principally on a private right-of-way.

(ORC 4511.01(P); Ord. 1786. Passed 1-14-74.)

402.30 RAILROAD SIGN OR SIGNAL.

   “Railroad sign or signal” means any sign, signal, or device erected by authority of a public body or official or by a railroad, and intended to give notice of the presence of railroad tracks or the approach of a railroad train.

(ORC 4511.01(SS); Ord. 1786. Passed 1-14-74.)

402.31 RAILROAD TRAIN.

   “Railroad train” means a steam engine or an electric or other motor, with or without cars coupled thereto, operated by a railroad.

(ORC 4511.01(Q); Ord. 1786. Passed 1-14-74.)

402.32 RESIDENCE DISTRICT.

   “Residence district” means the territory, not comprising a business district, fronting on a street or highway, including the street or highway, where, for a distance of 300 feet or more, the frontage is improved with residences or residences and buildings in use for business.

(ORC 4511.01(OO); Ord. 1786. Passed 1-14-74.)

402.325 RIDESHARING ARRANGEMENT.

   “Ridesharing arrangement” includes the transportation of persons in a motor vehicle where the transportation is incidental to another purpose of a volunteer driver, and includes ridesharing arrangements known as carpools, vanpools, and buspools.

(ORC 4511.01(DDD))

402.33 RIGHT-OF-WAY.

   “Right-of-way” means either of the following, as the context requires:

   (a)   The right of a vehicle or pedestrian to proceed uninterruptedly in a lawful manner in the direction in which it, he or she is moving, in preference to another vehicle or pedestrian approaching from a different direction into its, his or her path;

   (b)   A general term denoting land, property, or the interest therein, usually in the configuration of a strip, acquired for or devoted to transportation purposes. When used in this context, “right-of-way” includes the roadway, shoulders or berm, ditch, and slopes extending to the right-of-way limits under the control of the State or local authority.

(ORC 4511.01(UU))

402.335 ROAD SERVICE VEHICLE.

   “Road service vehicle” means wreckers, utility repair vehicles and state, county and municipal service vehicles equipped with visual signals by means of flashing, rotating or oscillating lights.

(ORC 4511.01(JJJ))

402.34 ROADWAY.

   “Roadway” means that portion of a street or highway improved, designed, or ordinarily used for vehicular travel, except the berm or shoulder. If a street or highway includes two or more separate roadways, the term “roadway” means any roadway separately, but not all the roadways collectively.

(ORC 4511.01(EE); Ord. 1786. Passed 1-14-74.)

402.345 RURAL MAIL DELIVERY VEHICLE.

   “Rural mail delivery vehicle” means every vehicle used to deliver United States mail on a rural mail delivery route.

(ORC 4511.01(VV))