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CODIFIED ORDINANCES OF THE CITY OF EUCLID, OHIO
CERTIFICATION
DIRECTORY OF OFFICIALS (2024)
PRELIMINARY UNIT
THE CHARTER OF THE CITY OF EUCLID, OHIO
PART ONE - ADMINISTRATION CODE
PART THREE - TRAFFIC CODE
TITLE ONE - Administration, Enforcement and Penalties
CHAPTER 301 Definitions
301.01 MEANING OF WORDS AND PHRASES.
301.02 AGRICULTURAL TRACTOR; MULTI-WHEEL AGRICULTURAL TRACTOR.
301.03 ALLEY.
301.04 ARTERIAL STREET.
301.05 BICYCLE.
301.06 BUS.
301.07 BUSINESS DISTRICT.
301.075 CHAUFFEURED LIMOUSINE.
301.077 CHILD DAY-CARE CENTER OR TYPE A FAMILY DAY-CARE HOME.
301.08 COMMERCIAL TRACTOR.
301.09 CONTROLLED-ACCESS HIGHWAY.
301.10 CROSSWALK.
301.11 DRIVER OR OPERATOR.
301.12 EMERGENCY VEHICLE.
301.13 EXPLOSIVES.
301.14 EXPRESSWAY.
301.15 FLAMMABLE LIQUID.
301.16 FREEWAY.
301.165 FUNERAL ESCORT VEHICLE.
301.17 GROSS WEIGHT.
301.18 INTERSECTION.
301.19 LANED STREET OR HIGHWAY.
301.20 MOTOR VEHICLE.
301.21 MOTORCYCLE.
301.22 ELECTRONIC BICYCLE; MOTORIZED BICYCLE.
301.221 ELECTRIC SCOOTER.
301.222 MOBILITY DEVICE.
301.223 SHARED MOBILITY DEVICE AND BICYCLE VENDOR.
301.225 MOTORIZED WHEELCHAIR.
301.227 OPERATE.
301.23 PARK AND PARKING.
301.24 PEDESTRIAN.
301.25 PERSON.
301.26 POLE TRAILER.
301.27 POLICE OFFICER.
301.275 PREDICATE MOTOR VEHICLE OR TRAFFIC OFFENSE.
301.28 PRIVATE ROAD OR DRIVEWAY.
301.29 PUBLIC SAFETY VEHICLE.
301.30 RAILROAD.
301.31 RAILROAD SIGN OR SIGNAL.
301.32 RAILROAD TRAIN.
301.33 RESIDENCE DISTRICT.
301.335 RIDESHARING ARRANGEMENT.
301.34 RIGHT-OF-WAY.
301.35 ROADWAY.
301.355 RURAL MAIL DELIVERY VEHICLE.
301.36 SAFETY ZONE.
301.37 SCHOOL BUS.
301.38 SEMITRAILER.
301.39 SIDEWALK.
301.40 STATE ROUTE.
301.41 STOP.
301.42 STOP INTERSECTION.
301.43 STOPPING AND STANDING.
301.44 STREET OR HIGHWAY.
301.45 THROUGH STREET OR HIGHWAY.
301.46 THRUWAY.
301.47 TRAFFIC.
301.48 TRAFFIC CONTROL DEVICES.
301.49 TRAFFIC CONTROL SIGNAL.
301.50 TRAILER.
301.51 TRUCK.
301.52 URBAN DISTRICT.
301.53 VEHICLE.
CHAPTER 303 Enforcement; Impounding
CHAPTER 305 Traffic Control
CHAPTER 307 Penalties
CHAPTER 309 Parking Violations Bureau
TITLE THREE - Public Ways and Traffic Control Devices
TITLE FIVE - Vehicles and Operation
TITLE SEVEN - Parking
TITLE NINE - Bicycles, Motorcycles, Snowmobiles, Mini-Bikes, Go-Carts, Helicopters
PART FIVE - GENERAL OFFENSES CODE
PART SEVEN - BUSINESS REGULATION AND TAXATION CODE
PART NINE - STREETS, UTILITIES AND PUBLIC SERVICES CODE
PART ELEVEN - HEALTH AND SANITATION CODE
PART THIRTEEN - PLANNING AND ZONING CODE
PART FIFTEEN - FIRE PREVENTION CODE
PART SEVENTEEN - BUILDING AND HOUSING CODE
CHAPTER 301
Definitions
301.01   Meaning of words and phrases.
301.02   Agricultural tractor; multi-wheel agricultural tractor.
301.03   Alley.
301.04   Arterial street.
301.05   Bicycle.
301.06   Bus.
301.07   Business district.
301.075   Chauffeured limousine.
301.077   Child day-care center or Type A family day-care home.
301.08   Commercial tractor.
301.09   Controlled-access highway.
301.10   Crosswalk.
301.11   Driver or operator.
301.12   Emergency vehicle.
301.13   Explosives.
301.14   Expressway.
301.15   Flammable liquid.
301.16   Freeway.
301.165   Funeral escort vehicle.
301.17   Gross weight.
301.18   Intersection.
301.19   Laned street or highway.
301.20   Motor vehicle.
301.21   Motorcycle.
301.22   Electronic bicycle; motorized bicycle.
301.221   Electric scooter.
301.222   Mobility device.
301.223   Shared mobility device and bicycle vendor.
301.225   Motorized wheelchair.
301.227   Operate.
301.23   Park and parking.
301.24   Pedestrian.
301.25   Person.
301.26   Pole trailer.
301.27   Police officer.
301.275   Predicate motor vehicle or traffic offense.
301.28   Private road or driveway.
301.29   Public safety vehicle.
301.30   Railroad.
301.31   Railroad sign or signal.
301.32   Railroad train.
301.33   Residence district.
301.335   Ridesharing arrangement.
301.34   Right-of-way.
301.35   Roadway.
301.355   Rural mail delivery vehicle.
301.36   Safety zone.
301.37   School bus.
301.38   Semitrailer.
301.39   Sidewalk.
301.40   State route.
301.41   Stop.
301.42   Stop intersection.
301.43   Stopping and standing.
301.44   Street or highway.
301.45   Through street or highway.
301.46   Thruway.
301.47   Traffic.
301.48   Traffic control devices.
301.49   Traffic control signal.
301.50   Trailer.
301.51   Truck.
301.52   Urban district.
301.53   Vehicle.
   CROSS REFERENCES
   See section histories for similar State law
   Blind person defined - see TRAF. 315.02
   Funeral procession defined - see TRAF. 331.21
   Street racing defined - see TRAF. 333.07
   Commercial car defined - see TRAF. 341.01
   Snowmobile, off-highway motorcycle and all-purpose vehicle defined - see TRAF. 375.01
301.01 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)   Except as otherwise provided, the following words and phrases, when used in this Traffic Code, shall have the meanings respectively ascribed to them in this chapter.
301.02 AGRICULTURAL TRACTOR; MULTI-WHEEL AGRICULTURAL TRACTOR.
   (a)   "Agricultural tractor" means every self-propelled 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))
   (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))
301.03 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))
301.04 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 Council or other duly designated local authority within the Municipality as part of a major arterial system of streets or highways.
(ORC 4511.01(CCC))
301.05 BICYCLE.
   "Bicycle" means every device, other than a tricycle designed solely for use as a play vehicle by a child, propelled solely by human power, upon which any person may ride having either two tandem wheels, or one wheel in the front and two wheels in the rear, any of which is more than 14 inches in diameter.
(ORC 4511.01(G))
301.06 BUS.
   "Bus" means every motor vehicle designed for carrying more than nine passengers, and used for the transportation of persons other than in a ridesharing arrangement, 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.
(ORC 4511.01(L))
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