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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
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301.23 PARK AND PARKING.
   "Park" and "parking" mean the standing of a vehicle, whether occupied or not, otherwise than temporarily for the purpose of and while actually engaged in loading or unloading merchandise or passengers, except that for purposes of fire lanes in the City, "park" and "parking" mean the standing of a vehicle, whether occupied or not.
(Ord. 264-1980. Passed 10-6-80.)
301.24 PEDESTRIAN.
   "Pedestrian" means any natural person afoot.
(ORC 4511.01(X))
301.25 PERSON.
   "Person" means every natural person, firm, partnership, association or corporation.
(ORC 4511.01(W))
301.26 POLE TRAILER.
   "Pole trailer" means every trailer or semitrailer attached to the towing vehicle by means of a reach, pole, or by being boomed or otherwise secured to the towing vehicle, and ordinarily used for transporting long or irregular shaped loads such as poles, pipes, or structural members capable, generally, of sustaining themselves as beams between the supporting connections.
(ORC 4511.01(O))
301.27 POLICE OFFICER.
   "Police officer" means every officer authorized to direct or regulate traffic, or to make arrests for violations of traffic regulations.
(ORC 4511.01(Z))
301.275 PREDICATE MOTOR VEHICLE OR TRAFFIC OFFENSE.
   "Predicate motor vehicle or traffic offense" means any of the following:
   (a)   A violation of Ohio R.C. 4511.03, 4511.051, 4511.12, 4511.132, 4511.16, 4511.20, 4511.201, 4511.21, 4511.211, 4511.213, 4511.22, 4511.23, 4511.25, 4511.26, 4511.27, 4511.28, 4511.29, 4511.30, 4511.31, 4511.32, 4511.33, 4511.34, 4511.35, 4511.36, 4511.37, 4511.38, 4511.39, 4511.40, 4511.41, 4511.42, 4511.43, 4511.431, 4511.432, 4511.44, 4511.441, 4511.451, 4511.452, 4511.46, 4511.47, 4511.48, 4511.481, 4511.49, 4511.50, 4511.511, 4511.53, 4511.54, 4511.55, 4511.56, 4511.57, 4511.58, 4511.59, 4511.60, 4511.61, 4511.64, 4511.66, 4511.661, 4511.68, 4511.70, 4511.701, 4511.71, 4511.711, 4511.712, 4511.713, 4511.72, 4511.73, 4511.763, 4511.771, 4511.78, or 4511.84;
   (b)   A violation of Ohio R.C. 4511.17(A)(2), 4511.51(A) to (D), or 4511.74(A);
   (c)   A violation of any provision of Ohio R.C. 4511.01 to 4511.76 for which no penalty otherwise is provided in the section that contains the provision violated;
   (d)   A violation of a municipal ordinance that is substantially equivalent to any section or provision set forth or described in division (a), (b), or (c) of this definition.
(ORC 4511.01(III))
301.28 PRIVATE ROAD OR DRIVEWAY.
   "Private road or driveway" means every way or place in private ownership used for vehicular travel by the owner, and those having express or implied permission from the owner, but not by other persons.
(ORC 4511.01(DD))
301.29 PUBLIC SAFETY VEHICLE.
   "Public safety vehicle" means any of the following:
   (a)   Ambulances, including private ambulance companies under contract to a municipality, township, or county, and private ambulances and nontransport vehicles bearing license plates issued under Ohio R.C. 4503.49;
   (b)   Motor vehicles used by public law enforcement officers or other persons sworn to enforce the criminal and traffic laws of the State;
   (c)   Any motor vehicle when properly identified as required by the Director of Public Safety, when used in response to fire emergency calls or to provide emergency medical service to ill or injured persons, and when operated by a duly qualified person who is a member of a volunteer rescue service or a volunteer fire department, and who is on duty pursuant to the rules or directives of that service. The State Fire Marshal shall be designated by the Director of Public Safety as the certifying agency for all public safety vehicles described herein;
   (d)   Vehicles used by fire departments, including motor vehicles when used by volunteer firefighters responding to emergency calls in the fire department service when identified as required by the Director of Public Safety;
   (e)   Any vehicle used to transport or provide emergency medical service to an ill or injured person, when certified as a "public safety vehicle," shall be considered such a vehicle when transporting an ill or injured person to a hospital, regardless of whether such vehicle has already passed a hospital;
   (f)   Vehicles used by the Motor Carrier Enforcement Unit for the enforcement of orders and rules of the Public Utilities Commission as specified in Ohio R.C. 5503.34.
(ORC 4511.01(E))
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