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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
TITLE THREE - Public Ways and Traffic Control Devices
TITLE FIVE - Vehicles and Operation
CHAPTER 331 Operation Generally
331.01 DRIVING UPON RIGHT SIDE OF ROADWAY; EXCEPTIONS.
331.02 PASSING TO RIGHT WHEN PROCEEDING IN OPPOSITE
331.03 OVERTAKING, PASSING TO LEFT; DRIVER'S DUTIES.
331.04 OVERTAKING, PASSING TO RIGHT OF VEHICLE.
331.05 OVERTAKING, PASSING TO LEFT OF CENTERLINE.
331.06 DRIVING UPON LEFT SIDE OF ROADWAY.
331.07 HAZARDOUS OR NO PASSING ZONES.
331.08 DRIVING WITHIN LANES OR CONTINUOUS LINES OF TRAFFIC.
331.09 FOLLOWING TOO CLOSELY.
331.10 TURNING AT INTERSECTIONS.
331.11 "U" TURNS RESTRICTED.
331.12 STARTING AND BACKING VEHICLES.
331.13 SIGNALS BEFORE CHANGING COURSE, TURNING OR
331.14 HAND AND ARM SIGNALS.
331.15 RIGHT-OF-WAY AT INTERSECTIONS.
331.155 INTERSECTIONS AT WHICH TRAFFIC CONTROL SIGNALS FAIL OR MALFUNCTION.
331.16 RIGHT-OF-WAY WHEN TURNING LEFT.
331.17 OPERATION OF VEHICLE AT STOP AND YIELD SIGNS.
331.18 EMERGENCY OR PUBLIC SAFETY VEHICLES AT STOP SIGNALS OR SIGNS.
331.19 RIGHT-OF-WAY OF PUBLIC SAFETY OR CORONER'S VEHICLE.
331.20 RIGHT-OF-WAY AT PRIVATE DRIVEWAY, ALLEY OR BUILDING.
331.205 STOP SIGNS ON PRIVATE ROADS AND DRIVEWAYS.
331.21 RIGHT-OF-WAY OF FUNERAL PROCESSION.
331.22 DRIVING UPON SIDEWALKS, TREE LAWNS OR CURBS.
331.23 DRIVER'S VIEW AND CONTROL TO BE UNOBSTRUCTED BY LOAD OR PERSONS.
331.24 DRIVING UPON STREET POSTED AS CLOSED FOR REPAIR.
331.25 FOLLOWING AND PARKING NEAR EMERGENCY OR SAFETY
331.26 DRIVING OVER FIRE HOSE.
331.27 DRIVING THROUGH SAFETY ZONE.
331.28 ONE-WAY STREETS AND ROTARY TRAFFIC ISLANDS.
331.29 DRIVING UPON DIVIDED ROADWAYS.
331.30 STOPPING FOR SCHOOL BUS; ACTUATING VISUAL SIGNALS; DISCHARGING CHILDREN.
331.31 DRIVING ACROSS GRADE CROSSINGS.
331.32 STOPPING AT GRADE CROSSINGS.
331.33 SLOW-MOVING VEHICLES OR EQUIPMENT AT GRADE CROSSINGS.
331.34 OBSTRUCTING INTERSECTIONS, CROSSWALKS OR GRADE CROSSINGS.
331.35 “PEELING”; CRACKING EXHAUST NOISES.
331.36 EVASION OF TRAFFIC CONTROL SIGNAL OR DEVICE.
331.37 ENTERING AND EXITING CONTROLLED-ACCESS HIGHWAY.
331.38 WEAVING; FULL TIME AND ATTENTION.
331.39 OPERATION ON PATHS SET ASIDE FOR BICYCLES.
331.40 LITTERING FROM MOTOR VEHICLES.
331.41 USE OF EARPHONES WHILE DRIVING.
331.42 VEHICLES AT RESTAURANT AND SHOPPING CENTER PARKING LOTS.
331.43 OPERATION OF VEHICLES IN UNAUTHORIZED AREAS.
331.44 NOISE DISTURBANCE FROM MOTOR VEHICLE PROHIBITED.
331.45 USE OF ELECTRONIC WIRELESS COMMUNICATION DEVICES WHILE DRIVING.
CHAPTER 333 O.V.I.; Reckless Operation; Speed
CHAPTER 335 Licensing; Accidents
CHAPTER 337 Safety and Equipment
CHAPTER 339 Commercial and Heavy Vehicles
CHAPTER 341 Drivers of Commercial Vehicles
CHAPTER 343 Transportation of Radioactive Materials
CHAPTER 345 Operation on Public Grounds
CHAPTER 347 Operation Within Local Retail or Wholesale Store Districts
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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331.36 EVASION OF TRAFFIC CONTROL SIGNAL OR DEVICE.
   (a)   No person operating a motor vehicle shall, within 500 feet of an intersection at which a traffic control signal or device has been installed, drive across or through property not open for use as a public street and thereby transfer the operation of the motor vehicle from the street which was originally traveled to another street or back to the same street.
   (b)   This section shall have no application if the operation prohibited herein has been directed by a police officer or appropriate traffic control signals or devices.
(Ord. 254-1978. Passed 11-6-78.)
Penalty - see Sections 307.01 and 307.02
331.37 ENTERING AND EXITING CONTROLLED-ACCESS HIGHWAY.
   No person shall drive a vehicle onto or from any controlled-access highway except at such entrances and exits as are established by public authority.
Penalty - see Sections 307.01 and 307.02
331.38 WEAVING; FULL TIME AND ATTENTION.
   (a)   No person shall operate a motor vehicle or motorcycle upon any street or highway in a weaving or zigzag course unless such irregular course is necessary for safe operation or in compliance with law.
   (b)   No person shall operate a motor vehicle or motorcycle without giving his or her full time and attention to the operation of such vehicle.
Penalty - see Sections 307.01 and 307.02
331.39 OPERATION ON PATHS SET ASIDE FOR BICYCLES.
   (a)   No person shall operate a motor vehicle, snowmobile, or all-purpose vehicle upon any path set aside for the exclusive use of bicycles, when an appropriate sign giving notice of such use is posted on the path.
   (b)   Nothing in this section shall be construed to affect any rule of the Director of Natural Resources governing the operation of motor vehicles, snowmobiles, all-purpose vehicles, and bicycles on lands under the Director's jurisdiction.
(ORC 4511.713)
Penalty - see Sections 307.01 and 307.02
331.40 LITTERING FROM MOTOR VEHICLES.
   (a)   No operator or occupant of a motor vehicle shall, regardless of intent, throw, drop, discard, or deposit litter from any motor vehicle in operation upon any street, road, or highway, except into a litter receptacle in a manner that prevents its being carried away or deposited by the elements.
   (b)   No operator of a motor vehicle in operation upon any street, road, or highway shall allow litter to be thrown, dropped, discarded, or deposited from the motor vehicle, except into a litter receptacle in a manner that prevents its being carried away or deposited by the elements.
   (c)   As used in this section, "litter" means garbage, trash, waste or peelings of vegetable or fruit, rubbish, ashes, cans, bottles, wire, paper, cartons, boxes, automobile parts, tires, construction debris, furniture, glass, oil, or any object or substance which tends to create a danger to public, safety or welfare, or which by sight or smell creates or contributes to unsightly or unsanitary conditions.
   (d)   Whoever violates any provision of this section is guilty of littering, a misdemeanor of the fourth degree and shall be fined seventy-five dollars ($75.00) for each violation of this section. Whoever fails to pay said fine within 14 days shall be bound over to the Euclid Municipal Court and subject to prosecution and penalty of not more than two hundred fifty dollars ($250.00) or imprisoned not more than 30 days, or both, for each offense. A separate offense shall be deemed committed each day during or on which a violation occurs or continues.
(Ord. 74-2007. Passed 5-7-07.)
331.41 USE OF EARPHONES WHILE DRIVING.
   (a)   No person shall operate a motor vehicle while wearing earphones over, or earplugs in, both ears. As used in this section, "earphones" means any headset, radio, tape player, or other similar device that provides the listener with radio programs, music, or other recorded information through a device attached to the head and that covers all or a portion of both ears. "Earphones" does not include speakers or other listening devices that are built into protective headgear.
   (b)   This section does not apply to:
      (1)   Any person wearing a hearing aid;
      (2)   Law enforcement personnel while on duty;
      (3)   Fire department personnel and emergency medical service personnel while on duty;
      (4)   Any person operating equipment for use in the maintenance or repair of any highway;
      (5)   Any person engaged in the operation of refuse collection equipment.
(ORC 4511.84)
Penalty - see Sections 307.01 and 307.02
331.42 VEHICLES AT RESTAURANT AND SHOPPING CENTER PARKING LOTS.
   (a)   No person, while on or adjacent to the premises of a restaurant or shopping center, shall race the motor of any car, suddenly start or stop any car, or make or cause to be made any other loud or unseemly noise. No person parked on the premises of such restaurant or shopping center shall blow or cause to be blown any automobile horn or motorcycle horn at any time while so parked.
(Ord. 202-1968. Passed 10-7-68.)
   (b)   No patron or other person on the premises of a restaurant or shopping center, whether in or out of an automobile, shall drink beer or other intoxicating liquor or have in his or her possession any open bottle, can or other receptacle containing beer or an alcoholic beverage of any other type, nature or description.
   (c)   No group of two or more persons shall congregate and linger at any location on the premises of a shopping center or restaurant, including a parked motor vehicle, other than in the restaurant building or other business establishment within the shopping center, without being able to give a reasonable and satisfactory account of themselves. Persons so congregating and lingering shall be deemed guilty of loitering. No person shall drive a motor vehicle onto the premises of a restaurant and then drive from such premises without parking such motor vehicle, unless there is no unoccupied parking space available on such premises.
(Ord. 211-1968. Passed 10-21-68.)
   (d)   No person shall leave any unoccupied motor vehicle on any restaurant parking lot and leave the premises thereof, except with the knowledge and consent of the operator of the restaurant.
   (e)   It shall be the duty of the restaurant operator who furnishes parking for patrons to post on the premises in a conspicuous location one or more signs bearing the following legend:
Cruising in or congregating and lingering outside of a motor vehicle is unlawful. No unoccupied vehicle may be left on these premises without the consent of the restaurant operator.
(Ord. 202-1968. Passed 10-7-68.)
   (f)   Whoever violates any of the provisions of this section is guilty of a misdemeanor of the third degree and shall be subject to the penalty provided in Section 307.01.
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