(a) The owner of a private road or driveway located in a private residential area containing twenty or more dwelling units may erect stop signs at places where the road or driveway intersects with another private road or driveway in the residential area, in compliance with all of the following requirements:
(1) The stop sign is sufficiently legible to be seen by an ordinarily observant person and meets the specifications of and is placed in accordance with the manual adopted by the Department of Transportation pursuant to Ohio R.C. 4511.09;
(2) The owner has posted a sign at the entrance of the private road or driveway that is in plain view and clearly informs persons entering the road or driveway that they are entering private property, stop signs have been posted and shall be obeyed, and the signs are enforceable by law enforcement officers under State or municipal law. The sign required by this section, where appropriate, may be incorporated with the sign required by Section 333.10
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(c) When a stop sign is placed in accordance with subsection (a) hereof, any law enforcement officer may apprehend a person found violating the stop sign and may stop and charge the person with violating the stop sign.
(1) “Intersection” means:
A. The area embraced within the prolongation or connection of the lateral curb lines, or, if none, then the lateral boundary lines of the roadways of two private roads or driveways which join one another at, or approximately at, right angles, or the area within which vehicles traveling upon different private roads or driveways joining at any other angle may come in conflict.
B. Where a private road or driveway includes two roadways thirty feet or more apart, then every crossing of two roadways of such private roads or driveways shall be regarded as a separate intersection.
(2) “Roadway” means that portion of a private road or driveway improved, designed or ordinarily used for vehicular travel, except the berm or shoulder. If a private road or driveway includes two or more separate roadways, the term “roadway” means any such roadway separately but not all such roadways collectively.
(3) “Owner” and “private residential area containing twenty or more dwelling units” have the same meanings as in Section 333.10
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(Ord. 90-88. Passed 10-15-90.)
(e) Whoever violates any provision of this section is guilty of a minor misdemeanor on a first offense; on a second offense within one year after the first offense, the person is guilty of a misdemeanor of the fourth degree; on each subsequent offense within one year after the first offense, the person is guilty of a misdemeanor of the third degree.