331.32 ENTERING AND EXITING CONTROLLED-ACCESS HIGHWAY.

   (a)   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.

   (b)   Except where special facilities are provided for pedestrians, and when fencing and/or barrier materials are used to delineate the limits of the right of way, controlled access highways shall be used by motor vehicles licensed by Ohio R.C. 4503.02, which are capable of maintaining a sustained minimum speed of thirty-five miles per hour, provided, that operators and/or passengers of disabled vehicles may use the berm or shoulder for the purpose of reaching an exit or point of communication to solicit aid but shall not cross the traveled portion of such highways.

   (c)   When fencing and/or other barriers are not present to physically prevent pedestrians and bicyclists from nearing the roadway of a controlled access highway the pedestrian and bicyclists may walk and ride upon the right of way at any point no closer than six feet to the edge of pavement, except at intersections where they may cross the controlled access facilities in marked or unmarked crosswalks, unless specifically prohibited by signs. The provision above requiring vehicles using a controlled access highway to be capable of maintaining a sustained minimum speed of thirty-five miles per hour shall be equally applicable to controlled access highways with or without fencing and/or other barriers.

   (d)   Without limiting the generality of the above, the use of a controlled access highway by pedestrians, except where special facilities are provided, and by animal-drawn vehicles, ridden, led or herded animals, push carts, bicycles, motor bicycles, agricultural tractors and slow-moving construction or hauling equipment shall be deemed unlawful.

(Ord. 7240. Passed 3-5-69.)

   (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.