CHAPTER 301
Definitions

301.01   Meaning of words and phrases.

301.02   Agricultural tractor; multi-wheel agricultural tractor.

301.03   Alley.

301.035   Arterial street.

301.037   Beacon.

301.04   Bicycle.

301.05   Bus.

301.06   Business district.

301.065   Chauffeured limousine.

301.067   Child care center or Type A family child care home.

301.07   Commercial tractor.

301.08   Controlled-access highway.

301.09   Crosswalk.

301.10   Driver or operator.

301.105   Electric bicycle.

301.11   Emergency vehicle.

301.12   Explosives.

301.13   Expressway.

301.14   Flammable liquid.

301.15   Freeway.

301.155   Funeral escort vehicle.

301.16   Gross weight.

301.163   Highway maintenance vehicle.

301.165   Highway traffic signal.

301.167   Hybrid beacon.

301.17   Intersection.

301.18   Laned highway.

301.185   Local authorities.

301.187   Low-speed micromobility device.

301.189   Median.

301.19   Motorcycle.

301.20   Motor vehicle.

301.205   Motorized bicycle or moped.

301.207   Motorized wheelchair.

301.209   Operate.

301.21   Parking.

301.22   Pedestrian.

301.23   Person.

301.24   Pole trailer.

301.25   Police officer.

301.255   Predicate motor vehicle or traffic offense.

301.257   Private road open to public travel.

301.26   Private road or driveway.

301.27   Public safety vehicle.

301.28   Railroad.

301.29   Railroad sign or signal.

301.30   Railroad train.

301.31   Residence district.

301.315   Ridesharing arrangement.

301.32   Right-of-way.

301.325   Road service vehicle.

301.33   Roadway.

301.335   Rural mail delivery vehicle.

301.34   Safety zone.

301.35   School bus.

301.36   Semitrailer.

301.365   Shared-use path.

301.37   Sidewalk.

301.375   State highway.

301.38   State route.

301.39   Stop.

301.40   Stopping or standing.

301.41   Stop intersection.

301.42   Street or highway.

301.43   Through street or highway.

301.44   Thruway.

301.45   Traffic.

301.46   Traffic control device.

301.47   Traffic control signal.

301.48   Trailer.

301.49   Truck.

301.50   Urban district.

301.51   Vehicle.

301.52   Waste collection vehicle.

   CROSS REFERENCES

   See section histories for similar State law

   Blind person defined - see TRAF. 371.02

   Funeral procession defined - see TRAF. 331.24

   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))