TITLE ONE: ADMINISTRATION

CHAPTER 301: DEFINITIONS

Section

301.01   Meaning of words and phrases

301.02   Agricultural tractor; multi-wheel agricultural tractor

301.03   Alley

301.031   Arterial street

301.032   Beacon

301.04   Bicycle; motorized bicycle or moped

301.05   Bus

301.06   Business district

301.061   Chauffeured limousine

301.062   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

301.161   Highway maintenance vehicle

301.163   Highway traffic signal

301.165   Hybrid beacon

301.17   Intersection

301.18   Laned highway

301.181   Local authorities

301.182   Low-speed micromobility device

301.183   Median

301.19   Motorcycle

301.20   Motor vehicle

301.201   Operate

301.21   Parking or parked

301.22   Pedestrian

301.23   Person

301.24   Pole trailer

301.25   Police officer

301.251   Predicate motor vehicle or traffic offense

301.252   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

301.311   Ridesharing arrangement

301.32   Right-of-way

301.321   Road service vehicle

301.33   Roadway

301.331   Rural mail delivery vehicle

301.34   Safety zone

301.35   School bus

301.36   Semitrailer

301.361   Shared-use path

301.37   Sidewalk

301.371   State highway

301.38   State route

301.39   Stop (when required)

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   Wheelchair, motorized

301.53   Waste collection vehicle

Cross-reference:

   Blind person defined, see § 371.02

   Funeral procession defined, see § 331.24

   School zones defined, see § 333.03(b)

   Snowmobile, off-highway motorcycle and all-purpose vehicle defined, see § 375.01

   Street racing defined, see § 333.07

   Studded tire defined, see § 339.11

§ 301.01 MEANING OF WORDS AND PHRASES.

   (a)   Except as otherwise provided, the definitions set forth in 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. 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.

(R.C. § 4511.01(J))

   (b)   MULTI-WHEEL AGRICULTURAL TRACTOR. 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.

(R.C. § 4511.01(GGG))

§ 301.03 ALLEY.

   A street or highway intended to provide access to the rear or side of lots or buildings in urban districts, and not intended for the purpose of through vehicular traffic, and any street or highway that has been declared an alley by Council.

(R.C. § 4511.01(XX))