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CITY OF MASON, OHIO CODE OF ORDINANCES
ROSTER OF OFFICIALS of the CITY OF MASON, OHIO
ADOPTING ORDINANCES
CHARTER
PART ONE: ADMINISTRATIVE CODE
PART THREE: TRAFFIC CODE
TITLE ONE: ADMINISTRATION
TITLE THREE: STREETS AND TRAFFIC-CONTROL DEVICES
TITLE FIVE: VEHICLES
CHAPTER 331: OPERATION GENERALLY
§ 331.01 DRIVING UPON RIGHT SIDE OF ROADWAY; EXCEPTIONS.
§ 331.02 PASSING TO RIGHT WHEN PROCEEDING IN OPPOSITE DIRECTIONS.
§ 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 TURNING INTO PRIVATE DRIVEWAY, ALLEY OR BUILDING.
§ 331.12 “U” TURNS RESTRICTED.
§ 331.13 STARTING AND BACKING VEHICLES.
§ 331.14 SIGNALS BEFORE CHANGING COURSE, TURNING OR STOPPING.
§ 331.15 HAND AND ARM SIGNALS.
§ 331.16 RIGHT-OF-WAY AT INTERSECTIONS.
§ 331.17 RIGHT-OF-WAY WHEN TURNING LEFT.
§ 331.18 OPERATION OF VEHICLE AT STOP AND YIELD SIGNS.
§ 331.19 OPERATION OF VEHICLE AT STOP SIGNS (RECODIFIED).
§ 331.20 EMERGENCY OR PUBLIC SAFETY VEHICLES AT STOP SIGNALS OR SIGNS.
§ 331.21 RIGHT-OF-WAY OF PUBLIC SAFETY OR CORONER’S VEHICLE.
§ 331.22 DRIVING ONTO ROADWAY FROM PLACE OTHER THAN ROADWAY; DUTY TO YIELD.
§ 331.23 DRIVING ONTO ROADWAY FROM PLACE OTHER THAN ROADWAY: STOPPING AT SIDEWALK.
§ 331.24 RIGHT-OF-WAY OF FUNERAL PROCESSION.
§ 331.25 DRIVER’S VIEW AND CONTROL TO BE UNOBSTRUCTED BY LOAD OR PERSONS.
§ 331.26 DRIVING UPON STREET POSTED AS CLOSED FOR REPAIR.
§ 331.27 FOLLOWING AND PARKING NEAR EMERGENCY OR SAFETY VEHICLES.
§ 331.28 DRIVING OVER FIRE HOSE.
§ 331.29 DRIVING THROUGH SAFETY ZONE.
§ 331.30 ONE-WAY STREETS AND ROTARY TRAFFIC ISLANDS.
§ 331.31 DRIVING UPON DIVIDED ROADWAYS.
§ 331.32 ENTERING AND EXITING CONTROLLED-ACCESS HIGHWAY.
§ 331.33 OBSTRUCTING INTERSECTION, CROSSWALK OR GRADE CROSSINGS.
§ 331.34 WEAVING; FULL TIME AND ATTENTION.
§ 331.35 OCCUPYING TRAVEL TRAILER, FIFTH WHEEL VEHICLE, OR MANUFACTURED OR MOBILE HOME WHILE IN MOTION.
§ 331.36 “PEELING;” CRACKING EXHAUST NOISES.
§ 331.37 DRIVING UPON SIDEWALKS, STREET LAWNS OR CURBS.
§ 331.38 STOPPING FOR SCHOOL BUS; ACTUATING VISUAL SIGNALS; DISCHARGING CHILDREN.
§ 331.39 DRIVING ACROSS GRADE CROSSINGS.
§ 331.40 STOPPING AT GRADE CROSSINGS.
§ 331.41 QUIET ZONES.
§ 331.42 SHORTCUTTING, EVADING TRAFFIC-CONTROL SIGNAL OR DEVICE.
§ 331.43 LITTERING FROM MOTOR VEHICLES.
§ 331.44 USE OF EARPHONES WHILE DRIVING.
§ 331.45 STOP SIGNS ON PRIVATE ROADS AND DRIVEWAYS.
§ 331.46 SLOW-MOVING VEHICLES OR EQUIPMENT AT GRADE CROSSINGS.
§ 331.47 TEXTING WHILE DRIVING PROHIBITED.
§ 331.48 USE OF ELECTRONIC WIRELESS COMMUNICATION DEVICES BY MINORS OR PROBATIONARY DRIVERS WHILE DRIVING PROHIBITED.
§ 331.99 PENALTY.
CHAPTER 333: O.V.I.; WILLFUL MISCONDUCT; SPEED
CHAPTER 335: LICENSING; ACCIDENTS
CHAPTER 337: SAFETY AND EQUIPMENT
CHAPTER 339: COMMERCIAL AND HEAVY VEHICLES
CHAPTER 341: COMMERCIAL DRIVERS
TITLE SEVEN: PARKING
TITLE NINE: PEDESTRIANS, BICYCLES AND MOTORCYCLES
PART FIVE: GENERAL OFFENSES CODE
PART SEVEN: BUSINESS REGULATION CODE
PART NINE: STREETS, UTILITIES AND PUBLIC SERVICES CODE
PART ELEVEN: PLANNING AND ZONING CODE
PART THIRTEEN: BUILDING CODE
PART FIFTEEN: FIRE PREVENTION CODE
TABLE OF SPECIAL ORDINANCES
PARALLEL REFERENCES
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§ 331.30 ONE-WAY STREETS AND ROTARY TRAFFIC ISLANDS.
   (a)   (1)   Upon a roadway designated and posted with signs for one-way traffic, a vehicle shall be driven only in the direction designated.
      (2)   A vehicle passing around a rotary traffic island shall be driven only to the right of the rotary traffic island.
   (b)   Except as otherwise provided in this division, whoever violates this section is guilty of a minor misdemeanor. If, within one year of the offense, the offender previously has been convicted of or pleaded guilty to one predicate motor vehicle or traffic offense, whoever violates this section is guilty of a misdemeanor of the fourth degree. If, within one year of the offense, the offender previously has been convicted of two or more predicate motor vehicle or traffic offenses, whoever violates this section is guilty of a misdemeanor of the third degree.
   (c)   If the offender commits the offense while distracted and the distracting activity is a contributing factor to the commission of the offense, the offender is subject to the additional fine established under § 303.99(b).
(R.C. § 4511.32)
§ 331.31 DRIVING UPON DIVIDED ROADWAYS.
   (a)   Whenever any highway has been divided into two roadways by an intervening space, or by a physical barrier, or a clearly indicated dividing section so constructed as to impede vehicular traffic, every vehicle shall be driven only upon the right-hand roadway, and no vehicle shall be driven over, across or within any dividing space, barrier or section, except through an opening, crossover or intersection established by public authority. This section does not prohibit the occupancy of the dividing space, barrier or section for the purpose of an emergency stop, or in compliance with an order of a police officer.
   (b)   Except as otherwise provided in this division, whoever violates this section is guilty of a minor misdemeanor. If, within one year of the offense, the offender previously has been convicted of or pleaded guilty to one predicate motor vehicle or traffic offense, whoever violates this section is guilty of a misdemeanor of the fourth degree. If, within one year of the offense, the offender previously has been convicted of two or more predicate motor vehicle or traffic offenses, whoever violates this section is guilty of a misdemeanor of the third degree.
   (c)   If the offender commits the offense while distracted and the distracting activity is a contributing factor to the commission of the offense, the offender is subject to the additional fine established under § 303.99(b).
(R.C. § 4511.35)
§ 331.32 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.
§ 331.33 OBSTRUCTING INTERSECTION, CROSSWALK OR GRADE CROSSINGS.
   (a)   No driver shall enter an intersection or marked crosswalk, or drive onto any railroad grade crossing, unless there is sufficient space on the other side of the intersection, crosswalk or grade crossing to accommodate the vehicle the driver is operating without obstructing the passage of other vehicles, pedestrians or railroad trains, notwithstanding any traffic-control signal indication to proceed.
   (b)   Except as otherwise provided in this division, whoever violates this section is guilty of a minor misdemeanor. If, within one year of the offense, the offender previously has been convicted of or pleaded guilty to one predicate motor vehicle or traffic offense, whoever violates this section is guilty of a misdemeanor of the fourth degree. If, within one year of the offense, the offender previously has been convicted of two or more predicate motor vehicle or traffic offenses, whoever violates this section is guilty of a misdemeanor of the third degree.
   (c)   If the offender commits the offense while distracted and the distracting activity is a contributing factor to the commission of the offense, the offender is subject to the additional fine established under § 303.99(b).
(R.C. § 4511.712)
§ 331.34 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 the 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 the vehicle.
§ 331.35 OCCUPYING TRAVEL TRAILER, FIFTH WHEEL VEHICLE, OR MANUFACTURED OR MOBILE HOME WHILE IN MOTION.
   (a)   Except as provided in division (b) of this section, no person shall occupy any travel trailer, fifth wheel trailer, or manufactured or mobile home while it is being used as a conveyance upon a street or highway.
   (b)   (1)   Division (a) of this section does not apply to a fifth wheel trailer when both of the following apply:
         A.   Any child riding in the fifth wheel trailer is properly secured in the manner provided in R.C. § 4511.81.
         B.   The operator of the vehicle towing the fifth wheel trailer has some means of viable communication with the passengers riding in the trailer.
      (2)   As used in this division, “viable communication” includes a cellular or satellite telephone, a radio, or any other similar electronic wireless communications device.
   (c)   (1)   Except as otherwise provided in this division, whoever violates this section is guilty of a minor misdemeanor. If, within one year of the offense, the offender previously has been convicted of or pleaded guilty to one predicate motor vehicle or traffic offense, whoever violates this section is guilty of a misdemeanor of the fourth degree. If, within one year of the offense, the offender previously has been convicted of two or more predicate motor vehicle or traffic offenses, whoever violates this section is guilty of a misdemeanor of the third degree.
      (2)   The offense established under this section is a strict liability offense and R.C. § 2901.20 does not apply. The designation of this offense as a strict liability offense shall not be construed to imply that any other offense, for which there is no specified degree of culpability, is not a strict liability offense.
(R.C. § 4511.701)
§ 331.36 “PEELING;” CRACKING EXHAUST NOISES.
   No person shall operate any motor vehicle, except when necessary for safe operation, or in compliance with law, in such a manner that the vehicle is so rapidly accelerated or started from a stopped position, or in the shifting of gears while in motion, that the exhaust system emits a loud, cracking or chattering noise unusual to its normal operation, or that the rubber tires of the vehicle squeal or leave tire marks on the roadway, commonly known as “peeling.”
§ 331.37 DRIVING UPON SIDEWALKS, STREET LAWNS OR CURBS.
   (a)   (1)   No person shall drive any vehicle, other than a bicycle or an electric bicycle if the motor is not engaged, upon a sidewalk or sidewalk area, except upon a permanent or duly authorized temporary driveway.
      (2)   This prohibition does not apply to a law enforcement officer, or other person sworn to enforce the criminal and traffic laws of the state, using an electric bicycle with the motor engaged while in the performance of the officer's duties.
      (3)   Nothing in this section shall be construed as prohibiting local authorities from regulating the operation of bicycles or electric bicycles, except that no local authority may require that bicycles or electric bicycles be operated on sidewalks.
   (b)   Except as otherwise provided in this division, whoever violates this section is guilty of a minor misdemeanor. If, within one year of the offense, the offender previously has been convicted of or pleaded guilty to one predicate motor vehicle or traffic offense, whoever violates this section is guilty of a misdemeanor of the fourth degree. If, within one year of the offense, the offender previously has been convicted of two or more predicate motor vehicle or traffic offenses, whoever violates this section is guilty of a misdemeanor of the third degree.
   (c)   If the offender commits the offense while distracted and the distracting activity is a contributing factor to the commission of the offense, the offender is subject to the additional fine established under § 303.99(b).
(R.C. § 4511.711)
   (d)   No person shall drive a vehicle on a tree lawn area or the curb of a street, except upon a permanent or duly authorized temporary driveway or when otherwise lawfully authorized.
(Ord. 2004-102, passed 8-9-2004)
§ 331.38 STOPPING FOR SCHOOL BUS; ACTUATING VISUAL SIGNALS; DISCHARGING CHILDREN.
   (a)   The driver of a vehicle, upon meeting or overtaking from either direction any school bus stopped for the purpose of receiving or discharging any school child, person attending programs offered by community boards of mental health and county boards of developmental disabilities, or child attending a program offered by a head start agency, shall stop at least ten feet from the front or rear of the school bus and shall not proceed until the school bus resumes motion, or until signaled by the school bus driver to proceed. It is no defense to a charge under this division that the school bus involved failed to display or be equipped with an automatically extended stop warning sign as required by division (b) of this section.
   (b)   Every school bus shall be equipped with amber and red visual signals meeting the requirements of R.C. § 4511.771 or a substantially equivalent municipal ordinance, and an automatically extended stop warning sign of a type approved by the Ohio Department of Education and Workforce, which shall be actuated by the driver of the bus whenever but only whenever the bus is stopped or stopping on the roadway for the purpose of receiving or discharging school children, persons attending programs offered by community boards of mental health and county boards of developmental disabilities, or children attending programs offered by head start agencies. A school bus driver shall not actuate the visual signals or the stop warning sign in designated school bus loading areas where the bus is entirely off the roadway or at school buildings when children or persons attending programs offered by community boards of mental health and county boards of developmental disabilities are loading or unloading at curbside or at buildings when children attending programs offered by head start agencies are loading or unloading at curbside. The visual signals and stop warning sign shall be synchronized or otherwise operated as required by the Ohio Administrative Code.
   (c)   Where a highway has been divided into four or more traffic lanes, a driver of a vehicle need not stop for a school bus approaching from the opposite direction which has stopped for the purpose of receiving or discharging any school child, persons attending programs offered by community boards of mental health and county boards of developmental disabilities, or children attending programs offered by head start agencies. The driver of any vehicle overtaking the school bus shall comply with division (a) above.
   (d)   School buses operating on divided highways or on highways with four or more traffic lanes shall receive and discharge all school children, persons attending programs offered by community boards of mental health and county boards of developmental disabilities, and children attending programs offered by head start agencies on their residence side of the highway.
   (e)   No school bus driver shall start the driver’s bus until after any child, person attending programs offered by community boards of mental health and county boards of developmental disabilities, or child attending a program offered by a head start agency who may have alighted therefrom has reached a place of safety on the child’s or person’s residence side of the road.
   (f)   (1)   Whoever violates division (a) of this section may be fined an amount not to exceed $500. A person who is issued a citation for a violation of division (a) of this section is not permitted to enter a written plea of guilty and waive the person’s right to contest the citation in a trial but instead must appear in person in the proper court to answer the charge.
      (2)   In addition to and independent of any other penalty provided by law, the court or Mayor may impose upon an offender who violates this section a class seven suspension of the offender’s driver’s license, commercial driver’s license, temporary instruction permit, probationary license or nonresident operating privilege from the range specified in R.C. § 4510.02(A)(7). When a license is suspended under this section, the court or Mayor shall cause the offender to deliver the license to the court, and the court or Clerk of the Court immediately shall forward the license to the Registrar of Motor Vehicles, together with notice of the court’s action.
   (g)   For the purpose of this section, the following definitions shall apply unless the context clearly indicates or requires a different meaning.
      (1)   HEAD START AGENCY. Has the same meaning as in R.C. § 3301.32.
      (2)   SCHOOL BUS. As used in relation to children who attend a program offered by a head start agency, means a bus that is owned and operated by a head start agency, is equipped with an automatically extended stop warning sign of a type approved by the Ohio Department of Education and Workforce, is painted the color and displays the markings described in R.C. § 4511.77, and is equipped with amber and red visual signals meeting the requirements of R.C. § 4511.77, irrespective of whether or not the bus has 15 or more children aboard at any time. The term does not include a van owned and operated by a head start agency, irrespective of its color, lights or markings.
(R.C. § 4511.75)
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