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CODIFIED ORDINANCES OF PARMA
CODIFIED ORDINANCES OF THE CITY OF PARMA OHIO
CITY OF PARMA ROSTER OF OFFICIALS (2025)
PRELIMINARY UNIT
PART ONE - ADMINISTRATIVE CODE
PART THREE - TRAFFIC CODE
TITLE ONE - Administration
CHAPTER 301 Definitions
301.01 MEANING OF WORDS AND PHRASES.
301.02 AGRICULTURAL TRACTOR; MULTI-WHEEL AGRICULTURAL TRACTOR.
301.03 ALLEY.
301.035 BEACON.
301.04 BICYCLE.
301.05 BUS.
301.06 BUSINESS DISTRICT.
301.065 COLLECTOR'S VEHICLE.
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.
301.16 GROSS WEIGHT.
301.163 HIGHWAY MAINTENANCE VEHICLE.
301.165 HIGHWAY TRAFFIC SIGNAL.
301.167 HYBRID BEACON.
301.17 INTERSECTION.
301.18 LANED STREET OR HIGHWAY.
301.185 LOW-SPEED MICROMOBILITY DEVICE.
301.187 MEDIAN.
301.19 MOTORCYCLE.
301.20 MOTOR VEHICLE.
301.205 OPERATE.
301.21 PARK (WHEN PROHIBITED).
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.
301.34 SAFETY ZONE.
301.35 SCHOOL BUS.
301.355 SCHOOL DAYS.
301.36 SEMITRAILER.
301.365 SHARED-USE PATH.
301.37 SIDEWALK.
301.38 STATE ROUTE.
301.39 STOP (WHEN REQUIRED).
301.40 STOPPING OR STANDING (WHEN PROHIBITED).
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 CENTER OR CENTER LINE OF STREET.
301.53 TRUCK ZONE.
301.54 METERED PARKING ZONE.
301.55 PARKING METER.
301.56 COMMERCIAL CAR.
301.57 MOTOR CARRIER.
301.58 VEHICULAR TRAFFIC.
301.59 OWNER.
301.60 PRIVATE PLACE.
301.61 ARTERIAL STREET.
301.62 MOTORIZED BICYCLE OR MOPED.
301.63 ABANDONED JUNK MOTOR VEHICLE.
301.64 COMMERCIAL VAN.
301.65 CHAUFFEURED LIMOUSINE.
301.66 CHILD DAY-CARE CENTER OR TYPE A FAMILY DAY-CARE HOME.
301.67 MOTORIZED WHEELCHAIR.
301.68 FUNERAL ESCORT VEHICLE.
301.69 RURAL MAIL DELIVERY VEHICLE.
301.70 WASTE COLLECTION VEHICLE.
301.71 NATURAL RESOURCES OFFICER.
301.72 WILDLIFE OFFICER.
CHAPTER 303 Enforcement, Impounding and Penalty
CHAPTER 305 Traffic Control
TITLE THREE - Streets and Traffic Control Devices
TITLE FIVE - Vehicles
TITLE SEVEN - Parking
TITLE NINE - Pedestrians, Bicycles and Motorcycles
PART SIX - GENERAL OFFENSES CODE
PART SEVEN - BUSINESS REGULATION CODE
PART NINE - STREETS AND PUBLIC SERVICES CODE
PART ELEVEN - PLANNING AND ZONING CODE
PART THIRTEEN- FIRE PREVENTION CODE
PART FIFTEEN - BUILDING CODE
PART SEVENTEEN - PROPERTY MAINTENANCE CODE
PART NINETEEN - INITIATIVE AND REFERENDUM
PART TWENTY-ONE - PUBLIC HOUSING PROGRAM CODE
PART TWENTY-THREE - ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION REGULATIONS
CHAPTER 301
Definitions
301.01   Meaning of words and phrases.
301.02   Agricultural tractor; multi-wheel agricultural tractor.
301.03   Alley.
301.035   Beacon.
301.04   Bicycle.
301.05   Bus.
301.06   Business district.
301.065   Collector’s vehicle.
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.
301.16   Gross weight.
301.163   Highway maintenance vehicle.
301.165   Highway traffic signal.
301.167   Hybrid beacon.
301.17   Intersection.
301.18   Laned street or highway.
301.185   Low-speed micromobility device.
301.187   Median.
301.19   Motorcycle.
301.20   Motor vehicle.
301.205   Operate.
301.21   Park (when prohibited).
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.
301.34   Safety zone.
301.35   School bus.
301.355   School days.
301.36   Semitrailer.
301.365   Shared-use path.
301.37   Sidewalk.
301.38   State route.
301.39   Stop (when required).
301.40   Stopping and standing (when prohibited).
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   Center or center line of street.
301.53   Truck zone.
301.54   Metered parking zone.
301.55   Parking meter.
301.56   Commercial car.
301.57   Motor carrier.
301.58   Vehicular traffic.
301.59   Owner.
301.60   Private place.
301.61   Arterial street.
301.62   Motorized bicycle or moped.
301.63   Abandoned junk motor vehicle.
301.64   Commercial van.
301.65   Chauffeured limousine.
301.66   Child day-care center or Type A family day-care home.
301.67   Motorized wheelchair.
301.68   Funeral escort vehicle.
301.69   Rural mail delivery vehicle.
301.70   Waste collection vehicle.
301.71   Natural resources officer.
301.72   Wildlife officer.
   CROSS REFERENCES
   See section histories for similar State law
   Blind person defined - see TRAF. 371.02
   Commercial car defined - see TRAF. 341.01
   Funeral procession defined - see TRAF. 331.24
   Street racing defined - see TRAF. 333.07
301.01   MEANING OF WORDS AND PHRASES.
   The following words and phrases when used in this Traffic Code, except as otherwise provided, shall have the meanings respectively ascribed to them in this chapter.
(Ord. 196-57. Passed 7-29-57.)
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); Ord. 196-57. Passed 7-29-57.)
   (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))
301.03   ALLEY.
   “Alley” means 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 the Council.
(ORC 4511.01(XX); Ord. 269-74. Passed 12-16-74.)
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