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   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   Low-speed micromobility device.

301.187   Motor vehicle.

301.19   Motorcycle.

301.195   Motorized bicycle or moped.

301.20   Motorized wheelchair.

301.205   Operate.

301.21   Parking (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.

301.335   Rural mail delivery vehicle.

301.34   Safety zone.

301.35   School bus.

301.36   Semitrailer.

301.365   Shared-use path.

301.37   Sidewalk.

301.38   State route.

301.39   Stop (when requested).

301.40   Stopping and standing (when prohibited).

301.41   Stop intersection.

301.42   Street or highway; arterial street.

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

   Funeral procession defined - see TRAF. 331.22

   Street racing defined - see TRAF. 333.08

   Commercial car defined - see TRAF. 341.01

   Snowmobile defined - see TRAF. 345.01

   Blind person defined - see TRAF. 371.02

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))

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))

301.035 BEACON.

   “Beacon” means a highway traffic signal with one or more signal sections that operate in a flashing mode.

(ORC 4511.01(KKK))

301.04 BICYCLE.

   “Bicycle” means every device, other than a device that is designed solely for use as a play vehicle by a child, that is propelled solely by human power upon which a person may ride, and that has two or more wheels, any of which is more than 14 inches in diameter.

(ORC 4511.01(G))