301.257 PRIVATE ROAD OPEN TO PUBLIC TRAVEL.

   “Private road open to public travel” means a private toll road or road, including any adjacent sidewalks that generally run parallel to the road, within a shopping center, airport, sports arena, or other similar business or recreation facility that is privately owned but where the public is allowed to travel without access restrictions. The term includes a gated toll road but does not include a road within a private gated property where access is restricted at all times, a parking area, a driving aisle within a parking area, or a private grade crossing.

(ORC 4511.01(OOO))

301.26 PRIVATE ROAD OR DRIVEWAY.

   “Private road or driveway” means every way or place in private ownership used for vehicular travel by the owner, and those having express or implied permission from the owner, but not by other persons.

(ORC 4511.01(DD))

301.27 PUBLIC SAFETY VEHICLE.

   “Public safety vehicle” means any of the following:

   (a)   Ambulances, including private ambulance companies under contract to a municipality, township, or county, and private ambulances and nontransport vehicles bearing license plates issued under Ohio R.C. 4503.49;

   (b)   Motor vehicles used by public law enforcement officers or other persons sworn to enforce the criminal and traffic laws of the State;

   (c)   Any motor vehicle when properly identified as required by the Director of Public Safety, when used in response to fire emergency calls or to provide emergency medical service to ill or injured persons, and when operated by a duly qualified person who is a member of a volunteer rescue service or a volunteer fire department, and who is on duty pursuant to the rules or directives of that service. The State Fire Marshal shall be designated by the Director of Public Safety as the certifying agency for all public safety vehicles described herein;

   (d)   Vehicles used by fire departments, including motor vehicles when used by volunteer firefighters responding to emergency calls in the fire department service when identified as required by the Director of Public Safety;

   (e)   Any vehicle used to transport or provide emergency medical service to an ill or injured person, when certified as a “public safety vehicle,” shall be considered such a vehicle when transporting an ill or injured person to a hospital, regardless of whether such vehicle has already passed a hospital;

   (f)   Vehicles used by the Motor Carrier Enforcement Unit for the enforcement of orders and rules of the Public Utilities Commission as specified in Ohio R.C. 5503.34.

(ORC 4511.01(E))

301.28 RAILROAD.

   “Railroad” means a carrier of persons or property operating upon rails placed principally on a private right-of-way.

(ORC 4511.01(P))

301.29 RAILROAD SIGN OR SIGNAL.

   “Railroad sign or signal” means any sign, signal, or device erected by authority of a public body or official or by a railroad, and intended to give notice of the presence of railroad tracks or the approach of a railroad train.

(ORC 4511.01(SS))

301.30 RAILROAD TRAIN.

   “Railroad train” means a steam engine or an electric or other motor, with or without cars coupled thereto, operated by a railroad.

(ORC 4511.01(Q))

301.31 RESIDENCE DISTRICT.

   “Residence district” means the territory, not comprising a business district, fronting on a street or highway, including the street or highway, where, for a distance of 300 feet or more, the frontage is improved with residences or residences and buildings in use for business.

(ORC 4511.01(OO))