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Solon, OH Code of Ordinances
SOLON, OHIO CODE OF ORDINANCES
DIRECTORY OF OFFICIALS (2025)
ADOPTING ORDINANCES
CHARTER OF THE CITY OF SOLON, OHIO
PART TWO - ADMINISTRATION CODE
PART FOUR - TRAFFIC CODE
TITLE TWO - GENERAL PROVISIONS
CHAPTER 402: DEFINITIONS
§ 402.01 MEANING OF WORDS AND PHRASES.
§ 402.02 AGRICULTURAL TRACTOR; MULTI-WHEEL AGRICULTURAL TRACTOR.
§ 402.03 ALLEY.
§ 402.04 ARTERIAL STREET.
§ 402.045 BEACON.
§ 402.05 BICYCLE.
§ 402.06 BUS.
§ 402.07 BUSINESS DISTRICT.
§ 402.075 CHAUFFEURED LIMOUSINE.
§ 402.077 CHILD CARE CENTER.
§ 402.08 COMMERCIAL TRACTOR.
§ 402.09 CONTROLLED-ACCESS HIGHWAY.
§ 402.10 CROSSWALK.
§ 402.11 DRIVER OR OPERATOR.
§ 402.115 ELECTRIC BICYCLE.
§ 402.12 EMERGENCY VEHICLE.
§ 402.13 EXPLOSIVES.
§ 402.14 EXPRESSWAY.
§ 402.15 FLAMMABLE LIQUID.
§ 402.16 FREEWAY.
§ 402.165 FUNERAL ESCORT VEHICLE.
§ 402.17 GROSS WEIGHT.
§ 402.174 HIGHWAY MAINTENANCE VEHICLE.
§ 402.175 HIGHWAY TRAFFIC SIGNAL.
§ 402.177 HYBRID BEACON.
§ 402.18 INTERSECTION.
§ 402.19 LANED HIGHWAY.
§ 402.195 LOCAL AUTHORITIES.
§ 402.197 LOW-SPEED MICROMOBILITY DEVICE.
§ 402.199 MEDIAN.
§ 402.20 MOTOR VEHICLE.
§ 402.21 MOTORCYCLE.
§ 402.22 MOTORIZED BICYCLE.
§ 402.225 MOTORIZED WHEELCHAIR.
§ 402.226 NATURAL RESOURCES OFFICER.
§ 402.227 OPERATE.
§ 402.23 PARKING.
§ 402.24 PEDESTRIAN.
§ 402.25 PERSON.
§ 402.26 POLE TRAILER.
§ 402.27 POLICE OFFICER.
§ 402.275 PREDICATE MOTOR VEHICLE OR TRAFFIC OFFENSE.
§ 402.277 PRIVATE ROAD OPEN TO PUBLIC TRAVEL.
§ 402.28 PRIVATE ROAD OR DRIVEWAY.
§ 402.29 PUBLIC SAFETY VEHICLE.
§ 402.30 RAILROAD.
§ 402.31 RAILROAD SIGN OR SIGNAL.
§ 402.32 RAILROAD TRAIN.
§ 402.33 RESIDENCE DISTRICT.
§ 402.335 RIDESHARING ARRANGEMENT.
§ 402.34 RIGHT-OF-WAY.
§ 402.345 ROAD SERVICE VEHICLE.
§ 402.35 ROADWAY.
§ 402.355 RURAL MAIL DELIVERY VEHICLE.
§ 402.36 SAFETY ZONE.
§ 402.37 SCHOOL BUS.
§ 402.38 SEMITRAILER.
§ 402.385 SHARED-USE PATH.
§ 402.39 SIDEWALK.
§ 402.395 STATE HIGHWAY.
§ 402.40 STATE ROUTE.
§ 402.41 STOP.
§ 402.42 STOP INTERSECTION.
§ 402.43 STOPPING AND STANDING.
§ 402.44 STREET OR HIGHWAY.
§ 402.45 THROUGH STREET OR HIGHWAY.
§ 402.46 THRUWAY.
§ 402.47 TRAFFIC.
§ 402.48 TRAFFIC-CONTROL DEVICE.
§ 402.49 TRAFFIC-CONTROL SIGNAL.
§ 402.50 TRAILER.
§ 402.51 TRUCK.
§ 402.515 TYPE A FAMILY CARE HOME.
§ 402.52 URBAN DISTRICT.
§ 402.53 VEHICLE.
§ 402.54 WASTE COLLECTION VEHICLE.
§ 402.55 WILDLIFE OFFICER.
CHAPTER 404: ENFORCEMENT; IMPOUNDING
CHAPTER 406: TRAFFIC CONTROL
CHAPTER 408: PENALTIES
TITLE FOUR - PUBLIC WAYS AND TRAFFIC-CONTROL DEVICES
TITLE SIX - VEHICLES AND OPERATION
TITLE EIGHT - PARKING
TITLE TEN - BICYCLES, MOTORCYCLES AND SNOWMOBILES
PART SIX - GENERAL OFFENSES CODE
PART EIGHT - BUSINESS REGULATION AND TAXATION CODE
PART TEN - STREETS, UTILITIES AND PUBLIC SERVICES CODE
PART TWELVE - PLANNING AND ZONING CODE
PART FOURTEEN - BUILDING AND HOUSING CODE
PART SIXTEEN - FIRE PREVENTION CODE
TABLE OF SPECIAL ORDINANCES
PARALLEL REFERENCES
CHAPTER 402: DEFINITIONS
Section
   402.01   Meaning of words and phrases
   402.02   Agricultural tractor; multi-wheel agricultural tractor
   402.03   Alley
   402.04   Arterial street
   402.045   Beacon
   402.05   Bicycle
   402.06   Bus
   402.07   Business district
   402.075   Chauffeured limousine
   402.077   Child care center
   402.08   Commercial tractor
   402.09   Controlled-access highway
   402.10   Crosswalk
   402.11   Driver or operator
   402.115   Electric bicycle
   402.12   Emergency vehicle
   402.13   Explosives
   402.14   Expressway
   402.15   Flammable liquid
   402.16   Freeway
   402.165   Funeral escort vehicle
   402.17   Gross weight
   402.174   Highway maintenance vehicle
   402.175   Highway traffic signal
   402.177   Hybrid beacon
   402.18   Intersection
   402.19   Laned highway
   402.195   Local authorities
   402.197   Low-speed micromobility device
   402.199   Median
   402.20   Motor vehicle
   402.21   Motorcycle
   402.22   Motorized bicycle
   402.225   Motorized wheelchair
   402.226   Natural resources officer
   402.227   Operate
   402.23   Parking
   402.24   Pedestrian
   402.25   Person
   402.26   Pole trailer
   402.27   Police officer
   402.275   Predicate motor vehicle or traffic offense
   402.277   Private road open to public travel
   402.28   Private road or driveway
   402.29   Public safety vehicle
   402.30   Railroad
   402.31   Railroad sign or signal
   402.32   Railroad train
   402.33   Residence district
   402.335   Ridesharing arrangement
   402.34   Right-of-way
   402.345   Road service vehicle
   402.35   Roadway
   402.355   Rural mail delivery vehicle
   402.36   Safety zone
   402.37   School bus
   402.38   Semitrailer
   402.385   Shared-use path
   402.39   Sidewalk
   402.395   State highway
   402.40   State route
   402.41   Stop
   402.42   Stop intersection
   402.43   Stopping and standing
   402.44   Street or highway
   402.45   Through street or highway
   402.46   Thruway
   402.47   Traffic
   402.48   Traffic-control device
   402.49   Traffic-control signal
   402.50   Trailer
   402.51   Truck
   402.515   Type A family child care home
   402.52   Urban district
   402.53   Vehicle
   402.54   Waste collection vehicle
   402.55   Wildlife officer
   CROSS REFERENCES
   See section histories for similar state law
   Blind person defined, see § 416.02
   Commercial motor vehicle defined, see § 442.01
   Funeral procession defined, see § 432.21
   Snowmobile, off-highway motorcycle and all-purpose vehicle defined, see § 476.01
   Street racing defined, see § 434.07
§ 402.01 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.
§ 402.02 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.
(R.C. § 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.
(R.C. § 4511.01(GGG))
§ 402.03 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.
(R.C. § 4511.01(XX))
§ 402.04 ARTERIAL STREET.
   ARTERIAL STREET means any United States or state numbered route, controlled-access highway or other major radial or circumferential street or highway designated by local authorities within their respective jurisdictions as part of a major arterial system of streets or highways.
(R.C. § 4511.01(CCC))
§ 402.045 BEACON.
   BEACON means a highway traffic signal with one or more signal sections that operate in a flashing mode.
(R.C. § 4511.01(KKK))
§ 402.05 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.
(Ord. 2002-61, passed 4-1-2002)
Statutory reference:
   Definition of bicycle, see R.C. § 4511.01(G)
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