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Codified Ordinances of Strongsville, OH
Codified Ordinances of Strongsville, Ohio
CERTIFICATION
DIRECTORY OF OFFICIALS
ADOPTING ORDINANCE NO. 1987-195
EDITOR'S NOTE
COMPARATIVE SECTION TABLE
TABLES OF SPECIAL ORDINANCES
CHARTER
PART TWO - ADMINISTRATION CODE
PART FOUR - TRAFFIC CODE
TITLE TWO - Administration, Enforcement and Penalties
CHAPTER 402 Definitions
402.01 MEANING OF WORDS AND PHRASES.
402.02 AGRICULTURAL TRACTOR.
402.03 ALLEY.
402.04 ARTERIAL STREET.
402.041 BEACON; HYBRID BEACON.
402.05 BICYCLE.
402.06 BUS.
402.07 BUSINESS DISTRICT.
402.08 COMMERCIAL TRACTOR.
402.09 CONTROLLED-ACCESS HIGHWAY.
402.10 CROSSWALK.
402.11 DRIVER OR OPERATOR.
402.111 ELECTRIC BICYCLE.
402.12 EMERGENCY VEHICLE.
402.13 EXPLOSIVES.
402.14 EXPRESSWAY.
402.15 FLAMMABLE LIQUID.
402.16 FREEWAY.
402.17 GROSS WEIGHT.
402.171 HIGHWAY MAINTENANCE VEHICLE.
402.172 HIGHWAY TRAFFIC SIGNAL.
402.18 INTERSECTION.
402.19 LANED STREET OR HIGHWAY.
402.193 LOW-SPEED MICROMOBILITY DEVICE.
402.195 MEDIAN.
402.20 MOTOR VEHICLE.
402.21 MOTORCYCLE.
402.22 MOTORIZED BICYCLE; MOPED.
402.221 OPERATE.
402.23 PARKING.
402.24 PEDESTRIAN.
402.25 PERSON.
402.26 POLE TRAILER.
402.27 POLICE OFFICER.
402.271 PREDICATE MOTOR VEHICLE OR TRAFFIC OFFENSE.
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.
402.36 SAFETY ZONE.
402.37 SCHOOL BUS.
402.38 SEMITRAILER.
402.381 SHARED-USE PATH.
402.39 SIDEWALK.
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.
402.52 URBAN DISTRICT.
402.53 VEHICLE.
402.54 WHEELCHAIR, MOTORIZED.
402.55 WASTE COLLECTION VEHICLE.
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
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402.10 CROSSWALK.
   "Crosswalk" means:
   (a)    That part of a roadway at intersections ordinarily included within the real or projected prolongation of property lines and curb lines or, in the absence of curbs, the edges of the traversable roadway;
   (b)    Any portion of a roadway at an intersection or elsewhere, distinctly indicated for pedestrian crossing by lines or other markings on the surface;
   (c)    Notwithstanding subsections (a) and (b) hereof, there shall not be a crosswalk where authorized signs have been placed indicating no crossing.
(ORC 4511.01(LL).)
402.11 DRIVER OR OPERATOR.
   "Driver" or "operator" means every person who drives or is in actual physical control of a vehicle.
(ORC 4511.01(Y).)
402.111 ELECTRIC BICYCLE.
   “Electric bicycle” means a “class 1 electric bicycle”, a “class 2 electric bicycle”, or a “class 3 electric bicycle” as defined in this section. (ORC 4511.01(RRR))
   (a)   “Class 1 electric bicycle” means a bicycle that is equipped with fully operable pedals and an electric motor of less than seven hundred fifty watts that provides assistance only when the rider is pedaling and ceases to provide assistance when the bicycle reaches the speed of twenty miles per hour. (ORC 4511.01(SSS))
   (b)   “Class 2 electric bicycle” means a bicycle that is equipped with fully operable pedals and an electric motor of less than seven hundred fifty watts that may provide assistance regardless of whether the rider is pedaling and is not capable of providing assistance when the bicycle reaches the speed of twenty miles per hour. (ORC 4511.01(TTT))
   (c)   “Class 3 electric bicycle” means a bicycle that is equipped with fully operable pedals and an electric motor of less than seven hundred fifty watts that provides assistance only when the rider is pedaling and ceases to provide assistance when the bicycle reaches the speed of twenty-eight miles per hour. (ORC 4511.01(UUU))
402.12 EMERGENCY VEHICLE.
   "Emergency vehicle" means emergency vehicles of municipal, township or county departments or public utility corporations when identified as such as required by law, the Ohio Director of Public Safety or local authorities, and motor vehicles when commandeered by a police officer.
(ORC 4511.01(D).)
 
402.13 EXPLOSIVES.
   "Explosives" means any chemical compound or mechanical mixture that is intended for the purpose of producing an explosion that contains any oxidizing and combustible units or other ingredients in such proportions, quantities or packing that an ignition by fire, by friction, by concussion, by percussion or by a detonator of any part of the compound or mixture may cause such a sudden generation of highly heated gases that the resultant gaseous pressures are capable of producing destructive effects on contiguous objects, or of destroying life or limb.
   Manufactured articles shall not be held to be explosives when the individual units contain explosives in such limited quantities, of such nature or in such packing, that it is impossible to procure a simultaneous or a destructive explosion of such units, to the injury of life, limb or property by fire, by friction, by concussion, by percussion or by a detonator, such as fixed ammunition for small arms, firecrackers or safety fuse matches.
(ORC 4511.01(T).)
402.14 EXPRESSWAY.
   "Expressway" means a divided arterial highway for through traffic with full or partial control of access with an excess of fifty percent of all crossroads separated in grade.
(ORC 4511.01(ZZ).)
402.15 FLAMMABLE LIQUID.
   "Flammable liquid" means any liquid which has a flash point of seventy degrees Fahrenheit, or less, as determined by a tagliabue or equivalent closed cup test device.
(ORC 4511.01(U).)
402.16 FREEWAY.
   "Freeway" means a divided multi-lane highway for through traffic with all crossroads separated in grade and with full control of access.
(ORC 4511.01(YY).)
402.17 GROSS WEIGHT.
   "Gross weight" means the weight of a Vehicle plus the weight of any load thereon.
(ORC 4511.01(V).)
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