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Codified Ordinances of Sylvania, OH
CODIFIED ORDINANCES OF THE CITY OF SYLVANIA, OHIO
CERTIFICATION
ROSTER OF OFFICIALS
ADOPTING ORDINANCE NO. 26-79
EDITOR'S NOTE
COMPARATIVE SECTION TABLE
TABLES OF SPECIAL ORDINANCES
CHARTER
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.
301.03 ALLEY.
301.031 BEACON; HYBRID BEACON.
301.04 BICYCLE; MOTORIZED BICYCLE; MOPED; ELECTRIC BICYCLE.
301.05 BUS.
301.06 BUSINESS DISTRICT; CENTRAL BUSINESS DISTRICT.
301.07 COMMERCIAL TRACTOR.
301.08 CONTROLLED-ACCESS HIGHWAY.
301.09 CROSSWALK.
301.10 DRIVER OR OPERATOR.
301.11 EMERGENCY VEHICLE.
301.12 EXPLOSIVES.
301.13 EXPRESSWAY.
301.14 FLAMMABLE LIQUID.
301.15 FREEWAY.
301.16 GROSS WEIGHT.
301.161 HIGHWAY MAINTENANCE VEHICLE.
301.162 HIGHWAY TRAFFIC SIGNAL.
301.17 INTERSECTION.
301.18 LANED STREET OR HIGHWAY.
301.183 LOW-SPEED MICROMOBILITY DEVICE.
301.185 MEDIAN.
301.19 MOTORCYCLE.
301.20 MOTOR VEHICLE.
301.201 OPERATE.
301.21 PARK OR PARKING.
301.22 PEDESTRIAN.
301.23 PERSON.
301.24 POLE TRAILER.
301.25 POLICE OFFICER.
301.251 PREDICATE MOTOR VEHICLE OR TRAFFIC OFFENSE.
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.
301.32 RIGHT OF WAY.
301.321 ROAD SERVICE VEHICLE.
301.33 ROADWAY.
301.34 SAFETY ZONE.
301.35 SCHOOL BUS.
301.36 SEMITRAILER.
301.361 SHARED-USE PATH.
301.37 SIDEWALK.
301.38 STATE ROUTE.
301.39 STOP (WHEN REQUIRED).
301.40 STOPPING OR STANDING.
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; HEAVY TRUCK.
301.50 URBAN DISTRICT.
301.51 VEHICLE.
301.52 WHEELCHAIR, MOTORIZED.
301.53 WASTE COLLECTION VEHICLE.
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 FIVE - GENERAL OFFENSES CODE
PART SEVEN - BUSINESS REGULATION CODE
PART NINE - STREETS, UTILITIES AND PUBLIC SERVICES CODE
PART ELEVEN - PLANNING AND ZONING CODE
PART THIRTEEN - BUILDING CODE
PART FIFTEEN - FIRE PREVENTION CODE
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301.08 CONTROLLED-ACCESS HIGHWAY.
   "Controlled-access highway" means every street or highway in respect to which owners or occupants of abutting lands and other persons have no legal right or access to or from the same except at such points only and in such manner as may be determined by the public authority having jurisdiction over such street or highway. (ORC 4511.01(CC))
301.09 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))
301.10 DRIVER OR OPERATOR.
   "Driver" or "operator" means every person who drives or is in actual physical control of a vehicle. (ORC 4511.01(Y))
301.11 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))
301.12 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))
301.13 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))
301.14 FLAMMABLE LIQUID.
   "Flammable liquid" means any liquid that 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))
301.15 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))
301.16 GROSS WEIGHT.
   "Gross weight" means the weight of a vehicle plus the weight of any load thereon.
(ORC 4511.01(V))
301.161 HIGHWAY MAINTENANCE VEHICLE.
   “Highway maintenance vehicle” means a vehicle used in snow and ice removal or road surface maintenance, including a snow plow, traffic line striper, road sweeper, mowing machine, asphalt distributing vehicle, or other such vehicle designed for use in specific highway maintenance activities. (ORC 4511.01(QQQ))
      
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