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CHARTER OF THE CITY OF TOLEDO, OHIO
PART ONE - ADMINISTRATIVE CODE
PART THREE - TRAFFIC CODE
TITLE ONE - Administration
TITLE THREE - Streets and Traffic Control Devices
TITLE FIVE - Vehicles
CHAPTER 331 Operation Generally
331.01. Driving upon right side of roadway; exceptions.
331.02. Passing to right when proceeding in opposite directions.
331.03. Overtaking, passing to left; driver's duties.
331.04. Overtaking and passing upon right.
331.05. Overtaking, passing to left of center.
331.06. Additional restrictions on driving upon left side of the roadway.
331.07. Hazardous or no passing zones.
331.08. Driving in marked lanes or continuous lines of traffic.
331.09. Following too closely.
331.10. Turning rules.
331.11. "U" turns restricted.
331.12. Starting and backing vehicles.
331.13. Signals before changing course, turning or stopping.
331.14. Hand and arm signals.
331.15. Right of way at uncontrolled intersections.
331.16. Operation of vehicle at yield signs.
331.17. Operation of vehicle at stop signs.
331.18. Emergency or public safety vehicles at stop signals or signs; turning movements.
331.19. Right of way of public safety vehicle.
331.20. Driving onto roadway from place other than roadway; duty to yield.
331.21. Driving onto roadway from place other than roadway; stopping at sidewalk.
331.22. Right of way of funeral procession.
331.23. Driver's view and control to be unobstructed by load or persons.
331.24. Driving upon a closed street.
331.25. Following and parking near emergency or safety vehicles.
331.26. Driving over fire hose.
331.27. Driving through safety zone.
331.28. One-way streets and rotary traffic islands.
331.29. Driving upon divided roadways.
331.30. Entering and exiting limited-access highways.
331.31. Obstructing intersection, crosswalk or railroad crossing.
331.32. Failure to control; weaving; full time and attention.
331.33. Occupying a moving trailer or manufactured home.
331.34. Squealing tires, "peeling," cracking exhaust noises.
331.35. Driving upon sidewalks, street lawns or curbs.
331.36. Stopping for school bus; discharging children.
331.37. Driving across railroad crossing.
331.38. Stopping at railroad crossing.
331.39. Slow moving vehicles or equipment crossing railroad tracks.
331.40. Warning signals at bridges.
331.41. Operation on school, park grounds.
331.42. Human and animal propelled vehicles in Central Business District.
331.43. Opened container of beer or intoxicating liquor prohibited at certain premises.
331.44. Bus priority lanes.
331.45 Use of text messaging devices while operating a motor vehicle.
331.99. Penalty.
CHAPTER 333 Intoxication; Reckless Operation; Speed
CHAPTER 335 Licensing; Accidents
CHAPTER 337 Safety and Equipment
CHAPTER 339 Commercial and Heavy Vehicles
CHAPTER 341 Drivers of Commercial Cars or Tractors
TITLE SEVEN - Parking
TITLE NINE - Pedestrians, Bicycles and Motorcycles
TRAFFIC SCHEDULES
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 TWELVE - DEVELOPMENT CODE
PART THIRTEEN - BUILDING CODE
PART FIFTEEN - FIRE PREVENTION CODE
PART SEVENTEEN - HEALTH CODE
PART NINETEEN - TAXATION CODE
PART TWENTY-ONE - PERSONNEL RELATIONS AND MUNICIPAL EMPLOYMENT
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331.35. Driving upon sidewalks, street lawns or curbs.
   (a)   No person shall drive any vehicle, other than a bicycle, upon a sidewalk or sidewalk area except upon a permanent or duly authorized temporary driveway.
(ORC 4511.711)
   (b)   No person shall drive a vehicle on a street lawn area or the curb of a street, except upon a permanent or duly authorized temporary driveway or when otherwise lawfully authorized.
331.36. Stopping for school bus; discharging children.
   (a)   The driver of a vehicle upon meeting or overtaking from either direction any school bus stopped for the purpose of receiving or discharging any school child or person attending programs offered by community boards of mental health and county boards of mental retardation and development disabilities shall stop at least ten feet from the front or rear of the school bus and shall not proceed until such school bus resumes motion, or until signaled by the school bus driver to proceed.
   It is no defense to a charge under this subsection (a) hereof that the school bus involved failed to display or be equipped with an automatically extended stop warning sign as required by subsection (b) hereof.
(Ord. 392-86. Passed 6-3-86.)
   (b)   Every school bus shall be equipped with amber and red visual signals meeting the requirements of Ohio R.C. 4511.771, and an automatically extended stop warning sign of a type approved by the State Board of Education, which shall be actuated by the driver of the bus whenever but only whenever the bus is stopped or stopping on the roadway for the purpose of receiving or discharging school children or persons attending programs offered by community boards of mental health and County boards of mental retardation and developmental disabilities. The requirement of this section for school buses to be equipped with amber visual signs and an automatically extended stop warning sign shall apply to all new school buses contracted for on or after June 1, 1979, and to all other school buses on and after August 1, 1980, except that no school district shall be required to equip school buses that have been purchased without such equipment prior to March 15, 1979, unless Federal funds are made available by the U.S. Bureau of Transportation Safety for this purpose. A school bus driver shall not actuate the visual signs or the stop warning sign in designated school bus loading areas where the bus is entirely off the roadway or at school buildings when children or persons attending programs offered by community boards of mental health and County boards of mental retardation and developmental disabilities are loading or unloading at curbside. The visual signs and stop warning sign shall be synchronized or otherwise operated as required by rule of the Board.
   (c)   Where a highway has been divided into four or more traffic lanes, a driver of a vehicle need not stop for a school bus approaching from the opposite direction which has stopped for the purpose of receiving or discharging any school child or persons attending programs offered by community boards of mental health and County boards of mental retardation and developmental disabilities. The driver of any vehicle overtaking the school bus shall comply with subsection (a) hereof.
   (d)   School buses operating on divided highways or on highways with four or more traffic lanes shall receive and discharge all school children or persons attending programs offered by community boards of mental health and County boards of mental retardation and developmental disabilities on their residence side of the highway.
   (e)   No school bus driver shall start his bus until after any child or person attending programs offered by community boards of mental health and County boards of mental retardation and developmental disabilities who may have alighted therefrom has reached a place of safety on his residence side of the road.
(ORC 4511.75; Ord. 133-86. Passed 2-25-86.)
331.37. Driving across railroad crossing.
   (a)   Whenever any person driving a vehicle approaches a railroad grade crossing under any of the circumstances stated in this section, he shall stop within fifty feet but not less than fifteen feet from the nearest rail of the railroad, and shall not proceed until he can do so safely. The foregoing requirements shall apply when:
      (1)   A clearly visible electric or mechanical signal device gives warning of the immediate approach of a train;
      (2)   A crossing gate is lowered;
      (3)   A human flagman gives or continues to give a signal of the approach or passage of a train;
      (4)   A train approaching within approximately 1,500 feet of the highway crossing emits a signal audible from that distance and the train, by reason of its speed or nearness to the crossing, is an immediate hazard;
      (5)   An approaching train is plainly visible and is in hazardous proximity to the crossing.
   (b)   No person shall drive any vehicle through, around or under any crossing gate or barrier at a railroad crossing while the gate or barrier is closed or is being opened or closed.
(ORC 4511.62)
331.38. Stopping at railroad crossing.
   (a)   The operator of any motor vehicle carrying passengers for hire, or of any school bus, or of any vehicle carrying explosives or flammable liquids as a cargo, or such part of a cargo as to constitute a hazard, before crossing at grade any track of a railroad, shall stop such vehicle, and while so stopped he shall listen through an open door or open window and look in both directions along the track for any approaching train, and for signals indicating the approach of a train, and shall proceed only upon exercising the due care after stopping, looking and listening as required by this section and upon proceeding, the operator of any such vehicle shall cross only in such gear of the vehicle that there will be no necessity for changing gears while traversing such crossing and the operator shall not shift gears while crossing the tracks.
   This subsection (a) does not apply at street railway grade crossings, or to abandoned tracks, spur tracks, side tracks and industrial tracks when the Ohio Public Utilities Commission has authorized and approved the crossing of such tracks without making the stop required by this subsection (a).
(ORC 4511.63)
   (b)   When stop signs authorized by the Commissioner of Transportation are erected at railroad grade crossings, the operator of any vehicle shall stop within fifty but not less than fifteen feet from the nearest rail of the railroad tracks and shall exercise due care before proceeding across such grade crossing.
(ORC 4511.61; Ord. 104-94. Passed 3-14-94.)
331.39. Slow moving vehicles or equipment crossing railroad tracks.
   (a)   No person shall operate or move any crawler-type tractor, steam shovel, derrick, roller or any equipment or structure having a normal operating speed of six or less miles per hour or a vertical body or load clearance of less than nine inches above the level surface of a roadway upon or across any tracks at a railroad grade crossing without first complying with subsections (b) and (c) hereof.
   (b)   Before making any such crossing the person operating or moving any such vehicle or equipment shall first stop the same and while so stopped shall listen and look in both directions along such track for any approaching train and for signals indicating the approach of a train and shall proceed only upon exercising due care.
   (c)   No such crossing shall be made when warning is given by automatic signal or crossing gates or a flagman or otherwise of the immediate approach of a railroad train or car.
   (d)   In the event the normal sustained speed of such vehicle, equipment or structure is not more than three miles per hour, the person owning, operating or moving the same shall also give notice of such intended crossing to a station agent or superintendent of such railroad and a reasonable time shall be given to such railroad to provide proper protection for such crossing. Where such vehicles or equipment are being used in constructing or repairing a section of highway lying on both sides of a railroad grade crossing, and in such construction or repair it is necessary to repeatedly move such vehicles or equipment over such crossing, one daily notice specifying when such work will start and the hours during which it will be prosecuted shall be sufficient.
(ORC 4511.64; 1952 Code § 21-9-8; Ord. 147-64)
331.40. Warning signals at bridges.
   No person or operator of a vehicle shall disregard the warning signals at a bridge and attempt to cross such bridge until the proper safety signal has been given. No person or vehicle shall remain on any drawbridge when the same is being raised.
(1952 Code § 21-5-10)
331.41. Operation on school, park grounds.
   No person shall operate or park any vehicle, animal-drawn or motor propelled, on any public or private school playground area or lawn, or any public park playground area or lawn within this City unless such operation or parking falls within the following exceptions:
   (a)   Where the operation or parking of the vehicle is required for the maintenance of the area involved.
   (b)   Where the operation or parking of the vehicle is upon public roadways where such operation or parking is permitted, or the area involved is an established parking area.
   (c)   Where permission is first obtained from the proper authority.
(1952 Code § 21-9-27; Ord. 406-59)
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