307.01 DEFINITIONS.
As used in this chapter:
(a) "Photo traffic enforcement system" means any photographic equipment linked to a violation detection system that synchronizes the taking of a photograph, video or digital image with the occurrence of a traffic signal violation or an occurrence of a vehicle operation in excess of the speed permitted by the Ohio Revised Code or City of Youngstown Traffic Code encompassed in the Youngstown City Charter.
(b) "Photographic equipment" means a system that may include, but is not limited to, devices which link a camera, computer and traffic signal, alone or in combination with other devices, to detect vehicles which have committed a violation of the traffic laws and to record an image of the motor vehicle. "Photographic equipment" may also include, but is not limited to, devices that combine a camera, and computer, alone or in combination with other devices, to measure the speed of a motor vehicle or other object and to record an image of the motor vehicle, or other objects. The results of photographic, video or digital imaging equipment means the images, and any other data or information produced by the photo traffic enforcement system.
(c) "Location" means the street, intersection, cross road, school zone or other duly dedicated public thoroughfare where a photo traffic enforcement system is in operation.
(d) "Vehicle owner" includes the following:
(1) The person or entity identified as the registered owner of the vehicle by the Ohio Bureau of Motor Vehicles;
(2) The person or entity registered as the registered owner of a vehicle with any other State or Commonwealth Vehicle Registration Office;
(3) A lessee of a motor vehicle; or
(4) The renter of a vehicle at the time of the infraction pursuant to a written rental agreement.
(e) A "violation" means that a vehicle owner or operator shall be liable for the civil penalty imposed under this section if the owner or operator of a motor vehicle is in violation of any provisions of the Ohio Revised Code or City of Youngstown Traffic Code. Imposition of liability for a violation shall not be deemed a conviction for any purpose and shall not be made part of the operating record of any person on whom the liability is imposed.
(f) “Vehicle" means every device, including a motorized bicycle and an electric bicycle, in, upon, or by which any person or property may be transported or drawn upon a highway, except that "vehicle" does not include any motorized wheelchair, any electric personal assistive mobility device, any low-speed micromobility device, any personal delivery device as defined in Section 4511.513 of the Ohio Revised Code, any device that is moved by power collected from overhead electric trolley wires or that is used exclusively upon stationary rails or tracks, or any device, other than a bicycle, that is moved by human power.
(g) “Motor vehicle" means every vehicle propelled or drawn by power other than muscular power or power collected from overhead electric trolley wires, except motorized bicycles, electric bicycles, road rollers, traction engines, power shovels, power cranes, and other equipment used in construction work and not designed for or employed in general highway transportation, hole-digging machinery, well-drilling machinery, ditch-digging machinery, farm machinery, and trailers designed and used exclusively to transport a boat between a place of storage and a marina, or in and around a marina, when drawn or towed on a street or highway for a distance of no more than ten (10) miles and at a speed of twenty-five (25) miles per hour or less.
(h) “Motorcycle" means every motor vehicle, other than a tractor, having a seat or saddle for the use of the operator and designed to travel on not more than three (3) wheels in contact with the ground, including, but not limited to, motor vehicles known as "motor-driven cycle," "motor scooter," "autocycle," "cab-enclosed motorcycle," or "motorcycle" without regard to weight or brake horsepower.
(i) "Motorized bicycle" or "moped" means any vehicle having either two (2) tandem wheels or one (1) wheel in the front and two (2) wheels in the rear, that may be pedaled, and that is equipped with a helper motor of not more than fifty (50) cubic centimeters piston displacement that produces not more than one (1) brake horsepower and is capable of propelling the vehicle at a speed of not greater than twenty (20) miles per hour on a level surface. "Motorized bicycle" or "moped" does not include an electric bicycle.
(j) "Driver or operator" means every person who drives or is in actual physical control of a vehicle, trackless trolley, or streetcar.
(k) “Roadway" means that portion of a highway improved, designed, or ordinarily used for vehicular travel, except the berm or shoulder. If a highway includes two (2) or more separate roadways the term "roadway" means any such roadway separately but not all such roadways collectively.
(l) "Intersection" means:
(1) The area embraced within the prolongation or connection of the lateral curb lines, or, if none, the lateral boundary lines of the roadways of two (2) highways that join one another at, or approximately at, right angles, or the area within which vehicles traveling upon different highways that join at any other angle might come into conflict. The junction of an alley or driveway with a roadway or highway does not constitute an intersection unless the roadway or highway at the junction is controlled by a traffic control device.
(2) If a highway includes two (2) roadways that are thirty (30) feet or more apart, then every crossing of each roadway of such divided highway by an intersecting highway constitutes a separate intersection. If both intersecting highways include two (2) roadways thirty (30) feet or more apart, then every crossing of any two (2) roadways of such highways constitutes a separate intersection.
(3) At a location controlled by a traffic control signal, regardless of the distance between the separate intersections as described in subsection (kk)(2) of this section:
A. If a stop line, yield line, or crosswalk has not been designated on the roadway within the median between the separate intersections, the two (2) intersections and the roadway and median constitute one intersection.
B. Where a stop line, yield line, or crosswalk line is designated on the roadway on the intersection approach, the area within the crosswalk and any area beyond the designated stop line or yield line constitute part of the intersection.
C. Where a crosswalk is designated on a roadway on the departure from the intersection, the intersection includes the area that extends to the far side of the crosswalk.
(m) "Crosswalk" means:
(1) 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;
(2) Any portion of a roadway at an intersection or elsewhere, distinctly indicated for pedestrian crossing by lines or other markings on the surface;
(3) Notwithstanding subsections (ll)(1) and (2) of this section, there shall not be a crosswalk where local authorities have placed signs indicating no crossing.
(n) "Safety zone" means the area or space officially set apart within a roadway for the exclusive use of pedestrians and protected or marked or indicated by adequate signs as to be plainly visible at all times.
(o) "Traffic control device" means a flagger, sign, signal, marking, or other device used to regulate, warn, or guide traffic, placed on, over, or adjacent to a street, highway, private road open to public travel, pedestrian facility, or shared-use path by authority of a public agency or official having jurisdiction, or, in the case of a private road open to public travel, by authority of the private owner or private official having jurisdiction.
(p) “Traffic control signal" means any highway traffic signal by which traffic is alternately directed to stop and permitted to proceed.
(q) "Traffic" means pedestrians, ridden or herded animals, vehicles, streetcars, trackless trolleys, and other devices, either singly or together, while using for purposes of travel any highway or private road open to public travel.
(r) "Right-of-way" means either of the following, as the context requires:
(1) The right of a vehicle, streetcar, trackless trolley, or pedestrian to proceed uninterruptedly in a lawful manner in the direction in which it or the individual is moving in preference to another vehicle, streetcar, trackless trolley, or pedestrian approaching from a different direction into its or the individual's path;
(2) A general term denoting land, property, or the interest therein, usually in the configuration of a strip, acquired for or devoted to transportation purposes. When used in this context, right-of-way includes the roadway, shoulders or berm, ditch, and slopes extending to the right-of-way limits under the control of the state or local authority.
(Ord. 22-426. Passed 11-15-22.)