CHAPTER 351
Parking Generally

351.01   Police may remove unattended vehicle which obstructs traffic.

351.02   Registered owner prima-facie liable for unlawful parking.

351.03   Prohibited standing or parking places.

351.04   Parking near curb; handicapped locations on public and private lots and garages.

351.05   Manner of angle parking.

351.06   Selling, washing or repairing vehicle upon roadway.

351.07   Unattended vehicle: duty to stop engine, remove key, set brake and turn wheels.

351.08   Opening vehicle door on traffic side.

351.09   Loading zones.

351.10   Parking in bus stop.

351.11   Parking in alleys and narrow streets; exceptions.

351.12   Prohibition against parking on streets or highways.

351.13   Requirements for street cleaning and snow removal operations.

351.14   Emergnecy due to snow.

351.15   Requirements for street repair and street improvement operations.

351.16   Trucks and trailers.

351.17   Storing inoperable motor vehicles.

351.18   Fire escapes and fire exits.

351.19   Unauthorized parking on private property.

351.20   Parking time restricted for boats and vehicles.

351.21   Parking trailers on residential lots restricted.

351.22   Parking on posted private property.

351.99   Penalty.

CROSS REFERENCES

      See sectional histories for similar State law

      Owner nonliability, lease defense - see Ohio R.C. 4511.071

      Police may remove ignition key from unattended vehicle - see TRAF. 303.03

      Parking near stopped fire apparatus - see TRAF. 331.27

      Lights on parked or stopped vehicles - see TRAF. 337.09

351.01 POLICE MAY REMOVE UNATTENDED VEHICLE WHICH OBSTRUCTS TRAFFIC.

   Whenever any police officer finds a vehicle unattended upon any street, bridge or causeway, or in any tunnel, where such vehicle constitutes an obstruction to traffic, such officer may provide for the removal of such vehicle to the nearest garage or other place of safety.

(ORC 4511.67)

351.02 REGISTERED OWNER PRIMA-FACIE LIABLE FOR UNLAWFUL PARKING.

   In any hearing on a charge of illegally parking a motor vehicle, testimony that a vehicle bearing a certain license plate was found unlawfully parked as prohibited by the provisions of this Traffic Code, and further testimony that the record of the Ohio Registrar of Motor Vehicles shows that the license plate was issued to the defendant, shall be prima-facie evidence that the vehicle which was unlawfully parked, was so parked by the defendant. A certified registration copy, showing such fact, from the Registrar shall be proof of such ownership.