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Title 21 TRAFFIC CODE [Emphasis added for sections applicable to Forest Park]

Chapter 2101 DEFINITIONS

2101.20 Motor vehicle.

"Motor vehicle" means every vehicle propelled or drawn by power other than muscular power, except motorized 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, trailers used to transport agricultural produce or agricultural production materials between a local place of storage or supply and the farm when drawn or towed on a public street or highway at a speed of twenty-five (25) miles per hour or less, threshing machinery, hay-baling machinery, agricultural tractors and machinery used in the production of horticultural, floricultural, agricultural and vegetable products, and trailers designed and used exclusively to transport a boat between a place of storage and 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.(ORC 4511.01(B); Ord. 599-78: Ord. 2120-03 § 1 (part).)

2101.55 Abandoned junk motor vehicle.

"Abandoned junk motor vehicle" means any motor vehicle that has been left on private property for forty-eight (48) hours or longer without the permission of the person having the right to possession of the property, on a public or other property open to the public for purposes of vehicular travel or parking, or upon or without the right-of-way of any road or highway, for forty-eight (48) hours or longer; that is three (3) years or older; that is extensively damaged, such damage including but not limited to missing wheels, tires, motor or transmission ; that is apparently inoperable; and that has a fair market value of one thousand five hundred dollars ($1,500.00) or less. (Ord. 0787-02 § 1.)

2101.56 Junk motor vehicle.

"Junk motor vehicle" means any motor vehicle that has been left uncovered in the open on private property for more than seventy-two (72) hours with the permission of the person having the right to the possession of the property; that is three (3) years old, or older; that is extensively damaged, such damage including but not limited to missing wheels, tires, motor or transmission; that is apparently inoperable; and that has a fair market value of one thousand five hundred dollars ($1,500.00) or less. (Ord. 0787-02 § 2.)

Chapter 2151 PARKING GENERALLY

2151.01 Parking prohibitions in specified places.

(1) No person shall stop, stand, or park a vehicle except when necessary to avoid conflict with any other traffic or to comply with the directions of a police officer or a traffic control device in any of the following places:

(a) On a sidewalk, except a bicycle;

(b) In front of or within five (5) feet of a public or private driveway;

(c) Within an intersection;

(d) Within ten (10) feet of a fire hydrant;

(e) On a crosswalk;

(f) Within twenty (20) feet of a crosswalk at an intersection, or, if there is no crosswalk, within twenty (20) feet of an intersection;

(g) Within thirty (30) feet of, and upon the approach to, any flashing beacon, stop sign or traffic control device;

(h) Between a safety zone and the adjacent curb or within thirty (30) feet of points on the curb immediately opposite the ends of a safety zone, unless a different length is indicated by a traffic control device;

(i) Within fifty (50) feet of the nearest rail of a railroad crossing;

(j) Within twenty (20) feet of the driveway entrance to any fire station and, on the side of a street opposite the entrance to any fire station, within seventy-five (75) feet of such entrance when it is properly posted with signs;

(k) Alongside or opposite any street excavation or obstruction when such standing or parking would obstruct traffic;

(l) Alongside any vehicle stopped or parked at the edge or curb of a street;

(m) Upon any bridge or other elevated structure upon a street or within a street tunnel unless such bridge or tunnel is properly posted with a sign to allow parking;

(n) Within one (1) foot of another parked vehicle;

(o) At any place in violation of rules and regulations promulgated by the Director of Public Service under the authority provided in Chapter 2105;

(p) In front of all schools as defined in Section 2101.341, for a distance of seventy-five (75) feet in each direction from the main entrance to the school when properly posted with signs;

(q) In front of all theaters for a distance of twenty-five (25) feet in each direction from the center of the main entrance when it is properly posted with signs;

(r) Upon any street or alley twenty-three (23) feet or less in width when it is properly posted with signs;

(s) In front of any church where conditions are such that they warrant a parking prohibition and for the distance that the Traffic Engineer deems advisable when it is properly posted with signs;

(t) Upon any traffic control island or median that separates traffic on a street, highway, roadway or boulevard;

(u) In front of any auto-mail box for a distance of twenty (20) feet in each direction from the auto-mail box, when it is properly posted with signs;

(v) Within the right-of-way line of a controlled-access highway, freeway, expressway or thruway, except for emergency purposes;

(w) Upon a service road or upon the public property alongside a service road;

(x) Within twenty (20) feet of the junction of an alley and a street;

(y) In a public right-of-way, within ten (10) feet of a bulk refuse container;

(z) In a handicapped designated parking space as defined in Section 2155.01(h) unless the vehicle is a handicapped designated vehicle as defined in Section 2155.01(g) or a handicapped designated vehicle from a state other than Ohio entitled to reciprocity pursuant to Section 5502.03 of the Ohio Revised Code;

(aa) In front of, or within one (1) foot of, a wheelchair ramp;

(bb) Other than a motor bus, in a bus loading area, when such area has been officially designated and appropriately posted with a sign, except the driver of a passenger vehicle may stop temporarily therein for the purpose of, and while actually engaged in, loading or unloading passengers, when such stopping does not interfere with any motor bus entering or leaving such bus loading area;

(cc) Any place marked as a loading zone for any period of time longer than is necessary for the expeditious loading or unloading of passengers or merchandise.

(2) A violation of any provision of this section constitutes the commission of a parking infraction pursuant to and governed by the provisions of Chapter 2150.(Ord. 1171-88: Ord. 2120-03 § 1 (part).)

2151.20 Limitations on truck, bus and trailer parking.

(a) No owner or driver of a truck, bus, tractor, trailer, semitrailer or house vehicle shall park or stand such vehicle on any street for a period longer than one (1) hour. However, this section shall not apply to trucks or trailers used for conveying the necessary tools and materials to premises where labor, using such tools and materials, is to be performed during the actual time of parking such trucks or trailers, nor to motor trucks or buses conveying passengers to any public meeting, assembly, church, convention or entertainment during the actual session of any such public meeting, assembly, church, convention or entertainment, nor to the actual time during which a motor truck, motor truck tractor, trailer or semitrailer is being loaded or unloaded or used to deliver or hoist property or merchandise for completion of delivery.

(b) A violation of this section constitutes the commission of a parking infraction to be handled pursuant to and governed by the provisions of Chapter 2150. (Ord. 3440-86: Ord. 2120-03 § 1 (part).)

2151.22 Prohibition against leaving abandoned junk motor vehicles on public property.

(a) No person shall leave an abandoned junk motor vehicle as defined in Section 2101.55 on a public street or other property open to the public for the purpose of vehicular travel or parking, or upon the right-of-way of any road or highway, for forty-eight (48) hours or longer without notification to the department of public safety, division of police of the reasons for leaving the motor vehicle in such place.

(b) A violation of this section constitutes the commission of a parking infraction to be handled pursuant to and governed by the provisions of Chapter 2150. (Ord. 0787-02 § 3: Ord. 2120-03 § 1 (part).)

2151.23 Prohibition against leaving abandoned junk motor vehicles on private property.

(a) No person shall leave an abandoned motor vehicle as defined in Section 2101.55 on private property for more than seventy-two (72) hours without the permission of the person having right of possession to the property.

(b) A violation of this section constitutes the commission of a parking infraction to be handled pursuant to and governed by the provisions of Chapter 2150. (Ord. 0787-02 § 3: Ord. 2120-03 § 1 (part).)

2151.24 Prohibition against leaving junk motor vehicles on private property.

No person shall leave a junk motor vehicle as defined in Section 2101.56 on private property for more than seventy-two (72) hours. This prohibition is effective even if the person with the right to possession of the property has given consent or if the person leaving such vehicle owns, leases or otherwise lawfully possesses the property upon which the vehicle is parked. (Ord. 0787-02 § 5.)