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S. B. No. 194 As Passed by the SenateAs Passed by the Senate
130th General Assembly | Regular Session | 2013-2014 |
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Cosponsors:
Senators Eklund, Uecker, Manning, Bacon, Brown, Burke, Coley, Gardner, Hite, Hughes, Jones, Kearney, Lehner, Oelslager, Patton, Peterson, Sawyer, Tavares
A BILL
To amend section 4511.68 of the Revised Code to allow
certain motor-driven cycles and motor scooters to
be parked on a sidewalk so long as the vehicles do
not impede the normal flow of pedestrian traffic.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF OHIO:
Section 1. That section 4511.68 of the Revised Code be
amended to read as follows:
Sec. 4511.68. (A) No person shall stand or park a trackless
trolley or vehicle, except when necessary to avoid conflict with
other traffic or to comply with sections 4511.01 to 4511.78,
4511.99, and 4513.01 to 4513.37 of the Revised Code, or while
obeying the directions of a police officer or a traffic control
device, in any of the following places:
(1) On a sidewalk, except a bicycle as provided in division
(B) of this section;
(2) In front of a public or private driveway;
(3) Within an intersection;
(4) Within ten feet of a fire hydrant;
(6) Within twenty feet of a crosswalk at an intersection;
(7) Within thirty feet of, and upon the approach to, any
flashing beacon, stop sign, or traffic control device;
(8) Between a safety zone and the adjacent curb or within
thirty 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;
(9) Within fifty feet of the nearest rail of a railroad
crossing;
(10) Within twenty feet of a driveway entrance to any fire
station and, on the side of the street opposite the entrance to
any fire station, within seventy-five feet of the entrance when it
is properly posted with signs;
(11) Alongside or opposite any street excavation or
obstruction when such standing or parking would obstruct traffic;
(12) Alongside any vehicle stopped or parked at the edge or
curb of a street;
(13) Upon any bridge or elevated structure upon a highway, or
within a highway tunnel;
(14) At any place where signs prohibit stopping;
(15) Within one foot of another parked vehicle;
(16) On the roadway portion of a freeway, expressway, or
thruway.
(B) A person shall be permitted, without charge or
restriction, to stand or park on a sidewalk a motor-driven cycle
or motor scooter that has an engine not larger than one hundred
and fifty cubic centimeters, or a bicycle, provided that the
motor-driven cycle, motor scooter, or bicycle does not impede the
normal flow of pedestrian traffic. This division does not
authorize any person to operate a vehicle in violation of section
4511.711 of the Revised Code.
(C) Except as otherwise provided in this division, whoever
violates division (A) of this section is guilty of a minor
misdemeanor. If, within one year of the offense, the offender
previously has been convicted of or pleaded guilty to one
predicate motor vehicle or traffic offense, whoever violates this
section is guilty of a misdemeanor of the fourth degree. If,
within one year of the offense, the offender previously has been
convicted of two or more predicate motor vehicle or traffic
offenses, whoever violates this section is guilty of a misdemeanor
of the third degree.
Section 2. That existing section 4511.68 of the Revised Code
is hereby repealed.
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