As used in these rules
regtriations
this chapter, the following
words and phrases shall, for the purpose of these
rules regulations, have the meanings respectively ascribed to them in
this chapter
rule.
(A)
"Accident" and "motor vehicle accident" mean any
accident involving a motor vehicle which results in bodily injury to or death
of any person or damage to the property of any person in excess of one hundred
fifty dollars.
The term "concession agreement"
means the "long-term lease and concession agreement for the Ohio state
university parking system" between the university and the parking
operator.
(B) "Alley" means those driveways
used primarily for the convenience of the university and not generally used for
purposes of through traffic.
(C) "Assessment" means the sum
exacted of faculty, employees, students, visitors and agents for violation of
any of the provisions of these rules, which sum constitutes the liquidated
damages for violation of the contract existing by and between the university
and faculty, employees, students, visitors and agents. Assessments are
established by transportation and parking services, approved by the senior vice
president for business and finance of the university and adopted by the board
of trustees.
(D) "Authorized emergency vehicle"
or "emergency vehicle" means emergency vehicles of the university, municipal,
township, or county departments or public utility corporations when identified
as such as required by law, the Ohio director of public safety, or local
authorities, and motor vehicles when commandeered by a police officer as set
forth in division (D) of section 4511.01 of the Revised Code.
(E) "Bicycle" means every device,
other than a tricycle designed solely for use as a play vehicle by a child,
propelled solely by human power, upon which any person may ride, having either
two tandem wheels or one wheel in the front and two wheels in the rear, any of
which is more than fourteen inches in diameter as set forth in division (G) of
section 4511.01 of the Revised Code.
(F) "Board" and "board of trustees"
means the board of trustees of the Ohio state university.
(G) "Bus" means every motor vehicle
designed for carrying more than nine passengers and used for the transportation
of persons, other than a ride sharing arrangement, and every other motor
vehicle, automobile for hire or funeral car, other than a taxicab or motor
vehicle used in a ride sharing arrangement, designed and used for the
transportation of persons for compensation as set forth in division (L) of
section 4511.01 of the Revised Code.
(H) "Commercial vehicle" means every
vehicle designed, maintained or used primarily for the transportation of
property.
(I) "Contractor" means any person,
including an employee, who undertakes by contract to perform work or service or
to supply articles at a certain price or rate.
(J) "Crosswalk"
means:
(1) That part of a roadway at
intersections ordinarily included within the real or projected prolongation of
property lines and curb lines and/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 paragraphs
(J)(1) and (J)(2) of this rule, there shall not be a crosswalk where local
authorities have placed signs indicating no crossing as set forth in division
(LL) of section 4511.01 of the Revised Code.
(K)
(B)
The term "
Ccurb
curb loading
zone" means a space adjacent to a curb, which is reserved for the exclusive use
of vehicles during loading or unloading.
(L) "Department of transportation
and parking services" means the transportation and parking services department
of the university.
(M) "Director" means the director
of transportation and parking services.
(N) "Driver" means any person who
drives or is in actual physical control of a vehicle as set forth in division
(Y) of section 4511.01 of the Revised Code.
(O)
(C)
The term "
Ffee
fees
" means a sum
extracted of faculty, staff,
employees, students,
visitors and agents for permits, keycards,
parking meters, pay
parking
facilities,
parking fines or services.
Fees are established
by transportation and parking services, approved by
the senior vice president for business and finance of the university and
adopted by the board of trustees
in accordance
with schedule five of the concession agreement
.
(P)
(D)
The term
"Ggrounds"
ground
means all lands belonging to the university or over which the university may
have control.
(Q)
(E)
The term
Hhospital
hospital and campus security officer" means an
employee of the department of hospital safety and security or campus security
who, when authorized
by the director of
transportation and parking services or public safety, may perform one
or more of the following duties:
(1) Direct,
regulate or supervise traffic;
(2)
Enforce all provisions of these rules
regulations pertaining to parking; or
(3) Enforce
rules
regulations for bicycles.
(R) Intersection
(1) Intersection" means the area
embraced within the prolongation or connection of the lateral curb lines or, if
none, then the lateral boundary lines of the roadways of two highways which
join one another at, or approximately at, right angles, or the area within
which vehicles traveling upon different highways joining at any other angle may
come in conflict.
(2) Where a highway includes two
roadways thirty feet or more apart, then every crossing of each roadway of such
divided highway by an intersecting highway shall be regarded as a separate
intersection. If an intersecting highway also includes two roadways thirty feet
or more apart, then every crossing of two roadways of such highways shall be
regarded as a separate intersection.
(3) The junction of an alley with a
street or highway, or with another alley, shall not constitute an intersection
as set forth in division (KK) of section 4511.01 of the Revised
Code.
(S) Laned street or roadway" means a
highway or roadway which is divided into two or more clearly marked lanes for
vehicular traffic as set forth in division (GG) of section 4511.01 of the
Revised Code.
(T)
(F)
The term "
law enforcement officer" means a
law
enforcement officer of the university or any officer authorized to direct,
regulate or supervise traffic or to
issue citations
or make arrests for violations of state traffic law.
(U)
(G)
The term "
Lloading
loading zone"
means a space or spaces adjacent to a building, which are designated for the
exclusive use of vehicles during loading or unloading.
(V) "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, road
rollers, traction engines, power shovels, power cranes and/or other equipment
used in construction work and not designed for or employed in the general
highway transportation, hole digging machinery, ditch digging machinery, well
drilling 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 miles per hour or less, threshing machinery, hay bailing
machinery, and agricultural tractors and machinery used in the production of
horticultural, floricultural, agricultural and vegetable products and trailers
designed 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 miles at a speed of twenty five miles per
hour or less as set forth in division (B) of section 4511.01 of the Revised
Code.
(W) Motorcycle" means every motor
vehicle, other than a tractor, having a saddle for the use of the operator and
designed to travel on not more than three wheels in contact with the ground,
including, but not limited to, motor vehicles known as "motor-driven cycle,"
"motor scooter" or "motorcycle" without regard to weight or brake horsepower as
set forth in division (C) of section 4511.01 of the Revised
Code.
(X) Motorized bicycle" means any
vehicle having either two tandem wheels or one wheel in the front and two
wheels in the rear, that is capable of being pedaled and is equipped with a
helper motor of not more than fifty cubic centimeters piston displacement that
produces no more than one brake horsepower and is capable of propelling the
vehicle at a speed of no greater than twenty miles per hour on a level surface
as set forth in division (H) of section 4511.01 of the Revised
Code.
(Y)
(H)
The term "
Nnotice
notice of
violation" means a notice given by the university or the
parking operator for a
violation of any of the provisions of
these rules
regulations
this chapter.
(Z) Official time standard" means
Eastern Standard Time or Eastern Daylight Savings Time, whichever is in effect
at the time and in the general area in question.
(AA) Operator" means any person who
drives or operates a motor vehicle upon a roadway.
(BB) "Operator's license" means a
license issued to any person to operate a motor vehicle or motor-driven cycle,
including a "probationary license" and a "restricted license."
(CC)
(I)
The terms "
Ppark
park
" and
"
parking" mean the
standing of a vehicle, whether occupied or not, except while
actually engaged in loading or unloading merchandise or passengers.
(DD)
(J)
Parking area" means any portion of the land and
property of the university which is designated for the parking of vehicles. The
term includes parking lots and parking garages.
The term "parking operator" shall have the same
definition as the "operator" in the concession agreement. This includes any
third parties or agents contracted on behalf of the parking operator to perform
parking services. Notwithstanding anything in
these regulations
this
chapter to the contrary, if at any time there is no parking operator or to the
extent the parking operator is unable to perform its obligations under the
concession agreement or has not been granted authority under the concession
agreement, then the university shall have the authority granted to the parking
operator hereunder.
(EE) "Parking zone" means any
portion of university streets or roadways, parking areas, parking lots or
parking garages on which the parking of vehicles may be permitted or regulated
by the university.
(FF) "Passenger car" means any
vehicle designed and used for carrying not more than nine
passengers.
(GG) "Pedestrian" means any natural
person afoot as set forth in division (X) of section 4511.01 of the Revised
Code.
(HH) "Person" means a natural
person, firm, copartnership, association, or corporation as set forth in
division (W) of section 4511.01 of the Revised Code.
(II)
(K)
The term "
Ppublic
public safety
vehicle" means any of the following:
(1)
Ambulances, including private ambulance companies under contract to the
university or to a municipal corporation, township or county, and private
ambulances and non-transport vehicles bearing license plates issued under
ORC section
4503.49
of the Revised Code;.
.
(2)
Motor vehicles used by public law enforcement officers, traffic control
officers, hospital and campus security officers, or other persons sworn to
enforce the criminal and traffic laws of the state
;
.
(3) Any motor vehicle when properly
identified as required by the Ohio director of public safety, when used in
response to fire emergency calls or to provide emergency medical service to ill
or injured persons, and when operated by a duly qualified person who is a
member of a volunteer rescue service or a volunteer fire department and who is
on duty pursuant to the rules or directives of that service. The state fire
marshal shall be designated by the Ohio director of public safety as the
certifying agency for all public safety vehicles described in this
paragraph.
(4) Vehicles used by
fire departments, including motor vehicles when used by volunteer firefighters
responding to emergency calls in the fire department service when identified as
required by the Ohio director of public safety. Any vehicle used to transport
or provide emergency medical service to an ill or injured person, when
certified as a public safety vehicle, shall be considered a public safety
vehicle when transporting an ill or injured person to a hospital regardless of
whether such vehicle has already passed a hospital.
(5) Vehicles used by the commercial motor
vehicle safety enforcement unit for the enforcement of orders and rules of the
public utilities commission as specified in
ORC section
5503.34
of the Revised Code and as set forth in division (E)
of section 4511.01 of the Revised Code.
(6) Any non-motorized vehicle used
for transportation and parking services.
(7)
(6)
Any motorized or non-motorized vehicle used by the university's public safety
department.
(JJ) "Restricted license" means a
license issued to any person to operate a motor vehicle, which license is
subject to conditions or restrictions.
(KK) "Restricted zone" means any
portion of the Columbus campus of the university where the entry of all motor
vehicles is controlled.
(L)
(L)
The term "
Rright
right of way"
means the right of a vehicle 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 or pedestrian approaching from a different
direction into its or the individual's path
as set
forth in division (UU) of section 4511.01 of the Revised Code.
(MM) "Road" and "driveway" mean a
way or place in control of the university and used for vehicular travel by the
university and those having express or implied permission from the university,
but not by other persons.
(NN) "Roadway" means that portion of
a university road or driveway improved, designed or ordinarily used for
vehicular travel exclusive of the berm or shoulder. If a university road or
driveway includes two or more separate roadways, the term "roadway," as used
herein, refers to any such roadway separately but not to all such roadways
collectively.
(OO) "Rules" means the
transportation and parking rules of the Ohio state university.
(PP)
(M)
The term "
Ssafety
safty 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
as set forth in
division (MM) of section 4511.01 of the Revised Code.
(QQ) "Sidewalk" means that portion
of a street between the curb lines or the lateral lines of a roadway and the
adjacent property lines intended for the use of pedestrians as set forth in
division (FF) of section 4511.01 of the Revised Code.
(RR)
(N)
The terms "
Sstand
stand
" and
"
standing" mean the halting of a vehicle, whether occupied or not, other than
for the purpose of and while actually engaged in receiving or discharging
passengers.
(SS)
(O)
The term "
Sstatute
statute
"
means any provision of state traffic law which is appropriately enforceable by
law enforcement officers on university grounds and property.
(TT)
(P)
The term "
Sstop,
stop
" when
required, means a complete cessation of movement.
(UU)
(Q)
The terms "
Sstop,
stop
" and
"
standing," when prohibited, means any halting, even momentarily, of a vehicle,
whether occupied or not, except when necessary to avoid conflict with other
traffic or in compliance with the directions of a
law enforcement officer or
traffic control sign or signal.
(VV)
(R)
The terms "
Sstreet
street
" or
"
highway" means the entire width between the boundary lines of every way open
to the use of the public as a thoroughfare for purposes of vehicular travel
as set forth in division (BB) of section 4511.01 of
the Revised Code.
(WW) "Student traffic officer" means
a student who has been hired by transportation and parking services or
university police to assist with traffic control upon any university property
or roadway.
(XX) "Through street or roadway"
means a street, roadway, road or driveway, or portion thereof, on which
vehicular traffic is given preferential right of way and at the entrances to
which vehicular traffic from intersecting streets, roadways, roads or driveways
is required to yield the right of way to vehicles on such through streets,
roadways, roads or driveways in obedience to either a stop sign or a yield
sign, when such signs are erected as provided in these rules.
(YY) "Traffic" means pedestrians,
ridden or herded animals, vehicles and other devices, either singly or
together, while using any roadway for purposes of travel as set forth in
division (TT) of section 4511.01 of the Revised Code.
(ZZ)
(S)
The term "
Ttraffic traffic control officer" means an employee
of
transportation and parking services
the Ohio state university authorized by the
director of transportation and parking
services
university to perform one or
more of the following duties:
(1) Direct,
regulate or supervise traffic;
(2)
Investigate traffic accidents;
or
(3) Enforce all provisions of these
rules pertaining to parking; or
(4)
(3) Enforce rules
and regulations for bicycles,
skateboards
, roller skates,
and roller blades
.,
coasters, and similar
devices.
(AAA)
(T)
The term "
Ttraffic
traffic
control device" means all flaggers, signs, signals, markings and devices placed
or erected by authority of a public body or official having jurisdiction for
the purpose of regulating, warning or guiding traffic including signs denoting
the names of streets and highways
as set forth in
division (QQ) of section 1511.01 of the Revised Code.
(BBB)
(U)
The term "
Ttraffic
traffic
control signal" means any device, whether manually, electrically or
mechanically operated, by which traffic is alternately directed to
stop, to
proceed, to change direction or not to change direction
as set forth in division (RR) of section 4511.01 of
the Revised Code.
(CCC) ''Traffic control zone'' means
that area of the university campus protected by vehicle control
gates.
(DDD) "Uniform traffic ticket"
means the Ohio uniform traffic ticket, as provided for in the "Rules of
Practice and Procedure in Traffic Cases for all Courts Inferior to Common
Pleas," promulgated by the supreme court of Ohio.
(EEE) "University" means the Ohio
state university.
(FFF) "Vehicle" means every device,
including a motorized bicycle, in, upon, or by which any person or property may
be transported or drawn upon a street or roadway, except motorized wheelchairs,
other than bicycles moved by human power as set forth in division (A) of
section 4511.01 of the Revised Code.
(GGG)
(V)
The term "
Vviolation
violation
"
means an act or omission in contravention of any of the provisions of
these rules regulations
this chapter and/or applicable state
statutes.
(HHH)
(W)
The term "
Vvisitor"
visitor
means any person who is not either a faculty member, a staff member, an
employee, a student, or a contractor,
or a
vendor
or other agent of the
university.
