§ 2155.01. Definitions.  


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  • The following definitions shall apply to terms used in this chapter:

    (a)

    "Individual street parking space" means a portion of the paved surface approximately twenty (20) feet in length along the curb of streets and shall accommodate a vehicle when the same is parked as prescribed by Section 2151.06.

    (b)

    "Parking" means the standing of a vehicle whether occupied or not, otherwise than temporarily for the purpose of and while actually engaged in loading or unloading, or in compliance with directions of a police officer or traffic control device.

    (c)

    "Parking meters" means any mechanical or electronic device used, placed, installed, or erected at or near the curb adjacent to the parking lane, or otherwise on property which is owned, leased, or operated by the city. A parking meter includes, but is not limited to, single space meters, multi-space meters, and parking mobile payment applications authorized by the city of Columbus.

    (d)

    "Vehicle" means any device in, upon, or by which any person or property is or may be transported upon a public street, except such devices as are used exclusively upon stationary rails or tracks and such devices as are propelled exclusively by human power.

    (e)

    "Off-street parking lot" means any lot, piece, or parcel of land owned by the city and designated by council for the purpose of metered, time-regulated storing or parking of vehicles.

    (f)

    "Individual off-street parking space" means a portion of the paved surface of the off-street parking lot approximately twenty (20) feet in length and nine (9) feet in width.

    (g)

    "Handicapped designated vehicle" means a motor vehicle that displays either (1) a parking card issued under Section 4503.44 of the Ohio Revised Code or (2) a special license plate issued under Section 4503.44 of the Ohio Revised Code and is being operated by or for the transport of a handicapped person. For purposes of this section "handicapped person" means any person who has lost the use of one (1) or both legs or one (1) or both arms, who is blind or deaf, or so severely handicapped as to be unable to move about without the aid of crutches or a wheelchair, or whose mobility is restricted by a permanent cardiovascular, pulmonary, or other handicapping condition. When a motor vehicle displays a temporary parking pass, disabled veteran plate, permanent parking card from the appropriate state agency, or special license plate, that is being operated by or transporting a disabled or handicapped person, the motor vehicle shall have the decal or parking card clearly displayed on the left dashboard or in the left front windshield of enclosed vehicles so that the parking privilege information is on the front side of the card and is readily readable from outside the windshield. (ORC 4503.44)

    (h)

    "Handicapped designated parking space" means parking spaces on public or private streets, parking lots and parking garages designated for the exclusive use of a handicapped designated vehicle and denoted as such in accordance with the requirements of the Ohio Revised Code Section 4511.69 (E), Ohio Revised Code Section 3781.111 (C), the Ohio Manual of Uniform Traffic Control Devices and the city of Columbus Transportation Sign Installation Manual.

    (i)

    "Meter day" means any day that parking meters are enforced.

(Ord. 581-88: Ord. 2120-03 § 1 (part); Ord. 220-06 § 1; Ord. 0867-2006 § 1 (part): Ord. 0105-2007 § 1 (part); Ord. No. 0128-2009, § 1, 2-9-2009; Ord. No. 1182-2014, § 2, 6-16-2014; Ord. No. 1189-2018 , §§ 2, 3, 5-21-2018)