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301.26 TRAFFIC CODE 8 301.26 PRIVATE ROAD OR DRIVEWAY. "Private road or driveway" means every way or place in private ownership used for vehicular travel by the owner and those having express or implied permission from the owner but not by other persons. (ORC 4511.01(DD)) 301.27 PUT_iLIC SAFETY VEHICLE. "Public safety vehicle" means any of the following: (a) Ambulances, including private ambulance companies under contract to a municipal corporation, township, or county, and private ambulances and non- transport vehicles bearing license plates issued under Ohio R.C. 4503.49; (b) Motor vehicles used'by public law enforcement officers or other persons sworn to enforce the criminal and traffic laws of the State or the Municipality; (c) 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 Ohio Fire Marshal shall be designated by the Ohio Director of Public Safety as the certifying agency for all public safety vehicles described in this subsection (c); (d) Vehicles used by fire departments, including motor vehicles when used by volunteer firemen 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. (ORC 4511.01(E)) 301.28 RAILROAD. "P~ailroad" means a carrier of persons ~or property operating upon rails placed principally on a private right of way. (OP.C 4511.01(P)) 301.29 RAILROAD SIGN OR SIGNAL. "Railroad sign or signal" means any sign, signal or device erected by authority of a public body or official or by a railroad and intended to give notice of the presence of railroad tracks or the approach of a railroad train. (0° C 4511.01(SS)) 301..30 RAILROAD TRAIN. "I'•..ailroad train" means a steam engine, or an electric or other motor, vrith or without cars coupled thereto, operated by a railroad. (ORC 4511.01(Q)) 301.31 RESIDENCE DISTRICT. "P.esidence district" means the territory, not comprising a business district, fronting on a street or highway, including the street or highway, where, for a distance of 300 feet or more, the frontage is improved with residences or residences and buildings in use for business. (ORC 4511.01(00)) 1993 Replacement