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301.01 TRAFFIC CODE 4 CROSS REFERENCES Similar State law definitions -see Ohio R.C. 4511.01 Funeral procession defined -see TRAF. 331.21 Drag racing defined -see TRAF. 333.06 Compartment defined =see TRAF. 343.02 Blind person defined -see TRAF. 371.02 301.01 MEANING OF WORDS AND PHRASES. The following words and phrases when used in this Traffic Code shall have the meanings respectively ascribed to them in this chapter. (Ord. 613. Passed 7-7-42.) 301.02 AGRICULTURAL TRACTOR. "Agricultural tractor" shall mean every self-propelling vehicle designed or used for drawing other vehicles or wheeled machinery but having no provision for carrying loads independently of such other vehicles, ,and used principally for agricultural purposes. (Ord. 613. Passed 7-7-42.) 301.03 BICYCLE. "Bicycle" shall mean atwo-wheel vehicle, propelled by human power, having a tandem arrangement of wheels equipped with tires either of which is over twenty inches in diameter. (Ord. 613. Passed 7-7-42.) 301.04 BUS. "Bus" shall mean every motor vehicle designed for carrying more than nine passengers and used for the transportation of persons, and every motor vehicle, automobile for hire, or funeral car, other than a taxicab, designed and used for the transportation of persons for compensation. (Ord. 613. Passed 7-7-42.) 301.05 BUSINESS DISTRICT. "Business district" shall mean the territory fronting upon a street or highway, including the street or highway, between successive intersections where fifty per cent or more of the frontage between such successive intersections is occupied by buildings in use for business, or where fifty per cent or more of the frontage for a distance of three hundred feet or more is occupied by buildings in use for business, and the character of such territory is indicated by official traffic control devices. (Ord. 613. Passed 7-7-42. ) 301.06 CENTER OR CENTER LINE OF STREET. "Center or center line of street" shall mean the exact center of the improved portion of the roadway, or that line designated and marked by traffic control devices for the purpose of dividing traffic moving in opposite directions into right and left sides of the roadway. (Ord. 613. Passed 7-7-42. )