School bus.
Columbus City Codes § 2101.35
in effect2101.35 - School bus.
"School bus" means every bus designed for carrying more than nine (9) passengers which is owned by a public, private, or governmental agency or institution of learning and operated for the transportation of children to or from a school session or a school function, or owned by a private person and operated for compensation for the transportation of children to or from a school session or a school function; provided "school bus" does not include a bus operated by a municipally owned transportation system, a mass transit company operating exclusively within the territorial limits of the city, or within such limits and the territorial limits of municipal corporations immediately contiguous to the city, nor a common passenger carrier certified by the Public Utilities Commission unless such bus is devoted exclusively to the transportation of children to and from a school session or a school function and "school bus" does not include a van or bus used by a licensed child day-care center or type A family day-care home to transport children from the child day-care center or type A family day-care home to a school if the van or bus does not have more than fifteen (15) children in the van or bus at any time.
"Child day-care center" and "type A family day-care home" have the same meaning as in Section 5104.01 of the Ohio Revised Code.
(ORC 4511.01(F); Ord. 1579-72: Ord. 2120-03 § 1 (part).)
Source: City of Columbus, City Codes and City Charter (Municode Library, library.municode.com)URL: https://library.municode.com/oh/columbus/codes/code_of_ordinances?nodeId=TIT21TRCO_CH2101DE_2101.35SCBUFetched: 10/27/2026