Definitions.
Columbus City Codes § 2133.011
in effect2133.011 - Definitions.
As used in Chapter 2133:
(A) "Equivalent offense" means any of the following
(1) A violation of division (A) or (B) of Section 4511.19 of the Ohio Revised Code;
(2) A violation of any municipal OVI ordinance, including divisions (A) or (B) of 2133.01 of the Columbus City Code;
(3) A violation of Section 2903.04 of the Ohio Revised Code in a case in which the offender was subject to the sanctions described in division (D) of that section;
(4) A violation of division (A)(1) of Section 2903.06 or 2903.08 of the Ohio Revised Code or a municipal ordinance that is substantially equivalent to either of those divisions;
(5) A violation of division (A)(2), (3), or (4) of Section 2903.06 of the Ohio Revised Code, division (A)(2) of Section 2903.08 of the Ohio Revised Code, or former Section 2903.07 of the Ohio Revised Code, or a municipal ordinance that is substantially equivalent to any of those divisions or that former section in a case in which a judge or jury as the trier of fact found that the offender was under the influence of a alcohol, a drug of abuse, or a combination of them;
(6) A violation of an existing or former municipal ordinance, law of another state, or law of the United States that is substantially equivalent to division (A) or (B) of Section 4511.19 of the Ohio Revised Code;
(7) A violation of a former law of this state that was substantially equivalent to division (A) or (B) of Section 4511.19 of the Ohio Revised Code.
(B) "Mandatory jail term" means the mandatory term in jail of three (3), six (6), ten (10), twenty (20), thirty (30), sixty (60), or one hundred twenty (120) days that must be imposed under division (G)(1)(a), (b), (c) or (d) of Section 2133.01 upon an offender convicted of a violation of division (A) of that section and in relation to which all of the following apply:
(1) Except as specifically authorized under Section 2133.01, the term must be served in a jail.
(2) Except as specifically authorized under Section 2133.01, the term cannot be suspended, reduced, or otherwise modified pursuant to Sections 2951.02, or any other provision of the Ohio Revised Code.
(C) "Municipal OVI ordinance" and "municipal OVI offense" mean any municipal ordinance prohibiting a person from operating a vehicle while under the influence of alcohol a drug of abuse, or a combination of them or prohibiting a person from operating a vehicle with a prohibited concentration of alcohol, a controlled substance, or a metabolite of a controlled substance in the whole blood, blood serum or plasma, breath, or urine.
(D) "Community residential sanction," "jail," "mandatory prison term," "mandatory term of local incarceration," "sanction," and "prison term" have the same meanings as in Section 2929.01 of the Ohio Revised Code.
(E) "Drug of abuse" has the same meaning as in Section 4506.01 of the Revised Code. (ORC § 4511.181)
(ORC § 4511.181; Ord. 2120-03 § 1 (part): Ord. 2276-2006 § 1 (part); Ord. No. 0411-2009, § 2, 4-19-2010)
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_CH2133INREOPSP_2133.011DEFetched: 10/27/2026