The following
words and phrases as used in this Code shall for the purpose of this
Code have the meaning respectively ascribed to them:
ABANDONED VEHICLE
Any unattended vehicle left at any place within the City
for such time and under such circumstances as to cause such vehicle
to reasonably appear to have been abandoned.
ALLEY
The entire width and length of the public right-of-way and/or
easement of an alley.
ALLEYWAY
That portion of an alley intended for use by the general
traveling public.
ALL-TERRAIN VEHICLE
Any motorized vehicle manufactured and used exclusively for
off-highway use which is fifty (50) inches or less in width, with
an unladen dry weight of six hundred (600) pounds or less, traveling
on three (3), four (4) or more low pressure tires, with a seat designed
to be straddled by the operator, and handlebars for steering control.
A motor tricycle shall not be included in the definition of all-terrain
vehicle.
ANGLE PARKING
The standing or parking of any vehicle upon a highway, roadway
or alleyway in a manner where the longitudinal axis of the vehicle
forms an angle with the alignment of the curb.
ARTERIAL ROAD
Any road designated by the St. Louis County Council as part
of the County arterial road system authorized by Section 137.558,
RSMo.
AUTHORIZED EMERGENCY VEHICLES
1.
Vehicles operated as ambulances, or operated by the Bridgeton
Police, State Highway Patrol, Police or Fire Departments in St. Louis
County, Missouri.
2.
Any privately owned vehicle operated as an ambulance when responding
to emergency calls.
3.
Any privately owned wrecker or tow truck, or vehicles owned
and operated by a public utility or public service corporation while
performing emergency service.
BICYCLE
Every device propelled by human power upon which any person
or persons may ride, having two (2) or more tandem wheels, either
of which is twenty (20) or more inches in diameter.
CENTER LINE
A yellow line or lines delineating the separation between
travel lanes in opposite directions. It need not be at the geometrical
center of the pavement.
COMMERCIAL MOTOR VEHICLE
A motor vehicle designed or regularly used for carrying freight,
merchandise, supplies, tools or equipment.
CONTROLLED OR LIMITED ACCESS HIGHWAY/ROADWAY
Every highway or roadway or right-of-way thereof in respect
to which owners or occupants of abutting lands and other persons having
no legal rights of access to, from, on or across the same except at
such points and in such manner as may be determined or designated
by the public authority having jurisdiction over such highway or roadway.
CROSSWALKS
1.
That part of a roadway at an intersection included within the
connections of the lateral lines of the sidewalks on opposite sides
of the highway measured from the curbs, or in the absence of curbs
from the edges of the traversable roadway;
2.
Any portion of a roadway at an intersection or elsewhere distinctly
indicated for pedestrian crossing by pedestrian crossing by lines
or other markings on the surface;
DRIVER
Any person who drives, operates or is in any manner in actual
physical control of a vehicle.
DRIVEWAY
A travelway privately used for access to and distribution
within a site, not including sidewalks.
EDGE LINE
A solid white line used to delineate the right edge of a
highway or roadway.
FRONT YARD
A yard extending across the full width of the lot and lying
between the front (street) lot line and the nearest point of a building.
On a corner lot, the owner may elect either street lot line as the
front lot line.
GROSS WEIGHT
The total weight of a vehicle including the weight of any
carried cargo.
HIGHWAY
The traveling portion of a public right-of-way of a highway
intended for use by the general traveling public and maintained by
the Missouri Highway and Transportation Department.
INTERSECTION
1.
The area embraced within the prolongation or connection of the
lateral boundary lines or, if present, the lateral curb lines of two
(2) or more intersecting highways, roadways or alleyways, whether
or not one (1) such highway, roadway or alleyway crosses the other.
2.
Where a highway or roadway includes two (2) roadways thirty
(30) or more feet apart, then every crossing of each roadway of such
divided highway or roadway by an intersecting highway or roadway shall
be regarded as a separate intersection.
JUNKED MOTOR VEHICLE
A motor vehicle without current valid registration plates
and motor vehicle safety inspection certificates lawfully attached
to it, or a motor vehicle which is wrecked, dismantled, inoperative,
abandoned, or discarded.
LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICER
Every officer of the Bridgeton Department of Police or any
officer lawfully and duly authorized, deputized, assigned or called
upon to direct or regulate traffic or to make arrests pursuant to
this Code.
LOADING SPACE
An area of land not a part of a street right-of-way, and/or
the area of a building used principally for the loading and unloading
of materials or merchandise from a single motor vehicle.
LOADING ZONE
One (1) or more loading spaces, together with necessary maneuvering
space, aisles and driveways.
MAJOR REPAIR
Any repair, overhaul or revision of either motor, chassis
or body which shall require the removal of one (1) or more heads,
or the rendering of the vehicle immovable under its own power for
a period of more than six (6) hours.
MOTOR VEHICLE
Any self-propelled vehicle not operated exclusively on tracks.
MOTORCYCLE
A motor vehicle operated on two (2) or three (3) wheels,
however,, this definition shall not include motorized bicycles.
MOTORIZED BICYCLE
Any two-wheeled or three-wheeled device having an automatic
transmission and a motor with a cylinder capacity of not more than
fifty (50) cubic centimeters, which produces less than three (3) gross
brake horsepower, and is capable of propelling the device at a maximum
speed of not more than thirty (30) miles per hour on level ground.
MOTOR TRICYCLE
A motor vehicle operated on three (3) wheels, including a
motorcycle while operated with any conveyance, temporary or otherwise,
requiring the use of a third wheel. A motor tricycle shall not be
included in the definition of all-terrain vehicle.
OPERATOR
Any person actually in physical control of a vehicle.
PARK OR PARKING
The stopping of a vehicle, whether occupied or not, other
than only temporarily for the purpose of loading or unloading passengers
or cargo.
PARKING OR STORAGE SPACE
An area, exclusive of access drives and aisles, large enough
to accommodate all of the wheels or other supports of the vehicle
placed upon it, and entirely paved with portland cement concrete,
asphaltic concrete, paving block or paving brick that is maintained
in good condition. Such parking place shall not include any portion
of a street or alley, but may be connected to a street or alley by
access drives, aisles and/or driveway.
PHYSICALLY DISABLED
The term "Physically disabled" shall have
the same meaning given to it in Section 301.142, RSMo.
PROPERTY
Any real property within the City which is not a street or
highway.
REAR YARD
A yard extending across the full width of the lot and lying
between the rear lot line and the nearest point of a building. The
rear lot line is opposite the front lot line.
RECREATIONAL VEHICLE
A vehicle designed principally for recreational purposes,
and includes the following:
1.
Travel trailer. A vehicular, portable structure
built on a chassis, designed to be used as a dwelling or shelter for
travel, recreational, or vacation uses.
2.
Pick up camper. A structure designed primarily
to be mounted on a pick up or truck chassis to render it suitable
for use as a temporary dwelling or shelter for travel, recreational,
or vacation uses.
3.
Motorized home. A portable structure designed
to be used as a dwelling or shelter, constructed as an integral part
of a self-propelled vehicle.
4.
Tent trailer. A folding structure, mounted
on wheels and designed for travel and vacation use.
5.
Boats and boat trailers. Boats, floats, and
rafts, plus the normal equipment to transport the same on the highway.
7.
Snowmobiles and snowmobile trailers.
8.
Vehicles licensed by a State authority as recreational
vehicles.
RESIDENTIAL DISTRICT
The territory contiguous to and including a highway, roadway
or alleyway not comprising a business district as set forth by the
City of Bridgeton Zoning Ordinance, when the property on such highway,
roadway or alleyway, for a distance of six hundred (600) feet or more
is primarily improved with residences or residences and buildings
in use for business.
RIGHT-OF-WAY
1.
The privilege of immediate use of the highway, roadway or alleyway.
2.
A strip of land over which a highway, roadway or alleyway passes.
ROAD
The entire width and length of the right-of-way or the easement
of a road, avenue, or boulevard or similar item
ROADWAY
That portion of a road intended for use by the general traveling
public, typically delineated by curbs, edge lines, or the edge of
pavement.
SCHOOL ZONE
A section of any highway or roadway where signs warn of the
presence of persons going to and returning from public or private
schools.
SHOULDER
The portion of a road outside the roadway excluding sidewalks.
SIDEWALK
A paved area separate from the highway or roadway intended
for use by pedestrians.
STAND OR STANDING
The halting of a vehicle, whether occupied or not, other
than for the purpose of receiving or discharging passengers.
STOP OR STOPPING
1.
Stop means, when required, the complete cessation of movement.
2.
Stop or stopping, when prohibited, means the halting even momentarily
of a vehicle, except when necessary to avoid conflict with other traffic,
or in compliance with the directions of a Law Enforcement Officer
or traffic control device.
STORAGE
The non-transient placement of a vehicle upon a location.
STREET
That portion of a road intended for use by the general traveling
public, typically delineated by curbs, edge lines, or the edge of
pavement.
THROUGH ROADWAY
All highways and every roadway or portion thereof on which
vehicular traffic is given preferential right-of-way.
TRAFFIC CONTROL DEVICES
All official signs, signals, markings, intersection lighting
and devices not inconsistent with this Code, placed by a public body
having authority to regulate, warn or guide traffic.
VEHICLE
Any mechanical device on wheels designed primarily for use,
or used, on highways, except motorized bicycles, vehicles propelled
or drawn by horses or human power, or vehicles used exclusively on
fixed rails or tracks, or cotton trailers or motorized wheelchairs
operated by handicapped persons.