The following definitions and those in Chapter 39 of the Statutes
of Nebraska shall be applied throughout this chapter. Where no definition
is specified, the normal dictionary usage of the word shall apply.
(Ref. 39-602 (2) RS Neb.; Ref. 60-2106 RS Neb.; Ref. 39-602
(4) RS Neb.; Ref. 39-602 (5) RS Neb.; Ref. 39-690 (4) RS Neb.; Ref.
39-602 (13) RS Neb.; Ref. 39-602 (59) RS Neb.; Ref. 39-602 (32) RS
Neb.; Ref. 39-602 (37) RS Neb.; Ref. 39-602 (51) RS Neb.; Ref. 39-602
(52) RS Neb.; Ref. 39-602 (54) RS Neb.; Ref. 39-602 (53) RS Neb.;
Ref. 39-602 (105) RS Neb.; Ref. 39-602 (61) RS Neb.; Ref. 39-602 (63)
RS Neb.; Ref. 39-602 (65) RS Neb.; Ref. 39-602 (67) RS Neb.; Ref.
39-602 (70) RS Neb.; Ref. 39-602 (71) RS Neb.; Ref. 39-602 (81) RS
Neb.; Ref. 39-602 (92) RS Neb.; Ref. 39-602 (100) RS Neb.; Ref. 39-602
(104) RS Neb.; Ref. 39-602 (110) RS Neb.; Ref. 39-602 (113) RS Neb.)
The term "all-terrain vehicle" shall mean every motor vehicle,
except motorcycles, mopeds, minibikes, snowmobiles or tractors, which
is primarily designed for off-road recreational use only.
The term "alley" shall mean a highway intended to provide
access to the rear or side of lots or buildings in urban districts
and not intended for the purpose of through vehicular traffic.
The term "alley entrance" shall mean the extension of the
alley from the lot line to the street curb line.
The term "arterial street" shall mean a street designated
as such by resolution of the Governing Body.
The term "authorized emergency vehicle" shall mean vehicles
of the Fire Department and of the Police Department of the Municipality
and ambulances.
The term "automatic traffic signal" shall mean any device
electrically or mechanically controlled by which traffic is alternately
directed to stop and proceed.
The term "bicycle" shall mean any two-wheel pedal vehicle
with wheels of 20 inches or greater in diameter.
The term "business district" shall include that portion of
the Municipality embraced within, and the area of public streets enumerated
as follows:
77th Street to 75th Street bounded by Burlington Street to
Main Street.
The term "crosswalk" shall mean that portion of a roadway
included within the prolongation or connection of the lateral lines
of sidewalks at intersections or any other portion of the roadway
distinctly indicated as a pedestrian crosswalk.
The term "curb" shall mean the lateral boundaries of that
portion of a street designated for the use of vehicles whether marked
by curb stones or not so marked.
The term "drive" shall mean to ride, lead, pull, push, propel,
or operate a vehicle.
The term "driver" shall mean every person who drives or is
in the actual physical control of a vehicle.
The term "highway" shall mean the entire width between the
boundary limits of any street, avenue, or way which is publicly maintained
and open for public vehicular traffic.
The terms "intersection" or "street intersection" shall mean
the space occupied by two streets at the point where they cross each
other, bounded by the lot lines extended and shall include the sidewalk
space as well as the roadway.
The term "minibike" shall mean a two-wheel motor vehicle
which has a total wheel and tire diameter of less than 14 inches or
an engine rated capacity of less than 45 cubic centimeters displacement
or a seat height less than 25 inches from the ground or any other
two-wheel motor vehicle primarily designed by the manufacturer for
off-road use only.
Moped shall mean a bicycle with fully operative pedals for
propulsion by human power, an automatic transmission, and a motor
with a cylinder capacity not exceeding 50 cubic centimeters, which
produces no more than two brake horsepower and is capable of propelling
the bicycle at a maximum design speed of not more than 30 miles per
hour on level ground.
The term "motor vehicles" shall mean every land vehicle which
is self-propelled and not operated upon rails except mopeds and self-propelled
invalid chairs.
The term "motorcycle" or "three-wheeler" means every vehicle
designed to travel on not more than three wheels in contact with the
ground excluding a tractor and a minibike.
The term "muffler" shall mean a device consisting of a series
of chamber or baffle plates, or other mechanical design for the purpose
of receiving exhaust gas from an internal combustion engine, and effective
in reducing noise.
The term "official traffic signs or devices" shall mean all
signs, markings, and devices, other than mechanical or electrical
signals, not inconsistent with this chapter, placed or erected by
authority of the Governing Body for the purpose of directing, warning,
or regulating traffic.
The term "operator" shall mean every person who drives or
is in actual physical control of a vehicle.
Owner shall mean a person other than a lienholder, having
the property in or title to a vehicle, including a person entitled
to the use and possession of a vehicle subject to a security interest
in another person, but excluding a lessee under a lease not intended
as security.
The terms "park," "parked," and "parking" shall refer to
any vehicle waiting or standing in any street or alley except when
such vehicle is waiting in compliance with the direction of a traffic
officer, traffic sign or signal, or driving emergencies, and except
when actually engaged in loading or unloading merchandise or passengers.
The term "pedestrian" shall mean any person on foot.
The term "person" shall mean every natural person, firm,
corporation, copartnership, or association.
The term "police officer" or "traffic officer" shall mean
every officer of the Police Department of the Municipality or any
officer authorized to direct or regulate traffic or make arrests for
the violation of traffic regulation.
The term "private driveway" shall mean every road or driveway
not open to the use of the public for purposes of vehicular travel.
The term "railway crossing" shall mean that part of any street
at which the tracks of a railway or railroad company shall cross said
street and 25 feet on either side of said tracks on a street.
The term "recreational vehicle" shall generally mean and
include the terms "motorcycles, minibikes, snowmobiles, mopeds, all-terrain
vehicles and ultra-light aircraft" as they are defined in this section.
The term "residential district" shall include all parts of
the Municipality not included in the business district.
The term "right-of-way" shall mean the privilege of the immediate
use of the roadway of one vehicle or pedestrian over another vehicle
or pedestrian.
The term "roadway" shall mean that portion of a street lying
between the lateral curb lines thereof.
The term "sidewalk" shall mean that portion of a street between
the curb lines and the adjacent property lines intended for pedestrian
use.
The term "stop" shall mean to cause complete cessation of
movement.
The term "stop signs" shall mean any official device placed
in any street at or near a street intersection with the word "stop"
written or inscribed thereon.
The term "street" shall mean the entire width between the
boundary limits of any street, avenue, or way which is publicly maintained
and open for public vehicular traffic.
The term "traffic" shall mean pedestrians, ridden animals,
and vehicles or other conveyances, either singly or together, while
using any street, alley, or public way for purposes of travel.
The term "truck" shall mean a motor vehicle equipped or used
to transport anything other than persons.
The term "ultra-light aircraft" shall mean any aircraft equipped
to carry not more than one person.
The term "vehicle" shall mean every device in, upon, or by
which any person or property is or may be transported or drawn upon
a street, except devices moved by human power or used exclusively
on stationary rails or tracks.
The term "watchman" shall mean any person stationed at a
railroad crossing for the purpose and with the authority to direct
vehicle traffic at such crossing whether employed by the Municipality
or the Railroad Company.
