As used in this chapter, the following terms shall mean:
Any street with a roadway of less than 20 feet in width.
The territory contiguous to and including a highway when
within any 600 feet along the highway there are buildings in use for
business or industrial purposes, including but not limited to hotels,
banks, or office buildings, railroad stations and public buildings
which occupy at least 300 feet of frontage on one side or 300 feet
collectively on both sides of the highway.
Every highway, street or roadway in respect to which owners
or occupants of abutting lands and other persons have no legal right
of access to or from the same except at such points only and in such
manner as may be determined by the public authority having jurisdiction
over the highway, street or roadway.
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.
Any portion of a roadway at an intersection or elsewhere distinctly
indicated for pedestrian crossing by lines or other markings on the
surface.
Any public thoroughfare for vehicles, including state roads,
county roads and public streets, avenues, boulevards, parkways or
alleys.
The area embraced within the prolongation or connection of the
lateral curb lines, or, if none, then the lateral boundary lines of
the roadways of two highways which join one another at, or approximately
at, right angles, or the area within which vehicles traveling upon
different highways joining at any other angle may come in conflict.
Where a highway includes two roadways 30 feet or more apart,
then every crossing of each roadway of such divided highway by an
intersecting highway shall be regarded as a separate intersection.
In the event such intersecting highway also includes two roadways
30 feet or more apart, then every crossing of two roadways of such
highways shall be regarded as a separate intersection.
Any self-propelled vehicle not operated exclusively upon
tracks, except farm tractors.
A motor vehicle operated on two wheels.
Any two-wheeled or three-wheeled device having an automatic
transmission and a motor with a cylinder capacity of not more than
50 cubic centimeters, which produces less than three gross brake horsepower,
and is capable of propelling the device at a maximum speed of not
more than 30 miles per hour on level ground.
All signs, signals, markings and devices not inconsistent
with this ordinance placed or erected by authority of a public body
or official having jurisdiction, for the purpose of regulating, warning
or guiding traffic.
Any person who operates or drives a motor vehicle.
The standing of a vehicle, whether occupied or not, otherwise
than temporarily for the purpose of and while actually engaged in
loading or unloading merchandise or passengers.
Any person afoot.
Any natural person, corporation, or other legal entity.
Every officer of the municipal Police Department or any officer
authorized to direct or regulate traffic or to make arrests for violations
of traffic regulations.
Every way or place in private ownership and used for vehicular
travel by the owner and those having express or implied permission
from the owner, but not by other persons.
The entire width of land between the boundary lines of a
state highway, including any roadway.
That portion of a state highway ordinarily used for vehicular
travel, exclusive of the berm or shoulder.
The area or space officially set apart within a roadway for
the exclusive use of pedestrians and which is protected or is so marked
or indicated by adequate signs as to be plainly visible at all times
while set apart as a safety zone.
Any motor vehicle used solely to transport students to or
from school or to transport students to or from any place for educational
purposes.
That portion of a street between the curb lines, or the lateral
lines of a roadway, and the adjacent property lines, intended for
use of pedestrians.
The halting of a vehicle, whether occupied or not, otherwise
than for the purpose of and while actually engaged in receiving or
discharging passengers.
A highway maintained by the state of Missouri as a part of
the state highway system.
When required, complete cessation from movement.
When prohibited, any halting even momentarily of a vehicle,
whether occupied or not, except when necessary to avoid conflict with
other traffic or in compliance with the directions of a police officer
or traffic control sign or signal.
The entire width between the lines of every way publicly
maintained when any part thereof is open to the uses of the public
for purposes of vehicular travel.
Pedestrians, ridden or herded animals, vehicles, streetcars
and other conveyances either singly or together while using any highway
for purposes of travel.
Any device, whether manually, electrically or mechanically
operated, by which traffic is alternately directed to stop and to
proceed.
Any vehicle without motive power designed for carrying property
or passengers on its own structure and for being drawn by a self-propelled
vehicle, except those running exclusively on tracks, including a semitrailer
or vehicle of the trailer type so designed and used in conjunction
with a self-propelled vehicle that a considerable part of its own
weight rests upon and is carried by the towing vehicle. The term trailer
shall not include cotton trailers as defined in this section and shall
not include manufactured homes as defined in § 700.010,
RSMo.
A motor vehicle designed, used, or maintained for the transportation
of property.
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, cotton trailers or motorized wheelchairs operated
by handicapped persons.
