The following words, terms and phrases, when used in this chapter, shall have the meanings ascribed to them in this section, except where the context clearly indicates a different meaning:
Authorized emergency vehicle
means vehicles of the fire department (fire patrol), police vehicles, public and private ambulances for which permits have been issued by the state board of health, emergency vehicles of municipal departments or public service corporations as are designated or authorized by the city council, private vehicles operated by volunteer firemen or certified emergency medical services employees or volunteers while answering a fire alarm or responding to a medical emergency, industrial ambulances and other industrial emergency response vehicles when operating in an emergency situation provided the vehicle is also operated in adherence with criteria established by the state industrial fire training board of the State Firemen’s and Fire Marshals’ Association of Texas as the criteria are in effect on September 1, 1989, and vehicles operated by blood banks or tissue banks, accredited or approved under the laws of this state or the United States, while making emergency deliveries of blood, drugs or medicines, or organs.
Bicycle
means every device propelled by human power upon which any person may ride having two tandem wheels either of which is over 14 inches in diameter, and including any device generally recognized as a bicycle though equipped with two front or two rear wheels.
Buses, boats, recreational vehicles and/or trailers
see section 82-91 for definitions.
Crosswalk
means:
(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 lines or other markings on the surface.
Driver
means every person who drives or is in actual physical control of a vehicle.
Freeway
means any limited access expressway or highway within the city, and shall include the entrances and exits leading to and from the through traffic lanes of such expressways and highways.
Intersection
means:
(1) 
The area embraced within the prolongation or connection of the lateral curblines, 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.
(2) 
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. If 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.
Light truck
means a truck, including a pickup truck, panel delivery truck, or carry-all truck, that has a manufacturer’s rated carrying capacity of 3,000 pounds (11/2 tons) or less.
Loading zone
means a space adjacent to a curb reserved for the exclusive use of vehicles during the loading or unloading of passengers or materials.
Motor vehicle
means every vehicle which is self-propelled and every vehicle which is propelled by electric power obtained from overhead trolley wires, but not operated upon rails.
Motorcycle
means every motor vehicle having a saddle for the use of the rider and designated to travel on not more than three wheels in contact with the ground, but excluding a tractor.
Official time standard
means that whenever certain hours are named in this chapter, they shall mean standard time or daylight saving time as may be in current use in the city.
Official traffic-control devices
means all signs, signals, markings and devices not inconsistent with this chapter placed or erected by authority of a public body or official having jurisdiction for the purpose of regulating, warning or guiding traffic.
Park, when prohibited,
means the standing of a vehicle, whether occupied or not, otherwise than temporarily for the purpose of and while actually engaged in loading or unloading.
Passenger loading zone
means a space adjacent to a curb reserved for the exclusive use of vehicles during the loading or unloading of passengers.
Pedestrian
means any person afoot.
Police officer
means every officer of the municipal police department or other officer authorized to direct or regulate traffic or to make arrests for violations of traffic regulations.
Private road or driveway
means 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.
Right-of-way
means the privilege of the immediate use of the roadway.
Roadway
means that portion of a street or highway improved, designed or ordinarily used for vehicular travel. If a highway includes two or more separate roadways, the term “roadway” shall refer to any such roadway separately but not to all such roadways collectively.
Safety zone
means 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.
Sidewalk
means that portion of a street between the curblines or the lateral lines of a roadway, and the adjacent property lines intended for the use of pedestrians.
Stop, when required,
means complete cessation of movement.
Stop, stopping or standing, when prohibited,
means any stopping or standing 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 signal or sign.
Street or highway
means the entire width between the boundary lines of every way publicly maintained when any part thereof is open to the use of the public for purposes of vehicular travel.
Traffic
means pedestrian, ridden or herded animals, vehicles and other conveyances, either singly or together, while using any street for purpose of travel.
Traffic-control sign or device
means all signs, markings and devices not inconsistent with this chapter placed or erected by authority of the city council for the purpose of regulating, warning or guiding traffic.
Traffic-control signal
means any device, whether manually, electrically or mechanically operated, by which traffic is alternately directed to stop and to proceed.
Truck
means a motor vehicle with a rated capacity of more than 3,000 pounds (11/2 tons) designed, used, or maintained primarily to transport property.
Truck tractor
means a motor vehicle designed and used primarily to draw another vehicle but not constructed to carry a load other than a part of the weight of the other vehicle and its load.
Vehicle
means every device in, upon or by which any person or property is or may be transported or drawn upon a highway, except devices moved by human power or used exclusively upon stationary rails or tracks.
(Code 1974, § 14-1; Ordinance 1684, § 1, 4-12-05)
No person upon roller skates or riding in or by means of any coaster, toy vehicle or similar device shall go upon any roadway except while crossing a street on a crosswalk and, when so crossing, such person shall be granted all of the rights and shall be subject to all of the duties applicable to pedestrians. This section shall not apply upon any street while set aside as a play street as authorized by the city.
(Code 1974, § 14-13)
No vehicle except of the automotive type shall be driven upon or operated upon any freeway in the city. The use of any freeway by pedestrians, bicyclists or equestrians is hereby prohibited. This prohibition shall apply to the shoulder and median strips of freeways, as well as to the pavement surfaces thereof.
(Code 1974, § 14-15)
No person shall throw or deposit upon any highway any glass bottle, glass, nails, tacks, wire, cans or any other substance likely to injure any person, animal or vehicle upon such highway.
(Code 1974, § 14-8)
(a) 
Any person who drops, or permits to be dropped or thrown, upon any highway any destructive or injurious material shall immediately remove such material or cause it to be removed.
(b) 
Any person removing a wrecked or damaged vehicle from a highway shall remove any glass or other injurious substance dropped upon the highway from such vehicle.
(Code 1974, § 14-9)
It shall be unlawful for anyone to operate any vehicle on any street within the corporate limits of the city for the primary purpose of displaying advertising.
(Code 1974, § 14-99)
The city council may by resolution make and enforce regulations necessary to make effective the provisions of this chapter and to make and enforce temporary regulations to cover emergency or special conditions.
(Code 1974, § 14-2)
The provisions of this chapter applicable to the drivers of vehicles upon the highways and streets shall apply to the drivers of all vehicles owned or operated by the United States, this state or any county, city, town, district or any other political subdivision of this state, subject to such specific exceptions as are set forth in this chapter and Vernon’s Ann. Civ. St. art. 6701d with reference to authorized emergency vehicles.
(Code 1974, § 14-6(a))