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:
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.
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.
see section 82-91 for definitions.
means:
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.
means every person who drives or is in actual physical control
of a vehicle.
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.
means:
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.
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.
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.
means a space adjacent to a curb reserved for the exclusive
use of vehicles during the loading or unloading of passengers or materials.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
means a space adjacent to a curb reserved for the exclusive
use of vehicles during the loading or unloading of passengers.
means any person afoot.
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.
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.
means the privilege of the immediate use of the 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.
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.
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.
means complete cessation of movement.
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.
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.
means pedestrian, ridden or herded animals, vehicles and
other conveyances, either singly or together, while using any street
for purpose of travel.
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.
means any device, whether manually, electrically or mechanically
operated, by which traffic is alternately directed to stop and to
proceed.
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.
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.
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))
