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)