For the purposes of this chapter, the following words shall have the meanings herein ascribed to them in this section:
means a public way in the city extending either partly or through any city block in the rear of city lots and in a direction generally from avenue to avenue, not more than twenty (20) feet in width and capable of being traversed by a vehicle.
means vehicles of the fire department, police vehicles, public and private ambulances for which permits have been issued by the state, emergency vehicles of the city or public service corporations as are designated or authorized by the governing body of an incorporated city, private vehicles operated by volunteer firemen or certified emergency medical services volunteers while answering a fire alarm or responding to a medical emergency, 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 (2) tandem wheels, either of which is more than fourteen (14) inches in diameter.
means every motor vehicle designed for carrying more than ten (10) passengers and used for the transportation of persons; and every motor vehicle, other than a taxicab, designed and used for the transportation of persons for compensation.
means a section of the roadway along the edge thereof, authorized by the city council, marked by signs reading “bus stop,” as a place for the sole use and convenience of the general public to board and depart from any bus.
means the territory contiguous to and including a highway when, within any six hundred (600) feet along such 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 three hundred (300) feet of frontage on one side or three hundred (300) feet collectively on both sides of the highway.
means that part of a roadway at any intersection included within the connection of the lateral lines of the sidewalks on opposite sides of the street, whether marked or not, measured from the curbs or, in the absence of curbs, from the edges of the traversable roadway. The word “crosswalk” also includes any portion of a roadway at an intersection or elsewhere distinctly indicated for pedestrian crossing by lines or other markings on the surface.
means the practice of starting any motor vehicle from a standing position by applying a sudden burst of power, recognized by spinning rear wheels and the noise of tires on the surface of the roadway.
means that person who drives or is in actual physical control of the movements of a vehicle.
means any entrance or exit over the sidewalk or sidewalk area of any street affording a means of ingress or egress for vehicles to or from any private property, or the entrance or exit of any private garage into or from any alley.
means any entrance or exit over the sidewalk or sidewalk area of any street affording a means of ingress or egress for vehicles to or from any public property.
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 (2) 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 (2) roadways thirty (30) feet or more apart, then every crossing of each roadway of such divided street by an intersecting highway shall be regarded as a separate intersection. In the event such intersecting highway also includes two (2) roadways thirty (30) feet or more apart, then every crossing of two (2) roadways of such highways shall be regarded as a separate intersection.
The junction of an alley with a street or highway shall not constitute an intersection.
means a roadway that is divided into two (2) or more clearly marked lanes for vehicular traffic.
means every highway, street or roadway in respect to which owners or occupants of abutting property or 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 such highway, street or roadway.
means that portion of any roadway set apart, marked and numbered for the sole use of the public as a place for loading or unloading passengers, merchandise or other cargo.
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 designed to travel on not more than three (3) wheels in contact with the ground, but excluding a tractor or motor-assisted bicycle.
means a space on the roadway adjacent to the curb, whether marked by official signs or not, in which no vehicle may be parked.
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 merchandise or passengers.
means that portion or section of a roadway adjacent to the curbing or edge, set apart, marked and bounded by lines painted or marked upon the surface of the roadway and extending into the roadway for the use of parking vehicles; or that portion of any alley marked by official signs showing such space to be a parking zone.
means any person afoot.
means any member of the police department of the city authorized by law to make arrests in traffic offenses.
means a carrier of persons or property upon cars, other than streetcars, operated upon stationary rails.
means a steam engine, electric or other motor, with or without cars coupled thereto, operated upon stationary rails.
means the territory contiguous to and including a street not comprising a business district, when the property on such street, for a distance of three hundred (300) feet or more, is, in the main, improved with residences or residences and buildings in use for business.
means the right of one vehicle or pedestrian to proceed in a lawful manner in preference to another vehicle or pedestrian approaching under such circumstances of direction, speed and proximity as to give rise to danger of collision unless one grants precedence to the other.
means that portion of a street improved, designed or ordinarily used for vehicular travel. In the event a street includes two (2) 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 the halting of a vehicle, whether occupied or not, otherwise than temporarily for the purpose of and while actually engaged in receiving or discharging passengers.
means complete cessation of movement.
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 pedestrians, ridden or herded animals, vehicles, and other conveyances, either singly or together, while using any street for purposes of travel.
means any device, whether manually, electrically or mechanically operated, by which traffic is alternately directed to stop and to proceed.
means a motor vehicle designed primarily for the transportation of cargo.
means the turning or causing the turning of a vehicle, so that when such turn is completed such vehicle will be headed in the opposite direction from that in which it was headed before such turning was begun, whether or not such vehicle is pulled into a driveway or any space beyond the curbline of the street.
means any device in, upon or by which any person or property may be or is transported upon any street within the corporate limits of the city, except devices moved by human power or used exclusively upon stationary rails or tracks.
(1984 Code, sec. 12-1; 1998 Code, sec. 10.101)