When used in this chapter, the following words shall have the meanings ascribed to them in this section:
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.
Vehicles of the fire department or fire patrol, police vehicles, public and private ambulances for which permits have been issued by the state board of health, emergency vehicles of city departments or public service corporations as are designated or authorized by the city, and private vehicles operated by volunteer firemen while answering a fire alarm or by emergency medical service personnel 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 deliveries of blood, drugs, medicines or organs.
A commercial vehicle carrying passengers for hire and operating over and along a fixed route.
A section of the roadway along the edge thereof, authorized by order of 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.
The territory contiguous to and including a roadway when, within any six hundred (600) feet along the roadway, there are buildings in use for business or industrial purposes which occupy three hundred (300) feet of frontage on one (1) side or three hundred (300) feet collectively on both sides of the roadway.
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.
That person who drives or is in actual physical control of the movement of a vehicle.
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.
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.
The practice of starting any motor vehicle from a standing position by applying a sudden burst of power, recognized by spinning rear wheels and noise of tires on the surface of the roadway.
The area embraced within the prolongation or connection of the lateral curblines, or, if none, then lateral boundary lines, of the roadways of two (2) streets which join one another at, or approximately at, right angles, or the area within which vehicles traveling upon different streets joining at any other angle may come in conflict. Where a street includes two (2) roadways thirty (30) feet or more apart, then every crossing of each roadway of the divided street by an intersecting street shall be regarded as a separate intersection. If the intersecting street also includes two (2) roadways thirty (30) feet or more apart, then every crossing of two (2) roadways of the streets shall be regarded as a separate intersection.
A roadway which is divided into two (2) or more clearly marked lanes for vehicular traffic.
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 the highway, street or roadway.
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.
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.
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.
A space on the roadway adjacent to the curb, whether marked by official signs or not, in which no vehicle may be parked.
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.
The standing of a vehicle, whether occupied or not, other than a temporary stopping of the vehicle for the purpose of and while actually engaged in loading or unloading passengers, merchandise or other cargo, except an involuntary stopping of the vehicle by reason of mechanical failure or direction of a police officer.
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 the space to be a parking zone.
Any person afoot.
Any member of the police department of the city authorized by law to make arrests in traffic offenses.
The territory contiguous to and including a street not comprising a business district, when the property on the 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.
The privilege of immediate use of the roadway.
That portion of a street improved, designed or ordinarily used for vehicular travel. If a street includes two (2) or more separate roadways, the term “roadway” shall refer to any roadway separately but not to all roadways collectively.
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.
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.
When required, means complete cessation of movement.
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 sign or signal.
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.
Pedestrians, ridden or herded animals, vehicles, and other conveyances, either singly or together, while using any street for purposes of travel.
Any device, whether manually, electrically or mechanically operated, by which traffic is alternately directed to stop and to proceed.
A motor vehicle designed primarily for the transportation of cargo.
The turning or causing the turning of a vehicle, so that when the turn is completed the vehicle will be headed in the opposite direction from that in which it was headed before the turning was begun, whether or not the vehicle is pulled into a driveway or any space beyond the curbline of the street.
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.
(1987 Code, sec. 16-1)