Wherever in this chapter the following terms are used, they shall have the meanings respectively ascribed to them in this section:
Authorized emergency vehicle.
Vehicles of the fire department, police vehicles and such ambulances and emergency vehicles of municipal departments or public service corporations as are designated or authorized by the city council.
Crosswalk.
That portion of a roadway ordinarily included within the prolongation of curb and property lines at intersections, or any other portion of a roadway clearly indicated for pedestrian crossing by lanes or other markings on the surface.
Intersection.
The area embraced within the prolongation of the lateral curblines or, if none, then the lateral boundary lines of two or more streets or highways which join one another at an angle, whether or not one such street or highway crosses the other.
Motor vehicle.
Every vehicle, as herein defined, which is self-propelled.
Official traffic signals.
All signals, not inconsistent with this chapter, placed or erected by the city council, for the purpose of directing, warning or regulating traffic.
Official traffic signs.
All signs, markings and devices, other than signals, not inconsistent with this chapter, placed or erected by the city council for the purpose of guiding, directing, warning or regulating traffic.
Operator.
Any person who is in actual physical control of a vehicle.
Parking.
The standing of a vehicle, whether occupied or not, upon a roadway, otherwise than temporarily, for the purpose of and while actually engaged in loading or unloading, or in obedience of traffic regulations or traffic signs and signals.
Pedestrian.
Any person afoot.
Police officer.
Every officer of the municipal police department or any officer authorized to direct or regulate traffic or to make arrests for violations of traffic regulations.
Private road or driveway.
Every road or driveway not open to the use of the public for the purposes of vehicular travel.
Right-of-way.
The privilege of the immediate use of the street or highway.
Roadway.
That portion of a street or highway between the regularly established curblines or that part devoted to the vehicular traffic.
Safety zone.
That 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.
That portion of a street between the curblines and the adjacent property lines.
Street or highway.
Every way set apart for public travel, except footpaths.
Traffic.
Pedestrians, ridden or herded animals, vehicles, streetcars and other conveyances either singly or together while using any street for purposes of travel.
Vehicle.
Every device in, upon or by which any person or property is or may be transported or drawn upon a public highway, excepting devices moved by human power or used exclusively upon stationary rails or tracks.
(Ordinance 33 adopted)
It shall be unlawful for the operator of any vehicle to drive between the vehicles comprising a funeral or other authorized procession while they are in motion. This provision shall not apply at intersections where traffic is controlled by traffic-control signals or by police officers.
(Ordinance 33 adopted)
It shall be unlawful for any person to ride on any portion of any vehicle not designed or intended for the use of passengers when such vehicle is in motion. This provision does not apply to an employee engaged in the necessary discharge of his duty nor to persons riding within truck bodies intended for merchandise.
(Ordinance 33 adopted)