A. 
Whenever any words or phrases used in this chapter are not defined in this section, but are now defined in the state Vehicle Code, such definitions are incorporated herein and shall be deemed to apply to such words and phrases used in this title as though set forth herein in full.
B. 
For the purposes of this title, the following words and phrases shall have the meanings respectively ascribed to them by this section:
"Bicycle way"
means a public right-of-way designated for the exclusive use of bicycles. Crossflows by motor vehicles may be allowed.
"Central traffic district"
means that area bounded on the west by the east line of Indian Hill Boulevard, on the north by the south line of Fifth Street, on the east by the west line of College Avenue and on the south by the north line of First Street.
"Coach"
means any motor bus, motor coach, trackless trolley or passenger stage used as a common carrier of passengers.
"Commercial vehicle"
means any motor vehicle that is designed, used, or maintained primarily for the transportation of property, or any vehicle used or maintained for the transportation of persons for hire, compensation, or for profit. A vanpool vehicle shall not be considered a commercial vehicle.
"Curb"
means the lateral boundary of the roadway, whether such curb be marked by curbing construction or not so marked. The word "curb" as used in this title shall not include the line dividing the roadway of a street from parking strips in the center of a street, nor from tracks or rights-of-way of public utility companies.
"Divisional island"
means a raised island located in the roadway and separating opposing or conflicting streams of traffic.
"Holidays"
are the first day of January, the twelfth day of February, the twenty-second day of February, the thirtieth day of May, the fourth day of July, the first Monday in September, the ninth day of September, the eleventh day of November, the twenty-fifth day of December and Thanksgiving Day. If the first day of January, the twelfth day of February, the twenty-second day of February, the thirtieth day of May, the fourth day of July, the ninth day of September, the eleventh day of November or the twenty-fifth day of December falls upon a Sunday, the Monday following is a holiday.
"Loading zone"
means the space adjacent to a curb reserved for the exclusive use of vehicles during the loading or unloading of passengers or materials.
Official Time Standard.
Whenever certain hours are named in this title, they mean standard time or day-light saving time as may be in current use in this City.
"Parkway"
means that area between the sidewalk and the curb on any street, and where there is no side-walk, that area between the edge of the roadway and the property line adjacent thereto. "Parkway" also includes any area within a roadway which is not open to vehicular traffic.
"Passenger loading zone"
means the space adjacent to a curb reserved for the exclusive use of vehicles during the loading or unloading of passengers and their personal baggage.
"Pedestrian"
means any person afoot.
"Police officer"
means every officer of the police department of this City, or any officer authorized to direct or regulate traffic or to make arrests for violation of traffic regulations.
"Stop,"
when required, means complete cessation of movement.
"Street"
includes "municipal parking lot."
"Vehicle"
means a device by which any person or property may be propelled, moved, or drawn upon a highway, excepting a device moved exclusively by human power or used exclusively upon stationary rails or tracks.
"Vehicle Code"
means the Vehicle Code of the state.
(Prior code § 13.1; 85-12; 04-04)
Every person riding a bicycle or riding or driving an animal upon a highway has all of the rights, and shall be subject to all of the duties, applicable to the driver of a vehicle by this title, except those provisions which by their very nature can have no application.
(Prior code § 13.11)
The provisions of this title shall apply to the operator of any vehicle owned by or used in the service of the United States Government, this state, any county or city and it is unlawful for any such operator to violate any of the provisions of this title, except as otherwise permitted in this title or by the Vehicle Code.
(Prior code § 13.14)
A. 
The provisions of this title regulating the operation, parking and standing of vehicles shall not apply to vehicles operated by the police or fire department, any public ambulance or any public utility vehicle or any private ambulance, which public utility vehicle or private ambulance has qualified as an authorized emergency vehicle, when any vehicle mentioned in this section is operated in the manner specified by the Vehicle Code in response to an emergency call.
B. 
The foregoing exemptions shall not, however, relieve the operator of any such vehicle from obligation to exercise due care for the safety of others or of the consequences of his or her wilful disregard of the safety of others.
C. 
The provisions of this title regulating the parking or standing of vehicles shall not apply to any vehicle of a City department or public utility while necessarily in use for construction or repair work, or any vehicle owned or operated by the United States Post Office Department while in use for the collection, transportation or delivery of United States mail.
(Prior code § 13.15)
A. 
The operator of a vehicle or the person in charge of any animal involved in any accident resulting in damage to any property publicly owned or owned by a public utility, including but not limited to any fire hydrant, parking meter, lighting post, telephone pole, electric light or power pole, or resulting in damage to any tree, traffic-control device or other property of a like nature located in or along any street shall within twenty-four hours after such accident make a written report of such accident to the police department of this City.
B. 
Every such report shall state the time when and the place where the accident took place, the name and address of the person owning and of the person operating or in charge of such vehicle or animal, the license number of every such vehicle and shall briefly describe the property damage in such accident.
C. 
The operator of any vehicle involved in an accident shall not be subject to the requirements or penalties of this section if and during the time he or she is physically incapable of making a report, but in such event he or she shall make a report as required in subsection A of this section within twenty-four hours after regaining ability to make such report.
(Prior code § 13.16)