The following words and phrases when used in this title shall for the purpose of this title have the meanings respectively ascribed to them in this chapter.
(Ord. 1136 § 1, (1978))
Whenever any words or phrases used herein are not defined, but are defined in the Vehicle Code of the state of California and amendments thereto, such definitions shall apply.
(Ord. 1136 § 1, (1978))
"Central traffic district" includes all streets and portions of streets within the area described as follows:
(1) 
Burlingame Avenue Central District.
Burlingame Avenue from El Camino Real to California Drive;
Chapin Avenue from El Camino Real to Primrose Road;
Donnelly Avenue;
Howard Avenue from El Camino Real to West Lane;
South Lane;
Primrose Road from Bellevue Avenue to 250 feet easterly of Howard Avenue;
Park Road from Burlingame Avenue to 350 feet easterly of Howard Avenue;
Lorton Avenue from Bellevue Avenue to one hundred feet (100) easterly of Howard Avenue;
Highland Avenue from California Drive to 105 feet easterly of Howard Avenue;
California Drive from 100 feet westerly of Bellevue Avenue to 326 feet easterly of Howard Avenue;
West Lane.
(2) 
All of Broadway between the most northeasterly right-of-way line of El Camino Real and the most northeasterly line of Rollins Road; and all those portions of Capuchino Avenue, Paloma Avenue, Laguna Avenue, Chula Vista Avenue, Carolan Avenue and Rollins Road within 200 feet of the centerline of Broadway.
(Ord. 1136 § 1, (1978))
"Coach" means any motor bus, motor coach, trackless trolley or passenger stage used as a common carrier of passengers.
(Ord. 1136 § 1, (1978))
"Commercial, business or residence districts" includes those certain districts, zones of the city as defined and delimited in Title 25 of this code. Business district shall include commercial district.
(Ord. 1136 § 1, (1978))
"Council" means the city council of the city of Burlingame.
(Ord. 1136 § 1, (1978))
"Curb" means the lateral boundary of the roadway whether such curb be marked as curbing, construction or not so marked; the word "curb" as herein used 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.
(Ord. 1136 § 1, (1978))
"Divisional island" means a delineated or raised island located in the roadway and separating opposing or conflicting streams of traffic.
(Ord. 1136 § 1, (1978))
"Dump truck" means a motor vehicle which has been altered or designed and equipped for transporting and dumping loose materials.
(Ord. 1425 § 1, (1990))
"Freight" means property, goods or merchandise carried for hire or picked up or delivered as a part of the commercial use of a vehicle by the owner or operator thereof.
(Ord. 1136 § 1, (1978))
For purposes of this title, "holidays" are:
(a) 
January 1;
(b) 
The third Monday in January;
(c) 
The third Monday in February;
(d) 
The last Monday in May;
(e) 
June 19;
(f) 
July 4;
(g) 
The first Monday in September;
(h) 
The second Monday in October;
(i) 
November 11;
(j) 
The fourth Thursday in November; and
(k) 
December 25.
Whenever a holiday defined above falls on a Sunday, the Monday following is also a holiday. Whenever a holiday defined above falls on a Saturday, the Friday preceding is also a holiday.
(Ord. 1136 § 1, (1978); Ord. 1430 § 1, (1991); Ord. 1640 § 2, (2000); Ord. 1794 § 2, (2006); Ord. 2007 § 2, (2022))
"Loading zone" means the space adjacent to a curb reserved for the exclusive use of vehicles during the loading or unloading of passengers or freight.
(Ord. 1136 § 1, (1978))
Whenever certain hours are named herein, they shall mean standard time or daylight saving time as may be in current use in this city.
(Ord. 1136 § 1, (1978))
"City parking lot," "city parking facility," "municipal parking lot," "municipal parking facility," "public parking lot," or "public parking facility" means an off-street area or structure that is owned, leased by, operated by, or operated on behalf of the city for the purpose of parking by the general public, with or without compensation. A parking lot or parking facility in the city that is controlled by a public agency other than the city shall be treated as a private off-street parking facility under this title.
(Ord. 1688 § 2, (2002))
"Parking meter" means a mechanical device installed within or upon the curb, sidewalk or pavement immediately adjacent to a parking space for the purpose of controlling the period of time of occupancy of such parking meter space by any vehicle.
(Ord. 1136 §1, (1978))
"Passenger loading zone" means the space adjacent to a curb reserved for the exclusive use of vehicles during the loading or unloading of passengers.
(Ord. 1136 § 1, (1978))
"Police officer" means every member of the police department of this city, or any person authorized to direct or regulate traffic or to make arrest for violations of traffic regulations.
(Ord. 1136 § 1, (1978))
"Stop" means complete cessation of movement.
(Ord. 1136 § 1, (1978))
"Tow truck" means a tow car as defined by Section 615 of the Vehicle Code, and shall include an automobile dismantlers' tow vehicle.
(Ord. 1425 § 2, (1990))
"Vehicle Code" means the Vehicle Code of the state of California.
(Ord. 1136 § 1, (1978))