As used in this title, unless context otherwise requires:
Acceleration lane
means a speed-change lane, including tapered areas, for the
purpose of enabling a vehicle entering a roadway to increase its speed
to a rate at which it can more safely merge with through traffic.
Alley
means a street or highway intended to provide access to the
rear or side of lots or buildings in urban areas and not intended
for the purpose of through vehicular traffic.
Appurtenance
means a piece of equipment that is affixed or attached to
a motor vehicle or trailer and is used for a specific purpose or task,
including awnings, support hardware, and extractable equipment. Appurtenance does not include any item or equipment that
is temporarily affixed or attached to the exterior of a motor vehicle
for the purpose of transporting such vehicle.
Authorized emergency vehicle
means such vehicles of the Fire Department, police vehicles,
ambulances, and other special-purpose vehicles as are publicly owned
and operated by or for a governmental agency to protect and preserve
life and property in accordance with State laws regulating emergency
vehicles; said term also means the following if equipped and operated
as emergency vehicles in the manner prescribed by State law:
(1)
Privately owned vehicles as are designated by the State motor
vehicle licensing agency necessary to the preservation of life and
property; or
(2)
Privately owned tow trucks approved by the public utilities
commission to respond to vehicle emergencies.
Authorized service vehicle
means such highway or traffic maintenance vehicles as are
publicly owned and operated on a highway by or for a governmental
agency the function of which requires the use of service vehicle warning
lights as prescribed by State law and such other vehicles having a
public service function, including, but not limited to, public utility
vehicles and tow trucks, as determined by the Department of Transportation
under §
42-4-214(5), C.R.S. Some vehicles may be designated as both an authorized emergency
vehicle and an authorized service vehicle.
Autocycle
means a three-wheeled motorcycle that does not use handlebars or any other device that is directly connected to a single front wheel to steer and in which the driver and each passenger ride in a fully or partly enclosed seating area that is equipped with safety belts for all occupants that constitute a safety belt system, as defined in GJMC §
10.04.237(1)(b). For purposes of this subsection,
partly enclosed seating area means a seating area that is
entirely or partly surrounded on the sides by the frame or body of
a vehicle but is not fully enclosed.
Bicycle
means a vehicle propelled by human power applied to pedals
upon which a person may ride having two tandem wheels or two parallel
wheels and one forward wheel, all of which are more than 14 inches
in diameter.
Business district
means the territory contiguous to and including a highway
when within any 600 feet along such highway there are buildings in
use for business or industrial purposes, including but not limited
to motels, banks, office buildings, railroad stations, and public
buildings which occupy at least 300 feet of frontage on one side or
300 feet collectively on both sides of the highway.
Calendar year
means the 12 calendar months beginning January 1st and ending
December 31st of any year.
Camper coach
means an item of mounted equipment, weighing more than 500
pounds, which when temporarily or permanently mounted on a motor vehicle
adapts such vehicle for use as temporary living or sleeping accommodations.
Camper trailer
means a wheeled vehicle having an overall length of less
than 26 feet, without motive power, which is designed to be drawn
by a motor vehicle over the public highways and which is generally
and commonly used for temporary living or sleeping accommodations.
Chauffeur
means every person who is employed for the principal purpose
of operating a motor vehicle and every person who drives a motor vehicle
while in use as a public or common carrier of persons or property.
Commercial carrier
means any owner of a motor vehicle, truck, laden or unladen
truck tractor, trailer, or semitrailer used in the business of transporting
persons or property over the public highways for profit, hire, or
otherwise in any business or commercial enterprise.
Commercial vehicle
means a vehicle used to transport cargo or passengers for profit, hire, or otherwise to further the purposes of a business or commercial enterprise. This definition shall not apply for purposes of GJMC §
10.04.235 and
10.04.707(1).
Controlled intersection
means an intersection of a roadway that is controlled by
either a stop sign or a traffic control signal.
Convicted or conviction
means:
(1)
A plea of guilty or nolo contendere;
(3)
An adjudication of delinquency under Title 19, C.R.S.; and
(4)
The payment of a penalty assessment under GJMC §
10.04.1701 if the summons states clearly the points to be assessed for the offense.
Court
means the Municipal Court, County Court, District Court,
or any court having jurisdiction over offenses against traffic regulations
and laws.
Crosswalk
means that portion of a roadway ordinarily included within
the prolongation or connection of the lateral lines of sidewalks at
intersections or any portion of a roadway distinctly indicated for
pedestrian crossing by lines or other marking on the surface.
Deceleration lane
means a speed-change lane, including tapered areas, for the
purpose of enabling a vehicle that is to make an exit to turn from
a roadway to slow to the safe speed on the ramp ahead after it has
left the mainstream of faster-moving traffic.
Department
means the Colorado Department of Revenue acting directly
or through its duly authorized officers and agents.
Divided highway
means a highway with separated roadways usually for traffic
moving in opposite directions, such separation being indicated by
depressed dividing strips, raised curbings, traffic islands, or other
physical barriers so constructed as to impede vehicular traffic or
otherwise indicated by standard pavement markings or other official
traffic control devices as prescribed in the City traffic control
manual.
Drive-away transporter or tow-away
transporter
means every person engaged in the transporting of vehicles
which are sold or to be sold and not owned by such transporter, by
the drive-away or tow-away methods, where such vehicles are driven,
towed, or transported singly, or by saddlemount, towbar, or fullmount
methods, or by any lawful combination thereof.
Driver
means every person, including a minor driver under the age
of 21 years, who drives or is in actual physical control of a vehicle.
Electric personal assistive mobility device or EPAMD
means a self-balancing, nontandem two-wheeled device, designed
to transport only one person, that is powered solely by an electric
propulsion system producing an average power output of no more than
750 watts.
Electric scooter also referred to as an e-scooter
means:
(1)
A device:
(a)
Weighing less than 100 pounds;
(b)
With handlebars and powered by an electric motor;
(c)
That has a maximum speed of 20 miles per hour on a paved level
surface when powered solely by the electric motor.
(2)
Electric scooter does not include an electrical
assisted bicycle, EPMAD, motorcycle or low-power scooter.
Electrical assisted bicycle
means a vehicle having two or three wheels, fully operable
pedals, and an electric motor not exceeding 750 watts of power. Electrical
assisted bicycles are further required to conform to one of three
classes as follows:
(1)
Class 1 electrical assisted bicycle
means an electrical assisted bicycle equipped with a motor
that provides assistance only when the rider is pedaling and that
ceases to provide assistance when the bicycle reaches a speed of 20
miles per hour.
(2)
Class 2 electrical assisted bicycle
means an electrical assisted bicycle equipped with a motor
that provides assistance regardless of whether the rider is pedaling
but ceases to provide assistance when the bicycle reaches a speed
of 20 miles per hour.
(3)
Class 3 electrical assisted bicycle
means an electrical assisted bicycle equipped with a motor
that provides assistance only when the rider is pedaling and that
ceases to provide assistance when the bicycle reaches a speed of 28
miles per hour.
Empty weight
means the weight of any motor vehicle or trailer or any combination
thereof, including the operating body and accessories, as determined
by weighing on a scale approved by the Department.
Engine retarding brake
means any engine retarding brake system, transmission brake,
or any other retarding brake system that alters normal compression,
including but not limited to dynamic brake, Jake brake, Jacobs brake,
C-brake, PACCAR brake, or any other make or model of engine braking
system, or other braking system(s) that is (are) activated or operated
to alter the normal compression of the engine and subsequently release
that compression.
Essential parts
means all integral parts and body parts, the removal, alteration,
or substitution of which will tend to conceal the identity or substantially
alter the appearance of the vehicle.
Farm tractor
means every implement of husbandry designed and used primarily
as a farm implement for drawing plows and mowing machines and other
implements of husbandry.
Flammable liquid
means any liquid which has a flash point of 70 degrees Fahrenheit
or less, as determined by a Tagliabue or equivalent closed-cup test
device.
Foreign vehicle
means every motor vehicle, trailer, or semitrailer which
is brought into Colorado otherwise than in the ordinary course of
business by or through a manufacturer or dealer and which has not
been registered in Colorado.
Fullmount
means a vehicle which is mounted completely on the frame
of the first vehicle or last vehicle in a saddlemount combination.
Garage
means any public building or place of business for the storage
or repair of automobiles.
Golf car
means a self-propelled vehicle not designed primarily for
operation on roadways and that has:
(1)
A design speed of less than 20 miles per hour;
(2)
At least three wheels in contact with the ground;
(3)
An empty weight of not more than 1,300 pounds; and
(4)
A carrying capacity of not more than four persons.
Highway
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 or the entire width of
every way declared to be a public highway by any law of the City or
State.
Holiday
where used in this title and on official signs shall in addition
to Sundays mean New Year’s Day, Martin Luther King Jr. Day,
Presidents’ Day, Memorial Day, Independence Day, Labor Day,
Columbus Day, General Presidential Election Day, Veterans Day, Thanksgiving
Day, and Christmas Day.
Human operator
means a natural person in the vehicle with immediate access
to controls for steering, braking, and acceleration.
Implement of husbandry.
(1)
On and after July 1, 2000, implement of husbandry means every vehicle that is designed, adapted, or used for agricultural
purposes. It also includes equipment used solely for the application
of liquid, gaseous, and dry fertilizers. Transportation of fertilizer,
in or on the equipment used for its application, shall be deemed a
part of application if it is incidental to such application. It also
includes hay balers, hay stacking equipment, combines, tillage and
harvesting equipment, agricultural commodity handling equipment, and
other heavy movable farm equipment primarily used on farms or in a
livestock production facility and not on the highways. Trailers specially
designed to move such equipment on highways shall, for the purposes
of this title, be considered as component parts of such implements
of husbandry.
(2)
Effective July 1, 2013, for purposes of this section, implements of husbandry includes personal property valued
by the County Assessor as silvicultural.
Intersection
means the area embraced within the prolongation of the lateral
curb lines or, if none, then the lateral boundary lines of the roadways
of two 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 roadways 30 feet or more apart, every crossing
of each roadway of such divided highway by an intersecting highway
shall be regarded as a separate intersection. In the event such intersecting
highway also includes two roadways 30 feet or more apart, every crossing
of two roadways of such highways shall be regarded as a separate intersection.
The junction of an alley with a street or highway does not constitute
an intersection.
Lane
means the portion of a roadway for the movement of a single
line of vehicles.
Laned highway
means a highway the roadway of which is divided into two
or more clearly marked lanes for vehicular traffic.
Local authorities
means every county, municipal, and other local board or body
having authority to adopt local police regulations under the constitution
and laws of this State.
Low-power scooter
means:
(1)
A self-propelled vehicle designed primarily for use on the roadways
with not more than three wheels in contact with the ground, no manual
clutch, and either of the following:
(a)
A cylinder capacity not exceeding 50 cubic centimeters if powered
by internal combustion; or
(b)
A wattage not exceeding 4,476 if powered by electricity.
(2)
Low-power scooter does not include a toy vehicle,
bicycle, electrical assisted bicycle, electric scooter, wheelchair,
or any device designed to assist people with mobility impairments
who use pedestrian rights-of-way.
Low-speed conveyance
means:
(1)
A vehicle that is not a motor vehicle;
(3)
A low-speed electric vehicle;
(4)
A toy vehicle that is exclusively human-powered; or
(5)
An electric personal mobility device or EPAMD, or a device that
would be an electric personal assistance mobility device or EPAMD
but for the fact that it has fewer or more than two wheels or has
tandem wheels.
Low-speed electric vehicle
means a vehicle that:
(1)
Is self-propelled utilizing electricity as its primary propulsion
method;
(2)
Has at least three wheels in contact with the ground;
(3)
Does not use handlebars to steer; and
(4)
Exhibits the manufacturer’s compliance with
49 CFR
565 or displays
a 17-character vehicle identification number as provided in
49 CFR
565.
Markings
means all lines, patterns, words, colors, or other devices,
except signs, set into the surface of, applied upon, or attached to
the pavement or curbing or to objects within or adjacent to the roadway,
conforming to the State traffic control manual and officially placed
for the purpose of regulating, warning, or guiding traffic.
Metal tires
means all tires the surface of which in contact with the
highway is wholly or partly of metal or other hard, nonresilient material.
Motor home
means a vehicle designed to provide temporary living quarters
and which is built into, as an integral part of or a permanent attachment
to, a motor vehicle chassis or van.
Motor vehicle
means any self-propelled vehicle that is designed primarily for travel on the public highways and that is generally and commonly used to transport persons and property over the public highways or a low-speed electric vehicle; except that the term does not include electrical assisted bicycles, electric scooters, low-power scooters, wheelchairs, or vehicles moved solely by human power. For the purposes of the offenses described in GJMC §
10.04.1401 for farm tractors and off-highway vehicles, as defined in §
33-14.5-101(3), C.R.S., operated on streets and highways,
motor vehicle includes a farm tractor or an off-highway vehicle that is not otherwise
classified as a motor vehicle.
Motorcycle
means an autocycle or a motor vehicle that uses handlebars
or any other device connected to the front wheel to steer and that
is designed to travel on not more than three wheels in contact with
the ground; except that the term does not include a farm tractor,
low-speed electric vehicle, or low-power scooter.
Motorscooter, motorbicycle, motorized bicycle.
(1)
Motorscooter and
motorbicycle mean every motor vehicle designed to travel on not more than three
wheels in contact with the ground, except any such vehicle as may
be included within the term
farm tractor as defined in this section and any motorized bicycle as defined in subsection
(2) of this definition, which motor vehicle is powered by an engine of not to exceed six-brake horsepower.
(2)
Motorized bicycle means a vehicle having two
or three wheels, a cylinder capacity not exceeding 50 C.C. and an
automatic transmission which produces a maximum design speed of not
more than 30 miles per hour on a flat surface.
Mounted equipment
means any item weighing more than 500 pounds that is permanently
mounted on a vehicle, including mounting by means such as welding
or bolting the equipment to a vehicle.
Multipurpose trailer
means a wheeled vehicle, without motive power, that is designed
to be drawn by a motor vehicle over the public highways. A multipurpose trailer is generally and commonly used for
temporary living or sleeping accommodation and transporting property
wholly upon its own structure and is registered as a vehicle.
Noncommercial or recreational vehicle
means a truck, or unladen truck tractor, operated singly
or in combination with a trailer or utility trailer or a motor home,
which truck, or unladen truck tractor, or motor home is used exclusively
for personal pleasure, enjoyment, other recreational purposes, or
personal or family transportation of the owner, lessee, or occupant
and is not used to transport cargo or passengers for profit, hire,
or otherwise to further the purposes of a business or commercial enterprise.
Nonresident
means every person who is not a resident of Colorado.
Official traffic control devices
means all signs, signals, markings, and devices, not inconsistent
with this title, placed or displayed by authority of a public body
or official having jurisdiction, for the purpose of regulating, warning,
or guiding traffic.
Official traffic control signal
means any device, whether manually, electrically, or mechanically
operated, by which traffic is alternately directed to stop and to
proceed.
Owner
means a person who holds the legal title of a vehicle; or
if a vehicle is the subject of an agreement for the conditional sale
or lease thereof with the right of purchase upon performance of the
conditions stated in the agreement and with an immediate right of
possession vested in the conditional vendee or lessee or if a mortgagor
of a vehicle is entitled to possession, then such conditional vendee
or lessee or mortgagor shall be deemed the owner for the purpose of
this title. The term also includes parties otherwise having lawful
use or control or the right to use or control a vehicle for a period
of 30 days or more.
Park or parking
means the standing of a vehicle, whether occupied or not,
other than very briefly for the purpose of and while actually engaged
in loading or unloading property or passengers.
Pedestrian
means any person afoot or any person using a wheelchair.
Person
means a natural person, estate, trust, firm, copartnership,
association, corporation, or business entity.
Plug-in electric motor vehicle
means:
(1)
A motor vehicle that has received an acknowledgment of certification
from the Federal Internal Revenue Service that the vehicle qualifies
for the plug-in electric drive vehicle credit set forth in
26 U.S.C. Section
30D, as amended,
or any successor statute; or
(2)
Any motor vehicle that can be recharged from an external source
of electricity and that uses electricity stored in a rechargeable
battery pack to propel or contribute to the propulsion of the vehicle’s
drive wheels.
Pole, pipe trailer, or dolly
means every vehicle of the trailer type having one or more
axles not more than 48 inches apart and two or more wheels used in
connection with a motor vehicle solely for the purpose of transporting
poles or pipes and connected with the towing vehicle both by chain,
rope, or cable and by the load without any part of the weight of said
dolly resting upon the towing vehicle.
Police officer
means every officer authorized to direct or regulate traffic
or to make arrests for violations of traffic regulations.
Private road or driveway
means every road or driveway not open to the use of the public
for purposes of vehicular travel.
Railroad sign or signal
means any sign, signal, or device erected by authority of
a public body or official or by a railroad and intended to give notice
of the presence of railroad tracks or the approach of a railroad train.
Reconstructed vehicle
means any vehicle which has been assembled or constructed
largely by means of essential parts, new or used, derived from other
vehicles or makes of vehicles of various names, models, and types
or which, if originally otherwise constructed, has been materially
altered by the removal of essential parts or by the addition or substitution
of essential parts, new or used, derived from other vehicles or makes
of vehicles.
Residence district
means the territory contiguous to and including a highway
not comprising a business district when the frontage on such highway
for a distance of 300 feet or more is mainly occupied by dwellings
or by dwellings and buildings in use for business.
Resident
means any person who owns or operates any business in Colorado
or any person who has resided within Colorado continuously for a period
of 90 days or has obtained gainful employment within Colorado, whichever
shall occur first.
Right-of-way
means the right of one vehicle operator or pedestrian to
proceed in a lawful manner in preference to another vehicle operator
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.
Road tractor
means every motor vehicle designed and used for drawing other
vehicles and not so constructed as to carry any load thereon independently
or any part of the weight of a vehicle or load so drawn.
Roadway
means that portion of a highway improved, designed, or ordinarily
used for vehicular travel, exclusive of the sidewalk, berm, or shoulder
even though such sidewalk, berm, or shoulder is used by persons riding
bicycles or other human-powered vehicles and exclusive of that portion
of a highway designated for exclusive use as a bicycle path or reserved
for the exclusive use of bicycles, human-powered vehicles, or pedestrians.
In the event that a highway includes two or more separate roadways, roadway refers to any such roadway separately but not to
all such roadways collectively.
Saddlemount combination
means a combination of vehicles in which a truck or laden
or unladen truck tractor tows one or more additional trucks or laden
or unladen truck tractors and in which each such towed truck or laden
or unladen truck tractor is connected by a saddle to the frame or
fifth wheel of the vehicle immediately in front of such truck or laden
or unladen truck tractor. For the purposes of this definition, saddle means a mechanism which connects the front axle of
a towed vehicle to the frame or fifth wheel of a vehicle immediately
in front of such towed vehicle and which functions like a fifth wheel
kingpin connection. A saddlemount combination may include one fullmount.
Safety zone
means the area or space officially set aside within a highway
for the exclusive use of pedestrians and which is so plainly marked
or indicated by proper signs as to be plainly visible at all times
while set apart as a safety zone.
School bus
means a motor vehicle that is designed and used specifically
for the transportation of schoolchildren to or from a public or private
school or a school-related activity, whether the activity occurs within
or without the territorial limits of any district and whether or not
the activity occurs during school hours. School bus does not include informal or intermittent arrangements, such as
sharing of actual gasoline expense or participation in a carpool,
for the transportation of schoolchildren to or from a public or private
school or a school-related activity.
School vehicle
means:
(1)
A motor vehicle, including but not limited to a school bus,
that is owned by or under contract to a public or private school and
operated for the transportation of schoolchildren to or from school
or a school-related activity.
(2)
School vehicle does not include:
(a)
Informal or intermittent arrangements, such as sharing of actual
gasoline expense or participation in a carpool, for the transportation
of schoolchildren to or from a public or private school or a school-related
activity; or
(b)
A motor vehicle that is owned by or under contract to a child
care center, as defined in §
26-6-102(5), C.R.S., and that is used for the transportation of children who
are served by the child care center.
Semitrailer
means any wheeled vehicle, without motor power, designed
to be used in conjunction with a laden or unladen truck tractor so
that some part of its own weight and that of its cargo load rests
upon or is carried by such laden or unladen truck tractor and that
is generally and commonly used to carry and transport property over
the public highways.
Sidewalk
means that portion of a street between the curb lines or
the lateral lines of a roadway and the adjacent property lines intended
for the use of pedestrians.
Snowplow
means any vehicle originally designed for highway snow and
ice removal or control or subsequently adapted for such purposes which
is operated by or for the State of Colorado or any political subdivision
thereof.
Special mobile machinery
means:
(1)
Machinery that is pulled, hauled, or driven over a highway and
is either:
(a)
A vehicle or equipment that is not designed primarily for the
transportation of persons or cargo over the public highways; or
(b)
A motor vehicle that may have been originally designed for the
transportation of persons or cargo over the public highways, and has
been redesigned or modified by the addition of mounted equipment or
machinery, and is only incidentally operated or moved over the public
highways.
(2)
Special mobile machinery includes vehicles
commonly used in the construction, maintenance, and repair of roadways,
the drilling of wells, and the digging of ditches.
Specially constructed vehicle
means any vehicle which has not been originally constructed
under a distinctive name, make, model, or type by a generally recognized
manufacturer of vehicles.
Stand or standing
means the halting of a vehicle, whether occupied or not,
other than momentarily for the purpose of and while actually engaged
in receiving or discharging passengers.
Steam and electric trains
includes:
(1)
Railroad, which means a carrier of persons
or property upon cars, other than street cars, operated upon stationary
rails;
(2)
Railroad train, which means a steam engine,
electric, or other motor, with or without cars coupled thereto, operated
upon rails, except streetcars; and
(3)
Streetcar, which means a car other than a railroad
train for transporting persons or property upon rails principally
within a municipality.
Stinger-steered
means a semitrailer combination configuration wherein the
fifth wheel is located on a drop frame located behind and below the
rearmost axle of the power unit.
Stop or stopping
means, when prohibited, any halting, even momentarily, 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 official traffic control device.
Stop line or limit line
means a line which indicates where drivers shall stop when
directed by an official traffic control device or a police officer.
Through highway
means every highway or portion thereof on which vehicular
traffic is given preferential right-of-way and at the entrances to
which other vehicular traffic from intersecting highways is required
by law to yield the right-of-way to vehicles on such through highway
in obedience to a stop sign, yield sign, or other official traffic
control device when such signs or devices are erected as provided
by law.
Toy vehicle
means:
(1)
Any vehicle that has wheels and is not designed for use on public
highways or for off-road use.
(2)
Toy vehicle includes, but is not limited to,
gas-powered or electric-powered vehicles commonly known as mini bikes,
“pocket” bikes, kamikaze boards, go-peds, and stand-up
scooters.
(3)
Toy vehicle does not include electric scooters,
off-highway vehicles or snowmobiles.
Traffic
means pedestrians, ridden or herded animals, and vehicles,
streetcars, and other conveyances either singly or together while
using any highway for the purposes of travel.
Traffic control manual
means the most recent edition of the “Manual on Uniform
Traffic Control Devices for Streets and Highways,” including
any supplement thereto, as adopted by the City.
Trailer
means any wheeled vehicle, without motive power, which is
designed to be drawn by a motor vehicle and to carry its cargo load
wholly upon its own structure and that is generally and commonly used
to carry and transport property over the public highways. The term
includes, but is not limited to, multipurpose trailers as defined
in this section.
Trailer coach
means:
(1)
A wheeled vehicle having an overall length, excluding towing
gear and bumpers, of not less than 26 feet, without motive power,
that is designed and generally and commonly used for occupancy by
persons for residential purposes, in temporary locations, and that
may occasionally be drawn over the public highways by a motor vehicle
and is licensed as a vehicle.
(2)
Manufactured home means any preconstructed
building unit or combination of preconstructed building units, without
motive power, where such unit or units are manufactured in a factory
or at a location other than the residential site of the completed
home, which is designed and commonly used for occupancy by persons
for residential purposes, in either temporary or permanent locations,
and which unit or units are not licensed as a vehicle.
Transporter
means every person engaged in the business of delivering vehicles of a type required to be registered under Title
42, Articles
1 to 4, C.R.S., from a manufacturing, assembling, or distributing plant to dealers or sales agents of a manufacturer.
Truck
means any motor vehicle equipped with a body designed to
carry property and which is generally and commonly used to carry and
transport property over the public highways.
Truck tractor – laden or laden truck tractor
means any motor vehicle carrying cargo that is generally
and commonly designed and used to draw, and is drawing, a semitrailer
or trailer and its cargo load over the public highways.
Used vehicle
means every motor vehicle which has been sold, bargained
for, exchanged, or given away, or has had the title transferred from
the person who first acquired it from the manufacturer or importer,
and has been so used as to have become what is commonly known as “secondhand”
within the ordinary meaning thereof.
Utility trailer
means any wheeled vehicle weighing 2,000 pounds or less,
without motive power, which is designed to be drawn by a motor vehicle
and which is generally and commonly used to carry and transport personal
effects, articles of household furniture, loads of trash and rubbish,
or not to exceed two horses over the public highways.
Vehicle
means a device that is capable of moving itself, or of being
moved, from place to place upon wheels or endless tracks. Vehicle includes, without limitation, a bicycle, electrical
assisted bicycle, electric scooter, or EPAMD, but does not include
a wheelchair, off-highway vehicle, snowmobile, farm tractor, or implement
of husbandry designed primarily or exclusively for use and used in
agricultural operations or any device moved exclusively over stationary
rails or tracks or designed to move primarily through the air.
Wheelchair
means a motorized or nonmotorized wheeled device designed
for use by a person with a physical disability.
(Ord. 5084, 7-20-22; Ord. 5076, 6-1-22; Ord. 5075, 6-1-22; Ord. 4759, 9-6-17)