[Amended 7-8-1996; 2-26-2019 by Ord. No. 1416; at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General Provisions, Art. IV)]
Whenever in this chapter the following terms are used, they shall have the meanings respectively ascribed to them in this section:
A public way within a block generally giving access to the rear of lots or buildings, and not used for general traffic circulation.
Every device propelled by human power upon which any person may ride, having two tandem wheels, except scooters and similar devices.
The central business district shall consist of East Main Street, West Main Street, Franklin Street from the intersection of Franklin Street and Chippewa Street to the Intersection of Franklin Street and Mazon Avenue, Mazon Avenue from the intersection of Chicago Street to Prairie Street, Chippewa Street from Gooseberry Creek to Prairie Avenue, and Prairie Street from the intersection of Mazon Avenue to the intersection of Chippewa Street, Delaware from Gooseberry Creek to Franklin Street.
Every street, highway or roadway in respect to which owners or occupants of abutting lands and other persons have no legal right of access to or from the same except at such points only as may be determined by the public authority having jurisdiction over such street, highway or roadway.
That part of a roadway at an intersection included within the connections of the lateral lines of the sidewalks on opposite sides of the highway measured from the curbs or, in the absence of curbs, from the edges of the traversable roadway, and in the absence of a sidewalk on one side of the highway, that part of the highway included within the extension of the lateral line of the existing sidewalk to the side of the highway without the sidewalk, with such extension forming a right angle to the center line of the highway;
Any portion of a roadway at an intersection or elsewhere distinctly indicated for pedestrian crossing by lines or other markings on the surface placed in compliance with the provisions adopted by the Illinois Department of Transportation.
Every person who drives or is in actual physical control of a vehicle.
Police vehicles, vehicles of the fire department, ambulances, vehicles carrying a State, County or municipal officer or employee in response to an emergency call, and emergency vehicles of public service corporations on an emergency call.
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 traffic or located on school property.
A roadway of concrete, brick, asphalt, macadam and crushed stone or gravel.
The area embraced within the prolongation or connection of the lateral curblines, 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 roadways joining at any other angle may come in conflict.
A junk vehicle is a vehicle which has been or is being disassembled, crushed, compressed, flattened, destroyed or otherwise reduced to a state in which it no longer can be returned to an operable state.
A roadway of which is divided into two or more closely marked lanes for vehicular traffic.
The space adjacent to a curb reserved for the exclusive use of vehicles during the loading or unloading of passengers or materials.
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, except for vehicles moved solely by human power and motorized wheelchairs.
Every motorcycle and every motor scooter which has a piston displacement of less than 150 cubic centimeters including mopeds.
Every motor vehicle having a seat or saddle for the use of the rider and designed to travel on not more than three wheels in contact with the ground, but excluding a tractor.
A motor-driven cycle, with or without optional power derived from manually operated pedals, whose speed attainable in one mile is at least 20 mph but not greater than 30 mph, and is equipped with a motor that produces two brake horsepower or less. If an internal combustion engine is used, the displacement shall not exceed 50 cubic centimeter displacement and the power drive system shall not require the operator to shift gears.
To ride in or on, other than as a passenger, use or control in any manner the operation of any device or vehicle whether motorized or propelled by human power.
Every person who operates or is in actual physical control of any device or vehicle whether motorized or propelled by human power.
The standing of a vehicle, whether occupied or not, otherwise than when temporarily and actually engaged in loading or unloading merchandise or passengers.
Any person afoot or wearing in-line speed skates, including a person with a physical, hearing, or visual disability.
A natural person who, as determined by a licensed physician, by a licensed physician assistant, by a licensed advanced practice registered nurse, or by a licensed physical therapist 1) cannot walk without the use of, or assistance from, a brace, cane, crutch, another person, prosthetic device, wheelchair, or other assistive device; 2) is restricted by lung disease to such an extent that his or her forced (respiratory) expiratory volume for one second, when measured by spirometry, is less than one liter, or the arterial oxygen tension is less than 60 mm/hg on room air at rest; 3) uses portable oxygen; 4) has a cardiac condition to the extent that the person's functional limitations are classified in severity as Class III or Class IV, according to standards set by the American Heart Association; 5) is severely limited in the person's ability to walk due to an arthritic, neurological, oncological, or orthopedic condition; 6) cannot walk 200 feet without stopping to rest because of one of the above five conditions; or 7) is missing a hand or arm or has permanently lost the use of a hand or arm.
Every officer authorized to direct or regulate traffic or to make arrests and issue citations for violations of traffic regulations.
The line marking the boundary between any street and the lots or property abutting thereon.
Any group of people who are users of the building and employees of the building.
Any building, structure or improved area used or held out for use or intended for use by the public or by employees for uses including but limited to the purpose of gathering, recreation, lodging, education, employment or the purchase, rental sale or acquisition of any goods, personal property or services; and
Public telephones, drinking fountains and rest rooms.
Any publicly or privately owned vehicle which is specifically designed, configured, and equipped for the performance of access and extrication of persons from hazardous or life-endangering situations, as well as for the emergency transportation of persons who are sick, injured, wounded or otherwise incapacitated or helpless.
The territory of the Village, contiguous to and including a highway not comprising a business district when the property on such highway for a distance of 300 feet or more is in the main improved with residences or residences and buildings not in use for business. For purposes of establishing maximum speed limits, a residence district shall be at least a quarter of a mile long with residences or residences and buildings in use for businesses spaced no more than 500 feet apart.
The right of one vehicle or pedestrian to proceed in a lawful manner in preference to another vehicle 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.
That portion of a highway improved, designed or ordinarily used for vehicular travel, exclusive of the berm or shoulder. In the event a highway includes two or more separate roadways the term "roadway" as used herein shall refer to any such roadway separately but not to all such 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.
Every motor vehicle owned or operated by or for any of the following entities for the transportation of persons regularly enrolled as students in grade 12 or below in connection with any activity of such entity: any public or private primary or secondary school; any primary or secondary school operated by a religious institution; or any public, private or religious nursery school.
This definition shall not include the following:
A bus operated by a public utility, municipal corporation or common carrier authorized to conduct local or interurban transportation of passengers when such bus is not traveling a specific school bus route but is:
On a regularly scheduled route for the transportation of other fare paying passengers;
Furnishing charter service for the transportation of groups on field trips or other special trips or in connection with other special events; or
Being used for shuttle service between attendance centers or other educational facilities.
A motor vehicle of the First Division.
A multifunction school-activity bus.
Every vehicle without motive power designed for carrying persons or property and for being drawn by a motor vehicle and so constructed that some part of its weight and that of its load rests upon or is carried by another vehicle.
That portion of a street between the curblines, or the lateral lines of a roadway, and the adjacent property lines, intended for use of pedestrians.
Every device propelled by human power upon which any person may ride, consisting of a flat or nearly flat board or other type of flat or nearly flat surface having wheels similar to those of roller skates, on which a person stands, sits, or otherwise rests on said flat surface which is propelled by such person's foot, feet, hand or hands or propelled by gravity while such person rides on the flat surface thereof.
A self-propelled vehicle designed for travel on snow or ice in a natural terrain steered by wheels, skis or runners and supported in part by skis, belts, or cleats.
When required means complete cessation from movement.
The entire width between property lines of every way publicly maintained where any part thereof is open to the use of the public for the purposes of vehicular travel.
Every highway or portion thereof on which vehicular traffic is given preferential right-of-way, and at the entrances to which vehicular traffic from intersecting highways is required by law to yield right-of-way to vehicles on such through highway in obedience to either a stop sign or a yield sign, when such signs are erected as provided in the Act.
Every device propelled by human power upon which any person may ride and is propelled, pushed or pulled by such person's foot, feet, hand or hands or by gravity while such person rides on the vehicle. Examples of, but not limited to, are skates, skateboards, coaster, sled, wagon, tricycle and roller blades.
Pedestrians, ridden or herded animals, vehicles and other conveyances either singly or together while using any highway for the purposes of travel.
Every vehicle without motive power in operation, other than a pole trailer, designed for carrying persons or property and for being drawn by a motor vehicle and so constructed that no part of its weight rests upon the towing vehicle.
Every motor vehicle designed and used primarily for drawing other vehicles and not so constructed as to carry a load other than a part of the weight of the vehicle and load so drawn or a power unit that carries as property motor vehicles when operating in combination with a semitrailer in transporting motor vehicles or any other commodity, including cargo or general freight, on a backhaul.
The territory contiguous to and including any street which is built up with structures devoted to business, industry or dwelling houses situated at intervals of less than 100 feet for a distance of a quarter mile or more.
Every device in, upon or by which any person or property is or may be transported or drawn upon a highway or all-terrain vehicles or off-highway motorcycles requiring a certificate of title under 625 ILCS 5/3-101(d), except devices moved by human power, devices used exclusively upon stationary rails or tracks and snowmobiles. For the purposes of these ordinances, unless otherwise prescribed, a device shall be considered to be a vehicle until such time it either comes within the definition of a junk vehicle, or a junking certificate is issued for it.
When required by an official sign means the act of granting the privilege of the immediate use of the intersecting roadway to traffic within the intersection and to vehicles approaching from the right or left, but when the roadway is clear the vehicle may proceed into the intersection.