As used herein, the words shall have the following meanings:
COMMERCIAL PARKING AREA
An area set aside by the owner or lessee of property, zoned commercial by Chapter
240, Zoning, (or which property is a nonconforming commercial use), to provide for the parking of motor vehicles.
CROSSWALK
Any portion of a roadway at an intersection or elsewhere distinctly
indicated for pedestrian crossing by lines or other markings on the surface.
EDUCATIONAL PARKING AREA
An area set aside by the owner or lessee of an elementary, middle
or high school or vocational-technical school, college or university to provide
for parking of motor vehicles.
HIGHWAY
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. The term includes a roadway open to the use of the public
for vehicular travel on grounds of a college or university or public or private
school or public or historical park.
INDUSTRIAL PARKING AREA
An area set aside by the owner or lessee of a property zoned L-1 Light Industrial District or M Manufacturing District by Chapter
240, Zoning, (or which property is a nonconforming industrial or manufacturing use), to provide for the parking of motor vehicles.
INTERSECTION
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 highways joining
at any other angle may come in conflict.
MOTOR VEHICLE
A vehicle which is self-propelled except one which is propelled solely
by human power or by electric power obtained from overhead trolley wires,
but not operated upon rails.
MULTIFAMILY PARKING AREA
An area set aside by the owner or lessee of a property zoned R-4
Multiple-Family District (or which property is a nonconforming multifamily
use) to provide for the parking of motor vehicles.
PARK or PARKING
A.
When permitted, means the temporary storing of a vehicle, whether occupied
or not, off the roadway.
B.
When prohibited, means the halting of a vehicle, whether occupied or
not, except momentarily for the purpose of and while actually engaged in loading
or unloading property or passengers.
PRIVATE ROAD or DRIVEWAY
A way or place in private ownership and use for vehicular travel
by the owner and those having express or implied permission from the owner,
but not by other persons.
REGISTERED GROSS WEIGHT
Maximum gross weight at which a vehicle or combination is registered
in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania to operate upon a highway or registered
in another state, or otherwise authorized to operate by such state.
SIDEWALK
That portion of a street between curblines, or the lateral lines
of a roadway, and the adjacent property lines, intended for use by pedestrians.
SNOW ROUTE
A street or highway designated by the Board of Supervisors, by resolution,
as a street or highway upon which no parking shall be permitted between November
1 and April 15 of the succeeding year, based upon a determination that the
street or highway is of insufficient width to permit parking on the cartway
and the efficient use of snow removal equipment so as to assure passage by
emergency vehicles such as police, fire and ambulance.
STAND or STANDING
When prohibited, means the halting of a vehicle, whether occupied
or not, except momentarily for the purpose of and while actually engaged in
receiving or discharging passengers.
STOP or STOPPING
A.
When required, means complete cessation from movement.
B.
When prohibited, means 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 traffic
control sign or signal.
TRUCK
A motor vehicle designed, used or maintained primarily for the transportation
of property.