For the purpose of this chapter, the following definitions shall apply unless the context clearly indicates or requires a different meaning.
DRIVER. The operator of a vehicle.
HIGHWAY or STREET. The entire width between property or right-of-way lines of every way or place of whatever nature, when any part thereof is open to the use of the public as a matter of right for the purposes of vehicular traffic. The terms HIGHWAY or STREET or a combination of the two terms shall be used synonymously.
INTERSECTION. The area embraced within the prolongation of the lateral edge of roadway lines of two or more highways which join one another at an angle whether or not one highway crosses the other.
LOCAL STREET. A street within the town that is not part of the state highway system.
LOCAL TRAFFIC. A motor vehicle which is operated upon a local street for the purpose of reaching a particular location upon that street, including access to private property, deliveries to private property, use of private property or a particular destination located upon that street.
MOTOR VEHICLE. Every vehicle that is self-propelled and every vehicle which is pulled by a self-propelled vehicle, including but not limited to automobiles, mopeds, utility vehicles, four-wheelers and golf carts.
OPERATOR. A person in actual physical control of a vehicle that is in motion or that has the engine running.
PARKING or STANDING. A vehicle is parked or is permitted to stand when it is stopped and allowed to remain in a fixed location for any duration of time, whether attended or unattended. Except where the context clearly indicates otherwise, the limitation on PARKING and STANDING in this chapter apply only to locations within a street right-of-way. In no case do these limitations apply when a vehicle is stopped to avoid conflict with other traffic or in compliance with law or the directions of a police officer or traffic control device or as a result of an emergency or because the vehicle is disabled due to mechanical failure.
THROUGH TRAFFIC. A motor vehicle which is operated upon a local street for the purpose of traveling from one end of the street to the other and whose intent is not to access or use private property located upon that street.
TOWN MANAGER. The Town Manager or his or her designee who are instructed to perform the function assigned by this chapter to the TOWN MANAGER. Whenever this title authorizes or requires the TOWN MANAGER to install a traffic control device controlling parking or regulating the movement of traffic on, to or from a state highway system street and the installation of such a device is in practice a function of the State Department of Transportation, the TOWN MANAGER may discharge that responsibility by requesting the State Department of Transportation to install such a device.
TRAFFIC CONTROL DEVICE. Any sign, signal, marking or other device placed or erected pursuant to a lawful ordinance and designed to control, regulate, warn and guide traffic.
VEHICLE. Every device in, upon or by which any person or property is or may be transported or drawn upon a highway, except devices moved by human power or used exclusively upon fixed rails or tracks, provided that for the purposes of this chapter bicycles shall be deemed vehicles and every rider of a bicycle upon a highway shall be subject to the provisions of this chapter applicable to the driver of a vehicle except those which by their nature have no application.
(1989 Code, Title IV, Ch. 40, § 2-1) (Ord. 2018-05, passed 7-10-2018)