Except for the following words or terms used in this title, which shall have the meanings herein ascribed to them, all words and phrases used in this title shall be as defined in Idaho Code title 49, chapter 1:
ABANDONED OR UNIDENTIFIED VEHICLE: Any vehicle which is left, or which is parked upon any street, alley or public property for a period of seventy two (72) hours or longer within any part of the City, and the owner of which vehicle cannot be found, located or determined, or the owner of which refuses to remove such vehicle from such street, alley or public property upon notice, oral or written, given by the Judge or by any member of the Police Department.
ALLEY OR ALLEYWAY: A minor public way providing secondary access at back or side of property for vehicle or pedestrian traffic.
AUTHORIZED EMERGENCY VEHICLE: Vehicles operated by any fire department, fire district, nonprofit fire protection corporation, publicly or privately owned fire protection or fire patrol organization, police, sheriff or other law enforcement agency, ambulances and like emergency vehicles authorized by the Chief of Police to mount and use a siren and light of the type approved by the Chief of Police.
BICYCLE: Every vehicle having two (2) tandem wheels or two (2) parallel wheels and one forward wheel, any two (2) of which are not less than twelve inches (12") in diameter, propelled exclusively by human power upon which any person may ride, except scooters and similar devices.
BOISE RIVER GREENBELT (GREENBELT): The paved or improved pathways and connecting trails and the twenty feet (20') of publicly owned greenspace on either side, including picnic tables, barbeque stands, benches and other improvements and fixtures connecting Boise Parks along the Boise River and maintained by the Department of Parks and Recreation and delineated generally in the publication known as the map, and/or specifically in the Inventory of Park Properties at the Office of the Director. Greenbelt does not include any private property which may lie within twenty feet (20') of the paved or improved pathways and connecting trails.
CITY: Boise City, Idaho, or the area within the City limits of Boise City, Idaho.
COMMERCIAL VEHICLE: Every vehicle designed, maintained or used primarily for the transportation of property or persons for hire, compensation or profit.
COMMON AREAS: The areas of a facility, complex, apartment unit, hotel, motel or the like that are open either to the general public or persons with the permission of the owner or agent of the owner of the area. This definition would include, but not be limited to, the following: swimming pools, restaurants, patios, hot tubs, saunas, laundry rooms, meeting rooms, lobbies, lounges, bars and other areas within the facility that are either constructed or designed for use in this manner.
CROSSWALK:
A. That part of a street included within the connections of the lateral lines of the sidewalks at intersections measured from the curbs or in the absence of curbs from the edges of the traversable roadway.
B. Any portion of a street distinctly indicated for pedestrian crossing by lines or other traffic control devices.
DRIVER: Every person who drives or is in actual physical control of a vehicle.
ELECTRIC POWER-ASSISTED BICYCLE (E-BIKE): A vehicle having two (2) tandem wheels or two (2) parallel wheels and one forward wheel, any two (2) of which are not less than twelve inches (12") in diameter, that is designed to be operated by human power with the assistance of an electric motor that has a power output of not more than seven hundred fifty (750) watts that: a) is incapable of propelling the vehicle at a speed of more than twenty (20) miles per hour; and b) disengages or ceases to function when the vehicle's brakes are applied. An E-bike is not a motor vehicle for purposes of this chapter.
EMERGENCY: Any occurrence or set of circumstances involving actual or imminent physical trauma or property damage demanding immediate attention.
EMERGENCY VEHICLE: A motor vehicle belonging to a fire department, firefighting association or fire district, an ambulance, or a motor vehicle belonging to a Federal, State, County or Municipal law enforcement agency.
GROSS WEIGHT: The weight of a vehicle without load, plus the weight of any load thereon.
INTERSECTION: The area embraced within the prolongation or connection of the lateral curb lines, or, if none, then the lateral boundary lines of the intersecting highways or the area within which vehicles traveling on different highways may come into conflict.
LANED ROADWAY: A roadway which is divided into two (2) or more clearly marked lanes for vehicular traffic.
LOADING ZONE: A space or section of a street which has been set aside for the exclusive purpose of loading and unloading persons, supplies and merchandise.
LOUD AMPLIFICATION DEVICE: Any equipment designed or used for sound production, reproduction or amplification, including, but not limited to, any radio, television, phonograph, musical instrument, stereo, tape player, compact disc player, loud speaker, public address (PA) system, sound amplifier or comparable sound broadcasting device.
MOTOR VEHICLE: The term "motor vehicle" shall mean every vehicle which is self-propelled, and for the purpose of titling and registration meets Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standards as defined in section 49-107, Idaho Code. Motor vehicle does not include vehicles moved solely by human power, electric personal assistive mobility devices and motorized wheelchairs or other such vehicles that are specifically exempt from titling or registration requirements under title 49, Idaho Code.
MOTORCYCLE: Every motor vehicle having a saddle for the use of the rider and designed to travel on not more than three (3) wheels in contact with the ground, but excluding a tractor.
OFFICIAL TIME STANDARD: The standard time or daylight saving time as may be in current use in the City.
OFFICIAL TRAFFIC CONTROL DEVICES: All signs, signals, markings and devices placed or erected by authority of the City or official having jurisdiction, for the purpose of regulating, warning or guiding traffic.
OPERATOR: Every person who shall operate a vehicle upon any street in the City.
PARK OR PARKING: The standing of a vehicle, whether occupied or not, other than temporarily for the purpose of and while actively engaged in loading or unloading goods, merchandise or persons.
PARKING METER ZONE: Any and all areas or streets established by authority of the City or official having jurisdiction, as those areas within or upon which the parking of vehicles shall be controlled and inspected with the aid of timing devices and meters.
PARKING METERS: A mechanical device which is so adjusted as to show the length of time of parking upon the streets in the City.
PARKING SERVICES OFFICE OR PARKING SERVICES: A division of the Boise City Department of Planning and Development Services, or such other administrative arrangements as the City may establish, and all designated representatives thereof.
PEDESTRIAN: Any person who is afoot, including infants in a carriage being pushed or pulled by a person.
PERSON: Any individual, association, organization or entity having a legally recognized existence, whether public or private.
PLACE OF RESIDENCE: Any building or portion thereof adapted or used and intended for the overnight accommodation of persons. In the event the building is used for multiple individual units (i.e., apartment, condominium, hotel, motel, duplex, triplex, etc.) each individual unit shall be considered a separate residence for the purposes of this title.
PLAINLY AUDIBLE: Sound for which the information content is clearly communicated to the listener, including, but not limited to, understandable spoken speech, comprehension of whether a voice is raised or normal, comprehensible musical rhythms, melody or instrumentation, and the source of which is identifiable to the listener.
PRIVATE ROAD DRIVEWAY: Every way or place in private ownership and used for vehicular travel only by the owner or by those having express or implied permission from the owner.
RESTRICTED PARKING DISTRICT: The area of the City so designated for the purpose of providing special regulations for the control of parking and traffic.
RIGHT-OF-WAY: 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.
ROADWAY: 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 (2) or more separate roadways, the word "roadway" applies separately but not to all such roadways collectively.
SCHOOL BUS: Every motor vehicle owned by a public or governmental agency and operated for the transportation of children to or from school, or privately owned and operated for compensation for the transportation of children to and from school.
SIDEWALK: That portion of a street between the curb lines, or lateral lines defining vehicular traffic and the adjacent property lines, and intended for pedestrian travel.
STAND OR STANDING: The halting of a vehicle, whether occupied or not, other than for the purpose of and while actually engaged in receiving or discharging passengers.
STOLEN VEHICLE: Any vehicle, whether located upon private or public property, which the Police Department has reasonable grounds to believe that the owner thereof has been, or is, unlawfully deprived of possession.
STOP: The complete cessation of movement.
STOP OR STOPPING: When prohibited, shall mean any halting, even momentarily if a vehicle, whether occupied or not, except when necessary to avoid conflict with or in compliance with the direction of a police officer or traffic control sign or signal.
STREET OR HIGHWAY: Shall be used interchangeably and shall mean the entire width between the boundary lines of every way or place open to the public, as a matter of right for public vehicular travel, but not to include alleys.
THROUGH STREET: Every street or portion thereof on which vehicular traffic is given preferential right-of-way, and at the entrances to which vehicular traffic from intersecting roadways is required by law to yield the right-of-way to vehicles on such through streets.
TRAFFIC: Either persons or vehicles while using any street or sidewalk for the purpose of travel.
TRAFFIC CONTROL SIGNAL: Any device, whether manually, electrically or mechanically operated, by which traffic is alternately directed to stop and proceed.
TRUCK:
A. General: Every motor vehicle designed, used or maintained primarily for the transportation of property;
B. Pickup Truck: Every motor vehicle eight thousand (8,000) pounds gross weight or less which is designed, used or maintained primarily for the transportation of property;
C. Truck Camper: Any structure designed, used or maintained primarily to be loaded on or affixed to a motor vehicle to provide a mobile dwelling, sleeping place, office or commercial space; and
D. Truck Tractor: Every motor vehicle designed and used primarily for drawing other vehicles.
VEHICLE: Every device in, upon or by which any person or property is or may be transported or drawn upon a street, except devices used exclusively upon stationary rails or tracks.
WRECKED VEHICLE: Any vehicle damaged by accidental or other cause and left unattended upon any street alley or public property. (1952 Code § 10-01-01; amd. Ord. 35-17, 12-19-2017; 2019 Code; Ord. 26-24, 10-1-2024)