For the purposes of this article, the following terms, phrases, words, and derivations shall have the meanings given herein. When not inconsistent with the context, words used in the present tense include the future tense, words in the plural number include the singular number, and words in the singular number include the plural number. The word "shall" is always mandatory and not merely directory. Words used throughout this article, but not defined herein, shall have their plain, ordinary, and common meaning. Words in any gender shall apply to the feminine, masculine and neuter genders.
ADA: All Federal Statutes and regulations pertaining to the Americans With Disabilities Act of 1990, including, but not limited to, the ADA Amendments Act of 2008 and all other amendments and implementing regulations thereto.
ACCESSIBLE PARKING SPACE: A parking space which is specifically marked and signed as reserved for a person with a disability who has and displays an accessible parking placard or plates issued by the Idaho Department of Transportation pursuant to Idaho Code section 49-410.
ALLEY: A public way of limited use intended only to provide access to the rear or side of lots or buildings.
BIKE LANE: The portion of a roadway designated for preferential or exclusive use by bicycles and E-bikes that is distinguished by a painted strip and other pavement markings from that portion of the roadway to be used by motor vehicles.
BIKE PATH: A physically separated route which is set aside and designated primarily for use by bicycles, E-bikes, and pedestrians, including but not limited to the Greenbelt. As used herein, this term includes both the paved surface and a minimum of two feet (2') on either side of the pavement's edge.
BIKE PATH APPROACH: The area where a transition is made between a roadway, parking lot, sidewalk or other facility and a bike path. This area is generally identified by wooden bollards, pavement markings and a parking prohibition.
BIKE/PEDESTRIAN CURB RAMP: A break in a curb designated to facilitate movement by the operator of a bicycle or an E- bike, pedestrian or person with a disability from a street or parking lot to a sidewalk or bicycle facility.
BLOCK FACE: The two (2) sides of a City street bounded by intersecting streets, roadways, cul-de-sacs, dead ends, or other geographic boundaries.
BOISE CITY ACCESSIBLE PARKING COMMITTEE: The committee established under title 2, chapter 13 of this Code, which is empowered to provide information and recommendations to the Parking Services Office relating to issues of accessible on- street parking.
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: The City of Boise City, Idaho.
CITY CLERK'S OFFICE: The Office of the City Clerk of the City or its designee.
CITY PARK: Any and all lands, buildings, reserves, sports complexes, swimming pools, golf courses, trails, the Boise River Greenbelt, and other places that are owned, operated or maintained by the City, and are delineated generally in the publication known as the Department of Parks and Recreation Map, or specifically in the Inventory of Park Properties at the Office of the Director of the Department of Parks and Recreation for the City.
CITY PARKING FACILITY: A parking lot or parking structure owned, leased or operated by the City.
COMMERCIAL VEHICLE: A vehicle used to transport goods, passengers or be otherwise operated for the benefit or profit of an individual or business.
DEMAND-BASED, TIME-LIMITED PARKING: Days and hours of parking enforcement which are variable and set by the Director, considering the location, time of day, maximum parking time allowed, and the capacities of available on-street parking in order to maximize target utilization.
DIRECTOR: The Director of the Department of Finance and Administration or his designee, who must be an employee of the City.
DRIVER: A person who drives, operates or is in actual physical control of a vehicle. The term "operator" is interchangeable with the term "driver".
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.
FLOATING CURB: A concrete curb, asphalt curb, or painted pavement marking that acts as the side boundary between the roadway and the adjacent bicycle lane or other pathway.
FLOATING ON-STREET PARKING SPACES: Parking spaces that are parallel and adjacent to a floating curb.
HIGHWAY: The entire width between the boundary lines of every public way for vehicular travel use, with jurisdiction extending to the adjacent property line, including sidewalks, shoulders, berms and rights-of-way not intended for motorized traffic. The term "street" is interchangeable with highway.
MOTOR VEHICLE: 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.
OBSTRUCTION: Any obstacle, person, or thing impeding or rendering dangerous travel upon and along a street, alley or sidewalk.
OPERATOR: See definition of driver. "Driver" and "operator" are interchangeable terms.
PARK OR PARKING: The stopping or standing of a vehicle, whether occupied or not, other than temporarily for the purpose of and while actually engaged in loading or unloading property or passengers.
PARKING SERVICES OFFICE: The Boise City Parking Services Office, or its designee.
PERMIT: A privilege that allows its holder to access certain parking spaces and locations, which form includes, but is not limited to, a printed pass, a sticker, an RFID chip, or an electronic privilege associated with a specific vehicle license plate.
PERSON: Any individual, partnership, association, corporation, or organization of any kind, or any governmental entity, including the State of Idaho and every political subdivision thereof.
PERSON WITH A MOBILITY DISABILITY: Any of the following persons: a) a person who is physically unable to walk two hundred feet (200') or more without the assistance of another person or without the aid of a cane, walker, crutches, braces, prosthetic device, or wheelchair; or b) a person who is physically unable to walk two hundred feet (200') or more without great difficulty or discomfort due to neurological, orthopedic, respiratory, cardiac, arthritic impairment, blindness, or the loss of function or absence of a limb.
RESIDENTIAL PARKING DISTRICT: A geographical area of residential streets which are designated by resolution of the Boise City Council for the purpose of managing parking issues specific to such area. Residents and businesses located within such designated area may apply for and, if qualified, receive permits which exempt their associated vehicle(s) from the parking time restrictions otherwise enforced in such area.
ROADWAY: The portion of a highway improved, designed or ordinarily used for vehicular travel, exclusive of sidewalks, shoulders, berms and rights-of-way.
SAFETY ZONE: The area or space officially set apart within a highway for the exclusive use of pedestrians and which is protected or is so plainly visible at all times while set apart as a safety zone.
SIDEWALK: The portion of a street between the curb lines, or the lateral lines of a roadway, and the adjacent property lines intended for use by pedestrians.
SPECIAL PARKING DISTRICT: A subset of a residential parking district which utilizes separate parking permits and has stricter parking limitations than the rest of the residential parking district.
STOPPING OR STANDING: The complete cessation of movement of a vehicle, whether occupied or not, except when necessary to avoid conflict with other traffic or in compliance with the directions of law enforcement, authorized personnel representing an entity with jurisdiction, or an official traffic control device.
STREET: See definition of highway. "Street" and "highway" are interchangeable terms.
TRAFFIC-CONTROL DEVICE: Any marker, sign, signal or other manually, electrically or mechanically operated device placed or erected by authority of a public body or official having jurisdiction, for the purpose of regulating, warning or guiding traffic.
VEHICLE: Every vessel in, upon, or by which any person or property is or may be transported or drawn upon a highway, excepting devices used exclusively upon stationary rails or tracks. (Ord. 37-18, 9-25-2018; amd. Ord. 8-21, 4-13-2021)