The following words, when used in this Part, shall have the meaning ascribed to them in this Section, except in those instances where the context clearly indicates a different meaning.
BRIDGE. Any structure, including supports, erected over a depression or an obstruction such as, but not limited to, water, highway or railway and having a track or passageway for carrying traffic or other moving loads and having an opening measured along the center of the road of more than eight feet between supports.
EMERGENCY VEHICLE. A Fire Department vehicle, police vehicle, ambulance, blood-delivery vehicle, armed forces emergency vehicle, one private vehicle of a fire or police chief, assistant chief, ambulance corps commander or assistant commander, or of a river rescue commander used for answering emergency calls or other vehicle designated by the State Police under 75 Pa.C.S.A. § 6101 of the Vehicle Code (relating to designation of emergency vehicles by State Police).
LOCAL DELIVERY VEHICLE. Any motor vehicle which is utilized for the provision of consumer services, including utility and refuse services or repairs, to property owners located upon township roads. The term LOCAL DELIVERY VEHICLE is not intended to mean any vehicle utilized for commercial purposes including, but not necessarily limited to, vehicles hauling commercial commodities such as timber or oil. The term LOCAL DELIVERY VEHICLE is intended to be narrowly defined and shall not include any vehicle (or multiple vehicles operated by or under contract with one individual or entity) making more than one trip to a single destination in any one 24-hour period.
MOTOR VEHICLE. Any vehicle or combination which is defined and/or governed by the “Vehicle Code”, 75 Pa.C.S.A. §§ 101 et seq., as amended.
OVER-POSTED-WEIGHT VEHICLE. A vehicle or combination having a gross weight in excess of a posted weight limit.
ROAD. Any road, highway or bridge on the township’s system of roads, highways and bridges, including the entire width between right-of-way lines, over which the township has assumed, or has been legislatively given, jurisdiction.
SCHOOL BUS. A motor vehicle designed for carrying more than ten passengers, exclusive of the driver, and used for the transportation of school children.
SUPERVISORS. The Supervisors of Bradford Township, McKean County, Pennsylvania.
TOWNSHIP. Bradford Township, McKean County, Pennsylvania.
TOWNSHIP VEHICLE. Any motor vehicle owned by the township or any motor vehicle in operation pursuant to a contract with the township.
(Ord. 2014-12-01, passed - -2014)