For the purpose of this Traffic Code, the following definitions shall apply unless the context clearly indicates or requires a different meaning.
ALLEY. A public or private vehicular right-of-way primarily designed to serve as secondary access to the side or rear of those properties whose principal frontage is on some other street.
AUTHORIZED EMERGENCY VEHICLE. Fire Department vehicles, police vehicles and such ambulances and emergency vehicles of town departments or public service corporations as are designated or authorized by the town’s Chief of Police.
BICYCLE. Any foot-propelled vehicle, irrespective of the number of wheels in contact with the ground, upon which any person or persons ride.
COMMERCIAL VEHICLE. Any vehicle designed, maintained or used primarily for the transportation of goods or property by a business.
CROSSWALK. The part of a roadway at an intersection included within the connections of the lateral lines of the sidewalks on opposite sides of the highway measured from the curbs, or in the absence of curbs, from the edges of the traversable roadway; any portion of a roadway at an intersection or elsewhere distinctly indicated for pedestrian crossing by lines or other markings on the surface.
DISTRICTS. The business and residential districts are hereby defined as designated in the Zoning Code of the town which is now in effect, or which may become effective in the future.
DRIVER. Every person who drives or is in actual physical control of a vehicle.
FREIGHT CURB LOADING ZONE. A space adjacent to a curb reserved for the exclusive use of vehicles during the loading and unloading of freight.
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 and every vehicle which is attached to or propelled by a self-propelled vehicle.
MOTORCYCLE. A motor vehicle having a saddle for the use of the rider and designed to travel on not more than three wheels in contact with the ground, but excluding a tractor.
OFFICIAL TRAFFIC-CONTROL DEVICE. All signs, signals, markings and devices not inconsistent with this Traffic Code placed or erected by the authority of a public body or official having jurisdiction for the purpose of regulating, warning or guiding traffic.
PARK. The standing of a vehicle, whether occupied or not, and whether or not accompanied by an operator, for a period of time in excess of two minutes.
PASSENGER CURB LOADING ZONE. A place adjacent to a curb reserved for the exclusive use of vehicles during the loading or unloading of passengers.
PEDESTRIAN. Any person afoot.
POLICE OFFICER. An officer of the Police Department or any officer authorized to direct or regulate traffic or to make arrests for violations of traffic regulations.
PRIVATE ROAD OR DRIVEWAY. A way or place in private ownership used for vehicular travel by the owner and by those having express or implied permission from the owner, but not by other persons.
RIGHT-OF-WAY. The privilege of the immediate use of the roadway.
ROADWAY. The portion of a street or highway improved, designed or ordinarily used for vehicular travel, exclusive of the berm or shoulder. In the event a highway includes two or more separate roadways, the term ROADWAY as used herein shall refer to any such roadway separately, but not to all such roadways collectively.
SIDEWALK. The portion of a street between the curblines or the lateral lines of a roadway and the adjacent property lines intended for the use of pedestrians.
STOP. When required, means complete cessation of movement.
STOP, STOPPING or STANDING. When prohibited, means any stopping or standing 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.
STREET or 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.
THROUGH HIGHWAY. Any street or highway or portion thereof at the entrances to which vehicular traffic from intersecting streets or highways is required by law to stop before entering or crossing the same and when stop signs are erected as provided in this chapter.
TRAFFIC. Pedestrians, ridden or herded animals, vehicles and other conveyances, either singly or together, while using any street for the purposes of travel.
TRAFFIC-CONTROL SIGNAL. A device, whether manually, electrically or mechanically operated, by which traffic is alternately directed to stop and proceed, placed in accordance with the provisions of this chapter.
VEHICLE. Any device in, upon or by which any person or property is or may be transported or drawn upon a highway, except devices moved exclusively by human power.
(Prior Code, § 61.01)