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Codified Ordinances of Bridgeport, WV
Codified Ordinances of the City of Bridgeport, West Virginia
CERTIFICATION
ADOPTING ORDINANCE
EDITOR'S NOTE
COMPARATIVE SECTION TABLE
CHARTER
PART ONE - ADMINISTRATIVE CODE
PART THREE - TRAFFIC CODE
PART FIVE - GENERAL OFFENSES CODE
PART SEVEN - BUSINESS REGULATION AND TAXATION CODE
PART NINE - STREETS, UTILITIES AND PUBLIC SERVICES CODE
PART ELEVEN - HEALTH AND SANITATION CODE
PART THIRTEEN - PLANNING AND ZONING CODE
PART FIFTEEN - FIRE PREVENTION CODE
PART SEVENTEEN - BUILDING AND HOUSING CODE
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301.36 SEMITRAILER.
   "Semitrailer" means every vehicle with or without motive power, other than a pole trailer, designed for carrying persons or property and for being drawn by a motor vehicle and so constructed that some part of its weight and that of its load rests upon or is carried by another vehicle. (WVaC 17C-1-16)
301.37 SIDEWALK.
   "Sidewalk" means that portion of a street or highway between the curb lines, or the lateral lines of a roadway, and the adjacent property lines intended for the use of pedestrians.
(WVaC 17C-1-38)
301.38 STOP.
   "Stop" when required, means complete cessation from movement.
(WVaC 17C-1-52)
301.39 STOP, STOPPING OR STANDING.
   "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. (WVaC 17C-1- 53)
301.40 STREET OR HIGHWAY; ALLEY.
   (a)   "Street" or "highway" means 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. (WVaC 17C-1-35)
   (b)   "Alley" means a street or highway intended to provide access to the rear or side of lots or buildings in urban districts and not intended for the purpose of through vehicular traffic.
301.41 THROUGH STREET OR THROUGH HIGHWAY.
   "Through street" or "through highway" means every 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 Traffic Code.
(WVaC 17C-1-40)
301.42 TRAFFIC.
   "Traffic" means pedestrians, ridden or herded animals, vehicles, streetcars and other conveyances either singly or together while using any street or highway for purposes of travel. (WVaC 17C-1-50)
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