The following words, terms and phrases, when used in this chapter, shall have the meanings ascribed to them in this section, except where the context clearly indicates a different meaning:
Authorized emergency vehicles shall mean vehicles of the fire department, police department and such ambulances as designated or authorized by the chief of police.
Bicycle path shall mean, but shall not be limited to, that portion of a street between the roadway designated for motor vehicular traffic, curblines, or lateral lines of a roadway, and the adjacent property lines, intended for use by bicycles. Bicycle path shall also mean a linear open space along a natural or human-made corridor to which pedestrian and bicycle access has been granted for the purpose of public passive recreation or as a transportation corridor for bicycle traffic only.
Block shall mean a portion of any street located between two intersections next adjacent to each other.
Business district shall mean the territory contiguous to a road or street where 75 percent or more of frontage thereon for a distance of 300 feet or more is occupied by buildings in use for business purposes, or as otherwise defined by ordinance of the state board of transportation.
Crosswalk shall mean that portion of a roadway ordinarily included within the prolongation or connection of the lateral lines of sidewalks at intersections or any portion of a roadway distinctly indicated for pedestrian crossing by lines or other markings on the surface.
Driver shall mean as provided in G.S. 20-4.01.
Greenway shall mean a linear open space along a natural or human-made corridor which is used for public passive recreation and under the jurisdiction of the town of Cary.
Intersection shall mean as provided in G.S. 20-4.01.
Motor vehicle shall mean as provided in G.S. 20-4.01.
Official traffic control devices shall mean all signs, signals, markings and devices, not inconsistent with this chapter, placed or erected by authority of the town council or official having jurisdiction, for the purpose of regulating, warning or guiding traffic.
Official traffic signals shall mean any device, whether manually, electrically or mechanically operated, by which traffic is alternately directed to stop and to proceed.
Park shall mean the standing of a vehicle, whether occupied or not, otherwise than temporarily for the purpose of and while actually engaged in loading or unloading.
Pedestrian shall mean any person afoot.
Police officer shall mean every 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, shall mean as provided in G.S. 20-4.01.
Public conveyance shall mean any vehicle other than a taxicab or railroad train for transporting for fare.
Public vehicular area shall mean as provided in G.S. 20-4.01.
Railroad shall mean a carrier of persons or property upon cars operated upon stationary rails.
Railroad train shall mean a steam engine, electric or other motor, with or without cars coupled thereto, operated upon rails.
Residential district shall mean the territory contiguous to a street not comprising a business district where 75 percent or more of the frontage on such street for a distance of 300 feet or more is mainly occupied by dwellings or by dwellings and buildings in use for business, or as otherwise defined by ordinance of the state department of transportation.
Right-of-way shall mean the privilege of the immediate use of the roadway.
Roadway shall mean as provided in G.S. 20-4.01.
Safety zone shall mean as provided in G.S. 20-4.01.
Sidewalk shall mean that 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.
Standing shall mean any stopping of a vehicle, whether occupied or not.
Stop, when required, shall mean complete cessation of movement.
Stop or stopping, when prohibited, shall mean any stopping of a vehicle except when necessary to avoid conflict with other traffic or in compliance with the direction of a police officer or traffic control sign or signal.
Street or highway shall mean the entire width between property lines of every way or place of whatever nature when any part thereof is open to the use of the public, as a matter of right, for the purpose of vehicular traffic.
Traffic shall mean pedestrians, ridden or herded animals, vehicles and other conveyances either singly or together while using any street for purposes of travel.
Vehicle shall mean as provided in G.S. 20-4.01.
(Code 1976, §§ 16-1(1--28), 16-10; Code 1982, § 12-1; Ord. No. 87-103, § 1, 12-10-1987)
State law reference(s)--Definitions, G.S. 20-4.01.