§ 401.24 Motor Carrier

   “Motor carrier” means any person engaged exclusively in the operation of motor vehicles for carrying persons for hire from points within the City to points outside the City.

(Ord. No. 1684-76. Passed 6-29-76, eff. 7-6-76)

§ 401.25 Motor Vehicle

   “Motor vehicle” means every vehicle propelled or drawn by power other than muscular power or power collected from overhead electric trolley wires, except motorized bicycles, road rollers, traction engines, power shovels, power cranes, and other equipment used in construction work and not designed for or employed in general highway transportation, hole-digging machinery, well-drilling machinery, ditch-digging machinery, farm machinery, and trailers designed and used exclusively to transport a boat between a place of storage and a marina, or in and around a marina, when drawn or towed on a street or highway for a distance of no more than ten (10) miles and at a speed of twenty- five (25) miles per hour or less.

(RC 4511.01(B); Ord. No. 188-16. Passed 10-16-17, eff. 10-20-17)

§ 401.26 Motorcycle

   “Motorcycle” means every motor vehicle, other than a tractor, having a seat or saddle for the use of the operator and designed to travel on not more than three (3) wheels in contact with the ground, including, but not limited, to motor vehicles known as “motor-driven cycle”, “motor scooter”, “cab-enclosed motorcycle”, or “motorcycle” without regard to weight or brake horsepower.

(RC 4511.01(C); Ord. No. 188-16. Passed 10-16-17, eff. 10-20-17)

§ 401.261 Motorized Bicycle or Moped

   “Motorized bicycle” or “moped” means any vehicle that either has two (2) tandem wheels or one (1) wheel in the front and two (2) wheels in the rear, that may be pedaled, and that is equipped with a helper motor of not more than fifty (50) cubic centimeters piston displacement that produces no more than one (1) brake horsepower and is capable of propelling the vehicle at a speed of no greater than twenty (20) miles per hour on a level surface. "Motorized bicycle" or "moped" does not include an electric bicycle.

(RC 4501.01(L), 4511.01(H); Ord. No. 1178-2019. Passed 10-7-19, eff. 10-8-19)

§ 401.262 Motorized Wheelchair

   “Motorized wheelchair” means any self-propelled vehicle designed for, and used by, a handicapped person and that is incapable of a speed in excess of eight (8) miles per hour.

(RC 4511.01(EEE); Ord. No. 188-16. Passed 10-16-17, eff. 10-20-17)

§ 401.263 Multi-Wheel Agricultural Tractor

   “Multi-wheel agricultural tractor” means a type of agricultural tractor that has two (2) or more wheels or tires on each side of one (1) axle at the rear of the tractor, is designed or used for drawing other vehicles or wheeled machinery, has no provision for carrying loads independently of the drawn vehicles or machinery, and is used principally for agricultural purposes.

(RC 4511.01(GGG); Ord. No. 188-16. Passed 10-16-17, eff. 10-20-17)

§ 401.27 Municipal Parking Facility

   “Municipal parking facility” means any property owned by or under the control of the City of Cleveland designed and used by the public for the parking or storage of vehicles, except streets or highways.

(Ord. No. 1684-76. Passed 6-29-76, eff. 7-6-76)