The following words and phrases, when used in this chapter, shall, for the purpose of this chapter, have the meanings hereinafter ascribed to them. Whenever any words and phrases used are not defined herein, but are defined in the State laws regulating traffic and the operating of vehicles, that definition shall apply to such words and phrases. Any words and phrases not otherwise defined herein or in the State laws as aforesaid shall be construed according to the commonly accepted and understood meaning ascribed to them.
(a) "Crosswalk" means any portion of a way distinctly indicated by an appropriate marking or signs for pedestrian crossings.
(b) "Motor vehicle" means every self-propelled device in, upon or by which any person or property is or may be transported or drawn upon land, including, but not necessarily limited to, automobiles, motorcycles, scooters and trucks.
(c) "Operator" means any person who is in actual physical control of a motor vehicle.
(d) "Owner" means any person in whose name the legal title of a motor vehicle is registered. In the event a vehicle is the subject of a lease or conditional sale agreement, the lessee or person with the right of purchase upon performance of the conditions stated in the agreement, and any person who has the immediate right of possession, shall be deemed the owner.
(e) "Parking" means the storing of a motor vehicle upon land unattended by an operator thereof.
(f) "Parking lot" means any land which is not part of a public way but which is open to the public for the operation and/or parking of motor vehicles and incidental pedestrian use and which is owned, controlled or operated by one of the school districts, or the Community College in Clinton Township, Macomb County, Michigan.
(g) "Sidewalk" means that portion of a public way between the lateral lines of such way and the adjacent private property line and which is intended for use of pedestrians.
(h) "Standing" means the standing of a motor vehicle upon land with an operator in the driver's seat.
(i) "Truck" means a motor vehicle, as defined in subsection (b) hereof, which has a manufacturers rated load carrying capacity of more than two tons and/or a gross vehicle weight of 10,000 pounds. For purposes of this chapter, any tractor designed or used for the hauling of trailers or semitrailers shall be construed within this definition of trucks whether or not such tractor has a trailer or semitrailer attached to it.
(j) "Way" means any portion of the premises or property owned, controlled or operated by a school district or the Community College which is used by motor vehicles or trucks as ingress and egress to the parking lot or lots of the school or Community College. "Way" shall include all portions of the parking lot, whether the same are designated for parking or other regulation of motor vehicles or convenienced to the pedestrian users thereof.
(Ord. 273. Passed 4-15-85.)