(A) For the purpose of this chapter, the following definitions shall apply unless the context clearly indicates or requires a different meaning.
EMERGENCY VEHICLE. Any Fire Department vehicle, police vehicle, ambulance, blood delivery vehicle, armed forces emergency vehicle, one private vehicle of a Fire or Police Chief, or ambulance corps commander or assistance commander, or other vehicle designated by the state police under 75 Pa.C.S.A. § 6106 of the Vehicle Code (relating to designation of emergency vehicles by the state police).
FARM VEHICLE. A motorized vehicle which is used exclusively for:
(a) Farm operations;
(b) Hauling farm related produce or livestock or hauling seed, fertilizer, lime; or
(c) Other requirements of the farming operation.
LOCAL TRAFFIC. Emergency vehicles, farm vehicles and school buses, vehicles and combinations or governmental entities and utilities where their contractors are engaged in construction or maintenance on a posted highway or in a location which can be reached only via a posted highway, and vehicles and combinations going to or coming from a residence or farm located on a posted highway which can be reached only via a posted highway.
MOTOR VEHICLE. Any vehicle or combination as defined and/or governed by the Vehicle Code.
SCHOOL BUS. A motor vehicle designed for the carrying of more than ten passengers, exclusive of the driver, and used for the transportation of school children.
(B) Words and phrases, when used in this chapter, shall have the meaning ascribed to them in the Vehicle Code of the state, as now enacted and in force, or as hereafter amended, enacted or reenacted except where the context of the chapter clearly evidences a different meaning. The singular shall include the plural and the masculine shall include the feminine and neuter.
(Ord. 691, passed 1-16-2013)