(A) The following words and phrases when used in this section shall, for the purpose of this Title VII, have the meanings respectively ascribed to them in this section, except when the context otherwise requires.
(B) Whenever any words and phrases used herein are not defined herein but are defined in the state laws regulating the operation of vehicles, any such definition therein shall be deeded to apply to such words and phrases used herein, except when the context otherwise requires.
ALLEY. A public way within a block generally giving access to the rear of lots or buildings, and not used for general traffic circulation.
ANIMAL. Any animal ridden or packed or draft animal.
BICYCLE. Every device propelled by human power on which any person may ride, having two tandem wheels either of which is more than 16 inches in diameter.
CONTROLLED ACCESS HIGHWAY. Every street or highway in respect to which owners or occupants of abutting lands and other persons have no legal right of access to or from the same except at such points only as may be determined by the public authority having jurisdiction over such street or highway.
CROSSWALK. 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 marking on the surface.
DISTRICTS.
(a) BUSINESS DISTRICT. That territory of the village contiguous to and including a highway, when within any 600 feet along such highway there are buildings in use for business or industrial purposes, including but not limited to hotels, banks, or office buildings, railroad stations, and public buildings which occupy at least 300 feet of frontage on one side or 300 feet collectively on both sides of the highway.
(b) RESIDENCE DISTRICT. That territory of the village contiguous to and including a highway not comprising a business district, when the property on such highway for a distance of 300 feet or more is in the main improved with residence or residence and buildings in use for business.
(c) SUBURBAN DISTRICT. That portion of the village other than the business and residence districts.
(d) URBAN DISTRICTS. The territory contiguous to and including any street which is built up with structures devoted to business, industry or dwelling houses situated at intervals of less than 100 feet for a distance of a quarter mile or more.
DRIVER. Every person who drives or is in actual physical control of a vehicle.
EMERGENCY VEHICLE. Police vehicles, vehicles of the Fire Department, ambulances, vehicles carrying a state, county or municipal officer or employee in response to an emergency call, and emergency vehicles of public service corporations on an emergency call.
EXPLOSIVE. Any chemical compound or mechanical mixture that is commonly used or intended for the purpose of producing an explosion and which contains any oxidizing and combustive units or other ingredients in such proportions, quantities, or packing that an ignition by fire, by friction,
by concussion, by percussion, or by a detonator of any part of the compound or mixture may cause such a sudden generation of highly heated gases that the resultant gaseous pressures are capable of producing destructible effects on contiguous objects or of destroying life or limb.
FLAMMABLE LIQUIDS. Any liquid which has a flash point of 70°F or less, as determined by tagliabue or equivalent closed cup test device.
HOUSE CAR/CAMPER. Any motor vehicle that is originally designed or subsequently altered, equipped for human habitation, and which is not used to transport property on its own structure other than property used for human habitation or camping purposes.
HIGHWAY OR STREET. 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.
(a) IMPROVED HIGHWAY. A roadway of concrete, brick, asphalt, macadam or gravel.
(b) LANED ROADWAY. A street, the roadway of which is divided into two or more clearly marked lanes for vehicular traffic.
(c) THROUGH HIGHWAY. Every highway or portion thereof the entrance to which vehicular traffic from intersecting highways is required by law to stop before entering or crossing the same and when stop signs are erected as provided in this Title VII.
INTERSECTION. The area embraced within the prolongation or connection of the lateral curve lines; or, if none, then the lateral boundary lines of the roadways of two highways which join one another at, or approximately at, right angles, or the area within which vehicles traveling upon different highways joining at any other angle may come in conflict.
LANE CONTROL SIGNAL. An electrically controlled and illuminated signal of a square or rectangular design and employing distinctive colors or symbols used to control the direction of vehicular flow on the particular lane to which the indication applies.
LOADING ZONE. The space adjacent to a curb reserved for the exclusive use of vehicles daring landing or unloading of passengers or materials.
MERGING TRAFFIC. A maneuver executed by the drivers of vehicles on converging roadways to permit simultaneously or alternate entry into the junction thereof, wherein the driver of each vehicle involved is required to adjust his vehicular speed, and lateral position so as to avoid, a collision with any other vehicle.
MOTOR VEHICLE. Every licenseable vehicle which is self-propelled.
MOTORCYCLE. Every motor vehicle having a saddle for the use of the rider and designed to travel on not more than three wheels in contact with the ground, but excluding a tractor.
OFFICIAL TRAFFIC CONTROL DEVICE. All signs, signals, markings, and devices which conform with the state manual and not inconsistent with state statute or this chapter placed or erected by authority of a public body or official having jurisdiction, for the purpose of regulating, warning, or guiding traffic.
OWNER. A person who holds the legal title of a vehicle or in the event a vehicle is the subject of an agreement for the conditional sale or lease thereof with the right of purchase upon performance of the conditions stated in the agreement and with an immediate right of possession vested in the conditional vendee or lessee, or in the event a mortgagor of a vehicle is entitled to possession, then such conditional vendor or lessee or mortgagor shall be deemed thy owner for the purpose of this chapter.
PARK. To stand a vehicle, whether occupied, or not, for a period of time greater than is reasonably necessary for the actual loading or unloading of persons.
PARKING METER. A mechanical device located upon a public street or sidewalk in a place designated by the Board of Trustees as a parking meter zone hereinafter defined, which device shall record a certain number of minutes by the use of a clock mechanism determining the period of time for which parking privileges nay be extended to the person depositing a coin therein.
PARKING METER ZONE. Parking meter zones shall be such as may from time to time be established by chapter in the areas designated by the Board of Trustees where a vehicle may be temporarily parked and then be allowed to remain for the period of time indicated on the meter.
PEDESTRIAN. Any person on foot.
PERSON. Every natural person, firm, partnership, association or corporation.
POLICE OFFICER. Every officer of the Municipal Police Department or any officer authorized to direct or regulate traffic or to make arrests for violations of traffic regulations.
PRIVATE ROAD OR DRIVEWAY. Every way or place in private ownership and used for vehicular travel by the owner and those having express or implied permission from the owner but not by other persons.
PROPERTY LINE. The line marking the boundary between any street end the lots or property abutting thereon.
PUBLIC BUILDING. A building used by the municipality, the county, any park district, school district, the State of Illinois or the United States Government.
RAILROAD. A carrier of persons or property upon cars, other than street cars, operated upon stationary rails.
RAILROAD SIGN OR SIGNAL. Any sign, signal, or device erected in accordance with the laws governing same and intended to give notice of the presence of railroad tracks or the approach of a railroad train.
RAILROAD TRAIN. A steam engine, electric or other motive, with or without cars coupled thereto, operated upon rails.
REVERSIBLE LANE. A lane of a two or more lane roadway upon which traffic may be directed to move In either direction by means of lane-control signals or other devices, in conjunction with official signs.
RIGHT-OF-WAY. The right of one vehicle or pedestrian to proceed in a lawful manner in preference to another vehicle or pedestrian approaching under such circumstances of direction, speed and proximity as to give rise to danger of collision unless one grants precedence to the other.
SAFETY ZONE. The area or space officially set apart within a roadway for the exclusive use of pedestrians and which is protected or so marked or indicated by adequate signs as to be plainly visible at all times while set apart as a safety zone.
SCHOOL BUS. Every motor vehicle of the second division operated by or for a public or governmental agency or by or for a private or religious organization solely for the transportation of pupils in connection with school activities.
SIDEWALK. That portion of a street between the curb lines or the lateral lines of a roadway, and the adjacent property lines, intended for the use of pedestrians.
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.
TIRES.
(a) METAL TIRE. Every tire the surface of which in contact with the highway is wholly or partly of metal or other hard non-resilient material.
(b) PNEUMATIC TIRE. Every tire in which compressed air is designed to support the load.
(c) SOLID TIRE. Every tire of rubber or other resilient material which does not depend upon compressed air for the support of the load.
TRACTORS.
(a) FARM TRACTOR. Every motor vehicle designed and used primarily as a farm implement for drawing wagons, plows, mowing machines and other implements of husbandry, and every implement of husbandry which is self-propelled.
(b) IMPLEMENT OF HUSBANDRY. Every vehicle designed and adapted exclusively for agricultural, horticultural, or livestock raising operations, including farm wagons, wagon trailers or like vehicles used in connection therewith, or for lifting or carrying an implement of husbandry, providing that no farm wagon, wagon trailer or like vehicle having a capacity of more than 400 bushels or gross weight of more than 30,000 lbs. shall be included hereunder.
(c) TRUCK TRACTOR. Every motor vehicle designed and used primarily for drawing other vehicles and not so constructed as to carry a load other than a part of the weight of the vehicle and load so drawn.
TRAFFIC. Pedestrians, ridden or herded animals, vehicles and other conveyances, whether singly or together, while using any highway for the purpose of travel.
TRAFFIC CONTROL SIGNAL. Any device, whether manually, electrically or mechanically operated, by which traffic is alternately directed to stop and to proceed.
TRAILER. Every vehicle 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 no part of its weight rests upon the towing vehicle.
(a) HOUSE TRAILER. A trailer or semi-trailer which is designed, constructed and equipped as a dwelling place, living abode or sleeping place (either permanently or temporarily) and is equipped for use as a conveyance on streets and highways, or a trailer or semi-trailer whose chassis and exterior shell is designed and constructed for use as a house trailer, as defined previously but which is used instead permanently or temporarily for the advertising, sales, display or promotion of merchandise or services, or for any other commercial purpose except for transportation of property for hire, or the transportation of property for distribution by private carrier.
(b) POLE TRAILER. Every vehicle without motive power designed to be drawn by another vehicle attached to the towing vehicle by means of a reach or pole, or by being boomed or otherwise secured to the towing vehicle, and ordinarily used for transporting long or Irregularly shaped loads such as poles, pipes or structural members capable, generally, of sustaining themselves as beams between the supporting connections.
(c) SEMI-TRAILER. Every vehicle 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.
(d) STINGER STEERED SEMI-TRAILER. Every semitrailer which has its kingpin on a projection to the front of the structure of such semi-trailer and is combined with the fifth wheel of the truck tractor at a point not less than two feet to the rear of the center of the rearmost axle of such tractor.
TRUCK ROUTE. A local street or highway classified as a Class II Designated Road. The terms "truck route" and "Class II Designated Road" are to be used interchangeably.
UNLICENSED MOTOR VEHICLE. Every unlicenseable vehicle which is self-propelled.
VEHICLE.
(a) Very device in, upon or by which any person or property is or may be transported or drawn upon a highway except devices roved by human power or used exclusively upon stationary rails or tracks.
(b) For the purpose of this chapter, motor vehicles as a class shall be divided into two divisions, to-wit:
1. First. Those vehicles which are designed for the carrying of not more than ten persons.
2. Second. Those vehicles which are designed for pulling or carrying freight or the carrying of more than ten persons.
(Ord. 306, passed 12-7-1970; Am. Ord. 1129, passed 6-3-2020)