For the purpose of this traffic code, the following definitions shall apply unless the context clearly indicates or requires a different meaning.
BUSINESS DISTRICT. The closely built-up business portion of the city.
CROSSWALK. The portion of the roadway included within the prolongation of the sidewalk lines at street intersections.
DRIVER. Any person who is in actual physical control of a vehicle.
EMERGENCY VEHICLE. Vehicles used by the Police or Fire Department in the line of duty, ambulances, and any vehicle conveying a city official or employee in response to an emergency official call.
FARM TRACTOR. Every motor vehicle designed and used primarily as a farm implement for drawing plows, mowing machines, and other implements of husbandry.
IMPROVED HIGHWAY. A roadway of concrete, brick, asphalt, macadam, or gravel.
INTERSECTION. The area embraced within the prolongation of the property lines of two or more streets which join at an angle, whether or not such streets cross.
LOADING ZONE. The space adjacent to a curb reserved for the exclusive use of vehicles during the unloading or loading of passengers or materials.
METAL TIRE. Every tire, the surface of which (in contact with the roadway) is wholly or partly of metal or other hard, non-resilient material.
MOTOR VEHICLE. Every vehicle which is self-propelled.
MOTORCYCLE. Every motor vehicle having a saddle for the use of the rider and designed to travel on no more than three wheels in contact with the ground but excluding a tractor.
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.
PEDESTRIAN. Any person afoot.
PNEUMATIC TIRE. Every tire in which compressed air is designed to support the load.
PROPERTY LINE. The line marking the boundary between any street and the lots or property abutting thereon.
PUBLIC BUILDING. A building used by the city or by any park district, school district, the State of Illinois, or the United States government.
RESIDENCE DISTRICT. The closely built-up residence portion of the city.
ROAD TRACTOR. Every motor vehicle designed and used for drawing other vehicles and not so constructed as to carry any load thereon either independently or any part of the weight of a vehicle or load so drawn.
ROADWAY. The portion of a street designed or ordinarily used for vehicular traffic.
SEMI-TRAILER. Every vehicle without motor power 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.
SIDEWALK. The portion of a street between the curb line and the adjacent property line.
SOLID TIRE. Every tire of rubber or other resilient material which does not depend upon compressed air for the support of the load.
STREET. Every way set aside for public travel except foot paths.
SUBURBAN DISTRICT. The portion of the city other than the closely built-up business and residence districts.
TRAFFIC. Vehicles using any street for travel.
TRAILER. Every vehicle without motor power designed for carrying passengers or property and for being drawn by a motor vehicle and so constructed that no part of its weight rests upon the towing vehicle.
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.
VEHICLE. Every device in, upon, or by which any person or property is or may be transported or drawn upon a highway, including bicycles but not perambulators or toy vehicles.
(Prior Code, Chapter 13, Article 1, § 1)