(A) When any words and phrases used herein are not defined herein but are defined in the Vehicle Code [of the state] regulating the operation of vehicles, any such definition therein shall be deemed to apply to the words and phrases used herein, except when the context otherwise requires.
(B) For the purpose of this title, the following definitions shall apply unless the context clearly indicates or requires a different meaning.
BICYCLE. Every device propelled by human power upon which any person may ride, having two or three wheels, each of which is 20 inches or more in diameter.
CENTRAL TRAFFIC DISTRICT. All streets and portions of streets within the area described as follows:
Beginning at the intersection of the northerly right-of-way line of Highway 86 - East Valley Parkway with the northerly prolongation of the centerline of the first alley west of and parallel with Oasis Street; thence southerly along the centerline of the alley extended to the south right-of-way line of Highway 111; thence easterly along the south right-of-way line of Highway 111 extended to its intersection with the north right-of-way line of Highway 86 - East Valley Parkway; thence northwesterly along the right-of-way line of Highway 111 - East Valley Parkway to the point of beginning.
HOLIDAYS. The following days are holidays. New Year's Day, Martin Luther King Day, President's Day, Memorial Day, Independence Day, Labor Day, Columbus Day, Veteran's Day, Thanksgiving Day and day after, Christmas Eve Day, Christmas Day, and New Year's Eve Day. If any one of these HOLIDAYS should fall on a Sunday, the following Monday also is a holiday and if it should fall on a Saturday, the preceding Friday is also a holiday.
LOADING ZONE. A space reserved for the exclusive use of vehicles during the loading or unloading of passengers or materials.
MUNICIPAL PARKING LOT. A lot or parcel of land owned, purchased or leased by the city or in which the city has a possessory right of interest and
which is designated as a municipal parking lot for the off-street parking of vehicles.
OFFICIAL TIME STANDARDS. When certain hours are named herein, they shall mean Standard Time or Daylight Saving Time as may be in current use in the city.
PARKWAY. That portion of a street other than a roadway, sidewalk or median.
PASSENGER LOADING ZONE. A place reserved for the exclusive use of vehicles during the loading or unloading of passengers.
POLICE OFFICER. Every officer of the Police Department of the city or any officer authorized to direct or regulate traffic or to make arrests for violations of traffic regulations.
STAND or STANDING. The halting of a vehicle whether occupied or not otherwise than temporarily for the purpose of and while actually engaged in receiving or discharging passengers.
STOP. When required, the term means a complete cessation of movement.
TRAFFIC CONTROL DEVICES WARRANTS. A set of warrants setting out the criteria for the evaluation of the needs for traffic control devices based upon standard traffic engineering principals.
TRAFFIC SIGNAL. Any device, whether manually, electrically or mechanically operated by which traffic is alternately directed to stop and permitted to proceed.
('61 Code, § 13.3) (Ord. 653, passed - - ; Am. Ord. 684, passed - - )
Editor's note: “Vehicle Code,” as used in this title, is the California State Vehicle Code.