§ 71.01 DEFINITIONS.

   For the purpose of this chapter, the following definitions shall apply unless the context clearly indicates or requires a different meaning.

   COMMERCIAL VEHICLE.

      (1)   Any motor vehicle used as a common carrier;

      (2)   Any motor vehicle, other than a passenger vehicle, which has a curb weight in excess of 5,500 pounds apart from cargo capacity;

      (3)   Any motor vehicle while used in the for-hire transportation of property;

      (4)   Any farm truck, tractor, semitrailer, truck-tractor, or a combination thereof as they are defined in M.S. § 168.002, as it may be amended from time to time; or

      (5)   Any motor home or other vehicle designed to provide temporary living quarters.

   MOTOR VEHICLE. Every vehicle which is self propelled and every vehicle which is propelled by electric power obtained from over head trolley wires. MOTOR VEHICLE does not include a vehicle moved solely by human power.

   PASSENGER VEHICLE. A vehicle that is:

      (1)   A car, pickup truck or a van;

      (2)   Not used in furtherance of a commercial enterprise; and

      (3)   Not subject to state or federal regulation as a commercial motor vehicle.

   VEHICLE. Every device in, upon or by which any person or property is or may be transported or drawn upon a highway, excepting devices used exclusively upon stationary rails or tracks.

(Ord. 394, passed 1-25-1988; Ord. 528, passed 2-28-2011)