As used in this title, the following words and terms shall have the meanings ascribed to them in this section:
ALLEY: Any narrow highway ordinarily located in the interior portion of platted blocks and ordinarily used for service or delivery purposes at the rear of stores, dwellings, or buildings.
AMBULANCE: Any ground, air or water vehicle which is or should be approved by the Commissioner of Health, designed and equipped to transport a patient or patients and to provide appropriate on scene and en route patient stabilization and care as required. Vehicles used as ambulances shall meet such standards as may be required by the State Board of Health for approval, and shall display evidence of such approval at all times.
BICYCLE: A. A device upon which any person or persons may ride, propelled solely by human power through a belt, chain, or gears, and having two (2) or more wheels, excluding mopeds. A "bicycle" shall include tricycles, quadcycles, or similar human powered devices, electric assisted bicycles and motorized bicycles unless otherwise specifically indicated.
B. An electric assisted bicycle is any bicycle with:
1. Two (2) or three (3) wheels; and
2. Fully operative pedals for human propulsion and equipped with an electric motor:
a. With a power output not to exceed one thousand (1,000) watts;
b. Incapable of propelling the device at a speed of more than thirty (30) miles per hour on level ground; and
c. Incapable of further increasing the speed of the device when human power alone is used to propel the device at a speed of thirty (30) miles per hour or more.
An electric assisted bicycle shall meet the requirements of the Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standards as set forth in Federal regulations and shall operate in such a manner that the electric motor disengages or ceases to function when the brakes are applied.
C. A motorized bicycle is any bicycle having:
1. Fully operative pedals for propulsion by human power;
2. A power drive system that functions directly or automatically without clutching or shifting by the operator after the drive system is engaged; and
3. A combustion engine with a piston or rotor displacement of eighty (80) cubic centimeters or less, regardless of the number of chambers in the engine, which is capable of propelling the bicycle at a maximum design speed of not more than thirty five (35) miles per hour on level ground.
BUS: Every motor vehicle designed for carrying more than ten (10) passengers and used for the transportation of persons, and every motor vehicle, other than a taxicab, designed and used for the transportation of persons compensation.
BUSINESS DISTRICT: The territory contiguous to and including a highway if there are buildings within six hundred feet (600') of the highway 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 three hundred feet (300') of frontage on one side or three hundred feet (300') collectively on both sides of the highway.
CENTER LANE: Any clearly marked center lane. If the center lane is not marked and no cars are parked on the roadway, then the center lane is equally distanced between the curbs or traveled portion of the roadway. If vehicles be parked on each side of the roadway, then the center lane is equally distanced from the edges of the parked vehicles. Violations applicable to this definition are defined and incorporated herein under 47 Oklahoma Statutes section 11-301, subsections A and B.
COMMERCIAL VEHICLES:
Class A Commercial Motor Vehicle: Any combination of vehicles, except a Class D motor vehicle, with a gross combined weight rating of twenty six thousand one (26,001) or more pounds, provided the gross vehicle weight rating of the vehicle or vehicles being towed is in excess of ten thousand (10,000) pounds.
Class B Commercial Motor Vehicle: Any single vehicle, except a Class D motor vehicle, with a gross vehicle weight rating of twenty six thousand one (26,001) or more pounds, or any such vehicle towing a vehicle not in excess of ten thousand (10,000) pounds gross vehicle weight rating. This class shall apply to a bus with a gross vehicle weight rating of twenty six thousand one (26,001) or more pounds and designed to transport sixteen (16) or more persons, including the driver.
Class C Commercial Motor Vehicle: Any single vehicle or combination of vehicles, other than a Class A or Class B vehicle as defined herein, which is:
A. Required to be placarded for hazardous materials under 49 CFR part 172, subpart F; or
B. Designed by the manufacturer to transport sixteen (16) or more persons, including the driver.
Class D Motor Vehicle: A. Any motor vehicle or combination of vehicles which:
1. Regardless of weight:
a. Is marked and used as an authorized emergency vehicle, as defined in 47 Oklahoma Statutes section 1-103; or
b. Is designed and used solely as a recreational vehicle;
2. Is a single or combination vehicle with a gross combined weight rating of less than twenty six thousand one (26,001) pounds;
3. Is a single or combination farm vehicle with a gross combined weight rating of more than twenty six thousand one (26,001) pounds if:
a. It is entitled to be registered with a farm tag and has a farm tag attached thereto;
b. It is controlled and operated by a farmer, his or her family or employees;
c. It is used to transport either agricultural products, farm machinery, farm supplies or any combination of those materials to or from a farm;
d. It is not used in the operations of a common or contract motor carrier; and
e. It is used within one hundred fifty (150) air miles of the person's farm or as otherwise provided by Federal law; or
4. Is operated by a licensed driver employed by a unit of local government that operates a commercial motor vehicle within the boundaries of that unit of local government for the purpose of removing snow or ice from a roadway by plowing, sanding or salting, if:
a. The properly licensed employee who ordinarily operates a commercial vehicle for these purposes is unable to operate the vehicle; or
b. The employing governmental entity determines that a snow or ice emergency requires additional assistance.
B. A Class D motor vehicle shall not include any vehicle which is:
1. Designed to carry sixteen (16) or more passengers, including the driver; or
2. Required to be placarded for hazardous materials under 49 CFR, part 172, subpart F; provided, a farm vehicle, as defined in subsection A3 of this definition, which is required to be placarded for hazardous materials under 49 CFR, part 172, subpart F, shall be considered to be a Class D motor vehicle.
CONTROLLED ACCESS HIGHWAY: Every highway, street or roadway 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 and in such manner as may be determined by the public authority having jurisdiction over such highway, street or roadway.
CROSSWALK: That part of a roadway at an intersection included within the connections of the lateral lines of the sidewalks on opposite sides of the street measured from the curbs, or in the absence of curbs, from the edges of the traversable roadway. "Crosswalk" also means any portion of the roadway at an intersection or elsewhere distinctly indicated for pedestrian crossing by lines or other markings on the surface.
DOUBLE PARK: Parking or stopping a vehicle on the roadway side of another vehicle already parked adjacent to the edge of the curbing of the roadway.
DRIVER OR OPERATOR: A person who drives or is in actual physical control of a vehicle.
EMERGENCY: An unforeseeable occurrence of temporary duration causing or resulting in an abnormal increase in traffic volume, cessation or stoppage of traffic movement, or creation of conditions hazardous to normal traffic movement, including fire, storm, accident, riot, or spontaneous assembly of large numbers of pedestrians in such a manner as to impede the flow of traffic.
EMERGENCY VEHICLE:
A. When equipped as prescribed in subsection B of this definition:
1. Vehicles of Fire Departments;
2. Ambulances or vehicles specified pursuant to 63 Oklahoma Statutes section 1-2512, subsection B, of licensed ambulance service providers;
3. State vehicles of law enforcement agencies;
4. County vehicles of Sheriffs and full time commissioned deputies and vehicles designated by the Sheriff for support of the Sheriff's Office including privately owned vehicles driven by the Sheriff and full time, part time and reserve commissioned deputies; provided, the audible sirens and flashing red lights equipped on such privately owned vehicles are used only in a law enforcement capacity and in the course of duty;
5. Municipal vehicles of Police Departments;
6. Vehicles owned and operated by the United States Marshals Service or the Federal Bureau of Investigation;
7. Vehicles of the Oklahoma National Guard units designated by the Adjutant General for support to civil authorities; or
8. Vehicles owned and operated by any local organization for emergency management as defined by 63 Oklahoma Statutes section 683.3,
are authorized emergency vehicles.
B. All vehicles prescribed in subsection A of this definition shall be equipped with sirens capable of giving audible signals as required by the provisions of 47 Oklahoma Statutes section 12-218.
HIGHWAY: See definition of street or highway.
INTERSECTION:
A. The area embraced within the prolongation or connection of the lateral curb lines, or, if none, then the lateral boundary lines of the roadway of two (2) streets which join one another at, or approximately at, right angles, or the area within which vehicles traveling upon different streets joining at any other angle, may come in conflict; or
B. Where a street includes two (2) roadways thirty feet (30') or more apart, then every crossing of each roadway of such divided street by an intersecting street shall be regarded as a separate intersection. In the event such intersecting street also includes two (2) roadways thirty feet (30') or more apart, then every crossing of two (2) roadways of such streets shall be regarded as separate intersections.
LIMIT LINES: Boundaries of parking areas, loading zones and nontraffic areas and lines indicating the proper place for stopping where stops are required.
LIMITED ACCESS HIGHWAY: See definition of controlled access highway.
LOADING ZONE: A space adjacent to a curb reserved for the exclusive use of vehicles during the loading or unloading of passengers or material.
Freight Curb Loading Zone: A loading zone for the exclusive use of vehicles during the loading or unloading of freight.
Passenger Curb Loading Zone: A loading zone for the exclusive use of vehicles during the loading or unloading of passengers.
MOPED: Any motor driven cycle with a motor which produces not to exceed two (2) brake horsepower and which is not capable of propelling the vehicle at a speed in excess of thirty (30) miles per hour on level ground. If an internal combustion engine is used, the displacement shall not exceed fifty (50) cubic centimeters, and the moped shall have a power drive system that functions directly or automatically without clutching or shifting by the operator after the drive system is engaged.
MOTOR DRIVEN CYCLE: Any motor vehicle having:
A. A power source that:
1. If the power source is a combustion engine, has a piston or rotor displacement of greater than thirty five (35) cubic centimeters but less than one hundred fifty (150) cubic centimeters regardless of the number of chambers in the power source;
2. If the power source is electric, has a power output of greater than one thousand (1,000) watts; and
B. A seat or saddle for the use of each rider; and
C. Not more than three (3) wheels in contact with the ground.
MOTOR VEHICLE: Every vehicle which is self-propelled.
MOTORCYCLE: Any motor vehicle having:
A. A seat or saddle for the use of each rider;
B. Not more than three (3) wheels in contact with the ground, but excluding a tractor; and
C. A combustion engine with a piston or rotor displacement of one hundred fifty (150) cubic centimeters or greater.
MOTORIZED SCOOTER:
A. Any vehicle having:
1. Not more than three (3) wheels in contact with the ground;
2. Handlebars and a foot support or seat for the use of the operator;
3. A power source that is capable of propelling the vehicle at a maximum design speed of not more than twenty five (25) miles per hour on level ground; and
a. If the power source is a combustion engine, has a piston or rotor displacement of thirty five (35) cubic centimeters or less regardless of the number of chambers in the power source.
b. If the power source is electric, has a power output of not more than one thousand (1,000) watts.
B. For purposes of this section, an electric personal assistive mobility device, as defined in 47 Oklahoma Statutes section 1-114A, a bicycle, an electric assisted bicycle, or a motorized bicycle, as defined in this section, shall not be considered a motorized scooter.
C. A motorized scooter shall not be required to be registered under the laws of this State. The operator of a motorized scooter shall not be required to possess a driver license or to comply with the vehicle insurance or financial responsibility laws of this State.
OFFICIAL TIME: Whenever certain hours are named herein, they shall mean Central Standard Time, or daylight saving time, as may be in current use in the Town.
OFFICIAL TRAFFIC CONTROL DEVICE: All signs, barricades, signals, markings and devices, not inconsistent with this title, placed or erected by authority of a public body or official having jurisdiction, for the purpose of regulating, warning or guiding traffic.
PARK OR PARKING: The standing of a vehicle, whether occupied or not, otherwise than temporarily for the purpose of, and while actually engaged in, loading or unloading merchandise or passengers, provided such loading and unloading is in an authorized place.
PEDESTRIAN: Any person afoot.
POLICE OFFICER: Every officer of the Municipal Police Department, or any officer authorized to direct or regulate traffic, or to make arrests for violation of traffic regulations.
PRIVATE ROAD OR DRIVEWAY: A way or place in private ownership or leading to property in private ownership and used for vehicular traffic by the owner and those having express or implied permission from the owner.
PUBLIC PARKING LOT: A parking lot or right-of-way dedicated to public use or owned by the State or a political subdivision thereof.
RAILROAD: A carrier of persons or property upon cars operated upon stationary rails.
RAILROAD TRAIN: A steam engine, diesel, electric or other motor, with or without cars coupled thereto, operated upon rails.
RESIDENCE DISTRICT: Territory contiguous to and including a highway not comprising a business district when property on such highway for a distance of three hundred feet (300') or more is in the main improved with residences or residences and building in use for business.
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.
ROADWAY: That portion of a street improved, designed, or ordinarily used for vehicular travel, exclusive of the shoulders. In the event a street includes two (2) or more separate roadways, the term roadway, as used herein, shall refer to any such roadway, separately, but not to all such roadways collectively.
SAFETY ZONE: The area or space officially set apart within a roadway for the exclusive use of pedestrians and which is protected or is so marked or indicated by adequate signs as to be plainly visible at all times, while set apart as a safety zone.
SCHOOL ZONE: All streets or portions of streets immediately adjacent to a school or school ground where same is adjacent and for a distance of three hundred feet (300') in each direction.
SIDEWALK: That portion of a street between the curb lines, or at lateral lines of the roadway, and adjacent property lines, intended for use of pedestrians.
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, means the complete cessation from movement.
STOP OR STOPPING: When prohibited, means any halting, even momentarily, 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 a traffic control sign or signal. When prohibited, the term means any halting, even momentarily, 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 a traffic control sign or signal.
STREET OR HIGHWAY: When prohibited, means any halting, even momentarily, 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 a traffic control sign or signal.
THROUGH STREET OR HIGHWAY: Every highway or portion thereof on which vehicular traffic is given preferential right-of-way, and at the entrances to which vehicular traffic from intersecting highways is required by law to yield right-of-way to vehicles on such through highway in obedience to either a stop sign or a yield sign, when such signs are erected as provided in this title.
TRAFFIC: Pedestrians, ridden or herded animals, vehicles and other conveyances, either singularly or together, while using any highway or street for purpose of travel.
TRAFFIC CONTROL DEVICES OR SIGNALS: Any device legally authorized and used for the purpose of regulating, warning or guiding traffic.
U-TURN: A turn by which a vehicle reverses its course of travel on the same street.
URBAN DISTRICT: 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 one hundred feet (100') for a distance of one-fourth (1/4) of a mile or more.
VEHICLE: A. Any 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.
B. The term shall not include:
1. Implements of husbandry, as defined in 47 Oklahoma Statutes section 1-125.
2. Electric personal assistive mobility devices, as defined in 47 Oklahoma Statutes section 1-114A; or
3. Motorized wheelchairs, as defined in 47 Oklahoma Statutes section 1-136.3. (2014 Code § 15-103; amd. 2018 Code)