As used in this Traffic Code, the following words and phrases shall have the following meanings:
(a) Abandoned motor vehicle - Any motor vehicle inoperable and left unattended on a public street for more than ninety-six hours, or a motor vehicle without registration plates left standing on a public street for more than ninety-six hours.
(Ord. 73-2. Passed 3-19-73.)
(b) Bus - A motor vehicle designed for carrying more than ten persons, including the driver, and used for the transportation of persons, or a motor vehicle, other than a taxicab, designed and used for the transportation of persons for compensation.
(c) Business District - The territory and land, excluding any in R-1, R-2 and R-3 Districts, which are designated as GI (General Industrial), GC (General Commercial), and LI (Limited Industrial) Districts pursuant to the Lower Chichester Township Zoning Code.
(d) Commercial vehicle - Any vehicle, trailer or similar device, whether or not motor propelled, which carries goods, products and supplies of any description, normally delivered to or sold by any business or commercial enterprise. Commercial vehicle includes any motor vehicle which is used in a trade or business or which has advertised on the body of such vehicle a trade or business name.
(Ord. 90-3. Passed 5-21-90.)
(e) Disabled motor vehicle - Any vehicle which is inoperative or immobile by reason of mechanical or other difficulty or by reason of damage to said motor vehicle, or a motor vehicle which does not have affixed to it a current inspection sticker or a current registration plate.
A disabled motor vehicle shall also be one that has flat tires, broken windows, missing tires, an inoperative engine or transmission, or missing or damaged fenders, doors, headlights, tail lights, bumpers, hood, trunk or other parts, which make the vehicle inoperable, immobile, or unsafe.
(Ord. 92-15. Passed 4-20-92.)
(f) Gross vehicle weight rating (GVWR) - The value specified on the Federal weight certification label by the manufacturer as the loaded weight of a single vehicle.
(g) House trailer - A 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.
(h) House van - A motor vehicle commonly known as a van 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.
(i) Motor home - A motor vehicle designed or adapted for use as a mobile dwelling or office.
(Ord. 90-3. Passed 5-21-90.)
(j) Motor vehicle - Any vehicle which is self-propelled.
(Ord. 73-2. Passed 3-19-73.)
(k) Park or parking - When prohibited, the halting of a vehicle, whether occupied or not, except momentarily for the purpose of and while actually engaged in loading or unloading of property or passengers.
(l) Passenger car - A motor vehicle, except a motorcycle, designed for carrying ten passengers or less, and primarily used for the transportation of persons.
(m) Person - A natural person, firm, co-partnership, association or corporation.
(n) Recreational trailer - A trailer designed or adapted and used exclusively for recreational purposes.
(o) Residence District - The territory and land, including any roads and/or highways, located in R-1, R-2 and R-3 Districts, pursuant to the Lower Chichester Township Zoning Code.
(Ord. 90-3. Passed 5-21-90.)
(p) Semi-trailer - Any vehicle of the trailer type designed so that some part of its weight rests upon another vehicle.
(Ord. 73-2. Passed 3-19-73.)
(q) Trailer - A vehicle designed to be towed by a motor vehicle.
(r) Truck - A motor vehicle designed, used or maintained primarily for the transportation of property.
(s) Truck camper - A structure designed, used or maintained primarily to be loaded or affixed to a motor vehicle to provide a mobile dwelling, sleeping place, office or commercial space.
(t) Truck tractor - A 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.
(u) Vehicle - Every device in, upon or by which any person or property is or may be transported or drawn upon a highway, except devices used exclusively upon rails or tracks.
(Ord. 90-3. Passed 5-21-90.)
(v) Vehicle Code - The Pennsylvania Motor Vehicle Code, 75 Pa. C.S.A.