The following words and phrases when used in this Title shall have the meanings respectively ascribed to them in this Section.
BUSINESS DISTRICT: The territory contiguous to and including a street when, within any six hundred feet (600') along such street, there are buildings 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 street.
DOUBLE PARKING: The standing of a vehicle upon a street alongside and parallel of another vehicle which is parked at the curb.
DRIVER: Every person who drives or is in actual physical control of a vehicle.
OWNER: A person who holds the legal title of a vehicle or in the event a vehicle is the subject of an agreement for the conditional sale or lease thereof with the right of purchase upon performance of the conditions stated in the agreement and with an immediate right of possession vested in the conditional vendee or lessee, or in the event a mortgagor of a vehicle is entitled to possession, then such conditional vendee or lessee or mortgagor shall be deemed the owner for the purpose of this Traffic Code.
PARK: When prohibited means the standing of a vehicle, whether occupied or not, otherwise than temporarily for the purpose of and while actually engaged in loading or unloading.
PEDESTRIAN: Any person afoot.
PERSON: See Section 1-3-2 of this Code.
POLICE OFFICER: Every officer authorized to direct or regulate traffic or to make arrests for violations of traffic regulations.
RESIDENCE DISTRICT: The territory contiguous to and including a highway not comprising a business district when the property on such highway for a distance of three hundred feet (300') or more is improved with residences or residences and buildings in use for business.
RIGHT OF WAY: The privilege of the immediate use of the roadway.
STOP: When required, means complete cessation from movement.
STOP, STOPPING OR STANDING: When prohibited means any stopping or standing 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, highway patrolman, or traffic-control sign or signal.
STREETS AND ROADWAY AREAS:
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: A. That part of a roadway at an intersection included within the connections of the lateral lines of the sidewalks on opposite sides of the highway measured from the curbs, or in the absence of curbs, from the edges of the traversable roadway.
B. Any portion of a roadway at an intersection or elsewhere distinctly indicated for pedestrians crossing by lines or other markings on the surface.
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 roadways of two (2) streets which join one another at, or approximately at, right angles, or the area within which vehicles traveling upon different highways joining at any other angle may come in conflict.
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 a separate intersection.
Laned Roadway: A roadway which is divided into two (2) or more clearly marked lanes for vehicular traffic.
Private Road Or Driveway: Every way or place in private ownership and used for vehicular travel by the owner and those having express or implied permission from the owner, but not by other persons.
Roadway: That portion of a street improved, designed, or ordinarily used for vehicular travel, exclusive of the berm or shoulder. 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.
Sidewalk: That portion of a street between the curb lines or the lateral lines of a roadway, and the adjacent property lines, intended for use of pedestrians.
Street Or Highway: The entire width between the boundary lines of every street, highway and related structure as have been, or shall be, built and maintained with appropriated funds of the United States and which have been, or shall be, built and maintained with funds of the State, or the Town, or which have been or shall be dedicated to public use or have been acquired by eminent domain.
Through Street: Every street or portion thereof at the entrances to which vehicular traffic from intersecting streets is required by law to stop before entering or crossing the same and when stop signs are erected as provided in this Traffic Code.
TRAFFIC: Pedestrians, ridden or herded animals, vehicles, streetcars, and other conveyances whether singly or together while using any highways for purposes of travel.
TRAFFIC-CONTROL DEVICES:
Official Traffic-Control Devices: All signs, signals, markings, and devices not inconsistent with this Traffic Code placed or erected by authority of the Town, County or State, for the purpose of regulating, warning, or guiding traffic.
Railroad Sign Or Signal: Any sign, signal, or device erected by authority of the Town, County or State, or by a railroad and intended to give notice of the presence of railroad tracks or the approach of a railroad train.
Traffic-Control Signal: Any device, whether manually, electrically, or mechanically operated, by which traffic is alternately directed to stop and to proceed.
VEHICLES:
Authorized Emergency Vehicle: Vehicles of the Fire Department, fire patrol, police vehicles and ambulances of the Town, County or State.
Bicycle: A. Every vehicle propelled solely by human power upon which any person may ride, having two (2) tandem wheels and a seat height of more than twenty five inches (25") from the ground when the seat is raised to its highest position, except scooters and similar devices; or
B. Every vehicle equipped with two (2) or three (3) wheels, foot pedals to permit muscular propulsion and an independent power source providing a maximum of two (2) brake horsepower. If a combustion engine is used, the maximum piston or rotor displacement may not exceed 3.05 cubic inches (50 centimeters) regardless of the number of chambers in the power source. The power source must not be capable of propelling the device, unassisted, at a speed exceeding thirty (30) miles an hour (48.28 kilometers an hour) on a level surface. The device must be equipped with a power drive system that functions directly or automatically only and does not require clutching or shifting by the operator after the drive system is engaged.
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 for compensation.
Motor-Driven Cycle: Every motorcycle, including every motor scooter, with a motor which produces not to exceed five (5) horsepower, and every bicycle with motor attached.
Motor Vehicle: A vehicle propelled by its own power and designed or used to transport persons or property upon the highways of the state. The term does not include a "bicycle" as defined in Montana Code Annotated section 61-1-123.
Motorcycle: A motor vehicle having not more than three (3) wheels in contact with the ground and a saddle on which the operator sits or a platform on which he stands and a driving wheel in contact with the ground in addition to the wheels of the vehicle itself. A motorcycle may carry one or more attachments and a seat for the conveyance of a passenger. The term does not include a "tractor" or a "bicycle" as defined in Montana Code Annotated section 61-1-123.
Pole Trailer: Every vehicle without power designed to be drawn by another vehicle and attached to the towing vehicle by means of a reach, or pole, or by being boomed or otherwise secured by some pole or structural member to the towing vehicle.
School Bus: Every motor vehicle owned by a public or governmental agency and operated for the transportation of children to or from school or privately owned and operated for compensation for the transportation of children to or from school.
Semitrailer: Every vehicle with or without motive power, other than a pole trailer, designed for carrying 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.
Trailer: Every vehicle with or without motive power, other than a pole trailer, designed for carrying property and for being drawn by a motor vehicle and so constructed that no part of its weight rests upon the towing vehicle.
Vehicle: Every device, in, upon, or by which any person or property is or may be transported or drawn upon a street or highway, except devices moved by human power or used exclusively upon stationary rails or tracks. (1977 Code § 10.04.020; amd. 2000 Code)