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NUTTER FORT, WEST VIRGINIA CODE OF ORDINANCES
PART ONE: ADMINISTRATIVE CODE
PART THREE: TRAFFIC CODE
PART FIVE: GENERAL OFFENSES CODE
PART SEVEN: BUSINESS REGULATION AND TAXATION CODE
PART NINE: STREETS, UTILITIES AND PUBLIC SERVICES CODE
PART ELEVEN: HEALTH AND SANITATION CODE
PART THIRTEEN: PLANNING AND ZONING CODE
PART FIFTEEN: FIRE PREVENTION CODE
PART SEVENTEEN: BUILDING AND HOUSING CODES
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ARTICLE 301: DEFINITIONS
Section
   301.01   Meaning of words and phrases
   301.02   Authorized emergency vehicle
   301.03   Bicycle
   301.04   Bus
   301.05   Business district
   301.06   Controlled-access highway
   301.07   Crosswalk
   301.08   Driver
   301.09   Explosives
   301.10   Flammable liquid
   301.11   Gross weight
   301.12   Intersection
   301.13   Laned roadway
   301.14   Moped
   301.15   Motorcycle
   301.16   Motor-driven cycle
   301.17   Motor vehicle
   301.18   Owner
   301.19   Park
   301.20   Parking area
   301.21   Pedestrian
   301.22   Person
   301.23   Pole trailer
   301.24   Police officer
   301.25   Private road or driveway; private property
   301.26   Railroad
   301.27   Railroad sign or signal
   301.28   Railroad train
   301.29   Residence district
   301.30   Residential street
   301.31   Right-of-way
   301.32   Roadway
   301.33   Safety zone
   301.34   School bus
   301.35   School grounds
   301.36   Semitrailer
   301.37   Sidewalk
   301.38   Stop
   301.39   Stop, stopping or standing
   301.40   Street or highway; alley
   301.41   Through street or through highway
   301.42   Traffic
   301.43   Traffic-control devices
   301.44   Traffic-control signal
   301.45   Trailer
   301.46   Truck
   301.47   Vehicle
Cross References
   See sectional histories for similar state law
   Speed race defined, see Part Three, § 335.04
§ 301.01 MEANING OF WORDS AND PHRASES.
   The following words and phrases when used in this Traffic Code shall, for the purpose of this Traffic Code, have the meanings respectively ascribed to them in this article.
(W.Va. Code § 17C-1-1)
§ 301.02 AUTHORIZED EMERGENCY VEHICLE.
   AUTHORIZED EMERGENCY VEHICLE means vehicles of the Fire Department, duly chartered rescue squad, Police Department, ambulance service, state, county or municipal agency and such privately-owned ambulances, tow trucks, wreckers, flag car services, vehicles providing road service to disabled vehicles, service vehicles of a public service corporation, postal service vehicles, snow removal equipment, Class A vehicles of firefighters, Class A vehicles of members of ambulance services and Class A vehicles of members of duly chartered rescue squads and all other emergency vehicles as are designated by the agency responsible for the operation and control of these persons or organizations. CLASS A VEHICLES are as defined by W.Va. Code § 17A-10-1. AGENCY AUTHORIZATION AND EMERGENCY EQUIPMENT are defined in W.Va. Code § 17C-15-26. Agencies responsible for issuing authorization for emergency vehicle permits may promulgate such regulations that are necessary for the issuance of permits for emergency vehicles.
(W.Va. Code 17C-1-6)
§ 301.03 BICYCLE.
   BICYCLE means every device which does not have a motor attached and which is propelled by human power upon which any person may ride, having two tandem wheels either of which is more than 20 inches in diameter.
(W.Va. Code § 17C-1-8)
§ 301.04 BUS.
   BUS means every motor vehicle designed for carrying more than seven 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.
(W.Va. Code § 17C-1-13)
§ 301.05 BUSINESS DISTRICT.
   BUSINESS DISTRICT means the territory contiguous to and including a street or highway when within any 600 feet along such highway 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 300 feet of frontage on one side or 300 feet collectively on both sides of the street or highway.
(W.Va. Code § 17C-1-45)
§ 301.06 CONTROLLED-ACCESS HIGHWAY.
   CONTROLLED-ACCESS HIGHWAY means 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.
(W.Va. Code § 17C-1-41)
§ 301.07 CROSSWALK.
   CROSSWALK includes:
      (1)   The part of a roadway at an intersection included within the connections of the lateral lines of the sidewalks on opposite sides of the street or highway measured from the curbs or, in the absence of curbs, from the edges of the traversable roadway; and
      (2)   Any portion of a roadway at an intersection or elsewhere distinctly indicated for pedestrian crossing by lines or other markings on the surface.
(W.Va. Code § 17C-1-43)
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