The following words and phrases used in ordinances, resolutions, notices and proceedings of the Mayor and Common Council and other officers of the City are defined as follows; and when such words and phrases are used in any such ordinance, resolution, notice or proceeding shall be deemed to have such meaning unless a different meaning clearly appears in any such ordinance, resolution, notice or proceeding:
A. "Centerline" means a line in the middle of the street along its course with an equal distance between it and the street line on each side.
B. "Curb" means a street improvement generally constructed of cement concrete, six inches wide at the top, nine inches wide at the bottom, and fifteen inches in height, with the top edge nearest the centerline of the street constructed to conform to the curb line of the street, and the side nearest the street line constructed perpendicular and the top and bottom constructed horizontal. Said word may refer to a curb already constructed or which might be hereafter constructed and in places where no curb exists where the word is used as designating a location, it shall be presumed to exist.
C. "Curb line" means the line at the top of the curb at the edge nearest the centerline of the street. The curb line on all streets, unless otherwise provided by ordinance, shall be the distance from the property line as provided by Section Two of Ordinance No. 338 of the City, entitled "An Ordinance establishing the width of sidewalks within the City of San Bernardino and establishing the width of cement sidewalks that may hereafter be constructed in said City" adopted and approved September 17, 1906.
D. "Gutter line" means the line along the face of the curb at the top of the roadway and ten inches below the top of the curb.
E. "Property line" means the boundary line along the street of any abutting land.
F. "Roadway" means all that portion of the street between the curbs, and at intersections shall include that portion of the street described between the curb lines of the street extended along the course of the street across the intersecting street. In extending such curb lines, the lines shall produce a straight line between the points of intersection of the curb lines of the described street with the curb lines of the intersecting street.
G. "Sidewalk" means that portion of the street between the curb line and the property line.
H. "Street" means any land which has been dedicated and accepted according to law as a public street or highway, or which has been in common and undisputed use for general highway purposes by the public for a period of not less than five years. Such word shall be deemed to include avenues, highways, lanes, alleys, crossings or intersections, courts and places.
I. "Street line" means, such as, for example, "the south line of Third Street," the boundary line of the street along the course of the street. At intersections such line shall be deemed to cross the intersecting street from one corner of the intersection to the other corner on the same side of the street.
(Ord. 756, 1-04-1920)