For the purpose of this chapter, the following definitions shall apply unless the context clearly indicates or requires a different meaning.
DRIVER. Every person who drives or is in actual physical control of a motor vehicle.
EMERGENCY VEHICLES. Vehicles of the Fire Department, police vehicles and ambulances and emergency vehicles of municipal departments or public service corporations as are designated or authorized by the Chief of Police of an incorporated city.
HEAVY TRUCKS. Every motor vehicle designed, used or maintained primarily for the transportation of property and having a carrying or towing capacity of 1½ tons or greater.
LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICER. Every officer authorized to direct or regulate traffic or to make arrests for violations of traffic regulations.
MOTOR VEHICLE. Every vehicle which is self-propelled, but not operated on rails.
OFFICIAL TRAFFIC-CONTROL DEVICE. All signs, signals, markings and devices placed or erected by authority of a public body, agency or official having jurisdiction thereof for the purpose of regulating, warning or guiding the movement of traffic.
OWNER. A person who holds a legal title of a vehicle, or in the event a vehicle is the subject of the agreement for the conditional sale or a lease thereof with the right of purchase upon performance of the conditions stated in the agreement and with an immediate vendee or lessee or mortgagor of vehicle is entitled to possession, then the conditional vendee or lessee or mortgagor shall be deemed the owner for the purpose of this chapter, or an association of persons or a corporation in whose name the title is registered.
ROADWAY. Any portion of a county road, improved or otherwise, ordinarily used for the movement of vehicular traffic.
SEMI-TRAILER. Every vehicle with or without motor power, designed for carrying persons or property and for being drawn by motor vehicle and so constructed that some part of its weight and that of its load rests upon or is carried by another vehicle as a heavy truck.
UNIMPROVED COUNTY ROAD. Any road which has been accepted into the county road system for perpetual maintenance thereof and which construction consists of either a gravel, shale or dirt road base or mixture thereof.
(Ord. 77-16, passed 6-15-77)