For the purpose of this chapter, the following definitions shall apply unless the context clearly indicates or requires a different meaning.
EMERGENCY VEHICLE. A Fire Department vehicle, police vehicle, ambulance, blood delivery vehicle, Armed Forces emergency vehicle, one private vehicle of a Fire or Police Chief or Assistant
Chief, or ambulance corps commander or assistant commander, or of a river rescue commander used for answering emergency calls, or other vehicle designated by the State Police under § 6101 of the Vehicle Code (75 Pa.C.S.A. § 6106, relating to designation of emergency vehicles by Pennsylvania State Police).
LOCAL TRAFFIC. Emergency vehicles and school buses, defined hereinafter, vehicles and combinations or governmental entities and utilities where their contractors are engaged in construction or maintenance on a posted highway or in a location which can be reached only via a posted highway, and vehicles and combinations going to or coming from a residence or farm located on a posted highway, or which can be reached only via a posted highway.
MOTOR VEHICLE. Any vehicle or combination as defined and/or governed by the Vehicle Code, 75 Pa.C.S.A. §§ 101 et seq., as amended.
SCHOOL BUS. A motor vehicle designated for carrying more than ten passengers, exclusive of the driver, and used for the transportation of school children.
(Ord. 115, passed 9-12-2000)