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Codified Ordinances of Saint Marys, WV
CODIFIED ORDINANCES OF THE CITY OF ST. MARYS, WEST VIRGINIA
CERTIFICATION
ROSTER OF OFFICIALS
EDITOR'S NOTE
COMPARATIVE SECTION TABLE
PART ONE - ADMINISTRATIVE CODE
PART THREE - TRAFFIC CODE
PART FIVE - GENERAL OFFENSES CODE
PART SEVEN - BUSINESS 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 CODE
ARTICLE 301
Definitions
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.
301.083   Electric bicycles.
301.085   Electric personal assistive mobility device.
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.
301.201   Passenger van.
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 signals.
301.45   Trailer.
301.46   Truck.
301.47   Vehicle.
301.48   Alley.
301.49   Wheelchair.
 
CROSS REFERENCES
See sectional histories for similar State law
Speed race defined - see TRAF. 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. 
(WVaC 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, hospital police department, 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 West Virginia Code 17A-10-1.  Agency authorization and emergency equipment are defined in West Virginia 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.
(WVaC 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 twenty inches in diameter. (WVaC 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.  (WVaC 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.  (WVaC 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.  (WVaC 17C-1-41)
301.07  CROSSWALK.
   "Crosswalk" includes:
   (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 street or highway measured from the curbs or, in the absence of curbs, from the edges of the traversable roadway; and
   (b)   Any portion of a roadway at an intersection or elsewhere distinctly indicated for pedestrian crossing by lines or other markings on the surface.  (WVaC 17C-1-43)
301.08  DRIVER.
   "Driver" means every person who drives or is in actual physical control of a vehicle.  (WVaC 17C-1-31)
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