The words and phrases used in this chapter shall, for the purpose of this chapter, have the meanings respectively ascribed to them in A.R.S. title 28, except for the words and phrases defined herein, as follows:
Sec. 20-1(1). Alley means any public or private way set aside as a right-of-way for municipal services, or street or alley purposes and as a means of reaching the rear end of lots or buildings.
Sec. 20-1(2). Annual permit means a permit allowing the operation or movement, during a calendar year, of a specific vehicle, or vehicle and load, along truck routes established pursuant to section 20-15 of this Code.
Sec. 20-1(3). Bicycle zone means a place adjacent to a curb reserved for the exclusive use or purpose of parking bicycles. Such zone shall be designated by blue and white marking on the curb or signs appropriately marked for the exclusive use of bicycles, or by both such signs and blue and white curb markings.
Sec. 20-1(4). Booting means to place a device on a vehicle to prevent the vehicle's movement until the device is removed.
Sec. 20-1(5). Business district means the area contiguous to and including a street, where within any six hundred (600) feet along the street there are buildings used for business or industrial purposes which occupy at least three hundred (300) feet of frontage on one side, or three hundred (300) feet collectively on both sides of the street.
Sec. 20-1(6). Central business district means all streets and portions of streets within the area described as follows: All that area bounded by the following streets: On the north by Sixth Street; on the east by Fourth Avenue; on the south by Cushing Street to Stone Avenue and from Stone Avenue by East Fourteenth Street; and on the west by Granada Avenue.
Sec. 20-1(7). Commercial vehicle means any vehicle originally registered for commercial use, or any vehicle rated for a load capacity in excess of one (1) ton, or any vehicle not originally designed for personal private passenger transportation.
Sec. 20-1(8). Curb means the raised edge or curbline along the lateral lines of a roadway, or in the absence of a raised edge, the curbline or lateral lines along the edge of the vehicular travel lanes, to include any designated or marked road shoulder.
Sec 20-1(9). Disabled or handicapped curb loading zone means a space adjacent to a curb reserved for the exclusive use of vehicles during the loading or unloading of passengers or materials for the physically disabled as defined in section 20-222 of this Code. Such zone shall be designated by blue marking on the curb, or by appropriate signs, or by both such signs and blue curb markings.
Sec. 20-1(10). Divided highway or street means any street or highway within the city that has been divided into two (2) roadways by leaving an intervening space, island or other physical barrier, or clearly indicated dividing section so constructed as to obstruct or impede vehicular traffic.
Sec. 20-1(11). Envelope permit means a permit issued for the operation or movement, during a calendar year, along truck routes established pursuant to section 20-15 of this Code, of a nonspecific and nonreducible vehicle, or vehicle and load, that does not exceed two hundred fifty thousand (250,000) pounds in gross weight, fourteen (14) feet in width, sixteen (16) feet in height, one hundred twenty (120) feet in length, and has at least four (4) axles.
Sec. 20-1(12). Freight curb loading zone means a space adjacent to a curb for the exclusive use of authorized vehicles, as defined in section 20-195.1 of this Code, during the loading or unloading of freight. Such zone shall be designated by yellow marking on the curb, or by appropriate signs, or by both such signs and yellow curb markings.
Sec. 20-1(13). Impound means to tow or remove a vehicle and then store the vehicle at a garage or lot designated by the police department or maintained by the city.
Sec. 20-1(14). In governmental service means owned or operated by any federal, state, county, or municipal agency, or any agency whose primary source of operating revenue is public taxation.
Sec. 20-1(15). Mobile home means a nonmotorized dwelling, as defined in section 23-21 of this Code.
Sec. 20-1(16). Mobile home permit means a permit issued for a one-time, one-way, continuous movement of a specific mobile home, whose dimensions and/or weight exceed the limits set forth in A.R.S. title 28, sections 1002 through 1031, or any successor provision(s), along a designated route to a designated location. Any subsequent movement of the mobile home, whether from the designated location back to its original location, or to any other location, shall require a new and separate mobile home permit.
Sec. 20-1(17). Motor vehicle means every vehicle which is self-propelled and every vehicle which is propelled by electric power obtained from overhead trolley wires, but not operated upon rails.
Sec. 20-1(18). No parking zone means a space adjacent to a curb which is designated by red markings on the curb, or by appropriate signs, or by both such signs and red markings on the curb.
Sec. 20-1(19). Official time standard means whenever certain hours are named herein, they shall mean standard time or such time as may be in current use in the city.
Sec. 20-1(20). Oversize or overweight vehicle, load or mobile home means a vehicle, load or mobile home whose dimensions and/or weight exceed the limits set forth in A.R.S., title 28.
Sec. 20-1(21). Passenger curb loading zone means a place adjacent to a curb reserved for the exclusive use of vehicles during the loading or unloading of passengers or their personal effects. Such zone shall be designated by white marking on the curb, or by appropriate signs, or by both such signs and white curb markings.
Sec. 20-1(22). Police officer means every officer of the municipal police department or any certified law enforcement officer authorized to direct or regulate traffic or to make arrests for violations of traffic regulations.
Sec. 20-1(23). Recreational vehicle means a motor vehicle or vehicle combination that is designed and customarily used for private pleasure use and includes vehicles commonly called motor homes, pickup trucks with campers, travel trailers, boat trailers, or horse trailers.
Sec. 20-1(24). Residence district means the area contiguous to and including a street, not comprising a business district, where for a distance of three hundred (300) feet or more the property along the street is predominantly improved with residences.
Sec. 20-1(25). Right-of-way means the privilege of the immediate use of the street, highway and alleys.
Sec. 20-1(26). Roadway means that portion of a street improved, designed, and used for vehicular travel.
Sec. 20-1(27). Sidewalk means that portion of a street between the curbs, or the lateral lines of a roadway, and the adjacent property lines, is improved for the use of pedestrians.
Sec. 20-1(28). Single trip permit means a permit issued for a one-time, one-way, continuous operation or movement of a specific vehicle, or vehicle and load, along a designated route to a designated location. Where the single trip permit is for both a vehicle and load, it shall be permissible under that permit to completely unload the vehicle at the designated location and thereafter return the empty transporting vehicle directly to its original location, so long as the return trip is completed within twenty-four (24) hours of beginning the movement of vehicle and load that is authorized under the permit.
Sec. 20-1(29). Thirty-day permit means a permit allowing the operation or movement of a specific vehicle, or vehicle and load, along a designated route for a period of thirty (30) days from the date of issuance.
Sec. 20-1(30). Traffic means pedestrians, ridden or herded animals, vehicles and other conveyances, either singly or together, while using any highway, street or alley for purposes of travel.
Sec. 20-1(31). Traffic agent means any person authorized by this code to enforce any provisions of this code.
Sec. 20-1(32). Traffic division means the traffic division of the police department of the city; or in the event a traffic division is not established, then such term, whenever used herein, shall be deemed to refer to the police department of the city.
Sec. 20-1(33). Unimproved pedestrian area means that portion of a street between the curbs, or the lateral lines of a roadway, and the adjacent property lines, which is not improved with a sidewalk, is not landscaped, and is physically capable of continuous pedestrian use. An unimproved pedestrian area less than four (4) feet wide is determined to be incapable of pedestrian use.
(1953 Code, ch. 17, § 1; Ord. No. 1821, § 3, 4-21-85; Ord. No. 4502, § 2, 6-21-76; Ord. No. 4653, § 1, 5-16-77; Ord. No. 5931, § 2, 12-19-83; Ord. No. 6041, § 1, 6-25-84; Ord. No. 6988, § 1, 6-20-88; Ord. No. 7757, § 1, 1-27-92; Ord. No. 8270, § 1, 11-21-94; Ord. No. 8464, § 1, 3-20-95; Ord. No. 8958, § 7, 9-22-97; Ord. No. 10418, § 2, 6-12-07; Ord. No. 11063, § 1, 3-27-13)
State law reference – Similar provisions, A.R.S. 20-8-602.