As used in this chapter, the following words and terms shall have the meanings ascribed to them in this section:
AXLE LOAD: The total load transmitted to the road by all wheels whose centers may be included between two (2) parallel transverse vertical planes forty inches (40") apart extending across the full width of the vehicle.
BOATS: Every description of watercraft used or capable of being used as a means of transportation on water except a seaplane on the water and innertubes, air mattresses, or similar devices.
BUS 1 : Every motor vehicle, other than a commuter van, designed for carrying more than ten (10) persons.
COMMERCIAL VEHICLE: Any vehicle operated for the transportation of persons or property in the furtherance of any commercial or industrial enterprise, for hire or not for hire, but not including a commuter van, a vehicle used in a ridesharing arrangement when being used for that purpose, or a recreational vehicle not being used commercially.
CONSTRUCTION VEHICLE: Any vehicle over ten thousand (10,000) pounds actual weight, registered gross weight or GVWR that is required to comply with sections 12-712 and 12-713 of the Illinois vehicle code 2 on identification required to be displayed.
GROSS VEHICLE WEIGHT RATING (GVWR): The value specified by the manufacturer or manufacturers as the maximum loaded weight of a single vehicle. The GVWR of a combination of vehicles (commonly referred to as the "gross combination weight rating" or GCWR) is the GVWR of the power unit plus the GVWR of the towed unit or units. In the absence of a value specified by the manufacturer, GCWR is determined by adding the GVWR of the power unit and the total weight of the towed unit and any load on the unit.
GROSS WEIGHT: The weight of a vehicle whether operated singly or in combination without load plus the weight of the load thereon.
HIGHWAY: The entire width between the boundary lines of every way publicly maintained when any part thereof is open to the use of the public for purposes of vehicular travel.
IMPLEMENT OF HUSBANDRY: Every vehicle designed and adapted exclusively for agricultural, horticultural, or livestock raising operations, including farm wagons, wagon trailers or like vehicles used in connection therewith, or for lifting or carrying an implement of husbandry.
MOTOR VEHICLE: 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, except for vehicles moved solely by human power and motorized wheelchairs. For purposes of this definition, motor vehicles are divided into two (2) divisions:
First Division: Those motor vehicles, which are designed for the carrying of not more than ten (10) persons.
Second Division: Those motor vehicles which are designed for carrying more than ten (10) persons, those motor vehicles designed or used for living quarters, those motor vehicles which are designed for pulling or carrying freight, cargo or implements of husbandry, and those motor vehicles of the first division remodeled for use and used as motor vehicles of the second division.
PERMIT ROUTE: The route authorized by the issuing authority with proper jurisdiction over the roadway(s) for which permission has been granted to move a vehicle or combination of vehicles that is in itself indivisible or carrying an indivisible load that exceeds normal dimensions or weight or a combination thereof.
RECREATIONAL VEHICLES 3 : Every camping trailer, motor home, mini-motor home, travel trailer, truck camper or van camper used primarily for recreational purposes and not used commercially nor owned by a commercial business.
Camping Trailer 4 : A trailer, not used commercially, constructed with partial side walls which fold for towing and unfold to provide temporary living quarters for recreational camping or travel use and of a size or weight not requiring an overdimension permit when towed on a highway.
Motor Home, Mini-Motor Home Or Van Camper 5 : A self-contained motor vehicle, not used commercially, designed or permanently converted to provide living quarters for recreational, camping or travel use, with direct walk through access to the living quarters from the driver's seat. Such vehicles must include at least four (4) of the following:
A. A cooking facility with an onboard fuel source.
B. A gas or electric refrigerator.
C. A toilet with exterior evacuation.
D. A heating or air conditioning system with an onboard power or fuel source separate from the vehicle engine.
E. A potable water supply system that includes at least a sink, faucet, and a water tank with an exterior service supply connection.
F. A one hundred ten (110) to one hundred twenty five (125) volt electric power supply.
Semitrailer: Every vehicle without motive power, other than a pole trailer, designed for carrying persons or property and for being drawn by a motor vehicle and so constructed that some part of its weight and that of its load rests upon or is carried by another vehicle.
Trailer 6 : Every vehicle without motive power in operation, other than a pole trailer, designed for carrying persons or property and for being drawn by a motor vehicle and so constructed that no part of its weight rests upon the towing vehicle.
Travel Trailer 7 : A trailer, not used commercially, designed to provide living quarters for recreational, camping or travel use, and of a size or weight not requiring an overdimension permit when towed on a highway.
Truck 8 : Every motor vehicle including a road tractor or a truck tractor designed, used, or maintained primarily for the transportation of property.
For the purposes of this chapter, "truck" shall include, but not be limited to, "pickup trucks" and "cargo vans" in which at least one-third (1/3) of the total vehicle length is designed, used, or maintained for the transportation of property rather than human passengers.
Truck Camper 9 : A truck, not used commercially, when equipped with a portable unit designed to be loaded onto the bed which is constructed to provide temporary living quarters for recreational, travel or camping use.
Truck Tractor: Every motor vehicle designed and used primarily for drawing other vehicles and not so constructed as to carry a load other than a part of the weight of the vehicle and load so drawn.
TANDEM AXLES: Any two (2) or more single axles whose centers are more than forty inches (40") and not more than ninety six inches (96") apart, measured to the nearest inch between extreme axles in the series, except as provided in section 15-111 of the Illinois vehicle code 10 for special hauling vehicles.
VILLAGE: The village of Western Springs. (Ord. 90-1809, 11-19-1990; amd. Ord. 06-2394, 6-19-2006; Ord. 07-2453, 7-23-2007)
Notes
| 1 | 1. 625 ILCS 5/1-107. |
| 2 | 2. 625 ILCS 5/12-712, 5/12-713. |
| 3 | 1. 625 ILCS 5/1-169. |
| 4 | 1. 625 ILCS 5/1-109.01. |
| 5 | 2. 625 ILCS 5/1-145.01. |
| 6 | 3. 625 ILCS 5/1-209. |
| 7 | 4. 625 ILCS 5/1-210.01. |
| 8 | 5. 625 ILCS 5/1-211. |
| 9 | 1. 625 ILCS 5/1-211.01. |
| 10 | 2. 625 ILCS 5/15-111. |