For the purpose of this chapter, the following definitions shall apply unless the context clearly indicates or requires a different meaning.
ALLEY. That thoroughfare which intersects blocks of the City at the rear of the lots of said blocks or transverses blocks between regularly established streets.
BICYCLE. Means:
(1) A vehicle propelled solely by human power upon which any person may ride, irrespective of the number of wheels, except scooters, wheelchairs and similar devices; or
(2) An electrically assisted bicycle.
BUSINESS DISTRICT. The territory contiguous to and including a public thoroughfare when within 150 feet there are buildings in use for business or industrial purposes, including, but not limited to, hotels, banks, office buildings and public buildings which occupy at least 300 feet of frontage on one side or 300 feet collectively on both sides of the public thoroughfare.
CONTROLLED-ACCESS HIGHWAY. Every highway, street or roadway in respect to which owners or occupants of abutting property or 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.
CROSSWALK. Means:
(1) That part of a roadway at an intersection included within the connections of the lateral lines of the sidewalks on opposite sides of the highway measured from the curbs or, in the absence of curbs, from the edges of the traversable roadway; and
(2) Any portion of a roadway at an intersection or elsewhere distinctly indicated for pedestrians crossing by lines or other markings on the surface.
CURB LOADING ZONE. A space adjacent to a curb reserved for the exclusive use of vehicles during loading or unloading of passengers.
DRIVER. Every person who drives or is in actual physical control of a vehicle.
FREIGHT CURB LOADING ZONE. A space adjacent to a curb for the exclusive use of vehicles during the loading or unloading of freight.
LANED ROADWAY. A roadway which is divided into two or more clearly marked lanes for vehicular traffic.
LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICER. Every officer of the law enforcement office or Sheriff’s Department or any officer authorized to direct or regulate traffic or to make arrests for violation or traffic regulations.
INTERSECTION. Means:
(1) The area embraced within the prolongation or connection of the lateral curb lines, or if none, then the lateral boundary lines of the roadway of the two highways which join one another at or approximately at right angles, or the area within which vehicles traveling upon different highways joining at any other angle may come in conflict.
(2) Where a highway includes two roadways 30 feet or more apart, then every crossing of each roadway of such divided highway by any intersecting highway shall be regarded as a separate intersection. In the event such intersecting highway also includes two roadways 30 feet or more apart, then every crossing of two roadways of such highway shall be regarded as a separate intersection.
MOTORCYCLE. A motor vehicle equipped with a seat or saddle for the use of the operator and designated to travel on not more than three wheels in contact with the ground. A MOTORCYCLE may carry one or more attachments and a seat for the conveyance of a passenger, but excluding a tractor, bicycle or a moped as defined in M.C.A. § 61-8-102, a motorized nonstandard vehicle, or a two-or three-wheeled all-terrain vehicle used exclusively on private property.
OFFICIAL TIME STANDARD. Whenever certain hours are named herein, shall mean standard time or daylight saving time as may be in current use in the City.
OFFICIAL TRAFFIC-CONTROL DEVICES. All signs, signals, markings and devices not inconsistent with this chapter, placed or erected by the authority of a public body or official having jurisdiction, for the purpose of regulating, warning or guiding traffic.
PARK. When prohibited, means the standing of a vehicle, whether occupied or not, otherwise than temporarily for the purpose of and while actually engaged in loading or unloading.
PASSENGER LOADING ZONE. A place adjacent to a curb reserved for the exclusive use of vehicles during loading or unloading of passengers.
PEDESTRIAN. Any person on afoot or any person in a manually or mechanically propelled wheelchair or other low-powered, mechanically propelled vehicle designed specifically for use by a physically disabled person.
PRIVATE ROAD OR DRIVEWAY. Every way or place in private ownership and used for vehicular travel by the owner and those having express or implied permission from the owner, but not by other persons.
RAILROAD. A carrier of persons or property upon cars, other than streetcars, operated upon stationary rails.
RAILROAD TRAIN. A steam engine, electric or other motor, with or without cars coupled thereto, operated upon rails, except streetcars.
RESIDENCE DISTRICT. The territory contiguous to and including a public thoroughfare not comprising a business district when the property on such thoroughfare for a distance of 150 feet or more is in the main improved with residences or residences and buildings in use for business.
RIGHT-OF-WAY. The privilege of the immediate use of the public thoroughfare.
ROADWAY. That portion of a street or highway improved, designed or ordinarily used for vehicular travel, exclusive of the berm or shoulder. In the event a highway includes two or more separate roadways, the term ROADWAY as used herein shall refer to any such roadway separately but not to all such roadways collectively.
SAFETY ZONE. The area or space officially set apart within a roadway for the exclusive use of pedestrians and which is protected or is marked or indicated by adequate signs as to be plainly visible at all times while set apart as a SAFETY ZONE.
SIDEWALK. That portion of a street between the curb lines or the lateral lines of a roadway and the adjacent property lines intended for the use of pedestrians.
STOP. The complete cessation of movement.
STOP, STOPPING, or STANDING. When prohibited, means any stopping or standing of a vehicle, whether occupied or not, except when necessary to avoid conflict with other traffic or in compliance with the directions of a law enforcement officer, or traffic-control sign or signal.
STREET or HIGHWAY. The entire width between the boundary lines of every publicly maintained way when any part thereof is open to the use of the public for the purpose of vehicular travel.
THROUGH HIGHWAY. Every street or highway or portion thereof at the entrances to which vehicular traffic from intersecting streets or highways is required by law to stop before entering or crossing the same, provided that proper signs are erected as provided in this chapter.
TRAFFIC. Pedestrians, ridden or herded animals, vehicles and other conveyances either singly or together while using any public thoroughfare, for purposes of travel.
TRAFFIC-CONTROL SIGNAL. Any device, whether manually, electrically or mechanically operated by which traffic is alternately directed to stop and proceed.
TRAFFIC DIVISION. The traffic division of the law enforcement office or Sheriff’s Department, or in the event a traffic division is not established, then said term whenever used herein shall be deemed to refer to the law enforcement office or Sheriff’s Department.
VEHICLE. Every device in, upon, or by which any person or property is or may be transported or drawn upon a thoroughfare, except devices moved by animal power or used exclusively upon stationary tracks or rails.
(1) AUTHORIZED EMERGENCY VEHICLE. Vehicles equipped with audible and visual signals as required under M.C.A. §§ 61-9-401 and 61-9-402 and operated when responding to or returning from an emergency call or operated in another official capacity.
(2) COMMERCIAL VEHICLE. A motor vehicle or combination of motor vehicles used in commerce to transport passengers or property and meeting the definition found in M.C.A. § 61-1-101(10).
(3) MOTOR VEHICLE. Every vehicle propelled by its own power and designed primarily to transport persons or property and includes a quadricycle or golf cart if equipped for use as prescribed in Title 61, Ch. 9 of the Montana Code, or as stated in M.C.A. § 61-1-101(47).
(1985 Code, § 10.02.010) (Ord. 373, passed 3-3-2020)