Ceres Municipal Code Ch. 01 Definitions

The words and phrases defined in this chapter, when used in this title, shall have the meanings ascribed to them in this chapter, except when the context otherwise requires. Any words and phrases not defined in this chapter shall have the meaning ascribed to them in the California Vehicle Code and amendments thereto. Words not defined either in this chapter or the California Vehicle Code shall be given their common meaning.

Arterial street means any federal or State numbered route or controlled access highway, or any other major street or highway designated by the City Council as part of a major arterial system of streets or highways.

Bicycle shall mean any device upon which a person may ride, which is propelled by human power through a system of belts, chains, or gears and which has wheels at least 20 inches in diameter and a frame size of at least 14 inches.

Bicycle parking space means a space established for the temporary parking of a bicycle that is in a bicycle parking zone established pursuant to section 10.05.100.

Bikeway means every way, including highways, which is publicly maintained, and which is in some manner specifically designated as open to public bicycle travel, regardless of whether the way is designated for exclusive use of bicycles or is to be shared with other transportation modes.

Boat includes every description of watercraft used or capable of being used as a means of transportation on water.

Bus means any motor bus, motor coach or passenger stage used as a common carrier of passengers.

Camp car means a vehicle with or without motive power which is designed or used for human habitation and which may contain plumbing, refrigeration, cooking, heating or electrical equipment, but does not include an installed "mobile home" or "manufactured home" as set forth in California Government Code sections 65852.3 and 65852.7.

Camper shell means a structure designed to be mounted upon a vehicle that provides shelter from the elements but does not contain plumbing, refrigeration, cooking, heating, electrical equipment or other facilities for human habitation.

Crosswalk means

A. That portion of the roadway included in the prolongation at the curb and property lines at street intersections or,

B. Prolongation of such lines from an alley across a street, or any portion of a roadway distinctly indicated for pedestrian crossing by lines or other markings on the surface, as designated by resolution of the City Council.

Driveway means an established paved path leading from a garage or parking facility on a lot to a street or alleyway and used primarily for the ingress or egress of vehicles.

Gross weight means the unladen weight of a vehicle plus the weight of any load on the vehicle.

Holidays means all the days established as legal holidays by the State of California.

Immediate family includes parents, grandparents, spouse and children related by blood, marriage, or adoption.

Intersection means the area embraced within the prolongation of the property lines of two or more streets which join at an angle whether or not one such street crosses the other.

Loading zone means the space adjacent to the curb reserved for the exclusive use of vehicles during the loading or unloading of passengers or materials, and plainly marked by signs or painting on the street or the side of a building.

Major repair includes pulling and dismantling engines, repair or replacement of transmissions, axles, water pumps, alternators, brakes, shocks, and similar work as well as vehicle body, panel repair and any hull or cabin repair to a boat.

Motor home means a self-contained vehicle designed for human habitation, with its own motive power, and with a passageway from the body of the home to the driver's front passenger seat.

Multi-use vehicle means a four-wheel drive vehicle, pickup truck, motor home or van, 23 feet or less in length.

One-way street means any street upon which vehicular traffic shall proceed in one direction only.

Operational vehicle means a motor vehicle that is currently capable of being propelled by its own engine.

Owner of vehicle or boat means the last registered owner and legal owner of record.

Park means to stand a vehicle, whether occupied or not, otherwise than temporarily for the purpose of and while actually engaged in loading or unloading merchandise or passengers.

Pedestrian safety zone means the area or space lawfully set apart within a street as a safety zone for the exclusive use of pedestrians and which is protected from vehicular traffic, or which is marked or indicated by pavement markings, vertical signs, raised markers or raised buttons, to make such area or space plainly visible.

Pickup means to take aboard a load of cargo of the type or kind that the vehicle is designed to haul.

Property, real property, and private property shall not include sidewalks or unpaved areas.

Public safety officer means one of the personnel of the Police Department or Fire Department of the City who are authorized to direct or regulate traffic or enforce traffic regulations.

Public storage means a privately-owned facility, containing designated parking areas for the secure outdoor and indoor storage of vehicles (including boats).

Recreational vehicle means any vehicle or trailer designed or modified for use as a camp car, camper, motor home, house car, trailer coach, boat, boat trailer, snowmobile, trailer, fifth wheel trailer, trailers with boats, house boat, camp trailer, vehicle with a camper shell, multi-use vehicle or any similar purpose.

Registration means a current valid state registration for a vehicle conforming to California Vehicle Code section 4000 or 9840 et seq., for boats.

Resident means the owner or lessee of real property.

Residential districts means those areas of the city zoned for residential use, whether for single or multiple family dwellings.

Routine maintenance shall be limited to changing oil, tires, air filters, spark plugs, and similar work commonly referred to as a tune-up. Except as listed, the removal or replacement of mechanical or body parts of a vehicle or boat constitute major repair.

Stand or standing means the halting of a vehicle, whether occupied or not, other than temporarily for the purpose of and while actively engaged in receiving or discharging passengers.

Taxi means a vehicle that that carries passengers to a place for an amount of money that is based on distance and time traveled, including any ridesharing vehicles.

Traffic regulations means any ordinances or resolutions of the City Council passed for the purpose of regulating or controlling any vehicular, bicycle or pedestrian traffic.

Truck means any vehicle the gross vehicle weight rating of which exceeds five tons.

Truck route means any street designated for the unrestricted use of trucks.

Unrestricted street means any street, avenue or thoroughfare, as determined and designated by a resolution of City Council, over and upon which vehicles designed or used for the transportation of commodities or materials may be driven and operated regardless of weight and size of the vehicles; provided the vehicles do not exceed the size and weight of vehicles permitted by State law to be driven upon or over highways and streets within the State of California.

Vehicle means a device by which any person or property may be propelled, moved, or drawn upon a highway or street, except a device moved exclusively by human power or used exclusively upon stationary rails or tracks.

(Ord. No. 2020-1056, § 2, 2-24-2020)