Tehachapi Municipal Code Ch. 10.02 Definitions

The following words and phrases, when used in this title, have the meanings respectively ascribed to them in this section:

A. "Alley" means a public highway which does not exceed twenty feet between property lines.

B. "Business district" means the territory contiguous to a street when fifty percent or more of the frontage thereon for a distance of three hundred feet or more is occupied by buildings in use for retail or wholesale business; also, any territory contiguous to a street which is adjacent to or a continuation of a street within a business district when such territory is so designated by the city council.

C. "Chief of police" means the chief of the city of Tehachapi's police department.

D. "Crosswalk" means that portion of the roadway included within the prolongation of curb and property lines at street intersections.

E. "Highway" means every way set apart for public travel, except alleyways, bridle paths and footpaths.

F. "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 another.

G. "Loading zone" means that space adjacent to a curb reserved for the exclusive use of vehicles during the loading and unloading of passengers or materials.

H. "Official warning and direction signs and signals" means all warning and direction signs and signals not inconsistent with this title heretofore or hereafter placed or erected under this title or by authority of the city council.

I. "Operator" means any person who is in actual physical control of a vehicle.

J. "Overheight load" means a load exceeding the legal height limit as set forth in the Vehicle Code of the state.

K. "Overlength load" means any load exceeding the legal length limit as set forth in the Vehicle Code of the state.

L. "Overweight load" means any load exceeding the legal load limits as set forth in the Vehicle Code of the state.

M. "Overwidth load" means any load exceeding the legal width limits as set forth in the Vehicle Code of the state.

N. "Park" means to stand a vehicle for a period of time greater than is reasonably necessary for the actual loading or loading of persons or materials.

O. "Pedestrian" means any person afoot.

P. "Right-of-way" means the privilege of the immediate use of the street.

Q. "Roadway" means that portion of the street between the regularly established curb lines.

R. "Safety zone" means that marked portion of the roadway reserved for the exclusive use of pedestrians.

S. "Sidewalk" means that portion of a street between the curb lines and the adjacent property lines.

T. "Traffic" means pedestrians and vehicles, either singly or together, while using any street for the purpose of travel.

U. "Vehicle" means every device or animal by which any person or property is or may be transported or drawn upon a street, except devices moved by human power or used exclusively upon rails. For the purposes of this title, a bicycle shall be deemed a vehicle.

(Ord. 85-14-520 § 1, 1986)