Title 10 VEHICLES AND TRAFFIC
Chapter 10.04 TRAFFIC
10.04.020 Definitions.
In addition to those definitions contained in the adopted
sections of the Oregon Revised Statutes, the following words or phrases in this
title shall mean as follows:
“Alley” means a narrow street through the middle
of a block.
“Bicycle” means every device propelled by human
power upon which any person may ride, having two or more tandem wheels, either
of which is over twenty (20) inches in diameter.
“Bus stand” means a fixed area in the roadway
adjacent to the curb to be occupied exclusively by buses for layover in
operating schedules or waiting for passengers.
“Curb” means the extreme edge of the
roadway.
“Holidays,” where used in this title or on signs
erected in accordance with these sections means Sundays, New Year’s Day,
Independence Day, Labor Day, Thanksgiving Day, and Christmas Day, and any other
legal holidays designated as such by the statutes of the state of
Oregon.
“Loading zone” means a space adjacent to a curb
reserved for the exclusive use of vehicles during the loading or unloading of
passengers or material or freight.
“Park” or “parking” means the
standing of a vehicle, whether occupied or not, except when a vehicle is
temporarily standing for the purpose of and while actually engaged in loading or
unloading.
“Parkway” means that portion of a street not used
as a roadway or as a sidewalk.
“Passenger loading zone” is reserved only for the
loading or unloading of passengers and their luggage.
“Pedestrian” means any person afoot or confined
in a wheelchair.
“Stop” means complete cessation of
movement.
“Taxicab stand” means a fixed area in the roadway
adjacent to the curb set aside for taxicabs to stand or wait for
passengers.
“Traffic lane” means that portion of the roadway
used for the movement of a single line of vehicles. (Ord. 2000-4 § 2; prior
code § 6.010)
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