The following words and phrases when used in this ordinance shall for the purpose of this ordinance have the meanings respectively ascribed to them in this chapter.
"Alley" means any minor thoroughfare used for the purpose of ingress and egress to service adjacent buildings and land.
"Authorized emergency vehicle" means vehicles of the Public Safety Department or fire department, police vehicles, ambulances, emergency vehicles of governmental departments, or such vehicles of public service corporations and privately owned motor vehicles of volunteer and paid firemen as are authorized by the commissioner of state police.
"Bicycle" means every device propelled by human power upon which any person may ride having two tandem wheels either of which is over twenty (20) inches in diameter.
"Campus" means all property wheresoever situated, owned or held by Michigan Technological University Board of Control in its capacity as the governing board of Michigan Technological University.
"Crosswalk" means:
"Curb loading zone" means a space adjacent to a curb reserved for the exclusive use of vehicles during the loading or unloading of passengers or materials.
"Director of the Division of Facilities Management" means that individual who has been duly appointed and is acting as the Director of the Division of Facilities Management of Michigan Technological University.
"Driver" means every person who drives or is in actual physical control of a vehicle.
"Freight loading zone" means a space for exclusive use of vehicles during the loading or unloading of freight.
"The Provost and Senior Vice President for Academic and Student Services" means the duly appointed Provost and Senior Vice President for Academic and Student Services of Michigan Technological University.
"Intersection" means:
"Laned roadway" means a roadway which is divided into two or more clearly marked lanes for vehicular traffic.
"Manager of the Public Safety Department" means that individual who has been duly appointed and is acting as the Manager of the Public Safety Department of Michigan Technological University.
"Motorcycle" means every motor vehicle having a saddle or seat for use of the rider and designed to travel on not more than three wheels in contact with the ground, but excluding a tractor.
"Moped" means a two or three wheeled vehicle which has a motor with no more than 2.0 brake horse power. A moped may not reach a top speed on a level surface of more than 30 m.p.h. The power drive system shall not require the operator to shift gears.
"Motor vehicle" means every vehicle which is self-propelled.
"Official time standard" means whenever certain hours are named herein they shall mean standard time or daylight-saving time as may be in current use where the violation of this ordinance occurs.
"Operator" means every person who is in actual physical control of a motor vehicle.
"Parking" means a standing vehicle, whether occupied or not. (Subject, however, to the definition of "stopping").
"Parking meter zone" means an area adjacent to a parking meter set aside for the exclusive use of vehicles upon the deposit of a coin of United States currency in said parking meter as specified thereon.
"Passenger loading zone" means a place adjacent to a curb reserved for the exclusive use of vehicles during the loading or unloading of passengers.
"Pedestrian" means any person afoot.
"Person" means every natural person, firm, co-partnership, association, or corporation and their legal successors.
"Police officer" means every law enforcement officer of the State of Michigan, county, township or city, wherein a violation of this ordinance occurs, and including any officer of the Public Safety Department of Michigan Technological University who has been appointed a deputy by the Chief of Police of any city or township, or by the Sheriff of any county, having jurisdiction at the place where the violation of this ordinance occurs, or vested with the general authority of a Sheriff pursuant to Public Act 80 of 1905 as amended.
"Private road or driveway" means every road or driveway not open to the use of the public for purposes of vehicular traffic.
"Public Safety Department" means that department of Michigan Technological University heretofore designated and known as the Public Safety Department and which is charged with the keeping of the safety and security of students, faculty members, staff, all persons on the campus of Michigan Technological University for a legitimate purpose and the property of such persons and of Michigan Technological University.
"Railroad" means a carrier of persons or property upon cars, other than street cars, operated upon stationary rails.
"Right-of-way" means the privilege of the immediate use of the highway.
"Roadway" means that portion of a street or highway improved, designed, or ordinarily used for vehicular travel.
"Safety zone" means the area or space officially set apart within a roadway for the exclusive use of pedestrians and which is protected and so marked or indicated by adequate signs as to be plainly visible at all times while set apart as a safety zone.
"Sidewalk" means that portion of a street between the curb lines or the lateral lines of roadway and the adjacent property lines intended for the use of pedestrians.
"Stand or standing" means the halting of a vehicle, whether occupied or not, otherwise than for the purpose of and while actually engaged in receiving or discharging passengers.
"Stop" when required means complete cessation from movement.
"Stop or stopping" when prohibited means any halting even momentarily of a vehicle, whether occupied or not, except when necessary to avoid conflict with other traffic or in compliance with directions of a police officer or traffic control sign or signal.
"Street or highway" means the entire width between the boundary lines of every way located on the campus of Michigan Technological University when any part thereof is open to the use of students, faculty, staff and the public for purposes of vehicular travel.
"Tow-away zone" means a zone where no parking, stopping or standing is permitted as indicated by proper signs, and where vehicles parked in violation of the signs are towed away to keep the roadway clear for traffic movement.
"Traffic" means pedestrians, vehicles and other conveyances either singly or together while using any street for purposes of travel.
"Traffic-control devices" means all signs, signals, markings and devices placed or erected under the authority of this ordinance for the purpose of regulating, warning or guiding traffic.
"Traffic control signal" means any device whether manually, electrically or mechanically operated by which traffic is alternately directed to stop and to proceed.
"Vehicle" means every device in, upon, or by which any person or property is or may be transported or drawn upon a street, except devices moved by human power.
"Violation card" means a complaint or notice upon which a law enforcement officer shall record an occurrence involving an alleged violation of this ordinance.
The present tense includes the past and future tenses; and the future, the present.
The singular shall include the plural and the plural shall include the singular; the masculine shall include the feminine and neuter, as requisite.
"Shall" and "may" means shall is mandatory and may is permissive.
"Snow vehicle" means any vehicle primarily designed for operation on a snow covered surface which may be propelled by one or more tracks or specially designed wheels, and not licensed for operation on public thoroughfares.
"Civil Infraction" means an act or omission prohibited by ordinance which is not a crime and for which civil sanctions may be ordered.