§ 34-1. Definitions.  


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  • As used in this chapter, the following terms shall have the meanings respectively ascribed to them in this section:

    Alley: A public way, the principal purpose which is to provide access to the rear of private property.

    Central business district: All streets and portions of streets within the area described as follows:

    All that area bounded by and including the following streets: Broadway (Avenue J) on the south, Water Street (Avenue A) on the north, 19th Street on the east, and 26th Street on the west.

    Curb loading zone: A space adjacent to a curb reserved for the exclusive use of vehicles during the loading or unloading of passengers or materials; which space shall be marked by painting the curb yellow and by the posting of appropriate signs.

    Director of traffic: City engineer, or other person designated by the city engineer, or as designated by the city manager.

    Driver: The person driving and having physical control over the golf cart.

    Electronic message: A self-contained piece of digital communication that is designed or intended to be transmitted between physical devices. An electronic message includes, but is not limited to, a text-based communication, a command or request to access an internet site, or other data that uses a commonly recognized electronic communications protocol.

    Golf cart: Shall have the meaning assigned by V.T.C.A., Transportation Code § 502.001(7), as amended, and means a motor vehicle-commonly referred to as a golf cart, which must have a minimum of four (4) wheels and has an attainable top speed not greater than twenty-five (25) miles per hour on a paved level surface and which is manufactured primarily for transporting persons on a golf course and in compliance with those federal motor vehicle safety standards for low-speed vehicles. Specifically excluded from this definition are those motorized conveyances commonly referred to as all-terrain vehicles ("ATVs"), off-road vehicles, four-wheelers, Mules, Gators- and esign-altered golf carts which have been altered to allow them to travel at a speed greater than twenty-five (25) miles per hour.

    Golf cart registration permit: Shall mean a privilege granted, upon compliance with the terms of this chapter, to legally operate a golf cart upon a public street or roadway within the corporate boundaries of the city during the year when granted.

    Golf cart registration permit decal: Shall mean a certificate for attachment to a golf cart carrying a serial number corresponding to the number of the golf cart license for such golf cart and showing the month and calendar year the license shall expire.

    Golf cart registration permit fee: Shall mean an administrative charge imposed as specified in this chapter for the granting of a golf cart registration permit and the issuance of a golf cart registration permit decal.

    Owner means the person holding title to the golf cart and the person required to register the golf cart with the city.

    Park or parking: The standing of a vehicle, whether occupied or not, otherwise than temporarily for the purpose of, and while actually engaged in, loading or unloading merchandise or passengers.

    State Law reference— Similar provisions, Vernon's Ann. Civ. St. art. 6701d, § 20E.

    Parking area means those areas accessible to the public by motor vehicular traffic and which are designated for temporary parking of motor vehicles, usually in places referred to as parking lots.

    Stop or stopping: When required, means complete cessation from movement. 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 the directions of a police officer or traffic control sign or signal.

    Street means a public roadway of the city by whatever name (e.g., road, alley, avenue, highway, route, boulevard, etc.) that:

    (1)

    Has a posted speed limit of thirty-five (35) miles per hour or less;

    (2)

    Provides for no more than two (2) lanes of vehicular traffic per direction; or

    (3)

    Is not designated as part of either the state or federal highway system.

    Wireless communication device: A device that uses a commercial mobile service, as defined by 47 U.S.C. Section 332, as amended.

(Code 1960, Ch. 21 App., §§ 2, 4—7; Ord. No. 99-78 § 2, 9-9-99; Ord. No. 10-004, § 2, 1-14-10; Ord. No. 10-028, § 2, 3-11-10)

State law reference

Similar provisions, Vernon's Ann. Civ. St. art. 6701d, §§ 20G, 20H.