§ 130-32. Definitions.

The following words, terms and phrases, when used in this article, shall have the meanings ascribed to them in this section, except where the context clearly indicates a different meaning:

Bicycle means any device propelled by human power, or any moped propelled by a pedal-activated helper motor with a manufacturer's certified maximum rating of 1½ brake horsepower, upon which any person may ride, having two tandem wheels, either of which is 20 inches or more in diameter, and including any device generally recognized as a bicycle though equipped with two front or two rear wheels.

Bus means any motor vehicle designed for carrying more than ten passengers and used for the transportation of persons, and any motor vehicle, other than a taxicab, designed and used for the transportation of persons for compensation.

Business district means the territory contiguous to, and including, a highway when 50 percent or more of the frontage thereon, for a distance of 300 feet or more, is occupied by buildings and used for business.

County road right-of-way means any strip of land granted, dedicated or deeded to the public occupied or intended to be occupied by a road.

Crosswalks means:

(1)

That part of a roadway at an intersection included within the connections of the lateral lines of the sidewalks on opposite sides of the highway, measured from the curbs or, in the absence of curbs, from the edges of the traversable roadway;

(2)

Any portion of a roadway at an intersection or elsewhere distinctly indicated for pedestrian crossings by lines or other markings on the surface.

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.

Department means the state department of highway safety and motor vehicles.

Designated parking space means any parking space posted with a sign bearing the internationally accepted wheelchair symbol and the caption "PARKING BY DISABLED PERMIT ONLY."

Driver means any person who drives or is in actual physical control of a vehicle on a highway, or who is exercising control of a vehicle or steering a vehicle being towed by a motor vehicle.

Fire lane means the 12-foot wide strip of pavement immediately adjacent to the building of a business center together with a 12-foot wide strip of pavement providing ingress and egress from public roads to the buildings of a business center.

Handicapped person means any person with permanent mobility problems who has been issued an exemption entitlement parking permit pursuant to F.S. § 320.0848.

Intersections means:

(1)

The area embraced within the prolongation or connection of the lateral curb lines; or, if none, then the lateral boundary lines of the roadways of two highways which join one another at, or approximately at, right angles; or the area within which vehicles travel upon different highways joining at any other angle may come in conflict.

(2)

Where a highway includes two roadways 30 feet or more apart, then every crossing of each roadway of such divided highway by an intersecting highway shall be regarded as a separate intersection. In the event such intersecting highway also includes two roadways 30 feet or more apart, then every crossing of two roadways of such highways shall be regarded as a separate intersection.

Motor vehicles means any vehicle which is self-propelled and every vehicle which is propelled by electric power obtained from overhead trolley wires, but not operated upon rails, but not including any bicycle or moped as defined in this section.

Motorcycle means any motor vehicle with a motor rate in excess of 1½ brake horsepower having a seat or saddle for the use of the rider and designed to travel on not more than three wheels in contact with the ground, but excluding a tractor.

Official traffic control devices means all signs, signals, markings, and devices, placed or erected by authority of a public body or official having jurisdiction for the purpose of regulating, warning, or guiding traffic.

Official traffic control signal means any device, whether manually, electrically, or mechanically operated, by which traffic is alternately directed to stop and permitted to proceed.

Operator means any person who is in actual physical control of a motor vehicle upon the highway, or who is exercising control over or steering a vehicle being towed by a motor vehicle.

Owner means a person who holds the legal title of a vehicle, or, in the event a vehicle is the subject of an agreement for the conditional sale or lease thereof with the right of purchase upon performance of the conditions stated in the agreement and with an immediate right of possession as vested in the conditional vendee or lessee, or in the event a mortgagor of a vehicle is entitled to the possession, then such conditional vendee, or lessee, or mortgagor, shall be deemed the owner, for the purposes of this definition.

Park or parking means the standing of a vehicle, whether occupied or not, otherwise and temporarily for the purpose of and while actually engaged in loading or unloading merchandise or passengers as may be permitted by law under this article.

Pedestrian means any person afoot.

Person means any natural person, firm, co-partnership, association, or corporation.

Public parking space means any parking space on county-owned/leased property or on private property which the owner, lessee, or person in control of such property provides for use by members of the public other than employees of such owner, lessee, or person, including, but not limited to, parking spaces at shopping centers, stores, offices, motels, malls, restaurants, and marinas.

Right-of-way means the right of one vehicle or pedestrian to proceed in a lawful manner in preference to another vehicle or pedestrian approaching under such circumstances of direction, speed, and proximity to give rise to danger of collision unless one grants precedence to the other.

Safety zone means the area or space officially set apart within a roadway for the exclusive use of pedestrians and protected or so marked by adequate signs or authorized pavement markings as to be plainly visible at all times while set apart as a safety zone.

Served by rules of civil procedure means when served by certified mail or sheriff's service.

Sidewalk means that portion of a street between the curbline, or the lateral line, or a roadway and the adjacent property lines, intended for use by pedestrians.

Standing means the temporary stopping of a passenger vehicle for the purpose of and while actually engaged in picking up and discharging persons.

Stop or stopping means when prohibited, means any stopping of a vehicle whether occupied or not, except when necessary to avoid conflict with other traffic, or in compliance with the directions of a law enforcement officer, traffic control sign, or signal.

Street or highway means the entire width between the boundary lines of every way or place of whatever nature when any part thereof is open to the use of the public for purposes of vehicular traffic.

Traffic means pedestrians, ridden or herded animals, and vehicles, and other conveyances either singly or together while using any street or highway for purposes of travel.

Transportation services means the county transportation services division.

(Ord. No. 80-47, § 3; Ord. No. 91-23, § 1)

State law reference

Definitions applicable to state traffic laws, F.S. § 316.003.

Cross reference

Definitions generally, § 1-2.