Whenever in this title the following terms are used, they shall
have the meanings respectively ascribed to them in this section:
means every way set apart for public travel except streets,
bridle paths and foot paths.
means a vehicle of any of the following types:
A vehicle publicly owned and operated by a police or fire department
or traffic law enforcement officer in responding to emergency calls
or in traffic patrol duty. Also, vehicles publicly owned and operated
by members of the sheriff's or district attorney's office and subject
to emergency calls;
A motorcycle, either publicly or privately owned, operated by
a police or traffic law enforcement officer in enforcing the provisions
of this chapter;
A motor vehicle, either publicly or privately owned, operated
by a state or county forest ranger, a fire warden on salary and directly
in charge of fire protection work upon behalf of the State or in any
county, or the chief or assistant chief of an organized fire department
in responding to emergency fire calls;
Any firefighting equipment designed and operated exclusively
as such by an oil company and used in responding to emergency fire
calls and in combating fires;
When used in responding to emergency calls, any privately owned
ambulance authorized by permit issued by the Director of the Department
of Motor Vehicles and any publicly owned ambulance;
Any firefighting equipment, emergency wrecking equipment, emergency
repair equipment owned and operated by a bridge and highway district
for the purpose of extinguishing fires, removing wrecked motor vehicles,
caring for injured persons or repairing damaged lighting or electrical
equipment of such bridge and highway district when such vehicles are
responding to emergency calls.
means any self-propelled vehicle used, designed or outfitted
to prepare or dispense ready-to-eat food or beverages to patrons.
"Catering vehicle" includes, but is not limited to, those vehicles
which prepare or dispense hot food and those which prepare or dispense
unheated food including produce. "Catering vehicle" does not include:
Vehicles used solely to deliver food or beverages previously
requested by a patron home or business establishment (such as "meals
on wheels" or milk delivery trucks);
Vehicles used for display, sale or dispersal of food or beverages
as part of an organized community event.
Vehicles used solely for sale of frozen novelties (individual ice-cream bars and the like), provided however, that the operator of such a vehicle may stop for no more than five minutes at one location on a public street and shall otherwise comply with Section 7-5.04 and State law when doing business.
Vehicles and other wheeled vending equipment which are not self-propelled and which are used, designed or outfitted to dispense ready-to-eat food or beverages to patrons; provided however, that the operator of such a vehicle may stop for no more than five minutes at one location on a public street or sidewalk and shall otherwise comply with Section 7-5.04 and State law when doing business.
means that portion of a highway and the property contiguous
thereto upon one side of which highway for a distance of 600 feet
50% or more of the contiguous property fronting thereon is occupied
by buildings in use for business, or upon both sides of which highway
collectively, for a distance of 300 feet, 50% or more of the contiguous
property fronting thereon is so occupied. A business district may
be longer than the distance specified in this subsection if the ratio
of buildings in use for business to the length of highway exists as
set forth in this subsection.
means a person who is employed by another for the principal
purpose of driving a motor vehicle on the highways and receives compensation
therefor.
means either:
That portion of a roadway ordinarily included within the prolongation
or connection of the boundary lines of sidewalks at intersections
where the intersecting roadways meet at approximately right angles,
except the prolongation of any such lines from an alley across a street;
Any portion of a roadway distinctly indicated for pedestrian
crossings by lines or other markings on the surface.
means the area embraced within the prolongation of the lateral
curblines or, if none, then the lateral boundary lines of the roadways
of two highways which join one another at approximately right angles
or the area within which vehicles traveling on different highways
joining at any other angle may come in conflict.
means that space adjacent to a curb reserved for the exclusive
use of vehicles during the loading or unloading of passengers or materials.
means a motor vehicle other than a tractor, designed to travel
on not more than three wheels in contact with the ground.
means a vehicle which is self-propelled.
means all warning and directional signs and signals not inconsistent
with this title heretofore or hereafter placed or erected under this
title or by authority of the board of councilmembers.
means a person, other than a chauffeur, who drives or is
in actual physical control of a motor vehicle on a highway.
means any person afoot.
means a way or place in private ownership and used for vehicular
travel by the owner and those having express or implied permission
from the owner, but not by other members of the public.
means that portion of a highway and the property contiguous
thereto, other than a business district, upon one side of which highway,
within a distance of a quarter of a mile, the contiguous property
fronting thereon is occupied by 13 or more separate dwelling houses
or business structures, or upon both sides of which highway collectively,
within a distance of 1/4 of a mile the contiguous property fronting
thereon is occupied by 16 or more separate dwelling houses or business
structures. A residence district may be longer than 1/4 of a mile
if the ratio set out in this subsection of separate dwelling houses
or business structures to the length of the highway exists.
means the privilege of the immediate use of the street or
highway.
means that portion of a highway improved, designed or ordinarily
used for vehicular travel.
means the area or space lawfully set apart within a roadway
for the exclusive use of pedestrians and which is protected or which
is marked or indicated by vertical signs, raised markers or raised
buttons in order to make such area or space plainly visible at all
times while the same is set apart as a safety zone.
means that portion of a highway, other than the roadway,
set apart for pedestrian travel.
means a way or place of whatever nature, publicly maintained
and open to the use of the public for purposes of vehicular travel.
means pedestrians and vehicles, either singly or together,
while using any street or highway for purposes of travel.
means a device in, upon or by which any person or property
is or may be propelled, moved or drawn on a highway, except a device
moved by human power or used exclusively upon stationary rails or
tracks. For the purpose of this title, a bicycle shall be deemed a
vehicle.
means a completely separated joint-use facility designed
for shared pedestrian and bicycle use, A multi-purpose trail shall
be a minimum of eight feet (8′) in width. These facilities
may be located along rivers, abandoned and existing railroads, utility
rights-of-way and between regional parks. They may also replace sidewalks
in any residential district, if posted at each trail entrance with
a sign reading substantially as follows:
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Multi-purpose Trail
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Pedestrian/Bicycles Facility
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Santa Maria Municipal Code Section 7-10.08
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(Prior Code § 16-1; Ord. 92-11 § 1, eff. 7/7/92; Ord. 88-17 § 1, eff. 10/20/88; Ord. 88-4 § 2,
eff. 6/2/88; Ord. 2001-01, eff. 3/08/01)