The following words and phrases, which are not defined
by Article 1 of the Vehicle and Traffic Law of the State of New York,
shall have the meanings respectively ascribed to them in this section
for the purposes of this chapter:
- ABANDONED VEHICLE
- A junked, discarded, dismantled and/or unregistered motor
vehicle, including a vehicle which is incapable of being self-propelled
upon the public streets, a vehicle whose owner cannot be identified
and a vehicle which is without current license plates attached to
the vehicle.
- BLOCK
- That portion of any street between intersections.
- BUS, OMNIBUS or COACH
- Any motor vehicle equipped and used for the transportation
of seven or more passengers for hire.
- COMMISSIONER
- The Police Commissioner of the City of New Rochelle.
- CURB
- The boundaries of the roadway, whether marked by curbstones
or not so marked.
- CURBLINE
- The prolongation of the lateral line of a curb or, in the
absence of a curb, the lateral boundary line of the roadway.
- DERELICT VEHICLE
- A vehicle which is dilapidated, burned out, stripped and/or
vandalized as to be of no apparent value other than scrap.
- HOLIDAYS
- New Year's Day, Martin Luther King, Jr., Day, President's
Day, Election Day, Memorial Day, Independence Day, Labor Day, Columbus
Day, Veterans Day, Thanksgiving Day and Christmas Day.
[Amended 4-20-1999 by Ord. No. 98-1999]
- IDLING
- The stopping or standing of a vehicle, whether occupied or
not, while the engine is running.
[Added 8-10-2009 by Ord. No. 146-2009]
- OFFICIAL TIME STANDARD
- Whenever certain hours are named herein or on traffic control
devices, they shall mean the time standard which is in current use
in this date.
- OFFICIAL TRAFFIC SIGNS AND SIGNALS
- All signs, markings, devices and signals not inconsistent
with this chapter, placed or erected by authority of a public body
or official having jurisdiction, for the purpose of guiding, directing,
warning or regulating traffic.
- ONE-WAY TRAFFIC
- Traffic restricted in one direction.
- PARKING METER ZONES
- Such highways or parts of highways in the City where, pursuant
to this chapter or any other ordinance, parking meters are installed,
operated, maintained, policed and supervised and where the payment
of a fee for the privilege of parking where such meters are in operation
is fixed and required.
- POLICE TOWING
- The moving of a motor vehicle by another vehicle for hire
at the direction of the Police Department.
- STANDING
- The stopping of a vehicle, whether occupied or not, otherwise
than temporarily for the purpose of and while actually engaged in
receiving or discharging passengers.
- STOP or STOPPING
- When required, a complete cessation from movement; when prohibited,
any halting, even momentarily, of a vehicle, whether occupied or not,
except when necessary to avoid conflict with other traffic or any
compliance with the directions of a police officer or traffic control
sign or signal.
- STORAGE AREA
- An area or region either designated by the Commissioner or
owned or under the control of the tow company to hold vehicles towed
under this chapter until disposed of under the provisions of this
chapter.
- THROUGH TRAFFIC STREET
- Properly designated main artery of travel.
- TOW OPERATOR
- Any individual, firm, association, joint venture, partnership,
group, corporation or any other legal entity or combination of entities
which provide the service of moving a motor vehicle by another vehicle
for hire or the storage of vehicles after towing, and shall include,
without limitation, owners of towing trucks, their agents and employees.
- TOW TRUCK
- A vehicle equipped with a crane or other device to raise
a vehicle or the front or rear end thereof, or any other vehicle which
is towing or transporting another vehicle.
- VEHICLE
- Every device in, upon or by which any person or property
is or may be transported on a street or highway other than devices
actually moved by human power or devices used exclusively upon stationary
rails or tracks.
