Ordinance 1648-89 - Laserfiche WebLink

1 B. "Alley entrance" means that portion of the street 2 which provides access to an alley through a curb cut or a depression in the constructed curb or, when there is no constructed curb, that area in front of such alley as is well 3 defined or is designated by authorized signs or markings. "Alley 4 entrance" shall include an alley exit for one way alleys. C. "Bus" means every motor vehicle designed for carrying 5 more than ten passengers and used for transportation of persons, and every motor vehicle, other than taxicabs, designed and used 6 for the transportation of persons for compensation. 7 D. "Bus stop" means a fixed portion of the highway 8 parallel and adjacent to the curb and designated by a sign to be reserved exclusively for busses for layover in operating schedules 9 or while waiting for, loading, or unloading passengers: Provided, that such bus provides regularly scheduled service within the City. 10 E. "Camper" means a structure designed to be mounted upon a motor vehicle and which provides facilities for human habitation 11 or for temporary outdoor or recreational lodging. 12 F. "City" means the City of Everett. 13 G. "City street" or "street" means every public highway, 14 or part thereof located within the limits of the City, except alleys. 15 H. "Crosswalk" means that portion of the roadway between 16 the intersection area and a prolongation or connection of the farthest sidewalk line or in the event there are no improved sidewalks, then between the intersection area and a line ten feet 17 therefrom, except as modified by a marked crosswalk. 18 I. "Curb" or "curb line" means the edge of a roadway, 19 whether marked by curbing construction or not. 20 J. "Fire exit" means that portion of any street contiguous to and opposite any outside court, corridor, passage, 21 fire escape, exit or entrance door, or any other place adjacent to, or any door opening in an outer wall of any building 22 containing, in whole or in part, any theater, public auditorium, church , dance hall , or other public assembly through which the public must pass to leave such building. 23 24 K. "Fire Zone" means an area of street in the vicinity of churches, schools, hospitals, theaters, or other public buildings; 25 and an area along curves, narrow streets, and in alleys to facilitate unimpeded exit from such buildings by large numbers of 26 persons and to facilitate adequate maneuvering room for fire apparatus at all times. 27 L. "Highway" means the entire width between the boundary 28 lines of every way publicly maintained when any part thereof is open to the use of the public for purposes of vehicular travel . 29 M. "Intersection" means the area embraced within the 30 prolongation of the lateral curb lines, or, if there be no curbs, then the lateral roadway boundary lines of two or more streets 31 which join one another at an angle, whether or not such streets cross one another. The junction of an alley with a street or 32 highway shall not constitute an intersection. 8