§ 13.16.020 — Definitions

13.16.020 - Definitions.

For the purpose of this Chapter, the following definitions shall apply: "Alley" means a narrow public thoroughfare, providing access to the rears of the abutting properties. "City specifications" means any and all improvement standards or other specifications that have been adopted by the City. "Curb cut" means that portion of the street curbing that is removed and depressed to provide ingress to and egress from abutting property. "Curb opening" means the total street curbing that is removed to place a curb cut and slopes. "Curb return" means the curved portion of a street curb at street, alley or shopping center intersections. "Driveway" means that area on private property where vehicles are operated, parked or allowed to stand. "Driveway apron" means the area, construction or improvement between the curb opening or, if no curb exists, then between the roadway and private property, to provide ingress and egress for vehicles from the alley, street, roadway or highway to a definite area of the private property, such as a driveway, parking area or a building having an access opening at least eight feet wide, intended and used for the ingress and egress of vehicles. "Intersection" means: (A) The area embraced within the prolongation or connection of the lateral curblines or, if none, then the lateral boundary lines of the roadways of two highways which join each other at, or approximately at, right angles, or the area within which vehicles traveling upon different highways joining at any other angle may come in conflict. (B) When a highway includes two roadways thirty 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 roadways thirty feet or more apart, then each crossing of two roadways of such highways shall be regarded as a separate intersection. "Right-of-way" means public property dedicated for streets, alleys or other public uses. "Roadway" means that portion of a street or highway improved, designed and customarily used for vehicular travel, exclusive of the berm or shoulder. In the event a highway includes two or more separate roadways, the term "roadway" as used herein shall refer to any such roadway separately but not to all such roadways collectively. "Shopping center" means an area of land consisting of twenty or more acres, developed into twenty or more facilities to service daily living needs of people, with integrated access and off-street parking area. "Sidewalk" means that portion of a street between curblines or the outer lateral lines of a roadway, and the adjacent property lines, intended for use of pedestrians. "Standard specifications" means the standards adopted pursuant to Section 13.44.010. "Street" or "highway" means the entire width between the boundary lines of the right-of-way publicly maintained when any part thereof is open to the use of the public for purposes of vehicular travel. "Traffic" means pedestrians, ridden or herded animals, vehicles and other conveyances, either singly or together, while using any street, alley, highway or roadway for purposes of travel.

(Ord. 5571 § 3, 2003: Ord. 1373 § 1 (part), 1968: Ord. 825 § 2, 1960: prior code § 9-13-2)