Meridian Code of Ordinances § 23-1 Definitions.
Sec. 23-1. - Definitions.
In the interpretation of this chapter and all other ordinances relating to the use and the regulations of traffic or public travel on the streets of the city, the following words and phrases, unless the context shows another sense to be intended, shall be held to have the meaning hereinafter stated:
Authorized emergency vehicle means every vehicle of the fire department (fire patrol), every police vehicle, and every such ambulance and emergency vehicle of municipal departments or public service corporations as is designated or authorized by the commission or the chief of police of an incorporated city.
Crosswalk.
(1) That portion of a street ordinarily included within the prolongation or connection of the lateral lines of sidewalks at intersections.
(2) Any portion of a street distinctly indicated for pedestrian crossings by lines or other markings on the surface.
Curb shall mean the lateral boundary of a street used for vehicles, whether marked by curbstones or not so marked.
Down town section shall include all the territory bounded on the west by the west line of 26th Avenue, on the north by the north line of 8th Street to its intersection with 23rd Avenue, thence northward by the west line of 23rd Avenue to 9th Street, thence eastward by the north line of 9th Street to 6th Street and 18th Avenue, on the east by the east line of 18th Avenue from 6th to 2nd Street, and on the south by the right-of-way of the Alabama and Vicksburg Railway to subway entrance.
Driver. Every person who drives or is in actual physical control of a vehicle.
Horse shall include any draft animal or beast of burden.
Intersection. The area embraced within the prolongation or connection of the lateral curb lines, or, if none, then the lateral boundary lines of the two (2) streets which join one (1) another at or approximately at, right angles, or the area within which vehicles traveling upon different streets adjoining at any other angle may come in conflict.
Motorcycle. Every motor vehicle having a saddle for the use of the rider and designed to travel on not more than three (3) wheels in contact with the ground but excluding a tractor.
Motor vehicle. Every vehicle which is self-propelled and every vehicle which is propelled by electric power obtained from overhead trolley wires, but not operated upon rails.
Official traffic-control devices. All signs, signals, markings and devices not inconsistent with this chapter lawfully placed or erected for the purpose of regulating, warning or guiding traffic.
Parked shall apply to vehicles left standing by the owner or driver thereof for a time longer than is necessary to take on or discharge passengers or freight.
Pedestrians. Any person afoot.
Safety zone. The area or space officially set apart within a street for the exclusive use of pedestrians and which is protected or is so marked or indicated by adequate signs as to be plainly visible at all times while set apart as a safety zone.
School bus means every motor vehicle operated for the transportation of children to or from any school, provided same is plainly marked "School Bus" on the front and rear thereof and meets the requirements of the state board of education as authorized under section 37-41-1 of the Mississippi Code of 1972.
Street or highway means the entire width between property lines of every way or place of whatever nature when any part thereof is open to the use of the public, as a matter of right, for purposes of vehicular traffic.
Traffic. Pedestrians, ridden or herded animals, vehicles and other conveyances either singly or together while using any street for purposes of travel.
Traffic officer shall apply to any person designated by the mayor or the chief of police to direct or control the traffic upon the streets of the city, or any member of the police department.
Vehicle. Every device in, upon or by which any person or property is or may be transported or drawn upon a street, except devices used exclusively upon stationary rails or tracks.
(Code 1962, § 23-1)