§ 50-370. Definitions.

When used in this article, words shall have the meanings respectfully ascribed to them in this section.

Alley means a public thoroughfare which ordinarily affords only a secondary means of access to abiding property.

Commercial vehicle means any motor vehicle (other than a motorcycle) designed or constructed for the transportation and delivery or pick-up of heavy or bulky materials, and having the name of the firm or business affixed, on one or both sides of the vehicle.

Implement of husbandry means a vehicle, other than a passenger car or truck, that is designed and adapted for use as a farm implement, machinery, or tool for tilling the sand.

Light truck means any motor vehicle, pick-up truck, panel delivery truck or carryall truck that has a manufacturer's rated carrying capacity of one ton or less.

Loading zone means the space adjacent to a curb reserved for the exclusive use of commercial vehicles during loading and unloading of materials.

Park or parking means to stand an occupied or unoccupied vehicle, other than temporarily loading or unloading merchandise.

Person means any individual, firm, company, corporation, organization, partnership, association or other legal entity.

Pole trailer means a vehicle without motive power designed to be drawn by another vehicle and secured to the other vehicle by pole, reach, boom, or other security device and is ordinarily used to transport a long or irregularly shaped load, including poles, pipes, or structural members, generally capable of sustaining themselves or beams between supporting connections.

Semi-trailer means a vehicle with or without motive power to be drawn by a motor vehicle to transport person or property and constructed so that part of the vehicle's weight and load rests on or is carried by another vehicle.

Trailer means any vehicle designed for the transportation of property and drawn by a truck, and includes semi-trailers and pole trailers.

Truck means any motor vehicle with a manufacturer's rated carrying capacity that exceeds 2,000 pounds and is designed, used or maintained primarily for the transportation of property and includes a truck or tractor that draws another vehicle, trailer, semi-trailer and pole trailer.

Tractor means a motor vehicle designed and used primarily as a farm implement to draw an implement of husbandry, including a plow or mowing machines.

Truck route means the designated streets upon which trucks, commercial vehicles, tractors must be utilized in traveling to, from and within the city limits of the City of George West.

(Ord. No. 733, § 1(1), 9-19-2011; Ord. No. 733-A, § 1(1), 2-4-2013)