10.04.030 Definitions.
In addition to those definitions contained in the Oregon Vehicle Code, the following words or phrases, except where the context clearly indicates a different meaning, shall be defined as follows:
“Abandoned vehicle” means a vehicle that remains parked or kept on a public right-of-way for more than 24 hours, without having been issued a permit pursuant to MMC 10.28.205, and one or more of the following conditions exist:
1. The vehicle does not have a lawfully affixed, unexpired registration plate or fails to display current registration;
2. The vehicle fails to have vehicle insurance as required by the state of Oregon;
3. The vehicle appears to be inoperative or disabled; or
4. The vehicle appears to be wrecked, partially dismantled or junked.
A vehicle the city believes to be inhabited is not an “abandoned vehicle” for the purposes of this title, but may be subject to the camping provisions in Chapter 8.36 MMC.
“Bicycle” means a nonmotorized vehicle designed to be ridden, propelled by human power, and having two or more wheels the diameter of which are in excess of 10 inches or having two or more wheels where any one wheel has a diameter in excess of 15 inches.
“Bus stop” means a space on the edge of a roadway designated by sign for use by buses loading or unloading passengers.
“Holiday” means New Year’s Day, Independence Day, Labor Day, Thanksgiving Day, Christmas Day and any other day proclaimed by the council to be a holiday.
“Loading zone” means a space on the edge of a roadway designated by sign for the purpose of loading or unloading passengers or materials during specified hours of specified days.
“Motor vehicle” means every vehicle that is self-propelled, including tractors, forklift trucks, motorcycles, road building equipment, street cleaning equipment and any other vehicle capable of moving under its own power, notwithstanding that vehicle may be exempt from licensing under the motor vehicle laws of the state.
“Park” or “parking” means the condition of:
1. A motor vehicle that is stopped while occupied by its operator with the engine turned off;
2. A motor vehicle that is stopped while unoccupied by its operator whether or not the engine is turned off.
“Pedestrian” means a person on the public right-of-way except:
1. The operator or passenger of a motor vehicle or bicycle;
2. A person leading, driving or riding an animal or animal-drawn conveyance.
“Recreational vehicle” means a vehicular-type unit that:
1. Contains sleeping facilities;
2. Is designed or used:
a. For human occupancy; and
b. As temporary living quarters for recreational, seasonal, or emergency use; and
3. Has its own motive power or is mounted on or towed by another vehicle.
“Stand” or “standing” means the stopping of a motor vehicle while occupied by its operator with the engine running except stopping in obedience to the instructions of a traffic officer or traffic control device or for other traffic.
“Stop” means complete cessation of movement.
“Street” and “other property open to public travel”:
1. When used in this title or in the ORS chapters incorporated in this title, shall be considered synonymous, unless the context precludes such construction. “Street,” as defined in this title and the ORS chapters incorporated by reference in this title, includes alleys, sidewalks, grass or parking strips, and parking areas and accessways owned or maintained by the city.
2. “Other property open to public travel” means property, whether publicly or privately owned and whether publicly or privately maintained, upon which the public operates motor vehicles either by express or implied invitation other than streets as defined in subsection (1) of this definition, and excepting public school property, county property, or property under the jurisdiction of the State Board of Higher Education. Other property open to public travel shall include but not be limited to parking lots, service station lots, shopping center and supermarket parking lots, and other accessways and parking areas open to general vehicular traffic, whether or not periodically closed to public use.
“Taxicab stand” means a space on the edge of a roadway designated by sign for use by taxicabs.
“Traffic control device” means a device to direct vehicular or pedestrian traffic, including but not limited to a sign, signaling mechanism, barricade, button or street or curb marking installed by the city or other authority.
“Traffic lane” means that area of the roadway used for the movement of a single line of traffic.
“Vehicle” means any device in, upon or by which any person or property is or may be transported or drawn upon a public highway and includes vehicles that are propelled or powered by any means. In this title, “vehicle” includes bicycles, except in regard to abandoned vehicles. (Ord. 5109 §2 (Exh. 1), 2021; Ord. 5049 §1 (Exh. 1 §1), 2018; Ord. 3623 §3, 1972).