§ 26-236. Definitions.  


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  • The following definitions shall apply in this article:

    Additional fine street is a street, or portion thereof, which has been designated as such in this article, on which signs displaying the maximum speed limit and the penalty as provided in this article for violations are displayed; a highway in a residence district.

    Dead end street is a street which connects with or crosses another street at only one (1) end.

    Street means the entire width between the boundary lines of every way or place open to the use of the public for purposes of vehicular travel in the city, including streets and alleys; and for law enforcement purposes, the entire width between the boundary lines of all private roads or private streets which have been specifically subject to city enforcement of city motor vehicle laws by an ordinance adopted by the city council.

    Residential through street is any street in a residence district having a posted speed limit of not more than thirty-five (35) miles per hour which is not a dead end street.

    Residence district means the territory contiguous to a street which is zoned as a residential district; or which is not zoned as a residential district, but where seventy-five (75) percent or more of the property contiguous to such street on either side thereof, for a distance of three hundred (300) feet or more along the street, is occupied by dwellings and land improved for dwelling purposes.

    (Ord. No. 6355-07, § 1)

(Ord. No. 6355-07, § 1)