Pasadena Municipal Code Ch. 10.08 Definitions

For the purpose of this chapter, unless it is plainly evident from the context that a different meaning is intended, certain terms used herein are defined in the following sections.

(Ord. 4143 § 1 (1.01) (part), 1950)

"Alley" means any public way without curbs or sidewalk having a roadway not exceeding 25 feet in width which is primarily used for access to the rear or side entrances of abutting properties.

(Ord. 5180 § 1 (part), 1974: Ord. 4327 § 1, 1954: Ord. 4143 § 1 (1.01) (part), 1950)

"City property" means, for the purposes of this chapter, property owned, operated or controlled by the city, other than streets or highways, and includes off-street parking lots or facilities owned or operated by either the city or a city parking district.

(Ord. 6147 § 2 (part), 1986)

"Director" means the director of the department of transportation or his/her authorized representative.

(Ord. 6529, § 2 (part), 1993)

(Ord. No. 7301, § 2, 5-8-2017)

"Law enforcement officer" means any peace officer as defined by the California Vehicle Code, any regularly employed and salaried officer of the Pasadena police department and any regularly employed and salaried city employee who is engaged in directing traffic or enforcing parking laws and regulations.

(Ord. 6147 § 2 (part), 1986)

"Loading zone" means that space adjacent to a curb reserved for the exclusive use of vehicles during the loading or unloading of passengers or materials.

(Ord. 4143 § 1 (1.01) (part), 1950)

Whenever certain hours are named herein, they shall mean standard time or daylight saving time as may be in current use in this city.

(Ord. 4143 § 1 (1.01) (part), 1950)

"Official traffic control devices" means all signs, signals, markings and devices not inconsistent with this chapter, heretofore or hereafter placed or erected under this chapter, as authorized by the vehicle code of the state or by the authority of the board of directors.

(Ord. 4143 § 1 (1.01) (part), 1950)

"Official traffic signals" means any device, whether manually, electrically or mechanically operated, by which traffic is alternately directed to stop, turn or proceed and which is erected by authority of a public body or official having jurisdiction.

(Ord. 4143 § 1 (1.01) (part), 1950)

"Parking," "park" or "standing" means to stop, or allow to stand, any vehicle, whether occupied or not, otherwise than (1) in obedience to an official traffic control device, (2) by direction of traffic control personnel, or (3) temporarily for the purpose of, and while actually engaged in, loading and unloading of merchandise or passengers.

A. A vehicle shall be deemed to have been parked or left standing when such vehicle has not been moved more than 1 block under its own power from its original stopped, parked or standing position. A block is defined as a segment of a street adjacent intersections or between intersection and the terminus of the street or the city boundary. Vehicles may not return to the same block within a 24-hour period.

(Ord. 6244 § 1, 1988: Ord. 4143 § 1 (1.01) (part), 1950)

(Ord. No. 7301, § 2, 5-8-2017)

"Parking meter" means any device which, when the recording dial thereof is set in motion by the deposit of any coin, or equivalent thereof, or by the operation of any actuating device, registers the length of time that any vehicle is parked adjacent to or in the immediate vicinity of the parking meter and displays a flag, sign, or receipt to be displayed, signal, or other electronic means indicating that the permitted or paid time has expired. Parking meters may be multi-space or single-space meters, and may require vehicle operators to display a receipt or enter vehicle identification information to permit parking adjacent to or in the immediate vicinity of the parking meter.

(Ord. 6529, § 2 (part), 1993)

(Ord. No. 7297, § 1, 2-27-2017)

"Parking meter space" means the lines or marks on the curb, street or other area about or alongside of a parking meter designating the parking space for which the parking meter is to be used.

(Ord. 6529, § 2 (part), 1993)

"Parkway" means that portion of a street other than a roadway or a sidewalk.

(Ord. 4143 § 1 (1.01) (part), 1950)

"Passenger loading zone" means the space adjacent to a curb reserved for the exclusive use of vehicles during the loading or unloading of passengers.

(Ord. 4143 § 1 (1.01) (part), 1950)

"Pedestrian" means any person who is afoot or who is using a means of conveyance propelled by human power other than a bicycle.

(Ord. 5180 § 1 (part), 1974: Ord. 4143 § 1 (1.01) (part), 1950)

"Policeman" means every sworn member of the police department or any employee of the city authorized by the chief of police to direct or regulate traffic or to make arrests for violations of the traffic regulations.

(Ord. 4143 § 1 (1.01) (part), 1950)

"Stop," when required, means complete cessation of movement.

(Ord. 4143 § 1 (1.01) (part), 1950)

"Stop" or "stopping," when prohibited, means any cessation of movement of a vehicle, whether occupied or not, except when necessary to avoid conflict with other traffic or in compliance with the direction of a police officer or official traffic control device or signal.

(Ord. 5180 § 1 (part), 1974: Ord. 4143 § 1 (1.01) (part), 1950)

"Taxi stand" means a public place alongside the curb of a street or elsewhere in the city which has been designated by the city manager as reserved exclusively for the use of taxicabs under the provisions of the "taxicab ordinance" of the city.

(Ord. 4143 § 1 (1.01) (part), 1950)

"Traffic" means pedestrians, ridden or herded animals, vehicles, streetcars and other conveyances either singly or together while using any street for purposes of travel.

(Ord. 4143 § 1 (1.01) (part), 1950)

In addition to the definitions set forth above, all definitions of words and phrases set forth in the Vehicle Code of the state of California are hereby incorporated in this chapter as though set forth in full herein.

(Ord. 4143 § 1 (1.02), 1950)