§ 11.39.020. Definitions.

The following definitions shall apply in the interpretation and enforcement of this chapter.

(a)

"Manager" means the city manager of the City of Wichita, or, in his absence, his duly designated and acting representative;

(b)

"Roadway" means that portion of a street or highway improved, designed, or ordinarily used for vehicular travel, exclusive of the berm or shoulder;

(c)

"Snow emergency routes" means those streets designated as such in accordance with the provisions of this chapter.

(d)

"Snow tires" means tires mounted on drive wheels of motor vehicles which are especially designed to give effective traction on snow, mud, or ice covered streets by means of extra heavy duty tread with special high-traction patterns, except that no tire so defined shall be constructed to be a snow tire if it is damaged or worn to the extent that its performance would be substantially impaired;

(e)

"Street, highway boulevard or avenue" means the entire width between property lines of every way publicly maintained when any part thereof is open to the use of the public for purposes of vehicular traffic;

(f)

"Tire chains" means metal chains mounted on drive wheel tires of motor vehicles which cross the tread of each such tire laterally in at least three different places;

(g)

"Vehicle" means every device in, upon or by which any person or property may be transported or drawn upon a highway, except devices moved by human power or used exclusively upon stationary rails or tracks.

(Ord. No. 41-756 § 1)