The Winslow mail., 1924-04-11
City Ordinance Ne. 123.

AN ORDINANCE REGULATING
TRAFFIC AND TRAVEL UPON
THE PUBLIC STREETS OF THE
TOWN OF WINSLOW, AND RE
PEALING ALL OTHER ORDIN-
ANCES AND PARTS OF ORDIN-
ANCEs IN CONFLICT HEREWITH
FIXING A PENALTY FOR VOL
ALTON HEREOF, AND DECLAR-
ING AN EMERGENCY WHEREBY
THIS ORDINANCE SHALL Be
COME EFFECTIVE IMMEDIATE
LY UPON ITS PASSAGE AND
APPROVAL.
BE 1T ORDAINED by the Mayor
and Common Council of the Town
of Winslow, as follows:
SECTION I.
The following terms, whenever
used in this Ordinance, except as
otherwise specifically indicated, shall
: be deemed to have and shall be
held to include each of the meanings
respectively set thereafter in this
Section:
STREET: Every street, avenue, bou-
levard, highway, roadway, lane, alley,
strip, path, square or place used by,
or laid out for the use of, vehicles.
INTERSECTING STREET: Any
Street, excepting alleys, which joins
another street at an angle, whether
or not it crosses the other street.
CURB: The lateral boundaries of
that portion of street designated
and intended for the use of vehicles,
whether marked by curb construction
Of stone, cement, concrete or other
material, or not so marked.
MOTOR VEHICLE: Shall include
all vehicles propelled otherwise than
by muscular power, except trailers
and such vehicles as are run upon
stationary rails or tracks.
MOTORCYCLE: Shall include all
motor vehicles designed to travel On
not more than three wheels in con-
tact, with the ground and not ex-
ceeding the weight of five hundred
pounds unladen.
VEHICLE: Shall include every
wagon, hack, coach, carriage, omni-
bus, bicycle, tricycle., automobile,
cycle car, motorcycle, truck, trailer,
traction engine, tractor, or other
conveyance, or contrivance for NOV
ing persons, animals or things in
whatever manner and by whatever
force or power the same may be
ridden, driven, propelled, drawn or
moved, which is ridden, driven, pro
pelled, drawn or moved on the public
street, including implements of hus-
bandry temporarily drawn, propelled
or moved on the public street, and
excepting only conveyances drawn or
propelled by pedestrians, and rail
road cars, engines and motors NOV
ing upon stationary rails and tracks.
DRIVER: Every rider or driver
of an animal, rider of bicycle
or tricycle., the operator of a motor
vehicle, the person in charge or
control of any animal or vehicle.
DRIVE: To ride, drive, propel,
control or operate.
ANIMAL: Every horse, pony,
donkey, mule, burro or other animal
ridden or driven or capable of beirg
guided by reins OF voice.
BUSINESS DISTRICT: The bust
ness district of the Town of Winslow,
to which reference is herein made,
will and does cover the same part
of the Town of Winslow as now
comprises the fire district of the
town.
SECTION II
(A)
CAREFULNESS: The driver OF
operator of any vehicle in or upon
any public street shall drive OF
operate such vehicle in careful
manner with due regard for the
safety and convenience of pedestrians
and of all vehicles or traffic upon
any such street and wherever pract-
icable shall travel on right hand
side of such street.
RIGHT OF WAY: Two vehicles
which are passing each other in
opposite directions shall have the
right of way, and no other vehicle
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