Michigan Administrative Code › Department - State Police › Traffic Safety Division › Uniform Traffic Code for Cities, Townships, and Villages › Part 1 - WORDS AND PHRASES DEFINED › Section R. 28.1001 - Rule 1. Words and phrases

Current through Vol. 24-12, July 15, 2024
(1) As used in this
				  code:
(a) "Act" means the Michigan vehicle
				  code, 1949 PA 300, MCL 257.1 et seq.
(b) "Alley" means a minor thoroughfare,
				  opened to public use, for the purpose of ingress and egress to service adjacent
				  buildings.
(c) "Bicycle lane" means
				  a portion of a street or highway that is adjacent to the roadway and that is
				  established for the use of persons riding bicycles.
(d) "Bicycle path" means a portion of a
				  street or highway that is separated from the roadway by an open, unpaved space
				  or by a barrier and that is established for the use of persons riding
				  bicycles.
(e) "Bus stand" or "bus
				  stop" means a fixed area in the roadway, parallel and adjacent to the curb, to
				  be occupied exclusively by buses for layover in operating schedules or by buses
				  waiting for, loading, or unloading passengers.
(f) "Clerk" means the person who keeps the
				  records and performs the regular business of a governmental unit.
(g) "Curb loading zone" means a space that is
				  adjacent to a curb and that is reserved for the exclusive use of vehicles
				  during the loading or unloading of passengers or materials.
(h) "Freight curb loading zone" means a space
				  that is adjacent to a curb and that is provided for the exclusive use of
				  vehicles during the loading or unloading of freight.
(i) "Governmental unit" or "municipality"
				  means an incorporated city, an incorporated village, or a township.
(j) "Official time standard" means the hours
				  named in this code are hours of standard time or daylight-saving time,
				  whichever is in current use in this governmental unit.
(k) "Parking meter zone" means an area that
				  is adjacent to a parking meter and that is set aside for the exclusive use of
				  vehicles upon the deposit of a coin of United States currency in the parking
				  meter as specified on the meter.
(l) "Passenger curb loading zone" means a
				  place that is adjacent to a curb and that is reserved for the exclusive use of
				  vehicles during the loading or unloading of passengers.
(m) "Stand" or "standing" means the halting
				  of a vehicle, other than for the purpose of, and while actually engaged in,
				  receiving or discharging passengers.
(n) "Stop," when required, means the complete
				  cessation of movement.
(o) "Stop"
				  or "stopping," when prohibited, means the halting, even momentarily, of a
				  vehicle, whether occupied or not. The terms do not apply to the halting of a
				  vehicle that is necessary to avoid conflict with other traffic or that is in
				  compliance with the directions of a police officer or traffic-control sign or
				  signal.
(p) "Taxicab" means a
				  licensed public motor vehicle for hire that is designated and constructed to
				  seat not more than 10 persons and that is operated as a common carrier on call
				  or demand.
(q) "Taxicab stand"
				  means a fixed area in the roadway that is set aside for taxicabs to stand or
				  wait for passengers.
(r) "Tow-away
				  zone" means a zone where parking, stopping, or standing is not permitted, as
				  indicated by proper signs, and where vehicles parked in violation of the signs
				  are towed away to keep the roadway clear for traffic movement.
(s) "U-turn" means a turn made on a roadway
				  or in an intersection by a vehicle for the purpose of reversing its direction
				  of travel.