New York Codes, Rules and Regulations › Title 21 - Miscellaneous › Chapter LXIII - Thousand Islands Bridge Authority › Part 5501 - Definitions › Section 5501.1 - Definitions

Current through Register Vol. 46, No. 28, July 10, 2024
Whenever and wherever used in this Chapter, the following
				  words and terms, whether used in the singular or plural, shall have the
				  meanings indicated, unless the context in which the same is used clearly
				  requires a different meaning or indicates to the contrary:
(a) Authority. The Thousand Islands Bridge
				Authority.
(b) Authority employee.
				Any person employed by or designated to act for and on behalf of the
				authority.
(c) Bridge. Any area or
				part of structures which provide a means of crossing any portion of the St.
				Lawrence River between Collins Landing in the United States and Ivy Lea in
				Canada.
(d) Bus. A motor vehicle
				having the capacity to carry 10 or more persons, including the
				operator.
(e) Facilities. All
				bridges, plazas, approaches, roadways, parking areas, buildings, structures or
				improvements which form any part of the entire bridge complex known as the
				Thousand Islands Bridge, leading from Collins Landing in the United States to
				Ivy Lea in Canada, and which is either owned, operated or controlled by the
				authority.
(f) Motor vehicle. Any
				vehicle driven or propelled by a motor.
(g) Operator. The driver or any person who
				pushes, draws, propels, operates or is in charge of a vehicle.
(h) Park (or parking). The standing of any
				vehicle on any bridge, approach, roadway or parking area, or the like, whether
				occupied or not, otherwise than temporarily for the purpose of, and while
				actually and properly engaged in, loading or unloading merchandise or
				passengers, where permitted.
(i)
				Passenger auto. Every type of motor vehicle used for the transportation of
				passengers and registered as such, including those rented for hire, but
				excluding buses.
(j) Pedestrian. A
				person on foot.
(k) Pedestrian
				crossing. Those portions of the bridges and approaches thereto, and terminals,
				designated as walks or sidewalks and intended for the use of
				pedestrians.
(l) Police officer.
				Any officer of the law in the State of New York or Province of Ontario,
				including but not limited to New York State Police, sheriffs and deputies,
				Royal Canadian Mounted Police and Ontario Provincial Police, acting within the
				scope of his authority.
(m)
				Roadway. That part of the facilities, especially bridges, plazas, approaches
				and parking areas, designed and designated for use of motor vehicles.
(n) Stop (or stopping). Any halting, even
				momentarily, of a vehicle, whether occupied or not, except when necessary to
				avoid conflict with other traffic or in compliance with the direction of any
				authority employee, any police officer or traffic control device.
(o) Tractor. A motor vehicle designed and
				used for drawing other vehicles but having no provision for carrying loads
				independently.
(p) Traffic. All
				pedestrians and vehicles using the facilities.
(q) Traffic control device. Any sign, signal,
				marking or device, whether permanent or temporary, placed or erected by the
				authority for the purpose of regulating, warning or guiding traffic.
(r) Trailer (or semitrailer). A vehicle
				without motive power drawn by a tractor or other motor vehicle.
(s) Truck. A motor vehicle designed or used
				primarily for the transportation of property, except buses, tractors, trailers
				or semitrailers.
(t) Vehicle. Any
				device in, upon or by which any person or property is or may be transported
				upon a roadway.
(u) Vehicular
				crossing. The entire facilities owned or operated by the authority which are
				intended to permit the passage of vehicles between Collins Landing in the
				United States and Ivy Lea in Canada, including but not limited to roadways,
				bridges, approaches, plazas, parking areas, and portions of customs and
				immigration facilities.