New York Codes, Rules and Regulations › Title 21 - Miscellaneous › Chapter LXV - Ogdensburg Bridge And Port Authority › Part 5700 - General Provisions And Definitions › Section 5700.5 - Definitions

Current through Register Vol. 46, No. 28, July 10, 2024
The following terms as used in this Chapter shall, unless
				  otherwise expressly stated or unless the context clearly requires a different
				  interpretation, have the following meaning:
(a) Ambulance shall mean a vehicle
				specifically designed and equipped for the carrying of the sick or injured, and
				clearly marked as such with permanent exterior markings. Commercial ambulance
				shall mean an ambulance for hire.
(b) Authority shall mean the Ogdensburg
				Bridge and Port Authority.
(c)
				Bicycle shall include a velocipede, tricycle, or other light vehicle propelled
				by the riders or rider.
(d) Bridge
				shall include any bridge within the jurisdiction of the authority, but shall
				not include the plazas, approaches and highway connections thereto.
(e) Bus shall mean a motor vehicle, designed
				or used in the transportation of persons, having a seating capacity of 10 or
				more persons.
(f) Chassis shall
				mean the frame and all other mechanical parts of a vehicle, including wheels,
				but without body.
(g) Driver shall
				mean the person who is in actual physical control of a vehicle.
(h) Dual vehicles shall mean a truck,
				tractor, or other self-propelled vehicle in combination with a semitrailer or
				trailer.
(i) Employee shall mean
				the authority official in charge of the bridge or the person performing his
				functions and duties for the time being.
(j) Motorcycle shall mean all motorized
				vehicles registered as a motorcycle, including motor scooters and motor
				bicycles.
(k) Motor vehicle shall
				mean any vehicle driven or propelled by a motor.
(l) Operator shall mean the driver or any
				person who pushes, draws, propels, operates or is in charge of a
				vehicle.
(m) Park (or parking)
				shall mean 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.
(n) Passenger auto shall mean every type of
				motor vehicle used for the transportation of passengers and registered as such,
				including those rented for hire, but excluding buses.
(o) Pedestrian shall mean a person on
				foot.
(p) Pedestrian crossing shall
				mean those portions of the bridge and approaches thereto and terminals
				designated as walks or sidewalks on the west (upstream) side and intended for
				the use of pedestrians.
(q) Police
				officer shall mean 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.
(r) Roadway shall mean that part of the
				facilities, especially bridges, plazas, approaches and parking areas, designed
				and designated for use of motor vehicles.
(s) Stop (or stopping) shall mean 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.
(t) Toll shall mean the
				bridge crossing toll rate schedule as authorized by the authority.
(u) Tractor shall mean a motor vehicle
				designed and used for drawing other vehicles but having no provision for
				carrying loads independently.
(v)
				Traffic shall mean all pedestrians and vehicles using the facilities.
(w) Traffic control device shall mean any
				sign, signal, marking or device, whether permanent or temporary, placed or
				erected by the authority for the purpose of regulating, warning and guiding
				traffic.
(x) Trailer (or
				semitrailer) shall mean a vehicle without motive power, drawn by a tractor or
				other motor vehicle.
(y) Truck
				shall mean a motor vehicle designed or used primarily for the transportation of
				property, except buses, tractors, trailers or semitrailers.
(z) Vehicle shall mean any device in, upon or
				by which any person or property is or may be transported upon a
				roadway.
(aa) Vehicular crossing
				shall mean the entire facilities owned or operated by the authority which are
				intended to permit the passage of vehicles between Ogdensburg in the United
				States and Johnstown in Canada, including but not limited to roadways, bridges,
				approaches, plazas, parking areas, and portions of customs and immigration
				facilities.