Discussion and Review of Tiffin Municipal Code Revisions — Council Updates

CHAPTER 60 ADMINISTRATION OF TRAFFIC CODE 60.01 Title 60.05 Reports of Traffic Accidents 60.02 Definitions 60.06 Peace Officer’s Authority 60.03 Administration and Enforcement 60.07 Obedience to Peace Officers 60.04 Power to Direct Traffic 60.01 TITLE. Chapters 60 through 70 may be known and cited as the “Tiffin Traffic Code” (and are referred to herein as the “Traffic Code.”) 60.02 DEFINITIONS. Where words and phrases used in the Traffic Code are defined by State law, such definitions apply to their use in said Traffic Code and are hereby adopted by reference. Those definitions so adopted that need further definition or are reiterated, and other words and phrases used herein, have the following meanings: 1. “Business District” means the territory contiguous to and including a highway when 50 percent or more of the frontage thereon for a distance of 300 feet or more is occupied by buildings in use for business. (Code of Iowa, Sec. 321.1(7)) 2. “MPH” means miles per hour. 3. “Parade” means any march or procession of persons or vehicles organized for marching or moving on the streets in an organized fashion or manner or any march or procession of persons or vehicles represented or advertised to the public as a parade. 4. “Park” or “parking” means the standing of a vehicle, whether occupied or not, otherwise than temporarily for the purpose of and while actually engaged in loading or unloading merchandise or passengers. 5. “Peace officer” means every officer authorized to direct or regulate traffic or to make arrests for violations of traffic regulations. 6. “Pedestrian” means a person afoot or a person using a pedestrian conveyance. (Code of Iowa, Sec. 321.1(51)) 7. “Pedestrian conveyance” means any human-powered device by which a pedestrian may move other than by walking or by which a pedestrian may move another person, including but not limited to a wheelchair, stroller, skateboard, scooter, or other similar device. Pedestrian conveyance also includes an electric personal assistive mobility device and any other device used to move a person sitting or standing on the device regardless of whether the device is powered by an electric motor, so long as the electric motor produces less than 750 watts. Pedestrian conveyance does not include a bicycle. (Code of Iowa, Sec. 321.1(51)(A)) 8. “Residence district” means the territory contiguous to and including a highway not comprising a business, suburban, or school district, where 40 percent or more of the frontage on such a highway for a distance of 300 feet or more is occupied by dwellings or by dwellings and buildings in use for business. (Code of Iowa, Sec. 321.1(63)) CODE OF ORDINANCES, TIFFIN, IOWA - 491 -