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,.. j O~INANCE. N®, X09 By T~Ir. Hardman AN O~iDINANCE TO REGULATE TRAFFIC ON THE STREETS AND PUBLIC HIGHti~AYS OF THE WILLAGE OF T~IAYFIELD, AND REPEALING ORDINAn1CES NOS. 5, 5S, 90, and 3070 Be it ordained by the Council of the Village of T%Iayfield, Ohio, Section 1. This ordinance shall 'ae 'mown as the Traffic Code of the Village of TJlayfield and may be separately printed and distributed. Section 2. The end sought to be obtained by this ordinance is hereby declared to be that all traffic, ?~rhether vehicular, pedestrian or animal, may exist and move on the streets of the village in an orderly manner, at reasonable speed and t,~ith safety to all other traffic; persons and property and the provisions of this ordinance shall at all times be interpreted and enforced t~rith that end in view. Section 3.--Definitions The following t~rords and phrases when used in this ordinance unless otherf~rise provided, shall have the meanings respectively ascribed•to them in this section: Agricultural tractor, Every self-propelling vehicle designed or used for drawing other vehicles or wheeled machinery; but having no provision for carrying loads independently of such other ® Vehicles, and used principally for agricultural purposes. ~! .Bic,~ycle. Atwo--wheel vehicle, propelled by human power, having'a tandem arrangement of wheels equipped with tires either of which is over t~~renty inches in diameter. Bureau. The bureau of motor vehicles of this state. Bus. Every motor vehicle designed for carrying more than nine passengers and used for the transportation of persons; and every motor vehicle, auto-for-hire or funeral car, other than a taxi--cab, designed and used for the transportation of persons for compensation, Business district. The territory fronting upon a street or highway, including the street or highway, beti~reen successive intersections within municipal corporations ?~rhere 50 per cent or more of the frontage bat?rreen such successive intersections is occupied by 'puildings in use for business, or T,rithin or outside of municipal corporations where SO per cent or more of the front- age for a distance of 300 feet or more is occupied by buildings in use for business and the said character of such territory is indicated by official. traffic control devices. Commercial tractor. Every motor vehicle having motive po~~rer designed or used for dra~,ring other vehicles and not so con- structed as to carry any load thereon, or designed or used for drawing other vehicles ?,rhile carrying a portion of such other vehicles, or the load thereon, or both. ~ Crosswalk. (a) That part of a roadway at an intersection I included within the connections of the lateral lines of the side-~ walks on opposite sides of the highway measured from the curbs or in the absence of curbs from the edges of the traversable ~ roadway.