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301.13 TRAFFIC CODE 6 301.13 GROSS WEIGHT. "Gross weight" shall mean the weight of a vehicle .plus the weight of any load thereon. (Ord.. 613. Passed 7-7-42.) 301.14 INTERSECTION. "Intersection" shall mean the area, bounded by the lateral lines, real or projected, of two or more streets or highways which meet or cross each other. 301.15 CANED STREET OR HIGHWAY. "Caned street or highway" shall mean a street or highway the roadway of which is divided into two or more clearly marked lanes for vehicular traffic. 301.16 MOTORCYCLE. "Motorcycle" shall mean every motor vehicle other than a tractor having a saddle for the use of the operator and designed to travel on not. more than three wheels in contact with the ground. (Ord. 613. Passed 7-7-42,) 301.17 MOTOR VEHICLE. "Motor vehicle" shall mean every vehicle propelled or drawn by power other than muscular power, except road rollers, traction engines, power shovels, power cranes anti other equipmer-t used in construction work and not designed for or employed in general highwa;y transportation, hole-digging rl~achincry, well-drilling machinery, ditch-digging machinery, farm machinery, threshing machinery, hay-baling machinery, and agricultural tractors and machinery used in the production of horticultural, floricultural, agricultural, and vegetable products. (Ord. 613. Passed 7-7-42.) 301.18 PAI~K (WREN PROHIBITED). "Par. k" when prohibited shall mean the standing of a vehicle, whether occupied or not, otherwise than temporarily for the purpose of and while actually engaged in loading or unloading. (Ord. 613. Passed 7-7-42. ) 301.19 PEDI~.STRIAN. "Pedestrian" shall mean any natural. person afoot. (Ord. 6.13. Passed 7-7-42.) 301.20 PERSON. "Person" shall mean every n:rtu.ral person, firm, copartnership, association, or corporation. (Ord. 613.. Passed 7-7-42.) 301.21 POLE TRAILER. "Pole trailer" shall mean every trailer or semitrailer attached to the towing vehicle by means of a reach, pole, or by being boomed or otherwise secured to the towing vehicle, and ordinarily used for transporting long or irregular shaped loads such as poles, pipes, or structural members capable, generally, of sustaining themselves as beams between the supporting connections. (Ord. 613. Passed 7-7-42.) 301.22 POLICE OFFICER. "Police officer" shall mean every officer authorized to direct or regulate traffic, or to make arrests for violations of traffic regulations. (Ord. 613. Passed 7-7-42.)