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7 Definitions 301.2 9 `' 301.23 PRIVATE ROAD OR DRIVEWAY. "Private road or driveway" shall mean every way or place In private ownership used for vehicular travel by the owner and those having express or implied permission from the owner but not by other persons. (Ord. 613. Passed 7-7-42.) 301.24 RESIDENCE DISTRICT. '~tesidence district" shall mean the territory, not comprising a business district, fronting on a street or highway, including the street or highway, where, for a distance of three hundred feet or more, the frontage is improved with residences or residences and buildings in use for business. (Ord. 613. Passed 7-7-42.) 301.25 RIGHT OF WAY. 'Might of way" shall mean the right of a vehicle, or pedestrian to proceed uninter- ruptedly in a lawful manner in the direction in which it or he is moving in preference to another vehicle, or pedestrian approaching from a different direction into its or' his path. (Ord . 613. Passed 7 -7-42. ) 301.26 ROADWAY. "Roadway" shall mean that portion of a street or highway improved, designed, or ordinarily used for vehicular travel, except the berm or shoulder. If a street or highway includes two or more separate roadways the term "roadway" shall mean any'auch roadway separately but not all such roadways collectively. 301.27 SAFETY ZONE. "Safety zone" shall mean the area or space officially set apart within a roadway for the exclusive use of pedestrians and protected or marked or indicated by adequate signs as to be plainly visible at all times. (Ord. 613. Passed 7-7-42.) 301.28 SCHOOL BUS. "School bus" shall mean every bus designed for carrying more than nine passengers which is owned by a public, private, or governmental agency or institution of learning and operated for the transportation of children to or from a school session or a school function, or owned by a private person and operated for compensation for the transportation of children to or from a school session or a school function; provided "school bus" does not include a bus operated by a municipally owned transportation system, amass transit company operating exclusively within the territorial limits of the Municipality, or within such limits and the territorial limits of municipal corporations immediately contiguous to the Municipality, nor a common passenger carrier certified by the Public Utilities Commission unless such bus is devoted exclusively to the transportation of children to and from a school session or a school function. 301.29 SEMITRAILER. "Semitrailer" shall mean every vehicle designed or used for carrying persona or property with another and separate motor vehicle so that in operation apart of its own . weight or that of its load, or both, rests upon and is carried by another vehicle. (Ord. 613. Passed 7-7-42.)