§ 28-36. Definitions.

[For the purposes of this article the following words and phrases shall have the meanings respectively ascribed to them:]

City. The City of Waxahachie, Texas.

Contractor. Any person or group of persons entering into an agreement with the City of Waxahachie, Texas.

Detour. An alternate route in which vehicular traffic is directed around a street which is closed.

Emergency. An unforeseen combination of circumstances or the resulting state, that calls for immediate action.

Manual. The "Manual on Uniform Barricading Standards."

Permit. A written letter of approval from the director of public works or his appointed representative.

Public right-of-way. Any public street, highway, roadway, alley or sidewalk.

Responsible person. The responsible person of the designated department of the City of Waxahachie, Texas, or any appointed representative.

Shall, should and may. The word "shall" is a mandatory condition; the word "should" is an advisory condition to insure safe operation conditions; and the word "may" is a permissive condition.

Streets and alleys. The term "street" shall mean a traveled way for vehicular traffic, whether designated as a street, highway, thoroughfare, parkway, throughway, road, avenue, boulevard, lane, place or however otherwise designated.

(1)

Major thoroughfares or arterial streets are principal traffic arteries more or less continuous across the city which are intended to connect remote parts of the city and which are used primarily for fast or heavy volume traffic and shall include, but not be limited to each street designated as a major street on the major street plan.

(2)

Collector streets are those which carry traffic from minor streets to the major system of arterial streets and highways including the principal entrance streets of a residential development and streets for circulation within such a development.

(3)

Minor streets are those which are used primarily for access to abutting residential properties which are intended to serve traffic within a limited residential district.

(4)

Alleys are minor traveled ways which are used primarily for vehicular service access to the back or the side of properties otherwise abutting on a street.

(Ord. No. 1272, § 2, 12-10-79)