§ 14.42.020. Definitions.  


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  • The terms and words used in this chapter have those definitions set out in Chapter 14.04 of this title except as set out below:

    (a)

    "Vehicle" means every device in, upon or by which any person or property is or may be transported or drawn.

    (b)

    "Bicycle" means a device upon which persons may ride, having two tandem wheels or every such device generally recognized as a bicycle though equipped with one or more front and/or one or more rear wheels. A bicycle is not a moped.

    (c)

    "Electric personal assistive mobility device ("EPAMD") means a self-balancing, two nontandem wheeled device, designed to transport only one person, with an electric propulsion system that limits the maximum speed of the device to fifteen miles per hour or less.

    (d)

    "Pedicab" means:

    (1)

    A bicycle that has three or more wheels, that transports, or is capable of transporting, passengers on seats attached to the bicycle, that is operated by one or more persons, whether human propelled or motor assisted, and that is used for transporting one or more passengers or property; or

    (2)

    A bicycle that pulls or pushes a trailer, sidecar, or similar device, that transports, or is capable of transporting, passengers on seats attached to the trailer, sidecar, or similar device, that is operated by one or more persons, whether human propelled or motor assisted, and that is used for transporting passengers or property.

    (e)

    "Rickshaw" means a two or more wheeled vehicle designed to carry one or more passengers that is pulled by one or more persons.

    (f)

    "Business district" means the area contiguous to and including a highway when within any six hundred feet along such highway where there are buildings in use for business or industrial purposes, including but not limited to hotels, casinos, banks, office buildings, shopping malls, airports or public buildings which occupy at least three hundred feet of frontage on one side or three hundred feet collectively on both sides of the highway.

    (g)

    "Restricted area" means the area contiguous to and including the following highways:

    (1)

    That portion of Las Vegas Boulevard from Russell Road to Sahara Avenue;

    (2)

    That portion of Mandalay Bay Road from Luxor Drive to Las Vegas Boulevard;

    (3)

    That portion of Tropicana Avenue from Koval Lane to two hundred feet west of its intersection with Las Vegas Boulevard;

    (4)

    That portion of Harmon Avenue from Interstate Highway 15 to Audrie Street;

    (5)

    That portion of Flamingo Road from Koval Lane to two hundred feet west of its intersection with Las Vegas Boulevard;

    (6)

    That portion of Spring Mountain/Sands Avenue, from the Fashion Show Drive to Koval Lane;

    (7)

    Each remaining highway not listed above that intersects Las Vegas Boulevard between Russell Road and Sahara Avenue for a distance of two hundred feet west and two hundred feet east of its intersection with Las Vegas Boulevard;

    (8)

    That portion of Paradise Road from Harmon Avenue to Karen Avenue;

    (9)

    Each highway that intersects Paradise Road from Harmon Avenue to Karen Avenue for a distance of two hundred feet east and two hundred feet west of its intersection with Paradise Road; and

    (10)

    That portion of Convention Center Drive from Las Vegas Boulevard to Paradise Road.

(Ord. 3338 § 1 (part), 2006)