Pelham Planning & Development

Parking Enforcement Helpful Definitions

• Boulevard means all parts of the highway save and except any roadway, shoulder, driveway or sidewalk.
• Outer Boulevard means such portions of the highway lying between any sidewalk and Roadway or the shoulder where such exists;
• Inner Boulevard means such portion of the highway lying between the lateral boundary (property line) and the sidewalk and where there is no sidewalk it means that portion of the highway lying between the lateral boundary and the roadway or the shoulder where such exists.
• Corner (intersection) means the point of intersection of the prolongation of the lateral curb lines or in the absence of curbs the prolongation of the edges of the roadways.
• Highway includes a common and public highway, street, avenue, parkway, driveway, square, place, bridge, viaduct or trestle, any part of which is intended for or used by the general public for the passage of vehicles and includes the area between the lateral property lines thereof.
• Park or Parking when prohibited, means the standing of a vehicle, whether occupied or not, except when standing temporarily for the purpose of and while actually engaged in loading or unloading merchandise or passengers.
• Shoulder means that portion of the highway lying adjacent to the roadway where there is no barrier curb, and which is improved or maintained to support a stopped vehicle.
• Stand or Standing when prohibited, means the halting of a vehicle, whether occupied or not, except for the purpose of and while actually engaged in receiving or discharging passengers.
• Stop or Stopping when prohibited, means the halting of a vehicle, even momentarily, whether occupied or not, except when necessary to avoid conflict with the directions of a police officer or of a traffic control sign or signal.