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Unless otherwise specifically provided for in this chapter, the definitions set forth in Chapter 46.09 RCW, as existing or hereafter amended, shall be applicable to this chapter. In addition, when used in this chapter, the following words, terms and phrases shall have the following meanings:

“City” means the city of Selah, Washington.

“Motorcycle helmet” has the same meaning as provided in RCW 46.37.530.

“Public roadway” means every street, road, boulevard, lane and every way or place within the city's boundaries that is open as a matter of right to public vehicular traffic.

“Rules of the road” means all laws, regulations and rules that apply to vehicle or pedestrian traffic as established by state statutes and regulations, including Chapter 46.61 RCW, and also as established by this code.

“Sidewalk” means the publicly owned or privately owned area existing between the curb line or lateral line of a public roadway and the adjacent property that is designated or intended for use by pedestrians, or the publicly owned or privately owned area that is either generally parallel to or otherwise in proximity to a public roadway that is used by pedestrians.

“Wheeled all-terrain vehicle” is frequently abbreviated within this chapter as “WATV” (singular) or “WATVs” (plural), and means a utility-type vehicle designed for all-terrain use on land that has four or more inflated tires, has a maximum width less than seventy-four inches, that has a wheelbase length of one hundred ten inches or less, that has a maximum weight less than two thousand pounds, and that also satisfies at least one of the following:

(1) Has a minimum width of fifty inches; or

(2) Has a minimum weight of at least nine hundred pounds; or

(3) Has a wheelbase length of over sixty-one inches; or

(4) Has a steering wheel for steering control; or

(5) Has nonstraddle seating with the operator and passenger sitting side by side in the vehicle. (Ord. 2170, § 1, 2022.)