10.55.010 Definitions.
The following words, terms and phrases, when used in this chapter, shall have the meanings ascribed to them in this section, except where the context clearly indicates a different meaning:
“Snow tire” means a tire which, when compared with conventional rib type tires, has a relatively aggressive tread pattern and is designed primarily to provide additional starting, stopping and driving traction in snow, and shall have a tread depth of at least four thirty-seconds of an inch. The tread has ribs, lugs, blocks or buttons; is generally discontinuous, and has the following characteristics when inflated:
(1) A substantial portion of the lug, block or rib edges in the tread design are at an angle greater than 30 degrees to the tire circumferential centerline.
(2) On at least one side of the tread design, the shoulder lugs protrude at least one-half inch in a direction generally perpendicular to the direction of travel.
(3) Tires, as defined above, manufactured after January 1, 1976, will be permanently labeled on one sidewall with the words “MUD and SNOW” or any contraction using the letters “M” and “S.”
“Tire chain” means a device which, when attached to the tires, provides additional starting, stopping and driving traction in snow. (Code 1981 § 43-289. Code 1995 § 142-536.)
Cross References:Definitions generally, TMC 1.10.020.