§ 15-56. Definitions.  


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  • For the purposes of this division, the following words, terms and phrases shall have the following meanings respectively ascribed to them in this section:

    Owner means a person who holds the legal title of a vehicle or has a right to immediate possession thereof under a sale or lease-purchase agreement.

    Parking means the standing of a vehicle on a street outside of a traffic lane.

    Parking lot means a parcel of land owned, leased or controlled by the city for the prime purpose of providing space for vehicular parking.

    Person means every natural person, firm, partnership, association or corporation.

    Street means the entire width between boundary lines of any way or place when any part thereof is open to the use of the public, as a matter of right, for purposes of vehicular traffic.

    Vehicle means every device in, upon or by which any person or property may be transported or drawn upon a highway or street, except devices designed to be moved by human power.

(Code 1971, § 16-46; Ord. No. 83-16, § 1, 9-27-83)