§ 4-14.01. Definitions.

As used in this chapter:

(a)

"City" shall mean the City of Simi Valley.

(b)

"Department" shall mean the Police Department of the City of Simi Valley.

(c)

"Immediate family" means persons who are within one degree of consanguinity with the person from whom the vehicle was seized, or a spouse of the person from whom a vehicle was seized.

(d)

"Motor vehicle speed contest" shall mean a motor vehicle speed contest as defined in California Vehicle Code Section 23109(a).

(e)

"Exhibition of speed" shall mean any exhibition of speed referred to in California Vehicle Code Section 23109(c) or a willful act of showing off or displaying a dangerous or imprudent speed in a vehicle on a public street or highway where the presence of another person is known to the driver/or may be reasonably anticipated by him or her. In order to constitute an exhibition of speed under this section, there must be spectators present at the event.

(f)

"Owner" shall mean the last registered and legal owner of record of the vehicle that is used to participate in a motor vehicle speed contest, as shown on records of the Department of Motor Vehicles or similar state entity.

(g)

"Vehicle" shall mean a vehicle as defined in California Vehicle Code Section 670.

(§ 1, Ord. 1104, eff. December 14, 2006)