§ 4-7.02. Definitions.

For the purposes of this chapter, unless otherwise apparent from the context, certain words and phrases used in this chapter are defined as follows:

(a)

"Highway" shall mean a way or place, of whatever nature, publicly maintained and open to the use of the public for the purposes of vehicular travel. "Highway" shall include freeway, street, sidewalk, parkway, and driveway.

(b)

"Immediate family" shall mean the spouse and children of the owner or lessee of private property within the City.

(c)

"Motorcycle" shall mean any motor vehicle, other than a tractor, having a seat or saddle for the use of the rider, designed to travel on no more than three (3) wheels in contact with the ground, and weighing less than 1,500 pounds.

(d)

"Motor-driven vehicle" shall mean any motorcycle, mini-bike, trail bike, motor scooter, dune buggy, truck, or passenger vehicle.

(e)

"Operate" shall mean to start, drive, or run a vehicle.

(f)

"Person" shall mean any individual human, several humans, association, partnership, firm, business, joint venture, corporation, or public or private entity.

(g)

"Private property" shall mean any real property, including unimproved property, which is owned, leased, or rented by persons other than a governmental unit of the State, or units of any county or city, or units of the United States of America.

(h)

"Public property" shall mean any real property, including unimproved property, which is owned, leased, or rented by the State, or units of any county or city, or units of the United States of America.

(i)

"Unimproved property" shall mean any private or public real property which contains no structures, or which is not surfaced with cement, concrete, asphaltic concrete, or other similar material, or which does not have a hard surface composed of mixtures of rock, sand, or gravel bound together with a chemical or mineral substance other than natural soil.

(j)

"Vehicle" shall mean a motorcycle or motor-driven vehicle.

(§ 7400-1, S.V.M.C., as added by § 3, Ord. 194)