§ 5-2.02. 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)

"Chief of Police" shall mean the Chief of Police of the City or his or her designee.

(b)

"City Manager" shall mean the City Manager of the City or his or her designee.

(c)

"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 street.

(d)

"Owner of the land" shall mean the owner of the land on which the vehicle, or parts thereof, is located as shown on the last equalized assessment roll.

(e)

"Owner of the vehicle" shall mean the last registered owner and the legal owner of record.

(f)

"Public property" shall mean property other than a highway owned by a public entity and shall include a public easement or other public right-of-way.

(g)

"Registered mail" shall include "certified mail".

(h)

"Vehicle" shall mean a device by which any person or property may be propelled, moved, or drawn upon a highway, except a device moved exclusively by human power or used exclusively upon stationary rails or tracks.

(§ 1, Ord. 623, eff. February 5, 1986, as amended by §§ 1—4, Ord. 962, eff. 11-19-99)