The following words, terms and phrases, when used in this division, shall have the meanings ascribed to them in this section, except where the context clearly indicates a different meaning:
Operator means and includes every individual who shall operate a vehicle as the owner thereof or as the agent, employee or permittee of the owner or who is in actual physical control of a vehicle.
Park or parking means the standing of a vehicle, whether occupied or not, upon a street otherwise than temporarily for the purpose of and while actually engaged in receiving or discharging passengers or loading or unloading merchandise or in obedience to traffic regulations, signs or signals or an involuntary stopping of the vehicle because of causes beyond the control of the operator of the vehicle.
Parking meter means and includes any mechanical device or meter not inconsistent with this division placed or erected for the regulation of parking by authority of this division. Each parking meter installed shall indicate, by proper legend, the legal parking time established by the city and when operated shall at all times indicate the balance of legal parking time and at the expiration of such period shall indicate illegal or overtime parking.
Parking meter space means any space within a parking meter zone, adjacent to a parking meter, and which is duly designated for the parking of a single vehicle by lines painted or otherwise durably marked on the curb or on the surface of the street adjacent to or adjoining the parking meter.
Parking meter zone means and includes any restricted street upon which parking meters are installed and in operation.
Street means any public street, avenue, road, alley, highway, lane, path or other public place located in the city and established for the use of vehicles.
Vehicle means any device in, upon or by which any person or property is or may be transported upon a highway, except a device which is operated upon rails or tracks.
(Code 1965, § 28-113)
Cross reference(s)—Definitions and rules of construction generally, § 1-2.