(1) “Abandoned vehicle” shall be defined as any vehicle parked on a street, adjacent to a street, or in a city owned and/or city controlled parking lot for longer than three (3) days, except those vehicles parked outside a residence and hereafter provided.
(2) “Junked vehicle” shall be defined as any vehicle which is inoperative or reasonably appears to be inoperative; wrecked; dismantled; partially dismantled; or discarded. Conditions which may indicate that a motor vehicle is "junked" include, but are not limited to extensively rusted, without all properly inflated tires, without windshields or window glass, without major chassis components or brake lights, or without any other vehicle component required by law for legal operation on a street.
(3) “Parking” shall be defined as the standing or stopping of a vehicle, whether occupied or not, otherwise than temporarily for the purpose of, and while actually engaged in, loading or unloading property or passengers.
(4) “Parking adjacent to the street” shall be defined as an area to park a vehicle within the public right-of-way located adjacent to but outside the travel lanes of a street. Such spaces may be parallel or angled from the travel lane and may or may not be marked.
(5) “Parking on streets” shall be defined as the parking of a vehicle partially or entirely within the travel lane of a street.
(6) “Street” shall be defined as all the public ways maintained by the City of Cookeville, and any state or federal highway located in the city limits of Cookeville, Tennessee. Where applicable, street shall also include any alley or other right-of-way maintained by the City of Cookeville.
(7) “Travel lane” shall be defined as the portion of a street designed to carry vehicle traffic, not including shoulders. For local streets the travel lane is between eighteen (18) to twenty (20) feet, depending on design. For collector streets the width is between twenty-two (22) and twenty-four (24) feet.
(8) “Vehicle” shall be defined as any self-propelled vehicle designed primarily for transportation of persons or goods along public streets, alleys, or other public ways. (Ord. #O17- 10-18, Dec. 2017)