For the purpose of this chapter, the following words shall be defined as follows:
(A) “Emergency” means an unforeseen combination of circumstances or the resulting state that calls for immediate action. The term includes but is not limited to the following: a fire, a natural disaster, an automobile accident, or any situation requiring immediate action to prevent serious bodily injury, hardship, or loss of life.
(B) “Guardian” means (a) a person who, under court order, is the guardian of the person of a minor; or (b) a public or private agency with whom the minor has been placed by court order; or (c) a person at least eighteen years of age exercising care and custody of the minor and having written authorization to do so.
(C) “Minor” means any person under eighteen years of age.
(D) “Parent” means any person who is a natural parent, adopting parent, or stepparent of a minor.
(E) “Public place” means any place to which the public or a substantial group of the public has access, including but not limited to streets, highways, beaches, parks, playgrounds, and common areas of schools, hospitals, apartment houses, office buildings, transport facilities, theaters, game rooms, shops, shopping malls, or any other public place of business.
(F) “Street” means a way or place, of whatever nature, open to the use of the public as a matter of right for the purpose of vehicular travel or, in the case of a sidewalk, for pedestrian travel. The term “street” includes the legal right-of-way, including but not limited to the traffic lanes, curbs, sidewalks, whether paved or unpaved, and any grass plots or other grounds found within the legal right-of-way of a street. The term “street” applies irrespective of what the legal right-of-way is formally named or called, whether alley, avenue, court, road, or otherwise.
(Ord. 2589 § 1, 2002.)