"Street" means a public thoroughfare or right-of-way dedicated, deeded or condemned for use as such, or approved private thoroughfare or right-of-way, other than an alley, which affords principal means or access to abutting property, and includes avenue, place, way, drive, land, boulevard, highway, road and any other thoroughfare, except as excluded in this title. The word "street" includes all major and secondary highways, traffic collector streets and local streets.
(`78 Code, § 17.04.567.)