§ 72.02 DEFINITIONS.

   For the purpose of this chapter, the following definitions shall apply unless the context clearly indicates or requires a different meaning.

   OPERATOR. A person who drives or is in actual physical control of a vehicle upon a highway.

   OWNER. A person who holds legal title of a vehicle.

   PERSON. An individual, a firm, a partnership, an association, a fiduciary, an executor or administrator, a governmental entity, a limited liability company or a corporation.

   VEHICLE. Except as otherwise provided in this section, a device in, upon or by which a person or property is, or may be, transported or drawn upon a county road or highway. VEHICLE does not include the following:

      (1)   A device moved by human power;

      (2)   A device that runs only on rails or tracks;

      (3)   A fire truck and apparatus owned by a person or municipal division of the state and used for fire protection; and

      (4)   A police patrol wagon.

(Ord. 1996-01, passed 2-14-1996)