For the purpose of this subchapter, the following definitions shall apply unless the context clearly indicates or requires a different meaning.
OCCUPANT.
(1) A person who is in physical possession of a property; or
(2) A person who has responsibility for, and control over, the condition of a property, the activities conducted on that property and the persons allowed to enter that property.
OWNER.
(1) In the case of land, any person who is recorded on the tax rolls as the owner of land.
(2) In the case of property other than land, any person who is in lawful possession thereof.
PERSON. Includes any individual, corporation, society, association, partnership or firm, and the successor or the heir, executor, administrators of other legal representatives of a person.
SIDEWALK. The part of a highway especially adapted to the use of or ordinarily used by pedestrians and includes that part of the highway between the curb line (or the edge of the roadway where there is no curb line) and the adjacent property line, whether or not paved or improved.
(1980 Code, Ch. 22, Part 2A, § 55.1) (Ord. 1052, passed 3-23-1977; Ord. 1312, passed 10-21-2002, § 1)