For the purpose of this chapter, the following definitions shall apply unless the context clearly indicates or requires a different meaning.
ABANDONED VEHICLE. A vehicle that is left on a highway, public property, or private property in such inoperable or neglected condition that the owner's intent to relinquish all further rights or interests in it may be reasonably concluded.
DISMANTLED VEHICLE. Any vehicle that is partially or wholly disassembled.
HIGHWAY. A way or place of whatever nature, publicly maintained and open to the use of the public for the purposes of vehicular travel. HIGHWAY shall include street, public right of way and alley.
INOPERABLE VEHICLE. Any vehicle prohibited from being operated on a public street or highway and/or any vehicle that cannot be moved under its own power.
VEHICLE. A device by which any person or property may be propelled, moved, or drawn upon a highway, except a device moved by human power or used exclusively upon stationary rails or tracks.
WRECKED VEHICLE. Any vehicle that is damaged to such an extent that it cannot be operated upon the highway.
('61 Code, § 4-8.02) (Ord. 186 C.S., passed 8-2-72; Am. Ord. 716 C.S., passed 3-15-00; Am. Ord. 782 C.S., passed 7-6-05)