For the purpose of this subchapter, the following definitions shall apply unless the context clearly indicates or requires a different meaning.
MOTORBOAT. Any vessel propelled by machinery, whether or not the machinery is the principal source of propulsion.
OPERATE. To navigate or otherwise use a motorboat or a vessel.
OWNER. A person, other than a lienholder, having the property in or title to a motorboat. The term includes a person entitled to the use or possession of a motorboat subject to an interest in another person, reserved or created by agreement and securing payment or performance of an obligation, but the term excludes a lessee under a lease not intended as security.
PERSON. An individual, partnership, firm, corporation, association or other entity.
VESSEL. Every description of watercraft, other than a seaplane on the water, used or capable of being used as a means of transportation on water.
WATERWAYS OF THE CITY. Any navigable waterways within the territorial limits of the City.
(1995 Code, § 12.16.010)