As used in this article, the following terms shall have the designated meanings:
BOOTING SERVICE: The use by a person, association, company or other entity of a mechanical device attached to the wheel of a vehicle to immobilize or restrict the movement of the vehicle from private property.
CONTROLLED LOT: A parking facility that utilizes one or more of the following methods to control each public access to the facility and regulate the use of all of the individual parking spaces at the time a vehicle enters the facility:
A. A system with a physical barrier around the perimeter of the facility, including across each entry or exit to the facility that is not controlled by an arm, door or attendant, and:
1. A permanent physical feature, such as an operating arm or door that raises and lowers, that allows entry or exit of a vehicle to the facility and with or without a system that distributes tickets for public use; or
2. A booth or barrier staffed by an attendant at each entry or exit to the facility; or
B. A system with or without an on site payment system and with:
1. A physical barrier around the perimeter of the facility, not including openings for vehicle entry and exit;
2. A numbering system where each parking space is designated with a number, letter, or combination of numbers and letters affixed to the ground at the entry of the parking space or, in the case of residential property with more than four (4) dwellings, such as an apartment complex, condominium complex or a planned unit development with private streets, affixed on a structure directly over the entry to a parking space; and
3. A maximum width of any opening in the perimeter barrier not exceeding forty two feet (42').
PARKING FACILITY: A portion of a lot or lots within the city that has been set aside and designated for the parking of vehicles by customers, employees, invitees or residents associated with the use of the lot or lots. A parking facility does not include vehicle parking associated with a single-family dwelling, duplex, or multiple-family dwelling with three (3) or four (4) units.
PARTIALLY CONTROLLED LOT: A parking facility in which access and use to some, but not all, of the parking spaces meets the definition of a "controlled lot".
TOWING OPERATOR: An individual, association, company or other entity that provides vehicle removal or transport services from private property to an impound yard for a fee, including through use of a tow truck, wrecker, trailer or other means of transportation.
TOWING SERVICE: The removal of a vehicle from private or public property by a towing operator, beginning with the act of mechanically connecting a tow truck to the vehicle and ending with the release of the vehicle to the owner or the delivery of the vehicle to an impound yard.
UNCONTROLLED LOT: A parking facility that is not a controlled or partially controlled lot.
(Ord. 2016-53, 10-27-2016)