For purposes of this chapter the following words and phrases shall have the following meanings ascribed to them respectively.
(A) PARKING METER. A mechanical device located upon a public street or sidewalk on a place regularly designated as a parking meter zone hereinafter defined, which device shall record a certain number of minutes by use of a clock mechanism determining the period of time for which parking privileges may be extended to the person depositing a coin therein.
(B) PARKING METER ZONE. A certain designated and marked section of a public street, within marked boundaries, where a vehicle may be temporarily parked and allowed to remain.
(C) ROADWAY. That portion of the street between regularly established curb lines.
(D) SIDEWALK. That portion of a street between the curb line and the adjacent property lines.
(E) VEHICLE. Any device by which any person or property may be transported upon a public highway, except those operated upon rails and permanent tracks.
Statutory reference:
Authority of local authorities, see ILCS Ch. 625, Act 5, § 11-208