When used in this Article the following terms shall mean or include:
(a) "Operator." Any person operating a parking station in the City and County of San Francisco, including but not limited to, the owner or proprietor of such premises, lessee, sublessee, mortgagee in possession, licensee or any other person otherwise operating such parking station. A person who otherwise qualifies as an operator as herein defined shall not, by reason of the fact that he was exempt from the tax herein imposed, be exempted from the obligations of an operator hereunder.
(b) "Occupant." A person who, for a consideration, uses, possesses or has the right to use or possess any space for the parking of a motor vehicle in a parking station under any lease, concession, permit, right of access, license to use or other agreement or otherwise.
(c) "Occupancy." The use or possession or the right to the use or possession of any space for the parking of a motor vehicle in a parking station.
(d) "Parking Station." The term "parking station" shall include, but is not limited to:
(1) Any outdoor space or uncovered plot, place, lot, parcel, yard or enclosure, or any portion thereof, where motor vehicles may be parked, stored, housed or kept, for which any charge is made;
(2) Any building or structure, or any portion thereof in which motor vehicles may be parked, stored, housed or kept, for which any charge is made.
(e) "Motor Vehicle." The term "motor vehicle" includes every self-propelled vehicle operated or suitable for operation on the highway.
(f) "Rent." The consideration received for occupancy valued in money, whether received in money or otherwise, including all receipts, cash, credits and property or services of any kind or nature, and also the amount for which credit is allowed by the operator to the occupant without any deduction therefrom whatsoever.
(g) "Parking Meter." Any device which, when the recording device thereof is set in motion, or immediately following the deposit of any coin, shall register the period of time that any motor vehicle may be parked adjacent thereto.
(Amended by Ord. 9-71, App. 1/21/71; Ord. 231-91, App. 6/12/91; Ord. 20-98, App. 1/16/98)