For the purposes of this Chapter, unless otherwise apparent from the context, phrases used in this Chapter are defined as follows:
ABANDONED VEHICLE means a vehicle which is located on public or private property without the express or implied consent of the property owner or person in lawful possession or control of the property.
ADMINISTRATIVE BOARD means a body appointed by the Director to hear appeals under this Chapter and shall consist of three persons. A member of the Board shall not include the issuing officer or employee.
DIRECTOR means the director or managing authority of the County department or departments designated by the Chief Executive Officer to enforce the provisions of this Chapter or those departments that have authority to enforce the provisions of this Chapter under State or other law.
DISMANTLED means that integral component parts necessary to operate a vehicle on a highway, roadway or public street have been removed from the vehicle.
ENFORCEMENT AUTHORITY means the Land Use Services Department, Code Enforcement Division; County department or departments subsequently designated by the Chief Executive Officer to jointly enforce the provisions of this Chapter; and those departments that have authority to enforce the provisions of this Chapter under State or other law.
FEE means any amount of money charged, fined, or paid to the enforcement authority relating to the administrative and/or enforcement costs incurred for the purpose of enforcing this Chapter.
INOPERABLE means the vehicle is absent a motor, transmission, wheels, or any other part or equipment necessary to operate safely on a highway, roadway, or public street.
JUNKED means a vehicle which has been destroyed or damaged to such an extent that it is unrepairable.
LICENSED DISMANTLER’S YARD means a premises used for dismantling or wrecking of vehicles, where there is buying, selling, or dealing in such vehicles, their integral parts, or component materials thereof, and the sale of dismantled, partially dismantled, wrecked or inoperative vehicles.
LIEN SALE means a sale of a vehicle to obtain legal ownership of a vehicle under title or requiring registration, under the California Vehicle Code.
OWNER means any person or entity having legal or rightful title in any personal property or real property subject to the provisions of this Chapter.
OWNER OF THE VEHICLE means the last registered owner and legal owner of record.
PERSON means a natural person, firm, partnership, copartnership, association, or corporation.
PRIVATE PROPERTY means property owned by a person other than a public entity.
PUBLIC PROPERTY means property owned by a public entity.
ROADWAY meant that portion of a highway which is improved, designed, or ordinarily used for vehicular travel, including improved shoulders.
UNATTENDED VEHICLE means a vehicle for which the licensed driver responsible for the same is not within an audible distance and immediately available for moving said vehicle.
VEHICLE means any device by which persons or property may be propelled, moved, or drawn upon a highway, and shall include all types of motor vehicles, but shall exclude devices moved exclusively by human power or used exclusively upon stationary rails or tracks.
WRECKED means a vehicle which has been damaged to such an extent that it is only partially repairable and/or uneconomical to repair.
(Am. Ord. 2996, passed - -1986; Am. Ord. 3283, passed - -1988; Am. Ord. 3349, passed - -1989; Am. Ord. 4401, passed - -2021)