For the purposes of this article, the following words and phrases shall have the meanings respectively ascribed to them by this section:
"Coins" means lawful money minted by, and under the authority of the United States government.
"Loading zone" means a parking meter space laid off and designated under the authority of this article to be used only by trucks and other commercial vehicles in the loading or unloading of goods, wares or merchandise and by commercial passenger vehicles in the actual receiving or discharging of passengers.
"Park" or "parking" means the standing of a vehicle, whether occupied or not, upon a street otherwise than temporarily for the purpose of, and while actually engaged in, receiving or discharging, passengers, or while stopped temporarily in obedience to traffic regulations, the directions of traffic officers or other persons authorized to direct the flow of traffic, or in obedience to traffic signs or signals, or an involuntary stopping of a vehicle by reason beyond the control of the operator of the vehicle.
"Parking meter" means any mechanical device or meter not inconsistent with this article placed or erected for the regulation of parking by the authority of this article.
Each parking meter installed under the provisions of this article shall indicate by proper legend the legal parking time established by the City, and shall have thereon a device which shall at all times indicate the balance of legal parking time in each parking space, and at the expiration of such period shall indicate a violation or illegal overtime parking.
"Parking meter space" means any space within a parking meter zone adjacent to a parking meter and which is duly designated for the parking of a single vehicle by lines painted or otherwise durably marked on the curb, or on the surface of the street adjacent to or adjoining the parking meter.
"Parking meter zone" means any restricted street as provided in this article upon which parking meters are installed and in operation.
"Street" means any public street, avenue, road, roadway, alley, highway, lane, path or any other public place, easement or right of way located within the City and established or dedicated for the use, passage or travel of vehicles.
"Vehicle" means any device in, upon or by which any person, property or thing is or may be transported upon a street or highway, except a device which is operated upon rails or tracks.