For the purposes of this chapter, unless otherwise apparent from the context, certain words and phrases used in this chapter are defined as follows:
(a) “Highway” shall mean a way or place of whatever nature, publicly maintained and open to the use of the public for the purposes of vehicular travel. “Highway” shall include “street.”
(b) “Owner of the land” shall mean the owner of the land on which the vehicle, or part thereof, is located as shown on the last equalized assessment roll.
(c) “Owner of the vehicle” shall mean the last registered owner and legal owner of record.
(d) “Public property” shall not include “highway.”
(e) “Vehicle” shall mean a device by which any person or property may be propelled, moved, or drawn upon a highway, except a device moved by human power or used exclusively upon stationary rails or tracks.
(§ 2, Ord. 213-NS, eff. June 24, 1971)