For the purposes of this chapter, the following words shall have the meanings ascribed to them as follows:
AIRCRAFT: Any contrivance now known or hereafter invented, used or designed for navigation of or flight in the air.
CIVIL AIRCRAFT: Any aircraft other than public aircraft.
NAVIGABLE WATERS: Any stream, creek or river within three (3) miles of the corporate limits of the village but not within the corporate limits of another municipality.
OPERATOR: A person who causes or authorizes the operation of an aircraft whether with or without the right of legal control of the aircraft.
PERSON: Any individual, firm, partnership, corporation, company, association, joint stock association, public service corporation or body politic.
PUBLIC AIRCRAFT: An aircraft used exclusively in the service of any government or of any political subdivision thereof, including the government of any state, territory, or possession of the United States, or the District of Columbia, but not including any government owned aircraft engaged in carrying persons or property for commercial purposes.
(Ord. 89-04, 4-3-1989; amd. Ord. 2023-25, 8-21-2023)