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The following words and terms used in this Chapter shall have the following meanings except where otherwise defined in this Chapter, and unless where used the context thereof clearly indicates to the contrary.

(1) “Camper” means a structure designed to be mounted upon a vehicle, usually a truck, which provides facilities for human habitation or for temporary outdoor or recreational lodging.

(2) “Canopy” means a structure designed to be mounted upon a vehicle, usually a truck, which provides security or shelter for things or persons under the structure that is the canopy.

(3) “Intended purpose” means the purpose or purposes for which the vehicle is originally designed, reconstructed, or permanently altered; such as an automobile is designed for transporting persons, a boat trailer is designed for hauling a boat, a truck is designed for transporting goods or persons, a bus is designed for transporting persons, a float is designed for use in a parade, a camper or motor home is designed for use in providing facilities for human habitation away from the usual residence or domicile of the owner or person in control or possession of the camper or motor home.

(4) “Motor home” means a motorized vehicle originally designed, reconstructed, or permanently altered to provide facilities for human habitation.

(5) “Public street” means that portion of a public street right-of-way improved, designed, or ordinarily used for vehicular travel, exclusive of the sidewalk or shoulder even though such sidewalk or shoulder is or could be used by persons riding bicycles.

(6) “Public street right-of-way” means the entire width between the boundary lines of every way publicly maintained including alleys when any part thereof is open to use by the public for purposes of vehicular travel as a matter of right.

(7) “Store,” “storage,” or “storing” means the parking or leaving of any vehicle whether operable or not on a public street right-of-way or a public parking lot for a period of more than 96 consecutive hours without using the vehicle for its intended purpose during that period.

(8) “Trailer” means every non-motorized vehicle designed for being drawn by or used in conjunction with a motorized vehicle and which is constructed so that no appreciable part of its weight rests upon or is carried by such motorized vehicle. The term trailer also includes what is commonly known as a “fifth-wheeler”.

(9) “Vehicle” means

(a) any motorized or non-motorized device capable of being moved upon a public street; and,

(b) in, upon, or by which persons or property may be transported or drawn upon a public street. (Ord. 18-22 §1, 2018; Ord. 88-9 §2, 1988).