§ 20-17. Definitions.

For the purposes of this article, the following definitions shall apply in the interpretation, enforcement and intent of this article:

Inoperative vehicle means a vehicle that is in a state of disrepair and incapable of being moved under its own power, or a vehicle that is incapable of being lawfully operated on the streets of the state. A vehicle shall be deemed inoperative if one or more parts of the drive train which are required for the operation of the vehicle are missing, are dismantled, are inoperative or are not attached to the vehicle as designed. There shall be a rebuttable presumption that a vehicle is incapable of being lawfully operated on the streets of the state if a current registration tag for that vehicle, also known as a license plate, of a kind required under state law as a condition of operation upon the public streets, is not affixed thereto.

Abandoned vehicle shall mean any vehicle to which the last registered owner of record thereof has relinquished all further dominion and control or any vehicle which has been left on open lands for which no arrangement has been made for its storage with the owner or occupant of the premises in which it is located for a period of thirty (30) days.

Board shall mean the board of county commissioners.

Drive train shall mean any part or combination of parts of a vehicle's system for propulsion, including but not limited to the engine, carburetor or other fuel injection mechanism (whether mechanical or electronic), transmission, axles, and wheels (including tires).

Vehicle shall mean all vehicles designed to be propelled by power other than human power designed to travel along the ground by use of wheels, treads, runners, slides, and transport persons or property or pull machinery and shall include, without limitation, automobile, truck,, motorcycle, all-terrain vehicle or tractor, except that operative farm vehicles which are not required by law to be registered or racing vehicles that can be documented to have participated in an official sanctioned event within the past sixty (60) days shall not be included within this definition.

Property shall mean any real property within the unincorporated areas of the county which is not a street or highway.

Street or highway shall mean the entire width between the boundary lines of any road, street, highway, alley or any part of which is open to the public for use for purposes of vehicular traffic, within the unincorporated areas of the county.

(Ord. No. 71-3, § 2; Ord. No. 2003-10, § 2, 6-13-03)

Cross reference

Definitions and rules of construction general, § 1-2.