§ 19-375. Definitions.

The following words shall have the meanings as set out in this article:

Appearance means either (1) the entry of an appearance, in person or by attorney, in the municipal court to contest a parking citation and the making of a bond in any manner authorized by law and approved by the municipal court to secure appearance at trial, or (2) the uncontested disposition of a parking citation by payment in good and sufficient funds received by the superintendent in the amount of fines established by the municipal court, including all applicable fees and costs.

Boot means a lockable road wheel clamp or similar device which is designed to immobilize a parked vehicle and prevent its operation until the device is unlocked and removed, or the act of installing such a device.

Delinquent vehicle means any vehicle on which three (3) or more parking citations more than five (5) days old are outstanding, unpaid or unresolved and which citations were issued during the time the vehicle was registered to or otherwise held by the owner.

Delinquent vehicle list means the current delinquent vehicle list as maintained by the parking division superintendent.

Officer means any peace officer or parking enforcement officer employed by the city and any other city employee, whether a peace officer or not, who is designated by the parking division superintendent or the chief of police or traffic manager to place and remove boots or to cause vehicles to be towed under this article.

Owner means the person registered with the state as the present owner of a vehicle in the most current registration records available to the city, or any transferee not designated in such records, provided that the parking division superintendent or chief of police has received actual written notice of the transfer.

Parking citation means a citation, returnable to the parking enforcement division of the city, issued for the alleged violation of any city penal ordinance of state penal law regarding the parking of vehicles.

Superintendent means the parking enforcement division superintendent and those parking enforcement officers or other employees that he may designate to perform any function under this article.

Unresolved with respect to a parking citation means a citation issued more than ten (10) days previously which has not been cleared by an appearance or by payment of the fine.

Vehicle means either a "motor vehicle" or a "trailer" as those terms are defined in state motor vehicle laws provided that it shall not include a vehicle registered to any governmental entity or agency thereof.

(Ord. No. 89-48, § 3, 3-20-88; Ord. No. 2001-O-53, § 1, 2-26-01; Ord. No. 2011-O-173, 12-5-11)