§ 24-315. Definitions.

The following definitions shall apply to this article:

Motor vehicle means any device self-propelled in, upon or by which a person or property is transported or drawn upon the streets, highways, or the public ways of the county except a motorcycle or special mobile equipment.

Motorcycle means a motor vehicle having a saddle for the use of a rider and designed to travel on not more than three wheels in contact with the ground, not including any three-wheel vehicle designed for off-road use and only used incidentally on the roadways.

Owner means the person who holds the legal title of a vehicle, or in the event a vehicle is the subject of an agreement for the conditional sale or lease thereof, with the right of purchase upon performance of the condition stated in the agreement, and with an immediate right of possession vested in the conditional vendee or lessee, or in the event a mortgagor of a vehicle is entitled to possession, then such conditional vendee or lessee or mortgagor shall be deemed the owner for the purpose of this article; provided that every agent, servant, or employee operating the vehicle for the owner shall also be defined as owner if the owner, whether a natural person, firm, copartnership, association or corporation, has failed to comply with this division, and such agent, servant or employee shall be required to comply with the registration of the vehicle which he is operating, and the owner so designates the agent, servant or employee for this purpose as representing him by his use of streets or highways of the county.

Person includes every natural person, firm, copartnership, association or corporation and shall be synonymous with the term "owner" as defined herein and may be used interchangeably.

Special mobile equipment means any vehicle not designed or used primarily for the transportation of personal property and incidentally operated or moved over the streets or other public ways, such equipment including, but not limited to, farm tractors, self-propelled farm machines, and all-terrain vehicles (ATVs).

(Code 1992, § 20-125; Ord. No. 90, § 1, 8-5-1991)