§ 46-200. Definitions.  


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  • The following words, terms and phrases, when used in this article, shall have the meanings ascribed to them in this section, except where the context clearly indicates a different meaning:

    Consumer goods means any movable personal property used or intended to be used primarily for personal, family or household purposes.

    Motor vehicle means every self-propelled device in, upon or by which any person or property is or may be transported, but does not include any device moved by human power to which no motor is attached or used exclusively upon stationary rails or tracks.

    Other self-propelled vehicle means a motor vehicle, as herein defined, other than a truck, truck tractor or any motor vehicle designed for carrying passengers when actually in use for the transportation of persons.

    Public beach means any beach bordering on the Gulf of Mexico within the corporate limits of the village, which extends inland from the line of mean low tide to the natural line of vegetation bordering on the seaward shore of the Gulf of Mexico, or such larger contiguous area to which the public has acquired a right of use or easement to or over by prescription, dedication, or estoppels, or has retained a right by virtue of continuous right in the public since time immemorial as recognized by law or custom.

    Public street, as used herein, means and shall be interpreted to include, but is not limited to, all of the public beach located within the corporate limits of the village.

    Truck means every motor vehicle designed, used or maintained primarily for the transportation of property, with a manufacturer's rated carrying capacity in excess of 2,000 pounds, but does not include those trucks having a smaller capacity and commonly known as pickup trucks, panel delivery trucks and carry-all trucks.

    Truck tractor means every motor vehicle designed or used primarily for drawing other vehicles, and not so constructed as to carry a load other than a part of the weight of the vehicle and load so drawn.

(Ord. No. 76, § 2, 4-13-1981; Ord. No. 96, § 1, 7-12-1982; Ord. No. 141, § 1, 8-13-1984)