§ 22-31. Definitions.

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:

Boat means any vessel which is designed to float and/or move, whether self-propelled or using supplemental power such as wind or mechanical power.

Junked boat or motor vehicle means any boat or motor vehicle which has either or a combination of the following:

(1)

Not having lawfully affixed an unexpired license plate and/or unexpired registration numbers properly affixed to the subject property; and/or

(2)

The condition of the subject property is wrecked, dismantled, partially dismantled, inoperative, abandoned or discarded.

Lien means a security interest which is reserved or created by a written agreement recorded with the state department of highway safety and motor vehicles pursuant to F.S. § 328.15 which secures payment or performance of an obligation and is generally valid against third parties.

Lienholder means a person holding a security interest in a vessel, which interest is recorded with the state department of highway safety and motor vehicles pursuant to F.S. § 328.15.

Motor vehicle means:

(1)

An automobile, motorcycle, truck, trailer, semitrailer, truck tractor and semitrailer combination, or any other vehicle operated on the roads of this state, used to transport persons or property, and propelled by power other than muscular power, but the term does not include traction engines, road rollers, such vehicles as run only upon a track, bicycles, or mopeds.

(2)

Any vehicle which is self-propelled or capable of being pulled by a self-propelled vehicle and designed to travel along the ground, including but not be limited to automobiles, buses, motorbikes, motorcycles, motorscooters, trucks, tractors, go-carts, campers and trailers.

(3)

A recreational vehicle type unit primarily designed as temporary living quarters for recreational, camping, or travel use, which either has its own motive power or is mounted on or drawn by another vehicle. Recreational vehicle type units, when traveling on the public roadways of this state, must comply with the length and width provisions of F.S. § 316.515. The basic entities are as follows:

a.

The travel trailer, which is a vehicular portable unit, mounted on wheels, of such a size or weight as not to require special highway movement permits when drawn by a motorized vehicle. It is primarily designed and constructed to provide temporary living quarters for recreational, camping, or travel use. It has a body width of no more than 8½ feet and an overall body length of no more than 40 feet when factory-equipped for the road.

b.

The camping trailer, which is a vehicular portable unit mounted on wheels and constructed with collapsible partial side walls which fold for towing by another vehicle and unfold at the campsite to provide temporary living quarters for recreational, camping, or travel use.

c.

The truck camper, which is a truck equipped with a portable unit designed to be loaded onto, or affixed to, the bed or chassis of the truck and constructed to provide temporary living quarters for recreational, camping, or travel use.

d.

The motor home, which is a vehicular unit which does not exceed the length, height, and width limitations provided in F.S. § 316.515, is a self-propelled motor vehicle, and is primarily designed to provide temporary living quarters for recreational, camping, or travel use.

e.

The private motor coach, which is a vehicular unit which does not exceed the length, width, and height limitations provided in F.S. § 316.515(9), is built on a self-propelled bus type chassis having no fewer than three loadbearing axles, and is primarily designed to provide temporary living quarters for recreational, camping, or travel use.

f.

The van conversion, which is a vehicular unit which does not exceed the length and width limitations provided in F.S. § 316.515, is built on a self-propelled motor vehicle chassis, and is designed for recreation, camping, and travel use.

g.

The park trailer, which is a transportable unit which has a body width not exceeding 14 feet and which is built on a single chassis and is designed to provide seasonal or temporary living quarters when connected to utilities necessary for operation of installed fixtures and appliances. The total area of the unit in a setup mode, when measured from the exterior surface of the exterior stud walls at the level of maximum dimensions, not including any bay window, does not exceed 400 square feet when constructed to ANSI A-119.5 standards, and 500 square feet when constructed to United States Department of Housing and Urban Development Standards. The length of a park trailer means the distance from the exterior of the front of the body (nearest to the drawbar and coupling mechanism) to the exterior of the rear of the body (at the opposite end of the body), including any protrusions.

h.

The fifth-wheel trailer, which is a vehicular unit mounted on wheels, designed to provide temporary living quarters for recreational, camping, or travel use, of such size or weight as not to require a special highway movement permit, of gross trailer area not to exceed 400 square feet in the setup mode, and designed to be towed by a motorized vehicle that contains a towing mechanism that is mounted above or forward of the tow vehicle's rear axle.

Motorboat means any vessel equipped with machinery for propulsion, irrespective of whether the propulsion machinery is in actual operation.

Owner.

(1)

When referring to a motor vehicle or mobile home, owner means any person controlling any motor vehicle or mobile home by right of purchase, gift, lease, or otherwise.

(2)

When referring to a vessel, owner means a person, other than a lienholder, having the property in or title to a vessel. The term includes a person entitled to the use or possession of a vessel subject to an interest in another person, reserved or created by agreement and securing payment of performance of an obligation, but the term excludes a lessee under a lease not intended as security.

Private property means any real property within the town which is privately owned and which is not public property.

Public property means any street or highway, which shall include the entire width between the boundary lines of every way publicly maintained for the purposes of vehicular travel, and shall also mean any other publicly owned property or facility.

Registration means a state operating license on a vessel which is issued with an identifying number, an annual certificate of registration, and a decal designating the year for which a registration fee is paid.

(Ord. No. 1992-9-2, § 2, 3-3-1993)

State law reference

Definitions, F.S. §§ 320.01, 327.02.

Cross reference

Definitions generally, § 1-2.