Definitions for County Code Chapter 22

As used in this chapter unless otherwise specified: “Building” means a structure which is occupied for residential purposes or used as a place of business. “Business improvement district” or “district” means a district of land established by the County pursuant to chapter 35 of this Code for providing and financing supplemental services and improvements. “Corporation counsel” means the head of the County department of the corporation counsel or its duly authorized representative. “Chief of police” means the head of the County police department or its duly authorized representative. “Common driveway approach” means a driveway approach that is located along the frontage of two or more properties and is used as an ingress and egress to said properties. “Director” means the head of the County department of public works or its duly authorized representative. “District association” means an association established pursuant to section 35-18 of this Code. “District-wide publication dispensing rack permit” means an exclusive permit issued pursuant to article 3 of this chapter. “Driveway” means a road on private or public property giving access from a private or public street to an established use on the property. “Driveway approach” means an area between the edge of the roadway and property line of any County owned or maintained street that provides ingress and egress to an abutting property. “Engineer” means a privately employed licensed professional civil engineer. “Finance director” means the head of the County finance department or its duly authorized representative. “Official County street name” means a street name that has been adopted by the council by duly promulgated resolution or by the planning director. “Person” or words importing persons, for instance, “another,” “others,” “any,” “anyone,” “anybody,” and the like signify not only individuals, but corporations, firms, associations, societies, communities, assemblies, inhabitants of a district, or neighborhood, or persons known or unknown, and the public generally, where it appears, from the subject matter, the sense and connection in which such words are used, that such construction is intended. “Planning director” means the head of the County planning department or its duly authorized representative. “Publication dispensing rack space permits” means a publication dispensing rack space allocation or reallocation invoice issued pursuant to chapter 35, section 35-63 of this Code. “Roadway” means that portion of a County street, excluding shoulders, curbs, gutters, sidewalks or other roadside drainage facilities, used exclusively by vehicular traffic. “Sidewalk” means that portion of a County street defined by a vehicular separation device such as a concrete, asphaltic concrete or rolled concrete curb that is intended for pedestrian or other non-vehicular use. “Speed hump” means a gentle rise in the profile of the road that is used to regulate the speed of a vehicle. “Street” means the entire width between property lines of any County owned and maintained street, avenue, road, alley, highway, lane, path or other place opened, improved and established for the use of vehicles, pedestrians or both. “Vehicle” means every licensed or otherwise authorized device in, upon or by which any person or property is or may be transported or drawn upon a roadway. “Violator” means the property owner, lessee, or the person responsible for the violation. (2002, ord 02-67, sec 2; am 2005, ord 05-139, sec 1; am 2012, ord 12-59, sec 2.)22-1.2 Article 2. Prohibitions.