For the purposes of this chapter, the following words and phrases
shall have the meanings respectively ascribed to them by this section:
PARKING AREA
An off-street parking facility which is used for commercial
parking.
PARK or PARKING
The standing of a vehicle, whether occupied or not, upon
a street otherwise than temporarily for the purpose of, and while
actually engaged in, receiving or discharging passengers or loading,
unloading and delivering merchandise, or in obedience to traffic regulations,
signs or signals or an involuntary stopping of the vehicle by reason
of causes beyond the control of the vehicle operator.
STREET
The entire width between property lines of any public street,
avenue, road, alley, highway, lane, path or other public place located
in the City and established for the use of vehicles.
VALET PARKING OPERATION
The receiving, taking possession of, driving, moving, parking
or leaving standing of any vehicle that is left at one location to
be driven to another location for parking, whether or not a charge
is levied, and whether or not done under contract to the business
or organization for which the vehicles are being parked, or done independently.
It does not include operators of public or private off-street parking
operations or facilities where customers park their own vehicles and
remove the keys themselves or if the valet operation takes place solely
on private property.
VALET PARKING OPERATOR
Any employee or agent of a person, business, establishment,
or corporation granted a valet parking permit who is engaged in receiving
or discharging passengers or loading or unloading baggage from a vehicle,
making arrangements to remove a vehicle to a designated off-street
parking facility, parking a vehicle, or otherwise in control of a
vehicle subject to valet parking requirements.
VALET PARKING PERMIT
A permit issued to a person, business, establishment or corporation
pursuant to approval of the City of Springfield Traffic Commission.
VALET SPACE
A single vehicle space, normally 20 feet to 22 feet in length
on a public way along the curb, in which the loading and unloading
of possessions is legal.
VEHICLE
Any device in, upon or by which any person or property is
or may be transported upon a highway, except a device which is operated
upon rails or tracks, or motivated by human power.