§ 66-1. Definitions.
The following words, terms and phrases, when used in this chapter, shall have the meanings ascribed to them in this section, except where the context clearly indicates a different meaning:
Alley means minor ways which are used primarily for vehicular service access to the back or the side of properties otherwise abutting on a street.
Bus stand means a fixed area in the roadway parallel and adjacent to the curb, to be occupied exclusively by buses for layover in operating schedules or waiting for passengers.
Center and centerline means a continuous or broken line marked upon the surface of a roadway by paint or otherwise, to indicate each portion of the roadway allocated to traffic proceeding in the two opposite directions, and if the line is not so painted or otherwise marked, it is an imaginary line in the roadway equally distant from the edges or curbs of the roadway.
Chalk or chalking means the physical marking of a tire, time/date stamped photo/video, or the electronic input of a tag number in a citation or other measurement device for purposes of enforcement of time limits imposed for certain parking zones and spaces.
Citation means an official parking citation utilized by the City of Ocala for parking violations.
Citation device means a device that has been tested and approved by the parking enforcement manager for use by parking enforcement specialists to produce a computer printed parking citation.
Commercial vehicle means every vehicle designed, used or maintained primarily for the transportation of property.
Common carrier means all common carriers of passengers operating between fixed termini, over regular routes and on fixed schedules.
Curb loading zone means a space adjacent to a curb reserved for the exclusive use of vehicles during the loading and unloading of passengers or materials.
Freight curb loading zone means a space adjacent to a curb for the exclusive use of vehicles during the loading or unloading of freight.
Parking enforcement activity means all efforts, undertakings or actions involved in the monitoring and enforcement of traffic code provisions, including but not limited to, chalking of tires, issuing of citations and the immobilization of vehicles.
Parking enforcement manager means an individual who has successfully completed the requirements of the parking enforcement specialist, and been duly appointed to manage, enforce, and coordinate, the daily activities of the parking enforcement specialist in the parking exempt zone and downtown area.
Parking enforcement specialist means any individual who successfully completes a training program established and approved by the Criminal Justice Standards and Training Commission for parking enforcement specialist or as otherwise defined by F.S. § 316.640 and who is employed by the City of Ocala for purposes of parking enforcement activity.
Parking exempt zone means the area described in section 122-981 of the City of Ocala Code of Ordinances.
Parking lot or facility means an area of city-owned or leased real property used for the purpose of parking vehicles in separately marked parking areas included within the city parking program.
Parking meter means a mechanical timing device authorized by ordinance, to be used for the purpose of regulating parking, and which is actuated by the insertion of a coin and the operation of a lever or cranking device.
Parking program means any formalized and duly authorized parking program approved by city council for the administration and enforcement of public parking programs in the City of Ocala, Florida on leased or owned public property. The parking program shall be managed by the city manager by a city department designated by him.
Restricted access street means every street or roadway in respect to which owners or occupants of abutting property or lands and other persons have no legal right of access to or from the street or roadway, except at such points only and in such manner as may be determined by the public authority having jurisdiction over such street or roadway.
Special magistrate means the code enforcement special magistrate created by section 2-471 of the Code of Ordinances and defined in section 2-402 of the Code of Ordinances.
Taxi and taxicab means a licensed public motor vehicle for hire designated and constructed to seat not more than seven persons and operating as a common carrier on call or demand.
Taxi stand and taxicab stand means a fixed area in the roadway parallel and adjacent to the curb, set aside for taxicabs to stand or wait for passengers.
Through street means every street or portion thereof at the entrances to which vehicular traffic from intersecting streets is required by law to stop before entering or crossing the street, and where stop signs are erected as provided in this chapter.
Traffic engineer means the city engineer for the City of Ocala or his designee.
Valet ramping space means a parking space approved by the city for the ramping of vehicles associated with a licensed valet parking service.
Valet ramping zone means any public property, not regularly used for parking which is approved by the city for the ramping of vehicles associated with a licensed valet parking service.
Warning means a written notice that any future violations of this chapter that occur in the parking exempt zone pursuant to the parking program will expose the violator to the penalties set forth in section 66-41. A warning is actually considered a "first offense" for purposes of enforcement but which carries a zero dollar penalty. Citations issued by the police department, however, do not require this warning.
(Code 1961, § 20-21; Code 1985, § 23-1; Ord. No. 2142, § 1, 3-13-90; Ord. No. 2773, § 1, 8-19-97; Ord. No. 2012-15, § 1, 1-3-12; Ord. No. 2014-7, § 1, 12-17-13)