8.22.020 Definitions.
For the purposes of this chapter, the following words shall have the following meanings:
A. “City” means the city of Everett.
B. “Code enforcement officer” means a code enforcement officer, the director of code enforcement, or designee. “Code enforcement” and “code compliance” shall have interchangeable meanings.
C. “Department” means the Washington State Department of Licensing.
D. “Director” means the Director of the Department of Licensing or the Director’s designee.
E. “Highway” means the entire width between the boundary lines of every way publicly maintained when any part thereof is open to the use of the public for purposes of vehicular travel.
F. “Impound,” for purposes of this chapter, means to take and hold a vehicle in legal custody.
G. “Inoperable vehicle” means a motor vehicle substantially meeting the following requirements:
1. Not having valid vehicle license and tabs; or
2. Damaged to such extent as to render it illegal for operation on any public highway, including but not limited to any of the following: broken head or taillights, broken or missing mirrors, cracked or missing window or windshield, deflated tires, missing seats or steering wheel, or other general conditions that would render a vehicle incapable of being driven on a public highway.
H. “Junk vehicle” means a vehicle substantially meeting the following requirements:
1. Is three years old, or older;
2. Is extensively damaged, such damage including but not limited to any of the following: a broken window or windshield, missing wheels, tires, motor, or transmission;
3. Is apparently inoperable;
4. Has an approximate fair market value equal only to the approximate value of the scrap in it.
I. “Police chief” means the Everett police chief or the police chief’s designee.
J. “Vehicle,” for the purposes of this chapter, has the same definition as the definition of “motor vehicle” in RCW 46.04.320 as now or hereinafter enacted. (Ord. 2837-05 § 3, 2005; Ord. 2338-98 § 2, 1998.)