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A. "County" means Clark County, Washington.

B. "Coasters" means a footboard mounted upon two or more wheels, controlled by an upright steering handle, and is most often propelled by the user usually in an upright position or kneeling.

C. "In-line skates" has its ordinary meaning and means a pair of shoes or boots, mounted upon three or more sets of wheels located one behind the other under the attached shoe or boot, and is most often propelled by the user in an upright, standing position.

D. "Street" shall mean every way, lane, road, alley, street, boulevard, highway, parking area and every way or place in the City of Vancouver adopted to and fitted for travel that is in common use by the public with consent, implied or express, of the owner.

E. "Roller-skates" has its ordinary meaning and means a pair of shoes mounted upon two sets of wheels, most often propelled by the user in an upright, standing position.

F. "Sidewalk" means that property between the curb lines or the lateral lines of a roadway and the adjacent property, set aside and intended for the use of pedestrians or such portion of private property parallel and in proximity to a public highway and dedicated to use by pedestrians.

G. "Skateboard" has its ordinary meaning and includes a board constructed of any material with wheels affixed to the underside, designed to be ridden by a person.

H. "Motorized foot scooter" is a device with no more than two ten-inch or smaller diameter wheels that has handlebars, is designed to be stood or sat upon by the operator, and is powered by an internal combustion engine or electric motor that is capable of propelling the device with or without human propulsion.

I. "Pocket bike" shall mean a gasoline powered mini-motorcycle, pursuant to RCW 46.04.330. As such, all equipment, registration, helmet requirement, and driver license restrictions which apply to motorcycles shall apply to pocket bikes. Pocket bikes shall not be considered motorized foot scooters under this chapter.

J. "Helmet" means a protective covering for the head consisting of a hard outer shell, padding adjacent to and inside the outer shell, and a neck or chin strap type retention system, with a label as required by the Federal Consumer Product Safety Commission and as adopted by the Code of Federal Regulations (16 C.F.R. 1203).

K. "To operate in a negligent manner" means the operation of one or more of the above-described devices in such a manner as to endanger or be likely to endanger any person or property. Examples of operating in a negligent manner include, but are not limited to, failure to obey all traffic-control devices, failure to yield right-of-way to pedestrians and/or vehicular traffic. (Ord. M-3886 § 1, 2008; Ord. M-3669 § 2, 2004)