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A. Whenever used in this chapter the following terms shall be defined as herein indicated:

“Aircraft” means any machine or device designed to travel through the air including, but not limited to, airplanes, helicopters and balloons.

“Alcoholic beverages” or “liquor” includes the four varieties of liquor defined as alcohol, spirits, wine and beer, all fermented, spirituous, vinous, or malt liquor, and all other intoxicating beverages, and every liquor, solid or semisolid or other substance, patented or not, containing alcohol, spirits, wine or beer; all drinks or drinkable liquids and all preparations or mixtures capable of human consumption. Any liquor, semisolid, solid or other substance which contains more than one percent alcohol by weight shall be conclusively deemed to be intoxicating.

“Boat” means any contrivance used or capable of being used as a means of transportation on water.

“City of Redmond park area,” “City park” and “park” means any area or facility, including trail corridors, under the ownership, management, or control of the City of Redmond Parks and Recreation Department.

“Department” means the City of Redmond Parks and Recreation Department

“Director” means director of the City of Redmond Parks and Recreation Department or his or her designee.

“Facility” or “facilities” means any building, structure, or park area operated by the City of Redmond Parks and Recreation Department.

“Flotation device” means a buoyancy device, life preserver, buoyant vest, ring or cushion, regardless of shape or size that is designed to float a person in the water.

“Mechanical trapping device” shall be defined as any device, including but not limited to snares or machines that shut suddenly upon contact by an animal, or a device which kills or inflicts physical pain and injury upon a captured animal.

“Motorized watercraft” means any description of watercraft on the water, other than a seaplane, that is equipped with motor propulsion machinery, whether inboard or outboard and whether electric or fuel operated, and that is used or capable of being used as a means of transportation on water and shall include, but not be limited to, motorboats, speedboats, powerboats, ski boats and jet skis; however, it does not include nonmotorized watercraft, including but not limited to canoes, kayaks, paddle boats, row boats, inner tubes, air mattresses, sailboards, and small rafts or flotation devices or toys customarily used by swimmers.

“Motor vehicle” means any self-propelled device powered by an internal combustion or electric motor capable of being moved upon a road, and in, upon, or by which any persons or property may be transported or drawn, and shall include, but not be limited to, automobiles, trucks, motorcycles, motor scooters, jeeps or similar type four-wheel drive vehicles, and snowmobiles, whether or not they can be legally operated upon the public highways. This does not apply to wheelchairs powered by electric motors, electric-assisted bicycles and motorized foot scooters.

“Negligent” means the failure to exercise ordinary care, and is the doing of some act that a reasonably careful person would not do under the same or similar circumstances or the failure to do something that a reasonably careful person would do under the same or similar circumstances.

“Person” means all persons, groups, firms, partnerships, corporations, clubs, and all associations or combination of persons whenever acting for themselves or as an agent, servant, or employee.

“Remote controlled model” means any mechanism that is piloted by a remote control device and with the ability to travel on land, in air or upon the water including but not limited to any mechanism powered by an internal combustion or electric motor.

“Rocket” means any device containing a combustible substance which when ignited propels the device forward.

“Trail” means any path, track, or right-of-way designed for use by pedestrians, bicycles, equestrians, or other nonmotorized modes of transportation under the ownership, management, or control of the City of Redmond.

“Trailer” means a towed vehicle which contains sleeping or housekeeping accommodations. (Ord. 2912 § 3 (part), 2018).