§ 9.30.030 — Definitions

9.30.030 - Definitions.

Business day shall mean any weekday other than a Saturday, Sunday, or a legal holiday which falls on a day other than a Saturday or Sunday. City shall mean the City of Riverside. City Attorney shall mean the City Attorney of the City of Riverside or an authorized representative, deputy, or agent appointed by the City Attorney. Claimant shall mean any person claiming an interest in a nuisance vehicle subject to seizure and impoundment under this chapter, by properly requesting a post-seizure hearing as set forth in Section 9.30.080 D. Highway shall mean a way or place of whatever nature, which is used or can be used by the public for vehicular travel. Illegal dumping, as set forth in Section 374.3(h) of the Penal Code, shall mean a person who places, deposits, or causes to be placed, deposited, or dumped, waste matter in violation of this section in commercial quantities. Commercial quantities means an amount of waste matter generated in the course of a trade, business, profession, or occupation, or an amount equal to or in excess of one cubic yard. This does not apply to the dumping of household waste at a person's residence. Prostitution, as set forth in Section 647(b) of the Penal Code, shall mean any person who solicits or who agrees to engage in any act of prostitution. A person agrees to engage in an act of prostitution when, with specific intent to so engage, he or she manifests an acceptance of an offer or solicitation to so engage, regardless of whether the offer or solicitation was made by a person who also possessed the specific intent to engage in prostitution. No agreement to engage in an act of prostitution shall constitute a violation of this subdivision unless some act, in addition to the agreement, is done within this state in furtherance of the commission of an act of prostitution by the person agreeing to engage in that act. Prostitution includes any lewd act between persons for money or other consideration. Pimping, as set forth in Section 266(h) of the Penal Code, shall mean any person who, knowing another person is a prostitute, lives or derives support or maintenance in whole or in part from the earnings or proceeds of the person's prostitution, or from money loaned or advanced to or charged against that person by any keeper or manager or inmate of a house or other place where prostitution is practiced or allowed, or who solicits or receives compensation for soliciting for the person. Pandering, as set forth in Section 266(i) of the Penal Code, shall mean any person who procures another person for the purpose of prostitution; by promises, threats, violence, or by any device or scheme, causes, induces, persuades, or encourages another person to become a prostitute; procures for another person a place as an inmate in a house of prostitution or as an inmate of any place in which prostitution is encouraged or allowed within this state; by promises, threats, violence, or by any device or scheme, causes, induces, persuades, or encourages an inmate of a house of prostitution, or any other place in which prostitution is encouraged or allowed, to remain therein as an inmate; by fraud or artifice, or by duress of person or goods, or by abuse of any position of confidence or authority, procures another person for the purpose of prostitution, or to enter any place in which prostitution is encouraged or allowed within this state, or to come into this state or leave this state for the purpose of prostitution; receives or gives, or agrees to receive or give, any money or thing of value for procuring, or attempting to procure, another person for the purpose of prostitution, or to come into this state or leave this state for the purpose of prostitution. Local law enforcement or governmental entities means any city, charter city, county, or city and county, or the respective departments thereof, in this state. Nuisance shall have the same meaning as set forth in Civil Code § 3479. Owner shall mean the last registered owner; the last legal owner; and any, then-existing lien holder; of record as shown on the records of the Department of Motor Vehicles or similar state or federal agency, for any vehicle used for any of the nuisance activities subject to this chapter. Vehicle shall mean a vehicle as that term is defined in California Vehicle Code § 670, and a motor vehicle as that term is defined in California Vehicle Code § 415.

(Ord. 7362 § 2, 2017; Ord. 7181 § 1, 2012; Ord. 6780 § 1 (part); Ord. 6648 § 1, 2003)