§ 1-16-010 — Definitions

1-16-010 Definitions.

For the purposes of this ordinance, the following definitions shall apply: (a) "Person" has the meaning ascribed to the term in Section 1-4-090(e), but shall not include the federal government or any agency thereof. (b) "Nuclear weapon" means any device, the purpose of which is use as a weapon, a weapon prototype or a weapon test device, the intended detonation of which results from the energy released by fission and/or fusion reactions involving atomic nuclei. For the purpose of this ordinance, "nuclear weapon" includes the weapon's guidance and propulsion system and triggering mechanism, i.e., the means of transporting, guiding, propelling, triggering or detonating the weapon, provided that such means is destroyed or rendered useless in the normal transporting, guiding, propelling, triggering or detonation of the weapon. (c) "Component of a nuclear weapon" means any device, radioactive or nonradioactive, specifically designed to be installed in and contribute to the operation of a nuclear weapon. (d) "Direct activities of the federal government" means actions of the federal government or any agency thereof created by statute, but shall exclude actions of independent contractors. (Prior code § 202-1; Added Coun. J. 3-12-86, p. 28521; Corrected. 2-3-87, p. 39355; Amend Coun. J. 11-19-14, p. 98037, § 1)