<div class="chunk-title">Sec. 10-51. - Definitions.</div>
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               The following words, terms and phrases, when used in this division, shall have the
               meanings ascribed to them in this section, except where the context clearly indicates
               a different meaning:
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               <span class="ital">Aiding and abetting</span> means a person over the age of 16 years that is present at the time of an act and
               has the opportunity and duty to prevent the act and fails to do so.
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               <span class="ital">Beach strand</span> means that area of the beach extending from the dune line to the waters edge.
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               <span class="ital">Driver</span> means the operator of a vehicle.
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               <span class="ital">Foreshore</span> means the area from the water's edge to a wash line created by the previous high
               tide; specifically, the hard-packed sand strip adjacent to the water's edge.
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               <span class="ital">Impairing substance</span> means any alcohol, controlled substance under G.S. ch. 90, any other drug or psychoactive
               substance capable of impairing a person's physical or mental faculties, or any combination
               of these substances.
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               <span class="ital">License</span> means any driver's license or any other license or permit to operate a motor vehicle
               issued under or granted by the laws of this state including any temporary license
               or learner's permit.
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               <span class="ital">Moped</span> means a type of passenger vehicle as defined in G.S. 20-4.01(27)d1.
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               <span class="ital">Motor vehicle</span> means every vehicle which is self-propelled and every vehicle designed to run upon
               the highways which is pulled by a self-propelled vehicle. This shall not include mopeds
               as defined in G.S. 20-4.01(27)d1 but shall include three-wheeled and four-wheeled
               offroad vehicles.
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               <span class="ital">Motorcycle</span> means a type of passenger vehicle as defined in G.S. 20-4.01(27).
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               <span class="ital">Operator</span> means a person in actual physical control of a vehicle which is in motion or which
               has the engine running.
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               <span class="ital">Permit</span> means a license issued by Currituck County allowing for vehicular access to those
               areas of Currituck County, including but not limited to the beach and fore shore areas
               of the Currituck County Outer Banks.
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               <span class="ital">Private road or driveway</span> means every road or driveway not open to use of the public as a matter of right for
               the purpose of vehicular traffic.
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               <span class="ital">Public vehicular area</span> means any area within the state that is generally open to and used by the public.
               This includes by way of illustration and not limitation any drive, driveway, road,
               roadway, street, alley, or parking lot upon the grounds and premises of:
               
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                  (1)
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                  Any public or private hospital, college, university, school, orphanage, church, or
                  any of the institutions, parks or other facilities maintained and supported by the
                  state or any of its subdivisions;
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                  (2)
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                  Any service station, drive-in theater, supermarket, store, restaurant, or office building,
                  or any other business, residential, or municipal establishment providing parking space
                  for customers, patrons, or the public; or
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                  (3)
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                  Any property owned by the United States and subject to the jurisdiction of the state.
                  The inclusion of property owned by the United States in this definition shall not
                  limit assimilation of state law when applicable under the provisions of 18 United
                  States Code Â§ 13.
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               The term "public vehicular area" also includes any beach area used by the public for
               vehicular traffic as well as any road opened to vehicular traffic within or leading
               to a subdivision for use by subdivision residents, their guests, and members of the
               public, whether or not the subdivision roads have been offered for dedication to the
               public. The term "public vehicular area" shall not be construed to mean any private
               property not generally open to and used by the public.
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               <span class="ital">Vehicle</span> means every device in, upon, or by which any person or property is or may be transported
               or drawn upon a highway, excepting devices moved by human power or used exclusively
               upon fixed rails or tracks, provided that for the purposes of this division, bicycles
               shall be deemed vehicles, and every provision of this division applicable to the driver
               of a vehicle shall also be applicable to persons on bicycles except those which by
               their nature can have no application.
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               (Ord. of 6-19-89, Â§ 1; Ord. of 4-6-98, Â§ 1)
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            <p class="refcross0" block_type="hang"><b>Cross referenceâ€” </b>
               Definitions and rules of construction generally, <a href="" data-chunk-id="COOR_CH1GEPR_S1-2DERUCO" class="section-link" data-product-id="12419">Â§ 1-2</a>.
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