§ 15.50.010. Definitions.

For the purposes of this chapter, the following words and phrases shall have the meanings set forth, and if any word or phrase used in this chapter is not defined in this section, it shall have the meanings set forth in the California Vehicle Code; provided, that if any such word or phrase is not defined in the California Vehicle Code, it shall have the meaning attributed to it in ordinary usage. When not consistent with the context, words used in the present tense include the future, words in the plural number include the singular number and words in the singular number include the plural number. The word "shall" is always mandatory and not merely discretionary.

A.

"Board of supervisors" means the board of supervisors of Los Angeles County.

B.

"Caltrans" means the State Department of Transportation or its successor agency.

C.

"County" means the unincorporated area of the county of Los Angeles.

D.

"Department of public works" or "department" means the department of public works of the county of Los Angeles.

E.

"Director of public works" or "director" means the director of public works of the county of Los Angeles or his authorized representative.

F.

"Interstate truck" means a truck tractor semitrailer, or truck tractor semitrailer-trailer with unlimited length as regulated by the vehicle code.

G.

"Retrofit" means a change in design and construction of existing roads and intersections to allow the safe operation of interstate trucks and other vehicles.

H.

"Terminal" means any facility at which freight is consolidated to be shipped or where full load consignments may be loaded and off-loaded or at which the vehicles are regularly maintained, stored or manufactured.

I.

"Terminal sign" means a sign which has a legend format in accordance with department of public works' specifications installed in public right-of-way in front of each approved terminal.

J.

"Trailblazer sign" means a sign which has a legend format in conformance with Caltrans' specifications installed along approved terminal access routes.

(Ord. 85-0036 § 2, 1985.)