§ 146-561. Definitions.

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:

Dwelling means a structure, or portion of a structure, designed or used exclusively for permanent residential purposes, including single-family, two-family, townhouse, and multi-family dwellings, but not including trailers, hotels/motels, rooming houses, or automobile

Electric vehicle means any motor vehicle, licensed for operation on public streets in the State of Louisiana, which receives locomotive power from a battery or other storage device that receives and stores electricity from an external source such as a charger. This definition includes plug-in hybrid electric vehicles.

Electric vehicle charger means a device that permits the transfer of electric energy (by conductive or inductive means) to a battery or other storage device in an electric vehicle.

Operating permit means the city-issued authorization to install, operate, and maintain an approved electric vehicle charger occupying a portion of the right-of-way immediately adjacent to a dwelling.

Permittee means the person or business entity issued an operating permit for the installation, operation, and maintenance of an approved electric vehicle charger occupying a portion of the right-of-way immediately adjacent to a dwelling.

Right-of-way means that portion of the street between the curb lines or the lateral lines of a roadway and the adjacent property lines intended for use by pedestrians or as a landscaped buffer between pedestrian and vehicular traffic.

(M.C.S., Ord. No. 27545, § 1, 9-28-17, eff. 10-1-17)