§ 11-2201 Definitions.
AC § 11-2201
When used in this chapter, the following terms shall mean and include: 1. "City". The city of New York.
2."Commissioner of finance". The commissioner of finance of the city.
3."Highway". The entire width between the boundary lines of every way publicly maintained when any part thereof is open to the use of the public for purposes of vehicular travel.
4."Individual resident". One or more natural persons other than a firm, copartnership, trustee or trustees conducting a business or association who, or one of whom, owns a motor vehicle registered or required to be registered pursuant to section four hundred one of the vehicle and traffic law, the registration fees for which are provided for by subdivision six of said section, who, at the time he or she makes application for registration or renewal thereof of such motor vehicle (or such application is made on his or her behalf): (a) is domiciled in the city, unless he or she maintains no permanent place of abode in the city, maintains a permanent place of abode elsewhere, and during the period of one year next preceding the date upon which such application is made, spent in the aggregate not more than thirty days in the city; or (b) is not domiciled in the city but maintains a permanent place of abode in the city and, during the period of one year next preceding the date upon which such application is made, spent in the aggregate more than one hundred eighty-three days in the city, unless such individual is in the armed forces of the United States.
5."Motor vehicle". Every vehicle, except electrically-driven invalid chairs being operated or driven by an invalid, operated or driven upon a public highway by any power, other than muscular power, which includes electric power obtained from overhead trolley wires, except vehicles which run only upon rails or tracks.
6."Other resident". Every firm, copartnership, trustee or trustees conducting a business or association or a corporation, who or which regularly keeps, stores, garages or maintains within the city a motor vehicle owned by it which, at the time it makes application for registration or renewal of registration thereof, is registered or required to be registered pursuant to subdivision six of section four hundred one of the vehicle and traffic law.
7."Person". Unless otherwise indicated, an individual, partnership, society, association, joint-stock company, corporation, estate, receiver, trustee, assignee, referee or any other person acting in a fiduciary or representative capacity, whether appointed by a court or otherwise, and any other form of unincorporated enterprise.
8."Owner". A person, other than a lien holder, having the property in or title to a vehicle. The term includes a person entitled to the use and possession of a vehicle subject to a security interest in another person.
9."Vehicle". Every device in, upon or by which any person or property is or may be transported or drawn upon a highway, except devices moved by human power or used exclusively upon stationary rails or tracks.
10."Leased or rented passenger motor vehicles". Any motor vehicle owned by any person engaged in the business of renting or leasing motor vehicles to be operated on the public highways for carrying passengers registered or required to be registered pursuant to any provision of section four hundred one of the vehicle and traffic law, which vehicle at the time when application is made for registration, re-registration or renewal thereof is regularly kept, stored, garaged or maintained in the city, including such vehicles which have been rented and leased by the owner and are in possession of lessees when such application for registration, re-registration or renewal is made.
11."Tax appeals tribunal." The tax appeals tribunal established by section one hundred sixty-eight of the charter.
