§ 8-132. Definitions  


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  • The following words and phrases, whenever used in this chapter, shall be construed as defined in this section:

    (a) City-owned sports facilities means any area of cleared enclosed land, as well as any facilities adjacent to it, used primarily for sporting events, which is owned and/or run by the city, and shall include, but is not limited to, the Jack Hammett Sports Complex at 2750 Fairview Road, the TeWinkle Athletic Complex at 970 Arlington Drive, the Luke Davis Field at 570 W. 18th Street, Downtown Aquatic Center at 1860 Anaheim Avenue. "City-owned sports facilities" shall not include sports fields owned by the Newport Mesa Unified School District.

    (b) City-owned community gardens means a plot of cultivated ground, which is owned and/or run by the city and is made available to the citizens in whole or in part to the growing of herbs, fruits, flowers, or vegetables for household use, and includes but is not limited to, the Hamilton Community Garden at 523 Hamilton Street, and the Del Mar Community Garden at 170 Del Mar Avenue.

    (c) Public facility means and includes any of the following, which is owned, leased or operated by the City of Costa Mesa, a California municipal corporation, but does not include facilities used as multifamily residential buildings:

    (1) Any building, structure or room within a building enclosed by a roof and four (4) walls with appropriate openings for ingress and egress.

    (2) Any motor vehicle enclosed by a roof with appropriate openings for ingress and egress.

    (d) Park shall have the same meaning as section 12-1 of the Costa Mesa Municipal Code.

    (e) Smoke or smoking means and includes any of the following:

    (1) The consumption of tobacco products by burning, inhalation, or other forms of ingestion.

    (2) The holding or carrying of a lighted smoking device; or

    (3) Emitting or exhaling the smoke directly from a cigar, cigarette, pipe or any other lighted smoking device or substance.