§ 160A-551. Definitions.
§ 160A‑551. Definitions.
As used or referred to in this Article, unless a different meaningclearly appears from the context:
(1) The term "authority" shall mean a public body anda body corporate and politic organized in accordance with this Article for thepurposes, with the powers and subject to the restrictions hereinafter setforth;
(2) The term "bonds" shall mean bonds authorized bythis Article;
(3) The term "city" shall mean the city that is, or isabout to be, included in the territorial boundaries of an authority whencreated hereunder;
(4) The term "city clerk" shall mean the clerk of thecity or the officer thereof charged with the duties customarily imposed on theclerk;
(5) The term "city council" shall mean the legislativebody, council, board of commissioners, or other body charged with governing thecity;
(6) The term "commissioner" shall mean one of themembers of an authority, appointed in accordance with the provisions of thisArticle;
(7) The term "parking project" shall mean any area orplace operated or to be operated by the authority for the parking or storing ofmotor and other vehicles, open to public use for a fee, and shall withoutlimiting the foregoing, include all real and personal property, driveways,roads, approaches, structures, garages, meters, mechanical equipment, and allappurtenances and facilities either on, above or under the ground which areused or usable in connection with such parking or storing of such vehicles,including on‑street parking meters if so provided by the governingauthority;
(8) The term "real property" shall mean lands,structures, franchises, and interest in lands, and any and all things usuallyincluded within the said term, and includes not only fees simple absolute butalso any and all lesser interests, such as easements, rights‑of‑way,uses, leases, licenses, and all other incorporeal hereditaments and everyestate, interest or right, legal or equitable, including terms of years, andliens thereon by way of judgments, mortgages or otherwise, and also claims fordamage to real estate. (1951, c. 779, s. 2; 1965, c. 998, s. 1; 1979, 2nd Sess., c. 1247, s.44.)