Colorado § 43-5-201 - Definitions.
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§ 43-5-201. Definitions.
As used in this part 2, unless the context otherwise requires:
(1) "Auto camp" means any auto or tourist camp, park or campsite, tourist court, auto court, auto hotel, or trailer coach court owned, operated, controlled, or leased by any person, firm, association, or corporation for the purpose of renting, leasing, or otherwise providing parking sites or spaces for any motor vehicle, trailer, semitrailer, or trailer coach, irrespective of the number of parking sites or spaces provided. The term does not include mobile home parks with respect to spaces rented for the parking and hooking up of trailer coaches or mobile homes for use as residences.
(2) "Hotel" or "hotel facility" means an establishment engaged in the business of furnishing overnight room accommodations primarily for transient persons and which maintains or makes available, as a part of its services to its patrons, facilities for the parking or storage of motor vehicles.
(3) "Motor vehicle" includes all motor vehicles propelled by power other than muscular power, except road rollers, fire wagons, fire engines, police patrol wagons, police ambulances, and such vehicles as run only upon rails or tracks or travel through the air.
(4) "Owner" includes any person, firm, association, or corporation renting a motor vehicle or having the exclusive use thereof under a lease or otherwise for a period greater than thirty days.
Source: L. 29: p. 466, § 1. L. 31: p. 458, § 1. CSA: C. 16, § 372. CRS 53: § 13-14-1. L. 55: p. 207, § 1. L. 59: p. 227, § 9. C.R.S. 1963: § 13-14-1. L. 71: p. 259, § 1. L. 73: p. 235, § 11. L. 75: (1) amended, p. 1473, § 29, effective July 18.
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