For the purposes of this article, the following terms have the following meanings:
(a) “Local public agency” means a city, county, city and county, district, or joint powers authority.
(b) “Streetsweeper” means a mechanical vehicle that cleans streets and roads, utilizing a broom, conveyor belt, vacuum, or regenerative-air mechanism, among other mechanisms, to loosen, carry, and collect debris, dust, grease, oil, metals, and other pollutants from streets and roads.
(c) “Street-sweeping parking lane” means the land designated as a parking area on any street or road routinely cleaned by streetsweepers during designated hours of operation as indicated on schedule signs designated on both sides of the street or road.