§ 64-161. Definitions.

(a)

For purposes of this article the following words shall be defined as follows:

Banner means a strip of cloth, vinyl, plastic or combination thereof upon which there appears a sign or message, but shall not mean banners regulated under chapter 18, Code of Ordinances or article XIII of chapter 64, Code of Ordinances unless specified in this section.

Banner permit means a document issued by the director allowing a temporary encroachment for a banner in the public right-of-way for a prescribed period of time.

Collectors and local streets mean those roadways as defined in the major street plan to collect traffic from an industrial area, a commercial area or a residential street and move it to an arterial street so traffic can then move to its destination.

Director means the director of public works, or for public right of ways under the jurisdiction of the board of parks and recreation, the director of parks and recreation, unless otherwise described in this article.

Downtown Loop means that part of the city bounded by Interstate 35/70 on the north, Interstate 70 on the east; Interstate 670 on the south, and Interstate 35 on the west.

Event means an event that is open to the public.

Local streets means those roadways as defined in the major street plan intended to provide access to abutting properties and to carry traffic to collector streets.

Major street plan means the contents of that certain plan for the streets in the city, adopted by Second Committee Substitute for Ordinance No. 64073, and as amended from time to time.

Neighborhood district means an area including multiple lots unified by defined geographic boundaries or a common purpose and which includes public streets, including but not limited to Brookside, the Country Club Plaza, Crown Center, the Performing Arts district, the Downtown Loop, Westport, and any registered residential neighborhood.

Noncommercial message means a message which does not direct attention to a business operated for profit, or to a product, commodity, or service for sale or lease, or to any other commercial interest or activity.

Performing arts district means that part of the city bounded by the 9th Street on the north, 18th Street on the south, Broadway on the west, and Troost on the east.

Primary arterial streets are those roadways as defined in the major street plan to move through traffic, yet accommodate major access points from abutting properties and normally carry 10,000 or more vehicles per day.

Public right-of-way means a city street or state roadway located in the city as defined in the city's "major street plan", collectors, and local streets.

Secondary arterial streets means those roadways as defined in the major street plan as secondary arterials to provide access for one or more neighborhoods to various activity centers such as downtown, community shopping centers, strip commercial areas, employment centers and community and regional recreation areas and normally do not cross through residential neighborhoods, but act as boundaries to them.

(Ord. No. 141025 , § 1, 12-18-14)