In this division, unless the context requires a different definition:
(1) BLOCK means an area bounded by streets on all sides. If a street deadends, the terminus of the dead-end street will be treated as an intersecting street.
(2) BLOCKFACE means the linear distance of lots along one side of a street between the two nearest intersecting streets. If a street deadends, the terminus of the dead-end street will be treated as an intersecting street.
(3) CITY CONTRACTOR means a person who has a contract with the city for the installation, operation, maintenance, repair, removal, and replacement of multiple newsrack units in a multiple newsrack unit zone.
(4) CROSSWALK has the meaning given that term in Section 541.302 of the Texas Transportation Code, as amended.
(5) DIRECTOR means the director of public works, or a designee.
(6) FREESTANDING NEWSRACK means a newsrack that is not a multiple newsrack unit or a part of a multiple newsrack unit.
(7) LICENSE means permission granted under this division to a person to install, operate, or maintain a newsrack within the public right-of-way of the city for a specified period of time.
(8) LICENSEE means the publisher, and any other person operating and maintaining a newsrack on behalf of a publisher, who is issued a license under this division to install, operate, or maintain a newsrack within the public right-of-way of the city.
(9) MULTIPLE NEWSRACK UNIT means a single structure containing more than one newsrack that is installed by the city or a city contractor in a multiple newsrack unit zone.
(10) NEWSRACK means any self-service or coin-operated container, rack, or structure used or maintained for the display, distribution, or sale of newspapers, periodicals, or other publications.
(11) PERSON means an individual, assumed name entity, partnership, joint venture, association, corporation, or other legal entity.
(12) PUBLISHER means any person who owns and/or distributes newspapers, periodicals, or other publications.
(13) SPLIT-DOOR NEWSRACK means a freestanding newsrack or a newsrack space in a multiple newsrack unit that has been split into two separate distribution areas. (Ord. Nos. 26809; 27201; 27697; 32002)