In this article:
(1) AGENT means any person employed by or contracting with:
(A) the holder of a central business district concession license to sell or distribute goods or services under the license; or
(B) any other street vendor.
(2) ARTS DISTRICT means the area of the city bounded by Woodall Rogers Freeway on the north, Central Expressway (elevated bypass) on the east, Ross Avenue on the south, and St. Paul Street on the west.
(3) CBD CORE DISTRICT means the area of the city contained within the boundaries of the central business district, but that does not include the arts district and the West End district.
(4) CENTRAL BUSINESS DISTRICT (CBD) means the area of the city bounded by Woodall Rogers Freeway on the north, Central Expressway (elevated bypass) on the east, R. L. Thornton Freeway on the south, and Stemmons Freeway on the west. The central business district includes:
(A) the arts district;
(B) the CBD core district; and
(C) the West End district.
(5) COMMERCIAL PRINTED MATTER means any printed or written matter, whether on a sample, device, dodger, circular, leaflet, pamphlet, paper, or booklet, and whether printed, reproduced, or copied, that:
(A) advertises for sale any merchandise, product, commodity, or service;
(B) directs attention to a business or commercial establishment or other activity for the purpose of either directly or indirectly promoting sales;
(C) directs attention to or advertises a meeting, performance, exhibition, or event, for which an admission fee is charged for the purpose of private gain or profit, unless an admission fee is charged or a collection is taken up at the meeting, performance, exhibition, or event only for the purpose of defraying the expenses; or
(D) while containing reading matter other than advertising matter, is predominantly and essentially an advertisement and is distributed or circulated for advertising purposes or for the private benefit and gain of any person so engaged as the advertiser or distributor.
(6) DIRECTOR means the director of the department designated by the city manager to enforce and administer this article or the director’s authorized representative.
(7) FOOD ESTABLISHMENT means a “food establishment” as defined in Chapter 17 of this code.
(8) GOODS means property of every kind.
(9) LICENSEE means a person issued a CBD concession license under this article.
(10) MOBILE FOOD ESTABLISHMENT means a “mobile food establishment” as defined in Chapter 17 of this code.
(11) PERSON means an individual, corporation, association, or other legal entity.
(12) PUBLIC PROPERTY means any property open or devoted to public use or owned by the city, including, but not limited to, sidewalks, streets, parkways, or esplanades.
(13) SERVICES means any work done for the benefit of another.
(14) STREET VENDOR or VENDOR means a person who, personally or through an agent, engages in a business of selling or offering for sale goods or services from any structure or vehicle that is not affixed to the ground or from no structure or vehicle. The term does not include any person operating, or employed in the operation of, a licensed taxicab, limousine, bus, shuttle, non-motorized passenger transport vehicle, or motor vehicle tow service. The term does not include a stand that only offers the occasional sale of lemonade or other nonalcoholic beverages on private property or in a public park by an individual younger than 18 years of age.
(15) VEHICLE means every device in, upon, or by which a person or property may be transported or drawn upon a street or sidewalk, including, but not limited to, devices moved by human power.
(16) WEST END DISTRICT means the area of the city bounded by Woodall Rogers Freeway on the north; Lamar Street on the east; the MKT railroad tracks on the west; and a southern boundary consisting of and extending along Commerce Street from Lamar Street west to Austin Street, then along Austin Street north to Main Street, then along Main Street west to the MKT railroad tracks. (Ord. Nos. 16309; 17226; 17675; 18702; 29023; 31375)