For the purpose of this chapter, the following definitions shall apply unless the context clearly indicates or requires a different meaning.
CITY. The City of Indio.
DIRECTOR. The Director of Development Services of the city, or his or her successor or his or her designee.
EXPLICIT SEXUAL ACTS. Depictions of sexual intercourse, oral copulation, anal intercourse, oral-anal copulation, bestiality, sadism, masochism, or excretory functions in conjunction with sexual activity, masturbation, or lewd exhibition of genitals, whether any of the above conduct is depicted or described as being performed alone or between members of the same or opposite sex or between humans and animals, or other acts of sexual arousal involving any physical contact with a person's genitals, pubic region, pubic hair, perineum, anus or anal region.
NEWSRACK. Any self-service or coin-operated box, container, storage unit or other dispenser installed, used or maintained for the display, sale or distribution of any publication.
OWNER. Any person or company whose name appears as an owner on a newsrack as required by § 97.134(H) of this chapter, for which a permit is sought or obtained.
PARKWAY. The area between the sidewalks and the curb of any street, and where there is no sidewalk, that area between the edge of the roadway and the property line adjacent thereto. PARKWAYS shall also include any area within a roadway which is not open to vehicular travel.
PUBLIC RIGHT-OF-WAY. Any place of any nature which is dedicated to use by the public for pedestrian and vehicular travel, and includes, but is not limited to, a street, sidewalk, curb, gutter, public easement, crossing, intersection, parkway, highway, alley, lane, mall, court, way, thoroughfare, a park, square and any other similar public way.
ROADWAY. The portion of a street improved, designed or ordinarily used for vehicular travel.
SIDEWALK. Any surface provided for the use of pedestrians.
STREET. All that area dedicated to public use for public street purposes and shall include, but not be limited to, roadways, parkways, alleys and sidewalks.
(Ord. 1216, passed 9-3-97)