For the purpose of this chapter:
"Director of convention, culture and leisure" means the administrator of the department of convention, culture and leisure (CC&L) for the city of Sacramento, or designee.
"Director of planning" means the administrator of planning for the department of development services within the city of Sacramento, or designee.
"Door display" means merchandise of the type sold on the premises displayed on or around a door that opens to the sidewalk.
"Guidelines" mean the sign designer and fabricator's edition of a document entitled "A guideline for signs: Old Sacramento historic district" approved by the city council, as amended from time to time.
"Historic sign" means a sign, or reproduction thereof, that was located on a specific building or structure, including permanently moored vessels, within Old Sacramento historic district during all or part of the period from 1849 to 1879, is listed as an historic sign in Appendix C of the guidelines, and is displayed in its original historic location.
"History manager" means the manager of Sacramento archives and museum collection or designee.
"Old Sacramento historic district (OSHD)" means the area bounded on the south by the center line of Capitol Mall and Tower Bridge, on the north by the southerly right-of-way line of the I Street Bridge ramp and I Street Bridge, on the east by the westerly right-of-way line of Interstate Freeway Route 5, and on the west by the centerline of the Sacramento River.
"Sidewalk" means the city-owned public access boardwalk or paved area outside of a building within the city right-of-way.
"Sign" means any announcement, banner, billboard, declaration, design, directional indicator, display, flag, illustration, image, insignia, light, message, object, poster, space, surface, symbol or thing used for identification, for designation, for exterior decoration, for advertisement, or for promotion of any person, entity, business, service, product, whether painted, attached, erected or otherwise maintained on or near any premises, whether or not containing any words, letters, numerals, emblems, figures, trade names or trademarks, and shall include all necessary appurtenances to a sign, including, but not limited to, support structures, hardware, flagpoles and lighting, that is:
1. Visible from any public area, street, thoroughfare, sidewalk, exterior walkway or waterway within the bounds of Old Sacramento historic district; and
2. If located within a building or structure, including permanently moored vessels, is less than six inches from the interior surface of any street or alley frontage wall, window, or door of the building or structure.
"Town manager" means the administrator of Old Sacramento management (OSM), a division of CC&L that
serves as centralized management for OSHD. (Ord. 2005-021 § 1; prior code § 3.19.261)