For the purposes of this article, unless otherwise apparent from the context, certain words and phrases used in this article are defined as follows:
(a) “Blinder rack” shall mean any opaque material placed in front of printed matter or photographs on public display.
(b) “Distributor” shall mean the person responsible for placing, operating and maintaining a newsrack in a public right-of-way.
(c) “Equivalent” shall mean any newsrack which is of the same size, dimensions and style of the specified newsrack as approved by the Public Works Director.
(d) “Newsrack” shall mean any type of unmanned device placed upon any public right-of-way or public land for the vending of, or the free distribution of, newspapers or news periodicals, advertising fliers, or other written or printed publications.
(e) “Public right-of-way” and “public land” shall mean any building, park, property, street, highway, sidewalk, surface easement, plaza, walkway, parkway or alley which is owned or held (whether in fee, easement, leasehold or other interest) by the City of Thousand Oaks.
(f) “Public Works Director” shall refer to the City’s Public Works Director or the designee of the Public Works Director.
(§ 2, Ord. 1312-NS, eff. March 16, 1998)