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Section 2. Definitions <br /> The words and phrases used in this Ordinance shall have the following <br /> meanings, unless context clearly requires otherwise: <br /> A. "Abandoned" means a single-unit or multiple-unit newsrack that (1) has been <br /> documented by the City as not having had its contents changed or <br /> replenished by the newsrack user within 60 days or (2) the permit holder has <br /> not responded within 30 days to a written request for the City for newsrack's <br /> removal, adjustment or relocation. For a multiple-unit newsrack, all units of <br /> the newsrack must have been documented by the City as not having had their <br /> contents changed or replenished by the newsrack user within 60 days. <br /> B. "Central Business District" means the B-3 zone as designated by Title 19 <br /> EMC. <br /> C. "City" means the City of Everett, its officers, employees, and agents. <br /> D. "Equivalent" means any newsrack of the same size, dimensions, and style of <br /> the newsrack that is the current industry standard. <br /> E. "Director" means the Public Works Director or designee. <br /> F. "Newsrack" means any self-service or coin-operated box, container, storage <br /> unit or other dispenser used for the display, sale, or other distribution of a <br /> newspaper, periodical, or other printed material. The term newsrack includes <br /> one or more newsracks physically connected or joined to one or more other <br /> newsracks in a multiple-unit configuration. <br /> G. "Planter strip" means any of the following areas, whether planted or not: <br /> 1. The area between the sidewalk and the curb of the street; <br /> 2. The area between the sidewalk and the property line; <br /> 3. The area between the edge of the roadway and the property line, <br /> where there is no sidewalk; or <br /> 4. The area in a roadway not intended for travel, such as a median. <br /> H. "Public right-of-way" means land which by deed, conveyance, agreement, <br /> easement, dedication, usage, or process of law is reserved for or dedicated to <br /> the general public for street, highway, alley, public utility, or pedestrian <br /> walkway purposes, whether or not the land has been improved or accepted <br /> for maintenance by the City. Public right-of-way includes but is not limited to <br /> streets, roadways, planter strips, and sidewalks. <br /> Section 3. Applicability <br /> This Ordinance applies to all newsracks located in the City on public right-of-way <br /> in the Central Business District. This Ordinance does not waive or eliminate any <br /> permit or approvals required by the City, State or federal law, or other regulations <br /> that might be applicable, except that a permit otherwise required by the City for <br /> use of City right-of-way is not required for a newsrack installed in compliance <br /> with this Ordinance. <br /> 2 <br />