13.92.020 Definitions.
The words and phrases used in this chapter shall have the following meanings, unless the context clearly requires otherwise:
A. “Abandoned” means a single-unit or multiple-unit newsrack that (1) has been documented by the city as not having had its contents changed or replenished by the newsrack user within sixty days or (2) the permit holder has not responded within thirty days to a written request from the city for the newsrack’s removal, adjustment or relocation. For a multiple-unit newsrack, all units of the newsrack must have been documented by the city as not having had their contents changed or replenished by the newsrack user within sixty days.
B. “Central business district” means the urban mixed zone as designated by EMC Title 19.
C. “City” means the city of Everett, its officers, employees, and agents.
D. “Equivalent” means any newsrack of the same size, dimensions, and style of the newsrack that is the current industry standard.
E. “Director” means the public works director or designee.
F. “Newsrack” means any self-service or coin-operated box, container, storage unit or other dispenser used for the display, sale, or other distribution of a newspaper, periodical, or other printed material. The term “newsrack” includes one or more newsracks physically connected or joined to one or more other newsracks in a multiple-unit configuration.
G. “Planter strip” means any of the following areas, whether planted or not:
1. The area between the sidewalk and the curb of the street;
2. The area between the sidewalk and the property line;
3. The area between the edge of the roadway and the property line, where there is no sidewalk; or
4. The area in a roadway not intended for travel, such as a median.
H. “Public right-of-way” means land which by deed, conveyance, agreement, easement, dedication, usage, or process of law is reserved for or dedicated to the general public for street, highway, alley, public utility, or pedestrian walkway purposes, whether or not the land has been improved or accepted for maintenance by the city. “Public right-of-way” includes but is not limited to streets, roadways, planter strips, and sidewalks. (Ord. 3617-18 § 6, 2018; Ord. 3195-10 § 2, 2010.)