§ 22-150. Definitions.

For purposes of this section, the following events shall be defined as:

General events shall mean organized activities that have a stationary footprint not requiring temporary right-of-way closure often involving sound amplification, food, beverage, merchandise, or other forms of entertainment. Examples include festivals, markets, and ceremonies.

Neighborhood events shall mean small-scale organized activities that close local-service residential right-of-ways. These gatherings are initiated by local residents and are intended only for the neighborhood residents and their guests and may be held on public areas.

Organized activity shall mean an activity or event defined herein as a General Event, Neighborhood Event, Special Event, or Parades, Races, and Walks but not meeting the definition of a Public Street Festival.

Parades, races, and walks shall mean organized activities following a set course that involve full or partial right-of way -closure with ten (10) or more persons and/or three (3) or more vehicles in participation.

Public street festivals shall mean organized events, whether held by non-profit, community or for-profit organizations, where alcoholic beverages may be sold and regulated under section 22-151 or section 22-152 and held within public rights-of-way and on city owned property as designated in a public street festival permit.

Special event shall mean activities conducted in public areas which (i) are engaged in by ten (10) or more people and (ii) are not demonstrations. The term special event shall be construed to include a-private organization celebration or sponsored event that is held in or on public areas that may require temporary right-of-way closure.

Other definitions shall be defined as:

Event organizer shall mean the person who organizes, conducts, or intends to conduct a general, neighborhood, special, or parade, race or walk event and is responsible under a permit for ensuring the activity will be conducted in accordance with these regulations.

Fees shall mean the cost paid by the organizer or sponsor for application, use of City of Salisbury services, and other city incurred expenses to hold organized activities.

Food service establishment shall mean an establishment engaged in the business of regularly selling food, customarily, but not exclusively, to be eaten on the premises, including businesses that are commonly referred to as restaurants, cafes, grills and other establishments that have a food counter where food is sold.

Malt beverage shall mean beer, lager, malt liquor, ale, porter, or any other brewed or fermented beverage containing at least one-half of one (.5) percent and not more than fifteen (15) percent alcohol by volume.

Open container shall mean a container whose seal has been broken or a container other than the manufacturer's unopened original container.

Parks shall mean publically maintained recreation or park facility

Person shall mean any person, firm, corporation, partnership, association or other organization, whether formal or informal.

Public area shall mean streets, sidewalks, alleys, lanes, walkways, highways, right of way, greenways, plazas, or squares owned or maintained by any governmental entity.

Temporary right-of-way closures shall mean closing or restricting vehicle or foot traffic by blocking customary use of any public street or sidewalk for any reason other than an organized activity as defined herein.

Unfortified wine shall mean wine that has an alcoholic content produced only by natural fermentation by the addition of pure cane, beet, or dextrose sugar, and that has an alcoholic content of not more than sixteen (16) percent alcohol by volume.

Winery shall mean an establishment regularly engaged in the manufacture, sale or marketing of wine.

(Ord. No. 2018-18, § 1, 4-17-18)