The following terms and phrases apply to this Article, unless otherwise specified:
"Animal guide or service animal" means an animal that:
Completes a formal training program,
Assists its owner in one or more daily living tasks associated with a productive lifestyle, and
Is trained to not pose a danger to the health and safety of the general public.
"Application" means a solicitation request form that is completed and submitted to the Department by a person seeking to conduct a solicitation on Department property.
"Department" means the Arizona Department of Transportation.
"Department property" means real property and buildings under the jurisdiction of the Director, excluding a highway, highway right-of-way, excess right-of-way, property leased by the Department to a third party, and any sidewalk or paved area along the street frontage of the property that is not physically distinguishable from an adjacent municipal or other public sidewalk.
"Director" means the Director of the Arizona Department of Transportation or the Director's designee.
"Excess right-of-way" means real property under the jurisdiction of the Director that is:
Determined by the Director to be no longer needed or used for transportation purposes, and
Held by the Department for disposition under the provisions of A.R.S. § 28-7095.
"Permit" means an original application form signed by the Director as authorization for a solicitor to conduct a specified solicitation.
"Person" has the meaning prescribed under A.R.S. § 1-215.
"Solicitation" means any activity, except an activity prohibited under R17-1-607(B)(3) or (4), that can be reasonably interpreted as being for the distribution of information or the promotion of causes or memberships.
"Solicitation area" means a location outside a building on Department property, which may be designated by an office supervisor or the office supervisor's designee for solicitation activities without interfering with business operations, blocking entry or exit doors, or inhibiting pathways necessary for building access or egress.
"Solicitation material" means advertising circulars, flyers, handbills, leaflets, petitions, or other printed information.
"Solicitor" means a person conducting a solicitation or the person's agent.
"Work site" means a location within a building on Department property where public employees or officers conduct the daily business of the Department. An office supervisor may designate a cafeteria or break room as a work site if appropriate.
Ariz. Admin. Code § R17-1-601