D.C. Mun. Regs. tit. 24, r. 24-4199
When used in this chapter, the following terms and phrases shall have the meanings ascribed:
Bus zone - a ten foot (10 ft.) wide strip of sidewalk parallel to the roadway and measured from the vertical face of the roadway curb toward the building line that runs the entire length of the area delineated as a bus zone by signage posted at the roadway curb.
DDOT or Department - District Department of Transportation.
Director - Director of the District Department of Transportation, or the Director's agent, representative, or designee.
Fixture - District government-authorized furniture or equipment that is secured or permanently affixed to public space.
Mail - Delivery of notice by U.S. Postal Service, electronic mail or other method of written message delivery.
MPD - Metropolitan Police Department of the District of Columbia.
Owner - a person that owns or is in control of one or more publisher boxes placed, installed, or maintained on public space. Each publisher box shall have a single owner for the purposes of this chapter.
Person - an individual or entity.
Public Space Committee - the Public Space Committee of the District of Columbia as established by Mayor's Order 2009-114 on June 18, 2009.
Publisher box - a self-service or coin-operated box, container, storage unit, display or dispenser installed, used, or maintained for the display, distribution, or sale of newspapers or other periodicals.
Publisher box corral - a fixture, approved by the Public Space Committee, installed on public space for the purpose of controlling the placement of publisher boxes.
Streetcar platform - the public right of way designated for public use as an embarkation/disembarkation or waiting area for the streetcar and which includes streetcar shelters, adjoining stairways, ramps and sidewalks and all attached equipment or fixtures.
D.C. Mun. Regs. tit. 24, r. 24-4199