California Code of Regulations › Title 21 - Public Works › Division 2 - Department of Transportation › Chapter 20 - Permissible Activity and Use of Safety Roadside Rest Areas and Vista Points in and Along California State Highways › Article 2 - Definitions › Section 2204 - Definitions

Current through Register 2024 Notice Reg. No. 28, July 12, 2024
(a) Commercial
				  Activity. An activity which includes the sale, advertisement or display of
				  goods or services for profit.
(b)
				  Commercial Displays. Permissible displays under an agreement which are placed
				  in or on traveler information centers.
(c) Department. Refers to the Department of
				  Transportation and those delegated the responsibility within the department to
				  enforce and administer the provisions of these regulations.
(d) Kiosk. Traveler information centers at
				  safety roadside rest areas and vista points which are enclosures upon which
				  public information displays and commercial displays may be posted.
(e) Newspaper Vending Machine. A self-service
				  and coin-operated box, container, storage unit or other dispenser installed,
				  used or maintained for the display and sale of newspapers.
(f) Public Information Displays.
				  Department-owned displays which provide information the department determines
				  to be of a specific value, interest or assistance to the traveler. Such
				  displays are placed upon kiosks, comfort station buildings, bulletin boards,
				  information panels, display cases or other portions of the facilities in safety
				  roadside rest areas and vista points.
(g) Safety Roadside Rest Areas. Those
				  designated areas within and along state highways that are used for purposes set
				  forth in Sections
				  220
				  and
				  220.5
				  of the Streets and Highways Code.
(h) Selling. A commercial activity which is
				  any exchange of any item or service for monetary or voluntary
				  consideration.
(i) Solicitation. An
				  appeal by a solicitor for a monetary donation or anything of value made
				  verbally, by conduct or in writing by any individual or organization.
(j) Solicitor. Any individual on his own
				  behalf, or on the behalf of others or an organization who solicits monetary
				  donations or anything of value for goods or services.
(k) Traveler Information Center. A building,
				  kiosk or covered panel constructed by or for the department upon which public
				  information and commercial displays may be placed in safety roadside rest areas
				  and vista points.
(l) Vending
				  Machines. Any machine, case, cabinet or other device, except a newspaper
				  vending machine, installed, placed in or connected to any building, structure
				  or kiosk that is self-service and coin-operated and is used and maintained for
				  the sale and dispensing of food or merchandise, as allowed under agreement in a
				  safety roadside rest area.
(m)
				  Vista Point. Any signed roadside area within the right of way of a state
				  highway, the purpose of which is to provide the traveler a viewpoint from which
				  to observe the scenic panorama or point of visual interest.
1. Amendment
					 of subsection (a), repealer of subsections (d), (g), (i), (m) and (p),
					 subsection relettering, new subsection (h), and amendment of redesignated
					 subsections (i), (j), (m), and NOTE filed 3-7-95; operative 4-6-95 (Register
					 95, No. 10).
Note: Authority cited: Sections
						225
						and
						225.5,
						Streets and Highways Code. Reference: Sections
						218,
						220,
						220.5,
						223,
						224,
						225.5
						and
						226,
						Streets and Highways Code.