Code of Maryland Regulations › Title 14 - INDEPENDENT AGENCIES › Subtitle 25 - MARYLAND STADIUM AUTHORITY › Chapter 14.25.01 - General › Section 14.25.01.01 - Definitions

Current through Register Vol. 51, No. 14, July 12, 2024
A. In this
				subtitle, the following terms have the meanings indicated.
B. Terms Defined.
(1) "Authority" means the Maryland Stadium
				Authority, an independent unit of the Executive Branch of State
				Government.
(2) Authority Facility.
(a) "Authority facility" means:
(i) The Camden Yards Sports Complex,
				including Oriole Park at Camden Yards and the Ravens' Stadium;
(ii) Offices, restaurants, stores, museums,
				parking facilities, and other facilities located on the Camden Yards Sports
				Complex; and
(iii) Facilities
				located on other Authority property.
(b) "Authority facility" includes the grounds
				and walkways surrounding the facilities listed in §B(2)(a) of this
				regulation and adjacent parking lots or garages owned or controlled by the
				Authority.
(3) "Camden
				Station" means the building known as Camden Station located within the Camden
				Yards Sports Complex, but does not include the grounds and walkways surrounding
				it.
(4) "Demonstration" means a
				person or gathering of persons at an Authority facility for the purpose of
				expressing an opinion to observers through use of their speech, signs, or
				express conduct, excluding any expression or conduct prohibited under COMAR
				14.25.02.
(5) "Director of
				Facilities Management" means the director of a particular Authority
				facility.
(6) "Director of Security
				Management" means the director of security management for the
				Authority.
(7) "Distribution of
				literature" means the distribution of flyers, leaflets, brochures, pamphlets,
				books, or any other printed or written material.
(8) Emergency" means, as reasonably
				determined by the Authority or by authorized police or fire officials, an
				actual or imminent fire, flood, riot, weather, outages of power or public
				services, terrorism, public disturbance, or other catastrophe that will or is
				likely to:
(a) Endanger the health, safety,
				or welfare of persons at an Authority facility;
(b) Threaten the destruction, loss, or damage
				to public or private property located at an Authority facility; or
(c) Disturb the normal and peaceful conduct
				of business, sports, or other activities at an Authority facility.
(9) Eutaw Way" means the
				pedestrian area known as Eutaw Way between the playing field and seating bowl
				of Oriole Park at Camden Yards to the west, the Warehouse to the east, Gate A
				of Oriole Park to the south, and Gate H of Oriole Park to the north.
(10) "Event" means any game, concert,
				ceremony, banquet, party, or other activity or event at an Authority
				facility.
(11) "Executive Director"
				means the Executive Director of the Authority.
(12) "Free speech activities" include a
				demonstration, distribution of literature, collection of petition signatures,
				and other activities protected by the First and Fourteenth Amendments to the
				Constitution of the United States and Articles 10, 13, and 40 of the
				Declaration of Rights within the Maryland Constitution, provided, however, that
				such activities do not include any activity prohibited under COMAR 14.25.02.
(13) "Performing Arts Center"
				means the France-Merrick Performing Arts Center, including the Hippodrome
				Theatre at the France-Merrick Performing Arts Center.
(14) "Plazas" means and includes the plazas
				surrounding Oriole Park at Camden Yards and the Ravens' Stadium, including the
				breezeway underneath the Warehouse, but does not include the sidewalks directly
				adjacent to public streets.
(15)
				"Smoking" means the burning of a lighted cigarette, cigar, pipe, or any other
				matter or substance that contains tobacco.
(16) "Spine" means the pedestrian walkway
				that provides a connection between Lee Street at its north end and Hamburg
				Street at its south end and which lies between the parking lots that are
				designated as Lot B and Lot C.
(17)
				"Stadium structures" means and includes the facades, fences, and admission
				gates that comprise the outer perimeter of the baseball stadium and the
				football stadium at the Camden Yards Sports Complex.
(18) "Tailgating" means the preparing,
				cooking, serving, or consuming of food or beverages before, during, or after an
				event on an Authority-owned or operated parking lot or open space.
(19) "Warehouse" means the building known as
				the Warehouse at Camden Yards within the Camden Yards Sports Complex, but does
				not include the grounds and walkways surrounding it or the open breezeway
				underneath it.
(20) "Working days"
				means Monday through Friday excepting all legal holidays and all other days on
				which the Executive Branch of State Government is generally closed.