A. "Block party" means a gathering, sponsored solely by owners, residents or tenants of properties fronting a street, which causes a closure of the entire street, or a portion thereof, to vehicular traffic and use of the street for the gathering.

B. "Certified Farmers’ Market" means a market operated in accordance with regulations established by the California Department of Food and Agriculture, Sections 47000-47026, and California Code Title III, Division 3, Chapter 1, Subchapter 4, Article 6.5, Direct Marketing; and those sections of the Health and Safety Code applicable to Certified Farmers’ Markets.

C. "City Manager" shall mean the City Manager of the City of Berkeley and any designee of the City Manager, except as context dictates otherwise.

D. "Downtown Berkeley BART Plaza" means the portion of the public right-of-way on the western portion of Shattuck Avenue between Center Street and Allston Way, bounded on its north by the sidewalk curb face on the south side of Center Street, on its east by the sidewalk curb face on the west side of Shattuck Avenue, on its south by the sidewalk curb face on the north side of Allston Way, and on its west by the eastern edge of the parcels fronting the west side of Shattuck Avenue.

E. "High impact event" means an event (1) occupying all or a portion of a major street, collector or scenic route street, or (2) occupying more than two adjacent blocks of a local street, where a detour, including a temporary detour during only part of the event, is required, and/or (3) where AC Transit, UCB or LBNL buses would need to be re-routed.

F. "Local streets" means those streets defined in the circulation element of the Berkeley General Plan as local streets.

G. "Low impact event" means an event occupying all or a portion of not more than two adjacent blocks of a local street (other than a major, collector or scenic route street) where a formalized detour is not required, and where AC Transit, University of California-Berkeley (UCB) or Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL) buses would not have to be re-routed.

H. "Street event" includes any march, demonstration, assembly, parade, festival, street fair, concert or any other gathering which takes place in the public street or right-of-way, and which is likely to impede, obstruct, or interfere with the normal flow of vehicular or pedestrian traffic. "Street event" does not include "block party". (Ord. 7594-NS § 2, 2018: Ord. 7062-NS § 2 (part), 2008: Ord. 6871-NS § 1 (part), 2005: Ord. 6647-NS § 2, 2001)