Houston Code of Ordinances § 33-351 Definitions.
Sec. 33-351. - Definitions.
The following definitions shall apply to this article:
Applicant means any of the following that requests an amendment to a plan pursuant to this article: a property owner or the owner's authorized agent, a governmental entity, a political subdivision, a transit authority, a local government corporation, or an entity that represents property owners within the entity's boundaries.
Back-of-curb means the lateral line of a roadway measured from the back of the roadway's curb nearest the property line.
Bicycle means a vehicle propelled by human power that has two tandem wheels at least one of which is more than 14 inches in diameter.
Bicycle master plan or BMP means the plan, and any amendments thereto, that is adopted by city council to provide for developing and enabling the use of bicycling as a mode of transportation in the city, and enhances bicycle safety.
Committee means the bicycle advisory committee.
Design manual has the meaning ascribed in section 42-1 of this Code.
Director means the director of the planning and development department of the city or the director's designee.
Director of Houston Public Works means the Director of Houston Public Works or the director's designee.
Director of parks and recreation means the director of the department of parks and recreation of the city or the director's designee.
Extraterritorial jurisdiction or ETJ has the meaning ascribed in section 42-1 of this Code.
Linear street frontage means the part of a parcel that shares a common property line with a street.
Major thoroughfare and freeway plan or MTFP means the plan, and any amendments thereto, that is adopted by city council to preserve and enhance mobility within the city and the city's extraterritorial jurisdiction.
METRO means the Metropolitan Transit Authority of Harris County.
Pedestrian realm has the meaning ascribed in section 42-1 of this Code.
Roadway has the meaning ascribed in section 42-1 of this Code.
Street means the area within the boundary of an existing or proposed public right-of-way that provides access to adjacent property.
Street segment means the street between two intersecting streets, or between an intersecting street and the termination of the roadway at a well-defined physical barrier.
Super neighborhood council has the meaning ascribed in section 33-301 of this Code.
Transit corridor street means a major thoroughfare designated on the MTFP that METRO has proposed or maintains as a route for a guided rapid transit or fixed guideway transit system.
Transit station means a passenger loading or unloading facility of a route for a guided rapid transit or fixed guideway transit system owned or operated by METRO along a transit corridor street. The term does not include the stops or stations of the local or park and ride bus systems.
Walking distance means the distance identified by this article, as applicable, from the edge of a transit station platform along a continuous path measured along the centerline of a street or sidewalk easement, as the term is defined in section 40-551 of this Code.
(Ord. No. 2017-208, § 3(Exh. A), 3-22-2017; Ord. No. 2018-11, § 24, 1-10-2018; Ord. No. 2020-684, § 2(Exh. A), 8-5-2020)