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HomeMy WebLinkAboutOrdinance #3084 ORDINANCE NO. 3084, AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF HUNTINGTON BEACH AMENDING CHAPTER 8 .36 OF THE HUNTINGTON BEACH MUNICIPAL CODE BY ADDING THERETO SECTION 8 .36 .-&�J3G 9,36. 140 RELATING TO DISTRIBUTION OF FLYERS WHEREAS, the City Council is concerned with the problem of proliferation of litter and traffic hazards in the city, and Persons tampering with parked vehicles for the purpose of leaving leaflets thereon creates both litter and traffic hazards, NOW, THEREFORE, the City Council of the City of Huntington Beach does hereby ordain: SECTION 1 : Chapter 8 .36 of the Huntington Beach Municipal Code is hereby amended by adding thereto Sections 8.36 . 130 - 8 . 36 . 160 to read as follows : § 8 .36 . 130 Placing Commercial Handbills on Vehicles . No person shall affix to any vehicle, or cause to be affixed to any vehicle, any notice, paper, placard, bill, poster, card, sticker, banner, sign, advertisement, or other device designed to attract the attention of the public for the purpose of advertising any merchandise, commodity, property, business, service, act or skill offered, sold or rendered for hire, reward, price, trade or profit. § 8 .36 . 140 Distribution on Uninhabited or Vacant Private Premises . It is unlawful for any person to distribute, deposit, place, throw, scatter or cast any handbill in or upon any private premises which are temporarily or continuously uninhabited or vacant. -1- 8 . 36 . 150 Manger of Distribution. No person shall distribute in or upon any private property any advertising matter except in the following manner: (a) By placing the same in a receptacle, clip, or other device designed or intended to receive advertising matter, when such receptacle, clip, or other device has been erected in a conspicuous place near the front door or front entrance or near the mailbox of any private property; or (b) If no such receptacle, clip, or other device has been erected as provided in this section, then by handing the advertising matter to an occupant of the property, or placing the same upon the porch or vestibule of a house or building on the private property, provided that, in the latter case, the advertising matter is wrapped, tied, folded, or otherwise so prepared or placed that it will not be blown loose by the winds and provided that a previous days distribution of advertising matter has been removed. § 8 ,36 . 160 City Abgtement - Handbills & Flyers . The City Administrator, through his designee, may remove or cause the removal of and properly discard any handbill placed in a manner prohibited by this Section. The person responsible for the distribution of any such handbill shall be liable to the City for the cost of removal thereof, in addition to any other penalty provided for by law. 8 .36 . 170 Pressmptions . in any civil or criminal action filed against any person for violation of this Chapter, proof that the handbill in question contains the name of or otherwise identifies such person or such person' s principal, agents, representative or employer shall -2- 3084 constitute a rebuttable presumption that the person so named or identified caused such handbill to be distributed in the location from which it was removed . SECTION 2 : This ordinance shall take effect 30 days after its passage. PASSED AND ADOPTED by the City Council of the City of Huntington Beach at a regular meeting thereof held on the 19th day of November 1990 . Mayor Pro Tem ATTEST: APPROVED AS TO FORM: City Clerk City Attorney REVIEWED AND APPROVED: INITIATED AND APPROVED: � f *Civyministrator Direct r of C mmun ty Development -3- 3084 Ord. No- 3084 STATE OF CALIFORNIA ) COUNTY OF ORANGE ss: CITY OF HUNTINGTON BEACH I, CONNIE BROCKWAY, the duly elected, qualified City Cleric of the City of Huntington Beach and ex-officio Clerk of the City Council of the said City, do hereby certify that the whole number of members of the City Council of the City of Huntington Beach is seven; that the foregoing ordinance was read to said City Council at a regular meeting therof held on the 5th day of November 19 90 , and was again read to said City Council at a regular meeting therof held on the 19th day of November 1990 , and was passed and adopted by the affirmative vote of at least a majority of all the members of said City Council . AYES: Councilmembers: MacAllister, Winchell , Green, Bannister, Silva, Erskine NOES: Councilmembers: None ABSENT: Councilmembers: Mays 1, Connie Brockway CITY CLERK of the City of Huntit on Beach and ex-offiao Gerk of the City Council,do hereby cerfi€y that a synopsis of this ueen ri,bhhed in the Daily Pilot on City C erk and ex-offi ci o Clerk f .t9 of the City Council of the City In ""�:cterof said City. of Huntington Beach, California City Clerk c�r�