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ORDINANCE NO. 1053
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<br />AN ORDINANCE 0F Em CITY OF SAI/TA AlIA PROHIBITING THE
<br />DISTRIBUTION OF HA~DBILLS, DODGERS, CIRCULARS,
<br />NEWSPAPERS, BOOKLETS, A~D OTHER PRINTED NATTER 0R
<br />ADVERTISemENT IN CERTAIN PLACES: REPEALING ORDINANCES
<br />IN CONFLICT HEREV/I~!, AND PROVIDING FOR PENALTIES FOR
<br />VIOLATION THEREOF.
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<br /> WHEREAS~, it has come to the attention of the City Council of the City of
<br />Santa Aha, that the profuse aild promiscuous circulation of handbills, circulars,
<br />.~ewspaper~,dodgers, and other forms of advertising matter, without regulation, in the
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<br /> streets of said City, on the premises, porches, driVes, sidewalks, and in the yards of
<br /> the residents of the City of Santa Ana, and in vehicles standing in the public streets,
<br /> results in the blowing of such matter in the streets, alleys, and other public places
<br /> in said City, and has become a public nuisance by the littering of the streets, alleys,
<br /> and other public places, thereby causing an unsightly condition, as well as a menace,
<br /> to the public peace, hoalth and safety by the risk of fires, of clogging storm drains,
<br /> and of apprising prowlers and criminals of the absence of residents from their homes,
<br /> and generally annoying and disturbing the general public; and
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<br /> WHEREAS, the safety, comfort and welfare of the citizens and residents of the
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<br /> City of Santa Ana, and of the public in general, demand that this condition be remedied;
<br /> N~J, THEREFORE, the Council of the City of Santa Ana do ordain as follows:
<br /> SECTI0~ 1: It sh~ll be unlawful for any person, firm, corporation, or
<br /> association, either as principal, agent, employer or employee, to throw, cast, deposit,
<br /> distribute, pass out, give away, scatter, circulate, or deliver, any handbill, dodger,
<br /> circular, newspaper, paper, booklet, or other printed matter or advertisement in the
<br /> or grounds of any house, building, structure, or on any porch or doorstep, or vestibule,
<br /> or in any public hallway thereof, when said house, building or structure is not in the
<br /> possession or under the control of the party so distributing the same, or in any public
<br /> street, highway¥ alley, court or other public place, or in any vehicle thereon, or upon
<br /> any vacant real property, in the City of Santa Ana.
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<br /> This ordinance shall not be deemed to prohibit the distribution of United
<br /> States mail, nor the delivery of any newspaper to any subscriber who has ordered the
<br /> same to be so delivered to such subscriber, for which newspaper the Said subscriber has
<br /> paid or agreed to pay a consideration to the publisher or distributor of such newspaper,
<br /> nor to the sale of separate copies of such newspapers on the streets of said City.
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<br /> The term "newspaper" as herein used, shall be construed to mean a publication
<br /> which complies with the requirements of Sections 4460 and 4463 of the Political Code of
<br /> the State of California.
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<br /> S~ECTI0N 2: Any person, firm, corporation, or association, violating any of
<br /> the provisions of this ordinance shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon
<br /> conviction thereof, shall be punished by a fine of not more than One Hundred ($100.00)
<br /> Dollars, or by imprisonment in the County Jail of Orange County, California, for a
<br /> period not exceeding Thirty ~30) days, or by both such fine and imprisonment.
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<br /> SECTION 3: That Ordinance No. 669, a s amended by Ordinance No. 92~ and No.
<br /> providing for the distribution of advertising matter upon the public streets and in
<br /> public places in the City of Santa Aha, California, and all other ordinances or parts
<br /> of ordinances in conflict herewith, are hereby repealed.
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