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b k:7/31 /07 ORDINANCE NO. NS-XXX AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SANTA ANA ADDING ARTICLE IX TO CHAPTER 17 OF THE SANTA ANA MUNICIPAL CODE RELATING TO PROHIBITING THE DISTRIBUTION OF HANDBILLS AT RESIDENCES WHERE THE RESIDENT HAS DECLINED THEIR RECEIPT THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SANTA ANA DOES ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. The City Council of the City of Santa Ana hereby finds, determines and declares as follows: A. This Ordinance is necessary to establish reasonable and uniform, content neutral regulations that will reduce the adverse effects upon the residents of the City of the distribution of printed or written material left on residential doorsteps in defiance of the resident's expressed desire not to receive them. The public health, safety and welfare of the City requires the enactment of this Ordinance. B. Further, this Ordinance is necessary in order to preserve the City from the potential adverse effects of the distribution of unsolicited printed or written material on private premises contrary to the expressed desire of the resident including burglary, littering, the prevention of the blighting of neighborhoods and the maintenance of property values, protecting and preserving the quality of the City's neighborhoods, and the protection of the City's quality of life. Experience in this City, as well as in other portions of central Orange County such as the Cities of Anaheim, Costa Mesa and Fullerton, which all have similar ordinances, have demonstrated that such activity has objectionable effects in residential areas. C. The June 13, 2007 Los Angeles Times reports that due to recent and upcoming increases in postal rates, particularly for oversize mail, and higher response rates, delivery of materials to residential doorsteps and doorknobs may be a more attractive option for advertisers than mail service. 50A-3