HomeMy WebLinkAboutNS-1256ORDINANCE NO. NS-1256
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY
OF SANTA ANA AMENDING SECTIONS 10-225(9)(11)
AND 10-234 OF THE SANTA ANA MUNICIPAL CODE
PERTAINING TO THE LOCATION OF PUBLICATION
VENDING MACHINES AND THE AUTHORITY OF THE
DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC WORKS TO ADOPT REGULATIONS.
THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SANTA ANA DOES ORDAIN AS
FOLLOWS:
SECTION l: Section 10-225(9)(11) of the Santa Ana Muni-
cipal Code is hereby amended to read as follows:
Sec. 10-225. Location Standards
Notwithstanding any other provisions of this Article, no
publication vending machine shall be placed, installed or main-
tained:
(1) Within ten (10) feet of the point of intersection of
the edge of a marked crosswalk and the curb line;
(2) On or within fiften (15) feet of any sidewalk return
at any street corner;
(3) On those sidewalks that have been designated as official
bike routes;
(4) Within five (5) feet of any fire hydrant, fire call box
or police call box;
(5) Within fifteen (15) feet of any driveway;
(6) Within five
tacles, traffic signal
gas meters, electrical
covers;
(5) feet of light standards, trash recep-
control boxes, mail boxes, water meters,
pull boxes, catch basins and sewer manhole
(7) Within six (6) feet of any bus bench;
(8) Within five (5) feet ahead and twenty-five (25) feet
to the rear of any sign marking a designated bus stop;
(9) Within five (5) feet of any legal parking space or curb
painted yellow, white or green by authorized public employees for
the purpose of regulating parking;
(10) In any location whereby the cross space of the passage-
way on the sidewalk is reduced to less than five (5) feet;
(ll) Within three hundred (300) lineal feet from any other
such machine within the same block containing the same edition of
the same publication;
(12) Within three (3) feet of the imaginary lines that would
be formed by extending the width of the entrance to a structure
along lines perpendicular to the edge of the curb or its vertical
extension.
SECTION 2: Section 10-234 of the Santa Ana Municipal Code
is hereby amended to read as follows:
O'RDINANCE NO. NS- 12S6
PAGE TWO
Sec. 10-234. Authority of Director of Public Works
to Adopt Administrative Standards.
The Director of Public Works is hereby empowered to adopt
reasonable administrative standards to implement the provisions
of this chapter. Such standards will include the establishing
of procedure for prompt handling of applications, conducting of
inspections, issuing of permits, removal of non-complying machines
after appropriate notices have been given, and all other steps
that will facilitate the effective administration and enforce-
ment of this ordinance. The Director of Public Works is autho-
rized to protect the city against third party liability claims
that might arise due to the installation or maintenance of publi-
cation vending machines by requiring that each applicant submit
a certificate of insurance in the amount of $500,000 combined
single limits for property/bodily injury. In adopting and apply-
ing such standards, the Director of Public Works shall be uniform
non-discriminatory and consistent in administering this ordinance
and any regulations adopted pursuant hereto.
SECTION 3: If any section, subsection, sentence, clause
phrase or portion of this ordinance is for any reason held to be
invalid or unconstitutional by the decision of any court of
competent jurisdiction, such decision shall not affect the valid-
ity of the remaining portions of this ordinance. The City Council
of the City of Santa Ana hereby declares that it would have adopted
this ordinance and each section, subsection, sentence, clause,
phrase or portion thereof irrespective of the fact that any one or
more sections, subsections, clauses, phrases or portions be declared
invalid or unconstitutional.
SECTION 4: Neither the adoption of this ordinance nor
the repeal hereby of any ordinance shall in any manner affect
the prosecution for violation of ordinances, which violations
were committed prior to the effective date hereof, nor be
construed as affecting any ef the provisions of such ordinance
relating to the collection of any such license or penalty or
the penal provisions applicable to any violation thereof, nor
to affect the validity of any bond or case deposit in lieu thereof,
required to be posted, filed or deposited pursuant to any ordinance
and all rights and obligations thereunder appertaining shall
continue in full force and effect.
SECTION 5: The Clerk of the Council shall certify to the
passage and adoption of this ordinance and shall cause the same
be published in the official newspaper of the City of Santa Ana
within fifteen (15) days after its adoption.
SECTION 6: This ordinance shall take effect thirty (30)
days from and after the date of its adoption.
PASSED AND ADOPTED by the City Council of the City of
Santa Ana at its regular meeting held on the
l?th day of March , 1975.
ATTEST:
to
ORDINANCE NO. NS- 1256
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STATE OF CALIFORNIA )
COUNTY OF ORANGE ) ss.:
CITY OF SANTA ANA )
I, FLORENCE I. MALONE, do hereby certify that I am the
Clerk of the Council of the City of Santa Ana; that the fore-
going Ordinance was introduced to said Council at its adjourned
regular meeting held on thelOth day of March , 1975,
and was again considered by said Council at its
regular meeting held on the 17th day of March ,
1975, and was at said meeting passed and adopted by the
following vote, to wit:
AYES:
NOES:
COUNCILMEN: Yamamoto, Griset, Markel,
Garthe, Ward,
COUNCILMEN: None
Evans~
ABSENT:
COUNCILMEN: Bricken
CLERK OF THE COUNCIL
AP~ED AS TO FORfM:
AMES A. WITHERS, CITY ATTORNEY
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