§ 22-7.1. Purpose.

The purposes of this section are to:

a.

Promote the City's substantial interests in preserving and enhancing the public health, safety, welfare and convenience by ensuring that the public streets, sidewalks and parkways are not unreasonably obstructed by newspaper and periodical vending machines;

b.

Recognize and support the use of public streets, sidewalks and parkways as public forums for the sale and distribution of newspapers and periodicals through vending machines;

c.

Establish reasonable regulations that balance the right to distribute information through newspaper and periodical vending machines with the right of persons to reasonably access and use public property;

d.

Provide for the designation of "special newsrack areas" upon findings that the special circumstances of an area require special design, placement and other standards for newspaper and periodical vending machines in order to promote less congested and more visually appealing public streets, sidewalks and parkways; and

e.

Ensure that the regulations on the time, place and manner of the placement, location and maintenance of newspaper and periodical vending machines set forth in this section are carefully tailored to implement the purposes stated in this section while still providing ample opportunities for the distribution of information through newspaper and periodical vending machines to the public.

(Ord. No. 2915 N.S. § 2)