§ 22-7.2. Definitions.  


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    Abandoned newsrack shall mean any newsrack or special newsrack insert, which remains empty for fourteen (14) calendar days. However, a newsrack or special newsrack insert remaining empty due to labor strike or any temporary or extraordinary interruption of distribution or publication by the newspaper shall not be deemed abandoned.

    Newsrack shall mean any City-authorized self-service or coin-operated box, container, cubicle, storage unit or other dispenser installed, used or maintained for the display and sale or free distribution of newspapers, news periodicals, commercial handbills or other publications.

    Public Works Director shall mean the Public Works Director or the Director's designated agent. Special newsrack area shall mean any area of the City so designated by the City Council upon findings that the special circumstances of the area require special design, placement and other standards for newsracks. The Council shall designate a special newsrack area by resolution.

    Special newsrack container shall mean a permanently affixed container or pedestal provided by or on behalf of the City within which shall be the exclusive location for the placement of permitted newsracks in a special newsrack area.

    Special newsrack insert shall mean a self-service or coin-operated insert, cubicle, box, container, storage unit or other dispenser installed, used or maintained within a special newsrack container for the display and sale or free distribution of newspapers, news periodicals, commercial handbills or other publications. All special newsrack inserts installed within an approved special newsrack area shall conform to the exact specifications of the approved special newsrack container for that area.

(Ord. No. 2915 N.S. § 2)