Ordinance 1989-16ORDINANCE NO. 89-15
ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF GILROY AMENDING AND ENACTING
SECTIONS 3.1, 3.2, 3.3 and 3.4 OF THE GILROY CITY CODE
PERTAINING TO ADVERTISING SO AS TO PREVENT LITTERING.
THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF GILROY DOES ORDAIN AS
FOLLOWS:
SECTION I. Sections 3.1, 3.2, 3.3 and 3.4 of the Gilroy
City Code are amended and enacted to read as follows:
Sec. 3.1. Name and Address of distributor or sponsor
required on handbills
It is unlawful for any person to distribute, deposit,
scatter, hand out or circulate any commercial or non-commercial
handbill, circular, newspaper, paper, booklet, poster or any
other printed matter in any place, under any circumstances, which
does not have printed on the cover, front or back thereof, the
name and address of the person who caused the same to be
distributed; provided, however, that in the case of a fictitious
person or club, in addition to such fictitious name, the true
name and addresses of the owners, managers or agents of the
person sponsoring the printed matter shall also appear thereon.
Sec. 3.2. Notice bY owner or occupant defined.
In the event the lawful owner or occupant of the private
property upon which the printed matter has been deposited does
not desire further deposits of the material, the owner or
occupant shall give written notice to the distributor of the
printed matter. The term distributor means the person or entity
who causes or for whose benefit the distribution is made.
Sec. 3.3 Unsolicited littering prohibited.
It is unlawful for any person to throw, distribute, deposit,
place or attach or in any other way leave any handbill, circular,
newspaper, paper, booklet, poster or any other printed matter on
private property after notice from the owner or occupant of the
private property to cease and desist from such activity. Section
1.7 shall apply only to continuing violations at any one
location.
Sec. 3.4.
Distribution of printed matter by personal
delivery.
Nothing in this chapter shall prevent the distribution of
printed matter by personal delivery by handing the material
directly to the recipient thereof.
ORDINANCE NO. 89-16
SECTION II. All other ordinances and parts of ordinances
in conflict herewith are hereby repealed.
SECTION III. This ordinance shall take effect and be
in full force thirty (130) days from and after its adoption
and approval.
PASSED AND ADOPTED this 5th day of September, 1989
by the following vote:
AYES: COUNCILMEMBERS: GAGE, ILALE, KLOECKER, ~SSALLEM,
NOES:
ABSENT:
PALMERLEE, VALDEZ and HUGHAN.
COUNCILMEMBERS: None
COUNCILMEMBERS; None
APPROVED:
ATTEST:
ORDINANCE NO. 89 - 16 -2-
I, SUSANNE E. STEINMETZ, City Clerk of the City of Gilroy, do
hereby certify that the attached Ordinance No. 89-16 is an original
resolution, duly adopted by the Council of the City of Gilroy at a regular
meeting of said Council held on the 5th day of September, 19 89 ,
at which meeting a quorum was present.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the
Official Seal of the City of Gilroy this 6th day of September ,
19 89.
~ity Clerk-of'~e City of Gi
(Seal)