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RESOLUTION NO. 4286
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE
CITY OF ARCADIA PROPOSING AN' ORDINANCE
FOR ADOPTION BY THE PEOPLE OF THE CITY
OF ARCADIA RELATING TO REGULATION OF
DISTRIBUTION OF PRINTED MATTER TO PRIVATE
PROPERTY.
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BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF ARCADIA
THAT:'
SECTION 1. The City Council of the City of Arcadia hereby
submits to the voters of said City a proposition for the enactment
of Ordinance No. 1462 which is entitled "AN ORDINANCE OF THE PEOPLE
OF THE CITY OF ARCADIA, CALIFORNIA, AMENDING SECTION 6421 OF THE
ARCADIA MUNICIPAL CODE TO REGULATE THE DISTRIBUTION OF PRINTED
MATTER TO PRIVATE FROPERTY."
The text of said ordinance is herein-
after set forth.
SECTION 2. Said proposition shall be submitted to the
voters at a special city election to be held in the City of Arcadia
on the 7th day of November, 1972, and as set forth on the ballot
shall read as follows:
"Shall the Ordinance of the People of the City of
Arcadia No. 1462 regulating the distribution of
printed matter to private property be adopted?"
SECTION 3. Said special election shall be consolidated
with the statewide general election to be held on November 7, 1972.
Said election shall be conducted in accordance with Resolution
No. 4282 requesting the Board of Supervisors to consolidate said
election and in accordance with applicable law.
SECTION 4. If said proposition for the enactment of
Ordinance No. 1462 receives a majority of the votes cast on said
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proposition at the election, said ordinance shall become effective
ten (10) days .after the date upon which the City Council declares
that a majority of the voters voting on said propo~ition have voted
in its favor.
SECTION 5. Said Ordinance No. 1462 which is proposed
for adoption by the people of the City of Arcadia reads as follows:
"THE PEOPLE OF THE CITY OF ARCADIA DO ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION 1. That Section 6421 of the Arcadia Municipal
Code shall hereby be amended to read as follows:
6421. DISTRIBUTING PRINTED MATTER RESTRICTED.
(a) No person shall throw, distribute, deposit, place or
deliver any printed matter on any premises if the occupant thereof
shall have registered with the City Clerk the refusal of such occu-
pant to receive such matter. Printed matter as used herein shall
include writing.
(b) The City Clerk shall maintain a list of premises
whose occupants have registered such refusal with the City Clerk.
Any premises on the list shall be removed upon request of the occu-
pant or upon removal of the occupant requesting the listing.
(e) The City Clerk shall give such list free of charge
to any person desiring to make such distribution.
(d) It shall be unlawful for any person to so distribute
or cause such distribution of printed matter without having obtained
such list or in violation of the provisions thereof. I '
(e) The provisions of this section shall not apply to
the distribution of United States mail, a telegram, or to any matter
which the occupant has expressly requested.
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SECTION 2. Any person'violating any of the provisions of
this ordinance shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction
shall be punishable by a fine of not more than five hundred dollars
($500.00) or by imprisonment in the City jailor County jail for a
period not exceeding six (6) months or by both such fine and im-
prisonment. "
SECTION 6. The City Clerk shall certify to the adoption
of this resolution.
I HEREBY CERTIFY that the foregoing resolution was
adopted at a regular meeting of the City Council of the City of
Arcadia held on the 15th day of
August
, 1972, by the affirma-
tive vote of at least three Councilmen, to wit:
AYES:
Councilmen Arth, Butterworth and Hage
NOES:
None
ABSENT:
Councilmen
Helms and Scott
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City Clerk of he City of Arcadia
SIGNED AND APPROVED this 15th day of August , 1972.
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City Clerk
(SEAL)
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