HomeMy Public PortalAboutOrdinance 61-36ORDINANCE NO. 61 -36
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY
OF TEMPLE CITY, CALIFORNIA, AMENDING THE
TEMPLE CITY MUNICIPAL CODE BY ADDING SECTIONS
4250.2, 4250.2, 4250.4 and 4250.5 RELATING TO
DISTRIBUTION OF TIP SHEETS AND COMMERCIAL AD-
VERTISING MATTER ON PUBLIC STREETS IN THE CITY
OF TEMPLE CITY
THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF TEMPLE CITY
DOES ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION 1. The Municipal Code of the City of Temple
City is hereby amended by adding thereto Sections 4250.2, 4250.3,
4250.4 and 4250.5, which sections shall read as follows:
"4250.2 Tip Sheets Defined. As used in this ordinance,
the words Itip sheet' mean any written or printed form, chart,
table, list sheet, circular or publication of any kind, giving
or purporting to give, or represented as giving, any list, or
probable or possible list of one or more entries for any race
or other contest thereafter anywhere to take place, if there be
written or printed or published as part thereof, or in connection
therewith, or in any other publication, printing or writing.ac-
companying the same or referring thereto or connected therewith,
any tip, information, prediction, or selection of, or advice to,
or any key, cipher, or cryptogram indicating, containing or giving
any tip, information,lpublication or selection of, or advice, as
to the winner or probable winner, or a loser or probable loser,
or the result or probable result of any such race or other con-
test or the standing or probable standing of any horse or other
contestant therein, or any statement as to, or comment upon, or
reference to, the form, condition or standing of any horse, or
other contestant, or the actual, probable or possible result of
any race or contest, or the actual, probable or possible state,
past, present or future, of the betting, wagering or odds upon
or against any horse or other contestant named in such list or
probable or possible list, of entries.
"4250.3 Handbill Defined. As used in this ordinance
'handbill' means any handbill, dodger, commercial advertising,
circular, folder, booklet, letter, card, pamphlet, sheet, poster,
sticker, banner, notice, or other written, printed, or printed
matter calculated to attract attention of the public.
"4250.4 Tip Sheets Prohibited. A person shall not,
upon any street, sidewalk, highway or parkway, cast, throw or
deposit, sell or distribute among pedestrians or to persons in
vehicles, any tip sheet or any commercial advertising handbill,
or any handbill distributed for the purpose of advertising any
merchandise, commodity, property, business, service, art, or
skill, offered, sold or rendered for hire, reward, price, trade
or profit.
(b) This section shall not be deemed or construed to
prohibit or restrict the distribution of written or printed mat-
ter devoted to the expression of views, opinions, beliefs or
contentions relating to religious, political or sociological
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subjects, or to public or civic affairs, or to labor disputes or
other controversies, or to community, state, regional, national,
or international affairs or which treat of any social or econom-
ic order, or which relate to the arts or sciences; or which are
aimed to redress any grievance, or which otherwise are not dis-
tributed for the purpose of soliciting business, trade or custom;
nor shall the terms of subsection (2) be deemed to include the
printed notice of an event which is not arranged for profit or
to stimulate the business, trade, or traffic of the person who
causes the dissemination of the notice, even though a monetary
contribution or an admission fee be requested or accepted in con -
nection with such event.
"4250.5 Same. The City Council hereby finds and deter-
mines that t ee cast ng, throwing, depositing, selling or dis-
tributing among pedestrians or to persons in vehicles, any such
tip sheet or any such handbill, tends to impede the ordinary and
lawful use of the public highways to a far greater extent than
does the vending, peddling or hawking of newspapers, magazines,
periodicals, or other printed matter and that the publications
described in this section are not commonly sold or disposed of
newsboys or newsvendors."
PASSED AND ADOPTED by the City Council of the City of
Temple City at a regular meeting thereof held this 13th day of
March, 1961, by the following called vote:
AYES: Councilmen- Buchan, Dickason, Merritt, Tyrell &
Fitzjohn
NOES: Councilmen -None
ABSENT: Councilmen -None
ATTEST:
Mayor -f the it
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STATE OF CALIFORNIA )
COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES ) SS
CITY OF TEMPLE CITY
I, Marjorie A. Woodruff, do hereby certify that 1 ave been duly
appointed Deputy City Clerk of the City of Temple �ity, California,
and that the foregoing Ordinance No. 61 -36 was introduced at a
regular meeting of the City Council held on February 27, 1961 and
adopted at a regular meeting of the City Council held on March 13,
1961, by the following roll call vote:
AYES: Councilmen- Buchan,'Dickason, Merritt, Tyrell, Fitzjohn
NOES: Councilmen -None
ABSENT: Councilmen -None
Dated: March 13, 1961
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