HomeMy WebLinkAbout1968-1042 ORDINANCE NO. A74/.".2
MI ORDINANCE relating to public safety and morals; regulating the dis-
tribution of handbills in public places; and amending
Subsection 6.04.466(a) of the City of Yakima Municipal
Code.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF YAKIMA:
Section 1. Subsection 6.04.466(a) of the City of Yakima Municipal
• Code is hereby amended to read as follows:
"6.04.466 DISTRIBUTION OF HANDBILLS. (a) In Public
Places. It shall be unlawful for any person to distribute
or hand out, or to deposit, place, throw or scatter, or cause
the same to be done by any person, any commercial handbill or
any device containing samples of any patent medicine, foodstuffs
or other product in or upon any public sidewalk, street, alley,
park or square, or any other public place in the City of
Yakima; provided, it shall not be unlawful for any person to
hand out or distribute, without charge to the receiver there-
of, any non - commercial handbill in any public place to any
person willing to accept such non - commercial handbill.
For purposes of this section, the term "commercial hand-
bill" means any printed or written handbill, circular, dodger,
leaflet, pamphlet, card, picture, or other similar item which
advertises for sale any merchandise or product, or which
directs attention to any business establishment or commercial•
activity for the purpose of either directly or indirectly
promoting the interests thereof by sales, or which directs
attention to or advertises any meeting, theatrical performance,
exhibition, or event of any kind for which an admission fee is
charged for the purpose of private gain or profit, or which
is predominantly and essentially an advertisement and is dis-
tributed or circulated for advertising purposes or for the
private benefit and gain of any person; provided, the term
" commercial handbill" does not include any handbill or similar
item directing attention to any meeting, theatrical perform-
ance, exhibition or other event where an admission fee is
charged for the purpose of defraying expenses incidental to
such meeting, performance, exhibition or event, and where
such meeting, performance, exhibition or event has for its
purpose the dissemination of information not otherwise re-
stricted or prohibited by law. For purposes of this section,
the term "non - commercial handbill" means any printed or
written matter not included in the foregoing definition of
a "commercial handbill "."
Section 2. This Ordinance shall be in full force and effect thir-
ty days after its passage, approval and publication as provided by law
*and by the City Charter.
PASSED BY THE CITY COUNCIL, signed and approved this ,5L day
of , '196$.
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ATTEST: Mayor
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City Clerk