Ord 1442 - REGULATING THE USE OF NEWSRACKS IN THE DOWNTOWN BUSINESS DISTRICT OF THE TOWN OF LOS GATOS

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1 l ORDINANCE NO. 1442 ORDINANCE REGULATING THE USE OF NEWSRACKS IN THE DOWNTOWN BUSINESS DISTRICT OF THE TOWN OF LOS GATOS The Town Council of the Town of Los Gatos does ordain as follows: SECTION 1. Section 26 -7.4, 26 -7.5, 26 -7.6, 26 -7.7, 26 -7.8, and 26 -7.9 are added to the Los Gatos Town Code to read: Section 26 -7.4 Establishment of Community Newsracks The Town Council may by resolution provide or authorize provision of community newsracks in the downtown business district. For the purposes of this section, the downtown business district is the cornnercial port.a.on of the To weu- terly of State Highway 17. Section 26 -7.5 Specifications for Newsracks Community newsracks provided or authorized by the Council shall be of sturdy construction, reasonably well protected from theft, attractive in appearance and situated so that they will not interfere with pedestrian traffic, nor be hazardous. They shall be coin operated and designed to be easily modified for operation by different sums of money. Section 26 -7.6 Use and Assignments of Newsrack Spaces Newspaper publishers and newspaper vendors have the right to use spaces in the community newsracks without charge. Appli- cations for space are made to the Town Manager. Users are assigned space in the racks by the Town Manager on a first come, first served basis. Section 26 -7.7 Abandonment of Spaces A user's failure to supply his space in the community newsracks regularly with all current editions of his news- paper is deemed to be an abandonment of the space. The space is then - available for assignment by the Town Manager to another. - 1 -