Ord 2004 - Amending Seciton 18.10.010 to Prohibit Placement of Handbills and Other Writings on VehiclesORDINANCE 2004
ORDINANCE OF THE TOWN COUNCIL OF THE TOWN OF LOS GATOS
AMENDING SECTION 18.10.010 TO PROHIBIT PLACEMENT OF HANDBILLS AND
OTHER WRITINGS ON VEHICLES
THE TOWN COUNCIL OF THE TOWN OF LOS GATOS DOES ORDAIN AS
FOLLOWS:
SECTION I
It is the intention of the Town Council of the Town Council to prohibit the placement of
handbills and other writings on vehicles for 2 specific reasons: 1) to ensure that such materials
are not a litter problem in the Town; and 2) to prevent persons from using this method as a way
to harass or intimidate individuals.
SECTION II
Section 18.10.010 of the Town Code is amended to read as follows:
Sec. 18.10.010. Handbills, magazines, etc.; distribution.
(a) No person shall throw, cast, distribute, scatter, deposit, or place, upon any public
place within the Town, any handbill, dodger, sample, circular, advertisement, newspaper, paper,
booklet, poster, or any other printed matter or literature, except that such an item may be
personally delivered to those who are willing to accept the item, so long as such delivery is
otherwise lawful under this code.
(b) No person shall throw, distribute, or place in or on any vehicle in the Town any
handbill, dodger, circular, advertisement, sample, newspaper, booklet, poster, or any other
printed matter or literature without first having obtained the permission of the owner or operator
of the vehicle. This subsection shall not apply to a duly authorized public employee or other
person acting pursuant to the direction of a public employee in the scope of the public
employee's employment and duties, nor shall it apply to a person complying with the
requirement for notice under Vehicle Code section 20002.
SECTION III
This ordinance was introduced at a regular meeting of the Town Council of the Town of
Los Gatos on October 16, 1995 and adopted by the following vote as an ordinance of the Town
of Los Gatos at a regular meeting of the Town Council of the Town of Los Gatos on November
6, 1995. This ordinance takes effect 30 days after it is adopted.
COUNCIL MEMBERS:
AYES: Randy Attaway, Joanne Benjamin, Steven Blanton, Linda Lubeck,
Mayor Patrick O'Laughlin.
NAYS: None
ABSENT: None
ABSTAIN: None
SIGNED: '
MAYOR OF THE TO OF LOS GATOS
LOS GATOS, CALIFORNIA
ATTEST:
CLERK OF THE TOWN OF L69 GATOS
LOS GATOS, CALIFORNIA