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SIGNAL HILL, CALIFORNIA MUNICIPAL CODE
PREFACE
Title 1 GENERAL PROVISIONS
Title 2 ADMINISTRATION AND PERSONNEL
Title 3 REVENUE AND FINANCE
Title 4 (Reserved)
Title 5 BUSINESS TAXES, LICENSES AND REGULATIONS
Title 6 ANIMALS
Title 7 (Reserved)
Title 8 HEALTH AND SAFETY
Title 9 PUBLIC PEACE, MORALS AND WELFARE
Title 10 VEHICLES AND TRAFFIC
Title 11 (Reserved)
Title 12 STREETS, SIDEWALKS AND PUBLIC PLACES
Title 13 PUBLIC UTILITIES
Title 14 (Reserved)
Title 15 BUILDINGS AND CONSTRUCTION
Title 16 OIL AND GAS CODE*
Title 17 TRAILER PARKS
Title 18 SUBDIVISIONS*
Title 19 (Reserved)
Title 20 ZONING
Title 21 PUBLIC DEDICATION REQUIREMENTS AND IMPROVEMENT FEES TO BE PAID BY DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS
STATUTORY REFERENCES FOR CALIFORNIA CITIES
PRIOR CODE CROSS-REFERENCE TABLE
ORDINANCE LIST AND DISPOSITION TABLE
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5.24.070   Maintenance and installation.
   Any publication vending machine which rests in whole or in part upon, in, or over any public sidewalk or parkway shall comply with the following standards:
   A.   No publication vending machine shall exceed five feet in height, thirty inches in width, or two feet in thickness.
   B.   Publication vending machines shall only be placed near a curb or adjacent to a wall or a building. Such machines placed near the curb shall be parallel thereto and shall be no less than twenty-four inches from the face of the curb. Machines placed adjacent to the wall of a building shall be placed parallel to such wall and shall not be more than six inches from the wall. No such machine shall be placed or maintained on the sidewalk or parkway opposite another publication vending machine or group of such machines nor in such a manner that prevents pedestrians from passing freely and without obstruction along any sidewalk or through any marked or unmarked crosswalk.
   C.   No publication vending machine shall be chained, bolted, or otherwise attached to property not owned by the owner of the machine or to any permanently fixed object, unless the custodian of the machine has first obtained the written permission of the owner of the object to which the machine is affixed.
   D.   Publication vending machines may be placed next to each other, provided that no group of machines extends more than eight lineal feet along a curb or wall and a space of no less than three feet shall separate each such group of machines.
   E.   Such machines may be chained or otherwise attached to one another, provided no more than three such machines may be joined together in this manner and a space of not less than three feet of clear space shall separate each group of three or less such machines so attached.
   F.   No such machine or group of such machines permitted under subsection E of this section shall weigh in the aggregate in excess of one hundred twenty-five pounds when empty.
   G.   No such machine shall be used for advertising signs or publicity purposes other than dealing with the display, sale, or purchase of the publications sold therein.
   H.   Each such machine shall be maintained in a clean, neat, and attractive condition and in good repair at all times, and no issue or edition of any publication shall be allowed to remain in any such machine for a period in excess of seven days from the date of initial issuance or publication, whichever is sooner.
(Ord. 75-8-739 § 1 (part): prior code § 5.36.070(a--f, h, i))
5.24.080   Prohibited locations.
   Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, no publication vending machine shall be placed, installed, used, or maintained in the following places:
   A.   Within five feet of any marked crosswalk;
   B.   Within fifteen feet of the curb return of any unmarked crosswalk;
   C.   Within five feet of any fire hydrant, fire callbox, police callbox, or any other emergency facility;
   D.   Within five feet of any driveway;
   E.   Within five feet ahead of or twenty-five feet to the rear of any sign marking a designated bus stop;
   F.   Within six feet of any bus bench;
   G.   In any location whereby the cross space or the passageway of pedestrians is reduced to less than six feet;
   H.   Within three feet of any area improved with lawn, flowers, shrubs or trees, or within three feet of any display window or any building abutting the sidewalk or parkway or in such manner as to impede or interfere with the reasonable use of such window for display purposes;
   I.   Within one hundred feet of any other such machine on the same side of the street within the same block containing the same edition of the same publication.
(Ord. 75-8-739 § 1 (part): prior code § 5.36.070(g))
5.24.090   Authority to alter restrictions.
   A.   Notwithstanding the provisions of this chapter, if the director of public works finds that the location of a publication vending machine, in accordance with the standards set forth in this chapter, will create or allow a condition prohibited by Section 5.24.060 or will otherwise endanger the public peace, health, safety or welfare or be contrary to the purposes and intent of this chapter, he may prohibit the location of such machine in accordance with such standards and/or may allow the location of such a machine in a manner deviating from, or at variance with the standards provided in this chapter, subject to such terms, conditions and regulations as he may deem necessary to protect the public peace, health, safety or welfare and to carry out the purposes and intent of this chapter.
   B.   Such finding may be made by the director of public works at any time.
   C.   If such finding is made prior to the issuance of a permit, the finding of the director of public works shall be made a part of the permit at the time of issuance.
   D.   If the finding is made subsequent to the issuance of a permit, written notice of the finding of the director of public works shall be given to the owner or custodian of the machine with the direction that there shall be compliance with the finding of the director of public works within ten days from the date of mailing notice.
(Ord. 75-8-739 § 1 (part): prior code § 5.36.070(j))
5.24.100   Restrictions on sale of materials.
   A.   No publication which is prohibited by the laws of the state from sale or distribution to minors may be offered for sale to the public unless such offer of sale is made or maintained in the presence of an attendant with the ability to prevent the purchase of such publication by a minor.
   B.   No publication may be offered for sale to the public on any public right-of-way by means of a publication vending machine in such manner as to expose to the public view any photograph or drawing contained within such publication displaying any of the following:
   1.   The genitals, pubic hair, buttocks, natal cleft, perineum, anal region or pubic hair region of any person other than a child under the age of puberty;
   2.   Any portion of the breast, at or below the areola, of any female person, other than a child under the age of puberty.
   C.   No person shall cause, permit, procure, counsel, or assist in an offer of sale of any such publication in violation of this section.
   D.   Any publication offered for sale in violation of this section constitutes a public nuisance.
(Ord. 75-8-739 § 1 (part): prior code § 5.36.080)
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