HomeMy WebLinkAbout012 - 04/20/1976 - AMENDING ARTICLE X OF CHAPTER 73 OF THE CITY CODE RELATING TO THE DISTRIBUTION OF HANDBILLS ORDINANCE NO 12 1976
BEING AN ORDINANCE AMENDING ARTICLE X
OF CHAPTER 73 OF THE CODE OF THE CITY
OF FORT COLLINS RELATING TO THE
DISTRIBUTION OF HANDBILLS
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT COLLINS
That Article X of Chapter 73 of the Code of the City of
Fort Collins be and the same hereby is amended to read as
follows
"ARTICLE X
"Distribution of Handbills
"§ 73-58 License required
"It shall be unlawful for any person or persons to
distribute indiscriminately to the public any cards,
circulars handbills samples of merchandise or
similar advertising matter on any public street or
sidewalk or other public place in the City, or by
leaving the same at stores , offices houses and
residences in the City without first having secured
a permit from the Director of Finance of the City of
Fort Collins so to do
"§ 73-59 Application for license license fee term of license
"Application for a license hereunder shall be made through
the office of the Finance Director on application forms
provided by such office The fee for a license hereunder
shall be $ 3,00 per annum payable at the time of
granting the license The term of any license shall
be one year from date of issuance provided that the
Director of Finance may cancel any license issued here-
under in case the licensee fails to abide by the require-
ments of this ordinance
"§ 73-60 Cancellation of license - appeal
"Prior to cancelling any license issued hereunder
because of a violation of the provisions of this
ordinance the Director of Finance shall give the
licensee five (5) days written notice of his intent
to cancel the license, which notice shall specify
the alleged violation Such notice shall be served
on the licensee by mailing the same, regular mail
po iage prepaid addressed to the licensee at the address
gilfn in the license application or any change of address
fi Ed by the licensee with the Finance Director Such
notice shall specify the date on which the license will
be cancelled and shall advise the licensee that he may
contact the Director of Finance and request a hearing
on the question of cancellation of the license If no
he ring is requested prior to the time established in
th( notice for cancellation the Director of Finance
shiL1 cancel the license on the cancellation date specified
If i hearing is requested the Director of Finance shall
schedule a hearing and shall take no further action until
the time of the hearing In the event a license is can-
celled where no hearing before the Director of Finance
was requested there shall be no appeal of the cancella-
tion If a hearing is requested and after the hearing
the Director of Finance cancels the license the licensee
shall have the right to appeal his decision to the City
Council by filing notice of such appeal with the Director
of Finance within forty-eight (48) hours after the can-
cellation The Director of Finance shall then submit
the matter to the City Council at its next regular
meeting and the City Council shall schedule a hearing
and give notice to the licensee of the date of the hearing
After conducting a hearing the City Council shall make
the final determination on the question of cancellation
of the license Any notice called for in this section
shall be deemed delivered upon deposit in the mail
"§ 73-61 Manner of distributing handbills
"A It shall be a violation of this ordinance for any
person to throw cards circulars handbills samples
of merchandise or similar advertising matter upon
any of the streets alleys or other public places
of the City or in or on any vehicle standing therein
"B Licensees distributing advertising material regulated
by this ordinance shall distribute the same in such
a manner that the items distributed are protected
from the wind and will not blow or scatter because
of the wind Such protection mzy be obtained by
depositing the items distributed in a secure place
or by the manner in which the same are wrapped or
folded
"§ 73-61(a) Exceptions
"The provisions of this ordinance shall not apply to
distribution of newspapers published and distributed
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on i regular basis either daily weekly or otherwise
Th( provisions of this ordinance shall further not apply
to political or religious advertising materials "
Iniioduced considered favorably on first reading and
ordered published this 6th day of A ril A D 1976
and to be presented for anal passage on t e loth day of
April A D 1976
ATTEST Mayor
City Clerk
Passed and adopted on final reading this loth day of
April A D 1976
ATTEST Mayor
Ci y ler kz�
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