Title
An Ordinance to Repeal Subsection 11.03(17) and Create Section 11.035 of the West Allis Revised Municipal Code Relating to Newspaper Distribution Boxes (Sponsored by Ald. Narlock).
Body
The Common Council of the City of West Allis do ordain as follows:
PART I. Subsection 11.03(17) of the Revised Municipal Code is hereby repealed.
PART II. Section 11.035 of the Revised Municipal Code is hereby created to read:
11.035 REGULATION OF NEWSPAPER DISTRIBUTION BOXES
(1) Purpose.
The purpose of the following is to promote the public health, safety, and welfare through the regulation of placement, appearance, servicing, and insuring of newspaper distribution boxes on public right-of-ways so as to:
(a) Provide for pedestrian and driving safety and convenience;
(b) restrict unreasonable interference with the flow of pedestrian or vehicular traffic including ingress or egress from any residence or place of business, or from the street to the sidewalk by persons entering or exiting parked or standing vehicles;
(c) provide reasonable access for the use and maintenance of sidewalks, poles, posts, traffic signs or signals, benches, hydrants, mailboxes and access to locations used for public transportation purposes;
(d) relocate and/or replace newspaper distribution boxes which result in a visual blight and/or excessive space allocation on the public right-of-ways or which unreasonably detract from the aesthetics of store window displays, adjacent landscaping and other improvements, as well as to have abandoned newspaper distribution boxes removed;
(e) maintain and protect the values of surrounding properties;
(f) reduce unnecessary exposure to the public to personal injury or property damage;
(g) treat all newspapers equally regardless of their size, content, circulation, or frequency of publication;
(h) maintain and preserve freedom of the press.
(2) Definitions.
(a) "Newspaper distribution box" shall mean any type of unmanne...
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