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3/09/01
ORDINANCE NO.
AN ORDINANCE OF THE MIAMI CITY COMMISSION
REGULATING THE PLACEMENT OF NEWSRACKS IN
PUBLIC RIGHTS-OF-WAY IN THE CITY OF MIAMI BY
REPEALING EXISTING ARTICLE VII OF CHAPTER 54
OF THE CITY CODE OF THE CITY OF MIAMI,
FLORIDA, AS AMENDED, PERTAINING TO SUCH
REGULATION AND SUBSTITUTING, IN LIEU THEREOF,
NEW ARTICLE VII IMPOSING SAFETY AND AESTHETIC
RESTRICTIONS RELATED THERETO; PROVIDING FOR
PURPOSE; PROVIDING DEFINITIONS; PROVIDING FOR
NEWSRACK CERTIFICATION PROCEDURES AND FEES;
REQUIRING INSURANCE AND INDEMNIFICATION;
ESTABLISHING STANDARDS FOR OPERATIONS,
PLACEMENT AND INSTALLATION OF NEWSRACKS;
PROVIDING FOR ENFORCEMENT AND APPEALS; MORE
PARTICULARLY BY REPEALING SECTIONS 54-261
THROUGH 54-269 AND SUBSTITUTING NEW SECTIONS
54-261 THROUGH 54-271; PROVIDING DIRECTIONS
FOR TRANSMITTAL OF COPIES OF THIS ORDINANCE;
CONTAINING A REPEALER PROVISION AND A
SEVERABILITY CLAUSE; AND PROVIDING FOR AN
EFFECTIVE DATE.
WHEREAS, the City Commission nizes the benefit to
society resulting from an ene et �C a free press and that
public rights-of-way have hist lly been used to circulate
newspapers and other p li(al
'o and
WHEREAS, the pb'%t-'%,�.�growth in the number of newspapers
and other public ions k produced a significant increase in the
number of Awsr c located on public rights-of-way; and