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<br />INTRODUCED BY: <br /> <br />Mr. Sharpe, Jr. <br /> <br />DATE: December 3,2007 <br /> <br />BILL NO. <br /> <br />8969 <br /> <br />ORDINANCE NO. 6722 <br /> <br />AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF UNIVERSITY CITY, MISSOURI <br />AMENDING THE MUNICIPAL CODE TO PROVIDE FOR THE LICENSING <br />AND REGULATION OF NEWS BOXES. <br /> <br />WHEREAS, the proliferation of numerous unregulated news and circular <br />boxes of varying heights, sizes and cleanliness on the City's sidewalks and within <br />City's rights-of-way has adversely affected, and will continue to adversely affect, <br />the aesthetics of the City's streetscapes, and can also compromise pedestrian <br />traffic, interfere with sight-lines, and present safety risks for the traveling public; <br />and <br /> <br />WHEREAS, the licensing and regulations established herein will (i) benefit <br />news box distributors by ensuring a process by which boxes can be accounted <br />for, and maintained, and kept aesthetically pleasing for the distributors' <br />constituents, and (ii) impose corresponding additional duties on city staff, which <br />will increase administrative and inspection costs, and for these reasons the City <br />Council believes that it is appropriate to impose a fee on distributors to partially <br />offset the costs to be incurred by the city; and <br /> <br />WHEREAS, the City Council accordingly desires to license and regulate <br />news boxes and to impose a license fee as provided herein so as to better serve <br />the public health, safety, and welfare; <br /> <br />NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCil OF THE <br />CITY OF UNIVERSITY CITY, MISSOURI AS FOllOWS: <br /> <br />Section 1. <br /> <br />Title 5, Business Licenses and Regulations, of the University City <br />Municipal Code is hereby amended by the enactment of a new Chapter 5.100, <br />News Box Distributors, to read as follows: <br /> <br />Title 5 <br /> <br />Business Licenses and Regulations <br /> <br />Chapter 5.100 <br /> <br />News Box Distributors <br /> <br />Section 5.100.010 Definitions <br />