Ordinance 2799CITY OF ALAEDA ORDINANCE NO.
New Series
2799
AMENDING THE ALAMEDA MUNICIPAL CODE BY AMENDING
SUBSECTIONS 4 - (DEFACING PUBLIC PROPERTY) OF
CHAPTER IV (OFFENSES AND PUBLIC SAFETY) / TO
RESTRICT THE POSTING OF FLYERS/SIGNS WITHIN THE
PUBLIC RIGHT-OF-WAY
BE IT ORDAINED by the Council of the City of Alameda that:
Section 1 The Alameda Municipal Code is hereby amended by
amending subsection 4 -(Defacement of Public Buildings and
Other Property) of Chapter IV (Offenses and Public Safety) /
substituting the following Section 4-
Defacement of Public Buildings and Other, Property.
It shall be unlawful for any person , except a public officer
or employee in the performance of his or her duty / to write
post / stick , stamp / paint / mark , staple , or otherwise affix any
sign , banner / billboard, pennant / flyer / poster / notice
handbill or advertisement of any kind upon any public property
which includes / but is not limited to:
Any sidewalk , crosswalk , curb , lamp post / chain-linked
fence, wood fence , concrete fence, retaining wall, fire
hydrant, tree, bush, flag pole, utility pole, mast or
part thereof , including crossbars , supports and
guywires used for the transmission of electricity,
traffic signal pole, traffic controller cabinet
electrical service cabinet, electrical transformer
cabinet, telephone cabinet , traffic bollard , traffic
sign pole, newspaper rack, newspaper bin, mail box,
ornamental water fountain, pedestrian barricade
guardrail bridge / public drinking fountain , telephone
booth , television cable junction box, trash receptacle
planter box, parking meter pole, Pacific-Gas & Electric
(PG&E) vent stack , public display kiosk , public bench
bus shelter / bus stop sign pole, and any fixture of the
fire alarm or police alarm system of the City / except
such legal notices which are authorized by law to be so
located, and general advertising placed on bus shelters
sponsored or contracted by the City of Alameda pursuant
to a contract with a public transit agency and with its
consent.
Exception Banners are permitted upon public property
at the following designated locations with a valid
encroachment permit (encroachment permit approval) :
central Avenue / west of Oak Street, Webster Street
south of Lincoln Avenue / Park Street, south of Webb
Avenue and in zoned business districts.
Section 2 This ordinance shall be in full force
from and after the expiration of thirty (30) days from
of its final passage.
and effect
the date
At test:
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, the undersigned , hereby certify that the foregoing Ordinance was duly and regularly adopted
and passed by the Council of the City of Alameda in regular meeting assembled on the 6th day of
July , 1999 , by the following vote to wit:
AYES:Councilmembers Daysog, DeWitt , Johnson , Kerr and
Mayor Appezzato - 5.
NOES:None.
ABSENT:None,
ABSTENTIONS:None.
IN WITNSS , WHREOF , I have hereunto set my hand and affxed the offcial seal of said City this
7th day of July 1999.
ia e Felsch , City Clerk
City of Alameda