HomeMy WebLinkAbout1997-03-24 Ordinance 4405ORDINANCE NO. 4405
ORDINANCE OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PALO ALTO
AMENDING CHAPTER 9.48 OF THE PALO ALTO MUNICIPAL
CODE RELATING TO OBSTRUCTING STREETS AND SIDEWALKS
The Council of the City of Palo Alto does ORDAIN as
follows:
SECTION 1. Section 9.48.010 of the Palo Alto Municipal
hereby amended to read as follows:
9.48.010 (Displaying goods on sidewalk. No person owning
or occupying any premises fronting on a public street shall place
any goods, wares or merchandise, for the purpose of exhibition,
display or advertisement, on any portion of the sidewalk in front
of the premises without having obtained an encroachment permit as
provided in Section 9.48.020(b)(8). No flag, canvas, banner, nor
any advertising device of any description whatever shall be
stretched across any street or sidewalk without the written
permission of the chief building official.
SECTION 2. Section 9.48.020 of the Palo Alto Municipal
Code is hereby amended to read as follows:
9.48.020 Unlawful acts —Exceptions.
(a) No person shall place or cause to be placed anywhere
upon any street or sidewalk, and no person owning,
occupying or having control of any premises, shall suffer
to remain in front thereof upon the sidewalk of the street
next to such premises, anything which shall restrict the
public use thereof.
(b) This section shall not apply to:
(1) Goods or merchandise in actual course of
receipt, delivery or removal.
(2) Lamp posts or hydrants erected by permission
of the superintendent of public works.
(3) Ornamental trees planted along outer line of
the sidewalk and within the curb, and barriers for
the protection of the same.
(4) Materials used in the construction or repair
of any building during the existence of a written
permit issued by the superintendent of public
works.
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(5) Parking and directional signs erected by
authority of the council.
(6) Racks for the display and sale of newspapers,
provided the racks are not more than sixty-five
inches in height, twenty inches in width, and
thirty-six inches in third dimension at the base.
Permission to install such racks shall be obtained
from the chief of police, who shall designate the
locations for the same.
(7) Chairs, benches, cr tables placed pursuant to,
and in compliance with the terms and conditions of,
a valid encroachment permit.
(8) A special sales event involving the display,
exhibition, advertisement, or sale of merchandise;
goods, or wares upon a portion of the public
sidewalk in such a fashion as to not prevent or
render hazardous the passage of pedestrians, and
not exceeding fifty (50) percent of the width of
such sidewalk and held in an area of the city in
which not less than one-half of the frontage
thereof is in a commercial or industrial zone and
to which a majority of proprietors of the
businesses thereof within each particular area
affected thereby have consented, and which is
sponsored solely by such proprietors or an
organization to which they belong. Such special
sales events must be authorized pursuant to a valid
encroachment permit, and shall not exceed three
consecutive days nor occur in the same block more
than twice in any one calendar year. Exhibition,
display, advertising, or sale of merchandise, wares
and goods is prohibited except by those persons
occupying business premises immediately adjacent to
the area in which such exhibition, display,
advertisement, or sale is to occur.
SECTION 3. The Council hereby finds and determines that
this ordinance is exempt from environmental review because it can
be seen with certainty that there is no possibility of any
significant effect on the environment.
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