This Newsrack Code is adopted pursuant to the provisions of
the City of Easton Codified Ordinances; is made in accordance with
the Official Comprehensive Development Plan of the City, hereinafter
referred to as the "Comprehensive Plan"; and is intended to be consistent
with the City's Building, Emergency Management and Public Works
Codes. It is adopted for the following purposes:
A. The promotion and protection of the public health, safety, morals,
comfort, convenience and the general welfare of the people.
B. The establishment and subdivision of boundaries into specific single
and multiple newsrack zones in the Downtown District.
C. The restriction and regulation of newsracks, specifically the establishment,
placement, location, size, type, attachment, condition, repair, maintenance,
replacement or removal, and number and density of newspaper boxes
in the Downtown District.
D. The establishment of classes of newsracks for such purposes; for
defining certain terms used herein; and for providing for administration
for such purposes; and for the imposition of penalties and violations
thereof.
E. The protection of the City's public realm, including streetscape
and rights-of-way for reasons of public safety, walkability, access,
and connectivity.
F. The prevention of overcrowding of the City's public realm and
undue concentration of newsracks, by regulation of size, design, height,
bulk, location, and use in relation to the surrounding land.
G. The preservation of the Downtown District's natural, historic
and scenic values in the interest of the public health, safety, comfort
and general welfare.
H. The protection against undue rights-of-way obstruction in the interest
of public health, safety, comfort and general welfare.
I. The promotion in the public interest of the utilization of land for
the purpose for which it is most appropriate.
J. The conservation of taxable value of land and buildings in the Downtown
District.
K. The definition of and limitation on the powers and duties of the
administrative offices and bodies provided in this Newsrack Code.
L. The protection of the established character and maintenance of the
stability of commercial, industrial, recreational, heritage, cultural,
tourism and residential areas within the Downtown District and the
promotion of orderly and beneficial use of such areas.
In interpreting and applying the provisions of this article,
they shall be held to be the minimum requirements for the promotion
of the health, safety, morals and the general welfare of the City
of Easton. The provisions of any statute, other articles of this chapter,
law, rule, or regulations which impose greater restrictions than this
chapter shall be controlling. Conversely, the provisions of this chapter
shall be controlling when such provisions impose greater restrictions
than those of any other statute, other articles of this chapter, law,
rule, or regulations.