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City of Easton, PA
Northampton County
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Zoning Map New Laws (10) Index Notes (15)
A. 
The zone need not be contiguous. Within the multiple newsrack area, the placement, installation and maintenance of newsracks shall be prohibited, except as authorized by the City of Easton for the placement, installation and maintenance of multiple newsracks. The City of Easton shall determine the areas that require such designation based upon the following considerations:
(1) 
The current number of newsracks within or near the proposed area so as to avoid undue concentration of newsracks.
(2) 
The impact on pedestrian, bicycle and vehicular traffic and accessibility to public transportation.
(3) 
The inconsistency of individual newsracks with the character of the surrounding streetscape.
(4) 
The impact on and proximity to buildings used for residential purposes.
(5) 
At a particular area, give priority to Lehigh Valley publications.
B. 
The City of Easton will have the authority on where the placements of multiple newsracks within the multiple newsrack area are to be located.
C. 
The City of Easton will have the authority to determine the number of compartments for publications in the Multiple Newsrack Zone.
D. 
In determining which publications shall be permitted at a given multiple newsrack location, the City shall utilize the following criteria:
(1) 
Limit access of each publication to one compartment at each designated area whenever the number of publications sought to be distributed exceeds the number of compartments available. Publications containing legal notices and local (Lehigh Valley) news content, and published at least weekly, may maintain up to two compartments, provided each newsrack is individually licensed by the City.
(2) 
At a particular area preference shall be given to publications containing legal notices and local (Lehigh Valley) news content, and published at least weekly.
(3) 
At a particular area, give preference to publications that had been contained in single newsracks that were replaced with multiple newsracks at that area.
(4) 
When more than one application is filed simultaneously than may be accommodated at a specific multiple newsrack location, priority shall be determined as outlined in § 372-13C.