City of Easton, PA
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2023-11-13
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The Code
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Part II: General Legislation
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Chapter 372 Newsracks
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Article VIII Maintenance Standards
- The Charter
- Ch C Home Rule Charter
- The Code
- Part I: Administrative Legislation
- Ch 1 General Provisions
- Ch 12 Authorities, Municipal
- Ch 17 Bonds
- Ch 23 Civil Service Board
- Ch 28 Code Board of Appeal
- Ch 34 Contracts and Agreements
- Ch 39 Council Rules and Regulations
- Ch 45 Departments
- Ch 50 Electronic Signatures
- Ch 52 Environmental Advisory Council
- Ch 54 Ethics, Code of
- Ch 56 Finance
- Ch 61 Fire Department
- Ch 73 Health, Board of
- Ch 79 (Reserved)
- Ch 92 Map, Official City Street
- Ch 98 Officers and Employees
- Ch 103 (Reserved)
- Ch 110 Pensions
- Ch 114 Personnel
- Ch 119 Planning Commission
- Ch 123 Police Department
- Ch 131 Real Estate Registry
- Ch 135 Records, Public
- Ch 139 Recreation Board
- Ch 152 Vacant Property Review Committee
- Ch 157 Water Authority
- Part II: General Legislation
- Ch 180 Alarms and Alarm Systems
- Ch 185 Alcoholic Beverages
- Ch 189 Animals
- Ch 194 Auctions and Auctioneers
- Ch 222 Buyer Notification
- Ch 245 Construction
- Ch 250 Construction Sites and Protection of Structures
- Ch 281 False Reports to Police
- Ch 285 Fees
- Ch 294 Fire Insurance Escrow Fund
- Ch 295 Fire Safety Inspection
- Ch 296 Fireworks
- Ch 298 Floodplain Management
- Ch 307 Graffiti
- Ch 311 Hazardous Materials
- Ch 318 Historic Preservation
- Ch 324 Horse Stables; Rental and Carriage Horses
- Ch 337 Lead Exposure
- Ch 350 Markets, Public
- Ch 354 (Reserved)
- Ch 365 Moving of Goods
- Ch 369 Municipal Claims and Liens
- Ch 372 Newsracks
- Ch 372 Art VIII Maintenance Standards
- § 372-16 Maintenance and service requirements; removal.
- Ch 376 Noise
- Ch 399 Parking Permits
- Ch 404 Parks
- Ch 410 Peace and Good Order
- Ch 415 Peddling and Soliciting
- Ch 422 Contractor Licenses
- Ch 427 Police Services Cost Recovery
- Ch 435 Property Maintenance and Housing Standards
- Ch 444 Public Health Standards
- Ch 456 Rental Property
- Ch 468 Scaffolding
- Ch 475 Sewers
- Ch 491 Smoking
- Ch 500 Solid Waste; Recycling
- Ch 507 Stormwater Management
- Ch 515 Streets and Sidewalks
- Ch 520 Subdivision and Land Development
- Ch 526 Tattooing, Body Piercing and Body Art
- Ch 531 Tax Abatements
- Ch 535 Taxation
- Ch 539 (Reserved)
- Ch 545 Towing
- Ch 554 Trees, Shade
- Ch 560 Vehicles and Traffic
- Ch 565 Vehicles, Seizure of
- Ch 572 Water
- Ch 580 Weapons
- Ch 595 Zoning
- Derivation Table
- Ch DT Derivation Table
- Disposition List
- Ch DL Disposition List
A.
Any person or entity that installs, vends from, operates or maintains,
or causes to be installed, vended from, operated or maintained, any
newsrack which rests, in whole or in part, upon, in or over any public
right-of-way or sidewalk within the City of Easton shall regularly
maintain and service each such newsrack to ensure the following:
(1)
Each newsrack shall be maintained undamaged and in good operating
order at all times, and shall be kept free of graffiti, dirt, grease,
expired publications and of litter and other debris. Newsracks shall
be kept reasonably free of chipped, faded, peeling and cracked paint
and rust or corrosion on any visible part of the newsrack unit.
(2)
A newsrack that remains severely damaged and beyond repair, containing
expired publications or empty for a period of 30 days or more shall
be considered abandoned and in violation of this chapter.
(3)
No newsrack shall have cracked, dented, blemished and/or discolored
parts, including, but not limited to, the clear plastic or glass window
through which the publication therein is viewed.
(4)
Any newsrack, including the coin-return mechanism, shall remain mechanically
operable.
B.
Any unused or abandoned newsrack, or newsrack containing expired
publications dating 30 days or more past the regular cycle of said
publication, shall be removed by the applicant whose name appears
on the newsrack, and the sidewalk shall be restored to its condition
prior to installation of the newsrack within 15 days from the actual
removal of the unused or abandoned newsrack or within 15 days of service
of written notification from the City of Easton to remove such newsrack.
