HomeMy WebLinkAboutOrdinance No. O02-25ORDINANCE NO. 002-25
ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER 9.16.070 OF TIlE LAUREL MUNICIPAL CODE
RELATING TO ADVERTISEMENTS ON PUBLIC PROPERTY
PROIIIBITED - EXCEPTIONS.
WHEREAS, changes have been recommended to bring the Laurel City Code into compliance
with state laws; and
WHEREAS, it is in the best interests of the residents of the City of Laurel to pass such an
ordinance;
IT IS HEREBY ORDAINED by the City Council of the City of Laurel, Montana, that the
LAUREL MUNICIPAL CODE is hereby amended as is set forth below.
Chapter 9.16.070 shall be amended as follows:
9.16.070 Advertisements on public property prohibited - Exceptions.
No person shall post, affix, place, write, draw or paint, or cause to be posted, affixed or
otherwise attached, any advertisement, notice, handbill or placard on any telephone or
electric light pole, tree, lamppost, fire hydrant, or municipal or other public building;
provided, that official election notices for state, county and municipal or school district
elections may be posted upon telephone, telegraph or electric light poles; and
advertisements on bus benches may be installed and maintained on public boulevards,
except for advertisements posted pursuant to LMC § 9.16.080. (Prior code § 9.20.060)
This ordinance shall become effective thirty (30) days after final passage by the City council
and approved by the Mayor.
Introduced and passed on first reading at a regular meeting of the City Council on
April 16 ,2002, byAlderman Dart
PASSED and ADOPTED by the Laurel City Council on second reading this 21st day of
May ,2002, upon motion of Alderman Oakes
APPROVED BY THE MAYOR this
ATTEST:
Mary K. ~}~nbleton, Clerk-Treasurer
APPROVED~
.~~City ~kStorn~y
21st day of I~ay ,2002.