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The City Council of the City of Medford finds and declares that:

(1) The uncontrolled placement of newsracks in public right-of-way presents an inconvenience and danger to the safety and welfare of persons using such rights-of-way, including pedestrians, persons entering and leaving vehicles and buildings, and persons performing essential utility, traffic control and emergency services.

(2) Newsracks so located as to cause an inconvenience or danger to persons using public rights-of-way, and unsightly newsracks located therein, constitute public nuisances.

(3) It is a matter of public necessity that the City of Medford protect children and unconsenting adults in and on its public streets, sidewalks, transportation facilities and other public rights-of-way from viewing public displays of offensive sexual material. Such displays, thrust indiscriminately upon unwilling audiences of adults and children, constitute assaults upon individual privacy.

(4) The provisions and prohibitions contained in Sections 6.600 to 6.655 are in pursuance of and for the purpose of securing and promoting the public health, morals and general welfare of persons in the City of Medford in their use of public rights-of-way.

[Added Sec. 1, Ord. No. 5372, Feb. 21, 1985.]