Earlier editions: 2026-09
Title 7 — HIGHWAYS, RIGHTS-OF-WAY AND VEHICLES›Division 1 — GENERAL PROVISIONS
Laguna Niguel Municipal Code Art. 5 Contents of Newsracks
Laguna Niguel Municipal Code · 2026-10 edition · updated 2026-10-04 · Laguna Niguel
Cite as: Laguna Niguel Municipal Code Article 5 · Text as of 2026-10-04
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Cross reference— Business regulations, tit. 5; newsracks generally, § 7-1-90 et seq.; public morals, safety and welfare, tit. 11.
Sec. 7-1-110. - Definitions.¶
The following words, terms and phrases, when used in this article, shall have the meanings ascribed to them in this section, except where the context clearly indicates a different meaning:
Newsrack means any self-service or coin-operated box, container, storage unit or other dispenser installed, used or maintained for the display and sale of newspapers or news periodicals.
Parkway means that area between the sidewalk and the curb of any street, and where there is no sidewalk that area between the edge of the roadway and the property line adjacent thereto. The term "parkway" also includes any area within a roadway which is not open to vehicular travel.
Roadway means that portion of a street improved, designed or ordinarily used for vehicular travel.
Sidewalk means any surface provided for the exclusive use of pedestrians.
Street means all that area dedicated to public use for public street purposes, and includes but is not limited to roadways, parkways, alleys and sidewalks.
(Ord. No. 90-11, § 6, 3-6-90)
Cross reference— Definitions generally, § 1-1-18.
Sec. 7-1-111. - Prohibited displays.¶
No person shall sell, offer for sale or keep or maintain any newspaper or news periodical in any newsrack on any sidewalk in such manner as to expose to the public view any photograph, cartoon or drawing contained within such publication displaying any of the following:
(1) The genitals, pubic hair, buttocks, natal cleft, perineum, anal region or pubic hair region of any person other than a child under the age of puberty.
(2) Any portion of the breast, at or below the areola thereof, of any female person, other than a child under the age of puberty.
(Ord. No. 90-11, § 6, 3-6-90)
Secs. 7-1-112—7-1-119. - Reserved.¶
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