The second reading of Ordinance 10-13 [an Ordinance amending Title 9, Chapter 3 (Offenses Against Property), Section 9-3-7 (Newspaper, Handbill, Advertiser, Circular Delivery Controlled, Subscriptions Excluded) of the City of Dillon Code of Ordinances] was passed at the December meeting of the Dillon City Council. The ordinance reads as follows:
NOW THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED by the Mayor and Council of the City of Dillon, that Title 9, Chapter 3 (Offenses against property), Section 9-3-7 (Newspaper, handbill, advertiser, circular delivery controlled, subscriptions excluded) of the City of Dillon Code of Ordinances is hereby amended so that the provisions shall read as follows:
Section I. Section 9-3-7 (Newspaper, Handbill, Advertiser, Circular Delivery Controlled, Subscriptions excluded).
(a) No newspaper, advertiser, circular handbill or such materials shall be permitted to be delivered, thrown or placed in any fashion upon the driveway or yard of any residence within the city. Delivery of newspapers, advertisers, circulars or handbills may be made only through the mail delivery, or by placing the material in an elevated box designated for this purpose and placed at the curbside. This section shall not apply to subscriptions which are delivered to persons who have paid subscriptions.
(b) No newspaper, advertiser, circular handbill or such materials shall be permitted to be delivered, thrown or placed in any fashion upon any motor vehicle within the corporate city limits of Dillon.
Section II. BE IT FURTHER ORDAINED that all ordinances or parts of ordinances in conflict with this ordinance are hereby repealed to the extent necessary to give the provisions of this ordinance full force and effect.
Section III. BE IT FURTHER ORDAINED that if any of the provisions of this ordinance shall be deemed unenforceable or invalid, then the remainder of the provisions herein shall not be affected thereby and the same shall remain in full force and effect. The Council of City of Dillon hereby declares that it would have adopted this ordinance and each section, sentence, clause and provision herein, even without the section(s), subsection(s), sentence(s), clause(s), or provision(s) that are held to be enforceable or invalid.
Section IV. BE IT FURTHER ORDAINED that this ordinance shall be in full force and effect from and after the earliest date permitted by law.
