§ 9-14-1. Definitions.

As used in this chapter:

(a)

Deliver means to deliver, distribute, deposit, throw, cast or place, or cause or permit to be delivered, distributed, deposited, thrown, cast or placed, a publication, directly or indirectly by contractor, agent, employee or otherwise, but shall not include delivery by the United States Postal Service, delivery by handing or transmitting directly to the owner or occupant then present on the property, or delivery by placing within a receptacle or container expressly maintained by the owner or occupant of property for the receipt of newspaper deliveries.

(b)

Distributor means an entity who engages in the business of circulating or delivering newspapers.

(c)

Publication means any printed material issued monthly or more frequently, whether printed in broadsheet, tabloid or other sheet or booklet form, and shall include without limitation a newspaper of general circulation as defined by general law, any newspaper duly entered with the United States Postal Service in accordance with statute or regulation, any collection of advertising or solicitations appended together in booklet or magazine form and any newspaper distributed without cost to or subscription by the recipient.

(d)

Publisher means a person who engages in the business of printing and issuing for circulation, or causing to be printed and issued for circulation, a publication.

(e)

Unsolicited publication means a publication to which no owner or occupant of the premises to which it is delivered currently subscribes or has not requested. (Ord. No. 4582, 3/14/09, Sec. 1)