§ 9-14-2. Obligations of publishers and distributors.

(a)

Any publisher delivering or causing delivery of an unsolicited publication to a location within the City of Alexandria shall:

(1)

provide reasonable methods, including but not limited to, telephonic means, e-mail means and regular mail means, to allow owners and/or occupants of premises located within the City of Alexandria to communicate to the publisher that they do not wish to receive the unsolicited publication issued by the publisher; notice of all such methods shall be regularly included in, on or with the unsolicited publications issued by the publisher;

(2)

implement a process or system whereby the addresses of all persons making requests for no delivery pursuant to section (a)(1) hereto are timely communicated to any and all applicable distributors responsible for distributing the unsolicited publication issued by the publisher;

(3)

timely communicate the address of all persons making requests for no delivery made pursuant to section (a)(1) hereto to all applicable distributors pursuant to the process or system implemented pursuant to section (a)(2) hereto;

(4)

implement and communicate to the requesting person a means of tracking requests for no delivery made pursuant to section (a)(1) hereto, including, by way of example, the assignment of a tracking number or some other reference system, so as to allow all persons making such requests to reference same in the event there is the need for follow-up or further communication;

(5)

implement and utilize a process or system to timely follow up with all applicable distributors to ensure compliance with requests made pursuant to section (a)(1) hereto;

(6)

upon written request from the city manager or designee, provide the City of Alexandria with contact information for any applicable distributor to allow the city to follow up with that distributor on any complaint received by the city from a resident regarding delivery of an unsolicited publication after making a request pursuant to section (a)(1) hereto; and

(7)

the requirements set forth in sections (a)(1) through (a)(6) hereto shall not apply to requests made by residents for temporary cessation of deliveries.

(b)

Any distributor delivering unsolicited publications in the City of Alexandria shall:

(1)

not distribute to any address where the owner or occupant has made a request for no delivery pursuant to section (a)(1) hereof and such request has been communicated to the distributor by the publisher pursuant to sections (a)(2) and (a)(3) hereto;

(2)

in making deliveries, use their best efforts to place publications in proximity to the entrances of the units to which the distributor intends delivery; unsolicited publications (other than those in properly located and maintained newspaper boxes or racks) should not be placed on streets, sidewalks, public rights-of-way, or other public property and shall not be distributed by placing them at intervals along a block, or by placing several near the entrance to a multi-unit building, other than in direct relation to the number of publications requested by the occupants of the block or building;

(3)

implement and utilize a system or procedure for tracking and executing a publisher's direction regarding requests for no delivery made pursuant to section (a)(1) hereto;

(4)

upon written request from the city manager or designee, use their best efforts to provide the City of Alexandria with facts and details related to complaints received by the city from a resident regarding delivery of an unsolicited publication after making a request pursuant to section (a)(1) hereto;

(5)

take any corrective measures requested by the City of Alexandria after its completion of any investigation into complaints received by the city from a resident regarding delivery of an unsolicited publication after making a request pursuant to section (a)(1) hereof; and

(6)

the requirements set forth in sections (b)(1) through (b)(5) hereto shall not apply to requests made by residents for temporary cessation of deliveries. (Ord. No. 4582, 3/14/09, Sec. 1; Ord. No. 5170, 11/17/18, Sec. 1)