CHAPTER 10-700. REFUSE AND LITTERING
§10-723.2. Prohibited Conduct. [141]
(1) No person applying for a Commercial Distributor’s Handbill
License shall:
(a) Knowingly provide false or misleading information on
the commercial handbill distribution registration or any subsequent changes
submitted thereto; or
(b) Violate any City or Commonwealth law, rule or
regulation related to forgery, fraudulent practices or
misrepresentation.
(2) No Distributor, Distribution Business or other
person shall:
(a) Throw, scatter or cast any commercial handbill or
non-commercial handbill in or upon any public place within the City, provided,
however, that it shall not be unlawful to hand out or distribute any commercial
or non-commercial handbill in any public place to any person willing to accept
such handbill.
(b) Place any commercial handbill or non-commercial handbill
in or upon private property except by handing or transmitting any such handbill
directly to the occupant or depositing any such handbill on the premises in such
a manner as to prevent it from being scattered by the elements. The Department
of Licenses and Inspections shall issue interpretive regulations to aid in the
enforcement of this subsection and shall not enforce this subsection
10-723.2(2)(b) until those regulations are in effect.
(c) Place or
permit a commercial or non-commercial handbill to be placed on a motor-vehicle
windshield; or
(d) Place or permit any commercial or non-commercial
handbill to be placed on private properties where the owner has notified the
Department of Licenses and Inspections that they do not wish to receive such
material or which are conspicuously posted against receiving such handbills. For
purposes of this provision, conspicuous shall mean visible from the
sidewalk.