[HISTORY: Adopted by the Borough Council of the Borough of Pleasant Hills as indicated in article histories. Amendments noted where applicable.]
GENERAL REFERENCES
Dumping — See Ch. 189.
Littering as nuisance — See Ch. 248, Art. I.
Littering in parks — See Ch. 254, Art. II.
Property maintenance — See Ch. 268.
Solid waste — See Ch. 308.
Streets and sidewalks — See Ch. 316.
[Adopted 9-19-1979 by Ord. No. 559]
As used in this article, the following terms shall have the meanings indicated:
COMMERCIAL PLACE
Any store or building or group thereof, including shopping centers, shopping plazas and other similar places wherein mercantile activities and services are offered to the public, and includes all parking areas thereat.
GARBAGE
Putrescible, animal and vegetable wastes resulting from the handling, preparation, cooking and consumption of food.
LITTER
Garbage, refuse and rubbish, as defined herein, and all other waste material which, if thrown or deposited as herein prohibited, tends to create a danger to public health, safety and welfare.
PRIVATE PREMISES
Any dwelling, house, building or other structure designed or used, either wholly or in part, for private residential purposes, whether inhabited or temporarily or continuously uninhabited or vacant, and includes any yard, grounds, walk, driveway, porch, steps, vestibule or mailbox belonging or appurtenant to such dwelling, house, building or other structure.
PUBLIC PLACE
Any and all streets, sidewalks, boulevards, alleys or other public ways, and any and all public parks, squares, spaces, grounds and buildings owned and/or operated by any public agency.
REFUSE
All putrescible and nonputrescible solid wastes (except body wastes), including garbage, rubbish, ashes, street cleanings, dead animals, abandoned automobiles and solid market and industrial wastes.
RUBBISH
Nonputrescible solid wastes consisting of both combustible and noncombustible wastes, such as yard clippings, leaves, wood, glass, bedding, crockery and similar materials.
VEHICLE
Every device in, upon or by which any person or property is or may be transported or drawn upon a highway, including devices used exclusively upon stationary rails or tracks.
For the control of litter in public places, the following regulations shall be applicable:
A. 
No person shall deposit or throw litter in or upon any street, sidewalk or other public place within the Borough except in public or private receptacles for collection.
B. 
Persons placing litter in public receptacles or in private receptacles shall do so in such a manner as to prevent it from being carried or deposited by the elements upon any street, sidewalk or other public place or upon private property.
C. 
No person shall sweep or deposit in any gutter, street or other public place within the Borough the accumulation of litter from any building or litter from any public sidewalk or driveway.
D. 
Persons owning or occupying property shall keep the sidewalk in front of their premises free of litter.
E. 
The owner or person in control of any public property shall at all times maintain the premises free from litter; provided, however, that this subsection shall not prohibit the storage of litter in private receptacles for collection.
For the control of litter thrown from vehicles, the following regulations shall apply:
A. 
No person while a driver or passenger in a vehicle shall throw or deposit litter upon any street or public place within the Borough or upon private property.
B. 
No person shall drive or move any truck or other vehicle within the Borough unless such vehicle is so constructed or loaded as to prevent any load, contents or litter from being blown or deposited upon any street, alley or other public place; nor shall any person drive or move any vehicle or truck within the Borough, the wheels or tires of which carry onto or deposit in any street, alley or other public place any mud, dirt, sticky substance, litter or foreign matter of any kind.
For the control of litter in parks and bodies of water, the following regulations shall apply:
A. 
No person shall throw or deposit litter in any public park or playground within the Borough except in public receptacles and in such a manner that the litter will be prevented from being carried or deposited by the elements upon any part of the park or playground or upon any street or other public place. Where public receptacles are not provided, all such litter shall be carried away from the park or playground by the person responsible for its presence and properly disposed of elsewhere as provided herein.
B. 
No person shall throw or deposit litter in any stream or other body of water in a park or elsewhere within the Borough.
For the control of litter on private property and commercial premises, the following regulations shall apply:
A. 
No person shall throw or deposit litter on any occupied private property or commercial place within the Borough regardless of whether the property is owned by such person or not, except that the owner or person in control of such private property or commercial place may maintain private receptacles for collection in such manner that litter will be prevented from being carried or deposited by the elements upon any street or other public place or upon any private property.
B. 
Each owner or person in control of any commercial place, including shopping centers and delivery and parking areas thereat, shall keep said place, parking fields, parking areas, delivery areas and other open areas which are a part of such commercial place free from litter.
C. 
The owner or person in control of any private property shall at all times maintain the premises free from litter; provided, however, that this section shall not prohibit the storage of litter in private receptacles for collection.
D. 
No person shall throw or deposit litter on any open or vacant private property within the Borough, whether owned by such person or not.
The Borough Secretary of the Borough of Pleasant Hills is hereby authorized and empowered to notify the owner, tenant or person in control of any private property or commercial place within the Borough whenever any accumulation of litter is found to exist. Such notice shall be delivered by hand or mailed by certified mail to the owner of the premises or the person in control of the premises directing that the violation be remedied within a period of 24 hours after receipt of notice. If the owner or the person in control of the premises shall fail to remedy the violation within the twenty-four-hour period, the Borough Secretary of Pleasant Hills is authorized to proceed to have the violation corrected and to charge the costs thereof against the property and if such charge is not paid within 30 days, to file a lien in the office of the Prothonotary of Allegheny County. The right to file a lien shall be at the option of the Borough Council of the Borough of Pleasant Hills and shall be in addition to the penalty provisions contained in this article.
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Editor's Note: Former § 234-7, Violations and penalties, was repealed 5-17-2004 by Ord. No. 824; its provisions are superseded by state law.
[Adopted 3-18-2002 by Ord. No. 803]
No person shall within the Borough of Pleasant Hills distribute or cause to be distributed handbills or other advertising material at buildings, houses, dwellings, stores or other structures other than by placing such material inside screen doors or in the jambs of doors or securely affixing the material to exterior door handles.
No person shall throw or deposit any commercial or noncommercial handbill/advertising material in or upon any private premises which are temporarily or continuously uninhabited or vacant.
No person shall throw, distribute or deposit any commercial or noncommercial handbill or advertising material upon any private premises if requested by anyone thereon not to do so or if there is placed on said premises in a conspicuous position a sign bearing the words "no trespassing" or "no handbills" or any similar notice indicating in any manner that the owner or occupant of such premises desires not to have such material left upon said premises.
No person shall throw, distribute or deposit any commercial or noncommercial handbill or advertising material in or upon private premises which are inhabited except by handing the material to the occupant/owner of the premises or by placing the material inside screen doors, in the jambs of doors or securely affixing the material to the exterior door handle. In all such cases, it shall be the responsibility of the individual distributing the material to prevent such material from being blown or drifted about such premises or sidewalks, driveways, streets or other places except that mailboxes may not be so used for the holding or deposit of such material. Under no circumstances shall advertising material/handbills be distributed by being thrown from a vehicle or thrown in any manner. The provisions of this section shall not apply to the distribution of mail by the United States Postal Service or the distribution of newspapers.
Any person, organization or corporation who shall be found guilty of violating any of the provisions of this article shall be subject to a fine not exceeding the sum of $300. Each and every day that a violation of this article shall occur shall be considered to be a separate offense punishable by the fine as prescribed herein.
Any ordinance or parts of ordinances conflicting with the provisions of this article shall be and the same are hereby repealed to the extent of such conflict only. This article is to be read in conjunction with Article I, Litter Control, of this Chapter 234, and this article does not repeal those sections of Article I, Litter Control, which are not in conflict with the terms of this article.