[HISTORY: Adopted by the Borough Council of the Borough of Steelton 5-20-1976 by Ord. No. 76-4, approved 5-20-1976. Amendments noted where applicable.]
As used in this chapter, the following terms shall have the meanings indicated:
COMMERCIAL HANDBILL
Any printed or written matter, leaflet or pamphlet or any other printed or otherwise reproduced literature which advertises for sale any merchandise, product, commodity or thing or which directs attention to any business or mercantile establishment or which directs attention to or advertises any meeting, theatrical performance or an event of any kind for which an admission fee is charged.
LITTER
Any putrescible animal and vegetable waste, commonly known as garbage; any putrescible and nonputrescible solid waste, including rubbish and refuse, such as ashes, street cleanings, dead animals, abandoned automobiles and solid market and industrial waste, paper, wrappings, cigarettes, cardboard, tin cans, yard clippings, leaves, wood, glass, bedding, crockery, trash and similar materials.
NONCOMMERCIAL HANDBILL
Any printed or written matter, circular, leaflet, pamphlet or any other printed or otherwise reproduced original or copies of any matter of literature not included in the aforesaid definition of a commercial handbill.
No person, association, firm or corporation shall do or permit to be done any of the following acts:
A. 
Throw or deposit litter in or upon any street, sidewalk, park or other public place, including ponds, lakes or other bodies of water or other public place, within the Borough, except in a public receptacle or in authorized private receptacles for collection by authorized refuse collectors.
B. 
Sweep or deposit in any gutter, street or other public place within the Borough any accumulation of litter from any building or lot or from any public or private sidewalk or driveway. Persons owning or occupying property, including residences and places of business, shall keep the sidewalk in front of their premises free of litter.
C. 
Throw or deposit, while a driver or passenger in a vehicle, litter upon any street or other public place within the Borough or upon private property.
D. 
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.
E. 
Deposit dirt on any public street from the wheels of vehicles leaving construction sites unless such dirt is removed by 5:00 p.m. of the day on which the dirt was deposited.
F. 
Throw or deposit commercial or noncommercial handbills in or upon any sidewalk, street or other public place or hand out, distribute or sell any commercial handbills or place the same in or upon any vehicle in any public place, provided that it shall not be unlawful on any sidewalk, street or other public place to distribute, without charge, any noncommercial handbill to any person willing to accept it.
G. 
Throw, deposit or distribute any commercial or noncommercial handbill in or upon private premises which are inhabited, except by handing or transmitting any such handbill directly to the owner, occupant or other person then present in or upon such private premises.
H. 
Post of affix any notice, poster or other paper or device, calculated to attract the attention of the public, to any lamppost, public utility pole or tree or upon any public structure or building, except as may be authorized or required by law.
I. 
Throw, deposit or permit the accumulation of litter on private premises, both business and residential, within the Borough, whether owned by such person or not. The owner or person in control of the private premises may maintain authorized private receptacles for collection in such a manner that litter would be prevented from being carried or deposited by the elements on any street, sidewalk or other public place or upon any private property. The owners of shopping centers are hereby required to install and maintain trash receptacles on the pedestrian walkways within said shopping center. These receptacles shall be placed at a maximum of 30 feet apart unless the Borough Council or any officer or employee designated thereby for the purpose determines this distance is not practicable. The receptacles shall be clearly designated as trash receptacles and the Borough Council or any officer or employee designated thereby for the purpose shall have the authority to determine the adequacy of such receptacles in terms of their type and number.
J. 
Throw or deposit litter upon any open or vacant private premises or any inhabited premises, whether owned by such person or not.
A. 
The Borough Council or any officer or employee designated thereby for the purpose is hereby authorized and empowered to notify the owner and/or occupant of any open or vacant private premises or any occupied or unoccupied private or business premises within the Borough, or the agent of such owner or occupant to properly dispose of litter located on such property. Such notice shall be by certified mail, addressed to said owner and/or occupant at his last known address or served personally by the Borough Council or any officer or employee designated thereby for the purpose upon such owner or occupant.
B. 
Upon failure, neglect or refusal of any owner or occupant so notified to properly dispose of litter within three days after receipt of the written notice provided for in Subsection A above, or three days after the date of such notice in the event that the same is returned unserved, the Borough Council or any officer or employee designated thereby for the purpose is hereby authorized and empowered to order the correction of such violation, using Borough funds or Borough personnel to accomplish such correction, and may charge the costs thereof to the violator. Collection of such costs by the Borough may be made by lien or otherwise as authorized by law.
Any person, firm, association or corporation that violates any provision of this chapter or fails to correct, within the time hereinabove set forth, the conditions for which complaint is made by the Borough shall, upon conviction, be punished by a fine of not more than $300; and each day's failure to comply with any such provision shall constitute a separate violation. It shall not be necessary for the Borough to give notice pursuant to the provisions of § 71-3 above in order to obtain a conviction for any of the prohibited acts in § 71-2 above.