[HISTORY: Adopted by the Borough Council of the Borough of
Lodi 10-17-1990 by Ord. No. 90-16. Amendments noted where applicable.]
It shall be unlawful for any person, firm or corporation to
deliver or deposit or to cause the delivery or deposit of any unsolicited
newspapers, shoppers, circulars, leaflets, flyers and other like printed
matter to or upon any private premises within the Borough of Lodi
except in accordance with the terms hereof. For the purposes of this
chapter, "unsolicited" shall mean the printed matter has not been
ordered, subscribed or requested by the recipient.
Such printed matter shall be placed only within a permanently
installed appurtenance to the premises, designed and designated for
the receipt of such printed matter, or, if there be none, on the ground
or floor at a point beneath the place where such premises receives
its mail or within a three-foot radius of that point.
Section 544-2 shall not apply to such printed matter which plainly bears upon it, either in the masthead or on the front page, the name and address of a person responsible for its circulation to whom may be addressed a written notice by any recipient indicating the recipient's desire to cease future delivery of the particular item of printed matter.
There shall be no intentional delivery whatsoever of any unsolicited printed matter to premises after the owner or tenant of which premises has notified the publisher or the delivery person or, in the case of printed matter referred to in § 544-3 hereof, after the owner or tenant of the premises has notified that person indicated in the printed matter to be the person having authority to cease further delivery of the same by certified mail, return receipt requested, at the address so indicated that such delivery shall cease or be suspended for a stated period of time.
Any person, firm or corporation convicted of a violation of
any provision of this chapter shall be subject to a fine not exceeding
$2,000, imprisonment for a period not exceeding 90 days and/or a period
of community service not exceeding 90 days. Each delivery in violation
of the terms hereof shall be deemed a separate offense.
