[HISTORY: Adopted by the City Council of the City of DuBois 2-24-1964 by Ord. No.
1000 (Ch. 6, Part 1, of the 1995 Code). Amendments
noted where applicable.]
This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the "City of
DuBois Anti-Litter Ordinance."
For the purposes of this chapter, the following terms, phrases,
words and their derivations shall have the meanings given herein.
When not inconsistent with the context, words used in the present
tense include the future; words used in the plural number include
the singular numbers; and words used in the singular number include
the plural number. The word "shall" is always mandatory and not merely
directory.
Any contrivance now known or hereafter invented, used or
designated for navigation or for flight in the air. The word "aircraft"
shall include helicopters and lighter-than-air dirigibles and balloons.
A litter storage collection receptacle as required and authorized in Chapter 368, Solid Waste, of the Code of the City of DuBois.
The City of DuBois.
Any printed or written matter, any sample or device, dodger,
circular, leaflet, pamphlet, paper booklet, or any other printed or
otherwise reproduced original or copies of any matter or literature,
which:
Advertises for sale any merchandise, produce, commodity or thing.
Directs attention to any business or mercantile or commercial
establishment, or other activity, for the purpose of either directly
or indirectly promoting the interest thereof by sales.
Directs attention to or advertises any meeting, theatrical performance,
exhibition, or event of any kind, for which an admission fee is charged
for the purpose of private gain or profit, but the terms of this chapter
shall not apply where an admission fee is charged or a collection
is taken up for the purpose of defraying the expenses incident to
such meeting, theatrical performance, exhibition or event of any kind,
when either of the same is held, given or takes place in connection
with the dissemination of information which is not restricted under
the ordinary rules of decency, good morals, public peace, safety and
good order, provided that nothing contained in this chapter shall
be deemed to authorize the holding, giving or taking place of any
meeting, theatrical performance, exhibition or event of any kind without
a license, where such license is or may be required by any law of
this state or under any ordinance of this City.
While containing reading matter other than advertising matter,
is predominately and essentially an advertisement and is distributed
or circulated for advertising purposes or for the private benefit
and gain of any person so engaged as advertiser or distributor.
Putrescible animal and vegetable wastes resulting from the
handling, preparation, cooking and consumption of food.
"Garbage," "refuse," and "rubbish," as defined in this chapter,
and all other waste material which, if thrown or deposited as herein
prohibited, tends to create a danger to public health, safety and
welfare.
Any newspaper of general circulation as defined by general
law, any newspaper duly entered with the Post Office Department of
the United States in accordance with federal statute or regulation,
and any newspaper filed and recorded with any recording officer as
provided by general law; and, in addition thereto, shall mean and
include any periodical or current magazine regularly published with
not less than four issued per year and sold to the public.
Any printed or written matter, any sample, or device, dodger,
circular, leaflet, pamphlet, newspaper, magazine, paper, booklet or
any other printed or otherwise reproduced original or copies of any
matter or literature not included in the aforesaid definitions of
a commercial handbill or newspapers.
A park, reservation, playground, beach, recreation center
or any other public area in the City owned or used by the City and
devoted to active or passive recreation.
Any person, firm, partnership, association, corporation,
company or organization of any kind.
Any dwelling, house, building or other structure designed
to be used wholly or in part for private residential purposes, whether
inhabited or temporarily or continuously uninhabited or vacant, and
shall include any yard, grounds, walk, driveway, porch, steps, vestibule,
or mailbox belonging or appurtenant to such dwelling, house, building,
or other structure.
Any kind of street, sidewalk, boulevard, alley or other public
way, and any and all public parks, squares, spaces, grounds and buildings.
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.
Nonputrescible solid wastes, consisting of both combustible
and noncombustible wastes such as paper, wrappings, cigarettes, cardboard,
tin cans, yard clippings, leaves, wood, glass, bedding, crockery and
similar materials.
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 tracts.
No person shall throw or deposit litter in or upon any street,
sidewalk or other public place within the City except in public receptacles,
in authorized private receptacles for collection, or in official City
dumps.
Persons placing litter in public receptacles or in authorized
private receptacles shall do so in such a manner as to prevent if
from being carried or deposited by the elements upon any street, sidewalk
or other public place or upon private property.
No person shall sweep into or deposit in any gutter, street
or public place within the City the accumulation of litter from a
building or lot or from any public or private sidewalk or driveway.
Persons owning or occupying property shall keep their sidewalk in
front of their premises free of litter.
No person owning or occupying a place of business shall sweep
into or deposit in any gutter, street or other public place within
the City the accumulation of litter from any building or lot or from
any public or private sidewalk or driveway. Persons owning or occupying
places of business within the City shall keep the sidewalk in front
of their business premises free of litter.
No person, while a passenger or driver in a vehicle, shall throw
or deposit litter upon any street or other public place within the
City or upon private property.
No person shall drive or move a truck or other vehicle within
the City 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.
No person shall throw or deposit in any park within the City,
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 upon any street or other public place.
Where public receptacles are not provided, all such litter shall be
carried away from the park by persons responsible for its presence
and properly disposed of elsewhere as provided herein.
No person shall throw or deposit litter in any fountain, pond,
lake, stream, bay or any other body of water in a park or elsewhere
within the City.
No person shall throw or deposit any commercial or noncommercial
handbill in or upon any sidewalk, street or other public place within
the City.
No person shall throw or deposit any commercial or noncommercial
handbill in or upon any vehicle; provided, however, that it shall
not be unlawful in any public place for a person to hand out or distribute
without charge to the receiver thereof a commercial or noncommercial
handbill to any occupant of a vehicle who is willing to accept it.
No person shall throw or deposit any commercial or noncommercial
handbill in or upon any private premises which are temporarily or
continuously uninhabited or vacant.
No person shall throw, deposit or distribute any commercial
or noncommercial handbill 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 near the entrance thereof a sign bearing
the words: "No Trespassing," "No Peddlers or Agents," "No Advertisements,"
or any similar notice, indicating in any manner that the occupants
of said premises do not desire to be molested or have their right
of privacy disturbed or to have any such handbills left upon such
premises.
A.
No person shall 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; provided,
however, that in case of inhabited private premises which are not
posted as provided in this chapter, such persons, unless requested
by anyone upon such premises not to do so, may place or deposit any
such handbill in or upon such inhabited private premises, if such
handbill is so placed or deposited as to secure or prevent such handbill
from being blown or drifted about such premises or sidewalks, streets
or other public places, and except that mailboxes may not be so used
when so prohibited by federal postal law or regulations.
B.
Exemption for mail and newspaper. The provisions for this section
shall not apply to the distribution of mail by the United States,
nor the newspaper (as defined herein), except that newspapers shall
be placed in private property in such a manner as to prevent their
being carried or deposited by the elements upon any street, sidewalk
or other public place or upon private property.
No person in an aircraft shall throw out, drop or deposit within
the City any litter, handbill or any other object.
No person shall post or affix any notice, poster or other paper
or device, calculated to attract the attention of the public, to any
lamppost, public utility or shade tree, or upon any public structure
or building, except as may be authorized or required by law.
No person shall throw or deposit litter on any occupied private
property within the City, whether owned by such person or not, except
that the owner or person in control of private property may maintain
authorized private receptacles for collection in such a manner that
litter will be prevented from being carried or deposited by the elements
upon any street, sidewalk or other public place or upon any private
property.
The owner or person in control of any private property shall
at all times maintain the premises free of litter; provided, however,
that this section shall not prohibit the storage of litter in authorized
private receptacles for collection.
No person shall throw or deposit litter on any open or vacant
private property within the City, whether owned by such person or
not.
A.
Notice to remove. The City of DuBois is hereby authorized and empowered
to notify the owner of any open or vacant property within the City
or the agent of such owner to properly dispose of litter located on
such owner's property which is dangerous to public health, safety
or welfare. Such notice shall be by certified mail, addressed to said
owner at his last known address.
B.
Action upon noncompliance. Upon the failure, neglect or refusal of any owner or agent so notified to properly dispose of litter dangerous to the public health, safety or welfare within five days after receipt of written notice provided for in Subsection A of this section, or within five days after the date of such notice in the event the same is returned to the City Post Office department because of its inability to make delivery thereof, provided the same was properly addressed to the last known address of such owner or agent, the City of DuBois is hereby authorized and empowered to pay for the disposition of such litter or to order its disposal by the City.
C.
Charges to property owners. When the City has effected the removal
of such dangerous litter or has paid for its removal, the actual costs
thereof, plus accrued interest at the rate of 6% per annum from the
date of the completion of the work, if not paid by such owner prior
thereto, shall be charged to the owner of such property.
D.
Recorded statement constitutes lien. Where the full amount due the City is not paid by such owner within 30 days after the disposal of such litter, as provided for in Subsection A and B of this section, then and in that case, the City of DuBois shall cause to be recorded in the office of the Prothonotary of Clearfield County, a sworn statement, showing the costs and expense incurred for the work, the date the work was done and the location of the property on which said work was done. The recording of such sworn statement shall constitute a lien and privilege on the property and shall remain in full force and effect for the amount due in principal and interest from the date of completion of the work, plus costs of court, if any, for collection until final payment has been made. Said costs and expenses shall be collected in the manner fixed by law. The lien, recorded in accordance with the provisions hereof, shall be "prima facie" evidence that all legal formalities have been complied with and that the work has been done properly and satisfactorily and shall be full notice to every person concerned that the amount of the statement plus interest constitutes a charge against the property designated or described in the statement and that the same is due and collectible by law.
[Amended 8-14-1978 by Ord. No. 1273; 7-24-1995 by Ord. No. 1544; at time of adoption of Code revisions (see Ch. 1, General Provisions,
Art. II)]
Any person who shall violate any provision of this chapter shall,
upon conviction thereof, be sentenced to pay a fine not exceeding
$1,000 and costs or, in default of payment thereof, shall be subject
to imprisonment for a term not to exceed 90 days. Each day that a
violation of this chapter continues shall constitute a separate offense.
