[HISTORY: Adopted by the Mayor and Council of the Borough of Norwood as Secs. 3-4 and 3-19 of the Revised General Ordinances. Amendments noted where applicable.]
No person shall place or throw or cause to be placed or thrown any advertisement, handbill, circular or other paper on any public street or sidewalk or into the vestibule or yard or upon the porch of any dwelling house or other building or into or on any vehicle on a public highway or on private property. This section shall not apply to newspapers and addressed envelopes delivered to the subscribers and addressees. Advertisements, handbills, circulars and papers may be distributed in the borough, provided that they are securely placed at each dwelling so as not to be blown away by the wind.
[Added by Ord. No. 90-0-14]
A. 
Definition. The term, "printed matter," as used in this section, shall mean any or all of the following: circulars, handbills, notices, cards, newspapers, magazines, pamphlets and leaflets; and that the term "distribution," as used herein, means free distribution and/or delivery.
B. 
Prohibitions. It shall be unlawful for any person to deliver or for any person, firm or corporation to cause the delivery of any printed matter or samples of merchandise upon any public street, road, avenue, park or other public place in the borough.
C. 
Exceptions. It shall be unlawful for any person to deliver or for any person, firm or corporation to cause the delivery of any unsolicited printed matter or samples of merchandise, except in accordance with the following regulations:
(1) 
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 within a three-foot radius of the place where such premises receives its mail.
(2) 
There shall be no delivery of such printed matter or samples of merchandise to premises after the owner or tenant of said premises has notified the publisher or the delivery person that such delivery shall cease or be suspended for a stated period of time.
(3) 
There shall be no delivery of such printed matter or samples of merchandise upon the premises of any residence or other building known to be vacant by the person distributing or causing to be distributed such printed matter or samples of merchandise.
D. 
Nonapplicability. This section shall not apply to the distribution of printed matter or samples of merchandise that shall have been previously ordered or requested by the owner, tenant or occupant of the premises where such distribution is made or to the distribution of printed matter or samples of merchandise by mail.
E. 
Violations and penalties. Any person violating any provision of this section shall, upon a first conviction, be subject to a fine of at least $100 but no more than $250; upon a second conviction, shall be subject to a fine of at least $250 but not to exceed the sum of $500; and, upon a third or subsequent conviction, a fine of at least $500 and/or a jail term not to exceed 30 days in the County Jail. A separate offense shall be deemed committed for each day during which a violation occurs or continues.
[Added 7-13-2016 by Ord. No. 16:13]
A. 
No person may post or otherwise display any temporary commercial or business advertisement, to induce directly or indirectly any person to enter into any obligation or acquire title or interest in any property, object, ware, good, commodity, or service, on any real property located within the Borough, or any building, pole, post, or other structure on the property, without the prior written permission of the owner of record for the property, or the building or other structure thereon. This subsection does not apply to a person posting or otherwise displaying a temporary advertisement containing information and directional indicators inviting the public to purchase or lease real property at a real estate open house or similar event for that property.
B. 
This section will be enforced by the Borough's Construction Code Official. Any person may report a violation to the Construction Code Official for enforcement.
C. 
The Borough's Department of Public Works may remove any advertisement posted or displayed in violation of this section upon the conviction of the person violating this section.
D. 
In addition to the removal under Subsection C, if upon investigation the Construction Code Official finds probable cause of a violation of this section, he or she will notify the person who posted or otherwise displayed the advertisement, or the business identified in the advertisement, of the alleged violation. The notice will be served by hand delivery or regular mail and will state that if the violation is not cured within 10 days of the date of the notice that the Borough will remove the advertising and will charge the violator for the cost of the removal.
E. 
Whenever the Borough removes, or causes to be removed, an advertisement pursuant to this section, the Borough may present the person who posted or otherwise displayed the removed advertisement, or the business advertised in the removed advertisement, by certified and regular mail, a detailed itemization of the costs of removal incurred by the Borough, requiring a reimbursement by that person or business of the removal costs. If the person or business does not provide reimbursement within 30 days of receipt of the municipal itemization, the Borough may enforce the payment of these costs, together with interest and reasonable collection costs, by instituting an action at law for the collection thereof. The Superior Court, or the municipal court, shall have jurisdiction of any collection action.
F. 
The money collected by the Borough for advertisement removal shall be credited, along with any other funds made available, to a municipal advertisement removal fund, established pursuant to this ordinance. The expenditure of money from the fund will be used exclusively to remove advertisements and otherwise enforce the provisions of this section, and to administer the fund.
G. 
Any person convicted of violating the terms of this section will be subject to the penalties set forth in Chapter 174 of this Code in addition to the cost of removal incurred by the Borough.