CROSS REFERENCES
Advertising on wire-supporting poles — See S.U.
& P.S. 925.20, 925.21.
Deposit of garbage or rubbish — See S.U. &
P.S. 951.06, 975.01.
[Ord. 33-1966 § 1, passed 8-3-1966]
No person shall post, stick, stamp, paint or otherwise fix,
or cause the same to be done by any person, any notice, placard, bill,
card, poster, advertisement or other paper or device, calculated to
attract the attention of the public, to or upon any sidewalk, crosswalk,
curb or curbstone, flagstone or any other portion or part of any public
way or public place, or any lamppost, electric light, telegraph or
telephone pole, railway structure, hydrant, shade tree or tree box,
or upon the piers, columns, trusses, girders, railings, gates or other
parts of any public bridge or viaduct or other public structure or
building, or upon any pole, box or fixture of the fire alarm or police
telegraph system, except such as may be authorized or required by
the laws of the United States or the State, and the ordinances, rules
and regulations of the City.
[Ord. 33-1966 § 2, passed 8-3-1966]
The posting, sticking, stamping, painting or otherwise affixing,
or causing the same to be done, of any notice, placard, bill, card,
poster, advertisement or other paper or device calculated to attract
the attention of the public to or upon any sidewalk, crosswalk, curb
or curbstone, flagstone or other portion or part of any public way
or public place, or on any lamppost, electric light, telegraph or
telephone pole, railway structure, hydrant, shade tree or tree box,
or upon the piers, columns, trusses, girders, railings, gates or other
parts of any public bridge or viaduct or other public structure or
building, or upon any pole, box or fixture of the fire alarm or police
telegraph system, except such as may be authorized or required by
the laws of the United States or the State, and the ordinances, rules
and regulations of the City, are declared to be a nuisance.
[Ord. 57-1977 § 1, passed 8-10-1977]
(a)
No corporation, partnership, firm, association or other entity, its
agents, servants, employees or representatives, or person shall cast
or place in the streets of the City, or upon pavements, sidewalks
or footways thereof, or into vestibules, yards or upon the porches
of any dwelling or other outbuilding within the City, any papers,
advertisements, handbills, circulars, wastepapers or sample of any
description without lawful authority or consent, express or implied
from the owner. No corporation, partnership, firm, association or
other entity, its agents, servants, employees or representatives,
or person, other than the owner, shall affix or attach to the doors,
walls, windows, columns, trusses, railings, gates, fences, lamp posts,
decorative fixtures of any kind or any other part of any dwelling
or any outbuilding within the City, any papers, advertisements, handbills,
circulars, wastepapers or samples of any description, without lawful
authority or consent, express or implied from the owner. Nothing herein
contained shall be held to apply to newspapers, mailed matter or addressed
envelopes, or signs indicating the availability of property for sale
or rent.
(b)
Every corporation, partnership, firm, association or other entity,
its agents, servants, employees or representatives, or any individual
engaging in the business or practice of distributing advertisement
door to door in the City shall include in their deliveries a notice
advising the recipients of such advertisements that they may request
that such deliveries be canceled. Such notice shall contain the name
and address of the entity or individual making the distribution and
the telephone number where the request for cancellation can be made.
No corporation, partnership, firm, association or other entity, its
agents, servants, employees or representatives, and no individual
shall make further deliveries of advertisements to the property of
any resident of the City once that resident has requested that delivery
be stopped.
(c)
No corporation, partnership, firm, association or other entity, its
agents, servants, employees or representatives, nor any person, shall
enter into or onto any building or improved real estate for the purpose
of depositing any material, substance, refuse or other article or
thing whatsoever without lawful authority or consent, express or implied
from the owner.
(d)
All persons making deliveries to residents of the City, whether employed
by a private firm, government agency or government supported corporation,
including letter carriers, shall use sidewalks or accepted and approved
walkways when making deliveries and shall refrain from traversing
lawns or other private property not normally used as a walkway by
the general public.
[Ord. 60-1977 § 1, passed 8-24-1977; Ord. 25-1978 § 1, passed 6-28-1978]
(a)
Definitions. Unless it appears from the context that a different
meaning is intended, the following words shall have the meanings given
them in this section:
(1)
CITY — The City of Erie, Pennsylvania.
(2)
DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC WORKS — The Director of Public Works
of the City of Erie, Pennsylvania.
(3)
PERSON — Any person, firm, partnership, association, corporation,
company or organization of any kind.
(4)
POLITICAL CAMPAIGN SIGN — Any bill, poster, placard, handbill,
flyer, painting, sign or other similar object in any form whatsoever
which contains written or printed matter in words, symbols or pictures
or any combination thereof.
(b)
Posting on public right-of-way prohibited. It is unlawful for any
person to post a political campaign sign on or over any public property
in the City.
(c)
Posting time limits. It is unlawful for any person to post a political
campaign sign more than 90 days prior to an election for which the
sign is posted and to fail to remove a political campaign sign within
30 days after the election for which the sign was posted.
(d)
Removal of illegal signs. The Director of Public Works, or his authorized
agents, shall remove any political campaign sign found posted within
the City limits that is in violation of this section.
(e)
Authority of Public Works Director. For the purpose of removing political
campaign signs, the Director of Public Works, or his authorized agents,
are empowered to enter upon the property where the signs are posted,
and the Director is further empowered to enlist the aid or assistance
of any other department of the City and to secure legal process to
the end that all such signs shall be expeditiously removed from any
property where posted in violation of this section.
(f)
Removal procedure. When the Director or his agents shall find that
a political campaign sign has been posted in violation of this section,
he shall attempt to contact the candidate, committee or person responsible
for posting such sign. If successful, he shall give 24 hours advance
telephonic notice of his intention to remove the sign, indicating
the nature of the violation and the location of the sign. If, after
such notification, the illegal sign remains in violation, the Director
or his agents shall remove such sign and store it in a safe location.
If, after reasonable diligence, the Director is unable to contact
the candidate, committee or person responsible for the sign, he may
dispense with the notice requirement and remove the sign, storing
it in a safe place.
(g)
Storage, notice and return. If the Director or his agents remove
any political campaign sign, he shall keep a record of the location
from which the sign was removed. He shall store the sign in a safe
place for at least 90 days, and shall immediately notify by telephone
the candidate, committee or person responsible for the posting of
the sign, indicating the fact of removal and the location where it
may be retrieved. If the Director is unable to make telephone contact,
he shall provide written notice, if the address of the candidate,
committee or person is known or can be ascertained. The Director shall
return any political campaign sign upon the payment of $5 for each
sign, to cover the costs of removal, notice and storage.
(h)
Sign removal charge. The City shall be entitled to receive the sum
of $5 for every political campaign sign removed by the Director to
cover the expenses of removal, notice and storage. In cases where
unusual effort is needed to remove a sign, such as the cutting or
removal of supporting structures, use of aerial devices, towing of
trailer signs, or other unusual situation, the City shall collect
from the person responsible a sum sufficient to cover the costs and
hourly wages of the employees so utilized.
(i)
Persons responsible. In a campaign for political office, the candidate
for such office shall be deemed responsible for the posting of his
political signs, unless he first notifies the City Clerk and the Director
that another person is responsible. In such case, the candidate shall
provide the name, address, telephone number and signed consent of
such other responsible person. In a campaign regarding a ballot measure,
the president of the committee supporting or opposing such ballot
measure shall be deemed responsible, unless he first notifies the
City Clerk and Director of some other person responsible in the manner
herein described. The candidate, or in the case of a ballot measure,
the committee president, or other responsible person if so designated,
shall be liable to pay any fees or costs for the removal and storage
of such illegal signs, as set forth herein. Further, such candidate,
committee president or other responsible person shall be subject to
criminal prosecution for violation of this section.
(j)
Illegal signs a public nuisance. Political campaign signs posted
in violation of this section are hereby declared to be a public nuisance
and may be abated by the City. The collection of removal fees shall
not preclude the City from criminally prosecuting any person in violation
of this section.
[Ord. 33-1966 § 4, passed 8-3-1966; Ord. 25-1978 § 1, passed 6-28-1978]
(a)
Whoever violates any provision of this article where another penalty
is not otherwise provided is guilty of a summary offense and shall
be fined not more than $300 or imprisoned not more than 90 days, or
both.
