[Ord. 501, 4/16/1969]
The word “person,” as used in this Part, shall mean and include any natural person, partnership, association, or corporation. In this Part, the singular shall include the plural, the plural shall include the singular, and the masculine shall include the feminine and the neuter.
[Ord. 501, 4/16/1969; as amended by Ord. 725, 12/10/1991]
No person shall distribute any advertising matter and/or circulars in the Borough of Myerstown, whether upon the streets and sidewalks thereof, or from house to house and/or place to place without first having obtained a permit which shall be issued by the Borough Manager or his designated representative upon payment of a fee which shall be set by resolution of the Borough Council and be for the use of the Borough. The permits and fees shall be for a single distribution by one or more individuals on a single day or for periodic distributions over a calendar year.
[Ord. 501, 4/16/1969]
No person shall distribute any advertising matter or circulars in the Borough of Myerstown by casting or scattering the same upon any of the streets, alleys, sidewalks, or public places in the Borough. Provided; nothing in this Section shall prohibit any person from handling any noncommercial literature or other printed matter, upon any of the streets, sidewalks, or alleys in the Borough, to any person willing to receive the same.
[Ord. 501, 4/16/1969; as amended by Ord. 719, 6/11/1991; and by Ord. 818, 12/10/2013]
Any person, firm or corporation who shall violate any provision of this Part, upon conviction thereof in an action brought before a magisterial district judge in the manner provided for the enforcement of summary offenses under the Pennsylvania Rules of Criminal Procedure, shall be sentenced to pay a fine of not less than $25 nor more than $1,000 plus costs and, in default of payment of said fine and costs, to a term of imprisonment not to exceed 90 days. Each day that a violation of this Part continues or each Section of this Part which shall be found to have been violated shall constitute a separate offense.