[HISTORY: Adopted by the Township Council of the Township of West
Milford 2-6-1991 by Ord. No. 1991-5. Amendments
noted where applicable.]
It shall be unlawful for any person to deliver or deposit, or for any
person, firm or corporation to cause the delivery or deposit, of any unsolicited
newspapers, shoppers, and other like printed matter to or upon any private
premises within the Township of West Milford except in accordance with the
terms hereof. For the purposes of this Ordinance, "unsolicited" shall mean
the printed matter referred to herein which 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.
Excepted from the provisions of § 279-2 hereof shall be 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 such 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 § 279-3 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.
