[HISTORY: Adopted by the Borough Council of the Borough of
North Wales 6-20-1973 as Ord. No. 464. Amendments noted where
applicable.]
A.
It
shall be unlawful for any person to distribute any advertising matter
within the Borough of North Wales without first having obtained a
permit from the borough therefor and paying a permit fee which shall
be as set forth from time to time by resolution of the Borough Council.[1]
B.
No
such permit shall be issued until the applicant therefor shall have
registered therefor and shall have informed the Borough Manager of
the number of distributions he proposes to make during the period
of validity of such permit and the date of each distribution. The
first distribution shall not take place until at least 24 hours after
the application for the permit shall have been made, and during such
twenty-four-hour waiting period, the Chief of Police of the borough
may make such investigations as he shall deem necessary of the applicant,
provided that nothing herein shall apply to any advertising matter
distributed through the United States mail or as a part of or a supplement
to any newspaper, magazine or other periodical containing other reading
matter and provided, further, that the holder of any permit under
this section shall not be required to obtain additional permits for
each individual engaged in distributing the same piece of advertising
matter for him.
It shall be unlawful for any person to distribute any advertising
matter by casting or scattering the same upon any street, alley, sidewalk
or public place in the borough, provided that this shall not prevent
any person from handing any noncommercial literature or other printed
matter upon any street, alley, sidewalk or public place in the borough
to any person willing to receive the same.
Any person who shall violate any provision of this chapter shall,
for each and every such violation, upon conviction thereof, be sentenced
to pay a fine of not more than $600 and costs of prosecution, and,
in default of payment of such fine and costs, to imprisonment for
not more than 30 days. Each day upon which any such violation shall
take place shall constitute a separate violation.
