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File #: 2008-0624    Version:
Type: Ordinance Status: Passed Finally
File created: 7/22/2008 In control: Committee on Public Works
On agenda: Final action: 8/5/2008
Enactment date: 8/5/2008 Enactment #: 15
Effective date: 8/13/2008    
Title: Amending the Pittsburgh Code of Ordinances, Title Six: Conduct; Article I: Regulated Rights and Actions; Chapter 601: Public Order, Section 601.02 by adding a new subsection (b) regulating materials placed in or upon motor vehicles.
Sponsors: Bruce A. Kraus
Indexes: PGH. CODE ORDINANCES TITLE 06 - CONDUCT
Attachments: 1. 2008-0624.doc, 2. 2008-0624 version 2.doc
Title
Amending the Pittsburgh Code of Ordinances, Title Six: Conduct; Article I: Regulated Rights and Actions; Chapter 601: Public Order, Section 601.02 by adding a new subsection (b) regulating materials placed in or upon motor vehicles.

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Whereas, the City of Pittsburgh has determined that unsolicited materials left on motor vehicles has led to an accumulation of litter and visual blight in the City; and

Whereas, the City of Pittsburgh is also concerned with ensuring that private vehicles are protected from those without permission to use them; and

Whereas, the City of Pittsburgh seeks to advance these interests through a content and viewpoint-neutral regulation that limits the placement of materials in or upon motor vehicles without an owner's consent while leaving open other alternative avenues of distributing this speech.

Be it resolved that the Council of the City of Pittsburgh hereby enacts as follows:Section 1. The Pittsburgh Code of Ordinances, Title Six: Conduct; Article I: Regulated Rights and Actions; Chapter 601: Public Order, Section 601.02, Distributing handbills and samples is hereby amended by adding a new subsection (b) as follows:

ARTICLE I: REGULATED RIGHTS AND ACTIONS

Chapter 601: Public Order
601.01 Posting signs without consent; exceptions
601.02 Distributing handbills, and samples, and other materials
601.03 Soliciting business
601.04 Noise control
601.05 Charitable solicitations
601.06 Intersexual massage prohibited
601.07 Unlicensed alcohol or liquor sale
601.08 Alcohol or liquor consumption on streets or sidewalks
601.09 Distributions or sale of cigarettes and other tobacco products through vending machines
601.10 Spitting
601.11 Littering and dumping
601.12 Interference with official duties
601.13 Required signs on all gasoline stations
601.14 Violation and penalty
601.15 Rewards
601.16 (Reserved)
601.17 (Reserved)
601.18 Prohibited billing practice

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