City of Pittsburgh - File #: 2009-1355

• File #: 2009-1355
• Version: 4
• Type: Ordinance
• Status: On File
• File created: 4/28/2009
• In control: Committee on Public Safety Services
• Final action: 7/21/2009
• Title: Ordinance amending and supplementing the Pittsburgh Code, Title Six, Conduct, Article I, Regulated Rights and Actions, Chapter 601 Public Order, to regulate the proliferation of unsolicited news, advertisements, flyers, announcements or sample merchandise on public and private property.
• Sponsors: Jim Motznik, Douglas Shields, Bruce A. Kraus
• Indexes: PGH. CODE ORDINANCES TITLE 06 - CONDUCT

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result
7/21/2009	4	City Council	Passed Finally, As Amended
7/21/2009	4	City Council	AMENDED	Pass
7/15/2009	3	Committee on Public Safety Services	AMENDED	Pass
7/15/2009	3	Committee on Public Safety Services	Affirmatively Recommended as Amended	Pass
7/8/2009	2	Committee on Public Safety Services	Held in Committee	Pass
6/24/2009	2	Committee on Public Safety Services	Held in Committee	Pass
6/3/2009	2	Committee on Public Safety Services	Held in Committee	Pass
5/6/2009	2	Committee on Public Safety Services	AMENDED	Pass
5/6/2009	2	Committee on Public Safety Services	Held in Committee	Pass
4/28/2009	1	City Council	Read and referred

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Ordinance amending and supplementing the Pittsburgh Code, Title Six, Conduct, Article I, Regulated Rights and Actions, Chapter 601 Public Order, to regulate the proliferation of unsolicited news, advertisements, flyers, announcements or sample merchandise on public and private property.

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WHEREAS, the City of Pittsburgh strives to provide quality of life to residents by providing laws to curtail litter in our communities; and

WHEREAS, in recent years there has been a proliferation of unsolicited handbills, news, advertisements, flyers, announcements or sample merchandise that are tossed onto private lawns and stoops, creating an eyesore and a nuisance in our communities.

WHEREAS, unsolicited material also causes a breach of security to our residents because when residents are away from home, the material is left abandoned on the property, sending a message to would-be burglars that no one is at home.

Be it resolved that the Council of the City of Pittsburgh hereby enacts as follows:

Section 1. The Pittsburgh Code, Title Six, Conduct, Article I, Regulated Rights and Actions, Chapter 601 Public Order, is hereby amended and supplemented to regulate the proliferation of unsolicited news, advertisements, flyers, announcements or sample merchandise on public and private property, as follows:

TITLE SIX - CONDUCT
ARTICLE I - REGULATIED RIGHTS AND ACTIONS
CHAPTER 601: PUBLIC ORDER
§ 601.02 DISTRIBUTING HANDBILLS, SAMPLES, AND OTHER MATERIALS.

(a) No person shall intentionally, recklessly or negligently distribute any handbill, advertisement, flyer, announcement or any sample merchandise on public and private property so as to cause litter or unreasonably interfere with pedestrians or traffic.

(b) No person shall distribute any unsolicited handbill, newspaper, advertisement, flyer, announcement or sample merchandise on private property, including walkways and lawns, so as to cause litter. Unsolicited materials must be secur...