[HISTORY: Adopted by the Board of Commissioners of the Township
of Abington as indicated in article histories. Amendments noted where
applicable.]
[Adopted 7-8-2010 by Ord. No. 1992]
As used in this article, the following terms shall have the
meanings indicated:
To distribute, deposit, throw, cast or place, or cause or
permit to be distributed, thrown, cast or placed, a newspaper, directly
or indirectly by agent, employee or otherwise, but shall not include
delivery by the United States Postal Service, delivery by handing
or transmitting directly to the owner or occupant then present on
the property, or delivery by placing within a receptacle or container
expressly maintained by the owner or occupant of property for the
receipt of newspaper deliveries.
A person, other than a publisher, who engages in the business
of circulating or delivering newspapers.
Any publication issued monthly or more frequently, whether
printed in broadsheet, tabloid or other sheet or booklet form, containing
information or editorials on current events, news of general or local
interest and commercial advertising and information, irrespective
of content, subject matter or viewpoint, or any combination of the
foregoing.
A person who engages in the business of printing and issuing
for circulation, or causing to be printed and issued for circulation,
a newspaper.
A newspaper delivered without the request or express consent
of an owner or occupant of the premises to which the newspaper is
delivered.
A.Â
Contact information. Any person who delivers an unsolicited newspaper
or causes an unsolicited newspaper to be delivered in Abington Township
shall print in a conspicuous place in such unsolicited newspaper the
name, address and telephone number of the publisher or distributor
thereof.
B.Â
Request to discontinue delivery. Any property owner, resident or
occupant may request that delivery of an unsolicited newspaper be
discontinued. In order for the provisions of this article to be enforced
by the Township of Abington, the request shall be addressed to the
distributor or publisher thereof and shall be sent by both regular
mail and registered or certified mail, return receipt requested, and
must identify the property to which delivery is to be discontinued
by street address.
C.Â
Prohibited deliveries; penalty. Any publisher or distributor, or both, who shall deliver or cause to be delivered an unsolicited newspaper to a property more than seven days after having received a written notice as set forth in Subsection B, above, requesting that delivery of the unsolicited newspaper to that property be discontinued, shall be guilty of a summary offense and, upon conviction, shall be sentenced to pay a fine of $600. Each delivery occurring more than seven days after receipt of notice to discontinue delivery shall constitute a separate offense and shall be punishable as such.
