[HISTORY: Adopted by the City Council of the City of Altoona
as Ch. 1832 of the 1974 Codified Ordinances. Amendments noted where
applicable.]
[Amended 11-24-1981 by Ord. No. 4731[1]]
No person, except as authorized by ordinance of the City or
by order, regulation, license or permission of any officer of the
City duly authorized, and except officers and employees of the City
for some public purpose or use, shall in any manner dump, abandon,
place, deposit, throw or scatter any waste, rubbish, refuse, debris,
paper, sand, gravel, concrete, earth, excavated materials, ashes,
leaves, grass, yard rakings, shavings, hay, straw or other combustible
material in or upon any public place, including, but not limited to,
streets, alleys, sidewalks, ditches, drains and gutters, but excluding
public dumping grounds, or, without the consent of the owner thereof,
upon any private property not his own; or remove or permit any such
material to be removed from any building or premises in such manner
or transported in such manner as to cause the littering of any such
place. Nothing in this section shall be deemed to prohibit the placing
of yard rubbish, ashes or other permitted materials in proper containers
outside of and adjacent to the traveled portion of a street for collection
by the City, but only at such times and in such manner as may be provided
by rules and regulations established and approved by Council.
No person shall distribute on the streets or other public ways
of the City any handbill, flyer, dodger or free advertising sheet
unless the same is placed under the doors or in the houses on the
premises of the parties to whom the same is given or distributed.
Whoever violates any of the provisions of this chapter shall
be fined not less than $50 nor more than $1,000 or shall be imprisoned
for not more than 90 days, or both. A separate offense shall be deemed
committed each day during or on which a violation occurs or continues.
