[Adopted by the Town Board of the Town of Pittsfield 5-13-1997 as § 3.501
of the 1997 Code. Amendments noted where applicable.]
This chapter is necessary for the orderly placement of newspaper
boxes so as to avoid damage to Town vehicles and allow for proper
maintenance of Town property.
A.
All newspaper
boxes within the Town limits shall henceforth be attached, or placed
as close as practical, to residential and commercial mailboxes specified
and utilized by the United States Postal Service. It is intended that
said newspaper boxes shall be attached to the pole and/or other edifice
utilized for placement of United States Postal Service mailboxes.
B.
It is intended
by this chapter that henceforth no newspaper boxes shall exist or
be placed on the side of Town roads alternate from the side whereon
United States Postal Service mailboxes are placed.
Town residents shall have 30 days from the date of this chapter's
enactment to comply with the provisions herein.
Any Town resident who fails to comply with the provisions herein
may be required to forfeit not less than $75 nor more than $1,000
for such violation and, in default of payment of such forfeiture and
costs of prosecution, may be imprisoned in the County Jail of Brown
County until said forfeiture and costs are paid, but not to exceed
30 days for each violation.
