[HISTORY: Adopted by the Municipal Council of the Borough
of Hawthorne 12-15-2021 by Ord. No. 2282-21. Amendments noted
where applicable.]
For the purposes of this chapter, the following terms shall
have the meanings indicated:
Any person who delivers or deposits, or causes to be deposited,
any printed matter.
Any newspaper, shopper, circular, leaflet, flyer, and all
similar materials.
A written notice by the occupant of any building or structure,
or part thereof, in Hawthorne indicating that they desire to cease
future delivery of any particular item or printed matter described
in the notice.
The printed matter referred to herein which has not been
ordered, subscribed to or requested by the recipient.
A.
It shall be unlawful for any person to deliver or deposit or cause
the delivery or deposit of any unsolicited printed matters to or upon
any private premises within the Borough except in accordance with
the terms of this section.
B.
Printed matter shall be placed only within a permanently installed
appurtenance to the premises designed and designated for the receipt
of such printed matter, or if there is none, it shall be placed on
the ground or floor at a point beneath the place where such premises
receives its mail or within a three-foot radius of that point.
C.
It shall be a violation of this chapter when unsolicited printed
matter is intentionally delivered to a private premises after the
owner or occupant of said premises has served a stop notice on the
distributor, by certified mail, return receipt requested, at the address
in its masthead or on its front page, that delivery shall cease or
be suspended for a stated period of time.
This chapter may be enforced by any designated property maintenance
officer or any duly sworn law enforcement officer.
Any person, firm or corporation convicted of a violation of
any provision of this chapter shall be subject to a fine or not more
than $100. Each delivery in violation of the terms hereof shall be
deemed a separate offense.
