(A) For the purpose of this section, LITTER is defined to be any garbage, refuse, rubbish, ashes, street cleanings, dead animals, abandoned automobiles, paper, wrappings, cigarette butts, cardboard, tin cans, yard clippings, leaves, wood, grass, bedding, or crockery and similar materials commonly referred to as rubbish or trash.
(B) No person shall throw or deposit litter in or upon any open or vacant property within the town irrespective of the ownership of such property.
(C) No person shall throw or deposit litter in or upon any street, alley, sidewalk, or other public place within the town except in public receptacles authorized private receptacles or in the municipal sanitary landfill.
(D) No person shall sweep into or deposit in any gutter, street, or other public place within the town the accumulation of litter from any building or lot or from any public or private sidewalk or driveway; any person(s) owning or occupying property shall keep the sidewalk in front of his, her, or their premises free of litter.
(E) No person shall drive or move any truck or other vehicle within the town unless such vehicle is so constructed or loaded as to prevent any load, contents, or litter from being blown or deposited upon any street, alley, or other public place nor shall any person drive or move any vehicle or truck within the town, the wheels or tires of which carry onto or deposit in any street, alley, or other public place any mud, dirt, sticky substances, litter, or foreign matter of any kind in excessive or damaging amounts.
(F) No person shall throw or deposit any commercial or noncommercial handbill on or upon any sidewalk, street, or other public place within the town; no person shall hand out, distribute, or sell commercial handbills in public places.
(G) No person shall throw or deposit any commercial or noncommercial handbill in or upon any vehicle; however, it shall not be unlawful, in any public place, for a person to hand out or distribute, without charge to the receiver, a noncommercial handbill to any occupant of a vehicle who is willing to accept it.
(H) No person shall throw or deposit any commercial or noncommercial handbill in or upon any private premises which are temporary or continuously vacant.
(I) No person shall throw, deposit, or distribute any commercial or noncommercial handbill upon any private premises if requested not to do so or if signs are posted bearing the words “no trespassing,” “no peddlers or agents,” “no advertisement,” or similar notice indicating that the occupants do not desire to have their privacy disturbed.
(J) No person shall throw, deposit, or distribute any commercial or noncommercial handbill in or upon private premises which are inhabited except by transmitting them directly to the owner, occupant, or persons present upon such private premises; in cases of inhabited private premises which are not posted, handbills must be placed securely to prevent them from blowing on sidewalks or other public places.
(K) The provisions of division (J) above shall not apply to the distribution of mail by the United States nor to newspapers; except, newspapers shall be placed on private property so as to prevent being carried or deposited upon any street, sidewalk, or public place or on other private property.
(Prior Code, § 15-61) Penalty, see § 130.99
Statutory reference:
Related provisions, see 21 O.S. §§ 1753.3 and 1761.1