(A) No person shall throw or deposit any handbill in or upon any sidewalk, street or other public place within the township. However, it shall not be unlawful on any sidewalk, street or public place within the township for any person to hand out or distribute, without charge to the receiver thereof, any handbill to any person willing to accept it.
(B) No person shall throw or deposit any handbill in or upon a vehicle. However, it shall not be unlawful in any public place for a person to hand out or distribute, without charge to the receiver thereof, a handbill to any occupant of a vehicle who is willing to accept it.
(C) No person shall throw or deposit any handbill in or upon any private premises which are temporarily or continuously uninhabited or vacant.
(D) No person shall throw, deposit or distribute any handbill in or upon private premises which are inhabited, except by handling or transmitting any such handbill directly to the owner, occupant or other person then represent in or upon such private premises.
(E) The provisions of this section do not apply to the distribution of mail by the United States or a commercial delivery service, nor to newspapers when such newspapers are delivered to a current subscriber and are placed on private premises in such a manner as to prevent them from being carried or deposited by the elements upon any street, sidewalk, or other public or private property or water.
(F) In addition to the civil penalties provided in § 131.99, the court may impose, under its supervision, community service in the form of litter-gathering labor, including, but not limited to, litter connected with the particular violation.
(G) In addition to the penalties provided for in this section, this chapter may be enforced by suit for injunction, action for damages or any equitable relief appropriate to the enforcement of this chapter.
(Ord. 15-217, passed 10-20-2015)