<p>Ticketing for litter on sidewalks is the No. 1 code violation in Philadelphia. The city handed out about 20,000 tickets to property owners for that one offense last year — but <a href="https://billypenn.com/2019/08/05/tickets-for-trashy-sidewalks-are-up-300-it-hasnt-fixed-phillys-litter-problem/">half of them didn’t get paid</a>. So why do it at all? Max Marin of WHYY’s Billy Penn breaks down which neighborhoods are hit the hardest.</p>

Ticketing for litter on sidewalks is the No. 1 code violation in Philadelphia. The city handed out about 20,000 tickets to property owners for that one offense last year — but half of them didn’t get paid. So why do it at all? Max Marin of WHYY’s Billy Penn breaks down which neighborhoods are hit the hardest.

<p>Ticketing for litter on sidewalks is the No. 1 code violation in Philadelphia. The city handed out about 20,000 tickets to property owners for that one offense last year — but <a href="https://billypenn.com/2019/08/05/tickets-for-trashy-sidewalks-are-up-300-it-hasnt-fixed-phillys-litter-problem/" rel="noopener noreferrer">half of them didn’t get paid</a>. So why do it at all? Max Marin of WHYY’s Billy Penn breaks down which neighborhoods are hit the hardest.</p>

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