by KYW's Mike Dunn

Philadelphia City Council plans to look at cracking down on handbills that advertise restaurants, car washes, and the like -- leaflets that usually end up just blowing in the wind. 

Frank DiCicco (in file photo above), councilman for the First District, says in his South Philadelphia neighborhood handbills usually end up not inside the recipients' homes but as litter in the gutter:

"Pizza shops, restaurants, take-out food restaurants, car washes: small businesses who hire people to go and circulate handbills that ultimately wind up in the street."

So, DiCicco is pushing a measure that would require those small businesses to leave handbills only in the hands of actual homeowners, or face fines. 

Earlier this year Council increased littering fines in general. DiCicco's handbill bill will be debated in committee.