No person shall place upon or affix, or cause or procure to be placed
upon or affixed, to any sidewalk, hydrant, lamppost, tree, telephone, telegraph
or electric light pole or public building in any public street or place within
the city any words, characters, device, bill, placard, poster, notice, letters
or pictures of any kind as a notice of or reference to any article, business,
exhibition, profession, matter or event of any nature, including political
contests.
The placing or affixing of any words, characters, device, bill, placard,
poster, notice, letters or pictures of any kind upon any property or place
specified in this section is presumptive evidence that the proprietor, vendor,
exhibitor thereof or person or persons whose cause is being promoted, caused
or procured the same to be placed or affixed.
No person shall place any word, letter, figure or drawing or any mark
with paint, chalk or any similar substance on any pavement, curb or sidewalk
on any public street in the city. This section shall not apply to words, letters
or marks placed on the pavements, curbs or sidewalks by employees of the city
for the purpose of directing traffic or regulating the parking of automobiles,
or otherwise assisting the enforcement of city laws and ordinances.
[Amended by Ord. No. 72-12, eff. 7-5-1972]
Any violation of either this article or chapter, as the case may be, shall be punishable as provided in §
1-17 of Chapter
1 entitled "General Provisions" of this Code.