[Adopted 10-3-1989, approved 10-5-1989]
[Amended 11-1-2011 by L.L. No. 13-2011, approved 11-23-2011]
A. 
The posting, tacking, taping or placing of any sign, handbill, stickers, posters or any printed material on any part of the stand of any traffic control device, any light pole and signpost, including traffic signs or street signs, traffic control boxes, utility poles, utility boxes and stanchions, guardrails, bridges, railroad crossings, railroad overpasses, trash containers or the like, on any public property throughout the City of Kingston, is hereby prohibited.
B. 
Any sign, handbill, sticker, any printed material advertising an event, such as garage sales, or performances, with the exception of real estate open house signs, shall be erected or posted no more than 24 hours prior to the event and must be removed within 24 hours after the event. No such advertisement may be larger than four square feet in size, and no such advertisements can be placed on private property unless the permission of the property owner is obtained prior to placement of same.
C. 
There will be a fine of $50 for violation of this section.
Upon the approval of the Superintendent of Public Works, appropriate temporary signs may be posted at the Broadway railroad overpass on such terms and conditions and for such periods of time as the Superintendent shall determine. All departments of the State of New York, County of Ulster and City of Kingston are hereby exempt from any prohibition set forth herein.
Any person who violates or knowingly permits the violation of this article shall be deemed to have committed an offense against this article and shall be subject to a fine of not more than $50. Each separate offense shall constitute a separate additional violation.
A. 
For the purpose of this article, the following terms shall have the meanings indicated:
PERSON
Human being, corporation, association, political party, vendor, business, not-for-profit corporation or any entity.
B. 
The existence of any of the above-printed material on any of the listed property or the like shall be presumed to be posted, tacked, taped or placed with the knowing permissions of any person whose name appears on said printed material.