[Code 1974 §12-701; Ord. No. 425, 5-10-1972; CC 2000 §5-501]
It shall be unlawful for any person, as principal or agent,
to place or cause to be placed any handbills, circulars, cards, political
signs, posters, leaflets, pamphlets, booklets, showbills or other
advertising matter in or attach the same upon any part of any motor
vehicle while such motor vehicle is in use upon the streets or standing
parked upon the streets or public parking lots of the City; provided,
that this Section shall not be construed to prevent the officers or
employees of the City from so doing for any municipal purpose; and
provided further, that this Section shall not be construed to include
regular advertising done in public conveyances.
[Ord. No. 685 §2, 5-28-1986; CC 2000 §5-502]
A.
It shall be unlawful for any person, as principal or agent, to throw, scatter or place any handbills, circulars, posters, cards, leaflets, pamphlets, booklets or any other advertising or written material upon any yard, stoop or porch. This shall not prohibit the placement of such materials by licensed persons as required under Chapter 610 who securely fasten such materials to exterior door handles so that such materials do not fall from the door handles.
B.
This
Section shall not apply to newspapers, magazines or periodicals which
the owner has individually and specifically ordered unless the owner
has notified the distributor or agent in writing to make no such deliveries.
[Ord. No. 425, 5-10-1972; Code 1974 §12-703; CC 2000 §5-503]
A.
It
shall be unlawful for any person as principal or agent to put up,
attach or post any signs, bills, dodgers, advertisements or notices
of any kind or character, of any material whatsoever, upon any telephone,
telegraph, electric light pole or upon any pole erected for the purpose
of carrying the wires of any public utility or upon any lamppost,
hitching post, hydrant, drinking fountain, sidewalk, bridge or fence
or building any of which may be located or situated in any street
or alley or other public ground within the City; or upon any house,
building, fence or structure of any kind upon any private ground within
the City, except by the consent of the owner thereof.
B.
Removal. Any sign, bill, dodger, advertisement or notice
posted or maintained in violation of this Section shall be torn down
and removed by the Code Enforcement Officer at his/her direction.
C.
Exceptions. This Section shall not apply to notices posted
by order of the City-County Health Department in the discharge of
any official duty nor to the posting of legal advertisements at places
required or designated by law or by ordinance.
[Ord. No. 425, 5-10-1972; Code 1974 §12-704; CC 2000 §5-504]
It shall be unlawful for any person to tear down, deface, mutilate,
obscure or otherwise injure any written or printed poster or handbill
or other advertisement which shall have been lawfully posted, nailed
or otherwise posted for a lawful purpose within the City.
[Ord. No. 425, 5-10-1972; Code 1974 §12-705; CC 2000 §5-505]
Any person violating any of the provisions of this Article shall,
upon conviction thereof, be punished by a fine in an amount not to
exceed one hundred dollars ($100.00) provided that each day of violation
constitutes a new and separate offense.
