[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.
D. 
Exceptions. This Section shall not apply to any such political sign on private property with the consent of the owner or the owner's agent when it conforms to the restrictions as set forth in Section 430.130 of this Code.
[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.