Cross Reference — License fee for billposters, §605.040.
[Rev. Ords. 1910 §135; Ord. No. 487 §1, 9-5-1933; CC 1976 §3-1]
No person shall post any bill, sign, poster or advertisement
on any building, fence, pole or any other property, whether public
or private, belonging to another without the consent of the owner
thereof. Such consent shall be secured in writing and shall be exhibited
to any Police Officer on demand by the person having the same.
[Rev. Ords. 1910 §§114, 115; CC 1976 §3-2]
It shall be unlawful for any person to tear, deface, mutilate,
take down or in any manner destroy any advertisement or any legal,
public or private notice lawfully posted for public view within the
City limits, except that the owner of the property, upon which such
advertisement or notice has been posted without his permission, may
remove the same.
[CC 1976 §3-3]
It shall be unlawful for any person to advertise, or attempt
to advertise, by marking or painting on any of the streets or sidewalks
within the City.
[RSMo. §570.160]
A person commits an offense of false advertising if, in connection
with the promotion of the sale of, or to increase the consumption
of, property or services, he recklessly makes or causes to be made
a false or misleading statement in any advertisement addressed to
the public or to a substantial number of persons. False advertising
is a misdemeanor.
[RSMo. §570.170]
[CC 1976 §3-16]
The word "distribute", for the purposes of
this Article, shall mean and include the scattering, throwing, handing
out or any other means of dispensing circulares, handbills or other
printed matter.
[CC 1976 §3-17]
The provisions of this Article shall in no way affect the usual
and customary sales and delivery of newspapers and periodicals and
shall not prevent the distribution of advertising matter in business
buildings or private residences.
[CC 1976 §3-18]
It shall be unlawful for any person to distribute any handbills
or other advertising matter within the business districts of the City.
[CC 1976 §3-19]
It shall be unlawful for any person to distribute or cause to
be distributed any circulares, handbills or other written or printed
matter for advertising purposes upon the streets or sidewalks of the
City without first obtaining a permit therefor.
[CC 1976 §3-20]
No person shall distribute handbills or advertisements of any
kind by placing or throwing the same on any street, lot, building
or otherwise. Such handbills or advertisements shall be enclosed in
an envelope or clipped and placed on each house where such advertising
matter is left.
[CC 1976 §3-21]
It shall be unlawful for any person to distribute or cause to
be distributed any circulares, handbills or other written or printed
matter for advertising purposes on behalf of any other person unless
such other person shall first obtain a permit therefor. It shall be
the duty of any person making such distribution to inform himself
as to whether or not the proper permit has been obtained by such other
person.
[CC 1976 §3-22]
No person shall distribute advertising or printed matter of
any kind by placing the same in or on a motor vehicle that is parked
on any street or in other public places.
