It shall be unlawful for any person to attach, place, paint,
write, stamp or paste, or cause to be attached, placed, painted, written,
stamped or pasted, any sign, advertisement or other matter upon any
lamppost, electric light, railway, telephone or telegraph pole, shade
tree, fire hydrant or boxes covering them or on any bridge, pavement,
portion of any sidewalk or crosswalk, public building or any other
property or thing belonging to the City, or on any article or thing
within any park, or in or on any automobile or other vehicle while
the same is on any public street or place.
[Amended at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General
Provisions, Art. I)]
It shall also be unlawful for any person to attach, place, paint, write, stamp or paste, or cause to be attached, placed, painted, written, stamped or pasted, any sign, advertisement or other matter upon any house or part thereof, wall, fence, gate, post or tree box, without first having obtained written permission of the owner, agents or occupants of the premises so to do. Any posted sign or advertisement must also conform to the sign requirements of Chapter
360, Zoning, §
360-27.
It shall also be unlawful for any person to distribute, throw,
drop or scatter, or cause to be distributed, dropped or scattered,
in any street or public place in the City any posters, handbills,
advertising cards or other substances used for the purpose of advertising.
[Amended at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General
Provisions, Art. I)]
No person shall distribute handbills or other advertising matter
at houses, stores or other places of business, other than by putting
the same inside the screen doors, under doors, in the jambs of doors;
and when so distributed, no bell connected with such houses, stores
or places of business shall be rung, and no alarm of any kind shall
be sounded.
It shall be unlawful to distribute in any street or public place,
or from house to house, samples of medicines or drugs.
[Amended 10-5-1989 by L.L. No. 4-1989]
Any person violating the provisions of this chapter shall, upon
conviction thereof, be subject to a fine not exceeding $250 or be
imprisoned for a term not exceeding 15 days, or both.