COMMERCIAL HANDBILL
Any circular, pamphlet, dodger, advertisement, sheet, placard, poster, sticker, or other written or printed matter designed to promote the sale of any article for profit or designed to promote any profit making venture. The words "commercial handbill" shall not include any regularly published newspaper or magazine.
[Ord. No. 1979-12]
HANDBILL
Any circular, pamphlet, dodger, advertisement, sheet, placard, poster, sticker or other written or printed matter except regularly published newspapers or magazines.
[Ord. No. 1979-12]
[Ord. No. 1979-12]
Application for the license required by the preceding sections shall be made to the City Manager upon forms provided by the City Clerk and shall be accompanied by a license fee, payable to the City in the amount specified in § 3-1505 of this article.
[Ord. No. 1979-12]
Any person distributing handbills, samples, or advertisements of any kind for any person, firm, or corporation engaged in the business described in the above section of this article, and which person, firm, or corporation has not been licensed as herein required, shall be fined not less than $50 nor more than $100.
[Ord. No. 2018-89]
Every person, firm, or corporation carrying on the business of distributing handbills, samples, or advertisements of any kind within the City of Bloomington shall pay an annual license fee as set forth in the Schedule of Fees.
[Ord. No. 1979-12]
No person, firm, or corporation shall distribute or cause to be distributed within the limits of the City any bills or advertisements containing pictures, illustrations, or written or printed accounts of an obscene or unmoral character, under a penalty of not less than $15 nor more than $100 for each offense.
[Ord. No. 1998-95]
No person, firm, or corporation shall paste, paint, print, nail, or attach or be pasted, painted, printed, nailed, or attached any handbill, advertisement, placard or instrument of any kind on any curb stone, flag stone, or any portion of any part of any sidewalk or upon any tree, lamppost, telegraph, telephone, or electric light pole, hydrant, or police patrol box, or upon any private wall, door, gate, or fence without the consent in writing of the owner thereof. Any person violating any of the provisions of this section shall be fined not less than $25 nor more than $100 for each offense.
[Ord. No. 1998-95]
No person, firm, or corporation shall place, distribute or cause to be distributed in the City any handbill, advertisement, or other instrument giving notice of any person having or professing to have skill in the treatment or cure of any disorder or disease, or giving notice of any sale, or exposure for sale of any nostrum or medicine. No person, firm, or corporation shall distribute or cause to be distributed any sample of medicine or herbs of any kind within the limits of said City. Any person, firm, or corporation violating any of the provisions of this section shall be fined not less than $25 nor more than $100 for each offense, and every single placing, posting, or distributing shall be considered a separate offense.
[Ord. No. 1979-12]
No person shall post or cause to be posted upon or in any place within the City where same can be seen from the streets, alleys, or other public places of the City, any handbill or notice of any character whatsoever, giving or purporting to give information from whom or where medicine or remedies of any kind may be obtained for the cure, prevention, or treatment of uterine disease or diseases peculiar to females, venereal diseases or diseases of the genital organs; or nervous debility, impotence, sterility, or barrenness, gonorrhea, gleet, stricture, syphilis, infection of the prostate gland, abortion or miscarriage, or articles or means of preventing conception.
[Ord. No. 1979-12]
No person, firm, or corporation shall distribute or cause to be distributed any handbills, tickets, samples, or advertisements of any kind whatever to any child or children within a radius of 1,000 feet of any public or private school house or place used for school purposes, or any public or private building in which children may assemble or meet, nor shall any such matter be so placed that the same may be accessible to any child or children within such distance. All violations of this section shall be punished by a fine of not less than $5 nor more than $25.
[Ord. No. 1984-85]
It shall be illegal for any person to place any handbill in or upon any automobile or other motor vehicle while such automobile or other motor vehicle is parked on any street, in any public parking lot, or on any other public property in the City, or is being driven upon the streets of the City without having first obtained the consent of the owner or person in charge of such automobile or other motor vehicle.
A. 
No person shall distribute commercial handbills as herein defined upon the streets, alleys, or sidewalks of the City.
[Ord. No. 1979-12]
B. 
All of the prohibitions as to use of handbills set forth in the preceding Sections of this chapter shall only apply to the use of commercial handbills.
[Ord. No. 1979-12]
[Ord. No. 1979-12]
If any person in a newspaper, circular, form letter, or other publication published, distributed, or circulated in the City, or on any billboard, sign, card, label, or other advertising medium, displayed on, in, or near a showcase, store, or other place in the City makes or disseminates or causes to be made or disseminated any statement or assertion of fact concerning the quantity, the quality, the method of production or manufacture, the cost of production, the cost to the advertiser, tile present or former price or the reason for the price of the merchandise or such person or concerning the manner or source of purchase of such merchandise or the possession of rewards, prizes, or distinctions conferred on the appearance of an offer, advantageous to the purchaser and is untrue or calculated to mislead the person causing such statement or assertion to be made or disseminated shall upon conviction be punished as provided in § 1-106 of this Code.