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]
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]
No person, firm or corporation shall
carry on the business of distributing handbills, samples, or advertisements
of any kind within the limits of the City of Bloomington without first
having obtained a license therefor from the City Manager.
[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.
[Ord. No. 1979-12]
No person shall throw or scatter
handbills or other paper upon the streets, alleys, or sidewalks of
the City.
[Ord. No. 1979-12]
The provisions of this article shall
not have any application to notices required by law.
[Ord. No. 1979-12]
Any person violating or failing to comply with any of the provisions of this article shall upon conviction be punished as provided in § 1-106 of this Code.
