No person may throw, cast, distribute, scatter or otherwise place any advertising sample, handbill, dodger, circular, booklet or other notice of commercial advertising in or upon any structure, lawn, mailbox or other private property after having received notice from the owner or occupant of such private property that such distribution is rejected.
Notice of rejection of such material may be communicated by the owner or occupant of the property to the distributor by placing a notice upon his residence or private property or by delivering written notice to the distributor that such distribution is not desired by the owner or occupant.
The distributor of such material shall place or cause the publisher of the material to place a conspicuous notice on the upper right-hand portion of the front page of such material, in prominent position where it can be easily read or noted, containing a notice substantially conforming to the following:
Should the recipient of this material desire that further distribution of this material or similar material be discontinued at this address or location, please notify the distributor at the following address or telephone number: |
Such notice shall contain the name, the local address and local telephone number where such distributor may be contacted.
Failure of the distributor to place or cause to be placed the notices on the advertising material as specified above, or the failure of the advertiser to provide a local address and local telephone number to receive communications or telephone calls, or the failure of the distributor to comply with notification requirements of the owner or occupant of the property, shall constitute a misdemeanor.
(Prior code § 16.10)