Note: Prior history: Prior code § 4215 and Ord.
1199.
It is unlawful for any person to place, throw, scatter or deposit
any handbill, dodger, circular, booklet, or advertisement upon any
public road, street, highway, alley, sidewalk or public place (including
public buildings and grounds thereof) whether inhabited or vacant.
Nothing in this chapter shall apply to the distribution or handing
out of the foregoing to anyone who is willing to accept or receive
the same.
(Ord. 1927 § 1, 1997)
It is unlawful for any person to distribute, place, throw, scatter
or deposit any handbill, dodger, circular, booklet, or advertisement
upon any private yard, lawn, driveway, sidewalk, porch or steps if:
(1) the property owner or occupant requests the distributor not to
do so; (2) if the property is conspicuously posted with a sign bearing
the words "No Trespassing," "No Soliciting" or any similar notice;
(3) if the owner of the property has filed with the city clerk, a
request not to so deliver; or (4) if the property is temporarily or
continuously uninhabited or vacant and such fact is known or should
have been known to the distributor. Distribution not otherwise prohibited
under this section shall be so placed or deposited as to prevent the
handbill from being blown about the premises or on to public property.
(Ord. 1927 § 1, 1997)
Nothing in this chapter shall apply to the distribution of the
foregoing by and through the United States mail.
(Ord. 1927 § 1, 1997)
