For purposes of this article, the following words and phrases shall have the following meanings unless the context indicates a different meaning:
Dwelling
has the same meaning set forth in the Comprehensive Zoning Ordinance, exhibit 28A, section 39, as amended.
Handbill
means and includes any printed or written matter, any sample or device, dodger, circular, leaflet, pamphlet, paper, booklet, or any other printed or otherwise reproduced original or copies of any matter or literature.
Handbill distributor
means and includes any person engaging or engaged in the business for hire or gain of distributing handbills, other than newspapers distributed to subscribers thereof, and any person receiving compensation directly or indirectly for the distribution of such handbills.
Handbill sponsor
means and includes any person who uses a handbill as a medium of advertising or spreading a message.
Individual
shall mean only a natural person.
No Trespass(ing) Sign
means a sign made of a weatherproof material that is:
(1) 
Not less than three inches high;
(2) 
Not less than four inches wide; and
(3) 
Bears on the sign face the phrase "no trespassing" or "no trespass" in letters not less than two-thirds (2/3) of an inch in height.
Residential property
means any lot or tract of land on which a dwelling is located.
(Ordinance 2025-1328 adopted 8/26/2025)
(a) 
It shall be unlawful for any individual, handbill distributor, and/or handbill sponsor to:
(1) 
Distribute, deposit, place, throw, scatter, or cast any handbill upon any residential property; or
(2) 
Cause to be distributed, deposited, placed, thrown, scattered, or cast any handbill upon any residential property.
(b) 
It shall be a defense to a violation of subsection (a) if the individual, handbill distributor, or handbill sponsor:
(1) 
Handed or transmitted the handbill directly to the owner, occupant, or any other person then present in or upon the residential property;
(2) 
Placed or deposited the handbill in a manner to secure and prevent such handbill from being blown or drifting about the residential property; or
(3) 
Placed such handbill in a mailbox and such placement was not prohibited by federal law or regulation.
(c) 
It shall be unlawful for any person to distribute or cause to be distributed, deposited, placed, thrown, scattered or cast any handbill upon any residential property:
(1) 
If requested by anyone present on such residential property to not distribute or cause to be distributed, deposited, placed, thrown, scattered or cast such handbill upon such residential property; or
(2) 
If a no trespass(ing) sign is placed on such residential property in a conspicuous place upon or near the main entrance to the dwelling unit located on such residential property.
(Ordinance 2025-1328 adopted 8/26/2025)