It shall be unlawful for any person to paste, post, paint, print,
nail or attach or affix by any means whatsoever any handbill, poster,
notice, sign, advertisement, sticker or other printed material upon
any curb, gutter, flagstone, tree, lamppost, awning post, telegraph
pole, telephone pole, public utility pole, public garbage bin, bus
shelter, bridge, elevated train structure, highway fence, barrel,
box, parking meter, mailbox, traffic control device, traffic stanchion,
traffic sign (including pole), tree box, tree pit protection device,
bench, traffic barrier, hydrant, public pay telephone, any personal
property maintained on a City street or other City-owned property
pursuant to a franchise, concession or revocable consent granted by
the City or other such item or structure in any street, or to direct,
suffer or permit any servant, agent, employee or other person under
his or her control to engage in such activity; provided, however,
that this section shall not apply to any handbill, poster, notice,
sign, advertisement, sticker or other printed material so posted by
or under the direction of the City Council, or by or under the direction
of any City department