[HISTORY: Adopted by the Village Board of the Village of Maple Bluff
as §§ 9.14 and 9.20 of the 1986 Code. Amendments noted where
applicable.]
No person shall place any commercial advertising material upon any public
property or in any street, alley or public grounds or upon any private property
situated and fixed in any street, alley or public ground.
No person shall place any commercial advertising material upon any private
property without first having obtained a permit from the Clerk-Treasurer.
An application for such permit shall be filed with the Clerk-Treasurer and
shall specify the full name, address and telephone number of the applicant
and such other information as the Clerk-Treasurer may reasonably require concerning
the applicant and employees. Upon receipt of an application fee as set by
the Village Board, the Clerk-Treasurer shall cause issuance of a permit in
the name of the applicant. No permit shall be transferable. All permits granted
hereunder shall expire on the 30th day of June following the date of their
issuance unless sooner revoked. Permits may be temporarily suspended by the
Clerk-Treasurer upon violation by the holder of any of the provisions of this
chapter, provided that such suspension shall not exceed 30 days. Permits may
be revoked, after an opportunity for hearing by the Police and Fire Committee,
upon willful, intentional, continuous or repeated violations of the provisions
of this chapter.
No person shall place any commercial advertising material upon any private
property except in compliance with the following:
A.
Any plastic bag used in distribution shall be a minimum
of one millimeter in thickness and shall have a minimum of 20 holes, each
at least 1/4 inch in diameter.
B.
No toxic material or material injurious to health shall
be distributed.
C.
All unclaimed material shall be collected by the distributor
or his agent by 6:00 p.m. on the day following the day of distribution.
D.
No distribution of such material shall be made to any
private dwelling if the owner or occupant thereof gives notice in any reasonable
manner that he does not wish to receive such material.
E.
Every distribution of commercial advertising material
shall include the name, address and telephone number of the person responsible
for such distribution.
This chapter shall not apply to the posting of notices required by law
nor to materials distributed through the United States mail.
Any person who shall violate any provision of this chapter shall be subject to a penalty as provided in § 1-4 of this Municipal Code.
