[Adopted 6-3-1969 as Ch. 13 of the 1969 Code of the Town of Huntington]
[Amended 10-13-2004 by L.L. No. 32-2004]
It shall be unlawful for any person or business entity to throw, cast or distribute, or permit to be thrown, cast or distributed, any handbill, circular, card, booklet, placard or other advertising matter whatsoever in or upon any street, front yard, courtyard or lawn of any building, or in private letter boxes, or on automobiles or other vehicles within the Town of Huntington, outside of incorporated villages, provided that nothing herein contained shall be deemed to prohibit or otherwise regulate the distribution of such advertising matter from home to home by affixing the same to an inner or outer door of a private home, or by placing the same in a slot or recess of the door, or by placing the same underneath the door of such dwelling. The provisions of this article shall not be deemed to prohibit or otherwise regulate the delivery of such matter by the United States Postal Service, or prohibit the distribution of sample copies of newspapers sold by the copy or by annual subscription. (This section is not intended to limit the lawful distribution of anything other than commercial and business advertising matter.)
[Amended 8-17-1993 by Ord. No. 93-CE-11; 11-6-2019 by L.L. No. 56-2019]
(A) 
A breach of this article shall be an offense punishable by a fine of not less than one hundred dollars ($100.) nor more than seven hundred fifty dollars ($750.) or imprisonment for a period not exceeding fifteen (15) days, or both fine and imprisonment, for the first such offense and, for any subsequent offenses committed within five (5) years of the first offense, by a fine of not less than two hundred fifty dollars ($250.) nor more than one thousand dollars ($1,000.) or imprisonment for a period not exceeding fifteen (15) days, or by both fine and imprisonment. Each day such violation continues shall constitute a separate offense and shall be punishable as such hereunder.
[Amended 9-14-2021 by L.L. No. 50-2021]
(B) 
Any person or entity found by the Bureau of Administrative Adjudication to have violated this article shall be subject to a monetary penalty in an amount within the range of fines authorized in subdivision A for a first offense and subsequent offenses, respectively.
(C) 
The Town Attorney may also bring an action or proceeding in the name of the Town in a court of competent jurisdiction to enjoin the violation and to recover the costs incurred by the Town for cleaning up or otherwise remedying conditions brought about by the violation of this article.