This chapter shall be known and may be cited
as the "Handbill Law of the Incorporated Village of Sea Cliff."
For the purpose of this chapter, the terms used
herein are defined as follows:
HANDBILL
Any printed or written matter, dodger, circular, leaflet,
pamphlet, paper, booklet or any other printed or otherwise reproduced
original or copies of any matter of literature which:
A.
Advertises for sale any merchandise, product,
commodity or thing.
B.
Directs attention to any business or mercantile
or commercial establishment or other activity, for the purpose of
either directly or indirectly promoting the interest thereof by sales.
C.
Directs attention to or advertises any meeting,
theatrical performance, exhibition or event of any kind.
D.
While containing reading matter other than advertising
matter, is predominantly and essentially an advertisement and is distributed
or circulated for advertising purposes or for the private benefit
and gain of any person so engaged as advertiser or distributor.
E.
Attempts to solicit support for or opposition
to any candidate for public office, or any political party or independent
body.
F.
Attempts to solicit support for or opposition
to any matter of public or private concern.
LEGAL NOTICE
An announcement or proclamation required by law to be publicly
disseminated in written form.
NEWSPAPER
Any newspaper of general circulation, any newspaper duly
entered with the United States Postal Service in accordance with federal
statute or regulation, any newspaper filed and recorded with any recording
officer as provided by law, any periodical or current magazine regularly
published with not less than four issues per year and sold to the
public and any shopping paper which, for the purposes of advertising
and public information, is distributed without payment of consideration.
POST
To tack, nail, paste, paint or otherwise affix a handbill
to some object or structure.
No person shall post any handbill upon any tree
in the Village. Except as provided herein, no person shall post any
handbill upon any fence, sidewalk, building, monument, pole or post.
Handbills may be affixed upon private buildings or billboards if the
consent of the owner shall first have been obtained. Except for posting
on trees, this section shall not prohibit the posting of any legal
notice; nor the posting of any handbill attempting to solicit support
for or opposition to any candidate for public office, or any political
party or independent body; nor any handbill attempting to solicit
support for or opposition to any matter of public or private concern;
nor any handbill advertising the sale of household goods or furnishings
by a bona fide householder or any similar event, provided that such
handbill is so affixed that it may be readily removed, and provided
further that the person posting such handbill shall ensure its prompt
removal and proper disposition immediately following the conclusion
of the event advertised.
No person shall write, print, paint, stamp or
otherwise mark any letters, figures, signs or tokens of any kind whatsoever
on any tree, pole, wall, rock, flagstone, curb, sidewalk, street or
other place in or upon any public or private property within the Village,
except incidental markings on private property or streets for recreational
purposes or markings on private property for purposes of identification.