[HISTORY: Adopted by the Rochester City Council
11-25-1941; amended in its entirety 5-22-1990 by Ord. No. 90-190.
Subsequent amendments noted where applicable.]
A.
No person shall paint, mark or write on or post or
otherwise affix any handbill or sign to or upon any sidewalk, crosswalk,
curb, street lamppost, hydrant, tree, shrub, tree stake or guard,
electric light or power or telephone pole or wire, fire alarm box,
bridge, street sign, traffic sign or other traffic control device,
parking meter or any other street appurtenance.
B.
Any handbill or sign found posted or otherwise affixed
contrary to the provisions of this section may be removed or obliterated
by the City. The person responsible for any such illegal posting shall
be liable for the cost incurred in the removal thereof, in addition
to any penalty which may be imposed.
C.
This section shall not apply to the placement of advertisements
by the Rochester-Genesee Regional Transportation Authority on bus
shelters within the right-of-way.
[Added 4-26-2001 by Ord. No. 2001-127]
D.
This section shall not apply to the placement of advertisements on
or within a public bikeshare station or a public scooter-sharing station
that is authorized to be placed within the public right-of-way or
public lands pursuant to a duly authorized agreement, ordinance, or
Municipal Code provision of the City of Rochester.
[Added 10-18-2016 by Ord.
No. 2016-349; amended 5-21-2019 by Ord. No. 2019-138]
A.
Every person owning, operating, maintaining or leasing
a billboard or a part thereof or structure of any kind used for advertising
purposes shall cause to be removed or obliterated therefrom any indecent,
filthy, lewd or obscene writing placed upon said billboard or structure
or any change made in or any damage done to the advertising, writing
or printing upon the billboard or structure.
B.
The existence of any such writing, change or damage
for a period of 24 hours without correction or removal shall constitute
a violation of this section.
No person shall place, leave, deposit or distribute
or cause to be placed, left, deposited or distributed in any street
or public place in the City or in any hallway, private area, doorstep,
yard or premises any package, parcel, box, bottle, sample or other
quantity of any nostrum, pills, tablets, powder, cosmetics, disinfectant,
antiseptic, drug, proprietary or patent medicine or any other material
of medicinal or alleged medicinal character or purporting to be a
curative agent. The provisions of this section shall not, however,
apply to the distribution by manufacturers or wholesale dealers of
samples of medicines or drugs to physicians or the trade, to the sale
of any of the aforesaid substances by the trade or to the distribution
of the same by physicians in the regular practice of their profession.
The provisions of Chapter 68 of the Municipal Code shall be applicable to all licenses issued under this chapter. The Municipal Code Violations Bureau shall hear and determine charges involving violations of this chapter. Any person who violates this chapter shall be subject to the penalties set forth in § 13A-11 of the Municipal Code.
