No person shall throw or deposit any commercial
or noncommercial handbill in or upon any sidewalk, street or other
public place within the Town, or hand out or distribute or sell any
commercial handbill in any public place; provided, however, that any
person may hand out or distribute, or sell to the receiver thereof,
any noncommercial handbill to any person willing to accept it.
No person shall throw or deposit any commercial
or noncommercial handbill in or upon any private premises which are
temporarily or continuously uninhabited or vacant:
A. Where it is apparent that the property is unoccupied.
B. Where it is apparent that a previous day's distribution
is present.
C. Where the owner has not given his permission to do
so.
No license issued under this chapter shall be
transferable to any other person.
If any commercial distributor's license is surrendered
by the licensee or is revoked for cause, neither the license names
in such license nor any other person shall be entitled to any refund
of any part of the license fee.
The Commissioners may revoke any license obtained
under an application containing a false or fraudulent statement knowingly
made by the applicant with intent to obtain a license by means of
false or fraudulent representations or for violation of this chapter
or any other grounds specified by law.
The provisions of this chapter shall not be
deemed to apply to the distribution of mail by the United States nor
to newspapers.
All commercial handbills which are distributed,
deposited, scattered, handed out or circulated in any place or under
any circumstances shall have printed on the corner, front or back
thereof, the following information:
A. The name and address of the person who printed, wrote,
compiled or manufactured such handbill.
B. The name and address of the person who caused such
handbill to be distributed.
No person shall throw, deposit or distribute
any commercial or noncommercial handbill upon any private premises
if requested by anyone thereon not to do so or if there is placed
on such premises in a conspicuous position near the entrance thereto
a sign bearing the words "No Trespassing," "No Peddlers or Agents,"
"No Advertisement" or any similar notice indicating in any manner
that the occupants of such premises do not desire to be annoyed or
to have their right of privacy disturbed or to have any such handbills
left upon their premises.
No person shall distribute or deposit any commercial
or noncommercial handbills daily from 8:00 p.m. to 8:00 a.m. of the
following morning.
Any person, firm or corporation found in violation
of this chapter shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction
thereof shall be fined not less than $200 nor more than $500 and shall
pay the cost of prosecution.