(a) No person shall stick or post any advertisement, poster, sign or handbill or placard of any description upon any building, vehicle or upon any tree, post, fence, billboard or any other structure or thing whatever, upon the private property of another without permission of the occupant or owner of the same, nor paint, mark, write, print or impress, or in any manner attach any notice or advertisement or the name of any commodity or thing or any trade mark, symbol, or figure of any kind upon anything whatever upon the property of another without first obtaining permission of the owner of such thing on which they desire to place such notice, advertisement, name, mark or figure.
(b) Notwithstanding the provisions of subsection (a) hereof, the activity of placing bags containing advertising items upon doorknobs unless in any way objected to by the property owner or occupant, shall be permitted, but only in accordance with the following provisions:
(1) No person shall engage in such activity without first obtaining a permit.
A. Applications for permits shall be obtained from the office of the Mayor.
B. Each application must be approved by Council before a permit will be issued.
C. A permit shall be good for one year, covering the period from January 1 through December 31 in each year.
D. An annual fee, as established by motion of Council, shall be paid prior to the issuance of a permit upon the approval of the permit application.
E. Permits issued after January 31 shall be subject to a prorated annual fee.
(2) In applying for a permit the following information must be submitted:
A. Name of distributor;
B. Business address of distributor;
C. Purpose of distribution activity;
D. Anticipated frequency of distribution;
E. Such other information as Council shall by motion, deem necessary and appropriate.
(3) All distributions of material shall be in bags, which shall be placed securely on doorknobs and in such a manner so as to prevent litter.
(4) The bags, distributed in accordance herewith, shall be marked, in a reasonable fashion, so as to identify the distributor.
(5) Council may, for a violation of these provisions or any other good cause, revoke, at any time, a permit granted in accordance with this section. No refund of the permit fee shall be made in the event of the revocation of a permit. (Ord. 69-77. Passed 11-1-77.)
(c) Whoever violates this section is guilty of a misdemeanor of the third degree.