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CHAPTER 610: ADVERTISING, BILLPOSTING AND HANDBILLS
Section
610.01 Advertising on private property
610.02 Advertising on public property
610.03 Real estate “open” signs at intersections
610.04 Impoundment of signs
§ 610.01 ADVERTISING ON PRIVATE PROPERTY.
   (a)   No person shall stick or post any advertisement, poster, sign, handbill or placard or any kind upon any building, vehicle, tree, post, fence, billboard or other structure or thing that is the private property of another without the permission of the occupant or owner of the same. No person shall paint, mark, write, print, impress or in any manner attach any notice, advertisement, name of any commodity or thing, trade mark, symbol or figure of any kind upon anything that is the property of another without first obtaining the permission of the owner of such thing on which he or she desires to place such notice, advertisement, name, mark, symbol or figure.
   (b)   Whoever violates this section is guilty of a minor misdemeanor and shall be subject to the penalty provided in § 698.02.
(Ord. 1233, passed 11-24-1958; Ord. 94-74, passed 6-10-1974)
§ 610.02 ADVERTISING ON PUBLIC PROPERTY.
   (a)   No person shall stick, post or attach any advertisement, poster, sign, handbill or placard of any kind upon any telegraph, telephone, railway or electric light pole within the city or upon any public building, vehicle, voting booth, flagging, curb, tree lawn, walk, step, stone or sidewalk. No person shall write, print, impress or in any manner attach any notice or advertisement of any kind upon any public building, voting booth, flagging, curb, tree lawn, step, stone or sidewalk that is the property of the municipality, within the street lines of the municipality or over which the municipality or Council has the care, custody or control, except such as may be required by the laws of the state or upon written permission of the Mayor for a period not to exceed 60 days.
   (b)   Whoever violates this section is guilty of a minor misdemeanor and shall be subject to the penalty provided in § 698.02.
(Ord. 94-74, passed 6-10-1974; Ord. 63-76, passed 5-10-1976)
§ 610.03 REAL ESTATE “OPEN” SIGNS AT INTERSECTIONS.
   (a)   No sign, either permanent or temporary, shall be placed at the intersection of two or more streets in the area contained between the paved portion of the street and the sidewalk or right-of-way line, except that a sign with the word “open” and a directional arrow may be displayed between the hours of 1:00 p.m. and 9:00 p.m. city time. Only one such sign may be placed on each side of any intersection for the purpose of directing traffic in one direction. If two or more homes are being held open for inspection on the same street, only one such sign may be displayed.
   (b)   Whoever violates this section is guilty of a minor misdemeanor and shall be subject to the penalty provided in § 698.02.
(Prior Code, § 610.04) (Ord. 63-76, passed 5-10-1976)
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