(a) Registration. No person or company shall distribute any Printed Material on any property, whether the property be private, public, vacant, or uninhabited property, without first registering with the Village Fiscal Officer, by phone or in person, as follows:
(1) The persons or company (“registrant”) wishing to distribute Commercial and/or Noncommercial Literature must register with the Village Fiscal Officer not less than fifteen days and no more than thirty days prior to any distribution; and,
(2) The persons or company (“registrant”) wishing to distribute Newspapers must register with the Village Fiscal Officer once each calendar year during which the materials will be distributed. Registration is required no less than fifteen days and no more than thirty days prior to the first date distribution. Registration under this subpart shall expire at the end of the calendar year; and,
(3) Each registrant must provide the Village Fiscal Officer with the name and contact information of the registrant, a listing of all addresses where the Printed Material is intended to be distributed, as well as the anticipated volume of the Printed Material that the registrant wishes to distribute. (For example: forty phone books, letter size paper, approximately 4 inches thick).
(b) Placement: Unless requested by anyone on the property not to do so, the registrant may only deposit Printed Material in a container or tube, or in such a way as to secure or prevent it from being blown, carried, drifted, or deposited by the elements about the premises, or upon any sidewalks, streets, lawns or other private or public places, except that mailboxes may not be used when so prohibited by federal postal law or regulations.
(c) Concurrently with the filing of the registration, under Section 705.041(a)(1) or (2) the registrant shall pay a fee of thirty-five dollars ($35.00) to compensate for the costs incident to background investigation, registration and issuance of stamped copies of credentials.
(Ord. 2015-3-5. Passed 4-14-15.)