(a) No person shall tear down, remove, destroy, cover up, mutilate, obliterate or otherwise injure any proclamation or official notice, any sign or handbill, notice, poster or advertisement containing a notice of any meeting, lecture, theater, show, play or concert, or any public or private sale of property until after they have served the purpose for which they were put up. This section does not prevent any person owning or controlling billboards used for advertising purposes from changing or removing advertisements or notices which he or she may post thereon, or prohibit any owner from removing advertisements or notices placed or remaining on his or her property without his or her consent.
(b) Whoever violates this section is guilty of defacing and removing signs, a misdemeanor of the fourth degree.
(Ord. No. 1020-76. Passed 6-14-76, eff. 6-18-76)