(A) Posting notices prohibited; exception. No person shall post or affix any notice, poster or other paper or device, calculated to attract the attention of the public, to any lamp post, public utility pole or on any public structure or building, except as may be authorized or required by law.
(B) Advertisements on sidewalks prohibited. No person shall print or paint any signs or advertisements for any purpose whatsoever on the sidewalks of the town.
(C) Bill posting without property owner’s consent prohibited. No person shall post, paint, burn, sit up or expose any bill, placard or advertisement, or cause the same to be posted, painted, burnt, set up or exposed on the property or premises of any other person without first obtaining the consent of the legal owner or custodian of such property or premises.
(D) Removing or defacing bills prohibited. No person shall willfully or recklessly remove, tear down, deface, injure or destroy any written or printed handbill, poster or other notice or advertisement of like character legally posted or otherwise legally displayed, in any public place in this town, so long as the same shall be of value for the purposes thereof to the person who posted or displayed the same, or caused it to be posted or displayed.
(E) Posting bills on utility poles. No person shall paint, post, paste or otherwise in any manner attach any bills, posters, streamers or display advertisements on any telephone, telegraph or electric light poles located on the streets, thoroughfares or alleys in the town.
(F) Town employees to remove bills or advertisements.
(1) Authorized town personnel shall tear down or remove any bills, posters or display advertisements in any manner attached to any telephone, telegraph or electric light poles.
(2) This section shall not apply to traffic signs.
(G) Permits for signs and advertisements on and across streets. No person shall erect, hang or display signs and advertisements for any purpose whatsoever on and across the streets and public thoroughfares of the town, without first obtaining a permit.
(Ord. 07-02, passed 5-7-2007) Penalty, see § 112.99