(A) In public places. No person shall throw or deposit any commercial or noncommercial handbill in or upon any sidewalk, street, or other public place within the city, nor shall any person hand out or distribute or sell any commercial handbill in any public place; provided, that it is not unlawful on any sidewalk, street, or other public place within the city for any person to hand out or distribute, without charge to the receiver thereof, any noncommercial handbill to any person willing to accept it.
(Prior Code, § 93.055)
(B) In or upon vehicles. No person shall throw or deposit any commercial or noncommercial handbill in or upon any vehicle; provided, that it is not unlawful in any public place for a person to hand out or distribute, without charge to the receiver thereof, a noncommercial handbill to any occupant of a vehicle who is willing to accept it.
(Prior Code, § 93.056)
(C) On private premises.
(1) No person shall throw or deposit any commercial or noncommercial handbill in or upon any private premises which are temporarily or continuously uninhabited or vacant.
(2) No person shall throw, deposit, or distribute any commercial or noncommercial handbill upon an private premises if requested by anyone thereon not to do so, or if there is placed on the premises, in a conspicuous position near the entrance thereof, a sign bearing the following words:
“No Trespassing,” “No Peddlers or Agents,” “No Advertisement.”
Or any similar notice indicating, in any matter, that the occupants of the premises do not desire to be molested or have their right to privacy disturbed or have any handbills left upon the premises.
(3) No person shall throw, deposit, or distribute any commercial or noncommercial handbill in or upon private premises which are inhabited except by handling or transmitting any handbill directly to the owner, occupant, or other person then present in or upon private premises; provided, that in case of inhabited private premises which are not posted, as provided in this subchapter, the person, unless requested by anyone upon the premises not to do so, may place or deposit any handbill in or upon an inhabited private premises if the handbill is so placed or deposited as to secure or prevent the handbill from being blown or drifted about the premises or sidewalks, streets, or other public places; except, that mailboxes may not be so used when so prohibited by federal postal law or regulations.
(4) The provisions of this section shall not apply to the distribution of mail by the United States, nor to NEWSPAPERS as defined in § 93.030, except that newspapers shall be placed on private property in a manner as to prevent their being carried or deposited by the elements upon any street, sidewalk, or other public place or upon private property.
(Prior Code, § 93.057)
Penalty, see § 93.999