(a) No person shall throw, deposit or distribute any handbill in or upon private premises which are inhabited except by handing or transmitting any such handbill directly to the owner, occupant or other person then present in or upon the private premises, except that the person, unless requested by anyone upon the premises not to do so, may place or deposit the handbill in or upon the 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.
(b) The provisions of subsection (a) shall not apply to the distribution of mail by the United States, nor to newspapers, except that newspapers shall be placed on private property in such a manner as to prevent their being carried or deposited by the elements in an unbound condition upon any sidewalk, parkway, gutter, street, alley or other public place or upon private property.
(Ord. 2624-B, passed 4-10-1978)