(A) Deposit of commercial handbills on public property. No person shall throw or deposit any commercial or noncommercial handbill in or upon any sidewalk, street or other public place within the town, nor shall any person hand out or distribute or sell any commercial handbill in any public place, but nothing in this section shall be deemed to prohibit any person from handing out or distributing on any sidewalk, street, or other public place within the town, without charge to the receiver thereof, any commercial handbill to any person willing to accept it.
(B) Placing on vehicles. No person shall throw or deposit any commercial or noncommercial handbill in or upon any vehicle, but 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.
(C) Deposited on posted property. No person shall throw, deposit or distribute any commercial or noncommercial handbill upon any private premises, if requested in writing 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 words, “No Trespassing,” “No Peddlers or Agents,” “No Advertisement,” or any similar notice, indicating in any manner that the occupants of said premises do not desire to have their right of privacy disturbed, or to have any handbill left upon such premises.
(D) Depositing handbill at inhabited premises; mail and newspapers. No person shall throw, deposit or distribute any commercial or noncommercial handbill in or upon private premises which are inhabited unless 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, and except that mailboxes may not be so used when so prohibited by federal postal law or regulations. The provisions of this section shall not apply to the distribution of mail by the United States nor of newspapers as defined by this subchapter.
(Ord. 2002-5A, passed 5-28-02) Penalty, see § 92.99