It shall be unlawful for any person, firm, or corporation to post, nail, stick, or otherwise affix bills, posters, advertisements, notices or any other printed or graphic matter upon public property in the Town. This subchapter shall not apply to notices, signs, or advertisements required to be posted by law, signs or plates on residential premises giving the name or address of the occupant, mail boxes or newspaper tubes, municipal, county, State and Federal traffic signs, historical markers, monuments or signs erected by public authority, temporary displays as a part of customary holiday decorations, and signs denoting the location of underground utilities.
('76 Code, § 9-5001) Penalty, see § 10.99