(A) No person shall deposit, place, throw, scatter, or cast any commercial handbills in or upon any public place within this city; and no person shall hand out or distribute or sell any commercial handbill in any public place; however, it shall not be unlawful for any person to hand out or distribute, without charge to the receiver thereof, any noncommercial handbill in any public place to any person willing to accept the noncommercial handbill. (‘83 Code, § 112.37)
(B) No person shall distribute, deposit, place, throw, scatter, or cast any commercial or noncommercial handbill in or upon any automobile or other vehicle. The provisions of this section shall not be deemed to prohibit the handing, transmitting, or distributing of any noncommercial handbill to the owner or other occupant of any automobile or other vehicle who is willing to accept the same. (‘83 Code, § 112.38)
(C) No person shall distribute, deposit, place, throw, scatter, or cast any commercial or noncommercial handbill in or upon any private premises which are temporarily or continuously uninhabited or vacant. (‘83 Code, § 112.39)
(D) No person shall distribute, deposit, place, throw, scatter, or cast any commercial or noncommercial handbill upon any 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 words “No Trespassing,” “No Peddlers or Agents,” “No Advertisement,” or any similar notice indicating in any manner that the occupants of the premises do not desire to be molested or to have their right of privacy disturbed, or to have any handbills left upon the premises. However, it shall be the duty of the owner, landlord, or person in control of any premises remaining vacant for a period of more than five days to post in a conspicuous position on the premises a sign as is indicated by this section. The term "vacant" as used herein shall not be deemed to include temporary absences from the premises by its regular occupants. (‘83 Code, § 112.40)
(E) No person shall distribute, deposit, place, throw, scatter, or cast any commercial or noncommercial handbill in or upon any private premises which are inhabited, except by handing or transmitting any handbill directly to the owner, occupant, or any other person then present in or upon the private premises. However, in case of inhabited private premises which are not posted as provided in this subchapter, the distributor, unless requested by anyone upon the premises not to do so, may place or deposit any handbill in or upon any inhabited private premises, if the handbill is so placed or deposited as to secure or prevent it from being blown or drifted about the premises or elsewhere, except that mailboxes may not be so used when prohibited by federal laws or regulations. (‘83 Code, § 112.41)
(F) (1) No person shall distribute, deposit, scatter, hand out, or circulate any commercial or noncommercial handbill in any place, under any circumstances, which does not have printed on the cover, front, or back thereof, the name and address of the following.
(a) The person who printed, wrote, compiled, or manufactured the handbill.
(b) The person who caused the handbill to be distributed.
(2) In the case of a fictitious person or club, in addition to the fictitious name, the true names and addresses of the owners, managers, or agents of the person sponsoring said handbill shall also appear thereon.
(‘83 Code, § 112.42)
(G) No person shall post, hand out, distribute, scatter, or transmit any sign, or any commercial or noncommercial handbill as follows.
(1) Which may reasonably tend to incite riot or other public disorder, or which advocates the overthrow of the government of the United States or of this state by means of any artifice, scheme, or violence, or which urges any unlawful conduct or encourages or tends to encourage a breach of the public peace or good order of the community.
(2) Which is obscene.
(‘83 Code, § 112.43) Penalty, see § 10.99