A. No person shall throw, deposit or distribute or cause to be thrown, deposited or distributed any commercial or noncommercial handbill in or upon private premises which are inhabited if the owner of said premises has either posted said premises as specified in § 184-16 or notified the publisher or distributor of said handbill, by certified mail, return receipt requested, that no handbills are to be delivered to said premises. In the case of premises which are not posted and for which no notice has been sent, a person may place or deposit handbills thereupon, being careful to secure the same and prevent such handbill from being blown or drifted about such premises or sidewalks or streets or other public places; mailboxes may not be so used when so prohibited by federal postal law or regulations.
B. Exemption for mail and newspapers. The provisions of § § 184-16 and 184-17A shall not apply to the distribution of mail by the United States, nor to newspapers, as defined herein, except that newspapers shall be placed on private property in such 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.