(A) Public ways, public places.
(1) Streets, sidewalks. No person shall throw or deposit any commercial or noncommercial handbill in or upon any sidewalk, street or other public place within the city or hand out or distribute or sell commercial handbills in public places.
(2) Throwing from aircraft. No person in an aircraft shall throw out, drop or deposit within the city any litter, handbill or any other object.
(3) Posting to poles, trees. No person, except a duly elected or appointed officer or employee of the city while acting within the proper authority of such office or employment, shall post or affix any notice, commercial or noncommercial handbills, poster or other paper calculated to attract the attention of the public, to any lamp post, public utility pole or shade tree in a public place, or on any public structure, except as may be authorized or required by law.
(B) Uninhabited property. No person shall throw or deposit any handbill in or upon any private premises which are temporarily or continuously uninhabited.
(C) Private property. It is unlawful to throw, deposit or distribute any handbill upon any private premises, if requested not to do so, or where signs are displayed bearing the words “No Trespassing”, “No Peddlers or Agents”, “No Advertisement”, or similar notice indicating that the occupants do not desire to have their privacy disturbed.
(D) Inhabited property.
(1) (a) No person shall throw, deposit or distribute any commercial or noncommercial handbill in or upon private premises which are inhabited, except by transmitting directly to the owner, occupant or persons present upon such private premises. In cases of inhabited private premises which are not posted, handbills must be placed securely to prevent same from blowing on sidewalks, streets, or other public places.
(b) Mailboxes may not be used when so prohibited by federal postal laws or regulations.
(2) The provisions of this section shall not apply to the distribution of mail by the United States, nor to newspapers, except that newspapers shall be placed on private property so as to prevent being carried or deposited upon any street, sidewalk or public place or on other private property.
(Prior Code, § 4-6-6) Penalty, see § 91.99