(A) It shall be unlawful for any person, firm or corporation, except a public officer or employee in performance of a public duty, to paste, paint, print, nail, tack or otherwise fasten any card, banner, hand bill, sign, poster, or advertisement or notice of any kind or cause the same to be done on any curbstone, lamp post, hydrant, bridge or tree upon a public street or public property within the city, except as may be required by the ordinances of the city, or the laws of the state or the United States. Any advertisement prohibited by this section may be taken down, removed or destroyed by anyone.
(B) No person, firm or corporation shall scatter, daub or leave any paint, waste, glue or other substance used for painted or affixing advertisement matter upon any public street or sidewalk, or scatter or throw or permit to be scattered or thrown, any tills, waste, matter, papers, cloth or materials of whatsoever kind removed from ground sign boards, roof sign boards, wall bulletins or banners, on any public street or on private property.
(C) It shall be unlawful to post any advertisement on any premises without the consent of the owner or occupant of such premises. Such consents must be in writing and be filed with the City Clerk.
(D) It shall be unlawful for any outdoor advertiser to post or display any advertisement of an obscene or immoral character or any advertisement tending to promote or cause a riot or breach of the peace, or any advertisement for an unlawful gathering, or advertisements for unlawful sales.
(E) It shall be unlawful to mutilate or disfigure any lawful sign or advertisement in the municipality.
(Ord. 1612, passed 5-6-2003) Penalty, see § 125.99