No person shall attach, place, paint, write, stamp or paste any sign, advertisement or any other matter upon any lamppost, electric light, railway, telegraph or telephone pole, tree, fire hydrant or box covering them; or on any bridge, pavement, sidewalk or crosswalk, public building or any property or thing belonging to the city, or any article or thing belonging to the city within any park; provided, that this section shall not be construed to prevent any public officer from so doing for any public purpose.
(Prior Code, § 3-1) Penalty, see § 10.99