No person shall throw, deposit or distribute any commercial or noncommercial handbills in or upon private premises which are inhabited, except by handing or transmitting any such handbills directly to the owner, occupant or other person then present in or upon such private premises.
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 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.
(Ord. 1982-4. Passed 6-14-82.)