(A) Deposit of commercial handbills on public property. No person shall throw or deposit any handbill on any sidewalk, street or other public place within the town, nor shall any person hand out or distribute any commercial handbill in any public place, but nothing in this section shall be deemed to prohibit any person from handing out or distributing any non-commercial handbill to any person willing to accept it. (`82 Code, § 9-2-8)
(B) Handbills; commercial and non-commercial.
(1) No person shall throw or deposit any commercial or non-commercial handbill in or upon any vehicle, but it is not unlawful in any public place for a person to hand out or distribute without charge to the receiver thereof, a non-commercial handbill to any occupant of a vehicle who is willing to accept it.
(2) No person shall throw or deposit any commercial or non-commercial handbill in or upon any private premises which are known, or should be known to the person to be temporarily or continuously uninhabited or vacant.
(3) No person shall throw, deposit or distribute any commercial or non-commercial handbill upon any private premises, if requested by anyone thereon not to do so, or if there is placed on the premises in a conspicuous position near the entrance thereof, a sign bearing the words “No Trespassing,” “No Peddlers or Agents,” “No Advertisement,” or any similar notice, indicating in any manner that the occupants of the premises do not desire to be molested or have their right of privacy disturbed, or to have any handbill left upon the premises.
(4) No person shall throw, deposit or distribute any commercial or non- commercial handbill in or upon private premises which are inhabited unless the handbill is so placed or deposited as to secure or prevent the handbill from being blown or drifted about the premises or sidewalks, streets or other public places, and except that mailboxes may not be so used when so prohibited by federal postal law or regulations. The provisions of this section shall not apply to the distribution of mail by the United States nor of newspapers as defined by this chapter.
(5) No person shall throw, deposit or distribute any commercial handbill in or upon private premises which are inhabited except upon the acceptance thereof, or the express consent therefor, by an occupant of the premises.
(`82 Code, § 9-2-9) (Am. Res. 2796, passed 9-18-14; Am. Ord. 856, passed 9-18-14) Penalty, see § 91.99