§ 10-723.2. Prohibited Conduct. 231
   (1)   No person applying for a Commercial Distributor's Handbill License shall:
      (a)   Knowingly provide false or misleading information on the commercial handbill distribution registration or any subsequent changes submitted thereto; or
      (b)   Violate any City or Commonwealth law, rule or regulation related to forgery, fraudulent practices or misrepresentation.
   (2)   No Distributor, Distribution Business or other person shall:
      (a)   Throw, scatter or cast any commercial handbill or non-commercial handbill in or upon any public place within the City, provided, however, that it shall not be unlawful to hand out or distribute any commercial or non-commercial handbill in any public place to any person willing to accept such handbill;
      (b)   Place any commercial handbill or non-commercial handbill in or upon private property except by handing or transmitting any such handbill directly to the occupant or depositing any such handbill on the premises in such a manner as to prevent it from being scattered by the elements. The Department of Licenses and Inspections shall issue interpretive regulations to aid in the enforcement of this subsection and shall not enforce this subsection 10-723.2(2)(b) until those regulations are in effect;
      (c)   Place or permit a commercial or non-commercial handbill to be placed on a motor vehicle windshield; or
      (d)   Place or permit any commercial or non-commercial handbill to be placed on private properties where the owner has notified the Department of Licenses and Inspections that they do not wish to receive such material or which are conspicuously posted against receiving such handbills. For purposes of this provision, conspicuous shall mean visible from the sidewalk.

 

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   Added, 1993 Ordinances, p. 1104.