[Added 12-10-1980 by Ord. No. 52-1980; amended 4-14-2014 by Ord. No. 33-2014]
No person, partnership, firm or corporation shall distribute or cause to be distributed any handbills, advertisements, circulars, wastepapers or other advertising matter whatever in the City by casting, scattering, placing or handing the same upon any of the streets of the City or on the pavements, sidewalks, alleys, footways or automobiles thereof. However, nothing herein shall prevent any person from handing any noncommercial literature or other printed matter upon any of the streets, pavements, sidewalks, alleys or footways in the City to any person willing to receive the same, and nothing herein shall prevent any person with permission of the owner from distributing or causing to be distributed handbills, advertisements, circulars or other advertising matter upon private property located within the City.