No person shall post, stick, stamp, paint or otherwise fix, or cause the same to be done by any person, any notice, placard, bill, card, poster, advertisement or other paper or device calculated to attract the attention of the public, to or upon any sidewalk, crosswalk, curb or curbstone, flagstone or any other portion or part of any public way of public place, or any lamppost, electric light, telegraph or telephone pole, or railway structure, hydrant, shade tree or tree box, or upon a pier, columns, trusses, girders, railings, gates or other parts of any public bridge or viaduct or other public structure or building, or upon any columns, trusses, girders, railings, alarm or police telegraph system, except such as may be authorized or required by the laws of the United States, the state and the ordinances of the city.
(`61 Code, § 3.3) (Ord. 329, passed 3-3-1957)