No person licensed under the provisions of this article, or any other person, shall distribute, deposit, place, throw, scatter or cast any commercial or noncommercial handbill in or upon any private premises which are inhabited, except by handling or transmitting any handbill directly to the owner, occupant or any other person then present in or upon the private premises. In case of inhabited private premises, which are not posted as provided in this article, the aforesaid licensed or other person unless requested by anyone upon the premises not to do so, may place or deposit any handbill in or upon the inhabited private premises, if the handbill is so placed or deposited as to secure or prevent the handbill from being blown or drifted about the premises or elsewhere, except that mailboxes may not be used when so prohibited by federal postal laws or regulations.
(`61 Code, § 3.8) (Ord. 329, passed 3-3-1957)