A. No person or business shall post, stick, 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, upon any sidewalk, curb, or any other portion or part of any public way or public place or any lamp post, electric light, telegraph, telephone or railway structure, hydrant, shade tree or tree box, or upon the columns, trusses, girders, railings, gates or other parts of any bridge or other public structure or building, or upon any pole, box or fixture of the fire alarm or police telegraph system, except such as may be authorized or required by the laws of the United States, or state, the ordinances of this city.
B. It is unlawful to distribute indiscriminately to the public by leaving at houses or residences in the city any cards, circulars, handbills, samples of merchandise, or any advertising matter whatsoever without having first secured a permit therefor. This section shall not be construed to apply to the sale of articles by licensed peddlers.
C. Applications for such permit shall be made to the recorder and shall contain a statement of the nature of the article, cards or advertisement to be distributed, the name of the applicant and the name of the manufacturer or distributor of such article or service advertised.
D. Licenses shall be issued only to persons of good character. The chief of police shall make or cause to be made an investigation into the character of each applicant and shall report the results thereof to the recorder before any such license is issued. (Prior code § 10-449)