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§ 97.001 POSTING ON PUBLIC PROPERTY.
   No person shall nail, paste, paint or otherwise affix in any manner any sign, advertisement, picture or design whatever upon any bridge, viaduct, sidewalk, parking, parkway, boulevard, crosswalk, curb or street or upon the railing or approaches of any bridge, viaduct or sidewalk or upon any telephone, electric light or fire alarm pole or post.
(1957 Rev. Ords., § 9.810; 1992 Code, § 3-1)
§ 97.002 EXEMPTION FOR OFFICIAL GOVERNMENTAL OR UTILITY NOTICES.
   The provisions of this subchapter shall not apply to the posting of official governmental notices or signs nor to the posting of official utility notices or signs.
(1992 Code, § 3-2) (Ord. 106-89, passed 10-2-1989) Penalty, see § 10.999
§ 97.003 EXCEPTIONS.
   The provisions of this subchapter shall not apply to street address numbers which are painted on the curb directly in front of the appropriate building, provided that the street number is painted as follows: four-inch high black stencil numbers upon a white background no more than two feet in length, with one set of numbers per address. The person painting the street numbers must obtain prior written approval of the property owner or tenant.
(1992 Code, § 3-3) (Ord. 80-90, passed 8-13-1990)
DISTRIBUTION OF HANDBILLS
§ 97.015 DEFINITIONS.
   For the purposes of this subchapter, the following definitions shall apply unless the context clearly indicates or requires a different meaning.
   HANDBILL. Any printed or written matter, any sample or device, dodger, circular, leaflet, pamphlet, paper, booklet or any other printed or otherwise reproduced original or copies of any matter of literature.
   NEWSPAPER. Any newspaper of general circulation as defined by general law, any newspaper duly entered with the United States Postal Service, in accordance with federal statute or regulation, and any newspaper filed and recorded with any recording officer as provided by general law; and in addition thereto means and includes any periodical or current magazine regularly published with not less than four issues per year and sold to the public and shall mean and include any other copyrighted material.
   VEHICLE. Every device in, upon or by which any person or property is or may be transported or drawn upon a highway, including devices used exclusively upon stationary rails or tracks.
(1992 Code, § 3-17)
Cross-reference:
   Definitions and rules of construction generally, see § 10.002
§ 97.016 EXEMPTION FOR OFFICIAL GOVERNMENTAL NOTICES, MAIL AND NEWSPAPERS.
   The provisions of this subchapter shall not apply to the posting of official governmental notices, the distribution of mail by the United States, nor to newspapers, except that newspapers shall be placed on private property in a manner as to prevent their being carried or deposited by the elements upon any street, sidewalk or other public place or upon private property.
(1992 Code, § 3-18) (Ord. 28-87, passed 5-4-1987)
§ 97.017 RESTRICTED IN PUBLIC PLACES.
   It shall be unlawful for any person to hand out or distribute or sell any handbill in any public place; except that a handbill may be personally delivered to any person willing to accept the handbill.
(1957 Rev. Ords., § 9.809; 1992 Code, § 3-19) Penalty, see § 10.999
Cross-reference:
   Handbills and signs in parks, see § 95.011
   Litter, see §§ 57.001 through 57.006
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