§ 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

§ 97.018 PLACING ON VEHICLES.

   No person shall throw or deposit any handbill in or upon any vehicle.

(1957 Rev. Ords., § 9.809; 1992 Code, § 3-20) Penalty, see § 10.999

Cross-reference:

   Traffic code, see title VII

§ 97.019 DEPOSITING ON UNINHABITED OR VACANT PREMISES.

   It shall be unlawful for any person to throw or deposit any handbill in or upon any private premises which is uninhabited or vacant.

(1992 Code, § 3-21) Penalty, see § 10.999

§ 97.020 PROHIBITED WHERE PROPERLY POSTED.

   No person shall throw, deposit or distribute any handbill upon any private premises, if requested by anyone thereon not to do so, or if there is placed on the premises a sign bearing the words: “no trespassing,” “no peddlers or agents,” “no advertisement” or any similar notice, indicating in any manner that the occupants of those premises do not wish to have their right of privacy disturbed, or to have any handbills left upon the premises.

(1992 Code, § 3-22) Penalty, see § 10.999

§ 97.021 INHABITED PRIVATE PREMISES.

   No person shall throw, deposit or distribute any handbill in or upon private premises which are inhabited, except by handing or transmitting any handbill directly to the owner, occupant or other person then present in or upon the private premises. However, for inhabited private premises which are not posted, the person, unless requested by anyone upon the premises not to do so, may place or deposit any handbill in or upon the 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 sidewalks, streets or other public places, but mailboxes may not be so used when so prohibited by federal postal law or regulation.

(1992 Code, § 3-23) Penalty, see § 10.999

ADVERTISING VEHICLES

§ 97.035 LICENSE REQUIRED.

   No automobile, truck or other vehicle shall be operated on the streets for the sole or principal purpose of advertising without a license to so operate.

(1957 Rev. Ords., § 8.501; 1992 Code, § 3-34) Penalty, see § 10.999