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