(a) No person shall distribute handbills, circulars or other advertisements, or ring a doorbell, sound a door knocker, or otherwise call the inhabitant of any residence to the door for the purpose of receiving such handbill, circular or other advertisement which he or she or any person with him or her may be distributing. This section shall not apply to cards or circulars promoting a candidate for public office, civic issues or elections, or charitable causes.
(b) No person shall hire any person to distribute any handbill, circular or other advertisement contrary to the provisions of division (a) of this section.
(c) Whoever violates any of the provisions of this section is guilty of a minor misdemeanor.
(1964 Code, § 509.10)