(a) No person shall paint, mark, or write on, or post or otherwise affix any handbills, signs, circulars, dodgers, pamphlets, cards, pictures, or any advertising to or upon any sidewalk, crosswalk, curb, curbstone, street lamppost, hydrant, tree, shrub, tree stake, or guard, railroad trestle, electric light or power or communication line pole or related appurtenance, or upon any traffic signal installation, or upon any lighting system, public bridge, drinking fountain, lifesaving equipment, street sign or traffic sign or refuse receptacle located on real property owned by the City, nor upon any other real or personal property owned by the City without first obtaining a written permission from the City Manager.
(b) No person shall maliciously or willfully deface, injure, mutilate, mar, destroy, besmear, or bedaub or aid in defacing, injuring, mutilating, marring, destroying, besmearing, or bedaubing any City owned real or personal property.
(c) No person shall distribute handbills, signs, circulars, dodger, pamphlets, cards, pictures or any advertising matter, of any kind whatsoever, by placing the same in or upon any motor vehicle standing or parked in the public streets of the City.
(d) Nothing contained in this section shall apply to improvements permitted under Chapter 903 of the Codified Ordinances.
(e) Any handbills, signs, circulars, dodgers, pamphlets, cards, pictures, or any advertising matter found posted, or otherwise affixed upon any public property or motor vehicle contrary to the provisions of this section may be removed by the City.
(f) Nothing in this section shall apply to the installation of a metal plaque or plate, or individual letters or figures in a sidewalk commemorating a historical, cultural, or artistic event, location or personality for which the City Manager or the City Commission has granted permission in writing.
(g) Nothing in this section shall prohibit the painting of house numbers on the curb in front of the building to which the number pertains.
(h) Nothing in this section shall prohibit a person from posting a sign, on a wooden stake, wire wicket, or other appropriate structure, advertising an event which will occur over a period not to exceed forty-eight (48) hours; provided, such sign is removed at the conclusion of the event advertised.
(i) Whoever violates this section is guilty of a misdemeanor of the fourth degree.
(Ord. 97-410. Passed 11-25-97.)