(A) Throwing or distributing handbills in public places. No person shall throw or deposit any commercial or noncommercial handbill in or on any sidewalk, street, or other public place within the city, or hand out or distribute or sell any commercial handbill in any public place; provided, that any person may hand out or distribute or sell to the receiver thereof, any noncommercial handbill to any person willing to accept it.
(B) Placing commercial and noncommercial handbills on vehicle.
(1) No person shall throw or deposit any commercial or noncommercial handbill in or on any vehicle.
(2) This division (B) shall not prohibit any person in any public place from handing out or distributing, without charge to the receiver thereof, a noncommercial handbill to any occupant of a vehicle who is willing to accept it.
(C) Distributing handbills on streets, highways, and intersections.
(1) No person shall, in the course of distributing commercial or noncommercial handbills to occupants of vehicles temporarily stopped on city streets, highways, or intersections, distribute handbills if such actions:
(a) Obstruct any public street, highway, or intersection by hindering, impeding, or tending to hinder or impede the free and uninterrupted passage of vehicles, traffic, or pedestrians;
(b) Create or cause to be created a danger of breach of the peace; or,
(c) Create or cause to be created any danger to the life and safety of pedestrians or occupants of vehicles engaged in lawful passage on any street, highway, or intersection.
(2) Whenever any police officer shall, in the exercise of reasonable judgment, decide that the presence of any handbill distributor on a street, highway, or intersection is causing any of the conditions enumerated in division (C) (1) above, he may, if he deems it necessary for the preservation of the public peace and safety, order the person to leave that place. Any person who shall refuse to leave after being ordered to do so by a police officer shall be guilty of a violation of this division.
(D) Depositing commercial and noncommercial handbills on uninhabited or vacant premises.
(1) No person shall throw or deposit any commercial or noncommercial handbill in or on any private premises which are temporarily or continuously uninhabited or vacant:
(a) Where it is apparent that the property is unoccupied;
(b) Where it is apparent that a previous day's distribution of handbills has not been removed; or
(c) Where the owner has not given his permission to do so.
(E) Distribution of commercial and noncommercial handbills at inhabited private premises.
(1) No person shall throw, deposit, or distribute any commercial or noncommercial handbill in or on private premises which are inhabited, except by handing or transmitting any such handbill directly to the owner, occupant, or other person then present in or on such private premises.
(2) Any person may place or deposit any noncommercial handbill in or on inhabited private premises which are not posted, as provided in division (F) hereafter, unless requested by anyone on such premises not to do so, may place or deposit any such handbill in or on such inhabited private premises if such handbill is so placed or deposited as to secure or prevent such handbill from being blown or drifted about such premises or sidewalks, streets or other public places, and except that mailboxes may not be so used when so prohibited by federal postal law or regulations.
(3) This division (E) shall not apply to the distribution of mail by the United States, nor to newspapers, except that newspapers shall be placed on private property in such a manner as to prevent their being carried or deposited by the elements on any street, sidewalk, or other public place or on private property.
(F) Distributing handbills prohibited where premises properly posted. No person shall throw, deposit, or distribute any commercial or noncommercial handbill on private premises, if requested by anyone thereon not to do so, or if there is placed on such premises in a conspicuous position near the entrance thereof, a sign bearing the words "No Trespassing," "No Peddlers or Agents," "No Advertisement," or any similar notice, indicating in any matter that the occupants of the premises do not desire to be molested or have their right of privacy disturbed or to have any such handbills left on such premises.
(G) Hours of distribution. No person shall distribute or deposit any commercial or noncommercial handbills daily from 8:00 p.m. to 8:00 a.m. of the following morning.
(H) Commercial distributors of handbills; license required.
(1) No person shall engage in the business of a handbill distributor for hire, without first complying with the provisions of this subchapter and all other relevant laws and regulations.
(2) Nothing contained in this subchapter shall apply to any person advertising his business or activity on his own premises, if such business or activity is regularly established at a definite location in the city, and if a license has been obtained therefor, if a license is required under the terms of any applicable law or ordinance.
(I) Application for commercial distributor's license; contents.
(1) Any person desiring to engage, as principal, in the business of distributing commercial or noncommercial handbills for hire, shall make application to and receive from the City Clerk, a distributor's license. Such applicant shall make written application to the City Clerk on forms provided for such purpose by the City Clerk.
(2) The forms shall contain, among other things that may be required, the name, the business address, and a brief description of the nature of the business to be conducted by the applicant, the probable number of agents and employees so to be engaged, together with a request for a license for the period for which the applicant seeks to engage in such business.
(J) License fees. License fees for a commercial distributor's license shall be set by the City Council.
(K) Transferability of commercial distributor's license. No license issued under this chapter shall be transferable to any other person.
(L) Refund of license fees. If any commercial distributor's license is surrendered by the licensee or is revoked for cause, neither the licensee named in such license nor any other person shall be entitled to any refund of part of the license fee.
(M) Revocation of commercial distributor license. The City Council may revoke any license obtained under an application containing a false or fraudulent statement knowingly made by the applicant with intent to obtain a license by means of false or fraudulent representations or for violation of this chapter or any other grounds specified by law.
(N) Exemptions from division. The provisions of this division shall not be deemed to apply to distribution of mail by the United States nor to newspapers.
(O) Commercial handbills; names of printer and distributor required. All commercial handbills which are distributed, deposited, scattered, handed out, or circulated in any place or under any circumstances shall have printed on the corner, front, or back thereof, the following information:
(1) The name and address of the person who printed, wrote, compiled, or manufactured such handbill; and
(2) The name and address of the person who caused such handbill to be distributed.