It shall be unlawful for any person to distribute, hand out, drop, throw, cast or discard any wastepaper, paper wrappings, sacks, cartons, boxes, discarded wrapping paper, garbage or rubbish in, upon or about any street, alley, sidewalk, avenue or public place, or in or upon any motor vehicle, or in open spaces, or vacant lots, or in yards or stoops of privately owned premises in the city; provided, however, it shall not be unlawful to distribute newspapers capable of being entered in the mail as second class mail. (Ord. 197, 12-21-1962)