§ 14-51. Distribution of handbills and other hand-distributed advertisements.

(a)

It shall be unlawful for any person to throw or deposit any commercial or noncommercial handbill or other hand-distributed advertisement in or upon any sidewalk, highway, street, boulevard, alley or other public way or in or upon any public park, square, public plaza, public recreational area or public building within the city, provided however, that it shall not be unlawful on any sidewalk, street, or any other public place in the city for any person to hand out or distribute any commercial or noncommercial handbill or other hand distributed advertisement to any person willing to accept it.

(b)

It shall be unlawful for any person to drop, deposit, or distribute any commercial or noncommercial handbill or other hand-distributed advertisement, in or upon any private premises within the city, except by handing and transmitting any such handbill or advertisement directly to the owner, occupant or other person then present in or upon such private premises, or by so placing or depositing said handbill or advertisement so as to secure and prevent same from being blown or carried about by the elements from any such premises to other public or private places. This subsection does not apply to those commercial or noncommercial handbills or other hand-distributed advertisements which the owner or occupant of the premises has given permission to be delivered to the owner or occupant of the premises or for which the owner or occupant of the premises has otherwise contracted for, solicited for, or otherwise authorized the placing or depositing of such handbills or advertisement upon the premises.

(c)

Reserved.

(Code 1976, § 19-10)

Editor's note

Former subsection (c) of § 14-51 was repealed by action of Civil Suit No. 95-2135/95-2136.