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This chapter requires anyone distributing handbills, circulars, cards, samples, or similar advertisements at homes, on porches, on cars, or in other public places in the city to first get a license from the Mayor.

Who this affects

Anyone distributing printed advertising materials door-to-door, on porches, on vehicles, or in public places within the city, and the business or organization on whose behalf the distribution is made.

Key rules

• A license from the Mayor is required before distributing or placing papers, handbills, circulars, booklets, cards, samples, or advertisements in buildings, dwellings, vestibules, yards, streets, sidewalks, other public places, on porches, or on automobiles.
• The license must specify the person, firm, or corporation for whom the distribution is made or performed.
• A separate license is required for each person, firm, or corporation on whose behalf distribution is made.
• Issuance of the license is at the Mayor's discretion.
• The license fee is sixty dollars ($60.) for a term of six (6) months, payable to the Mayor for the use of the city.

Penalties

Any person violating any provision of this chapter shall be fined not more than six hundred dollars ($600.) and, in default of payment of fine and costs, be imprisoned not more than ninety (90) days.

Notable and archaic details

• Adopted in 1966; the $60 six-month license fee and $600 maximum fine reflect that era and have apparently not been updated.