4-21
HANDBILL DISTRIBUTORS.1
4-21.1 License Required; Exceptions.
a. No person shall engage, as principal, in either the business of distributing commercial handbills or noncommercial handbills without first obtaining the license required by subsection 4-7.9a from the City Clerk.
b. Paragraph a. shall not be deemed to require a license for the distribution of United States mail, for the distribution of any newspaper or periodical that is capable of being entered as second class matter under the provisions of the United States statutes or regulations or under the United States post office regulations of March 3, 1879; or of advertisements of any political party or association or individual seeking public office when the advertisements shall be confined to political or public matters.
(Code 1972 §3-18)
State law reference: Authority to license lawful occupations, Gov. Code, §37101.
4-21.2 Application.
Any person desiring a license required by this section shall make written application to the City Clerk upon a form provided for such application, which shall contain, among other things, the name, business address, and a brief description of the nature of the applicant and probable number of employees to be so engaged, and the applicant shall pay a license fee as provided in subsection 4-7.9a. (Code 1972 §3-19)
4-21.3 Manner of Distribution.
Each person who places or deposits commercial or noncommercial handbills on private, inhabited premises shall so place or deposit the handbill as to secure or prevent the handbill from being blown or drifted about the premises or on sidewalks, streets or other public places, except that mailboxes may not be so used when so prohibited by Federal postal law or regulation. (Code 1972 §3-20)
4-21.4 Unlawful Distribution:
a. It shall be unlawful for any person to deposit, place, throw, scatter or cast any commercial handbill in or upon any public place within the city and it shall also be unlawful for any person to hand out or distribute or sell any commercial handbills in any public place.
b. It shall be unlawful for any person to throw, distribute or place in any automobile or other vehicle in the city, without first having obtained permission of the owner in possession, any commercial or noncommercial handbill, dodger, circular, newspaper, booklet, poster, printed matter, advertising literature, samples and devices.
c. The provisions of this subsection shall not be deemed to prohibit the handling, transmitting or distributing of any commercial or noncommercial handbill to the owner or other occupant of any automobile or other vehicle who is willing to accept the handbill. (Code 1972 §3-21)
Cross reference: Occupational licensing of handbill distributors, subsection 4-7.9a.