El Segundo Municipal Code Ch. 7 Handbills

"Handbill", for the purposes of this Chapter, includes any printed or written advertising matter, any sample or device, dodger, circular, leaflet, pamphlet, newspaper, paper, booklet or any other printed matter or literature. (Ord. 232, 8-7-1940)

A. Public Property: It is unlawful for any person, either directly or indirectly, to deposit, place, throw, scatter or cast any handbill in or on any public thoroughfare, park, ground or other public place within the City. The provisions of this Section shall not be deemed to prohibit the handing, transmitting or distributing of any handbill to any person willing to accept the handbill.

B. Private Property:

1. It is unlawful for any person, either directly or indirectly, to distribute, deposit, place, throw, scatter or cast any handbill in or upon any private yard, grounds, walk, porch, steps, mailbox, vestibule, house, residence, building or any other private property. The provisions of this subsection shall not be deemed to prohibit the handing, transmitting or distributing of any handbill to the owner or other occupant of the private yard, grounds, walk, porch, steps, mailbox, vestibule, house, residence, building or other private property.

2. The provisions of this subsection shall not be deemed to prohibit the distribution of handbills by firms securing a handbill on the doorknob with a rubber band or a container designed to hang on a doorknob.

3. The provisions of this subsection shall not be deemed to prohibit the placing of a political handbill, a religious handbill, or a newspaper on the door or in front of and immediately adjacent to the door of any private residence. (Ord. 916, 12-21-1976)

It is lawful for the owner or the occupant of any property to place a sign in a conspicuous place near the entrance thereof indicating that no handbills are desired; and, when the property is so signed or posted, it is unlawful for any person to go upon the premises or property so posted and distribute, deposit, place, throw, scatter or cast any handbill. (Ord. 232, 8-7-1940)

It is unlawful for any person, either directly or indirectly, to distribute, deposit, place, throw, scatter or cast any handbill in or upon any automobile or other vehicle. The provisions of this Section shall not be deemed to prohibit the handing, transmitting or distributing of any handbill to the owner or other occupant of any automobile or other vehicle. (Ord. 232, 8-7-1940)

It is unlawful for any person to distribute any handbills between the hours of ten o'clock (10:00) P.M. of any day and seven o'clock (7:00) A.M. of the following day. (Ord. 232, 8-7-1940; amd. 2000 Code)

It is unlawful within the City for any person to post, print, stick, stamp, tack or otherwise affix, or cause the same to be done by any other person, any handbill, notice, placard, bill, card, poster, sticker, banner, tin sign, advertisement or other device calculated to attract the attention of the public to or upon any public sidewalk, crosswalk, City tree, curb, curbstone, lamppost, hydrant, street sign or post, tree, railroad trestle, electric light or power pole, telephone, telegraph or trolley- wire pole, or upon any fixture of the fire alarm, police or telegraph systems or lighting systems of the City. (Ord. 232, 8-7-1940; amd. 2000 Code)

The provisions of this Chapter shall not be deemed to apply to the distribution of the United States mail, nor to the delivery of any handbill to any person who has requested delivery of the same; nor to the posting of legal notices by public officers or attorneys in the manner and places prescribed by law; nor to permanent signs painted on buildings or signs advertising the business painted on buildings or signs advertising the business conducted on the premises; nor to official numbers, insignia or wording placed upon any such buildings, structures, hydrants, polls, posts, sidewalks, crosswalks, curbs, curbstones or fixtures, by or with the consent of the owner or person in charge or control thereof. (Ord. 232, 8-7-1940)