Hawthorne Municipal Code Ch. 9.32 Handbills

No person, except a duly authorized public officer or employee, shall erect, construct or maintain, paste, paint, print, nail, tack or otherwise fasten or affix, any card, banner, handbill, campaign sign, poster, sign, advertisement, or notice of any kind, or cause or suffer the same to be done, on any curbstone, lamppost, pole, bench, hydrant, bridge, wall, tree, sidewalk or structure in or upon any public street, alley, or upon any other public property, except as may be required or permitted by ordinance or law; no person shall deface, mar or disfigure any bridge, fence, building or other structure belonging to the city, or any tree located in any public property or place, by painting, cutting, scratching or breaking the same, or attaching or affixing anything thereto.

(Prior code § 8-401; Ord. 1958 § 1, 2009)

The following words and phrases, whenever used in this chapter or Section 5.20.050 of this code, shall be construed as defined in this section:

"Handbill"

means and includes any printed or written matter, any sample or device, dodger, circular, leaflet, pamphlet, paper, booklet or any other printed or otherwise reproduced original or copies of any matter or literature.

"Newspaper"

means and includes any newspaper of general circulation as defined by general law, any newspaper duly entered with the Post Office Department of the United States, in accordance with federal statute or regulation, and any newspaper filed and recorded with any recording officer as provided by general law; and, in addition thereto, means and includes any periodical, current magazine, or newspaper, regularly circulated in the city, containing general news information.

"Private premises"

means and includes any dwelling house, building or other structure, designed or used either wholly or in part for private residential purposes, whether inhabited or temporarily or continuously uninhabited or vacant, and includes any yard, grounds, walk, driveway, porch, steps, vestibule or mailbox belonging or appurtenant to such dwelling, house, building or other structure.

(Prior code § 8-501; Ord. 1958 § 2, 2009)

Any restrictions or regulations imposed by this chapter shall not be deemed to apply to the distribution of mail by the United States, nor to newspapers that are distributed pursuant to a paid subscription.

(Prior code § 8-800; Ord. 1958 § 3, 2009)

No person shall distribute, deposit, place, throw, scatter or cast any handbill upon any private premises, if requested by anyone thereon not to do so, or if there is placed on said premises in a conspicuous position near the entrance thereof, a sign bearing the words: "No Trespassing," "No Peddlers or Agents," "No Advertisement," or any similar or equivalent notice.

(Prior code § 8-801; Ord. 1958 § 4, 2009)