Monterey Park Municipal Code Ch. 9.42 Handbills

Note: Prior history: Prior code § 4215 and Ord. 1199.

It is unlawful for any person to place, throw, scatter or deposit any handbill, dodger, circular, booklet, or advertisement upon any public road, street, highway, alley, sidewalk or public place (including public buildings and grounds thereof) whether inhabited or vacant. Nothing in this chapter shall apply to the distribution or handing out of the foregoing to anyone who is willing to accept or receive the same.

(Ord. 1927 § 1, 1997)

It is unlawful for any person to distribute, place, throw, scatter or deposit any handbill, dodger, circular, booklet, or advertisement upon any private yard, lawn, driveway, sidewalk, porch or steps if: (1) the property owner or occupant requests the distributor not to do so; (2) if the property is conspicuously posted with a sign bearing the words "No Trespassing," "No Soliciting" or any similar notice; (3) if the owner of the property has filed with the city clerk, a request not to so deliver; or (4) if the property is temporarily or continuously uninhabited or vacant and such fact is known or should have been known to the distributor. Distribution not otherwise prohibited under this section shall be so placed or deposited as to prevent the handbill from being blown about the premises or on to public property.

(Ord. 1927 § 1, 1997)

Nothing in this chapter shall apply to the distribution of the foregoing by and through the United States mail.

(Ord. 1927 § 1, 1997)