Porterville Municipal Code Art. II Handbills, Advertising Circulars, Etc

It is hereby declared to be unlawful for any person to carry on, conduct or engage in the business of distributing advertising matter, samples, dodgers, handbills, or other notices of commercial advertising in the city, without first having obtained from the city clerk a license to carry on and conduct such business. (Ord. Code § 7414)

The provisions of this article shall not be deemed to apply to any newspaper, or any publication printing news of a general nature and keeping advertising space therein open to the public, and the publishing of general advertising matter therein. (Ord. Code § 7413)

It shall be unlawful for any person to distribute or throw upon any sidewalk, alley, street, park, or other public place, in the city, or in any automobile, truck, trailer or automotive vehicle, being upon any public street, alley, driveway or park, not in the possession or control of the person so distributing the same, any advertising sample, handbill, dodger, circular, booklet, or other notice of commercial advertising. (Ord. Code § 7411)

It shall be unlawful for any person to distribute or throw upon any private yard, lawn, driveway, vacant lot, porch or steps of any residence, or in, or upon, or in any part of any structure located thereon, in the city, not in the possession or control of the person so distributing the same, any advertising sample, handbill, dodger, circular, booklet, or other notice of commercial advertising, where the owner, tenant, or person in possession thereof, has posted upon such property, a notice forbidding the throwing and distribution of the same, or any part thereof, upon such property. (Ord. Code § 7412)