Rialto Municipal Code Ch. 9.96 Distribution of Advertising Material

The council finds and determines that entire communities within the city and a considerable number of citizens are adversely affected by persons, without consent, throwing, casting, distributing, scattering, and depositing handbills, dodgers, circulars, newspapers, booklets, posters, printed matter, and advertising literature upon public and private property. Such acts are declared to constitute a public nuisance.

(Ord. 664 (part), 1974)

No person shall throw, cast, distribute, scatter, deposit, or place upon any public place within the city, including, but not limited to, streets, alleys, public parks, and school grounds, any handbill, dodger, circular, newspaper, paper, booklet, poster, or any other printed matter or advertising literature of any kind; provided, however, the same may be personally delivered to persons who are willing to accept the same.

(Ord. 664 (part), 1974)

No person shall throw, distribute, or place in or on any automobile or other vehicle in the city any handbill, dodger, circular, newspaper, paper, booklet, poster, or any other printed matter or advertising literature without first having obtained the permission of the owner or person in possession thereof.

(Ord. 664 (part), 1974)

No person may distribute, circulate, or deliver any newspaper upon any private premises if the owner or occupant thereof has filed with the city clerk a written objection to such distribution in accordance with the provisions of Section 9.96.050 of this chapter.

(Ord. 664 (part), 1974)

A. Each resident or owner of any private property or any business, corporation, or enterprise of the city who wishes to object to the distribution upon his/her premises of any newspaper may file with the city clerk a written declaration of such objection which shall include his/her name, the address where no distributions are to be made, the declarant's capacity to make such objection, and the name of the distribution to which he/she objects.

B. The city clerk shall maintain on file all objections by residents to the distribution of any newspaper and shall have available on the first Monday of each month, for the benefit of all licensed distributors, a list of addresses of those persons having filed objections to the distribution of newspapers. Such list shall contain the name of the specific newspaper objected to and the address where no such distributions are to be made.

(Ord. 1234 (part), 1995: Ord. 664 (part), 1974)

It shall be the duty of each and every distributor of a newspaper to secure the monthly list of those objecting to the distribution of their newspapers and shall be held to have notice of such list as of the date such list is made available.

(Ord. 664 (part), 1974)

Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, nothing in this chapter shall be construed to limit the distribution of political and religious literature to persons willing to receive the same or to limit the placing of such literature on private property within the vestibule or outer door of a home in such a manner as to prevent the material distributed from blowing or scattering.

(Ord. 664 (part), 1974)

If any section of this chapter is invalid, all valid sections which are severable from the invalid section shall remain in effect. If any section of this chapter is invalid in one or more of its applications, the section shall remain in effect in all valid applications which are severable from the invalid applications.

(Ord. 664 (part), 1974)