Tehachapi Municipal Code Ch. 8.12 Handbills

The following words, terms and phrases, when used in this chapter, have the meaning ascribed to them in this section, except where the context clearly indicates a different meaning.

A. "Handbill" means and 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.

B. "Person" means and includes any person, firm, partnership, association, corporation, company or organization of any kind.

C. "Unsolicited handbill" means and includes any handbill that is delivered to a private property in the absence of a subscription agreement.

(Ord. 259 § 1, 1960)

(Ord. No. 15-08-727, § 1, 10-5-2015)

A. 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.

B. 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 such handbill.

(Ord. 259 § 2, 1960)

A. It is unlawful for any person, either directly or indirectly, to distribute, deposit, place, throw, scatter or cast an unsolicited handbill in or upon any yard, grounds, walk, porch, steps, mailbox, vestibule, house, residence, or building of any private property that contains a "no solicitation" or "no solicitors" sign conspicuously posted on or near the front door or entrance to such property.

B. It is unlawful for any person, either directly or indirectly, to distribute, deposit, place, throw, scatter or cast an unsolicited handbill in or upon any yard, grounds, walk, porch, steps, mailbox, vestibule, house, residence, or building of any private property that contains an unremoved unsolicited handbill of the same publisher.

(Ord. 259 § 4, 1960)

(Ord. No. 15-08-727, § 2, 10-5-2015)

A. It is unlawful for any person, either directly or indirectly, to distribute, deposit, place, throw, scatter or cast an unsolicited handbill in or upon any automobile or other vehicle that contains a "no solicitation" or "no solicitors" sign conspicuously posted on such automobile or other vehicle.

B. The provisions of this section shall not be deemed to prohibit the handling, transmitting or distributing of any handbill to the owner or other occupant of any automobile or other vehicle.

(Ord. 259 § 3, 1960)

(Ord. No. 15-08-727, § 3, 10-5-2015)

The provisions of this chapter shall not be deemed to apply to the distribution of the United States mail, nor to the delivery of newspapers or other periodicals to premises occupied by subscribers thereto.

(Ord. 259 § 5, 1960)

Any person who violates any provision of this chapter shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction thereof, shall be punished by a fine of not more than three hundred dollars, or by imprisonment in the county jail for not exceeding three months, or by both such fine and imprisonment.

(Ord. 259 § 7, 1960)