Victorville Municipal Code Art. 11 Distribution of Notices and Handbills

No person shall throw or deposit any handbill in or upon any public place. No person shall hand out, distribute or sell any commercial handbill in any public place. Any person may hand out or distribute any noncommercial handbill without charge to any person willing to accept it.

(Ord. 670 § 1 (part), 1980)

(Ord. No. 2303, § 1, 12-3-13)

No person shall throw or deposit any handbill in or upon any vehicle. It is lawful in any public place for a person to hand out or distribute a noncommercial handbill without charge to any occupant of a vehicle willing to accept it.

(Ord. 670 § 1 (part), 1980)

(Ord. No. 2303, § 1, 12-3-13)

No person shall throw, deposit or distribute any handbill in or upon any private premises which are inhabited, uninhabited or vacant, except by handing or transmitting any such handbill directly to the owner, occupant, or other person then present.

(1) Exemption for Mail and Newspapers. The provisions of this section shall not apply to the distribution of mail by the United States, nor to newspapers, as defined herein in Section 13.32.010, subsection (4), except that newspapers shall not be thrown on streets or alleys or in gutters.

(2) Exemption for Religious and Charitable Organizations. The provisions of this section shall not apply to religious, charitable, patriotic, philanthropic, social welfare, benevolent, educational, civic or fraternal groups or organizations, providing such organizations have obtained a written permit from the City Clerk who shall issue such permits without charge if he is satisfied that the organization applying for the permit is a bona fide organization as named herein.

(3) Exemption for the City of Victorville. The provisions of this Chapter shall not apply to the City of Victorville, or any subsidiary department, division, agency or related entity of the City, provided that any notice or handbill distributed under this exemption relates to official city business, including, without limitation, the posting of a notice of a municipal code violation or of a notice of public nuisance.

(Ord. 2115 § 2, 2005; Ord. 670 § 1 (part), 1980)

(Ord. No. 2303, § 1, 12-3-13)

No person shall throw, deposit or distribute 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 notice, indicating in any manner that the occupants of the premises do not desire to have any such handbills left upon the premises.

(Ord. 670 § 1 (part), 1980)

(Ord. No. 2303, § 1, 12-3-13)

No person in an aircraft shall throw out, drop or deposit within the City any handbill or other object.

(Ord. 670 § 1 (part), 1980)

(Ord. No. 2303, § 1, 12-3-13)

No person shall post or affix any notice, poster or other paper or device, to any lamp post, public utility pole, street sign, or tree, or upon any public structure or building, except as may be authorized or required by law.

(Ord. 670 § 1 (part), 1980)

(Ord. No. 2303, § 1, 12-3-13)