Walnut Creek Municipal Code Art. 1 Handbill Distribution

For the purposes of this Article, the following terms shall have the following meanings:

a.

Handbill

means any unsolicited dodger, circular, leaflet, pamphlet, paper, booklet or other printed or written material regardless of whether the text, if any, of the material is commercial or non-commercial.

b.

Person

means any individual, firm partnership, or association, corporation company or organization of any kind.

(5400, as amended by § 1, Ord. 1785, eff. April 9, 1992, and by § 1, Ord. 1885, eff. April, 4, 1996)

No person shall place or deposit any handbill in or upon any vehicle.

(5401, as amended by § 4, Ord. 1712, eff. December 1, 1988; § 1, Ord. 1785, eff. April 9, 1992 and by § 1, Ord. 1885, eff. April 4, 1996)

Any person who violates any provision of §4-6.102 shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor or an infraction. Each deposit of a handbill in violation of this Article shall be deemed a separate violation.

a. If charged as an infraction the penalty upon conviction of such person shall be a fine as set forth in §1-2.01 of this Code.

b. If charged as a misdemeanor, the penalty upon conviction of such person shall be imprisonment in the county jail for a period not to exceed six months, or by a fine not exceeding $1,000, or by both such fine and imprisonment.

(§ 1, Ord. 1785, eff. April 9, 1992, as amended by § 1, Ord. 1885, eff. April 4, 1996)