West Covina Municipal Code § 3-19 Exemptions

No person shall distribute, throw or deliver or cause to be distributed, thrown or delivered any commercial advertising paper, commercial advertisement, commercial handbill or dodger or advertising sampler or waste paper upon any public street, alley, parkway, sidewalk or other public place in the city or upon or in any automobile or other vehicle of another person which is parked upon any public street, alley, sidewalk or other public place within the city.

(Code 1960, § 6350)

No person shall distribute, throw or deliver or cause to be distributed, thrown or delivered any commercial advertising paper, commercial advertisement, commercial handbill or dodger or advertising sampler or waste paper upon or in any private premises if the owner or occupant thereof has posted a sign upon the property reading "no advertising" or words of similar import declaring that the owner or occupant of the premises objects to the deposit of such material upon the property.

(Code 1960, § 6350.1)

Any owner or occupant of any private property who objects to the deposit of commercial advertising papers, commercial advertisements, commercial handbills or dodgers or advertising samplers upon such property may notify the city clerk in writing that he objects to the delivery or deposit of such materials upon the property and identify it by street and number. The city clerk shall maintain a current list of the addresses of all such objectors available for public inspection. It shall be unlawful for any person to distribute, throw or deliver or cause to be distributed, thrown or delivered any such commercial advertising paper, commercial advertisement, commercial handbill or dodger or advertising sampler upon the property of any person the address of which is contained upon the current list of objectors on file in the office of the city clerk.

(Code 1960, § 6350.2)

(a) Nothing in this article shall be construed to prohibit the delivery or distribution of any complete newspaper or other printed matter which has been handled or is capable of being handled as second class matter in the United States mails under the provisions of the United States Post Office regulations and other applicable United States statutes or regulations.

(b) The provisions of this article shall not be deemed to prohibit the personal handling and actual delivery to any person willing to receive the same of any written or printed matter which pertains exclusively to political or religious subjects or opinions.

(Code 1960, §§ 6351, 6352)