West Hollywood Municipal Code § 8.36 Consumer Protection

8.36.060 Handbill and tip sheet distribution prohibited – Exceptions.¶

A.	It shall be unlawful upon any street, sidewalk, highway or parkway to cast, throw or deposit, sell or distribute to persons in vehicles, or to place in or upon unoccupied vehicles, any tip sheet or any commercial advertising handbill, or any handbill distributed for the purpose of advertising any merchandise, commodity, property, business, service, act or skill, offered, sold or rendered for hire, reward, price, trade or profit.
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C.	The City Manager, or his or her designee, may remove or cause the removal of and discard any handbill prohibited by Section 8.36.060A. The person responsible for the distribution of any such handbill shall be liable to the city for the cost of removal thereof, in addition to any other penalty provided by law. In any prosecution of any person for violation of Section 8.36.060A of this chapter, proof that the handbill in question contains the name of or otherwise identifies such person or such person's principal, agents, representative or employer shall constitute a permissible inference that the person caused such handbill to be distributed in the location from which it was removed.

It shall be unlawful upon any street, sidewalk, highway or parkway to cast, throw or deposit, sell or distribute to persons in vehicles, or to place in or upon unoccupied vehicles, any tip sheet or any commercial advertising handbill, or any handbill distributed for the purpose of advertising any merchandise, commodity, property, business, service, act or skill, offered, sold or rendered for hire, reward, price, trade or profit.

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The City Manager, or his or her designee, may remove or cause the removal of and discard any handbill prohibited by Section 8.36.060A. The person responsible for the distribution of any such handbill shall be liable to the city for the cost of removal thereof, in addition to any other penalty provided by law. In any prosecution of any person for violation of Section 8.36.060A of this chapter, proof that the handbill in question contains the name of or otherwise identifies such person or such person's principal, agents, representative or employer shall constitute a permissible inference that the person caused such handbill to be distributed in the location from which it was removed.

(Prior code § 6375; Ord. 90-269 § 1, 1990; Ord. 91-312U § 2, 1991)

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