§ 6-1. Placing advertising material on trees, bushes, and other public property.  


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  • (a)

    Prohibited acts. It shall be unlawful for any person to place, hire, or have placed a bulletin, placard, dodger, or any other type of advertising material (which includes political posters) upon any tree, bush, shrubbery, utility pole, traffic sign or street marker or public properties and/or street right-of-way, within the city.

    (b)

    Penalty for violation of section. Any person guilty of violating the provisions of this section shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and may be punished by fine not to exceed $300.00 or imprisonment in jail not more than 90 days, or by both such fine and imprisonment.

    (c)

    Separate offenses. The placing of each poster in contravention of the terms of this section shall constitute a separate offense.

(Code 1971, § 3-1)