§ 14-155. Notices and advertisements.

(a)

No person may affix or cause to be distributed any placard, bill, advertisement or poster upon real or personal property, public or private property, without first securing permission from the owner or person in control of the property. This section shall not be construed as an amendment to or a repeal of any regulation now or hereafter adopted by the city regarding the use of and the location of signs and advertising.

(b)

No person, either as principal or agent, may scatter, distribute or cause to be scattered or distributed on public or private property any placards, advertisements or other similar material.

(c)

This section does not prohibit the distribution of advertising material during a parade or approved public gathering or to a person willing to accept the material and who does accept the material.

(d)

The offense described in this section is an Independence Municipal Code Class B violation, per section 1-22.

(Prior Code, § 41.530; Code 2006, § 8.4.19)