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Chapter 11 OFFENSES*
Section 11-14 Prohibited distribution of printed matter; littering.
(a) It shall be unlawful to distribute to pedestrians upon any street, park or other public place in the city, or to distribute to passengers in any bus, or to throw or place into or upon any bus or automobile or other vehicle, any material which is a communication of information or dissemination of opinion in such manner as to:
(1) Obstruct or partly obstruct the passage of pedestrians or to intimidate, harass, or abuse such pedestrians so as to cause them to accept such communication unwillingly;
(2) Create any condition on a public or private way within the city which would amount to a nuisance per se;
(3) Amount to solicitation or advertising for commercial purposes.
(b) It shall be unlawful for any person to distribute or deposit any handbills, advertisings or printed matter upon any real property located in the city, without the consent of the owner thereof.
(c) It shall be unlawful to paste, glue or affix to any vehicle parked upon any street or public place in the city any handbill, dodger or advertising notice without the consent of the owner of such vehicle.
(d) No notice, sign or any advertising matter shall be posted on any tree or telegraph or telephone pole erected on the streets of the city nor on the walls of any city building nor on any property of the city, except that legal, election and similar notices may be posted on bulletin boards.
(e) It shall be unlawful to post advertising matter on any unoccupied building or on any temporary structure in the city. This section shall not apply to any owner or to any person acting under authority of the owner of such building.
(Code 1958, 3-1--3-5)
State law references--Prohibited placements of campaign posters, signs and advertisements, O.C.G.A. 21-1-1; unlawful placement of signs within right-of-way of public road, O.C.G.A. 32-6-51.
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