Chapter 16 OFFENSES AND MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS*
Section 16-163 Posting bills, painting signs, etc., prohibited; exception.
(a) It shall be unlawful for any person to post or cause
to be posted any bill, or paint, write or
print, or cause to be painted, written or printed, any sign or device on any sidewalk, street,
bridge, viaduct, pole, tree, post or on any wall, building or structure, or other property of another,
unless in the case of private property, the prior consent of the owner thereof has been secured.
For the purposes of this section, the presence of any bill, sign, device, painting, or printing in a
location prohibited by this section which contains or includes the name of a business or
corporation or the name by which a business or corporation is doing business, shall be prima
facie evidence that both the business or corporation and its manager(s), officer(s) and director(s)
had knowledge thereof and had posted, painted, written, or printed such bill, sign, device,
painting or printing in such location or caused the same to be posted, painted, written or printed
in such location. Further for the purposes of this section, the presence of any bill, sign, device,
painting or printing in a location prohibited by this section which shall contain or include the
name of any person shall be prima facie evidence that such person had knowledge thereof and
had posted, painted, written or printed such bill, sign, device, printing or painting in such
location or caused the same to be posted, painted, written or printed in such location.
(b) The director of public works is hereby authorized to
issue permits allowing the placing of
house numbers on curbs on public streets and other public rights-of-way and to promulgate rules
and regulations governing the size, style, location and materials to be used in such numbering
which will assure that such numbering is easily legible and uniform throughout the city. The
director of public works is authorized to issue permits under such conditions and to such persons
as the director deems competent and responsible to see that the rules and regulations promulgated
hereunder are carried out. The provisions of paragraph (a) of this section shall not apply to the
placing of street numbers on curbs which conform to the rules and regulations promulgated
hereunder and for which a permit has been issued.
(Code 1964, §§ 7.1115, 7.1120)
Cross reference(s)--Signs generally, Ch. 23.