§ 45-5. Distribution of handbills., Chapter 45. Sanitation, Code of Ordinances, Brookhaven

Distribution on public property. No person shall throw or deposit any commercial or noncommercial handbill in or upon any sidewalk, street or other public property within the Town, nor shall any person hand out or distribute or sell any commercial handbill in or on any public property; however, it shall be lawful for any person to hand out or distribute a noncommercial handbill on public property, provided that there is no charge to the recipient thereof and that the recipient is willing to accept the handbill.

Distribution to vehicles. No person shall throw or deposit any commercial or noncommercial handbill in or upon any vehicle; provided, however, that it shall not be unlawful on any public property for a person to hand out or distribute, without charge to the receiver thereof, a noncommercial handbill to any occupant of a vehicle who is willing to accept it.

Distribution on uninhabited or vacant private property. No person shall throw or deposit any commercial or noncommercial handbill in or upon any private property which is temporarily or continuously unoccupied or vacant.

Distribution on inhabited private property. No person shall throw, deposit or distribute any commercial or noncommercial handbill in or upon private property within the Town unless the person distributing such handbill obtains the written consent of the person owning or occupying the property. However, this prohibition shall not apply to the distribution of advertising materials through the mail nor to newspapers nor to the distribution of advertising material by any charitable organization and/or for nonprofit organizations, except that these newspapers and all such advertising materials shall be placed on private property in such a manner as to prevent their being carried or deposited by the elements upon any street, sidewalk or other public property or upon private property.