Chapter 3: Advertising and Billboards

Sec. 3-1. Compliance with Chapter

No person shall post or maintain any advertisement or sign on any billboard or signboard which does not
fully conform to the provisions of this Chapter.

Sec. 3-2. Exemption for Public Notices

The provisions of this chapter shall not be construed to apply to the posting of signs or notices by order of
any court or by any public officer in the performance of his duties.

Sec. 3-3. Outdoor Advertising and Billboards Prohibited; Exception

A. It shall be unlawful for any person to post any bills or erect any billboards or other outdoor advertising
display within the Village, without first obtaining the consent of the Village Board of trustees.

B. The provisions of subsection (a) shall not apply to advertising by any business or residence in the
Village when the advertising is located on the premises of the business or residence.

Sec. 3-4. Unlawful Advertising

It shall be unlawful for any person to post or display any advertisement of an obscene or immoral
character or any advertisement tending to promote or cause a riot or breach of the peace, or any advertisement
for an unlawful gathering, or advertisements for unlawful sales.

Sec. 3-5. Advertising Unlawful Articles and Businesses

It shall be unlawful to advertise any unlawful business or article in the Village.

Sec. 3-6. Consent of Property Owners Required to Advertise on Private Property

It shall be unlawful to post any advertisement on any premises without the consent of the owner or
occupant of such premises.

Sec. 3-7. - 3-16. Reserved

Sec. 3-17. License Required to Distribute Handbills and Samples on Private Property

It shall be unlawful for any person, except licensed peddlers, to distribute to the public, by leaving at
stores, offices, houses or residences in the Village, any cards, circulars, handbills, samples of merchandise, or
any advertising matter whatsoever without having first secured a license therefore.

Cross reference - Licenses generally, 10-1 et seq.

Sec. 3-18. Application for License; Contents

Application for a license required by this article shall be made to the Village Clerk, and shall contain a
statement of the nature of the article or cards or advertisement to be distributed and the name of the applicant
and the name of the manufacturer or distributor of such article or service advertised.

Sec. 3-19. Moral Character of Applicant; Investigation

No license required by this article shall be issued to a person not of good character. A police officer shall
make an investigation into the character of each applicant and shall report the results thereof to the Clerk
before any license shall be issued.

Sec. 3-20. License Fee

The fee for a license required by this article shall be two dollars ($2.00) per day.

Sec. 3-21. Distribution of Samples of Medicine Prohibited

It shall be unlawful for any person to distribute any samples of medicinal preparations in the Village.

Sec. 3-22. Indiscriminate Distribution on Public Property Prohibited; Exception

It shall be unlawful to distribute indiscriminately to the public any cards, circulars, handbills, samples of
merchandise, or any advertising matter whatsoever on any public street or sidewalk or other public place in the
Village; provided that this paragraph shall not be construed to prohibit the peddling or sale of any article or
publication that may carry or be accompanied by advertising matter where a charge or price is paid for such
article or publication.

1Cross reference - Private use of public places for advertising purposes, 15-10.

State law reference - Authority of Village in respect to regulation of signs, billboards and handbills, Ill. Rev.
Stat., Ch. 24, 11-80-14 et deq.

Sec. 3-23 - 3-30 Reserved.