No person, except a public officer or employee in the performance of a public duty,
shall paint, post, paste, print, nail, stamp, tack or otherwise fasten any card, banner,
handbill, sign, sticker, poster or advertisement, notice or advertising device of
any kind calculated to attract the attention of the public or cause the same to be
done on any curbstone, curb, lamppost, pole, hydrant, bridge, wall or tree, or upon
any fixture or fire alarm, police or telephone system of the city, or upon any public
sidewalk, street, alley or other public place except as may be required by ordinance
or law, or to construct or maintain any sign or sign device upon any sidewalk, street,
alley or other public place except as any be permitted or required by the Constitution
of the United States or the state of California, any statute or any ordinance. Provided,
however, that no banners or pennants shall be permitted nor posters or signs composed
of paper or cardboard.
