§ 10-8-310 — Placing commercial advertising matter in automobiles - Prohibited
Municipal Code of Chicago (2026 S-74, current through Council Journal of June 17, 2026) · Municipal Code of Chicago § 10-8-310
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10-8-310 Placing commercial advertising matter in automobiles - Prohibited.
(a) No person shall distribute or cause others to distribute, as defined in Section 10-8-325(d), commercial advertising matter, as defined in Section 10-8-320(a), by means of handing such commercial advertising matter to the occupants of automobiles operated or standing in the public way, or by placing or thrusting such commercial advertising matter into or upon or under the windshield wiper of an unoccupied automobile standing in the public way. (b) Any person who violates this section shall be fined not less than $200.00 nor more than $1,000.00 for each offense. Each day that a violation continues shall constitute a separate and distinct offense. There shall be a rebuttable presumption that any person, business or entity whose goods, services, or activities are promoted in any commercial advertising matter distributed in violation of this section is a person who distributed the commercial advertising matter or caused others to distribute it. (Prior code § 36-29; Amend Coun. J. 2-7-07, p. 98140, § 1; Amend Coun. J. 3-13-19, p. 96533, § 3)
