Sales, solicitations and distribution of commercial advertising matter prohibited on certain streets and sidewalks.
Norfolk City Code § 42-15
in effectSec. 42-15. - Sales, solicitations and distribution of commercial advertising matter prohibited on certain streets and sidewalks.
(a) No person shall sell or offer to sell any goods, wares, merchandise, books, magazines, newspapers or any article of value, except daily publications sold on the date of publication, or take orders for or sell subscriptions to same for future delivery, or distribute commercial advertising matter on the following streets and sidewalks of the city, such streets and sidewalks being congested areas for pedestrian travel and use:
(1) The streets and sidewalks in the area bounded on the north by the northern line of Olney Road, on the east by the eastern line of Bank Street and the prolongation thereof southwardly to the southern line of Main Street, on the south by the southern line of Main Street and on the west by the western line of Boush Street.
(2) The streets and sidewalks in the area bounded on the north by the southern line of Main Street, on the east by the eastern line of Commercial Place and the prolongation southwardly thereof to the Elizabeth River, on the west by the western line of Campbell's Wharf and on the south by the Elizabeth River.
(3) The streets and sidewalks of Brooke Avenue from the Chesapeake and Ohio Terminal to Boush Street; of Church Street, from Main Street to Olney Road; of Hampton Boulevard, from Ninety-ninth Street to the Virginian Railway right-of-way; and of Main Street from Bank Street to Fenchurch Street.
(4) The streets and sidewalks in the area within a radius of one-quarter mile from the intersection of Sewells Point Road and Granby Street.
(5) The streets and sidewalks of West Ocean View Avenue from Granby Street to Mason Creek Road, and of First View Street from Portview Avenue to West Ocean View Avenue.
(6) The streets and sidewalks of Twenty-first Street from Granby Street to Hampton Boulevard, and of all streets intersecting Twenty-first Street between Granby Street and Hampton Boulevard for a distance thereon of one block in each direction from Twenty-first Street.
(b) The prohibition against the sale or distribution of the articles mentioned in subsection (a) of this section shall not be construed as prohibiting the actual distribution or circulation, without any charge therefor, to the public, of publications, leaflets, pamphlets or any printed or written matter that disseminates opinion or information or provokes thought or pertains to any religious information or belief.
(c) Any person violating the provisions of this section shall be guilty of a Class 3 misdemeanor.
(Code 1958, § 31-67)
Source: City of Norfolk, Virginia, City Code and City Charter (Municode Library, library.municode.com)URL: https://library.municode.com/va/norfolk/codes/code_of_ordinances?nodeId=COCI_CH42STSI_ARTIINGE_S42-15SASODICOADMAPRCESTSIFetched: 11/1/2026