Is there an ordinance that prohibits placing information flyers on parked cars or property?
There is no ordinance in Roseville that prohibits placing flyers on parked cars. Higher court decisions have determined that distributing flyers, whether on parked cars or at people’s doorsteps, is a form of free speech, and the government cannot prohibit it. However, private property owners can prohibit the distribution of flyers on their property (if they own and have authority over their own parking lot–if they share a parking lot in a retail center, it is more complicated.) If the private property is posted with a sign (like “no distribution of literature” or something similar), then people distributing literature could be cited for trespassing.
