No person shall post, stick, stamp, paint or otherwise fix, or cause the same to be
done by any person, any notice, placard, bill, card, poster, advertisement or other
paper or device calculated to attract the attention of the public, to or upon any
sidewalk, crosswalk, curb or curbstone, flagstone, or any other portion or part of
any public way or public place, or any lamppost, electric light, telegraph, telephone
or trolley line pole, or railway structure, hydrant, shade tree or treebox, or upon
the piers, columns, trusses, girders, railings, gates or other parts of any public
bridge or viaduct, or other public structure or building, or upon any pole, box or
fixture of the fire alarm or police telegraph pole, box or fixture of the fire alarm
or police telegraph system, except such as may be authorized or required by the laws
of the United States, or state, and the ordinances of the city.