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 of the City, or upon or over any public sidewalk, street, alley or other public place except as may be required by State, Federal or local law, or construct or maintain any sign upon or over any sidewalk, street, alley or other public place.