(A) In the event that a person or entity desires to bar peddling or solicitation at a residence, business, or other building, said occupant may state on a notice placed on a main entrance door the determination that “No Solicitors or Peddlers Invited”. Said notice shall constitute sufficient notice to any solicitor or peddler of the determination by the occupant that no solicitation or peddling is desired or allowed.
(B) It shall be the duty of every solicitor or peddler upon going onto any premises in the municipality to first examine any notice provided for in this chapter, if any is attached, and be governed by the statement contained on the notice. If the notice states “No Solicitors or Peddlers Invited”, or a notice with a similar intended message, then the solicitor or peddler shall immediately and peaceably depart from the premises. Any solicitor or peddler who has gained entrance to any premises, whether invited or not, shall immediately and peacefully depart from the premises when requested to do so by the occupant.
(C) It is hereby declared to be unlawful and shall constitute a nuisance for any person to go upon any premises and ring the doorbell upon or near any door, or create any sound in any other manner calculated to attract the attention of the occupant of such residence, for the purpose of securing an audience with the occupant thereof and engage in soliciting or peddling, as herein defined, in defiance of the notice exhibited at the residence in accordance with the provisions of this chapter.
(2016 Code, § 22.026) (Ord. 14-O-5, passed 6-16-2014) Penalty, see § 113.99