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The owners or occupants of any residence or place of business may indicate a determination to refuse to receive any uninvited canvassers or solicitors by displaying a card, decal or sign not less than two inches by three inches in size, upon or near the main entrance door to the residence or place of business, containing the words “No Soliciting”, “No Canvassing”, “No Peddling” or words to that effect with the letters at least one-third of an inch in height. Any such sign which complies with the requirements of this section shall be exempt from any additional or different requirements contained in Chapter 1236 of the Planning and Zoning Code.
(Ord. 53-98, passed 3-23-1998; Ord. 11-2019, passed 2-11-2019; Ord. 22-169, passed 12-12-2022)
(a) The Public Safety Director shall establish and maintain a “Do Not Knock” Registry (in this chapter, the “Registry”).
(b) Any person in lawful possession and occupancy of any residence, house, apartment or other dwelling in the city may require the city to place and maintain his or her residence, house, apartment or other dwelling on the Registry by submitting a request to be placed thereon on a form supplied by the Public Safety Director. This form shall be made available at City Hall, the Police Department and on the city’s website. The completed form must be turned in at City Hall and must contain the following information:
(1) The name of the person completing the form;
(2) The complete address of the residence, house, apartment or other dwelling to be placed on the Registry;
(3) The date the form was completed;
(4) A statement that no solicitor or peddler shall knock, ring the doorbell or otherwise call at this address, or words of similar import; and
(5) Such information that verifies the identity of the person completing the form as a lawful possessor and occupant as may be required by the Public Safety Director.
(c) Any person in lawful possession and occupancy of any residence, house, apartment or other dwelling in the city may require the city to remove his or her residence, house, apartment or other dwelling from the Registry by submitting a separate “Notice of Removal” on a form supplied by the Public Safety Director. This form shall be made available at City Hall, the Police Department and on the city’s website. The completed form must be turned in at City Hall and must contain the following information:
(1) The name of the person completing the form;
(2) The complete address of the residence, house, apartment or other dwelling to be removed from the Registry;
(3) The date the form was completed;
(4) A statement that the residence, home, apartment or other dwelling be removed from the Registry, or words of similar import; and
(5) Such information that verifies the identity of the person completing the form as a lawful possessor and occupant as may be required by the Public Safety Director.
(d) A residence, house, apartment or other dwelling, after being lawfully placed on the Registry shall remain on the Registry until the earliest of any of the following:
(1) The city receives a Notice of Removal pursuant to division (c) of this section; or
(2) The city receives notice that the person who submitted the form pursuant to division (b) of this section is not or is no longer a lawful possessor or occupant of the premises.
(e) The Public Safety Director or his or her designee shall update the Registry on a weekly basis.
(f) A copy of the Registry shall be made available for public inspection at all times on the internet website of the city and at the Police Department.
(Ord. 11-2019, passed 2-11-2019; Ord. 22-169, passed 12-12-2022)
(a) No person shall act as a solicitor, canvasser or peddler, as defined in § 840.01, and go upon any premises and ring the doorbell upon or near any door, or rap or knock upon any door, or create any sound in any other manner calculated to attract the attention of any occupant of such premises for the purpose of securing an audience with the occupant thereof, if there is displayed at the premises a notice in accordance with the provisions of § 840.08.
(b) No solicitor or peddler, shall go upon any premises and ring the doorbell upon or near any door, or rap or knock upon any door, create any sound in any other manner calculated to attract the attention of any occupant of such premises, or otherwise enter upon the premises to engage in canvassing if the address of the premises is registered on the city’s Registry pursuant to § 840.09.
(c) Whoever violates this section is guilty of trespass in violation of § 642.13.
(Ord. 53-98, passed 3-23-1998; Ord. 11-2019, passed 2-11-2019; Ord. 22-169, passed 12-12-2022)
Whoever violates any of the provisions of this chapter is guilty of a misdemeanor of the fourth degree and shall be fined not more than $250 or imprisoned not more than 30 days, or both, for each offense. A separate offense shall be deemed committed each day during or on which a violation occurs or continues.
(Ord. 53-98, passed 3-23-1998; Ord. 22-169, passed 12-12-2022)