(a) The Director of Public Safety 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 Director of Public Safety. 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 Director of Public Safety.
(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 Director of Public Safety. 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 Director of Public Safety.
(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) above; or
(2) The City receives notice that the person who submitted the form pursuant to division (b) above is not or is no longer a lawful possessor or occupant of the premises.
(e) The Director of Public Safety 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 2-11-19; Ord. 22-169. Passed 12-12-22.)