(a) The City Manager shall maintain the do-not-solicit list. Any property owner, or tenant, if the property is leased, may elect to add or remove his or her residence to or from the list, at any time, by:
(1) Calling or visiting the City’s offices;
(2) Directing an email request to the City through a link to be maintained on the City’s website for that purpose;
(3) Checking the appropriate box on the residence’s Germantown utility bill when such option is provided annually; or
(4) Returning a request form to be included annually in the Germantown newsletter.
(b) The do-not-solicit list shall be updated as follows:
(1) Every person who elects to add his or her residence to the do-not-solicit list shall be required to re-register such residence every five years. Any residence that is not re-registered in accordance with this section shall be removed from the do-not-solicit list.
(2) On a periodic basis, the City Manager shall compare the do-not-solicit list to the utility database to identify which residences on the do-not-solicit list have been transferred or sold since being registered. The City Manager shall remove any such residence; and
(3) The do-not-solicit request form will be provided to all new residents in the New Resident Packets that the Police Department hand delivers. The New Resident Packets are provided to new residents when the Utility Department receives notice of a new account holder.
(c) The City Manager shall provide a copy of the do-not-solicit list to each person issued a license pursuant to Section 725.04. In addition, any person may obtain a copy of the do- not-solicit list by:
(1) Visiting the City’s offices during normal business hours;
(2) Visiting the City’s Police Department any time twenty-four hours per day, seven days per week; or
(3) Accessing a copy from the City’s website.
(d) No person shall enter onto the property of any residence listed on the do-not-solicit list maintained in accordance with subsection (a) hereof for the purpose of contact canvassing, peddling, vending, soliciting or requesting contributions.
(e) No person shall knock at the door or ring the doorbell of any residence, apartment or other dwelling unit in the City upon which is clearly displayed at the entrance a notice that reads “NO SOLICITORS” or that otherwise clearly purports to prohibit peddlers, contact canvassers, vendors, solicitors or persons requesting contributions, unless such person is or has been invited upon the premises by the occupant thereof.
(Ord. 13-72. Passed 12-2-13.)