The following regulations shall apply to each and every itinerant vendor, handbill distributor, peddler or solicitor, or any other person engaged in solicitation, as described in this chapter, and any violation of any such regulations shall be an offense and punishable under the terms hereof.
(A) Except as otherwise prohibited, the distribution of any handbill, including noncommercial and commercial handbills may only be distributed by:
(1) Handing the noncommercial handbill or commercial handbill directly to the owner, occupant, or any other person then present in or upon such premises; or
(2) Depositing the noncommercial handbill or commercial handbill in a secure manner to prevent such handbill from being blown or drifting about the premises, except that mailboxes may not be used when prohibited by Federal law or regulations.
(B) It shall be unlawful for any itinerant vendor, peddler or solicitor to go from house to house, or business to business in the city, soliciting, selling or taking orders for such items between the hours of 7:00 p.m. and 9:00 a.m.
(C) Each itinerant vendor, handbill distributor, peddler, or solicitor permitted under this chapter that is required to register with the Director of the Department of Public Safety under the provisions of this chapter, shall wear an identification tag stating his or her name and the name of the organization he or she represents at all times while engaged in the soliciting or handbilling.
(D) It shall be unlawful for a licensee to not exhibit a card upon request of a peace officer, who has lawfully stopped him or her for the purpose of determining that he or she has a current permit to solicit.
(E) The Director of the Department of Public Safety or his designee may, upon documented complaint of a violation of this chapter in accordance with § 110.06, suspend and confiscate the permit issued until such time when the permit can provide adequate assurances of compliance with the regulations herein.
(F) It shall be unlawful for a person to solicit funds or distribute commercial handbills after the revocation or expiration of any permit issued or during the suspension of any permit issued.
(G) No person may distribute any commercial handbill or noncommercial handbill in or upon any premises which are temporarily or continuously uninhabited or vacant.
(H) It shall be unlawful for any person to distribute or cause to be distributed, deposited, placed, thrown, scattered or cast any handbill upon any residential property if requested by anyone thereon not to do so, or if there is placed on such premises in a conspicuous place upon or near the main entrance to the residence, a weatherproof card, not less than eight square inches in size bearing the words “no trespassing,” “no peddlers,” “no advertisements,” “no solicitation,” “no handbills,” or any similar notice indicating in any manner that the occupants of such premises do not desire to have any such solicitation or handbills left upon their premises. The letters on such cards shall be not less than two-thirds of an inch in height.
(I) It shall be unlawful for any person to go upon any residential premises for the purpose of solicitation and ring the doorbell, knock upon the door or create any sound for the purpose of attracting the attention of the occupants of the residence if there is placed on such premises in a conspicuous place upon or near the main entrance to the residence, a weatherproof card, not less than eight square inches in size bearing the words “no solicitation,” “no peddlers,” or “no trespassing.” The letters on such cards shall be not less than two-thirds of an inch in height.
(Ord. 150526F, passed 5-26-2015)