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The following are exempt from the terms and conditions of this subchapter namely:
(A) Persons engaged in the sales or deliveries of goods, wares, foodstuffs, merchandise or services on regularly established routes or sales or deliveries by other persons having an established list of customers to whom they make periodic deliveries;
(B) Persons seeking the signature of a village resident for a zoning or election petition;
(C) Persons engaged in solicitation at the invitation or request of the person contacted;
(D) Solicitation related to children's activities, including but not limited to, Girl Scouts, Boy Scouts and Youth Softball/Baseball or other School activities within the School District;
(E) Charitable or nonprofit organizations and their representatives distributing handbills or pamphlets only for the purpose of communicating issues of general interest to the public;
(F) Religious, political or other nonprofit organizations; and
(G) Political candidates.
(Ord. 08-20, passed 10-20-2008)
(A) It is hereby declared to be the policy of the village that the occupants of any residence located within the village shall make the determination of whether any solicitor shall be, or shall not be, invited to their respective residences.
(B) Any person conducting solicitations who is not, pursuant to the provisions contained herein, invited onto the premises of any resident or who has obtained entrance to such premises and does not immediately and peacefully leave the same upon being so requested by the occupant of the premises, shall be deemed a trespasser.
(C) No person, whether registered or not under this subchapter, shall solicit within the village on any premises if the same are posted against solicitation by means of a notice, prominently displayed, bearing the words “No Solicitors”, “No Trespassing” or any other similar notice indicating in any manner that the occupants of such premises desire not to have their right of privacy disturbed, unless such occupant has specifically requested such solicitation.
(D) Any premises shall be deemed io be posted against solicitation if there is exhibited on or near the main entrance to the property, or on or near the main doors, a sign measuring at least three inches by four inches bearing the applicable words with letters at least one-third inch in height.
(E) It shall be the duty of each solicitor upon going onto any premises in the village upon which a residence is located to first examine the premises for the notice provided for in this subchapter. If a notice is posted, then the solicitor, whether registered or not, shall immediately and peaceably depart.
(Ord. 08-20, passed 10-20-2008)
(A) It is hereby declared unlawful and shall constitute an offense for any solicitor, whether registered under this subchapter or not, to go in or upon any premises within the village for the purpose of soliciting at any time before 9:00 a.m. or after 7:00 p.m. or on any Sunday or state or national holiday.
(B) Each solicitor registered hereunder shall at all times while soliciting wear the permit on the outer clothing, in such a way that the permit may be easily seen and read while in the course of solicitation activities.
(C) It shall be unlawful for any person to conduct solicitation on any public property, way or place in a manner that completely or substantially impedes the flow of pedestrian or vehicular traffic in, on or around such public property, way or place.
(D) Solicitors shall conduct themselves at all times in an orderly and lawful manner and shall not make, or cause to be made, any loud or obnoxious noise of such volume sufficient to disturb the peace of the residents of the village.
(E) It shall be unlawful for any solicitor to cheat, deceive, or misrepresent any product, service, or organization, whether individually or through an agent or employee, while acting as a solicitor, or to sell or barter any goods, merchandise or wares other than those specified in their permit application.
(Ord. 08-20, passed 10-20-2008)
(A) No person shall stand in a roadway for the purpose of soliciting a ride from the driver of any vehicle.
(B) No person shall stand on a highway for the purpose of soliciting employment or business from the occupant of any vehicle.
(C) No person shall stand on a highway for the purpose of soliciting contributions from the occupant of any vehicle, except upon each of the following conditions:
(1) The soliciting agency is registered with the attorney general as a charitable organization as provided by Illinois law and said soliciting agency must be engaged in a statewide fundraising activity;
(2) The soliciting agency maintains liability for any injuries to any person or property during the solicitation which is causally related to an act of ordinary negligence of the soliciting agent;
(3) Any person engaged in the act of solicitation shall be 16 years of age or more and shall be wearing a high-visibility vest;
(4) Prior to the issuance of a permit, the soliciting agency shall provide the village with a certificate of liability insurance naming the village as an additional party insured;
(5) The solicitation shall be permitted only on a highway at intersection where all traffic is required to come to a full stop unless otherwise permitted by approval of the Village Board; and
(6) In no instance shall the solicitation interfere with the operation of official traffic control devices.
(Ord. 08-20, passed 10-20-2008)
JUNK YARDS AND DEALERS
For the purpose of this subchapter, the following definitions shall apply unless the context clearly indicates or requires a different meaning.
JUNK. Scrap and old iron, steel, chain, brass, copper, magnesium, aluminum, tin, lead or other base metals, scrap lumber, old rope, old bags, rags, wastepaper, scraps of woolens, clips, bagging, plastic, rubber and glass, bottles, any wrecked or dilapidated motor vehicle, engine or machinery and all articles and things discarded or no longer used as a manufactured article composed of or consisting of any one or more of the materials or articles herein mentioned.
JUNK DEALER. Every person, firm, partnership or corporation that shall engage in the business of buying, selling, bartering, exchanging or collecting, receiving, storing or holding in possession for sale, barter or exchange, any of the things in and by this section defined as junk.
(1983 Code, § 3-5-1)
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