The practice of going to, in, and upon private residences in the city by solicitors, peddlers, hawkers, itinerant merchants, transient vendors of merchandise, and other persons not having been requested or invited to do so by the owner or owners, occupant, or occupants of said private residences for the purpose of soliciting orders for the sale of goods, wares, and merchandise, for disposing of or peddling or hawking goods, wares, or merchandise or for the purpose of seeking or gaining information concerning the owners or occupants of the private residence or neighboring private residences is declared to be a nuisance and punishable as such nuisance as a misdemeanor.
(2011 Code, § 5.08.010) (Ord. 143, passed - -1988; Ord. 182, passed - -1992) Penalty, see § 10.99