(a) The Police Chief or designee shall establish and maintain a peddlers and solicitors Do Not Knock Registry.
(b) Any person in lawful possession and occupancy of any residence, house, apartment or other dwelling in the village may require the village to place or maintain his or her residence, house, apartment or other dwelling on the peddlers and solicitors Do Not Knock Registry by submitting a separate request on a form supplied by the Police Chief or designee, which shall contain the following information:
(1) The name of the person(s) 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 peddlers or solicitors shall knock, ring the doorbell, or otherwise call at the subject address, or words of similar import; and
(5) Such other information that verifies the identity of the person(s) completing the form as a lawful possessor and occupant as maybe required by the Police Chief or designee.
(c) Any person in lawful possession and occupancy of any residence, house, apartment, or other dwelling in the village may require the village to remove his or her residence, house, apartment or other dwelling for the peddlers and solicitors Do Not Knock Registry by submitting a separate Notice of Removal from said Registry on a form supplied by the Police Chief or designee, which shall contain the following information:
(1) The name of the person(s) 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, house, apartment or other dwelling be removed from the peddlers and solicitors Do Not Knock Registry, or words of similar import; and
(5) Such other information that verifies the identity of the person(s) completing the form as a lawful possessor and occupant as may be required by the Police Chief or designee.
(d) The decision whether to place a residence, house, apartment or other dwelling on the peddlers and solicitors Do Not Knock Registry shall be solely of the lawful possessor and occupant thereof, and no official, employee or other agent of the village shall interfere with said decision.
(e) A residence, house, apartment or other dwelling, after being lawfully placed on the Peddlers and Solicitors Do Not Knock Registry, shall remain on such Registry until the earlier of any of the following:
(1) The village receives a notice of removal pursuant to division (c) above;
(2) The village 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; and
(3) The expiration of five calendar years, expiring on December 31 of the fifth full calendar year, from the date of the form submitted pursuant to division (b) above.
(f) A copy of the peddler and solicitors Do Not Knock Registry shall be made available for public inspection during normal business hours of the village at the office of the Police Chief.
(g) No person shall go upon any premises and ring the doorbell, rap or knock upon any door or create any sound in any other manner calculated to attract the attention of any occupant of such residence or place of business for the purpose of securing an audience with the occupants thereof and engage in peddling or solicitation in defiance of the Do Not Knock Registry pursuant to this section.
(h) Failure to display such “Do Not Knock” placard on a residence or business does not constitute a revocation of the intent of § 860.09 or this section and no person shall go upon any premises and ring the door bell, rap or knock upon any door or create any sound in any other manner calculated to attract the attention of any occupant of such residence or place of business for the purpose of securing an audience with the occupants thereof and engage in peddling or solicitation in defiance of the Do Not Knock Registry pursuant to this section.
(Ord. 03-2008, passed 8-10-2009)