The following guidelines shall apply to all solicitation within the city, whether or not the solicitation is for commercial purposes:
A. It shall be unlawful for any person to go in or upon any residence or nonresidential premises for the purpose of conducting solicitation if such residence or nonresidential premises is posted with a sign bearing the words "No Trespassing", "No Peddlers", "No Solicitors", or any other similar notice indicating in any manner that the occupants of such residence or nonresidential premises desire not to be molested or to have their rights of privacy disturbed, unless such occupant has specifically requested such solicitation.
B. It is hereby declared to be unlawful and shall constitute a nuisance for any person, whether licensed pursuant to this chapter or not, to go upon any premises and ring the doorbell upon or near any door of a residence located thereon or rap or knock upon any door or create any sound in any other manner calculated to attract the attention of the occupant of such residence for the purpose of securing an audience with the occupant thereof and engage in soliciting prior to ten o'clock (10:00) A.M. or after seven o'clock (7:00) P.M. of any day or on a state or national holiday.
C. It shall be unlawful for any person conducting solicitation at any residence or nonresidential premises to fail to leave, and to fail to cease conducting solicitation at, such residence or nonresidential premises immediately upon receiving, from any person present at such residence or nonresidential premises, a request to leave or cease conducting solicitation.
D. It shall be unlawful to use or attempt to use any entrance other than the front or main entrance to a residence, except by the express invitation of the resident or occupant of the property.
E. It shall be unlawful for any person to conduct solicitation in or on any sidewalk or other 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 sidewalk or public property, way or place. No person conducting solicitation shall have the exclusive right to any sidewalk or other public property, way or place.
F. It shall be unlawful for any person under eighteen (18) years of age to conduct solicitation within the city without supervision of someone twenty one (21) years of age or older. Said supervisor must remain in the immediate vicinity of the minor at all times the minor is engaging in solicitation activity.
G. No person shall perpetrate a fraud or a misrepresentation of any kind while engaged in solicitation within the city. (Ord. O-21-2009, 7-6-2009)