(a) The Police Chief, or his or her designee, shall separately establish and maintain a Peddlers Do Not Knock Registry and a Solicitors Do Not Knock Registry.
(b) Any person in lawful possession and occupancy of any residence, house, apartment or other dwelling in the Municipality may require the Municipality to place or maintain his or her residence, house, apartment or other dwelling on the Peddlers and/or Solicitors Do Not Knock Registries by submitting a separate request for each registry on form(s) supplied by the Police Chief, each of which shall contain the following information:
(1) The name of the person(s) completing the form(s);
(2) The complete address of the residence, house, apartment, or other dwelling to be placed on one or both of the registries;
(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;
(5) The exceptions, if any, which the person(s) completing the form(s) wishes to be made to the requirement that peddlers and/or solicitors shall not call at his or her residence, house, apartment or other dwelling; and
(6) Such other information that verifies the identity of the person(s) completing the form(s) as a lawful possessor and occupant as may be required by the Police Chief.
(c) Any person in lawful possession and occupancy of any residence, house, apartment or other dwelling in the Municipality may require the Municipality to remove his or her residence, house, apartment or other dwelling for the Peddlers and/or Solicitors Do Not Knock Registries by submitting a separate Notice of Removal from either or both said registries on form(s) supplied by the Police Chief, each of which shall contain the following information:
(1) The name of the person(s) completing the form(s);
(2) The complete address of the residence, house, apartment, or other dwelling to be removed from one or both of the registries;
(3) The date the form was completed;
(4) A statement that the residence, house, apartment or other dwelling be removed from the Peddlers and/or Solicitors Do Not Knock Registries, or words of similar import; and
(5) Such other information that verifies the identity of the person(s) completing the form(s) as a lawful possessor and occupant as may be required by the Police Chief.
(d) The decision whether to place a residence, house, apartment or other dwelling on the Peddlers and/or Solicitors Do Not Knock Registries shall be solely of the lawful possessor and occupant thereof, and no official, employee or other agent of the Municipality shall interfere with said decision.
(e) A residence, house, apartment, or other dwelling, after being lawfully placed on the Peddlers and/or Solicitors Do Not Knock Registries shall remain on such Registries until the earlier of any of the following:
(1) The Municipality receives a Notice of Removal pursuant to subsection (c) hereof.
(2) The Municipality receives notice that the person who submitted the form pursuant to subsection (b) above is not or is no longer a lawful possessor or occupant of the premises.
(3) The expiration of five (5) calendar years, expiring on December 31st of the fifth full calendar year, from the date of the form submitted pursuant to subsection (b) above.
(f) A copy of the Peddler and/or Solicitors Do Not Knock Registries shall be made available for public inspections at all times on the internet website of the Municipality of Obetz and during normal business hours of the Municipality of Obetz at the Office of the Police Chief.
(Ord. 36-08. Passed 9-22-08.)