(A) Notice to solicitors. Each person desiring to secure the protection intended to be provided by this chapter shall comply with the following directions and notice of the determination by the occupant of giving invitation to solicitors or the refusal of invitation to solicitors, to any residence, shall be given in the following manner:
(1) A weatherproof card, approximately 3 x 4 inches in size, shall be exhibited upon or near the main entrance door to the residence, indicating the determination by the occupant, containing the applicable words, as follows:
ONLY SOLICITORS REGISTERED IN PITTSFIELD INVITED
or, in the alternative:
NO SOLICITORS INVITED
(2) The letters shall be at least one-third inch in height. For the purpose of uniformity, the cards shall be provided, at cost, by the Chief of Police to persons requesting them.
(3) The card shall constitute sufficient notice to any solicitor of the determination by the occupant of the residence of the information contained thereon.
('74 Code, § 15-13)
(B) Duty of solicitor to observe notice. It shall be the duty of every solicitor upon going onto any premises in the city upon which a residence is located, to first examine the notice provided for in this section, if any is attached, and be governed by the statement contained on the notice. If the notice states ONLY SOLICITORS REGISTERED IN PITTSFIELD INVITED, the solicitor not possessing a valid certificate of registration issued pursuant to the following subchapter shall depart immediately and peacefully from the premises. If the notice states NO SOLICITORS INVITED, the solicitor, whether registered or not, shall depart immediately and peacefully from the premises.
('74 Code, § 15-14)
(C) Failure to observe notice. It is unlawful and shall constitute a nuisance for any person to go upon any premises and ring the doorbell upon or near any door, or create any sound in any other manner calculated to attract the attention of the occupant of a residence, for the purpose of securing an audience with the occupant thereof and engage in soliciting in defiance of the notice exhibited at the residence in accordance with the provisions of this section.
('74 Code, § 15-15)