(A) The occupants of any residence in the village shall be permitted to make the determination as to whether solicitors shall or shall not be invited to their residence. Every person desiring to secure this protection shall give notice of his determination to refuse to invite solicitors to his residence by exhibiting a card, decal, or sign not less than three inches by four inches in size upon or near the main entrance, point of approach, or entry to the residence containing the words "No Solicitors Invited". For the purpose of uniformity, cards shall be provided by the Village Police Department to persons requesting them at the cost thereof. Such card, decal, or sign so exhibited shall constitute sufficient notice to any solicitor that he is prohibited from trespassing upon the premises.
(B) It is hereby declared to be unlawful and shall constitute a trespass for any person to go upon any premises and ring the doorbell 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 in defiance of the notice exhibited at the residence.
(C) It shall be unlawful for any person engaged in soliciting to use sales or other tactics based on force, threat of force, intimidation, or psychological pressure, to knowingly misrepresent himself or his product, or to make or cause to be made any contract, order form, or instrument of indebtedness without the full knowledge of the customer.
(D) Occupants of any residence within the village who desire to prohibit solicitation of any kind for which registration is required under this chapter upon their residence premises may further provide the village with their residence address on a form provided by the village to have the address of such residence placed within a registry maintained by the village for the purpose of recording the addresses of residences at which occupants so desire to prohibit solicitation. The village shall provide a list of the addresses contained within such registry to any persons registering under this chapter, and shall also maintain this list on the village's website. The provision of a residential address to the village for such purpose shall have the same effect as the placement of the card referenced in division (A) of this section, and it shall hereby be declared unlawful and shall constitute a trespass for any person to go upon any premises and ring the doorbell 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 in defiance of the provision of the address of such residence to the village for the purposes herein stated. Owners or occupants of a residence shall be permitted to remove the address of such residence from the registry and list maintained by the village at any time. The village shall also be authorized to place a residential address within the registry and list maintained by the village for the purpose herein stated where the village reasonably determines that the residence at such address is vacant.
(Ord. 1004-87, passed 7-22-87; Am. Ord. 18-1459, passed 2-7-18) Penalty, see § 115.99