(a) The Office of the Mayor shall separately 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 City may require the City to place and maintain his or her residence, house, apartment or other dwelling in the City's Peddlers and Solicitors' "Do Not Knock Registry" by submitting a request to be placed thereon on a form supplied by the Office of the Mayor. This form shall be made available at City Hall and on the City's website. The completed form may be turned in at any of the above-referenced locations or online and must contain the following information:
(1) The name of the person completing the form(s);
(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; and
(4) A statement that no peddlers and solicitors shall knock, ring the doorbell or otherwise call at this address, or words of similar import, on the applicable form.
(c) Any person in lawful possession and occupancy of any residence, house, apartment, or other dwelling in the City may require the City to remove his or her residence, house, apartment or other dwelling from the list set forth in division (b), above, by submitting a separate "Notice of Removal" from said registry on a form supplied by the Office of the Mayor, which shall contain the following information:
(1) The name of the person completing the form(s);
(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, home, apartment or other dwelling be removed from the City's Peddlers and Solicitors' "Do Not Knock Registry", or words of similar import, on the applicable form; and
(5) Such other information that verifies the identity of the person completing the form(s) as a lawful possessor and occupant as may be required by the Office of the Mayor
(d) The decision whether to place a residence, house, apartment or other dwelling on the City's Peddlers and Solicitors' "Do Not Knock Registry" shall be solely that of the lawful possessor and occupant thereof, and no official, employee or other agent of the City shall interfere with said decision.
(e) A residence, house, apartment, or other dwelling, after being lawfully placed on the City's Peddlers and Solicitors' "Do Not Knock Registry" shall remain on such Registry until the earliest of any of the following:
(1) The City receives a Notice of Removal pursuant to division (c) above;
(2) The City 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; or
(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 City's Peddlers and Solicitors' "Do Not Knock Registry" shall be made available for public inspection at all times on the internet website of the City.
(Ord. 60-14. Passed 12-9-14.)