Unless otherwise noted herein, the following shall apply to all solicitors, including those exempt from obtaining a solicitor's permit or from registering with the village.
(A) Any solicitor who has gained entrance to any residence or commercial building, whether invited or not, shall immediately and peacefully depart from the premises when requested to do so by the occupant.
(B) It is hereby declared to be unlawful and shall constitute a nuisance for any person, whether issued a permit under this chapter or not, to solicit on a public street or to go upon any premises and ring the doorbell upon or near any door of a residence or commercial building located thereon, or rap or knock upon any door, or create any sound in any other manner calculated to attract attention of the occupant of such residence or commercial building for the purpose of securing an audience with the occupant thereof, and engage in soliciting as herein defined, at any time less than 30 minutes after sunrise or 30 minutes before sunset. Further, it shall be unlawful to engage in soliciting at any time Sunday or any state or nation holiday. This provision shall not apply to solicitation on streets by charitable organizations, as provided in § 111.14 of this chapter. Further canvassing may take place between the hours of 9:00 a.m. and 8:00 p.m. central time on any day.
(C) Except as provided in § 111.14 of this chapter, no solicitor shall solicit in a village street or highway located within the village.
(D) No solicitor shall represent in any manner that the village or its departments or officers have indorsed the permit holder or the products, services or causes on behalf of which individuals are being solicited without the written consent of the Chief of Police.
(E) No solicitor shall willfully obstruct the movement of any person on any street, sidewalk or other public place.
(F) No solicitor shall solicit any person that has objected by words or conduct to such soliciting.
(G) No solicitor shall refuse to identify the entity on whose behalf the soliciting is being conducted when requested to do so by any person contacted by the solicitor or fail to truthfully state the use(s) to which any solicited item(s) will be put when requested to do so by any person being solicited.
(H) No solicitor shall threaten any injury or damage to any individual who declines to be subject to any soliciting or who declines to make a purchase, donation or contribution.
(I) No solicitor shall directly or indirectly solicit for any purpose by misrepresentation of his or her name, occupation, financial conditions, social condition, physical or mental health or residence and no person shall make or perpetrate any misstatement, deception or fraud in connection with any soliciting for any purpose.
(J) No more than two solicitors shall solicit at a residence or commercial building at any one time.
(K) It shall be unlawful for any solicitor, other than the permit holder, to use any permit issued under the provisions of this chapter.
(L) It shall be unlawful to engage in an act of panhandling within the village limits when either the panhandler or the person being solicited is located at any of the following locations; at a bus stop; in a public transportation vehicle or public transportation facility; in a sidewalk café.
(M) It shall be unlawful to engage in an act of panhandling in an aggressive manner including any of the following actions:
(1) Panhandling a person who is standing at an automated teller machine while located within 20 feet of that person and within one minute after the person leaves the machine;
(2) Panhandling within 20 feet of the entrance to a bank and within one minute after the person leaves the bank;
(3) Repeating a panhandling request when the person solicited is stationary and has refused an immediately prior request made at that location;
(4) At any time immediately before, during, or after the panhandling request, touching the solicited person without that person's consent;
(5) Directing profane or abusive language at the person solicited at any time immediately before, during or after panhandling;
(6) Immediately before, during, or after panhandling, making any statement other than the panhandling request or acting in any other manner which, in light of the circumstances taken as a whole, would cause a reasonable person to feel harassed, intimidated, or compelled to contribute;
(7) Panhandling a person while such person is standing in line and waiting to be admitted to a commercial establishment;
(8) Blocking the path of a person being solicited, or the entrance to any building or vehicle;
(9) Following behind, or alongside or walking ahead of the person who walks away from the panhandler after being solicited; or
(10) Panhandling in a group of two or more persons;
(11) Each act of panhandling prohibited by this section shall constitute a public nuisance and a separate violation of this Code.
Penalty, see § 111.99