(A) Uninvited soliciting.
(1) No person shall engage in solicitation upon any commercial premises, dwelling house, apartment, or other residence after having been asked by the owner, manager, agent, or occupant thereof to leave the commercial premises or residence.
(2) It shall be unlawful for any person to engage in solicitation upon any commercial premises or residence if the commercial premises or residence is posted against solicitation by means of a notice, prominently displayed, upon which is printed the legend:
"NO SOLICITORS PERMITTED"
(a) A commercial premises, dwelling house, apartment, or other place of residence shall be deemed to be posted against solicitation if there is exhibited, on or near the main entrance to the premises, or on or near the main door to any residence located thereon, a sign at least three inches by four inches in size with letters at least one-third of an inch in height, which bears the above legend.
(b) Signs complying with the foregoing requirements shall be made available at cost at the office of the Village Clerk to persons requesting them.
(B) False statements and representations.
(1) No person who engages in solicitation shall use any plan, scheme, or ruse or make any statement which indicates or implies that the purpose of that person's solicitation is other than to obtain orders for or to make sales of goods or services.
(2) No person who engages in solicitation shall misrepresent the right of a buyer to rescind or cancel a sale under the provisions of applicable law.
(3) It shall be unlawful for any solicitor to cheat, deceive, or fraudulently misrepresent, whether through himself or herself or through an employee, while acting as a peddler or solicitor in the village, or to solicit for any other purpose than that specified in the application.
(C) Prohibited hours. It shall be unlawful for any person to engage in solicitation at any time prior to 9:00 a.m. or after 9:00 p.m., local time, of any weekday; at any time prior to 10:00 a.m. or after 6:00 p.m. on a Saturday; or any time on a Sunday or a state or national holiday.
(D) Obstructing traffic. No solicitor shall interfere with either vehicular or pedestrian traffic on any public right-of-way.
(E) Aggressive door-to-door solicitation. It is unlawful for any person to engage in door-to- door solicitation in an aggressive manner. For the purposes of this section, an “aggressive manner” means:
(1) Continuing to solicit from a person after the person has indicated, by word or conducted, he or she does not wish to make a donation or purchase;
(2) Approaching a person when that person is entering or exiting a motor vehicle or assisting another in doing so;
(3) Intentionally touching or attempting to touch a person without that person’s consent;
(4) Threatening a person, by word or conduct, with physical harm or violence;
(5) Using profane or abusive language towards a person;
(6) Any other words or conduct that would cause a reasonable person to fear for his or her safety, the safety of his or her property or the safety of another person accompanying that person.
(Ord. 81-5-9, passed - - --; Am. Ord. 2017-O-008, passed 2-7-17) Penalty, see § 110.99