(A) It is unlawful to engage in any peddling activity, except in compliance with the following specific regulations.
(1) Any person who does not wish to be called upon by any peddler may post or erect a sign at, or clearly visible from, the door or other entrance to his or her premises with the sign saying “No Solicitors”, “No Peddlers” or other wording of clearly similar meaning and intent; and all peddlers shall be obligated to respect the sign and shall not enter upon or approach the premises for the purpose of selling any commodity.
(2) No peddler shall employ harassing, annoying or coercive selling tactics: by refusing to leave when a sale has been declined; by returning to any premises with undue and unreasonable frequency or returning at all when specifically told not to return; by continuously or insistently ringing a doorbell or knocking on a door when a door is not answered; by the threatening or implying any harm to a person or his or her property if a sale is refused; or by indicating or implying that the health, safety or welfare of a person, or his or her property, will be jeopardized by failure to buy or use any commodity, when there is no substantial business in fact or probability for the allegation.
(B) The regulations imposed on peddling activities by this section are applicable whether or not the peddler possesses a valid license as herein provided; and any person found to be peddling without a license, but also in violation of this section, commits and may be cited and prosecuted for, two separate offenses.
(Ord. 2014-5-12, passed 5-12-2014) Penalty, see § 111.99