§ 10-148. Practices prohibited.

(a)

No peddler, solicitor, or transient merchant shall call attention to his business or to his merchandise by crying out, by blowing a horn, or by ringing a bell or other noise so as to be audible within the confines of an enclosed dwelling structure, or otherwise in violation of city ordinances pertaining to noise or other nuisances.

(b)

Peddlers and solicitors may be prohibited by placard. Any resident of a dwelling unit or business employee in the city who wishes to exclude peddlers, solicitors, or transient merchants from the dwelling unit occupied by the resident or business, may place upon or near the usual entrance to the dwelling or business a printed placard or sign bearing the following notice: "Peddlers and Solicitors Prohibited." The placard or sign shall be at least 3¾ inches long and 3¾ inches wide and the printing shall not be smaller than 48-point type. No peddler or solicitor shall enter upon any premises, ring any doorbell, or knock on any door where a placard or sign is posted, unless the peddler or solicitor has been previously invited by the resident of the dwelling unit.

No person other than the dwelling unit's occupant, or authorized employee of the business shall remove, injure or deface the placard sign.

(c)

Any resident or employee of a business in the city who wishes to exclude the deposit of advertising handbills, advertising circulars and other advertising materials from the premises occupied by the resident or the place of business may place upon or near the front entrance to the premises a printed placard or sign bearing the following notice: "Depositing of Handbills, Circulars, Advertising Material Prohibited." The placard or sign shall be at least 3¾ inches long and 3¾ inches wide and the printing shall not be smaller than 48-point type.

No person other than the person occupying the premises or authorized employee of the business shall remove, injure or deface the placard or sign.

No person shall enter upon any premises where such a sign or placard is placed and deposit any advertising handbills, advertising circulars or other advertising material.

(d)

No peddler, solicitor, or transient merchant shall enter upon any residential or business premises for the purpose of carrying on his trade or business between the hours of 8:00 p.m. and 9:00 a.m. of the following day unless such person has been expressly invited to do so by the owner or occupant thereof.

(e)

Peddlers, such as ice cream sales, that sell from a motor vehicle where the customer comes to the motor vehicle to make a purchase may not solicit sales on public or private streets, roads or highways, or any other roadways.

(Ord. No. 186, § 1, 5-24-93; Ord. No. 371, § 14, 4-12-04; Ord. No. 396, § 3, 6-27-05)