Sec. 250.703. - Notice regulating residential soliciting and peddling.

Every person desiring to secure the protection provided by the regulations pertaining to soliciting and peddling contained in this Part, shall substantially comply with the following directions, set forth herein. (a) Notice of the determination by the occupant(s) of giving invitation to solicitors, or the refusal of invitation to solicitors, to any residence(s), shall be given in the manner following: A clearly legible notice size shall be exhibited upon or near the main entrance door to the residence, indicating the determination by the occupant, containing the applicable words, similar to the following: "No Solicitors" or "No Solicitors Allowed or Invited." or "No Peddlers" or "No Peddlers Allowed or Invited." (b) Any such card so exhibited shall constitute sufficient notice to any solicitor or peddler of the determination by the occupant of the residence(s) that any peddling or soliciting by any person is prohibited at such residence(s). (c) Notice of the determination as set forth in Section 250.703 (a) may be made by the residents of a neighborhood on behalf of a neighborhood by placing the referenced notice at the main entrance(s) of the neighborhood. Any such card so exhibited shall constitute sufficient notice to any solicitor or peddler of the determination by the neighborhood that any peddling or soliciting by any person is prohibited at each of the residences of the neighborhood. To effectuate the enforceability of this Section 250.703 (c) by the City, a neighborhood shall first provide the Director of the Department a copy of a petition (on a form acceptable to the Department) executed by the property owners owning at least 60 percent of the total property ownership in a particular neighborhood that such owners wish to so notify any such peddler and/or solicitor accordingly of such prohibition. The petition shall designate the boundaries of the particular neighborhood subject to the prohibition and identify to which property within such boundary each signatory to the petition belongs. (d) The provisions of this Part shall not apply to constitutionally protected political speech. (Ord. 93-1761-1390, § 1; Ord. 2013-713-E , § 1)