§ 16-75. Exhibiting card prohibiting solicitors and/or handbill distributors.

(a)

A person desiring that no merchant or other person engage in a home solicitation at his residence or at a multi-unit complex which he owns or manages shall exhibit in a conspicuous place upon or near the main entrance/entrances to the residence or multi unit complex a weatherproof card, or sign not less than two (2) inches by four (4) inches in size, containing the words, "No Solicitors" or No Handbills. "The letters shall be not less than two-thirds of an inch in height. Multi-unit complexes may also give notice of no soliciting by painting the words, "No Solicitors" or "No Handbills" on the curbs at major entrances to the multi-unit complex.

(b)

Every solicitor upon going onto any premises upon which a residence is located shall first examine the residence or multi unit complex to determine if any notice prohibiting soliciting or handbill distribution is exhibited upon or near the main entrance to the residence or multi unit complex. If notice-prohibiting soliciting is exhibited, the solicitor shall immediately depart from the premises without disturbing the occupant, unless the visit is the result of a request made by the occupant.

(c)

No person shall go upon any residential or multi unit complex premises and ring the doorbell or rap or knock upon the door or create any sound in a manner calculated to attract the attention of the occupant of the residence for the purpose of securing an audience with the occupant and engaging in or attempting to engage in a home solicitation transaction if a card as described in subsection (a) of this section is exhibited in a conspicuous place upon or near the main entrance(s) to the residence or multi-unit complex, unless the visit is the result of a request made by the occupant.

(d)

No person shall distribute handbills upon any residential or multi unit complex premises if notice as described in subsection (a) of this section is exhibited in a conspicuous place upon or near the main entrance(s) to the residence or multi-unit complex. It is prima facie evidence that the handbill sponsor is fully responsible for the placement or distribution of the handbills.

(Ord. No. 2004-113, § 2, 4-6-04)