Town of Tonawanda, NY Article III Notice of Prohibition; Conduct

§ 146-15 Notice prohibiting peddlers and solicitors.

A. An owner or occupant of a residential premises located in the Town of Tonawanda, exclusive of the Village of Kenmore, may post a notice as hereinafter set forth prohibiting peddlers and solicitors.

B. If a person desires to prohibit peddlers and solicitors, he shall post a notice in the manner hereinafter set forth stating in substance "peddlers or solicitors are prohibited" or words of similar import.

C. The notice shall be placed in a conspicuous place adjacent to the main entrance door so as to be plainly visible to a peddler or solicitor calling at the premises. The letters in such notice shall be at least 1/2 inch in height.

§ 146-16 Conduct of peddlers and solicitors.

A. It shall be the duty of every solicitor or peddler, upon going onto private property, to first determine whether a notice provided for in § 146-15 of Article III of this chapter is posted.

B. If the notice states "peddlers or solicitors are prohibited" or so states by words of similar import, then the solicitor or peddler shall immediately and peacefully depart from the premises without delivering or leaving advertising matter, literature, pamphlets, samples or handbills or ringing the doorbell or otherwise disturbing the occupant.

C. Any solicitor or peddler who has entered upon private property, whether invited or not, shall immediately and peacefully depart from the premises when requested to do so by the occupant.