[Amended 9-8-1970 by Ord. No. MC 2263; 1-12-2016 by Ord. No. MC 3562]
No person, except as in this article provided, shall canvass, solicit, distribute circulars or other matter or call from house to house, or hire or employ or cause others to canvass, solicit, distribute circulars or other matter or call from house to house, in the Town of Irvington, without first having reported to and received a written permit from the Director of Public Safety or the officer in charge at police headquarters.
[Amended 1-12-2016 by Ord. No. MC 3562]
The Director of Public Safety or, in his absence, the officer in charge at police headquarters shall have power to grant a permit to canvass, which permit shall specify the number of hours or days that the permit will be in effect, and such officer shall refuse to issue a permit in all cases where the application of the canvasser or further investigation, to be made at the discretion of such officer, shows that the canvasser is not of good character or that he is canvassing for a project not free from fraud. The Director of Public Safety or, in his absence, the officer in charge at police headquarters shall revoke the permit for failure or refusal on the part of the permittee to observe the rules and regulations herein set forth.
Before the permit may be issued, the canvasser shall make an application to canvass, giving his or her full name and address, age, height, weight, place of birth, whether married or single, length and place of residence, whether or not previously arrested or convicted of crime, by whom employed, address of employer, clothing worn and a description of the project for which he or she is canvassing. Each applicant shall be fingerprinted and photographed before a permit shall be issued.
[Amended 10-14-2015 by Ord. No. MC 3553]
No person shall canvass within the Town except between the hours of 9:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m. A copy of the permittee's photograph shall be carried on his or her permit, which photograph shall be furnished by the applicant. The permittee shall exhibit his or her permit to any law enforcement personnel in the Department of Public Safety or other person upon request. The permittee shall be courteous to all persons in canvassing and shall not importune nor annoy any of the inhabitants of the Town and shall conduct himself or herself in a lawful manner. Upon expiration of the permit, the holder thereof shall surrender the same to the officer in charge at police headquarters.
This article shall not affect any person engaged in the delivery of goods, wares or merchandise or other articles or thing in the regular course of business to the premises of persons ordering or entitled to receive the same.[1]
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Editor's Note: Former § 142-14 of the 1981 Revised Code, Violations and penalties, as amended 1-13-1981 by Ord. No. MC 2622, which previously followed this section, was repealed 9-8-1987 by Ord. No. MC 2835. See now Art. IV, Violations and Penalties, of this chapter.