Collection, preparation and maintenance of a nonsolicitation list.
The office of the Township Clerk shall collect, prepare and maintain
a list of addresses of those premises where the owner and/or occupant
has notified the Clerk that soliciting and canvassing is not permitted
on his/her premises. To be included on the nonsolicitation list, residents
shall complete a form supplied and maintained by the Township, without
cost to the resident. With the adoption of this section, the office
of the Clerk shall make the form available to all residential property
owners or occupants and may distribute same thereafter in any manner
directed by the governing body.
The Township Clerk, or her designees, shall submit the nonsolicitation
list to the Chief of Police on a quarterly basis, which nonsolicitation
listing shall be distributed to applicants seeking a license to solicit
or canvass pursuant to the provisions of this chapter by the Township
Clerk. The applicant shall acknowledge, in writing, receipt of this
list as part of the application process. The licensee shall not solicit
or canvass at any address on the nonsolicitation list.
On or about January 1, April 1, July 1, and October 1 of each year,
the Office of the Clerk shall update the list. The updated list shall
then be forwarded to the Chief of Police for distribution to solicitors
and/or canvassers, and said list shall not contain residents'
names. Nothing herein shall prohibit the more frequent updating of
the list by the appropriate Township official.
Any solicitor or canvasser violating the provisions of this section
as described above shall be punishable by a fine of not more than
$1,000 or imprisonment in the county jail for not more than 90 days,
or both, in the discretion of the court, and the revocation of his
or her permit.
No peddling, hawking or solicitation, as defined herein and
which is covered by this chapter, shall occur before 9:00 a.m. or
after 8:00 p.m. Monday through Saturday. Furthermore, no such activity
of any kind shall occur on Sundays.