The practice of going upon private residential
property by peddlers, hawkers, or vendors of goods, wares or merchandise
or by persons soliciting orders for future delivery of goods, wares
or merchandise or for the performance of services for a fee, not having
been requested or invited so to do by the owner or occupant of such
private residential property, is hereby declared to be a nuisance
and punishable as a misdemeanor.
This article shall not be construed to prevent route salesmen or other persons having established customers from calling upon such customers, or from making not more than one call upon a prospective customer to solicit an order for future, periodic route deliveries. Persons licensed pursuant to Article
II, Solicitations, of this chapter to make charitable solicitations are not prohibited by this article from making such solicitations.
Any contract entered into pursuant to a solicitation
made in violation of the provisions of this article shall be voidable
at the option of the purchaser.
Any person violating any provision of this article
shall, upon conviction thereof, be punished by a fine of not more
than $100 or by imprisonment for not more than 90 days, or by both
such fine and imprisonment, in the discretion of the court.