[Adopted 4-14-1969 by Ord. No. 69-15]
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.
