HomeMy WebLinkAboutORDINANCE - 796 - 4/11/1972 - SOLICITORS AND SOLICITINGORDINANCE NO,
AN ORDINANCE MENDING SECTION 22.10(a) 05-
VILLAGE POLICY ON SOLICITING; 2210(a) 07-
DUTY OF SOLICITOR, and 22.10(a) 08 - Un-
LIMITED SOLICITING PROHIBITED, OF THE
MUNICIPAL CODE OF THE VILLAGE OF ELK GROVE VILLAGE
NOWO THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED, by the President and Board of
Trustees of the Village of Elk Grove Village, Counties of Cook and
DuPage, as follows:
Section 1: That Section 22.10A-05 of the Municipal Code
of the Village of Elk Grove Village, relating to the Village policy
on soliciting, be amended to read as follows:
"Every person or firm desiring to secure the protection
intended to be provided by the regulations pertaining
to soliciting contained in this ordinance, shall com-
ply with the following directions, to wit:
Notice of the determination by the occupant or owner to
refuse invitation to solicitors to any residence shall
be exhibited upon or near the main entrance door to the
residence containing applicable wording, such as
"NO SOLICITORS INVITED,"
Such notice shall be of a weatherproof construction with
letters at least one-third inch in height on sharply
contracted background and provided at the occupant's
or owner's expense.
Such notice so exhibited shall constitute sufficient
warning to any solicitor that further invasion of the
property will constitute a trespass in accordance with
Section 22.1002 of this Article X."
Section 2: That Section 22.10(a) 07 of the Municipal Code
of the Village of Elk Grove Village, relating to the Duty of
Solicitors be amended to read as follows:
1122..10(a) o7 - Duty of Solicitors
It shall be the duty of every solicitor, upon going
onto any premises in the municipality upon which a
residence as herein defined is located, to first
examine if Notice provided for in Section 5 of this
Ordinance is attached, and to be governed by the
statement contained on such notice. If the notice
states "NO SOLICITORS INVITIED," or words to that
effect, then the solicitor, whether registered or
not, shall immediately and peacefully depart from
the premises.
Any solicitor who has gained entrance to any residence,
whether invited or not, shall immediately and peace-
fully depart from the premises when requested to do so
by the occupant."
Section 3: That Section 2210(a) 08 of the Municipal Code
of the Village of Elk Grove Village, relating to prohibition of
unlimited soliciting, be amended to read as follows:
"22.10 (a) 08 - Unlimited Soliciting Prohibited:
It is hereby declared to be unlawful and shall
constitute a nuisance for any person to go upon any
premises and ring the doorbell upon or near any
door, or create any sound in any other manner cal-
culated to attract the attention of the occupant
of such residence, for the purpose of securing an
audience with the occupant thereof and engage in
soliciting as herein defined, in defiance of the
notice exhibited at the residence in accordance with
the provisions of Section 5 of this Ordinance."
Section 4: That this ordinance shall be in full force and
effect from and after its passage, approval and publication,
according to law.
PASSED and APPROVED this if day of 11�."Pi,i,
1971.
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Vote: Ayes =1
Nays �
Absent I
ATTEST:
Village Clerk
Village President
Published this 19th day of April , 1971, in the
Elk Grove Herald