§ 13.5-151. Solicitors, itinerant vendors—Going uninvited on private premises.
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The practice of going to or upon private or public premises in the city by solicitors,
itinerant vendors, or other sellers of merchandise or services not having been requested
or invited to do so by the owner or occupant thereof for the purpose of soliciting
orders for the sale or exchange of goods or services, or disposing of or peddling
the same, without a written registration from the city as provided for under section 13.5-152 is punishable as a misdemeanor.
The provisions of this section shall not apply to churches, governmental surveys,
candidates for elective office or their supporters, nonprofit and charitable organizations
which have been declared exempt from taxation under section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code of the United States, students of private or public
schools under the age of nineteen (19), members of recognized firefighter or police
associations, recognized scouting organizations, or persons advocating a cause not
involving a commercial transaction or solicitation of funds or goods of any kind.
