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Sheffield Lake Overview
Codified Ordinances of Sheffield Lake, OH
CODIFIED ORDINANCES OF THE CITY OF SHEFFIELD LAKE, OHIO
CERTIFICATION
ROSTER OF OFFICIALS
ADOPTING ORDINANCE NO. 116-84
COMPARATIVE SECTION TABLE
TABLES OF SPECIAL ORDINANCES OF SHEFFIELD LAKE
CHARTER
PART ONE - ADMINISTRATIVE CODE
PART THREE - TRAFFIC CODE
PART FIVE - GENERAL OFFENSES CODE
PART SEVEN - BUSINESS REGULATION CODE
CHAPTER 706 Abortions
CHAPTER 709 Adult Foster Care
CHAPTER 712 Amusements
CHAPTER 718 Fire Protection/Fighting Equipment
CHAPTER 724 Frozen Desserts
CHAPTER 730 Garage Sales
CHAPTER 748 Mechanical Amusement Devices
CHAPTER 750 Computerized Internet Sweepstakes Cafes
CHAPTER 760 Nursing and Boarding Care Homes
CHAPTER 761 Private Investigators and Security Guards
CHAPTER 772 Peddlers, Solicitors and Canvassers
772.01 DEFINITIONS.
772.02 LICENSE OR NOTIFICATION REQUIRED.
772.03 APPLICATION; FEE; LICENSE; NOTIFICATION.
772.04 STREET PEDDLING; ADULT ATTENDANT REQUIRED.
772.05 RESTRICTIONS; HOURS; CONDUCT.
772.06 RESIDENT PROHIBITION BY NOTICE.
772.07 EXCESS NOISE.
772.08 "DO NOT KNOCK REGISTRY".
772.99 PENALTY.
CHAPTER 780 Snow Plowing
CHAPTER 784 Taxicabs
CHAPTER 790 Fair Housing
PART NINE - STREETS, UTILITIES AND PUBLIC SERVICES CODE
PART ELEVEN - PLANNING AND ZONING CODE
PART THIRTEEN - BUILDING CODE
PART FIFTEEN - FIRE PREVENTION CODE
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Sheffield Lake
Codified Ordinances of Sheffield Lake, OH
772.99 PENALTY.
CHAPTER 772 Peddlers, Solicitors and Canvassers
772.05 RESTRICTIONS; HOURS; CONDUCT.
   Every person to whom a license to peddle or solicit is issued and every canvasser under the terms of this Chapter shall be governed by the following rules and regulations:
   (a)   Canvassers subject to the provisions of this chapter may canvass only between the hours of 9:00 a.m. and 9:00 p.m. Monday through Saturday, and between the hours of 12:00 p.m. and 5:00 p.m. on Sunday; no such person shall canvass on any legal state or federal holiday.
   (b)   Solicitors or peddlers subject to the provisions of this chapter may solicit or peddle only between the hours of 9:00 a.m. and 7:00 p.m., Monday through Saturday respectively; no such person shall peddle or solicit on Sunday or any legal state or federal holiday.
   (c)   No peddler, solicitor or canvasser shall enter or attempt to enter a residence, house, apartment or other dwelling in the City without an express invitation from an adult occupant of the residence, house, apartment or other dwelling.
   (d)   No peddler or solicitor shall engage in any peddling or solicitation other than that specified in the license application.
   (e)   No peddler, solicitor or canvasser shall by any device make unlawful noises, nor shall any peddler, solicitor or canvasser remain at the residence, house, apartment or other dwelling in the City without the consent of an adult occupant of the residence, house, apartment or other dwelling in the City.
   (f)   No peddler or solicitor shall peddle or solicit at any residence on the "Do Not Knock Registry". (Ord. 60-14. Passed 12-9-14.)
772.06 RESIDENT PROHIBITION BY NOTICE.
   Notwithstanding any other provision of this Chapter, no peddler, solicitor, or canvasser, while peddling, soliciting or canvassing, shall call upon, knock at the door or ring the doorbell of any residence, house, apartment or other dwelling in the City upon which there is posted at the entrance a notice which reads "No Peddlers, Solicitors or Canvassers Allowed", or words of similar import, which clearly prohibit peddlers, solicitors and canvassers on the premises, unless such peddler, solicitor or canvasser has previously been invited upon the premises by the owner, lessee or an adult occupant thereof.
(Ord. 60-14. Passed 12-9-14.)
772.07 EXCESS NOISE.
   No peddler shall use any whistle, bell, horn or other mechanical device for the purpose of advertising his goods, wares and merchandise or services, or of attracting customers, and he shall not call his goods, wares, foods, merchandise or services in a loud voice for such purposes. (Ord. 60-14. Passed 12-9-14.)
772.08 "DO NOT KNOCK REGISTRY".
   (a)   The Office of the Mayor shall separately establish and maintain a Peddlers and Solicitors' "Do Not Knock Registry".
   (b)   Any person in lawful possession and occupancy of any residence, house, apartment or other dwelling in the City may require the City to place and maintain his or her residence, house, apartment or other dwelling in the City's Peddlers and Solicitors' "Do Not Knock Registry" by submitting a request to be placed thereon on a form supplied by the Office of the Mayor. This form shall be made available at City Hall and on the City's website. The completed form may be turned in at any of the above-referenced locations or online and must contain the following information:
      (1)   The name of the person completing the form(s);
      (2)   The complete address of the residence, house, apartment or other dwelling to be placed on the registry;
      (3)   The date the form was completed; and
      (4)   A statement that no peddlers and solicitors shall knock, ring the doorbell or otherwise call at this address, or words of similar import, on the applicable form.
   (c)    Any person in lawful possession and occupancy of any residence, house, apartment, or other dwelling in the City may require the City to remove his or her residence, house, apartment or other dwelling from the list set forth in division (b), above, by submitting a separate "Notice of Removal" from said registry on a form supplied by the Office of the Mayor, which shall contain the following information:
      (1)    The name of the person completing the form(s);
      (2)    The complete address of the residence, house, apartment or other dwelling to be removed from the registry;
      (3)    The date the form was completed;
      (4)    A statement that the residence, home, apartment or other dwelling be removed from the City's Peddlers and Solicitors' "Do Not Knock Registry", or words of similar import, on the applicable form; and
      (5)    Such other information that verifies the identity of the person completing the form(s) as a lawful possessor and occupant as may be required by the Office of the Mayor
   (d)    The decision whether to place a residence, house, apartment or other dwelling on the City's Peddlers and Solicitors' "Do Not Knock Registry" shall be solely that of the lawful possessor and occupant thereof, and no official, employee or other agent of the City shall interfere with said decision.
   (e)    A residence, house, apartment, or other dwelling, after being lawfully placed on the City's Peddlers and Solicitors' "Do Not Knock Registry" shall remain on such Registry until the earliest of any of the following:
      (1)    The City receives a Notice of Removal pursuant to division (c) above;
      (2)    The City receives notice that the person who submitted the form pursuant to division (b) above is not or is no longer a lawful possessor or occupant of the premises; or
      (3)    The expiration of five calendar years, expiring on December 31 of the fifth full calendar year from the date of the form submitted pursuant to division (b) above.
   (f)    A copy of the City's Peddlers and Solicitors' "Do Not Knock Registry" shall be made available for public inspection at all times on the internet website of the City.
(Ord. 60-14. Passed 12-9-14.)
772.99 PENALTY.
   Whoever violates any provision of this chapter shall be guilty of a minor misdemeanor on the first offense and shall be guilty of a fourth degree misdemeanor for the second or subsequent offenses. (Ord. 60-14. Passed 12-9-14.)

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• Ordinances of Sheffield Lake, OH
• ORDINANCES OF THE CITY OF SHEFFIELD LAKE, OHIO
• ORDINANCE NO. 116-84
• ORDINANCES OF SHEFFIELD LAKE
• Ord. 60-14
• ords of similar import, which clearly prohibit peddlers, solicitors and canvassers on the premises, unless such peddler, solicitor or canvasser has previously been invited upon the pr
• ords of similar import, on the applicable form
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• Ordinances and/or any other documents that appear on this site may not reflect the most current legislation adopted by the Municipality
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