HomeMy WebLinkAboutOrd 5007 04/06/1999 ORDINANCE NO. 5007
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING THE VILLAGE CODE OF MOUNT PROSPECT
Passed and approved by
the President and Board of Trustees
the 6th day of April, 1999
Published in pamphlet form by
authority of the corporate
authorities of the Village of
Mount Prospect, Illinois, the
7th day of April, 1999.
ORDINANCE NO. 5007
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING
THE VILLAGE CODE OF I~iOUNT PROSPECT
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE PRESIDENT AND BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE
VILLAGE OF MOUNT PROSPECT, COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS:
SECTION 1: Chapter 23 of the Mount Prospect Village Code shall be amended
by deleting Section 23.303 "Soliciting", including Sections 23.303.1, 23.303.2, 23.303.3
and 23.304, and renurnbering Section 23.304, "Penalty" to Section 23.306.
SECTION 2: Chapter 11 of the Mount Prospect Village Code shall be amended
by adding new Sections 1 ~1.2820, entitled "Soliciting"; Section 1 ~.2821, entitled "Notice
Regulating Soliciting"; and Section 11.2822, entitled "Duty to Solicitors" and shall be
and read as follows:
Sec. '11.2820. Soliciting,
It is hereby declared to be the policy of the Village that the
occupant or occupants of buildings in this Village shall make the
determination of whether solicitors or canvassers as defined in Article I of
this Chapter shall be, or shall not be, invited into their respective buildings.
Sec. 11.2821. Notice Regulating Soliciting.
Every owner or occupant desiring to restrict or prohibit solicitors or
canvassers and to secure the protection intended to be provided by the
regulations pertaining to soliciting contained in this Article, shall give
notice of a restricted invitation to solicitors, or prohibition of solicitations, to
any premises, by the following means:
A. A weatherproof card, no larger than three inches by four inches (3"
X 4") in size shall be exhibited upon or near the main entrance door
to the building, indicating the determination by the owner or an
occupant, containing the applicable words, as follows:
~ONL Y SOLICITORS REGISTERED WITH THE
MOUNT PROSPECT POLICE DEPARTMENT INWTED"
or
'SOLICITATION PROHIBITED"
B. The letters shall be at least one-third inch (1/3") in height. For the
purpose of uniformity the cards shall be provided, at the Village's
cost, by the Finance Director to persons requesting them.
C. The card shall constitute sufficient notice to any solicitor of the
intention of the occupant with respect to the information contained
on the card.
Sec. 11.2822. Duty of Solicitors.
A. It shall be the duty of every solicitor when going onto any premises
to first examine the notice provided for in Section 11.2821 of this
Article, and to be governed by the statement contained on the
notice.
1. If the notice states "ONLY SOLICITORS REGISTERED
WITH THE MOUNT PROSPECT POLICE DEPARTMENT
INVITED", and the solicitor has not obtained a certificate of
registration as provided in this Article XXVlII the solicitor
shall immediately, without further notice, leave the premises.
2. If the notice states "SOLICITATION PROHIBITED" OR "NO
SOLICITORS INVITED", then the solicitor, whether
registered or not, shall immediately, without further notice,
leave the premises.
B. Any solicitor who has gained entrance to any building, whether
invited or not, shall immediately and peacefully depart from the
premises when requested to do so by the owner or occupant.
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SECTION 3: The former Sections 11.2820, entitled "Application for
Registration" shall be renumbered to Section 11.2823 and Section 11.2821, entitled
"Investigation and Issuance of Registration Certificate" shall be renumbered to Section
11.2824 and Section 11.2822, entitled "Limitations On Solicitation" shall be renumbered
to Section 11.2825, and Section 11.2823, entitled "Revocation or Denial of
Registration" shall be renumbered to Section 11.2826.
There shall be a new Section 11.2827, entitled "Penalty" added to Chapter 11 to
be and read as follows:
Sec. 11,2827. Penalty.
In addition to any other penalties described in this Article 28, every
person found guilty of a violation of any provision of this Article shall be
punished by a fine of not less than Two Hundred Dollars ($200.00) nor
more than One Thousand Dollars ($1,000.00).
SECTION 4: Section 11.102, "Definitions" of the Mount Prospect Village Code
shall be amended by deleting the definitions of "Soliciting" and "Solicitor" and replacing
them with the following definitions:
SOLICITING: A. Seeking to obtain orders for the purchase of
goods, wares, merchandise, foodstuffs and/or
services, of any kind, character or description
whatsoever, for any kind of consideration whatsoever;
or
B. Seeking to obtain prospective customers for
application or purchase of insurance of any type,
kind or character; or
C. Seeking to obtain subscriptions to books,
magazines, periodicals, newspapers and every other
type or kind of publication; or
D. Seeking to obtain gifts or contributions of money,
clothing or any other valuable thing for the support of
benefit of any charitable or nonprofit association,
organization, corporation or project.
E. Seeking to recruit membership for any
organization of any kind or nature.
SOLICITOR: Any individual, whether a resident of the Village or
not, traveling within the Village doing any acts set
forth pursuant to the definition of solicitation.
SECTION 5: That this Ordinance shall be in full force and effect from and after
its passage, approval and publication in pamphlet form in the manner provided by law.
AYES: Clowes, Corcoran, Hoefert, Lohrstorfer, Nocchi, Wilks
NAYS: None
ABSENT: None
PASSED and APPROVED this 6th day of April , i999.
~-' Gerald L. Fa~'16y, Village Preside~
ATTEST: --
Velrn~ W. Lowe, Villag~
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