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 Orlando
 Code of Ordinances
 Chapter 45. SOLICITORS' PERMITS—COMMERCIAL

  § 45.02. Prohibitions.  

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  • (1)

    It is unlawful for any individual solicitor, agent or peddler as defined in this Chapter to:

    (a)

    Enter the premises of a private resident for the purpose of selling or soliciting orders for goods, wares or merchandise, personal services or information when a "No Solicitors" sign is posted;

    (b)

    Remain upon any residential premises after the owner occupant requests the solicitor to depart;

    (c)

    Conduct business between 5:00 p.m. and 9:00 a.m. or at any time on Sundays;

    (d)

    To approach back or rear doors or the sides or rear of residential premises;

    (e)

    To refuse or fail to exhibit his solicitor's permit identification card upon request by any law enforcement officer or citizen solicited;

    (f)

    Intentionally make any physical contact with or touch the person solicited without that person's consent;

    (g)

    Block the free passage of the person being solicited;

    (h)

    Intentionally approach in such a manner or use obscene or abusive language or gestures intended to or likely to cause a reasonable person to be intimidated into responding affirmatively to the solicitation.

    (2)

    Identification of Solicitor, Organization, License and Permit—Violation. Prior to engaging in any form of solicitation, including delivering any literature, gift or item of any kind or seeking a donation, sale, purchase order or payment from the person being solicited, a solicitor shall announce to the person being solicited the true identity of the solicitor, the true identity of the organization he/she is soliciting for, and whether he/she has a City of Orlando solicitor's permit, and Business Tax Receipt. Failure to do so or intentionally misrepresenting any such fact is unlawful and punishable as provided in Section 1.08 of the Code of the City of Orlando.

(Ord. of 6-21-1971, § 1; Ord. of 1-10-1983, Doc. #17494; Ord. of 12-2-1996, Doc. #29840; Ord. of 8-23-1999, § 1, Doc. #32282; Ord. of 8-21-2000, § 1, Doc. #33177; Ord. No. 2015-57, § 1, 11-16-2015, Doc. #1511161210; Ord. No. 2017-42, § 5, 7-24-2017, Doc. #1707241206)