Brisbane Municipal Code Ch. 9.36 Solicitations at Private Residences

The practice of going in and upon private residences in the city by solicitors, peddlers, hawkers, itinerant merchants or transient vendors of merchandise not having been requested or invited to do so by the owner or owners, occupant or occupants of the private residences, for the purpose of soliciting orders for the sale of goods, wares and merchandise and/or disposing of and/or peddling or hawking the same, is declared to be unlawful and a public nuisance.

(Ord. 139 § 1, 1968).

(Ord. No. 554, § 30, 1-18-11)

Vendors who maintain a service of delivery and/or sales of products are exempt from the provisions of this chapter, provided a business license is first obtained pursuant to Chapters 5.04 through 5.28.

(Ord. 261 § 26(part), 1980: Ord. 139 § 2, 1968).

Editor's note— Ord. No. 554, § 31, adopted January 18, 2011, repealed § 9.36.030, which pertained to exemption of veterans and derived from Ord. No. 139, 1968 and Ord. No. 261, 1980.

The provisions of this chapter shall not apply to the solicitation of obtaining of subscriptions or advertising for or sale of newspapers published for the dissemination of local or telegraphic news and intelligence of a general character and printed or published at regular intervals.

(Ord. 139 § 4, 1968).

The violation of any of the provisions of this chapter shall constitute an infraction, punishable by the fines, penalties and enforcement provisions set forth in Chapters 1.14, 1.16 and 1.18 of this code.

(Ord. 139 § 5, 1968).

(Ord. No. 554, § 32, 1-18-11)