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Council advances ‘do not knock’ registry and tightens penalties for commercial solicitors
Summary
Council members read for the first time ordinances to create a city-managed do-not-knock registration working with NOPEC and to make violations by commercial solicitors trespassing; a student asked how rental properties can register multiple units.
Athens City Council on Oct. 6 read two related ordinances aimed at limiting commercial door-to-door solicitation in the city and creating an opt-in ‘‘do not knock’’ registry.
Ordinance 106-25 would establish a do-not-knock registration program in partnership with NOPEC (the Northeast Ohio Public Energy Council). Property owners or renters could register to have their address placed on a city-maintained list;…
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