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Resident urges Rosenberg to give police citation authority to enforce door-to-door solicitation ordinance
Summary
Dr. Dan Ives told council that solicitors have continued to knock in new neighborhoods without proper permits and asked council to empower police to issue citations to enforce the ordinance, noting prior staff and attorney work to adopt the regulation.
Dr. Dan Ives, a Rosenberg resident, told council he had encountered solicitors in his neighborhood who claimed to have city permits but lacked documentation. He described multiple encounters and thanked Rosenberg police for responding; he asked council to give officers explicit authority to issue citations to enforce the city's solicitation ordinance, arguing that a law without enforceable penalties is ineffective.
Staff and council noted the ordinance was passed after legal review and that enforcement can be challenging when solicitors operate from other jurisdictions. The mayor said he would ask the city manager to return the item to the July workshop for further consideration of enforcement options.
