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AN ORDINANCE
Amending Section 5-5-13 of the City Code
Pertaining to Solicitation
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
!; EVANSTON, COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS:
SECTION 1: That Section 5-5-13, "Solicitation,"
of the City of Evanston, 1979, as
amended, be and it is hereby further amended to read as
follows:
5-5-13:
SOLICITATION:
(A) List of Residents Desiring Not to be Solicited: Not
more than thirty (30) days prior to each solicitation
activity, each broker or agent shall obtain from the
Commission a list of residents who have informed the
Commission of their desire not to be solicited. No
broker or agent shall solicit any resident whose name
and address appears on said list.
(B) Notice of a Given Solicitation Activity: Upon
soliciting homeowners, door-to-door, via the mail or
by telephone canvass, the broker or agent shall
notify the Administrator by telephone, in person, or
in writing as follows: The notice of a given
solicitation activity shall be made within three (3)
working days of the given solicitation and shall
include the specific addresses, dates of contact,
specific materials distributed and method of methods
of contact.
(C) In reviewing solicitation activities submitted in
Section 5-5-13(B), the Administrator may advise the
broker or agent regarding the use of language which
might be inadvertently suspect or misunderstood, even
though not in violation of this Section. In advising
such brokers or agents as to solicitation activities
which are not in violation of this Section, such
factors will be considered as:
1. The nature and frequency of complaints from
citizens in area solicited:
2. Testing and audit results from area solicited:
3. Frequency of solicitation activities in area to be
solicited.
(D) Any person who violates Section 5-5-13(A) and/or
5-5-13(B) shall be subject to a fine of not less than
fifty dollars ($50.00) nor more than five hundred
dollars ($500.00) for each violation. Each
solicitation to an owner or tenant shall be deemed to
be a separate offense.
(E) Section 5-5-13 shall be effective until May 1, 1990
at which time said section shall sunset unless
renewed by action of City Council.
SECTION 2: All ordinances or parts of ordinances
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in conflict herewith are hereby repealed.
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SECTION 3: This ordinance shall be in full force
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and effect from and after its passage,
approval, and publication in the manner provided by law.
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• Introduced: ��L� �� 1989.
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Adopted: ;,' f 1989.
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ApproveO� (.., i.t✓f -�j 1989.
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Comp ration Counsel
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