HomeMy WebLinkAboutCOUNCIL - AGENDA ITEM - 08/20/2002 - SECOND READING OF ORDINANCE NO. 098, 2002, AMENDIN AGENDA ITEM SUMMARY ITEM NUMBER: 12
FORT COLLINS CITY COUNCIL DATE: August 20, 2002STAFF:
Steve Roy
SUBJECT:
Second Reading of Ordinance No.098,2002,Amending Section 15-106 of the City Code Pertaining
to Solicitations.
RECOMMENDATION:
Staff recommends adoption of the Ordinance on Second Reading.
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY:
This Ordinance, which was unanimously adopted on First Reading on July 16, 2002, amends the
City's "Green River Ordinance" so as to prohibit door-to-door solicitations only at residential
premises. Under a separate section of the Code, if a "no solicitation" or "no trespassing sign" is
posted at or near the entrance to business premises,the prohibition against door-to-door solicitation
would also apply to those business premises.
AGENDA ITEM SUMMARY ITEM NUMBER: 18
FORT COLLINS CITY COUNCIL DATE: July 16, 2002STAFF-
Steve Roy
SUBJECT:
First Reading of Ordinance No. 098, 2002, Amending Section 15-106 of the City Code Pertaining
to Solicitations.
RECOMMENDATION:
Staff recommends adoption of kthe"erdinancrionfirst Reading.
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY:
This Ordinance would amend s ` r ' nc o as to prohibit door-to-door
solicitations only at residential remises nder sec of the Code,if a"no solicitation"
or"no trespassing sign"is post at or ne the e a e to busin s premises,the prohibition against
door-to-door solicitation woul ppl os iness p ises.
BACKGROUND:
For years, the City has had a"Green River Ordinance," that is, an ordinance banning door-to-door
solicitations. This ordinance is intended to protect the privacy and safety interests of property
owners. These interests are particularly in need of protection in the case of residential premises,and
those are the kinds of premises to which the total ban on door-to-door solicitation is intended to
apply. For other kinds of prey i ba )infted
' n fie ly if a "no solicitation" or "no
trespassing" sign has been po d at o t mises.
The basic ban on door-to-door i in Se on 15-106 of the City Code. The
title of that section correctly states that it is a ban on residential solicitations. However,the wording
of that section applies the ban to all "private premises" in the City. In enforcing this provision of
the City Code, Police Services has interpreted the ban as applying only to residential premises.
Because the language of this section is broader than that, it should be amended to conform to this
intent. Therefore, the City Attorney is recommending that the language of this section of the Code
be changed so that the ban in Section 15-106 more clearly applies only to residential premises.
It should be noted that Section 15-107 of the Code states that,even as to business premises,door-to-
door solicitations are prohibited if a"no solicitation"or"no trespassing" sign is posted at or near the
entrance to the premises. This provision would remain unchanged.