§ 13-206. Definition.

The term "residential door-to-door selling or soliciting," for the purposes of this article, shall refer to the activity or practice of going, whether by foot or by any type of conveyance, from place to place, house to house, from street to street or from door to door to residential living units for the purpose of selling or attempting to sell goods or services, whether to be currently delivered or delivered at a subsequent time, or for the purpose of requesting or attempting to request donations or contributions by a person who has not obtained a prior appointment to call at such residential unit. Provided, such term shall not be interpreted so as to include such activities of members of recognized religious organizations when engaged in as a direct incident to the exercise by such members of their freedom of religion rights under the Constitution of the United States nor to such activities by persons while engaged in the sale of newspapers in exercise of their freedom of the press rights under the Constitution of the United States, and neither shall the provisions of this article be applicable to the activities of organizations classified as tax exempt under the provisions of section 501 of the 1954 Internal Revenue Service Code, and amendments and regulations pertaining thereto.

(Code 1976, § 21-1)

Cross reference

Definitions and rules of construction generally, § 1-2.