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??. CITY OF NORTH OLMSTED ORDINANCE NO. 2007 - 72 BY: Mayor O'Grady and Council Members Barker and Dailey Jones AN ORDINANCE AMENDING SECTIONS 721.01, 721.03 AND 721.09, AND CREATING NEW SECTION 721.031, OF CHAPTER 721 OF THE BUSINESS REGULATION CODE (PEDDLERS, SOLICITORS AND CANVASSERS) IN ORDER TO CREATE A"DO NOT KNOCK REGISTRY" AND TO UPDATE VARIOUS OTHER PRO VISIONS OF THIS CHAPTER OF THE B IISINESS REGULATION CODE, AS AMENDED. WHEREAS, the City Administration and Members of Council have received numerous complaints from residents that peddlers and solicitors often attempt to peddle or solicit at the homes of residents even when the residents have posted "No peddling or soliciting" notices at the entrances to their homes as provided for in Section 721.03(d) of the Business Regulation Code; and WHEREAS, it is the desire of this Council, in order to better inform peddlers and solicitors of the identity of those residents who have clearly expressed a desire to have no peddling or soliciting at their residences, to establish a"Do Not Knock Registry" and to prohibit peddling or soliciting at those addresses where residents have expressly requested that they be listed on the Registry; and WHEREAS, it is further the desire of this Council to amend Sections 721.01 and 721.03 and 721.09, on the recommendation of the Director of Law, in order to bring these sections, and Chapter 721 in general, into better conformance with current First Amendment law; NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF NORTH OLMSTED, COUNTY OF CUYAHOGA, AND STATE OF OHIO: SECTION 1: That Sections 721.01, 721.03 and 721.09 of Chapter 721 of the Business Regulation Code, which presently read in their entirety as set forth in the current version of Chapter 721 of the Business Regulation Code (Peddlers, Solicitors and Canvassers) which is attached to this Ordinance as Exhibit A and incorporated herein by reference as if fully restated herein, be amended, and, as amended, shall read in their entirety as set forth in new Chapter 721 of the Business Regulation Code (Peddlers, Solicitors, and Temporary Businesses) attached to this Ordinance as Exhibit B and incorporated herein by reference as if fully restated herein.