Lansdale Police. Photo by James Short.
Lansdale Borough Police announced the online address registration on Monday.
Lansdale Borough residents and property owners can now keep unwanted solicitors off their porches.
Lansdale Borough Police announced Monday morning that residents and property owners can sign up online to be on the borough’s Do Not Solicit list.
Registrants must provide an address for the list, which, police said, will be given to solicitors who apply for permits with Lansdale Police Department. No other details will be on the list other than an address.
Register here for the Do Not Solicit list.
“Solicitors are prohibited from knocking on doors of addresses which are on the list. Residents should call 911 for immediate problems with solicitors so that an officer may respond right away,” police said in a news release.
It takes about two weeks to update the list, police said.
The list, however, will not keep every person from pushing buttons.
Government agencies, religious groups, registered nonprofits and political candidates are not exempt from the borough’s solicitation ordinance.
According to Ordinance 159-5 of the Lansdale Borough Code, any owner or lawful occupant of property in the borough not desiring to have persons enter onto his/her premises may post on such premises a legible sign stating either “No Solicitors” or “No Solicitation.”
Any solicitor or canvasser who violates the ordinance and enters someone’s premises defiantly will be penalized by the law.
Police also reminded residents that house numbers must be posted or visible for enforcement of the solicitation restriction. Per the borough code, violators of the solicitation law can be fined up to $1,000 upon being found guilty of a summary offense, as well as sentenced to either 10 days in Lansdale’s jail or one month in Montgomery County jail.
