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The Homeless
November 10, 2008
Panhandling – Current Ordinance
Section 26.66 of the City of Casselberry’s Codes of Ordinance defines a
peddler/solicitor as:
• Any person, whether a resident of the City or not,
• Traveling by foot, wagon, automotive vehicle or any other type of conveyance
• Who goes upon the premises of any private residence of the City,
• Not having been invited by the occupant thereof,
• While lawfully carrying, conveying or transporting lawful goods, wares or
merchandise
• Offering and exposing the goods for sale,
• Making sales and delivering the articles to purchasers;
• Or taking or attempting to take orders for the sale of lawful goods, wares,
services and merchandise or personal property of any nature whatsoever for
future delivery.
Panhandling – Current Ordinance
Section 26.66 of the City of Casselberry’s Codes of Ordinance defines a
peddler/solicitor as:
"Peddler" or "solicitor" shall include persons
• engaged in soliciting information door-to-door
• for the purpose of polls, surveys, and similar activities for a commercial
purpose.
• 26-67 - Persons issued permits under this Article and other persons
whose speech is fully protected under the state and federal
constitutions or who are not otherwise required to obtain a permit
under Subsection 26-81(e) shall be allowed to solicit orders from the
citizens of the City between the hours of 9:00 a.m. and 9:00 p.m.,
Monday through Saturday.
• Incorporate the verbiage used in the City of Gainesville's ordinance; section 19-80
that address aggressive panhandling
¾ 243 or .04% of the total calls were related to an incident involving “homeless” issue or
activity