Late-Night Solicitors Targeted In New Ordinance In West Haven

WEST HAVEN, CT — Late-night solicitors can now be fined $250 per incident in West Haven thanks to a recently approved city ordinance.

Mayor Dorinda Borer told NBC Connecticut that she requested the ordinance after receiving several complaints from residents, including an 80-year-old man with cancer, regarding late-night solicitors.

One resident shared a Ring doorbell camera video showing a solicitor showing up on their doorstep at 10 p.m., according to NBC Connecticut.

Borer wrote in a post on Facebook that under the new rules, businesses “will have to register with the police department, they can't have more than 5 solicitors in the City, need background checks, WH ID badges, can't knock after dusk and can’t go to a home more than once in 6 months.”

“Violators will be fined $250 per incident,” Borer wrote. “With regs now on the books if you report an incident we can now address it. Before we had no teeth to the rules.”

Read the full report at NBC Connecticut here.