Want To Prevent Solicitors From Coming To Your House?

MENDOTA HEIGHTS, MN — Tired of solicitors coming to your home?

The Mendota Heights City Council recently updated its Solicitor, Peddler, Transient Merchant Ordinance to include an option for residents to prevent solicitors and peddlers from knocking on their front doors: A sign, to be posted on one's property.

"PEDDLERS AND SOLICITORS PROHIBITED," the sign reads. "It is illegal for a salesperson to Solicit of Peddle at a home where a sign is posted."

The sign can be printed online. Laminated signs are available at the front desk of City Hall and the Police Department located at 1101 Victoria Curve, the Mendota Heights Police Department said on its Facebook page.

Salespeople are currently permitted to solicit in Mendota Heights from 9 a.m. to a half-hour before sunset, according to Title 3, Chapter 3 of the Mendota Heights City Code. They are required to obtain and carry a license from the city while soliciting.