Brownsville flips the usual default: a peddler may not enter a private residence's premises at all unless the owner or occupant requested or invited them. Uninvited door-to-door sales are unlawful citywide, with or without a permit.
Section 22-487 is a Green River-style rule. It makes entering the premises of a private residence unlawful for any peddler who was not requested or invited by the owner or occupant, whether the purpose is soliciting orders or peddling goods directly. No posted sign is required to trigger it, so a homeowner who never invited anyone is already protected. Section 22-488 adds a separate offense for a peddler who willfully refuses to leave after the owner or occupant tells them to go. The definition reaches solicitors of orders, peddlers, itinerant merchants, and transient vendors without a city address who travel door to door.
Entering uninvited and refusing to leave are each misdemeanors, punishable by a fine up to $500.00 under section 1-13(a)(2). Refusal to leave also implicates Penal Code section 30.05 trespass.
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