Penn Hills, PA Soliciting & Door-to-Door: No-Knock Registry (2026)
Key Facts
- Weekday/Saturday hours
- 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. only
- Sundays and holidays
- solicitation banned
- Charity canvassers
- same 9-9 window, Mon-Sat
- Amended
- Feb. 6, 2017, Ord. 2017-2593
- No-knock registry
- none exists in the code
Summary
Licensed peddlers and canvassers in Penn Hills may only solicit 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. on weekdays and Saturdays, and are barred entirely on Sundays and state or federal holidays.
No licensee, except a licensee granted a license pursuant to § 840.05, shall solicit on Sundays, on State or Federal holidays or before 9:00 a.m. or after 9:00 p.m. on weekdays or Saturdays, prevailing time. [Amended 2-6-2017 by Ord. No. 2017-2593]
(c) Licensees granted licenses pursuant to § 840.05 shall be permitted to canvass and solicit from 9:00 a.m. until 9:00 p.m., Monday through Saturday. Licensees granted licenses pursuant to § 840.05 shall not canvass or solicit on Sundays or on State or Federal holidays. [Amended 2-6-2017 by Ord. No. 2017-2593]
Official source re-checked September 7, 2026: no newer edition of the code had been published (publisher’s edition: rev 4434863; v5 updated 2025-07-21; through 07-21-2025).
Full Breakdown
Section 840.11(b), amended by Ordinance No. 2017-2593 on February 6, 2017, bars any Chapter 840 licensee - except noncommercial (charitable, religious, political) canvassers licensed under § 840.05 - from soliciting on Sundays, state or federal holidays, or before 9:00 a.m. or after 9:00 p.m. on weekdays and Saturdays. Section 840.11(c) gives charitable canvassers the same 9 a.m.-9 p.m. window Monday through Saturday, but also bars them from Sundays and holidays. Section 840.11(a) additionally bars any licensee from claiming an exclusive or stationary street location. The code contains no separate do-not-solicit registry for individual homes; licensees must also carry and display their license under § 840.12.
Violations & Fines
Soliciting outside the permitted hours, or failing to carry or display the required license on request, violates Chapter 840; absent a chapter-specific fine, the Code's general penalty (§ 202.09) applies - up to $1,000 and up to 30 days in default, per day of violation.
Frequently Asked Questions
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