Showing ordinances that apply to Shady Hollow, TX
Shady Hollow is an unincorporated community (population 4,822) in Travis County, Texas. Because Shady Hollow is not an incorporated city, it does not have its own municipal code. Instead, Travis County ordinances apply directly to properties here. The solicitor permits rules below are the ones that govern your area.
Commercial door-to-door solicitors must register with the City of Austin Police Department per Austin City Code §10-3 and carry a permit. Unincorporated Travis County has no solicitor permit requirement. Religious and political canvassing is constitutionally protected.
Austin City Code Chapter 10-3 requires peddlers, solicitors, and itinerant merchants to obtain a Solicitor Identification Card from APD Permits Unit. Application fee is approximately $60, with background check and photo. Permit must be displayed while soliciting. Permits are not required for religious, charitable, political, or non-commercial speech (First Amendment protection per Watchtower v. Stratton, 536 U.S. 150). Soliciting hours are limited to 9 AM-9 PM. Posted No Solicitors signs are enforceable under Austin §10-3-32 as criminal trespass. Unincorporated county: only state anti-fraud and criminal trespass laws apply.
Austin: Class C misdemeanor, up to $500 fine. Soliciting at a posted No Solicitors address: separate trespass charge.
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