The Town Council desires to regulate the activities of Peddlers, Solicitors and Canvassers within the Town in a manner so as to protect against fraudulent and criminal activity and to ensure to the Town’s residents and business population the maximum amount of privacy and security in their homes and places of business that is permissible in light of court decisions mandating certain access to residents and residential areas and businesses and business areas by Peddlers, Solicitors and Canvassers. It is, therefore, the intent of the Town Council in enacting this Article to recognize the potential for fraudulent and criminal activity in connection with door-to-door peddling, soliciting and similar activities, as well as the unique character and nature of the Town’s residential and business neighborhoods, while providing opportunity for Peddlers, Solicitors and Canvassers as mandated by law. This Article should be interpreted so as to be in conformity with relevant state and federal court decisions including, but not limited to, Watchtower Bible and Tract Society of New York, Inc. v. Village of Stratton, 536 U.S. 150, 122 S. Ct. 2080, 153 L. Ed. 2d 205 (2002). (16-01, Amended, 08/18/2016)