The Middletown Borough Police Department has issued several solicitation permits to individuals who will be representing TruGreen Lawn Care.  Solicitors must show their permit when actively working in the Borough.  When a permit is issued the following list of rules is also provided.  Any solicitor not following the rules will have their permit revoked.

No person shall:

• Peddle, solicit or distribute merchandise except during daylight hours only, but, in any event, not later then 8:00 p.m. during summer months.
• Attempt to peddle, solicit or distribute merchandise or printed material without first having identified himself as a peddler, solicitor or distributor registered with the Borough and having displayed his certificate or credentials.
• Have exclusive right to any location in the public streets or operate in any congested area where his operations might impede or inconvenience the public.
• Enter or attempt to enter the residence of any person in the Borough without an express invitation from the occupant of such residence.
• Conduct himself in such a manner as to become objectionable to or annoy an occupant of any residence.
• Shout, cry out, blow a horn, ring a bell or use any sound-making or amplifying device upon any of the streets, parks or public places of the Borough or upon private premises, where sound of sufficient volume is emitted or produced therefrom to be capable of being plainly heard upon the streets, avenues, parks or other public places of the Borough or upon private premises, for the purpose of attracting attention to any merchandise or services.
• Distribute obscene merchandise or printed material or that which advocates unlawful conduct.
• Litter the streets, public places or properties within the Borough with any merchandise or printed material.
• Violate any motor vehicle law of the Borough or the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.