{"id":5874,"date":"2015-08-19T05:29:46","date_gmt":"2015-08-19T09:29:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.shorebeat.com\/brick\/?p=5874"},"modified":"2015-08-19T11:55:14","modified_gmt":"2015-08-19T15:55:14","slug":"how-bricks-no-knock-solicitation-ordinance-stacks-up-against-its-neighbors","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/brick\/2015\/08\/how-bricks-no-knock-solicitation-ordinance-stacks-up-against-its-neighbors\/","title":{"rendered":"How Brick’s ‘No Knock’ Solicitation Ordinance Stacks Up Against Its Neighbors"},"content":{"rendered":"
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In recent weeks, Toms River and Jackson have passed \u201cno knock\u201d ordinances, largely in response to cries from residents who have complained that members of Lakewood\u2019s growing Orthodox Jewish community have been going door-to-door urging residents to sell their homes.<\/p>\n

In one case relayed by the Asbury Park Press<\/a>, a Jackson resident told the newspaper that an Orthodox man came to her door and said, \u201cYou really should sell your house. I\u2019m sure you don\u2019t want to be surrounded by Jews.\u201d<\/p>\n

Similar anecdotes have emerged from Toms River residents, prompting that town to enact its own \u201cno knock\u201d ordinance. In both the Jackson and Toms River ordinances, commercial enterprises that wish to solicit door-to-door must register with the township, limit soliciting to certain daytime hours and avoid homes on a \u201cno knock\u201d list. Violations of the ordinance in the two towns both include fines and even potential jail time.<\/p>\n

In Brick, where there has been no outcry over Orthodox solicitation practices at any public meetings, a no-knock ordinance has been in place for years. The first ordinance governing soliciting dates back to 1970, with the latest revision having been adopted in 2014.<\/p>\n

Under Brick\u2019s ordinance, the following limitations are placed on door-to-door solicitors:<\/p>\n