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sets forth grounds for the denial or revocation of a permit,4 but the record before us does not show that any application has been denied or that any permit has been revoked. Petitioners did not apply for a permit.
A section of the ordinance that petitioners do not challenge establishes a procedure by which a resident may prohibit solicitation even by holders of permits. If the resident files a "No Solicitation Registration Form" with the mayor, and also posts a "No Solicitation" sign on his property, no un-invited canvassers may enter his property, unless they are specifically authorized to do so in the "No Solicitation Registration Form" itself.5 Only 32 of the Village's 278 residents
same shall be exhibited by such person whenever he is requested to do so by any police officer or by any person who is solicited." Id., at 4a.
4 Section 116.06 provides: "Permits described in Section 116.04 of this Chapter may be denied or revoked by the Mayor for any one or more of the following reasons:
"(a) Incomplete information provided by the Registrant in the Solicitor's Registration Form.
"(b) Fraud or misrepresentation contained in the Solicitor's Registration Form.
"(c) Fraud, misrepresentation or false statements made in the course of conducting the activity.
"(d) Violation of any of the provisions of this chapter or of other Codified Ordinances or of any State or Federal Law.
"(e) Conducting canvassing, soliciting or business in such a manner as to constitute a trespass upon private property.
"(f) The permittee ceases to possess the qualifications required in this chapter for the original registration." Id., at 5a.
5 Section 116.07 provides, in part: "(a) Notwithstanding the provisions of any other Section of this Chapter 116, any person, firm or corporation who is the owner or lawful occupant of private property within the territorial limits of the Village of Stratton, Ohio, may prohibit the practice of going in or upon the private property and/or the private residence of such owner or occupant, by uninvited canvassers, solicitors, peddlers, hawkers, itinerant merchants or transient vendors, by registering its property in accordance with Subdivision (b) of this Section and by posting upon each such registered property a sign which reads 'No Solicitation' in a location
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