TRENTON, Ohio — Trenton City Council is set to consider an ordinance at a meeting on Thursday that would prevent solicitors or door-to-door salespersons from knocking on the doors of homes whose owners don't want to be bothered.

The so-called "Do Not Knock Registry" would allow residents, like Nevada Lovins, to sign up and report solicitors who violate her request not to be contacted to the city.

"I think it's great," Lovins said. "I hate it when people come to my door. So does my husband."

Lovins said her elderly husband has health issues and could be convinced to sign up for things he doesn't understand. The registry, she believed, could keep potential sellers from taking advantage of him.

Mayor Ryan Perry said the city's elderly population was top of mind when drafting the ordinan

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