Loading...
Ordinance 1952-49 PEDDLER' S AND SOLICITORS ORDINANCE An ordinance prohibiting peddler' s, hawkers, Itinerant merchants and transient venders of merchandise from eb,gaging in the sale of goods, wares and merchandise without having first obtaining a license therefor and prohibiting the entry upon private residence by solicitors without invitation of the owners or occupants, for the pur- pose of soliciting orders for personal services and/or for the sale of goods, wares and merchandise, and providing a penalty for the violation thereof. Be It Ordained by the President and the Board of Trustees of the Village of Yorkville: Section One. It shall be unlawful for any person, firm or cor- poration to engage in the business of peddling, hawking, or vending merchandise, article, or thing without first obtain- ing a license therefor. Section Two. Applications for such licenses shall be made to the Village Clerk, and shall state thereon the number of vehicles, if any, intended to be operated, the kind of article or mer- chandise to be peddled and the permanent address of the peddler. Section Three. - - The fee for such licenses shall be for peddlers using a cart, wagon, automobile or other vehicle, $50.00 for each such vehicle for an annual license and V20.00 for each such vehicle for a daily license. For peddlers not using any such vehicle the feelshall be 420.00 for an annual license per person and $5.00 per person for a daily license. Section Four. Any licensed peddler who shall be guilty of any fraud, cheating, or misrepresentation whether through himself, - 2 - or through an employee, while acting as a peddler in the Village or who shall barter, sell or peddle any goods, wares or merchan- dise other than those specified in the applications for a license or who shall remain in a private residence or on the premises thereof after the owner or occupant thereof shall request him to leave or any peddler who enters into a private residence with- out the express invitation of the owners or occupants shall be fined not less than $5.00 nor more than $200.00 for each such offense and the Presidnnt of the Village shall revoke his license for such offense and such revocation shall be in addition to any fine imposed by virtue of this ordinance. Section Five. Entering a private residence in the Village of Yorkville by a solicitor for the purpose of soliciting orders for the sale of goods, wares or merchandise or personal services without the express invitation of the owner or occupant thereof; or remaining in a private residence or on the premises thereof after the owner or occupant shall request any solicitor to leave, is hereby declared to be a nuisance and punishable as such. Section Six. The police department of the Village of Yorkville is hereby requested and directed to surpress and to abate such nuisance as described and prohibited in Section Five of this Ordinance and any person convicted of perpetrating a nuisance upon conviction therefor shall be fined not less than $5.00 nor more than 0200.00 and costs of prosecution. - 3 - section Seven. Any person, firm or corporation violating any of the provisions for this article shall be fined not less than $5.00 nor more than 4200- .00 for each offense and a separate offense shall be deemed committed on each dqy during or on which a violation occurs or continues. Section Eight . All ordinances in conflict herewith are hereby re- pealed, except that nothing herein contained shall be deemed to in any wise repeal or affect an ordinance of the Village of Yorkvlls regarding vehicles carrying foodstuffs as passed and approved April 2, 1951. Section Nine. Should a court of competent jurisdiction declare any part of this ordinance invalid, such decision shall not affect the validity of the remainder. Section Ten. This ordinance shall be in full force and effect from and after its passage and publication as provided by law. Passed this day of N!A���__...� A.D. 1952. 1 VillagC�M a Clark. s Signed and Approved by me, this I tk day of ►�aY�_ A.D. 1952. HF' ar or rustees. ire si�en�oi~�