Ordinance 2023-07UNITED CITY OF YORKVILLE
KENDALL COUNTY, ILLINOIS
ORDINANCE NO.2023-07
AN ORDINANCE OF THE UNITED CITY OF YORKVILLE, KENDALL COUNTY, ILLINOIS
AMENDING THE YORKVILLE CITY CODE, TITLE 3, CHAPTER 7, SECTION 3-7-2
Passed by the City Council of the
United City of Yorkville, Kendall County, Illinois
This 28' day of March, 2023
Published in pamphlet form by the
authority of the Mayor and City Council
of the United City of Yorkville, Kendall
County, Illinois on April 4, 2023.
Ordinance No. 2023-07
AN ORDINANCE OF THE UNITED CITY OF YORKVILLE, KENDALL COUNTY, ILLINOIS
AMENDING THE YORKVILLE CITY CODE, TITLE 3, CHAPTER 7, SECTION 3-7-2
WHEREAS, the United City of Yorkville, Kendall County, Illinois (the "City") is a duly
organized and validly existing non -home -rule municipality created in accordance with the
Constitution of the State of Illinois of 1970 and the laws of the State; and,
WHEREAS, Title 3, Chapter 7, Section 3-7-2 of the Yorkville City Code, establishes the
registration requirements for solicitors, hawkers and itinerant merchants; and,
WHEREAS, the Mayor and City Council (the "Corporate Authorities") have reviewed the
requirements and have determined that it is in the best interest of the City and its residents to
amend Title 3, Chapter 7, Section 3-7-2 of the Yorkville City Code to exempt registration
requirements for 501(c)(3) organizations as hereinafter provided.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED by the Mayor and City Council of the United
City of Yorkville, Kendall County, Illinois, as follows:
Section 1. That Section 3-7-2 of the Yorkville City Code, be and is hereby deleted in its
entirety and the following added in its stead:
"3-7-2: Certificate of registration required.
A. Every person desiring to engage in soliciting, hawking or business as an itinerant
merchant within the City is hereby required to make written application or a certificate
of registration as hereinafter provided unless exempted pursuant to Section 3-7-2. It
shall be unlawful for any person to engage in soliciting, hawking or business as an
itinerant merchant without having first obtained said certificate of registration. Said
certificate shall be carried by the registered solicitor, hawker or itinerant merchant
while engaged in soliciting and shall be displayed at all times.
B. All solicitation on behalf of a 501(c)(3) organization or a school district organized
pursuant to the Illinois School Code (105 ILCS 511-1 et. seq.) or any school, private or
public, located within the city limits under the age of nineteen (19) years shall be
exempt from the requirements to obtain a certificate of registration if such organization:
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(i) Gives the City Clerk no less than fourteen (14) days prior written notice of the
dates and times of solicitation;
(ii) Provides adults supervision to be present whenever solicitation is done by
persons fourteen (14) years or younger;
(iii) All solicitors abide by the restrictions and limitations or set forth in this Chapter
7; and,
(iv) The organization provides the City Clerk with the organization's tax exempt
number as written proof of its tax exempt status."
Section 2. This Ordinance shall be in full force and effect after its passage, publication,
and approval as provided by law.
Passed by the City Council of the United City of Yorkville, Kendall County, Illinois this
28th day of March, A.D. 2023.
Cl CLERK
KEN KOCH
AYE
DAN TRANSIER
AYE
ARDEN JOE PLOCHER
AYE
CRAIG SOLING
AYE
CHRIS FUNKHOUSER
AYE
MATT MAREK
AYE
SEAVER TARULIS AYE
APPROVED by me, as Mayor of the United City of Yorkville, Kendall County, Illinois
this y day of r I , A.D. 2023.
.1
MAYOR
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