HomeMy WebLinkAbout~Master - Regulating Door to Door Peddling, Soliciting and Transient Merchants ORDINANCE NO. 2974
AN ORDINANCE TO AMEND THE MUNICIPAL CODE
OF THE CITY OF AMES, IOWA BY ENACTING A
NEW SECTION 17.26 FOR THE PURPOSE OF REGU-
LATING DOOR TO DOOR PEDDLING, SOLICITING,
AND TRANSIENT MERCHANTS; PROVIDING A
PENALTY; REPEALING ANY AND ALL ORDINANCES
OR PARTS OF ORDINANCES IN CONFLICT; AND,
PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE
BE IT ENACTED, by the City Council for the City of Ames, Iowa:
Section One. The Municipal Code of the City of Ames shall be and is
hereby amended by adding thereto a new section as follows:
"Sec. 17.26. PEDDLERS, SOLICITORS, AND TRANSIENT ,
MERCHANTS.
(1) Each and every person engaged in residence to
residence solicitation of orders for goods or ser-
vices, or in residence to residence peddling of
things carried along for sale, and who does not
have any indoor place in the city where the same
selling of goods and services is done by said person
on a continuous and permanent basis, shall first
obtain and wear, in a manner plainly visible, a
registration and identification badge issued by the
City Clerk.
(2) Each and every person who, for the purpose of
selling goods or services, occupies a place out of
doors, other than on public property, or who for
said purpose occupies an indoor place on an inter-
mittent or temporary basis only, and who does not
have any indoor place in the city where the same
selling of goods and services is done by said per-
son on a continuous and permanent basis, shall
obtain and wear, in a manner plainly visible, a
valid registration and identification badge issued by
the City Clerk.
(3) For this purpose of registration each person as
aforesaid shall provide to the City Clerk, or Clerk's
designee the following:
(a) Their name, address, date of birth, social
security number, height, weight, hair and eye
color, and phone number, and if they do not
have a permanent residence in this city, the
residence and phone number where they reside
permanently.
(b) Registration for minor children shall be done
by a parent or legal guardian, or by a person
bearing the notarized authorization of the
child's parent or guardian.
(c) Persons working for or as a part of an orga-
nized crew shall provide the name, address
and phone number, as aforesaid, of the person
in charge of and responsible for the crew.
(d) The make, model, year, state of registration
and license number of any and all vehicles
being used in connection with the peddling or
soliciting.
(e) List of the products being sold and the price
of each.
(f) Name, address and phone number of the sup-
plier of the product.
(g) Proof of the state sales tax permit or exemp-
tion.
(4) Each adult person shall produce a photograph-
driver's license, or if they have no such license,
two other forms of documentary identification.
Minor children's identification shall be any reason-
able means that establishes the child's identity and
the identity of the child's parent or guardian.
(5) The identification badge shall be of a distinctive
logo and design to show clearly that it has been
issued by the City of Ames and shall incorporate a
photograph of the registrant taken at the Clerk's
office or where the Clerk directs, at the time of
registration.
(6) The provisions of this section do not apply to those
activities which are the subject of the provisions of
the street vendors regulations set out in Sections
22. 11 through 22.23 of the Ames Municipal Code.
(7) The provisions of this section do not apply to
persons who make regularly scheduled route deli-
veries in residential areas of goods or services,
e.g. newspaper carriers, lawn services, cable
television service, dairy product delivery service.
(8) The provisions of this section do not apply to
community based non-profit groups, that is, service
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clubs, social groups, school groups, youth organiza-
tions, religious or non-profit eleemosynary organiza-
tions that have regular meetings of members in the
City of Ames and garage sales.
(9) Persons found or reported to be peddling or solici-
ting as aforesaid without the registration and iden-
tification badge shall be ordered by the police to
cease until they have such badge.
(10) The aforesaid registration badge shall be valid for
sixty days from its date of issuance.
(11) No person shall engage in the activities subject to
this section between the time of sunset and sunrise.
(12) Persons obtaining the registration badge pursuant
to this section shall pay such fee as the Ames City
Council shall set, from time to time, to cover costs
of administration and enforcement of the provisions
of this section.
Section Two. If any part of this ordinance shall be judicially declared
invalid or unconstitutional, all the rest and remainder shall stay in full
force and effect.
Section Three. Violation hereof shall constitute a simple misdemeanor
punishable by a fine of fifty dollars for the first offense, and one
hundred dollars for the second and each subsequent offense.
Section Four. All ordinances or parts of ordinances in conflict herewith
are hereby repealed to the extent of such conflict, if any.
Section Five. This ordinance shall be in full force and effect from and
after its publication as required by law.
Passed this 5th day of May, 1987,
Nanc Gib ons, City Clerk Larry R. Curtis, Mayor Pro Tem
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